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An impressive set of recommendations to respond to the Hormuz crisis from the EU. I’m not clear whether they’ll be adopted by member states. If they are, I think the EU could be drastically less reliant on fossil fuels within a few years. Can the UK follow suit?
Graph showing Farage's income and Stack BTC investments.
Impressive (observer.co.uk/news/nationa...)
If we switched to #renewableenergy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall by 40% because they're just carrying coal & oil & gas!! buff.ly/dpTrSpO
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal
Short piece in The Lancet - best thing I've read this week.
"Performative cruelty & unchecked abuses of power are defining political leadership, fracturing the cooperative values of global health..." then on to explain how such contempt influences behaviour & new norms.
Depressing but insightful.
Two nights ago, Russia sent nearly 700 drones and dozens of missiles at Ukrainian civilians. In the fifth year of the war, aerial attacks on Ukrainian civilians have become even more intense and more frequent. Please join me in this campaign for air defense equipment. You can help protect lives.
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Another session spotlight from our upcoming online conference #COconf26:
“Exploring the evidence base: what is research telling us about online patient feedback?”
💬 @jamesfm55.bsky.social at @careopinion.org.uk
🗨️ Miles Sibley at @patientlibrary.bsky.social
📅 23 April 👉 Register: bit.ly/4vBBOXN
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(1) We’re excited to be hosting our 10th online conference on 📅 23 April, themed “Humanity in Action: Stories that Shape Better Care.”
There’s still time register:
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We wanted to spotlight one of the sessions we’re especially looking forward to 👇
J.D. Vance as Death going down a series of doors marked Pope Francis, Iran negotiations, Viktor Orban’s re-election and U.S. midterms.
Even if Magyar is no liberal, this is why it is still a huge defeat for illiberalism.
For it shows that a powerful illiberal political machine and methodology can be defeated.
It bothers me that in the same hospital there are the absolute latest medications (sometimes at huge expense), but we still can't seem to fund basics like admin support or clinicians having time to have meaningful conversations with each other & with patients.
From Roger Scruton cafes to paying Matt Goodwin $10k a month, Viktor Orban has built a network of populist right think tanks, journalists and activists
Today Democracy for Sale delves into Orban’s allies on the British right
Well worth a read
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits
He now seems to be threatening to withdraw troops from South Korea and Japan, as well as insulting Australia and NATO allies.
The Russians and Chinese must think of Trump as the greatest gift from the west in at least a millennium.
Polly Toynbee is right to say Labour’s move on crypto donations and foreign money is an important step forward but can’t be where reform stops. As our new report, Credible Deterrence, points out, it’s not just about rules, it’s about enforcement of those rules. Our research shows that no one has ever spent a day in prison for breaking political finance laws, and the highest criminal fine ever imposed is just £6,000 – a derisory sum given modern campaign spending and donor wealth. The Electoral Commission needs much stronger powers and a bigger budget to be able to play its crucial role as a regulator, and we need a new stronger criminal offence, policed by a specialist police unit. It doesn’t matter how good your rules are if no one is properly empowered and resourced to enforce them. Susan Hawley, Executive director, Spotlight on Corruption
📝 Great to see a letter from our director @suehawley.bsky.social published in @theguardian.com today, which highlights the findings of our new ‘Credible Deterrence’ report and the extent to which the enforcement of political finance laws in the UK has plummeted 📉
bit.ly/41E5Hsz
💥 NEW: We welcome the government’s ‘complete ban’ on political crypto donations which hit the headlines last week, but there has since been speculation over just how comprehensive it will actually be.
Here's our assessment of what needs to happen next ⬇️
www.spotlightcorruption.org/making-the-u...
🔥 As Starter Packs are doing the rounds again, here is a hastily updated #anticorruption pack with (mostly) a UK focus. 🙏 As always, any additions, deletions or edits much appreciated.
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A graph titled “the public health success of the measles vaccine” that shows the number of measles cases in the United States plummeting after the vaccine was introduced in 1963
I showed this graph in class yesterday on how measles cases in the United States plummeted dramatically after the vaccine was licensed in 1963. It’s not subtle and I could not resist observing: “This stunning design in measles cases was not thanks to vitamin A. It was not due to beef tallow.”
Translation:
"I started something I can't finish and broke something I can't fix so I'm going to walk away and pretend it's your fault"
After her story was published, that same provider responded. She was heard twice.
That’s what Care Opinion is all about. Real conversations between patients and providers that help build a better health system.
Being a new mom can be overwhelming, especially when it feels like no one sees how much you're struggling.
One mom shared her postpartum journey on Care Opinion. What helped most was simple. A provider who noticed, asked, and truly listened.
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A family shared how expert care, clear communication, and small acts of kindness made all the difference during a critical hospital stay at #QUEH, @nhsggc.bsky.social.
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A worthy read. Trump:
"he is making it up as he goes along. He follows gut instincts"relies on an inner circle of advisers who are in their jobs to back up his decisions & make them happen. Speaking truth to power is not..in their job description."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
At last! The police are taking action against Andrew Milne. bsky.app/profile/shef...
Interesting that Australia's policy response to the energy crisis is to recognise that it's a supply issue so they need to reduce demand...
This is the poem I read at the @UKTogetherAll march yesterday
michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/moth...
Time to clear out these deadbeat dinosaurs. They're all just different versions of latter-day John Cleese
To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️
It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.
“Guys wearing masks. Beating people, shooting them in cold blood in the United States… without consequence?
Bill Nye explains why he’s protesting at a No Kings event.
Because we don’t accept tyranny.
We don’t accept the government murdering people.
We don’t accept fascism.
Me holding a placard, with a picture of Farage, saying multimillionaire, 4 homes owner, private school, tax dodging, stock broker, EU passport, fox hunting, nepo baby, common man. He's not 'just like you'. He doesn't even like you.
Son, husband and neighbour waiting for the march to begin. Son carrying a placard saying Make Goodwin Eat his book Again
And just for the record, we were there.
Farage: he's not 'just like you'. He doesn't even like you. #TogetherAlliance
