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SubtleBlade

@SubtleBlade@mastodon.scot

Retired IT bod. Father, husband, friend. Trying to survive cancer since 2014, current status: score-draw. Interested in interesting ideas, people & things. Does not bite. Refugee from the bird site (https://mastodon.scot/@SubtleBlade). He/Him.
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/dont-scan-me
#ClimateCrisis #Environment #Sustainability #GTTO #nobridge

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SubtleBlade, to uk
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#UK given stark warning over ‘negligible’ #AirDefenceSystems

Exclusive: Key defence contractor says UK’s capabilities are ‘very limited’ as a result of long-term #underinvestment
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/12/uk-given-stark-warning-over-very-limited-air-defence-systems
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderinvestmentInPublicServices #defence

SubtleBlade, to italy
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#Briton with #cancer living in #Italy unable to get care he is entitled to after #Brexit

“Brexit is the cause of this. Brexit is an absolute disaster, an act of self-harm of the worst kind for absolutely nothing. I don’t know why anyone voted for it,” said Beresford, who cannot, despite trying for years, persuade the local authorities he is entitled to healthcare under the Brexit deal.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/12/briton-with-cancer-italy-healthcare-brexit-withdrawal-agreement
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BrexitBonus #OvenReadyDeal

SubtleBlade, to Russia
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finds vast and reserves in

Reserves 10 times the ’s output raise fears over drilling in protected region
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/05/11/russia-uncovers-oil-and-gas-reserves-british-antarctic/

SubtleBlade,
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@geomannie so even more reason to #LeaveItInTheGround, whatever 'it' turns out to be ..

SubtleBlade, to MultipleSclerosis
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Revealed: people with , and among 40% denied

Observer finds thousands of claims for conditions including and are being rejected in and
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/12/claims-conditions-personal-independence-payments-disability-benefits-cancer-arthritis-amputees

SubtleBlade, to H5N1
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‘The issue is when to pull the trigger’: how prepared are we for human ?

The virus has been devastating bird populations, and is now infecting too. Is transmission next? And are we ready for another ?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/11/bird-flu-human-transmission-prepared-pandemic

SubtleBlade, to uk
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Wrongly convicted using as he awaits payout

Exclusive: Man freed last year after [incorrectly serving] 17 years in jail says he is struggling to survive on while he pursues compensation
https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/11/andrew-malkinson-compensation-food-bank

SubtleBlade, to mentalhealth
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'Why is ’s so incredibly poor? It’s because our society is spiralling backwards'

''...out of the 71 countries it assessed, the , alongside , has the highest proportion of people in – and the second worst overall measure of mental health...'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/10/britain-mental-health-society-neoliberalism-politicians

SubtleBlade, to Horizon
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deceived barrister reviewing conviction, inquiry hears

, who advised postal firm to stop prosecutions decade ago, says key document was ‘deliberately withheld’ from him
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/09/post-office-deceived-barrister-reviewing-horizon-conviction-inquiry-hears

SubtleBlade, to climate
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Record-breaking increase in levels in world’s

Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last year
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/09/carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-record

SubtleBlade, to space
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reveals what it looks like to fall into a in mind-bending | The Independent - https://www.independent.co.uk/space/black-hole-video-simulation-nasa-supercomputer-b2541711.html

SubtleBlade, to random
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The Independent: rocked as MP defects to - live - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-pmqs-labour-starmer-election-news-b2541394.html

SubtleBlade, to random
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' doomed as hunkers down and sticks the boot in

For the first time ever, people will be worse off at the end of the parliament than they were at the start. '
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/07/toxic-tories-doomed-as-sunak-hunkers-down-and-labour-sticks-the-boot-in

SubtleBlade, to random
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We , and people know it. That’s why ’s were thrashed in these elections

Come to , where the council went , services are depleted and costs are up. People feel victims of a terrible
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/05/rishi-sunak-tories-local-elections-thurrock-tory-council

SubtleBlade, to art
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-style painting stars in miners’ strikes exhibition

’s unsettling vision of clash between and is part of 40th anniversary show in
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/07/orgreave-afer-guernica-last-cage-down-exhibition-miners-strikes-art-gallery

SubtleBlade, to random
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‘Greatest sporting feat in the last 100 years’: ’s sub | Athletics | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/may/06/roger-bannister-four-minute-mile-athletics-sebastian-coe

SubtleBlade, to Israel
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assault on may cause ‘’ and , say

With routes for into closed, say helping could become impossible
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/06/israeli-assault-on-rafah-may-cause-bloodbath-and-famine-aid-agencies-say

SubtleBlade, to Israel
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'We don't know where to go': flee after order – video
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/may/06/we-dont-know-where-to-go-palestinians-flee-rafah-after-israeli-evacuation-order-video

SubtleBlade, to cymru
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confidence at lowest in and since survey began, says

Union cites extreme wet weather and post- phasing-out of subsidies as main reasons for slump
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/06/farmer-confidence-nfu-union-survey-england-wales-rainfall-brexit

SubtleBlade, to uk
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#CapacityCrunch: why the #UK doesn’t have the #power to solve the #HousingCrisis

Our inadequate #ElectricityNetwork is stopping the #building of thousands of #NewHomes. And the necessary move to #LowCarbon heating and cars is only increasing demand
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/04/capacity-crunch-why-the-uk-doesnt-have-the-power-to-solve-housing-crisis
#ToryPoliciesInAction #DontLookUp #UnderfundingPublicInfrastru ture

SubtleBlade, to random
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Inquiry into #NaziCamps on #Alderney to examine if there was #BritishCoverUp

Government investigation into wartime atrocities on #ChannelIsland will ask why #Nazi perpetrators never stood trial in #Britain
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/04/inquiry-into-nazi-camps-on-alderney-to-examine-if-there-was-british-cover-up

SubtleBlade, to random
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Patients evacuated and scans cancelled after ceilings fell in

Ceilings in two units in hospital collapsed days apart including in critical care unit
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/03/patients-evacuated-and-scans-cancelled-after-stockport-hospital-ceilings-fell-in

SubtleBlade,
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@Wen I think it must have been a misquote i'm sure the meant 40 new hospital BEDS...

SubtleBlade, to random
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seen treating wound with medicinal herb in first for

Sumatran ape applied sap and leaves to open cut after suspected fight with another male, say scientists
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/02/orangutan-seen-treating-wound-with-medicinal-herb-in-first-for-wild-animals-max-planck-institute-sumatra

SubtleBlade, to random
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causes outbreak of PerformancePolitics in Commons

The government was determined to make this a good news day. It’s just a shame reality isn’t more obliging
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/may/01/an-outbreak-of-electile-dysfunction-puts-westminster-in-performance-mode

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