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Samir Shah

@samirshah.bsky.social
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Chief Clinical Information Officer, Old Age Psychiatrist & Dementia specialist (NELFT) | Started Dorothy.app | Digital Health Consultant | Winner WISH World Innovation in Healthcare Award | Location : London Status : Held hostage by a toddler

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A man in a face covering talks to another man who is looking disappointedly at a small box he is holding. Man 1 “What's that?”. Man 2 “Baklava. I misread the WhatsApp”
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NHS Business Services Authority @nhsbsa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We've published our latest Medicines Used in Mental Health statistics, covering prescribing trends across England from April to June 2026. The data analyses prescribing across 5 key drug groups, including antidepressants, ADHD medications and drugs for dementia. Read more: bit.ly/4A4XfTb
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England Quarterly Summary Statistics, April to June 2026
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Alistair King @alistairking.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Another take on e-cigarettes, from Martin McKee who knows stuff.
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Doctors.net.uk @doctors-net-uk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Improvements in air quality following the introduction of the Ultra Low Emission Zone in London has led to accelerated lung growth in children, a large study has found. www.doctors.net.uk/news/clean-air-zone-linked-to-improved-lung-development-in-children?mtm_campaign=blueskypost
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Clean air zone linked to improved lung development in children
Improvements in air quality following the introduction of the Ultra Low Emission Zone in London has led to accelerated lung growth in children, a large study has found.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14/08/2026
They used to call this malware.
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ChatGPT just learned to watch everything you do on your Mac
ChatGPT Computer History tracks your Mac activity to build a searchable timeline, no screenshots involved.
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Samir Shah @samirshah.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Ich bin ein Binliner
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Samir Shah @samirshah.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Go on #Clacton, make history #votebinface #ichbineinbinliner
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This statement by UEFA on FIFA attempting to sell off the World Cup gave me goosebumps, what a statement - the beautiful game deserves no less “As so long as Europe has a voice, it will never be for sale.”
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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🪜 Have you seen the new UKICE staircase? 🤓 Masterminded by Anand Menon, Jannike Wachowiak & Joël Reland 🇬🇧🇪🇺 It sets out the viable options for the UK should it seek a different model of EU relationship, and the trade-offs they imply 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/introducing-the-ukice…
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Introducing the UKICE staircase - UK in a changing Europe
Joël Reland, Jannike Wachowiak and Anand Menon explain the new ‘UKICE staircase’, which outlines the options available to the UK should it...
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
In politics, we’re torn between ideals and practicalities, aspirations and realities, the world as we want it, and as we find it But one day a manifesto comes along that reconciles both in every pledge. A rare moment of clarity and hope
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 26/06/2026
New episode of The Economics Show dropped today, this one with Kanishka Narayan, the UK's AI minister. I asked him about how he thought about the UK's vulnerability to being shut off from the frontier AI models...
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Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Happy Father's Dad! www.smbc-comics.com/comic/number...
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Makerfield is - of course - hugely important, and perhaps Nigel Farage may be encouraged to fade away & spend more time with his £5 million "personal security" £££ & other donations - but today's biggest news is this: the real cost of Brexit to all of us. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests
Analysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU.
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Samir Shah @samirshah.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Wild numbers for the ulez
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Trinket @trinketbirdy.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Love this city. The racists are all stuck in a shit pub rn being yelled at by *checks notes* Fatboy slim?
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 12/06/2026
Here is a gift link to Simon Schama's appreciation of David Hockney's life and art which we ran last year. It's an amazing piece and contains, as you might imagine, some spectacular pictures including an absolute corker of Hackney with Lucian Freud as.ft.com/r/f1473f70-0...
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 11/06/2026
Complaining about nightlife when you *checks notes* choose to live in Soho is like living in South Kensington and complaining about the museums. Or moving to Hackney and grumbling about creatives. Living in Richmond and hating green space. It's all getting a bit silly, isn't it?
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Very interesting @jburnmurdoch.ft.com piece this morning - how much value AI is creating is exactly the right question. The evidence from coders here suggests it’s so far creating a lot of extra output - 290% more files, 30% more software releases - but no extra valuable outputs (app downloads)
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How much value is AI really creating?
Eye-opening changes to the speed and volume of work are not always translating into genuine productivity
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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I've said it before but we need to somehow restore the social cost of racism. It's always been there but it's spreading at least partly because people aren't made to feel ashamed of it any more.
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 20/05/2026
Editing times for pediatric admission notes plummeted from 48.5 to 10.8 minutes with ambient AI. Across 127k hospital notes, the tool slashed cognitive burden during initial ED & ward encounters, but it offered no time savings for heavily templated daily progress notes. #amplify2026 #medsky
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 03/01/2026
All three statements are true at the same time—
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
After 12 years, the EU flag is back on Hungary’s Parliament building — the new Speaker’s very first decision. A happy Schuman Day indeed.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 01/05/2026
Who do Americans spend time with? This changes a lot over the course of their lives. 🧵
Line chart of average hours per day Americans spend with different people across ages 15 to 80, based on US surveys from 2010 to 2024, where time spent alone rises steadily into older age while time with children and coworkers peaks in early to mid-adulthood then declines, and time with partners increases later in adulthood. Data source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025). License: CC BY.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This is as beautiful a thing as you'll see in all your life. Hope, after months of darkness.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Never forget: 8 years ago a random person on Craigslist wrote the most effective ad for the Toyota Corolla, ever.
