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Rob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This would come across a lot better if he hadn’t just lost a war.

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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

DUI Hire Hegseth responds by cutting 20% of all generals from the military, starting with women and people of color.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They will cut all non-MAGA-loyalists. That’s the goal.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Europe's delays on Russian gas mean more payments to Moscow, and some arguments for delay come with an Oxford address, @razomwestand.bsky.social's Oleh Savytskyi argues. He wants energy analysts to disclose Gazprom-linked funding the way pharmaceutical researchers do. buff.ly/hGs0Hhz

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I hope you support *action* on a national social care service, not just a further (8th!) report in 25yrs. Almost all of the seven previous ones concluded the existing system was unfair, financially unstable or unsustainable, and that a larger, more predictable public contribution was needed.

Screenshot of my tweet from 7 Oct 2022.

It's captioned: 'Still waiting to hear the government's plan for social care... 21 years and seven reports on.'

The attached image is of the covers of the seven reports.

The ALT text for it:

Photograph of front covers of nine reports:
1999 Royal Commission
2006 Wanless Review
2011 Dilnot Commission
2014 Barker Commission
2017 House of Lords Select Committee
2018 House of Commons Health Select Committee
2019 House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee

https://x.com/Laconic_doc/status/1578277893423394816?s=20

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How the USA treats children.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Amidst the darkness, to see the light. From what I saw today. Left: Ukrainian Woman, 1904, artist unknown Right: The Nativity of the Virgin, late 17th - early 18th centuries, Volyn region (north-western Ukraine).

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He was stupid then. And he is stupid now.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: “Until 28 February 2026, the Strait was open. The insecurity prevailing in the Strait of Hormuz and the disruption of maritime navigation are the direct result of the aggressive actions of the United States and the Israeli regime.

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NB This link is for bookings from *outside* the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC). bookwhen.com/cesrsupport/...

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CESR Support Webinar (National link) - October 2026 - Booking by Bookwhen

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Trump’s just discovered the concept of population growth.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
More people working in the United States right now than at any point in the History of our Country! President DJT

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oh FFS. I identify as they/them. I also recognise how I look and understand when people make a mistake. Most trans and non-binary individuals I know are fine with people asking in good faith. It's genuinely more inclusive to default to neutral initially and doesn't need people getting het up about.

Telegraph headline: He’ and ‘she’ are not inclusive terms, says council
Spelthorne borough in Surrey asks staff to use ‘them/they’ to make people feel ‘welcome, seen, heard and respected’

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Without knowing whom they polled, how many, and how, and also whether there were any 'don't knows' or 'no response' answers this is uninterpretable, really!

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

CESR Support at NCIC hosting a CESR online workshop Wed 7 Oct 5.30–7pm. Four speakers: Electronic uploading of CESR documents – Tips and Tricks Mr J Ansari PP for Surgical Candidates (esp Gen Surg) Mr K Khan CESR in Medicine (esp ICU) Dr C Weerasekera CESR in GIM - Tips and Tricks Dr T Saiful

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CESR Support Webinar - North Cumbria Integrated Care - October 2026 - Booking by Bookwhen

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not just us then

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/

Image: A graph with lots of red dots clustered together in a curve. The are all looking upwards at a single red dot wearing sunglasses.

Caption: Mike was an outlier and would probably be excluded from the study, but all the other data points secretly thought he was really cool.

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cannabis legalisation isn't one policy. For-profit markets in Canada and the USA were linked to more use and stronger products, a new Lancet Psychiatry review found. 🇺🇾 Uruguay's state-run model showed no rise in youth use. buff.ly/yS6CFAg #Cannabis #DrugPolicy

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@privateeyenews.bsky.social has anyone else pointed out that the current @nationaltrust.org.uk magazine has a pair of tits and a beaver on the front cover? Shame they didn't have a photo of a member to complete the set!

Getting cover of the National Trust magazine.
There are for images: two blue tits in the top left hand corner; a beaver in the bottom left; an owl in the bottom right corner; and sea birds on a cliff in the top right hand corner.

