love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region
Brian Allen
π¨ Switzerland just declared US-Israeli attacks on Iran a violation of international law.
Switzerland.
The country that hasnβt taken a side in a conflict since 1815.
An elementary school bombed. A boysβ school. Freshwater desalination plants. Oil refineries blanketed in acid rain.
Argh, I haven't yet. What is your alternative for music and podcasts?
Photo from the early 1970s of a man on horseback negotiating the Birmingham inner ring road at Holloway Head
Iβm searching for the original and/or rights owner of this fabulous picture of Birmingham in the early 1970s. It popped up on my Instagram feed, but Iβve been unable to track it down.
Any leads? Iβm really hoping to use it in a book.
(And would much appreciate a RT please)
Article from BMJ. Excerpt here: I recently spotted a LinkedIn post titled, βDress how you want to be addressed.β The accompanying image showed someone power dressed to perfection. It made me reflect on my own work attire as a GP. My default is more casual than smart. I know a generation of older doctors who would disapprove: I often hear GP trainers complaining about how casually trainees dress nowadays. But a recent consultation made me realise that my choice, although subconscious, is in fact deliberate. A patient and her husband described a hospital appointment they attended where they felt talked at, unable to voice their worries. They contrasted this with seeing me, saying that they could talk to me βlike you are our friend or family.β That comment stopped me in my tracks. It reminded me that the way we present ourselvesβour words, our body language, and yes, even our clothesβshapes the kind of relationship patients feel able to have with us. General practice, at its best, is defined by the absence of hierarchy. Yet doctors hold immense power: to label, to reassure, to prescribe, to withhold. Divesting ourselves of that power takes conscious effort. Listening more than talking is one way to do it. Choosing words that frame us as partners is another. And for me, part of that effort is dressing in a way that doesnβt command authority but instead signals approachability. I try not to look too different from the average patient who walks through my door. My clothes are one signal that Iβm accessible. Some of my colleagues use their first names with patients, which works in the same way. I donβt do thatβlargely because mine is harder to pronounceβbut I admire how it helps to level the playing field. These gestures may seem small, but they can be transformative. Patients need to feel able to bring their deepest fears to the GP, however minor, without fear of judgment.
As someone who has been a patient recently, and who has written blogs on this topic in the past, I strongly concur with Dr Rammya Matthew that we need to do everything we can to redress the power imbalances in healthcare.
From the @bmj.com.
Link:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
#MedSky
β οΈ REVEALED: Trump's Plan For Iran - a #BrokenNews EXCLUSIVE:
youtu.be/ku6N3vZL-mo
Obama: Every day you wake up to things you just didnβt think were possible. Each day weβre told by those in high office to fear each other. Everywhere we see greed and bigotry being celebrated, and bullying and mockery masquerading as strength.
What is it about non-violent protest that the govt fears so much that they have to raid a Quaker Meeting House? Again.
Perhaps having your complete loss of moral direction exposed is too uncomfortable.
Democracy dies without dissent.
I think it may be too late for Labour - many of their core voters are repelled and have switched to a party that values fairness, tolerance, support for those in need, celebration of diversity.
For anyone who would like the clip (including George).
'They went for wealth, not health. They chose to tolerate inequality.'
Healthy life expectancy is falling and govt is looking the other way.
So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.
That's roughly $1 billion per day.
$41,666,667 per hour.
$11,574 per second.
People do not want this.
They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
I had no idea until this all started that the UAE licences and pays many influencers to live there and write positively about the regime.
That puts a whole new spin on things.
Propagandists in pocket of regime.
It's why all the messaging is the same.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/duba...
"The apes responded with great interest, and the researchers ended up needing to trade large amounts of bananas and yogurt to get back the largest crystal. Others were never retrieved.... They seemed to be experiencing 'something beyond curiosity,' Dr. GarcΓa-Ruiz said."
Raskin: Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists?
Noem: What happened was an absolute tragedy.
Raskin: Were they domestic terrorists?
Noem: My condolences to their families
Raskin: You lied about them.
There is just something deeply disturbing and offensive about watching a Labour govt keep kicking the most vulnerable in our society.
Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.
No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.
Worth a watch.
(π₯ BBC News/BBC Verify)
Migration is part of what makes this country great.
We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours.
The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.
The same technological pinpoint accuracy that was used to slaughter children in Gaza now being used to slaughter children in Iran.
This year @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social imposed a new GP contract
Provided an extra Β£1.50 to uncap the number of calls or requests per day & stand by the phone or computer
And if the job isnβt completed within 24hours the GP will be sanctioned
Job specifications below - canβt see a problemπ€·π»ββοΈ
I imagine the govt might be quite keen as this could staunch the flow of MPs defecting to the Greens - which the latest show of performative cruelty over immigration & asylum must surely prompt (not to mention caving in to Trump). Most Labour MPs are good people who still possess a moral compass.
Only just met this poem by Raymond Carver, and I'm quite blown away
And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.
Color studio portrait of Marion Downs (1913β2014), renowned American audiologist and pioneer in pediatric audiology. She sits posed against a neutral gray background with a gentle smile. She has short, wavy silver-white hair, warm brown eyes, and light makeup with pink lipstick. She wears a light gray satin blouse with subtle polka dots, small gold earrings, a gold watch, and a wedding ring. Her left hand rests on her hip. She is dressed in a matching gray skirt, exuding poise and accomplishment in this formal seated pose. #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM #audiology
Before Marion Downs, childhood hearing loss wasnβt caught until age 3+. #WorldHearingDay
The ππ°π΅π©π¦π³ π°π§ ππ¦π₯πͺπ’π΅π³πͺπ€ ππΆπ₯πͺπ°ππ°π¨πΊ advocated for early detection/intervention & established the first large-scale newborn screening program (1963), proving early intervention is the key to language. #WomenInSTEM
Spain talking sense on senseless war.
Not long ago they were talking sense on immigration too.
European countries Govs need to be more Spain.
Yet more promises to patients that your GP will see you right away, yet more barriers to referrals from GPs to hospitals - no wonder the newly imposed contract is not going down well with the profession. (ignore the irrelevant picture)
doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
Green MP Ellie Chowns on the elections bill last night: "It is really quite extraordinary that the Thailand-based crypto investor Christopher Harborne has been allowed to donate Β£9 million to Reform UK. I notice that its Members are still not here" (2/3rds of the way into the debate)
It used to be a problem in the private sector only back in the mid 00s. But at least lung cancer screening with CT has now been proven and gone mainstream. And bowel cancer screening too.
Sadly itβs NHS wide now. The thresholds for scanning are nonexistent
www.bjsacademy.com//bjs-academy...
This is insane. Insiders profiting off of knowledge about the military is not just insider trading, it's also a threat to national security because our adversaries can certainly monitor these markets!
CNN put together a montage of the regime's incoherent talking points about Trump's war on Iran
