Louise, Prof/Dr

I must check if she's signed up to @togetheralliance.bsky.social rally against the far right on 28th March

Chaotic carnival of chancers latest:
- Jenrick and Braverman vote FOR the abolition of the two child limit while the other four Reform MPs vote against
- and of course Farage doesn’t even bother turning up to do his job

I have spent several decades doing acute medical take and working in AMU and ED

Today was as grim as i can remember for a long time because no beds to admit to (wards closed with various outbreaks) and people in corridors/chairs/waiting room. Horrible for them. No fun for staff

📚New Episode📚
A forty-year slow-motion disaster in higher education is reaching its climax – and Labour is left holding the bag. @gsoh31.bsky.social joins @rostaylor.bsky.social & @hannahfearn.bsky.social to ask if the problems can be solved ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod

I feel obliged to remind everyone that there are plenty of countries where higher education is either completely free or cost a token amount of tuition money and that many of these countries offer top notch teaching and research. It’s a political choice.

The Guardian asked Farage about churchwarden John Richard Simpson, whose company - previously registered to Iranian immigrant oligarchs, the Ghandeharis - donated £200k to him. This was his response: he doesn't know him, and everything is legit, nothing to worry about. Yes, Farage is lying again.

‘I had to learn very quickly’: Reform UK leader, 19, defends council tax rise Party accused of breaking election promise – but officials in Warwickshire say George Finch’s 3.89% rise still not enough to balance budget

Maybe he should have stayed in education then. 19 and 'leading' a council. Ridiculous.

'I had to learn very quickly’: Reform UK leader, 19, defends council tax rise www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Oxford welcomes all. Quite right. International city and proud of it.

👆 @juliesummers.bsky.social any ideas?

Can anyone help these hens?

Community Fund - Thames Valley PCC The Community Fund supports voluntary and community groups that help to prevent crime and keep communities safe.

Thames Valley Police's Community Fund, which uses proceeds from items seized from criminals to fund community projects, is open for applications. Community organisations can apply for up to £10,000 for projects around one of TVP's policing priorities; protecting communities, people or property.

Gorton and Denton Update 1 There's somethin' happenin' here, what it is ain't exactly clear

New Swingometer! With nominations now closed, and a few surprises in candidate selection, here's my first update on the Gorton & Denton by election. Also featuring a polling spat, dodgy bar charts, and Jason Momoa swingometer.substack.com/p/gorton-and...

For many ICU survivors, recovery continues long after leaving the hospital.

This JAMA film shares the story of Ken, who experienced multiple symptoms of post–intensive care syndrome (PICS) after returning home, including physical, cognitive, and psychological challenges. 🧵

Some Very Good Dogs to brighten this miserable rainy day

Alt text sorry - car parking not caretaking. Edit button please! @bsky.app

A sign to overflow caretaking, basically just pointing to a flooded overflowing field

A print hanging on the wall at The Fishes pub in North Hinksey, showing a crew practising for the Oxford and Cambridge boat race in 1872 on the Isis (Thames) during floods. You can't tell where the river ends and the flooded meadows begin

It's jolly wet in Oxford. They're not called water meadows for nothing.

"Oil consumption of SUVs accounts for more than ¼ of the total annual rise in global oil demand.
The trend toward heavier and less efficient vehicles such as SUVs… has largely nullified the improvements in energy consumption and emissions achieved elsewhere in the world's passenger car fleet."
😠

Yes, we would need to pay more tax.
Yes, I'm fine with that.

I want public services and for our society to be happy, healthy and good. Of course we will have to pay for that, but that's... Fine?

Yes, it's fair that my taxes pay for someone else to learn to be a doctor or an artist or a teacher or an architect or an actor or a biochemist because I want to live in a society that has people that can do all the things I can't.

Me too

It's exactly right that jaywalking isn't a thing in the UK.

Well, maybe something helpful to come out of all this

CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."

Sad news from Wikipedia. Following lengthy discussion on the talk page, they've removed Matt Goodwin's claim to be the first in his family to go to university on the grounds that it [checks notes] isn't true. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ma...

I'd like to hope so, but given our current state in the UK I don't feel that confident

wow

What do the Jeffrey Epstein files reveal about Peter Mandelson’s finances? Former UK ambassador to US claims he has ‘no record or recollection’ of payments

here is my FT explanation of the allegations against Peter Mandelson and how various documents and emails support the claims that he says he can't recall etc

www.ft.com/content/6d47...

And we wonder why hedgehogs and other animals are dying out!

👏 Oxford