Cancerista, Inner Space Cadet, Coach, Writer & Speaker | On hiatus from wrangling software into production | Likely to be first against the wall | She/her
Birmingham, UK
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New blog post, in which I talk radiotherapy and pain medication.
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When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
EXCLUSIVE: In a leaked video, Rishi Sunak boasted to Conservative Party members that he was prepared to take public money out of “deprived urban areas” to help wealthy towns.
@REWearmouth reports: newstatesman.com/politics/co…
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Tank fly boss walk jam nitty-gritty,
You're listening to advice from Professor Chris Whitty.
It is damn hot.
It is damn hot.
The Met Office has issued an extreme heat warning for next week. Please remember the signs of heat exhaustion and heatstroke especially for older and medically vulnerable people. Early intervention to cool people down and rehydrate them can be lifesaving.
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Getting a bit weary of the "heatwave will affect everyone, not just the vulnerable" line being trotted out. It's like COVID all over again - only to be taken seriously when its effects reach beyond those of us who are inconveniently disabled, elderly, etc.
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The real problem in this country is that we need better health and social care, education & climate change management, plus fair benefits, criminal justice and defence. We need these much more than many things we buy personally. But politicians are hell bent on denying them to us
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"Should the Human Rights Act be replaced with a Bill of Rights?": a very short questionnaire by @HumanRightsCtte.
Please can *everyone* share and complete this. It's literally just a minute or two.
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Just how many people turned a blind eye to his blatantly gross behaviour? He was never fit for public office.
EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson lobbied for a public role for a young woman who says he abused his power to have a sexual relationship with her
The PM was confronted at the height of the #MeToo movement in 2017, when she told him she was still “shaken and upset”
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Absolutely spot on. Thank you, @sarahm
Leading people with more technical expertise than you have can create added perspective and trust.
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Utterly devastating for those injured or killed, and their loved ones.
So sad to see such a beautiful building destroyed too - we stayed here when we visited Havana in 2007.
"It is just a ruin now." -Watch @CNN_Oppman report from Havana, Cuba, where an explosion rocked the historic Hotel Saratoga, killing at least eight people and leaving 30 others hospitalized, Cuban officials say: cnn.it/3KR8cNq
I'm back with an update - and my thoughts on tomorrow's elections.
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What these kinds of commenters fail to realise is our world is now calibrated for the improved living standards we've attained.
Cars, phones, internet &c are more necessary in order to work, shop, learn & access critical services.
Plus cold & lack of hygiene are health issues.
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I get asked this every time, even though I no longer have a uterus. It's purely done for safety and completeness.
Is it reasonable for the NHS to ask men if they're pregnant ahead of a scan?
Joanna Harper - scientist, athlete and transgender person - gives us her view
#KayBurley SR
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Thank you to the 1,500 kind people who have retweeted my appeal for help to find Rashid. Please keep circulating his photo and asking people to help. We need to widen the search.
