@imonlyslightly
Here for peace in my older years. Bit of knowledge/experience as a patient Transplants 39yrs, rare disease (Wilson's disease), creaky joints, complex illness Coproduction, QI History, scenery, animals. Teens swayed by 70s Bowie Learning from experience.
A procurement crisis absolutely everyone saw coming but which the Department of Health and MoD will now have to tackle, with zero good outcomes – as they've both now signed contracts and have technical reliance on Palantir.
Trump: ‘When oil prices go up, we make a lot of money’.
Thousands killed, children orphaned, infrastructure destroyed, UN emasculated to enable US companies to make bigger profits - capitalism thrives on destruction.
Trillions of atoms, billions of years of human evolution and the world got Trump.
I wrote this piece just five days ago - predicting Trump would walk away and leave everyone else to clear up his mess ….and here we are - concluding extract below:
More corporate greed at the expense of animal welfare. We are in a #ClimateCrisis
Rare disease is more than statistics. It is lived every day by families searching for answers.
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#WeCareForRare #PacBio #RareDisease
Rare disease piece in @theatlantic.com, how carriers of recessive conditions can have medical problems, making them more than 'carriers'. Gift link below.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
I want:
Johnson, Farage and Rees-Mogg investigated for bringing May down
Not satisfied with wrecking our Country with their lies they then sought self promotion and glory.
These men need to pay.
Don’t get Wilson’s disease unless you’re rich. $88,800 a year now for medicine.
patient told me that for many years people commented on the beauty of their piercing green eyes. turns out that brilliant hue was actually toxic levels of free copper accumulating in the nervous system (Wilson’s disease)
Old Bone Spurs is running scared.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
This is the way the Trump admin treats UK citizens. Look at what’s happening and don’t vote for those supporting Trump here.
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Oh look, a leader with a backbone…
Spanish PM Sánchez has stated that Spain will neither recognize the govt of Nicolás Maduro nor support any U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, warning that such action would violate international law and endanger regional stability.
i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
The CDC also published this infographic which clearly shows infections leading to organ damage and yet we still have no clear health messaging or preventive policy in place. Only a sliver of a band of vaccine offering. A vaccine only policy with no vaccines!
The report from the European Society of Cardiologists is clear, we all need vaccine protection. No one should be pushing so called natural immunity.
Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Well done Portland. Such fiendish froggy behaviour. 😊
Without rest you risk long covid and each infection carries years of long term health risks. Don’t pass this onto your loved ones.
“If opening your eyes, or getting out of bed, or holding a spoon, or combing your hair is the daunting Mount Everest you climb today, that is okay.” ~ Carmen Ambrosia
#MentalHealthMatters #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #RareDisease
'Farage Boats' is a useful term and should be normalised.
Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
When the most powerful man in the world goes about the place spreading very dangerous nonsense about paracetamol and vaccines, millions of people will sit up and listen.
It's consequence free for him but this is going to kill a lot of kids and make a lot more children very ill indeed.
Kennedy’s inexperienced and under-qualified ACIP continues to make a mockery of science based evidence with confusion regarding what they were voting for, actions such as changing votes, pushing other votes down the line, use of anecdotes versus science and ambiguous decisions…🧵
