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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18h

From the new Private Eye

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Be careful. If you gain or lose weight, an adjustment might be needed. But it simply does not work as "lose 5% of bodyweight, drop dose by 5%". Check Free T4 and Free T3 as well.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 13h

As someone who has actually looked through clear crystal, can you actually see a crystal clear line? Or does it mean there is no visible gap/difference between them?

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 17h

The VAT cut meant almost nothing. My VAT element was usually less than £4 by some margin - less than £40 a year.. Bills going up by "as much as £442" is a concern!

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 18h

I agree. But do check the expiry on that. I seem to remember that Berlin Chemie has changed branding.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 20h

I predict is being as useful as a Margarinot line would have been.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 20h

So do our enemies have specific threats they'd use against UK and nowhere else? Things they wouldn't use against other northern European countries. What if they used an anti-Denmark weapon as a surprise?

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 20h

I'm not on any benefit - except inasmuch as state pension seems to be called that. Doesn't make it any easier to pay standing charges and energy costs than anyone else. Esp. as live alone hence entire S/C falls on my shoulders. £1bn likely won't go very far in reality.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 21h

One person - two people? A person can be an officer of a few companies. Even identical name, DoB, and seemingly same address. But a slight difference in use of commas in writing the address divorces them. Compare versions you see different people with different number of appointments!

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 21h

That they have, extremely belatedly, introduced ID verification, shows they have been aware of issues for a long time. Will ID verification stop this? I have my doubts.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 21h

No-one can be held liable for anything.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 21h

Can't readily import medicines to cope with shortages! Even when they are 100% IDENTICAL to UK products made in same factories. bsky.app/profile/echi...

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 21h

Keeps striking me we need a general right to void NDAs which are used to cover up criminality. Obviously difficult to achieve, wording isn't simple, but principle seems simple enough. The concept of adding time limits might be helpful. Justifying a life-time NDA needing more than 5 or 10 years.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 22h

Well - we could, but the time and effort and cost of so doing represents a huge barrier. We have cut ourselves off from resilient supplies.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 22h

Levothyroxine is in short supply in the UK. But: The Serialisation Lock: Post-Brexit, the UK and European data systems for tracing serialized medicine barcodes (to prevent counterfeits) are decoupled. While tablets in the EU which are IDENTICAL to some in the UK, we cannot import them.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I could probably be regarded as elderly and I sure as hell hope that is wrong. It's often about 15C in the morning and I don't put heating on unless or until I actually feel too cool/cold.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A whole new level of "Cruise Control".

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And just what does inadequate do to bones? I suspect that having inadequate thyroid hormone is worse for bones than too much. #boneloss #MedSky

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Do you post elsewhere? I have just linked to this thread because I think it good to see such things discussed and understood. And because a TSH-only heel test is not good enough for many reasons.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If The Times’ political editor didn’t challenge Kemi Badenoch on her banning of @bylinetimes.bsky.social can the newspaper of record just make this simple correction?

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Only temporary? Other than some niche technical applications, I can see no justification for this sort of device. Anywhere. And if you come up with one, explain why the person can't wear a yellow hat emblazoned "I AM FILMING NOW"! So that everyone knows.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

😀 I saw so many problems with it over the years, not just on my computers but on many others, that alternatives were the rule. (Other than those who pay for the full Adobe suite.) And on macOS, I can't find any reason to use it.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Looked it up because the noise from near-overhead was very obvious.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Going back and forth between north Devon and Strumble Head. Very steady 9000 ft. Was a rescue helicopter about midpoint of the track but appears to have landed.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Does anyone still use Adobe Reader?

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Michael DB Harvey @michaeldbharvey.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Keir Starmer's final legacy: a scandalously secretive pharma deal with Trump that experts estimate will cost the NHS £44 billion by 2030 and lead to 229,000 excess deaths by 2036, double the Covid death toll. Isn't it time the public had a say on this? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Starmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid | Aditya Chakrabortty

The deal on medicine imports will cost the NHS billions and take funding away from doctors, nurses, cancer scans and the rest, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The ketchup in tomato shaped plastic containers!

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Let alone paying tax on it.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sure as hell, I'd rather approach Newfoundland (however it is pronounced) than Manhattan.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The rain might be annoying, but it can result in some lovely effects!

Photo of a complete semicircular rainbow - including some second order visible.
Trees along the bottom - cloud and blue sky in most of image.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The reporting of the issue is appalling - everywhere. I'm not at all surprised that so many have not fully appreciated the story! 😀

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hypothyroidism is a possible cause/contributory factor to breech presentation.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It is not typo. But it isn't the dose of levothyroxine,. It is the amount of Thyroid USP porcine desiccated thyroid powder.The does includes all the thyroglobulin and other constituents of the porcine thyroid glands.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Community Pharmacy England site shows five current price concessions on levothyroxine tablets. Still not officially in shortage! cpe.org.uk/funding-and-...

Levothyroxione price concessions September 2026:

Levothyroxine sodium 100microgram tablets 28 £0.93
Levothyroxine sodium 12.5microgram tablets 28 £10.31
Levothyroxine sodium 25microgram tablets 28 £1.59
Levothyroxine sodium 50microgram tablets 28 £1.11
Levothyroxine sodium 75microgram tablets 28 £1.91

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Community Pharmacy England site shows five current price concessions on levothyroxine tablets. Still not officially in shortage! cpe.org.uk/funding-and-...

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

People are getting loose tablets due to the shortages. Levothyroxine should NOT be dispensed loose - exposes it to oxygen, light, humidity. All of which cause deterioration of the product.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Someone nearby has installed three new lamps on the front of their house. All of them have a dual cone of light - one down to the ground, the other straight up to the heavens. And they are *many* times brighter than needed. Just WHY??? I have a weak 2.5 watt lamp on an IR detector.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No Iranian-English/English-Iranian dictionaries?

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Let us see more about this! Such issues really matter to so many of us.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Earlier I posted about Levothyroxine tablets being made Restricted Medicines due to supply issues. A huge number of people take this. Multiple products are unavailable - community and hospital. No announcements as to why! bsky.app/profile/echi...

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

But there has been no announcement of shortages. Just a torrent of patients unable to get levothyroxine. At least, if the make matters.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wockhardt, Accord, Mercury Levothyroxine and Eltroxin, and Crescent levothyroxine tablets are all physically manufactured in the UK. Aristo Vencamil, Aspire Teriston, and Teva are not manufactured in the UK but the restrictions apply to them just as much.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That will "save" me between £2.20 and 82p a month (based on historic bills). Definitely better than paying VAT. But hardly enough to make a meaningful difference. Oh - and 37% of VAT on my last bill was on the standing charges! I assume he means usage AND S/C?

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Alchemy Honey @alchemyhoney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No one should forget we took a big hit by our retirement age being moved back in EXCHANGE for the triple lock.

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Echinatum @echinatum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Virtuvias is not levothyroxine. It is a desiccated thyroid product. The publicity uniformly misinforms.

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