Julian Bond Chief Entertainment Officer UK EU-Maximalist Born: 2.7b, 314ppm. @jbond@mastodon.social Vax-Air-Mask-Space-Test-Isolate-Wash Ok, so far.
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As we head into Flu and Covid season, we're seeing A&E departments overwhelmed. The advice is don't go to A&E if you could be seen by a Pharmacist, GP, or Minor Injuries Unit.
Where's the Minor Injuries Unit right next door, who can accept the patients rejected by A&E triage?
That feeling when
- Your local council planning portal is completely down, throwing an error page.
- Your local GP surgery website is down, because their web provider went bust.
This modern world, eh?
Hot Cross Buns, Mince Pies, Pumpkins. Together at last, in the local bakery and farm shop. In October.
1am last night. Egg thrown against a downstairs window.
Come on guys, "Trick Or Treat" is Sat, not today.
The Serbia Students List win reminds me of Bruce Sterling - Pirate Utopia. @bruces 2026 Serbia is obviously not 1920s Fiume (Rijeka). Not so far away though.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studen…
amazon.co.uk/Pirate-Utopia-B…
Is there any way to search the UK Land Registry for all the land IDs owned by a specific person or company? I can't see anything in the official search-property-information.… but is there a back door anywhere? Maybe for Councils or registered developer/legal accounts.
Partly prompted by this.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
And partly prompted by a local land owner who keeps buying land for G&T travellers camps. And then trying and failing to get retrospective planning for the destruction he's caused.
Tried to book my free NHS Flu jab at my surgery last Thursday, after getting a reminder in the NHS app. I should be the right age for the second tranche. "Sorry, we're waiting for supplies, the current batch are already booked out. Come back in 10 days or so."
WTF?
Excellent long letter from a Green councillor to their MP on the "Zionism is Racism" debate.
facebook.com/martin.pugh.35/…
Badly needs reducing to easily shared soundbites to try and get back control of the narrative.
There's Covid Denial that only hurts the denier.
Then there's Covid Denial that hurts everyone else.
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theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
> eight key recommendations in the report, which include better pandemic planning, financial support to help social care staff to self-isolate, guidance on visiting restrictions and better inspection during lockdowns.
No mention of indoor air quality or infection control.
Care homes are still overwhelmingly the main location for ARIs (Acute Respiratory Infection Incidents)
gov.uk/government/statistics…
Another long thread about common illness classifications, getting worse since 2020. Analysed from NHS published data.
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If you were thinking about Long Covid would these be the first words that sprang to mind?
Cyst
Polyp
Skin
Overlap
Mole
Infection
Fistula
Gallbladder
Endometrium
Scar
Uterus
Atrophy
Sclerosis
Anaemia
Venous
Pancreas
Eye
Deficiency
Melanoma
Benign neoplasm
Thyroid
Kidney
Liver
Sarcoidosis
Salivary
Jaw
Urogenitary
Big stories about NHS, Mental Health, kids, ADHD and Autism.
theguardian.com/society/2026…
And no mention of Covid and developmental problems at all, at all.
Weird that the papers are all talking about xfg "American Covid" while the UKHSA tracking barely mentions xfg. In the last week reports.
It's become impossible to discuss Israel's actions. The discussion immediately gets twisted into something else entirely.
And yet the destruction of Gaza, West Bank, South Lebanon, South Syria, Iran continues.
With a side order of Yemen.
Alex Allen, consultant epidemiologist at the UKHSA, said: "While Covid-19 activity has shown some recent increases, cases remain at low levels in the UK."
"We're also not seeing any evidence that these are making people more ill or spreading faster than before, and this year's autumn vaccine has been specifically designed to protect against them."