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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

@mickeyundertone.bsky.social it's a catastrophe. I can no longer listen to your music shows as the BBC have erected an iron curtain against those outside the UK. The Sounds app is no more. A Brexit bonus? Any idea how I can listen to your dulcet tones in Germany?

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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

A state visit doesn't just mean that Trump comes to the UK for talks or whatever. It means a literal parade in his honour. It means a banquet with the royals. It is one of the highest honours we have to give. After what we saw yesterday, it must not be allowed to happen.

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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit

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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I have read several recent surveys that clearly state a lot of people regret voting to leave. You do not see these stories, or you choose to ignore them?

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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

What lies; Turkey will join EU, 350 million per week, oven ready deal, the kipper in plastic, no border down the irish sea, they need us more than we need them, trade deals galore, cheaper food, no friction at the border. How do not know these stories? How fucking blind are you?

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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

You ask for proof; there is a plenty of news stories about companies no longer selling in Europe because of the red tape and extra costs. Similarly, food imports are also compromised. Fishermen not being able to sell their fish when they used to do it easily. And so on and so on. But you are blind.

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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

First, it's an English/Welsh thing, Scotland and N. Ireland voted remain. Second, you were lied to. Third, only around a third of the UK voted to leave. Fourth, most people regret it. Fifth, it's an economical disaster. Sixth, it was the wrong decision. Seventh, it's still the wrong decision.

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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Maybe not in your life it's unnecessary, but that's a feature of a certain demographic. One I don't rub shoulders with. Except on places like this. And I don't understand your narrow minded view. Pompous attitude. Privileged. Etc

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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I find that very hard to believe

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

1. A common mistake is to look for ideological consistency on the far right, and to become confused when some of the things it claims to stand for sound positive and even progressive. Here’s a thread on how to understand this. 🧵

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 07/02/2025

“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.” The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av

A Lancet Editorial: “American chaos: standing up for health and medicine”

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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

good luck enforcing it. It is similar to when WhatsApp had an age limit of 16, and everyone just lied about the age of their kids. War on drugs...fail. War on social media for under 16's....fail. Don't forget that kids are more tech-savvy than their parents.

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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Can you prove that it was worth it?

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Maier Biophysics Lab @maierlab.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Our latest research on how antigenic variation affects gonococcal lifestyle and antibiotic tolerance has now been published in@plosbiology.org! Follow the link journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... A big thank you to our collaborators Lisa Craig and Paul G. Higgins @docpolski.bsky.social!

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Pilin antigenic variants impact gonococcal lifestyle and antibiotic tolerance by modulating interbacterial forces

Neisseria gonorrhoeae evades immunity by altering its surface structures through antigenic variation. This study shows that this process also modulates bacterial interactions, driving microcolony dive...

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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

It's a pity that Labour are too scared to do the right thing. Spineless and brexit appeasement is their m.o.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on

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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Honesty is as rare as hens teeth with the UK politicians

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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Well, he has to rub it in, doesn't he.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

One of my favourite quotes from a wonderful human ''Two possibilities exist either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying'' - Arthur C. Clarke

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ESCMID @escmid.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Last call: submit your original artwork for the 2025 #ESCMIDGlobal Art Gallery. The theme this year is #ClimateChange & Infection. Participants can win incredible prizes so don't miss out! Learn more: ow.ly/o5O150Uye4Y The submission deadline is TODAY! #IDSky #MedSky #clinmicro

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Dr James Smith, "14+ months of the systematic destruction of the Gaza healthcare system" Matt Barbet, "The Israeli gov say Hamas using hospitals to hide" DJS, "This is a military tactic the Israeli forces have used to justify their attacks on pretty much every single healthcare facility in Gaza"

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

ᗪIᗪ YOᑌ KᑎOᗯ? BACITRACIN was named by Balbina Johnson, lab supervisor at Columbia Med School, since the producing (Baci)llus was isolated from compound fracture of a child Margaret (Trac)y where it was (in)hibiting pathogenic bacteria and helping her overcoming a septic infection? #IDSky 🦠 🧫 🧪

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

This 1959 paper in the Japanese Journal of Microbiology shows HGT of resistance for the first time: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... (link to PDF). Resistant phenotypes transfers from resistant Escherichia coli to susceptible Shigella and, even 60 years later, it is still a great read!

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ON THE MECHANISM OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE‐DRUG‐RESISTANT CLONES OF SHIGELLA

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