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Charlotte Kirk

@charlottetjh.bsky.social
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Geriatrician, interested in Acute Frailty

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“We’ve only had 114 years to do something, let our kids sort it out!”
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It's officially the hottest June day ever. We know who is to blame. Fossil fuel firms. The billionaire media. Weak politicians. We know what we must do. Rapid decarbonisation & adaptation for a healthier, wealthier country safe for future generations.
June temperature record broken as 35.7c recorded
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Fossil fuel giants and their billionaire backers are boiling Britain. We need action to reduce emissions - but we also need emergency safety measures too. Cool spaces in every community and a maximum working temperature. It's time for Government to step in.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
While the government collapses, kids are fainting in classrooms and workers are sweltering. It's time to heatproof Britain: 1⃣ Heatproofing for every home that needs it 2⃣Cooling measures for schools, hospitals and care homes 3⃣ A maximum workplace temperature limit.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This isn't normal. While this government is in chaos, its failure to protect people from extreme heat will cost lives. We need maximum workplace temperatures to protect workers and cool spaces so the vulnerable aren't exposed.
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CBS Sports Golazo @cbssportsgolazo-m.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
GOATs at any age 🐐 Lionel Messi joins Marta as World Cup goal leaders with 17 each 😮‍💨
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Ben Rollman @bensbrickdesigns.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I'd like to remind everyone that Messi is now TIED with Marta for most goals in the World Cup. Especially #fox
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This is only the beginning. The climate crisis is here. So why are politicians and most of the media still acting as though this can wait? It can't. We can still avoid some of the worst impacts - but only if we find the courage to act. metro.co.uk/2026/06/22/g...
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Greta Thunberg warns 40°C heatwave about to hit UK 'is only the beginning'
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A bunch of men are frothing at the mouth because women's football coach Emma Hayes provided analysis of the England men's game...seriously
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Women's coach talks football tactics only for fragile men to launch sexist attacks
A bunch of men are frothing at the mouth because women's football coach Emma Hayes provided analysis of the England men's game...seriously
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Coxy @coxy1976.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The pile on of Emma Hayes shows just how much misogyny is still rife in this country. A person who has reached significant heights in the game ridiculed because she dares to be female.
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Alasdair MacLullich @amaclullich.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Clinical tip on #delirium: it fluctuates - e.g. lucid one hour, confused or sleepy the next. This cruel "rollercoaster" exhausts families & fools healthcare professionals. Let's not be misled by moments of clarity. Review the notes for changes over the last 24-48 hours.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Why the scare quotes? Huge numbers of people in this country are struggling with their mental health, esp since the pandemic. Most politicians diminish this harm and gaslight people suffering for somehow not being robust enough. I celebrate @carladenyer.bsky.social being brave and honest.
SCREENGRAB FROM BBC NEWS:

MP to take leave of absence due to 'burnout'
Bristol Central MP Carla Denyer
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Carla Denyer made history in 2024 after being elected as Bristol's first Green MP

