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Mary Hawking

@dochawking.bsky.social
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NHS GP retired 31 3 13 because of HSCA2012. Interested in health informatics esp. patient records,shared or otherwise, & privacy. Committee Member PHCSG: all opinions my own.

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Alarm at NHS patient records being put under control of US private equity firm
Doctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in England
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
🔴 How to Fool a 'Useful Idiot' Vice President The mistakes of F D Roosevelt's Vice President Henry A Wallis find an echo in today's cosy relationship between the Trump administration and the Kremlin, writes Piotr R Frankowski www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-to-foo...
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How to Fool a 'Useful Idiot' Vice President
The mistakes of F D Roosevelt's Vice President Henry A Wallis find an echo in today's cosy relationship between the Trump administration and the Kremlin, writes Piotr R Frankowski
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Trump's 100 days in 100 seconds. From yours truly. Watch/share/subscribe: zeteo.com/subscribe
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Nigel Farage has told ITV News the first thing he would do as prime minister if he won a general election would be to remove the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights That alone is good reason never to vote for Reform UK. THIS IS WHY youtu.be/MdiDDJrQUJA?...
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Nigel Farage says first thing he would do as PM if he won a GE would be to remove UK from the ECHR
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
One problem with ‘AI v Doctor’ diagnostic studies is that most diagnoses are either obvious or emergent (ie have an unfolding-over-time dimension in which an ongoing clinician-patient relationship can prove crucial). Also, the most important things a GP knows are a) whether to refer and b) to whom.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12/04/2025
U.S. DOGE Service employees have inserted themselves into the government’s long-established process to alert the public about potential federal grants and allow organizations to apply for funds.
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DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions
A DOGE engineer removed users’ access to grants.gov, threatening to further slow the process of awarding thousands of federal grants per year.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Dr Peter Marks, "Vaccines have been studied very extensively for being potentially associated with autism" "That theory has been debunked" "One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 11/04/2025
"I'm starting to wonder if Kristi Noem shot her dog by accident while taking a family photo." - Desi Lydic
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024. This isn't due to luck or skill. Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Who saw that coming..
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
🔴Trump and Dump For all the talk of Donald Trump's supposed business expertise, the truth is that his only real experience has been in the 'art of the steal', reports Heidi Siegmund Cuda www.bylinesupplement.com/p/hot-type-t...
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Hot Type: Trump and Dump
For all the talk of Donald Trump's supposed business expertise, the truth is that his only real experience has been in the 'art of the steal', reports Heidi Siegmund Cuda
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Mary Hawking @dochawking.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Could I put in a plea to other blue skye subscribers? PLEASE post a profile. I never follow back on accounts that follow me, but don't have a profile: how do I know you are not a bot - or whether your interests align with or might informme? Please, please post a PROFILE
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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10/04/2025
Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: Australia 0 Canada 0 Denmark 0 Finland 0 France 0 Germany 0 Iceland 0 Ireland 0 Italy 0 Japan 0 Netherlands 0 Norway 0 Portugal 0 Spain 0 Sweden 0 UK 0 United States 530,000 There’s a lesson there.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
No! Stop this, major media! That’s _not_ what just happened! DOJ at _no_ point made _any_ commitment to “bring Garcia home,” nor did it ask for “more time” to “bring Garcia home.” It said that Garcia is in the custody of El Salvador and the court has no jurisdiction there. Get it right, dammit!
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Lindsey Rachev @lrachev.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history. They aren't even bothering to hide it.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
A second child has died of measles in Texas. Measles is both dangerous AND preventable. In fact high childhood Vax rates (>95%) can eliminate it completely from a country. Please read and share our recent report on once common childhood diseases. independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
News travels fast in today's age of globalisation. I suppose we might return to the semaphore soon to listen to some folk, but in the mean time a lot of people seem weirdly keen not to spend their time in a detention facility.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
“You’re imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald islands… Why are you putting import tariffs on islands that are entirely populated by penguins?" A good question from CNN’s Jake Tapper
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
The total chaos that is US trade policy. When the bad instincts of a President who knows nothing of the subject meet his second term team of sycophants. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Trump officials, allies grow anxious about April 2 tariffs
The president continues to throw curveballs at businesses — and even his own team.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
People in the USA & beyond are being punished, fired, defunded, deported, disciplined & silenced by Trump’s administration for their opinions & beliefs. In unprecedented numbers. I thought the ‘anti-woke’ warriors really hated this stuff? They all seem to have disappeared…
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 24/03/2025
Don’t drink and text.
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Joe Beda @h.olysh.it · 24/03/2025
The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
What the heck happens next in USA? According to Chris Hedges, The Empire Self-Destructs. chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-empire...
