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Nobody has the right to ask or know anything about biological parents or reasons for adoption that my daughters don't want to share.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 1h

This is so important. I am a Dad. My wife is a Mum. My adopted daughters biological parents do not deserve those names. Certainly not to be labelled "real". When necessary to refer to their biological father, that is all he is/was.

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump's latest extraordinary betrayal of Ukraine

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is shameful. The controversial Guinea-Bissau truck RFKJr wants to fund has been given ahead. Now a life saving vaccine will be deliberately withheld from newborns in a country where hep B is endemic

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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 15h

My daughters did single English GCSE which included that type of literature question.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Being able to read and write English to a good standard matters. Being able to memorise WW1 poetry or analyse the mood swings of Hamlet may be less relevant for a physics degree.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Why don't they ask Jude Bellingham?

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Which is why private companies pay all of us ( the Treasury) to use it.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Tories will make you better off. True, they would make you even better off IF you are already rich enough to own a £2 million property, or you inherit an enormous sum of money, that you didn't earn, from an estate in the top 5%.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

She probably doesn't remember the racism against John Barnes, given that she was a child in Nigeria when he was playing. And has stoked culture wars herself. BUT at least she recognises that her kids can be English, which is a step in the right direction compared to Cruella Braverman's nonsense.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Did they ask the people of Clacton to judge?

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The last one the patient just nodded along, apparently accepting the wonders of western medicine, although he appeared somewhat relieved when someone intervened to correct "syau" (apple) to "sui" (injection).

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

When I was working in Nepal, gems from Western Drs included saying to patients in Nepali: Do you have bananas opening in your mind? Have you eaten rice and condoms today? Mascara can help you see in the dark. You need an apple in your bottom every month.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Plenty to amuse Engkish speakers here, but tbf we either don't bother trying to speak/write other languages, or make equally hilarious mistakes.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Good question! I think poor circulation can explain false low reading, but difficult to explain false high reading, so tend to go for higher of the two. And of course observe over at least a few minutes to get a fairer reading than the normal quick on and off check in ward observations round.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Was it the different manufacturers - or different fingers? Anecdotally I have sometimes found moving the same oximeter to a different finger can give a different result by 2-3%. Maybe just timing (as ibvs not exactly simultaneous(, maybe peripheral circulation variation?

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Once had an American medical elective student who introduced himself to the whole team: "Hi, I'm Randy!" You can imagine the reaction..... It doesn't have same meaning in USA.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And if you think it is only migrants, don't think the leopards will be too fussy about which other faces to eat.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is what happens if you have a government wanting to depott immigrants and don't have the protection of ECHR.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As a registrar I had a consultant who would sit beside me for an hour every week reporting CXRs during which his secretary would bring 2 mugs of coffee. Both for him. As a consultant I wanted to comply with ECHR and avoid torture. Didn't have to be Jesus. (Just as well!)

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)

Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.

As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

20mph save lives and reduce casualties. If you are against 20mph limits then you want more people to be seriously injured and die. The evidence is right here.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How does a home owner in his 30s have £200,000 in savings. More importantly, as he is still paying off his mortgage, WHY does he have £200,000 in savings? Unless he is getting a phenomenal interest rate, he must be an idiot.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Harry Kane not English (according to Cruella's definition) Anthony Gordon also not enough generations English. So actually 0-0 draw.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sorry, Harry Kane does not meet the Braverman definition of English.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think 3 players in the recent England world cup squad would qualify as "English" under her definition.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My wife would agree with you. But telling me "it's over there!" while gesturing vaguely in the general direction of half the room, is not helpful.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

How many reservoirs were drained and how many degrees of global warming added so that a data centre could allow the production of this?

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I couldn't get behind Corbyn, but where I live, in GE under FPTP it has to be existing Lab MP to keep Con (or maybe Reform?) out.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I liked the LibDems because I thought they had good environmental policies, without the economic lunacy of the Greens. This idea is really pushing me away from them.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There was one a while ago which used SEBASTIAN COE. Can't remember what any of the letters stood for or what the condition was, but when I saw it I thought- now do other athletes, starting with Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Do you really think Greens would let Reform/Tories in rather than do a deal with Labour? And IF majority vote for far right Tories + extreme right Reform, isn't that democracy? But as many now vote tactical actual outcome could be different under PR.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Does it matter? If it is good for Scotland, why shouldn't the rest of us benefit from similar? Whatever we think of Labour Party, I think Burnham had a point about politics too often being about point scoring rather than solving problems.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Means testing might resolve that, but perhaps become a disincentive to save for retirement?

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fair point. But if we do that, those of us with decent occupational pensions would end up with significantly bigger state pension, costing treasury money we don't need.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am a Christian and was in my teens. I hated the sham of singing hymns in school assemblies in 1970s.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a Christian, I do object.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The income from the Crown Estates goes to the Treasury. So effectively this is government charging private companies rent on the use of sea bed. Thereby reducing your taxes. Would you prefer private investors to have free use of national resources? Getting rid of the monarchy is a separate issue

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Would you like me to rewrite that post for you with typos to make it appear more authentic?"

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The alt text said it id shooting a rainbow up its nose, but as the nosil is not in the nostril it would be more accurate to say it is spraying it towards its left forehead.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Financial rules exist to make sure that small or medium sized clubs can't catch up with the big boys. They don't apply to the big boys themselves.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Surely the way to settle the accusation of financial irregularities is to ask the people of Clacton?

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not a lot of refugee small boats arriving in South Tyneside, so let's attack families with young kids instead.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

At UNGA, one “leader” called climate change a hoax, while another leader spoke the truth and warned the world about the impending climate disaster apnews.com/article/un-c...

apnews.com

Nepal's climate-connected catastrophe is a warning to the rest of the world, prime minister tells UN

A month after deadly floods, Nepal's prime minister says the climate-connected catastrophe is a warning to the rest of the world.

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This idea is very much alive when applied to Gurkhas. Whereas Nepal hasn't had a war since 1856 (Nepal-Tibet war)

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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Given my mix of ancestors from Scotland, Wales and England (within the past 2-3 generations) I can't work out how I would fit into such a classification. I can handle "British" for national identity, but ethnically no different from most of Europe.

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