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.
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Charlotte Kirk @charlottetjh.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Covid-19: Excluding doctors from vaccination programme puts patients at risk, clinicians warn
Doctors have warned that the government’s decision to exclude health and social care workers from its covid vaccination programme is putting patients at risk and will have a major impact on an overstr...
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Don’t let this make you quieter. Get louder.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2025
Ro Khanna: "They're making comedy illegal. Brendan Carr pressured ABC to cancel Jimmy Kimmel, and Disney cancels Jimmy Kimmel. This canceling from an administration that lectured us about cancel culture. That's why today I'm introducing a motion to subpoena Brendan Carr."
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Whether you like or dislike what’s said, free speech is at the heart of our democracy. Protecting it should be one of our core missions as a nation. If there were ever a moment for the so-called “free speech warriors” to speak out, now would be the time.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025
This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Nigel Farage is paid nearly a million pounds a year on top of his MP wages. You should be asking where all that money is coming from. Who owns Nigel Farage?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/09/2025
Call to halt Boris Johnson’s £115,000 allowance after Boris Files revelations
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Call to halt Boris Johnson’s £115,000 allowance after Boris Files revelations
Senior politicians want taxpayer-funded support for former PM suspended, as watchdog opens investigation
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Palantir is a CIA controlled spy agency, there to infilitrate and takeover foreign Governments. They need to be kicked out of the UK.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/09/2025
Ella Baron on the fall of Angela Rayner and the rise of Reform UK – cartoon
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Ella Baron on the fall of Angela Rayner and the rise of Reform UK – cartoon
The departure of Rayner as Keir Starmer’s deputy is the most serious blow yet for the beleaguered PM and his government
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Dr Aseem Malhotra tells the Reform UK conference: “It’s highly likely that the Covid vaccines have been a significant factor in the cancer of members of the Royal Family.” There is no evidence for this claim. The referenced professor is an ex UKIP candidate. Covid vaccinees are safe and effective.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
🔴Reform UK Conference: Anti-Vax Misinformation Doctor Given Prime Health Slot Leading doctors have accused Nigel Farage of putting lives at risk by letting Aseem Malhorta give the only health-related address at the conference bylinetimes.com/2025/09/05/r...
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Reform UK Conference: Anti-Vax Misinformation Doctor Given Prime Health Slot
Leading doctors have accused Nigel Farage of putting lives at risk by letting Aseem Malhorta give the only health-related address at the conference
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Larry Colvin @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
THESE are the people making decisions on women's health. Notice anything?
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Rayner is gone so where is the media outrage at Farage and his taxing dodging scams? Home bought in his partners name avoiding stamp duty, GB News pay via a company to avoid 40% tax rate on his 92k pay from them.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/09/2025
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
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Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of television star-style arrangement is a practice criticised across the political spectrum Nigel Farage is using a private company to reduce his tax bill on his GB News media appearances and other outside employment in a television star-style arrangement that has in recent years become frowned on by major broadcasters. The Reform UK leader diverts money from his prime-time TV show into his company, which means that he paid only 25% corporation tax on profits, instead of 40% income tax, and could offset some expenses. Continue reading...
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Taj Ali @tajali1.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
NEWS: I’ve set up an independent anti-racist reporting and monitoring organisation. We’ll document racist attacks, support victims, pressure authorities to act, and amplify the voices of smaller, more isolated Black and Asian communities across Britain.🧵
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Richard Burgon MP @richardburgon.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
UK billionaire wealth has more than doubled since 2010. ▪️2010: £250 billion ▪️2025: £620 billion While workers’ wages have flatlined. When Parliament returns next week, I’ll be stepping up the campaign for a wealth tax. Ask your MP to sign my Parliamentary Motion on this.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Migrants can't answer back. They have no voice. So they make the perfect scapegoat for the pent-up rage of the angry, self-loathing far right who can unite around this issue. In addition it gives the media something to write about in the long summer recess. That is what is really going on here.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/08/2025
Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
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Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000 Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare. As of May, 19 months into the war, Israeli intelligence officials listed 8,900 named fighters from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad as dead or “probably dead”, a joint investigation by the Guardian, the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call has found. 8,900 Named fighters listed as dead or ‘probably dead’ in Israeli database as of May 2025 Continue reading...
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civilitysaves.bsky.social @civilitysaves.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Jasmine Crockett delivers passionate call for Texans to come together
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Yung Pueblo @yungpueblo.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
11 ways to calm your nervous system: Rest Hugs Laughter Long walks Meditation Boundaries Say no more often Spend time in nature Accept yourself as you are Be around nonjudgmental people Remember heavy emotions don't last
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diannep79155.bsky.social @diannep79155.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 12/08/2025
The evidence is clear - 20mph zones save lives. In London, they’ve cut deaths and serious injuries by 34% and child fatalities by 75%. That's why we need to see more 20mph areas. My op-ed for @theguardian.com ⤵️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Dear Britain, it’s now clear: 20mph zones save lives and don’t slow traffic. Implement them | Sadiq Khan
There is too much bluff and bluster on this subject. Ordinary people just want safe streets for themselves and those they love, and we can achieve that, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office. 
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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🗽💜 @chips1955.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
UK warned it risks exodus of 'disillusioned' doctors Nearly one in five doctors is considering quitting in the UK, new figures show, while one in eight is thinking about leaving the country to work abroad news.sky.com/story/uk-war...
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UK warned it risks exodus of 'disillusioned' doctors
Research from the General Medical Council into how doctors are feeling about their careers comes after resident doctors staged a five-day walkout.
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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Oxfam's Reaction to IPC famine alert in Gaza #Gaza Read here www.oxfam.org.uk/mc/a3wue9/
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UEFA Women’s EURO @weuro2025bot.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 BACK-TO-BACK 🏆 #WEURO2025
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Charlotte Kirk @charlottetjh.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
‘Exactly what a union should be doing’: doctors in Manchester defend strike action www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘Exactly what a union should be doing’: doctors in Manchester defend strike action
BMA members on Manchester Royal Infirmary picket line had hoped Labour government would end pay dispute
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 23/07/2025
LIVE NOW: @who.int media briefing on global health issues ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Nb...
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Media briefing on global health issues with Dr Tedros
YouTube video by World Health Organization (WHO)
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