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The Empire Self-Destructs
We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
White House may decide heads must roll for Signal group chat leak There is plenty of blame to go around for the leaked group chat, but Peter Hegseth and Mike Waltz will be feeling particularly uncomfortable www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
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White House may decide heads must roll for Signal group chat leak
There is plenty of blame to go around for the leaked group chat, but Peter Hegseth and Mike Waltz will be feeling particularly uncomfortable
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations www.politico.eu/article/musk...
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Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Jeez. The White House is directing federal law enforcement officials to seek sanctions against attorneys or law firms that challenge President Trump’s actions in court, a move seen as an escalation of the president’s attacks on those who oppose him www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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New Trump memo seen as threat to lawyers, attempt to scare off lawsuits
Experts fear the move will allow the administration to make claims against litigators for defending immigrants or challenging the constitutionality of actions.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Trump removes sanctions against Russian crypto service facilitating sanctions circumvention Who would have guessed www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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US removes sanctions against Russian crypto service facilitating sanctions circumvention
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has removed the Tornado Cash crypto service from the list of sanctioned entities and eased sanctions against its Russian founder.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
'No negotiation': A law firm targeted by Trump says it won't change who it represents 👏 www.businessinsider.com/elias-law-gr...
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'No negotiation': A law firm targeted by Trump says it won't change who it represents
The Elias Law Group hit back at Trump after it was namedropped in a White House memo targeting law firms' "frivolous" suits against his administration.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Uh... is this a good use of Chicago police resources? Musk is openly applauding it, even as he applauds the pardoning of hundreds of violent criminals who attacked police officers on January 6th and repeatedly claims that police officers are failing to stop violent crimes in big cities like Chicago.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Wow. Employees at the Social Security Administration were informed on Thursday that new rules forbid them from accessing “general news” websites, including those that have been at the forefront of the reporting on Elon Musk’s DOGE www.wired.com/story/social...
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Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story
New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
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Mary Hawking @dochawking.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Did anyone else hear the explanation on BBC R4 Sunday by US Christian Evangelical on why they now support Russia & Putin? 37.06mins. It appears - for them - only anti-LGBT policies massively outweigh all other considerations... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Sunday - Putin & the US Christian right; Pope and Poetry; Covid Day of Reflection - BBC Sounds
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/03/2025
Israel to cut off electricity in Gaza in apparent effort to force hand of Hamas
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Israel to cut off electricity in Gaza in apparent effort to force hand of Hamas
Humanitarian officials say move could hit already meagre water supply, as ceasefire talks grow increasingly chaotic Israel is to cut off any remaining electricity supplies to Gaza in an apparent attempt to ramp up pressure on Hamas amid increasingly…
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Fascism is here. The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich. 🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I thought I should let you all know what is going on over at Twitter ASAP Spread the word: Elon Musk is indeed deportation-eligible
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
there are big lessons from what actually worked really well during the period of sustained improvement in NHS performance (and in public and staff satisfaction) during Blair/Brown And excellent reports from Insitute for Government and from Chris Ham (and indeed Darzi) about what worked
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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What Will The Relationship Between Ministers & The NHS Be In Future? | The King's Fund
Following the recent announcement of changes to the top of NHS England, Nicholas Timmins and Professor Sir Chris Ham take a look back at the chequered relationship between government and the health se...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This is shocking. Even by the standards of 2025.
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Biggerthanfrogs @biggerthanfrogs.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
"Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights ..."
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Farage's political style is in some ways better suited to a presidential than a parliamentary system. If Reform is going to become a large-scale parliamentary party, with lots of ambitious & outspoken MPs, a national structure & local parties able to outlast Farage himself, that's going to be bumpy
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
"All political parties are collections of egos, all have rows. It turns out Reform is no exception" (Amol Rajan). It's more than that: Farage's parties are structurally fractious. He attracts "mavericks" who don't like discipline; but he won't share power with them & is almost impossible to remove.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Seeing the various stories about how x country populist nasty is appealing to Trump, and thinking about how devalued such US assistance already would be after just a few weeks. The marginally good news is how quickly this administration has become internationally toxic.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
CBS News parent company Paramount has filed motions to dismiss President Trump's lawsuit about its pre-election 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, calling the legal action an "affront to the First Amendment" thehill.com/homenews/med...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Zelensky has not refused to negotiate. He has refused to surrender to a murderous dictator who has illegally invaded his country youtu.be/HpmDquOkSCY?...
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FACTS & TRUTH MATTER
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/03/2025
Trump administration briefing: Vance defends US position on Ukraine; tariffs hit Canada, Mexico and China
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Trump administration briefing: Vance defends US position on Ukraine; tariffs hit Canada, Mexico and China
China and Canada retaliate after tariffs come into effect – key US politics stories from Monday at a glance
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