Peter Byrne

The only time in recent history that the alcohol death rate was consistently falling was during the ‘duty escalator’.

This is no coincidence.

Raising duty rates above inflation would be the best way to save lives quickly.

Read our Budget submission: www.ias.org.uk/wp-content/u...

This is a new image from #JWST.

The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.

Everything else is a galaxy.

Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.

John Lennon’s childhood home, 251 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool. Every year on his birthday the city of Liverpool leave the light on in his bedroom.

John Lennon’s childhood home, 251 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool. Every year on his birthday the city of Liverpool leave the light on in his bedroom.

Any handwriting experts out there?

Oh wait, we don’t need one because we have eyes…

Motherfucking wind farms…

Following a consultation on MUP, the Welsh Health & Social Care Committee recommends that the Welsh Government continues the policy.

It also recommends better assessment of its impact on deaths and hospital admissions, and keeping in line with inflation.

laiddocuments.senedd.wales/cr-ld17276-e...

Spin the bottle: How the UK alcohol industry twists the facts on harm and responsibility - Institute of Alcohol Studies Executive summary Alcohol deaths are at an all-time high in the UK, yet current policy is unable to tackle this crisis. The alcohol industry’s influence has been recognised as a key barrier to address...

In our latest report, we found alcohol industry groups claiming “Alcohol harms are going in the right direction.”

In reality, deaths hit a record high.

Meanwhile they actively oppose the very policies – like MUP – that would save lives. @shaapalcohol.bsky.social

www.ias.org.uk/report/spin-...

UK protestors really had a conundrum on their hands, huh?

Jaws is 50 years old! Today, BBC Radio 3 Sound of Cinema jumps the shark. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

RIP Alf Clausen, musical genius behind 27 seasons of The Simpsons, Naked Gun, Ferris Bueller & more. Your melodies live on. 🎶 #Maestro

Not defending the Medicines budget as it should never be “either / or” but THIS is the consequence of Cameron-Osborne austerity and 30% cuts to public health. And austerity continues since the July 2024 change of government.

Quote: there was no autism diagnosed before 1930

Because it was called childhood schizophrenia then.

We’re proud to support the #SLD25 and its mission to drive lasting change through education, opportunity, and community.

As psychiatrists, we see every day how equity, inclusion, and hope shape mental wellbeing and future potential 🧡

Five public health facts RFK Jr doesn't want you to know:

1. Vaccines work and are safe.
2. Solid fats aren't health foods.
3. Random dead animals you find lying around are not safe to touch (or eat).
4. Methylene blue is a dye, not a miracle cure.
5. Measles is bad for you.

Great to see FLOW making back its money (15+ production companies, brimming with imagination, amazing Art work): loved it when we saw it yesterday. Timeless & timely. Shades of Kubrick’s 2001 but with humanity and hope.

Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

Screenshot of Bluesky skeet about FT story where Venezuelan migrants who had signed papers to go back to Venezuela were instead sent to a prison in El Salvador. It has been reposted 393 times and liked 551 times.

Screenshot of tweet (on Twitter/X) about FT story where Venezuelan migrants who had signed papers to go back to Venezuela were instead sent to a prison in El Salvador. It has been viewed 357 times, retweeted 3 times and liked 7 times.

Same story, posted same time:
Bluesky - 393 reposts, 551 likes
Twitter/X - 3 retweets, 7 likes

wow. they're like actually braindead

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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

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Australian prime minister proposes total social media ban for anyone under 16 Under this restrictive measure, there will be no exceptions, even for parental consent.

"The Australian government is disregarding the privacy of teens, the rights of parents, and the counsel of social media companies who warn there is no effective method to ensure teen user's safety," writes @kvnxgg.bsky.social