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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"I don't fucking think so"

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

PS Better still, draft two emails: 1. The one you would like to have sent with no expletives deleted 2. A polite, neutral, fact-based one that you actually send Very therapeutic!!

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sounds a nightmare, Emma! Have you tried writing to the relevant CEO to express your frustration (politely, but with evidence)? I found that unlocked jobsworths' intransigence/incompetence pretty quickly in a similar situation!

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

And here's the industry identified pku prescription issues. www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/18...

mdpi.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This year’s El Niño is on course to be the largest in at least *1,000* years. That’s going to drive excess heat into the atmosphere and combined with man-made heating will make 2027 the hottest year ever recorded. #climatecrisis

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‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak

‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is how you deal with shysters in the pay of Moscow.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You'll be amazed to hear that the Reform Party is making false claims about migration numbers

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I remain really uneasy about this.

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

And I can imagine Goebbels making a similar argument about a solution to a problem.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

When I see stories like this my only thought is “surely there were loads of jobs you could have taken?” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson takes senior job at Palantir

The former minister announced his new role as senior vice president on Friday

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

He has been playing through the long years of the war. Every time I see him, it is a relief. He is here, with us, in his Kyiv. Old Gentleman with a trumpet.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

As horrific as the targeting of children is, let's not pretend this is the action of one person, or even isolated to US. In UK, Labour is pushing policies with the same outcome, and which would see British born children deported to countries they have never seen. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children

Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

That’s a hard agree from me. I am genuinely astonished at the number of otherwise sensible commentators who still discuss his latest wild actions as if they’re within the parameters of the normal policy making process.

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Don't confuse things with logic and facts!!

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wow. A big deal and I am impressed with Fox and CBS for sticking with the pack here

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Vaccines have the greatest benefit in both preventing shingles & mitigating symptoms in older people. It's a complex cost/benefit equation. With limited resources, most benefit for a given amount of public £ overall is in older people. (Few data re recurrence prevention, as it's not that common)

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's a complicated equation, but put simply the main risks for getting shingles are: • increased age (incidence ~1.7/1,000 per year at 18–49, rising to ~10/1,000 at 80+) • impaired immunity (roughly double that, ~3.3) • blood cancers (roughly double again, ~5.7) • SLE (~8.0) (last 3 all 18–49)

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Only those with a diagnosed immune deficiency condition, otherwise, no.

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Your words inspire me, Yara, like the sun encourages plants to grow after rain!

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The next one's 2092, so most of us won't be around to see it!

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You might be surprised (I was!!) that the answer is: . . . . . . . . . . . Twice!

Autumn equinox — 2001–2100

Date Occurrences Percentage

21 September 2 2%
22 September 76 76%
23 September 22 22%
24 September 0 0%
Total 100 100%

So, in the 21st century, the September equinox occurs overwhelmingly on 22 September, with 23 September being the other significant date. It occurs on 21 September only twice, in 2092 and 2096, and never on 24 September.

One important point for the UK: those figures are based on GMT/UTC. Because the UK is on BST (UTC+1) in September, two equinoxes that occur late on September 22 in GMT shift to September 23 in UK local time. Therefore, for the UK calendar date, the distribution is:

UK date Occurrences Percentage

21 September 2 2%
22 September 74 74%
23 September 24 24%
24 September 0 0%

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

And when do you think the next one will be...?

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Simple question: How many times this century (2001 – 2100) is the autumn equinox on 21 September? I knew it was a bit variable hear to year, but I wasn't sure quite how variable so I looked it up (via ChatGPT, double-checked with Claude). Make your guess here! (Hint, it's between 0 and 100!)

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Top tip: when using a new stove top coffee pot for the first time it is best to remove the little leaflet of instructions before making the coffee.

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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Here's the seats to votes ratios for 2024! In a paper by @martamiori.bsky.social and me:

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I apologise. I was trying to show the resilience of Ukrainians in not allowing the war to prevent them from still living, using you as an example. (Sadly, my skill with choosing words and putting them together is not as evocative as yours—and I'm being serious in saying that).

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Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The two are not mutually exclusive, of course.

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