Julie D
@julie169.bsky.social
Retired, love Europe, baffled and worried by the nonsense happening everywhere.
Gaah!
Gaah!
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🚨 Millions of elderly Britons take drugs known as anticholinergics - they can have serious side-effects and have been linked to a risk of dementia but patients aren't routinely warned. Another aspect of the polypharmacy crisis: www.thetimes.com/article/b5fb...
Doctors prescribe drugs without mentioning dementia risk
Common medicines for diabetes, bladder control and depression can be associated with serious side-effects for older people
www.thetimes.com
September 13, 2026 at 6:57 AM
🚨 Millions of elderly Britons take drugs known as anticholinergics - they can have serious side-effects and have been linked to a risk of dementia but patients aren't routinely warned. Another aspect of the polypharmacy crisis: www.thetimes.com/article/b5fb...
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We are now at the point where hotels have to show “proof” to racist councillors so an angry mob won’t assault their guests.
Fuck you Farage and fuck you all the petty, small minded bigots jumping on his bandwagon.
Fuck you Farage and fuck you all the petty, small minded bigots jumping on his bandwagon.
September 10, 2026 at 7:11 AM
We are now at the point where hotels have to show “proof” to racist councillors so an angry mob won’t assault their guests.
Fuck you Farage and fuck you all the petty, small minded bigots jumping on his bandwagon.
Fuck you Farage and fuck you all the petty, small minded bigots jumping on his bandwagon.
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If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers)
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
act.38degrees.org.uk
September 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers)
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
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"I was expecting to learn things. I was expecting to have fun. What I was not expecting, though, was that there’d be a moment that felt akin to how I imagine religious people experience faith, in which I stood looking at the magnitude of creation and felt genuinely overcome by emotion."
Here’s how you dig a big tunnel under the ground
A flashback to September 2021.
jonn.substack.com
September 5, 2026 at 11:20 AM
"I was expecting to learn things. I was expecting to have fun. What I was not expecting, though, was that there’d be a moment that felt akin to how I imagine religious people experience faith, in which I stood looking at the magnitude of creation and felt genuinely overcome by emotion."
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With the recent promising successes in mRNA technology defeating pancreatic and now glioblastoma (brain cancer), it’s looking like anti-vaxxers may be the only ones that will die from these diseases soon.
Dolly Parton backed mRNA research.
This may end up being her greatest gift.
#science
Dolly Parton backed mRNA research.
This may end up being her greatest gift.
#science
September 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
With the recent promising successes in mRNA technology defeating pancreatic and now glioblastoma (brain cancer), it’s looking like anti-vaxxers may be the only ones that will die from these diseases soon.
Dolly Parton backed mRNA research.
This may end up being her greatest gift.
#science
Dolly Parton backed mRNA research.
This may end up being her greatest gift.
#science
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REMEMBER: They all knew.
August 17, 2026 at 4:14 PM
REMEMBER: They all knew.
Well done everybody! 🥇 🥇 🥇 🥇 #hunt #asher-smith #goat
BBC News - History for Hunt and Asher-Smith as GB win relay gold
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...
BBC News - History for Hunt and Asher-Smith as GB win relay gold
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...
European Athletics Championships 2026: Amy Hunt and Dina Asher-Smith make history with relay gold
Amy Hunt and Dina Asher-Smith make history and Georgia Hunter Bell claims a commanding 1500m gold as Great Britain maintain their bid to top the final medal table at the European Championships.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 16, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Well done everybody! 🥇 🥇 🥇 🥇 #hunt #asher-smith #goat
BBC News - History for Hunt and Asher-Smith as GB win relay gold
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...
BBC News - History for Hunt and Asher-Smith as GB win relay gold
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
goodlawproject.org
August 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
Tragically, Jason Arday has died after a vicious press campaign over the last few weeks. The Govt must urgently launch an inquiry into the rotten culture of the press, and any role it had in his death. Add your name now: hackedoff.org/campaign-actions/demand-an-inquiry-into-the-culture-of-the-press
Demand an inquiry into the culture of the press
Jason Arday died after being relentlessly hounded by the press. Demand an inquiry into press culture now.
hackedoff.org
August 15, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Tragically, Jason Arday has died after a vicious press campaign over the last few weeks. The Govt must urgently launch an inquiry into the rotten culture of the press, and any role it had in his death. Add your name now: hackedoff.org/campaign-actions/demand-an-inquiry-into-the-culture-of-the-press
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He didn’t change. They did.