Images of an old silver 1999 Toyota Corolla for saleYou want a car that gets the job done? You want a car that's hassle free? You want a car that literally no one will ever compliment you on? Well look no further.
The 1999 Toyota Corolla.
Let's talk about features.
Bluetooth: nope
Sunroof: nope
Fancy wheels: nope
Rear view camera: nope...but it's got a transparent rear window and you have a fucking neck that can turn.
Let me tell you a story. One day my Corolla started making a strange sound. I didn't give a shit and ignored it. It went away. The End.
You could take the engine out of this car, drop it off the Golden Gate Bridge, fish it out of the water a thousand years later, put it in the trunk of the car, fill the gas tank up with Nutella, turn the key, and this puppy would fucking start right up.
This car will outlive you, it will outlive your children.
Things this car is old enough to do:
Vote: yesConsent to sex: yes
Rent a car: it IS a car
This car's got history. It's seen some shit. People have done straight things in this car. People have done gay things in this car. It's not going to judge you like a fucking Volkswagen would.
Interesting facts:
This car's exterior color is gray, but it's interior color is grey.
In the owner's manual, oil is listed as "optional."
When this car was unveiled at the 1998 Detroit Auto Show, it caused all 2,000 attendees to spontaneously yawn. The resulting abrupt change in air pressure inside the building caused a partial collapse of the roof. Four people died. The event is chronicled in the documentary "Bored to Death: The Story of the 1999 Toyota Corolla
You wanna know more? Great, I had my car fill out a Facebook survey.
Favorite food: spaghetti
Favorite tv show: Alf
Favorite band: tie between Bush and the Gin Blossoms
This car is as practical as a Roth IRA. It's as middle-of-the-When I ran the CarFax for this car, I got back a single piece of paper that said, "It's a Corolla, It's fine."
Let's face the facts, this car isn't going to win any beauty contests, but neither are you. Stop lying to yourself and stop lying to your wife. This isn't the car you want, it's the car you deserve: The fucking 1999 Toyota Corolla.

Google map of cars location
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Natalie Gray @natgrayy.es · 23/02/2026
I hacked car charging to work with my electric bike! www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Iyu...
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I fixed the biggest problem with electric bikes
If I go for a long ride on my eBike, I can't charge anywhere without carrying it inside. So I came up with a solution. [Sponsored by PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/] Matt Gray | http://mattg.co.uk | @MattGrayYes This video is sponsored by PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/ 📋 Credits 📋 Producer: Alex Bate @alexjrassic Thanks to: Philip McGaw, Basil, eta, Eva, Ben and Alice. 📱 Follow Matt elsewhere on the internet 📱 All my social links are at https://mattg.co.uk https://chaos.social/@MattGrayYes (Mastodon) https://patreon.com/MattGrayYes https://instagram.com/MattGrayYes https://www.tiktok.com/@MattGrayYes https://twitch.tv/MattGrayYes 🛠️ Parts Used 🛠️ I will not be sharing any more details about the electrics, and do not recommend you try this yourself. Prusa Research gave me the Prusa XL 3D printer, with no contract to advertise or promote it. I think it's great however, so I'm choosing to link you to it! Printer: Original Prusa XL https://www.prusa3d.com/product/original-prusa-xl-assembled-single-toolhead-3d-printer/ I do *not* recommend my bike, it's a Vanmoof S2. 🎸 Music 🎸 Lupus Nocte - Bitmaster AGST - Away AGST - Recess The Fly Guy Five - Another Pineapple Please AGST - Ultimatum 👕 Clothing 👕 I regularly get questions about my t-shirts, chances are they're from one of: Jim'll Paint It – https://jimll.co.uk The Spark Company – https://thespark.company Dedicated – https://www.dedicatedbrand.com I have no relationship with any of these companies. 💷 Advert 💷 This video is sponsored by PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/ They'll make your PCBs, 3D Prints, CNC designs and more! Want to contribute towards my videos? Sign up to my Patreon: https://patreon.com/MattGrayYes Want to sponsor a video? More detail here: https://mattg.co.uk/contact/ 💸 Full Disclosure 💸 💷 PCBWay provided their services for free and paid me for the advert in the middle of the video. 💷 I have a commercial relationship with Prusa Research and they gave me free 3D Printers and some filament, with no contract to advertise or promote them. 💷 My Patreon supporters' help meant I could work on this instead of other paid work 💷 All Amazon links are affiliate links which give me a small percentage of what you pay them as a tip for sending you their way. It doesn't cost you more. Hi, I'm Matt Gray. You may know me from my work with Tom Scott, The Technical Difficulties, Matt Gray is Trying, or even as a broadcast engineer working in radio and TV. Previous Video Titles: I Hacked Car Charging to Work with My E-Bike This one downfall of E-Bikes could be fixed so easily! I fixed the biggest problem with electric bikes
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 18/02/2026
Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/m...
