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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 20h
Two successful new drug trials offering hope to people with Parkinson's, but which is most important? Find out more at 8 by subscribing to my Substack. open.substack.com/pub/rorycell...
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Rory’s Always On Newsletter | Substack
A tech notebook with a focus on health - and occasional glimpses of a dog called #sophiefromromania. Click to read Rory’s Always On Newsletter, by Rory Cellan-Jones, a Substack publication with tens o...
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 18h
Now listen #sophiefromromania it’s too cold this morning for a game of "Do I or don't I want to come in from the garden?"
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sorting through photos for 2027 #sophiefromromania calendar for @cureparkinsons.org.uk - let me know your favourites
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's not just that we had two wasted years under Keir Starmer - years in which, with a vast majority and quite a lot of goodwill - he could have turned this country around. On crucial issues, we had two years of spiralling backwards, towards a very dark place. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ed Miliband to acknowledge Labour’s former stance on Palestine fell short
Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When #sophiefromromania Is on border patrol we remember why we got the garden fence heightened
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I had a massive bust-up over North Sea gas and oil with Lord Jackson on Politics Live today. "It shocks me to the core that sopmeone so ignorant, so ill-informed, sits in the House of Lords." I just wish I could figure out how to clip it. From 20'47" www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Two - Politics Live, 23/09/2026
The big political issues of the day.
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Doctor Of Music @doctorofmusic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here you go George. With thanks for the good work which you do ;-)
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
With big thanks to @doctorofmusic.bsky.social, here's my discussion today with Lord Jackson about North Sea oil and gas. Tape your jaw to your face before watching. Really.
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
every day and in every way, new ideas to discourage recycling
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Official measures to encourage flytipping: 1. Refusing very modest amounts of guttering 2. Forcing residents to Register with the dump
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Lincoln man turned away from recycling centre over guttering
The local authority says small quantities of DIY waste are accepted at the discretion of staff.
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#sophiefromromania is helping cook Big Breakfast
Sophie dog trying to get under Rory’s feet in the kitchen
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/movers-and... We’re back! A new series of Movers and Shakers begins with an episode about “Parkies” writing about Parkinson’s
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Movers and Shakers: “Parkies” on Parkinson’s
We’re back - after a short break Movers and Shakers, the podcast about living with Parkinson’s, starts a new series today and we can promise you some major excitement over the coming weeks.
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Had an evening of ecstasy and agony at Grand Cru.saders benefit for Cure Parkinson’s - ecstasy because what’s not to like about an excellent meal with fine wines followed by a wine auction raising a six figure sum? Agony because my new (so far useless)sleep medication means I’m forbidden alcohol
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The answer to our political funding crisis is simple and obvious. It would send our politics in the opposite direction to its current, disastrous trajectory. So why won't Labour MPs pick it up? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that | George Monbiot
As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
GPs joining Palantir proprietary Federated Data
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GP data quietly added to Palantir’s NHS data platform
Pilot marks significant expansion of the controversial software beyond its current use in hospitals
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/help-me-st... A Movers and Shakers listener makes a passionate plea for more help to make the homes of people with Parkinson’s safer
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Help me stop falling - one man’s plea
Should more of the health budget go into prevention?
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/google-and... Google and Apple have a stranglehold over the mobile internet and complain bitterly about foreign governments trying to regulate them - but when Trump tells them to jump, their only question is how high?
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Google and Apple - Studies in Spinelessness
They were dubbed a few years ago the Magnificent Seven, the seven giant American tech companies* whose growth seems unstoppable .
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The Economist @economist.com · 05/09/2026
Drug gangs in Britain are increasingly indigenous to rural areas, dealing from local properties and recruiting local children. Register for free to learn why bit.ly/4x6o46K
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In local News, Lincolnshire top of the wrong charts
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Robert Jenrick was more than happy to meet a donor for an "off the books project". In 2020 Honest Bob unlawfully fast-tracked a £1 billion property development for billionaire Tory donor Richard Desmond to help Desmond avoid tens of millions in tax. Champers all round!
