#Appalling

I think the saddest part of the armed forces report on long-term care is that many of the issues documented - as horrific as they are - have been ongoing
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Even spicier, though, are studies showing that under conditions of stress and risk, you can provoke Western adults to behave as if they believe in magic. Magical thinking doesn’t mature
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Only evidence for accuracy of UK-Rapid Test Consortium Covid-19 AbC test is flawedOver a week ago with @sarahboseley I asked for transparent reporting of RTC study that says test has
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What is so off about this whole-issue @NYTmag piece on climate? Let me share a few initial observations (thread).https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html 2. First of all, some praise: It's great (an
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Through 6 mos of @shandro attacking docs, I keep reflecting on Alice in Wonderland... fallen into chaos where the absurd is now the reality and what was “known” is now
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Forget the regular draggings, MI Abaga is not just anybody and everybody knows this. I understand that some people have their reservations about his persona ok but the bandwagon effect
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Was chatting with my wife about some particularly challenging revisions to manuscripts, saying that I was struggling to push through them. She asked how I persisted and we ended up
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The problem I'm having with "health care is a human right" (tactically; I believe it) is that some people's humanity itself doesn't get recognized. "[Y]you start pretty much from scratch
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EXCL Donald Trump’s flagship international resort claimed up to half a million pounds in UK taxpayers’ money via a Covid-19 job fund - despite making scores of redundancies during the
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Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has quite fairly asked what will become of British Jews should Jeremy Corbyn become Prime Minster after a Labour victory. As a humble Labour footsoldier I
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Short(ish) thread on @educationgovuk & their FSM voucher provider of choice, @EdenredukIt’s been clear from the day Boris Johnson announced schools would close, that the plight of FSM pupils, whilst
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Trump blatantly lies to Turning Point Action, claims California signed an agreement with Judicial Watch stipulating that 1.5 million people in the statement "voted illegally." (The agreement says no such
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Diabetic patient: I don’t have access to insulin, or a fridge, or ability to watch my sugars. Harvard med student: you should try a keto diet, I wrote a book
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ThreadThe tragic story of the Mullarkey family from Sydney. Frederick and Elizabeth Mullarkey were immigrants from Galway and Tipperary respectively.They had nine children.One son died in infancy.Six sons grew into
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I’ve been waiting to have this chat and I plugged the link just in case you wanna think I’m a liar, I wanna ask what made you think black face
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Sorry, but you're an embarrassment as Attorney General.This is why we need a senior, experienced, bold lawyer as AG, to give the Govt impartial advice. Not someone so grateful to
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