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Meta's own research found parental supervision doesn't really help curb teens' compulsive social media use | TechCrunch
An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 13/02/2026
🧪 AI-assisted NIH grant proposals are 4% more likely to be funded, unlike those at the NSF. These applications often resemble previously supported work. AI tools may favor established patterns over high-risk ideas, which has people concerned it will push submissions towards the mean. #AcademicSky
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AI help in grant proposals tied to higher funding odds at NIH
But funding proposals to US agencies also tend to be more similar to previously funded projects if they are written or edited with the help of a chatbot.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
BREAKING: The web domains andyforleader.co.uk, edforleader.co.uk and yvetteforleader.co.uk have all been registered this afternoon.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
As events in America are now showing, democracies are only as strong as their weakest point. And right now, the weakest point in our own democracy is the continued rise of one Nigel Farage www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
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Nigel Farage's Plans to Put Our Democracy on ICE
What is happening under Trump could very quickly happen in the UK too
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 21/01/2026
Meanwhile, Britain finds itself lost between two worlds. We were told we didn’t need Europe, we could rely on the transatlantic relationship. They couldn’t have been more wrong.
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Giraffe 🖖🏾 @spottedgiraffe.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Reminder that you can watch Starfleet Academy premiere FOR FREE RIGHT NOW ON YOUTUBE!! youtu.be/n0sjDkoNgfY?...
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Series Premiere (S1,E1) | "Kids These Days" Full Episode | Paramount+
YouTube video by Paramount Plus
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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Is your home suitable for your needs? "There are currently 12.8 million more Disabled people than there are accessible homes, leaving many people without the homes they need." Says our Campaigns and Public Affairs Manager for Homes, Christos Tuton.
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Homes fit for people and purpose – The urgent case for accessible homes
In this blog, our Campaigns and Public Affairs Manager for Homes, Christos Tuton, discusses the major ‘accessibility gap’ in today’s housing market with not enough accessible homes across the country.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13/01/2026
❓"Do you think that Brexit has actually delivered what people were promised?" ⬇️ "An economy that look's like it's 8% smaller. Trade down 18% on 5 years ago. Food and drink down 24%." ❌ "16,500 firms have stopped trading with Europe." 📝 "Paperwork costs appear to be about £8.5 billion/year."
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 13/01/2026
HOLY SHIT! Ministers to announce new rail link between Birmingham and Manchester!!! (I suspect it will be not quite as gold-plated as the original HS2 plan.) www.ft.com/content/a8be...
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Ministers to announce new rail link between Birmingham and Manchester
Government will reveal much-delayed plans for major new and upgraded rail links in north of England
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Jack Kessler @jackkessler.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Wanted: a normie centre-right party. The Tories' defence of Britain's fiscal watchdog offers a rare encouraging sign. My newsletter, out now.
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Wanted: a normie centre-right party
The Tories' defence of Britain's fiscal watchdog offers a rare encouraging sign
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/01/2026
London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
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London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world London’s murder rate has dropped to its lowest in more than a decade with police in the capital and the mayor saying it is now one of the safest cities in the western world. The figures come as those on the radical right criticise the city for having a crime problem, hoping to gain politically from such claims being believed. Continue reading...
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Manchester is the UK hub for AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026. A full day on cognition, imaging, fluid and digital biomarkers. Apply for a ticket by 31 January. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/aaic-neurosc...
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
From glowing neurons to newborn memories, here are the most fascinating brain discoveries of 2025
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The 10 Most Mind-Blowing Discoveries About the Brain in 2025
From glowing neurons to newborn memories, here are the most fascinating brain discoveries of 2025
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Evidence for a detrimental causal effect of social isolation on cognitive function in older adults academic.oup.com/psychsocgero...
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Jacqui Broadhead @jacquibroadhead.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Optimism is currently unfashionable. The newly published Community Life Survey asks, "do you agree or disagree that this local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together?" I wondered if we might see a sharp decline this year; it has gone down 1%, to 80% agreement.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 09/12/2025
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today: www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
A flow chart shows 17.4 million leave voters in 2016, vs 16.1m remain. In 2025, 5 million of those people have died, and 3 million new voters have come of age.

The result (plus some people changing their mind) is 19.8 million voters now back rejoin, versus just 11.7 million wanting to stay out.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration. The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Semaglutide (Ozempic) failed to have clinical impact for slowing progression in people with mild Alzheimer’s disease in 2 large, placebo-controlled trials novonordisk.com/content/nnco...
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