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/placebo-an.... The placebo effect in #Parkinsons can be huge causing havoc in clinical trials of drugs. And it's not just a psychological phenomenon - in some cases there is actual dopamine release happening. Latest from my Substack
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Placebo and Parkinson’s
It seems harmless - in fact that’s the whole point of it - and it looks like any other form of medication But it can have a devastating effect on the hunt for a cure for Parkinson’s.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am endlessly thankful to Just Stop Oil for taking to the streets again today But it's not easy seeing such good, generous-hearted and courageous people being handcuffed and taken away, many possibly to long jail sentences It shouldn't have to be this way
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My brilliant friend and podcast colleague Paul Mayhew Archer wrote a romcom about Parkinson’s a few years ago - and it kept nearly being made. But now here it is: a proper movie with a fabulous cast in cinemas in November. Can't wait to see it! youtu.be/MR5Nkdndv18
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Onwards and Sideways (2026) Rhys Ifans, Laura Linney
YouTube video by Icon Film Distribution
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The new Class System.
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British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry
Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/clinical-t... On my Substack this morning: a plea for more clarity and less spin from drug companies on whether clinical trials have been a success or a failure.
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Clinical trials - what is the verdict?
So hard to tell whether a drug has passed or failed
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Lincolnshire village says firm 'No Thanks' to Frankenchickens
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'No thanks!' -- fury mounts over plan for chicken 'factory farm' in countryside village
Anger is mounting over a controversial plan to create a ‘factory farm’ in an East Lindsey village to raise up to two million chickens per year.
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
events.parkinsons.org.uk/fundraisers/... please support my pal Mike Hally who is being bonkers enough to cycle all over the Trossachs to raise money for Parkinson's UK
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Mike Hally
I’m challenging myself to take part in Pedal Trossachs for Parkinson’s UK in August 2026 and would really appreciate your support! Please help by sponsoring me with whatever you can. All the money ra...
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 24/08/2026
Says Richard Tice, a divorced man in a relationship with Isabel Oakeshott, also a divorcee, speaking for a party led by a twice-divorced man, as he tells us unmarried people should be deprioritised for social housing. One rule for me. Another for thee.
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Divorced Dad, Lincs MP Richard Tice sets out his plan to penalise divorce
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Couples with children should be married, Reform UK’s deputy leader says
Richard Tice also said ‘British-born children’ are a ‘good thing’ and should be encouraged
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Got a busy morning so #Sophiefromromania and I were out before 6:30 checking up on cats, squirrels and other miscreants
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It was a grand holiday. Back home now.
#sophiefromromania and Rory on the beach this morning
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Back on home ground - the parched savannah of Pitshanger Park and #Sophiefromromania wants to know where the beach is. Still, more birds than at the seaside
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
UK MPs accepted £400,000 of hospitality to concerts, sports, other events. Donors get access, buy influence. Despite £98,599 pay+exps, too many MPs have 2nd jobs, neglect duty to the people, obey paymasters. Parties also for sale. All part of political corruption, and poor state of the country.
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MPs ‘failing to learn lesson’ over freebies after accepting £400,000 of hospitality
MPs receive Harry Styles concert tickets worth £858, Chelsea flower show tickets worth £1,839, and £3,432 of hospitality at Brit awards
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Last romp on the beach for #Sophiefromromania before saying au revoir to this lovely place and heading home
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/joy-on-a-w... I know it’s a bit off topic for my healthtech Substack but I’ve written about our adventures getting #sophiefromromania onto the beach
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Joy on a Welsh beach - a dog overcomes her fears
Every now and then, this Substack, which is supposed to be about health and technology, veers wildly off course and I end up writing about our Romanian rescue dog Sophie.
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Lincolnshire cycle stand
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'Bike stand' crack highlights issues on Lincolnshire roads
A cyclist illustrates the extent of damage to a road in Lincolnshire caused by the recent heatwaves.
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#Sophiefromromania led us a merry dance on the beach this morning - very playful, full of energy
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Early morning on the beach
Looking out to sea beyond the rocks
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A few Zoomies then #Sophiefromromania settled down to a long detailed survey of the seashore and the rocks. Then she took some persuading to come off the beach
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Day 5 of #Sophiefromromania adventures on the beach and she’s doing zoomies into the sea - hard to remember that days ago she was scared of the waves
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This Reform press release is currently the lead story on the BBC News website
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Day three of #sophiefromromania adventures on the beach and she has a long slow mooch along the shore and onto the rocks. But then she notices there are. OTHER PEOPLE ON THE BEACH and we beat a retreat
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Great success with the long lead this morning - after years of trying and failing to get #Sophiefromromania on the beach we struggled to get her off it
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I think BBC mean dispersal
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Talk TV media anchor commits "prolonged assault"
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TV host guilty of assaulting climate protester at Windsor dinner
Andre Walker is fined and given a conditional discharge for attacking a fossil fuel campaigner.
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
judge lets him off with a conditional discharge
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