August 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
He didn’t change. They did.
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Today was the 5th hottest day on record in the UK.
Beating the 6th hottest day on record set on June 22nd 2026 by 0.1c.
5 of the 6 hottest days ever in the UK have happened since 2019, the other was 2003.
Beating the 6th hottest day on record set on June 22nd 2026 by 0.1c.
5 of the 6 hottest days ever in the UK have happened since 2019, the other was 2003.
August 13, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Today was the 5th hottest day on record in the UK.
Beating the 6th hottest day on record set on June 22nd 2026 by 0.1c.
5 of the 6 hottest days ever in the UK have happened since 2019, the other was 2003.
Beating the 6th hottest day on record set on June 22nd 2026 by 0.1c.
5 of the 6 hottest days ever in the UK have happened since 2019, the other was 2003.
@support.bsky.team
Please correct your terrible explore list. Have you been invaded by bots? The election has only just started. Nobody has won anything...
Please correct your terrible explore list. Have you been invaded by bots? The election has only just started. Nobody has won anything...
August 13, 2026 at 7:33 AM
@support.bsky.team
Please correct your terrible explore list. Have you been invaded by bots? The election has only just started. Nobody has won anything...
Please correct your terrible explore list. Have you been invaded by bots? The election has only just started. Nobody has won anything...
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Anyone who isn't in today's UK/Europe Eclipse zone – or who hasn't been able to get a pair of those special glasses, or a welder's mask, or a colander, or a pinhole camera – you can watch it live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_lW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_lW...
Partial solar eclipse LIVE, 12 August 2026 | Telescope feed | Live from the Royal Observatory
YouTube video by Royal Observatory Greenwich
www.youtube.com
August 12, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Anyone who isn't in today's UK/Europe Eclipse zone – or who hasn't been able to get a pair of those special glasses, or a welder's mask, or a colander, or a pinhole camera – you can watch it live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_lW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_lW...
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Well said!
The world is increasingly more dangerous- a closer relationship with the EU helps to keep Britain safe.
The world is increasingly more dangerous- a closer relationship with the EU helps to keep Britain safe.
August 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Well said!
The world is increasingly more dangerous- a closer relationship with the EU helps to keep Britain safe.
The world is increasingly more dangerous- a closer relationship with the EU helps to keep Britain safe.
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Solar energy supplied more power to Britain’s grid in July than any previous month on record.
The figure of 14.4% of all power generated in July smashed the last monthly record of 12.4%, set only in May
In July 2025, the (formerly) best year for solar generation, 9.6% of generation was from solar.
The figure of 14.4% of all power generated in July smashed the last monthly record of 12.4%, set only in May
In July 2025, the (formerly) best year for solar generation, 9.6% of generation was from solar.
August 3, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Solar energy supplied more power to Britain’s grid in July than any previous month on record.
The figure of 14.4% of all power generated in July smashed the last monthly record of 12.4%, set only in May
In July 2025, the (formerly) best year for solar generation, 9.6% of generation was from solar.
The figure of 14.4% of all power generated in July smashed the last monthly record of 12.4%, set only in May
In July 2025, the (formerly) best year for solar generation, 9.6% of generation was from solar.
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😢
*Government: we need a sense of place and stronger regional policy to bring us together!
*Also government: it's okay to shut this local uni campus in an area of high deprivation!
*Thick-as-mince country. No joined-up thinking anywhere. 🇬🇧
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
*Also government: it's okay to shut this local uni campus in an area of high deprivation!
*Thick-as-mince country. No joined-up thinking anywhere. 🇬🇧
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Essex's Southend campus shuts and staff say goodbye
The university says the closure is due to financial pressures, leading to 400 staff redundancies.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 2, 2026 at 6:52 PM
😢
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Can electoral lightning strike twice? #VoteBinface #Clacton
August 2, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Can electoral lightning strike twice? #VoteBinface #Clacton
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Labour wins decisive victory in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection
Labour wins decisive victory in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection
Bev Craig, the city council leader, succeeds Andy Burnham as mayor, reversing Reform gains in May local elections
Labour has stormed to a decisive victory in the Greater Manchester mayoral byelection, seizing back areas that recently fell to Reform UK and the Greens.
Labour’s Bev Craig, the Manchester city council leader, will now succeed Andy Burnham and hold one of the most powerful political positions outside Westminster. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Labour wins decisive victory in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection