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More of this, less of bombing other countries

(From @acyn.bsky.social )

For those keeping track at home. The Iranians have now blockaded the Strait of Hormuz in response to the US blockading it because the Iranians had blockaded it, in response to the US attacking Iran to ensure that the Strait which was fully open at the time wasn't blockaded.

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

AI software for smart glasses wins £1m prize for technology to help people with dementia Glasses use verbal cues and floating text to assist wearers and are expected to be available in early 2027 AI software that can be embedded into smart glasses has won a £1m prize for technology to help people with dementia. Built into chunky, black-rimmed frames that have a camera, microphone and speakers, the tech – known as CrossSense – guides wearers through everyday life by means of a chatty assistant called Wispy. Continue reading...

AI software for smart glasses wins £1m prize for technology to help people with dementia

OoH wow gorgeous 🌺

Trump is being schooled on the limits of US power – but he is a slow learner | Rafael Behr Last year it was China’s answer to tariffs, now it’s Iran’s retaliation to airstrikes – ‘America First’ keeps foundering on global economics, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Catch up on the Middle East war. Beautifully penned.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Your regular reminder than a large majority of voters - and overwhelming majority of Labour voters - favour giving settled migrants access to the welfare state after five years or less. The Home Secretary is not reforming rules in line with public opinion. She is doing the opposite.

Badenoch gives a borderline disgraceful performance at PMQs on Iran | John Crace At times like this you have to thank your lucky stars that the opposition leader is not in Downing Street

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Could have been an outstanding goalkeeper.🐱😺😻
#cat #cats #pets #petlovers #catlovers #animals #meme #memesky #memes #funny #foryou

How gorgeous 🐝

This is the front cover of the new edition of @thelancet.com (thanks to @profstevegriffin.bsky.social for sharing) #HealthPolicy #Science 🧪🧵

Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure In his first speech as Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F Kennedy Jr laid out a plan to restore trust. The COVID-19 pandemic saw public faith in Federal health...

Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure
The Lancet
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Also deserving of some praise: tactical voting websites. #gortondenton

G&D and Caerphilly painting quite the picture about how the public really feel about Reform - despite much of the media’s desperate attempts to persuade us that a Farage premiership is inevitable come the next GE.

Gorton and Denton by-election result: GRN: 40.7% (+27.5) REF: 28.7% (+14.7) LAB: 25.4% (-25.3) CON: 1.9% (-6.0) LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1) Green GAIN from Labour.

Expect weeks of "family voting" rhetoric from Reform. They're out of the gates on it already.

It mustn't be allowed to wash because look at the scale of that win.

Tactical voting has obviously played a massive part.

Gorton and Denton rejected Reform and its hateful agenda.

Apologies for my woeful Japanese pronunciation and for the baseball cap. I'd love to hear Kazumi Hashimoto's version of Careless Whisper if anyone has it! Tonight The Music Seems So Loud: The Meaning of George Michael, is published around the world this summer. More details: sathnam.com

How much has it snowed in Boston, you ask? Well, enough that our neighbors made a whale out of snow.

Voters in Gorton and Denton can take a FREE personality test today. Simply go into a polling booth and if you find yourself voting for Matt Goodwin, you'll know you're a twat.

Yorkshire Water fined over £700,000 for repeated sewage releases Company admits three pollution events that killed fish and insects in Pools Brook country park near Chesterfield

I speak as someone regularly ripped off to ensure that Yorkshire Water's complex network of owners all make plenty of undeserved profits and bonuses.

Water is a basic necessity of life. And we pay them to chuck shit in it.

What a marvellous idea privatisation was... 🤮

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A vote for Matt Goodwin/Reform in #GortonAndDenton is a vote for racism and misogyny. A vote to shame the constituency, to divide and fail it. It’s a vote that takes no responsibility for its consequences because it hasn’t thought about them and doesn’t care enough to do that.
Don’t be that voter.

Oh wow had forgotten 🌼

We need to go back to a situation where racism is shameful rather than electorally advantageous.

Boris Johnson colluding with right wing Americans to undermine the UK.

Where have I heard this before?

bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...

How the Epstein Files affect lives of everyday people more than you might realise | The News Agents Anand Giridharadas tells The News Agents why he believes there is a lesson of unity to be taken from the Epstein Files, and why the suppression of global citizens is as much a story as the horrific…

"The people we watch on TV fighting with each other are, behind closed doors, hanging out – it is just a game," says Anand Giridharadas

"They're helping each other stay in power, and have access to information that is not available to the rest of us"

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

Working with the fantastic Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, we are going to send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there. It's on the way!!! President DJT

Healthcare in Greenland is publicly funded, free at the point of use, and despite geographical challenges considered very good.

Healthcare costs in the USA are extortionate and responsible for 60% of all US bankruptcies.

So maybe Denmark should be sending hospital ships the other way.

The video from Nigel Farage gives the impression that he was individually refused access.

Farage is in the Maldives.

200 miles away from the Chagos Islands which are not a
tourist destination.

Hasn't got the paperwork and wasn't on the 'aid boat' he's pointing at which is trying to establish a settlement for four people on the islands.

How is this serving Clacton? Who paid?

COVID-19 vaccination status during pregnancy and preeclampsia risk: the pandemic-era cohort of the INTERCOVID consortium COVID-19 vaccination with a booster reduces the odds of PE by 30% approaching 60% reduction among women with pre-existing morbidities.

Remember when RFK Jr. unilaterally decided that COVID19 vaccines should no longer be recommended during pregnancy?

Well, COVID19 increases the risk of preeclampsia.

And it turns out that getting boosted, either before or during pregnancy, significantly reduces the risk of preeclampsia.

Phase 1 and preclinical studies reveal safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of intranasal delivery of the influenza antibody CR9114 Intranasal CR9114 is safe in humans, and twice-daily dosing confers protection against influenza virus challenge in macaques.

Exciting research shows potential for a new way to prevent flu infection using a nasal spray! 🧵🧪