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[Richard Jones @JonesTheGas]

@leylasanai @InvCoriolis @anaesthetic_spr I don’t disagree with that Leyla, but I’ve spent the last 15 years trying to get Drs to be interested in Sepsis and AKI. We like to stick to our own areas and illnesses that span specialties fall through the gaps.

[Richard Jones @JonesTheGas]

@InvCoriolis @leylasanai @anaesthetic_spr Genuinely all ears. What do you suggest?

[Thea Sewell @theasewell05]

lIf you do anything today, watch @MaeveHalligan at the Cambridge Union. I genuinely think this was the first time many people in that room were confronted with the hard reality of the trans debate, rather than the slogans that usually surround it.

@BuckAngel was exceptional: calm, articulate, humane. Ultimate respect.

And then there was Helen Webberley. I remember once thinking the criticism directed at her by GC women was excessive, especially the claim she was ‘pure evil’. After hearing her speak, I no longer think that. She is totally insincere. I can deal with hard ideologues- they believe they are telling the truth; they are genuine, @HelenWebberley is different.

One audience member, a trans-identified male and former patient of hers, stood to speak during points of information. His account of how he had been treated was deeply disturbing.

Watch the full debate. It is worth your time.

[Richard Jones @JonesTheGas]

@leylasanai @anaesthetic_spr It’s just a CNS role. There’s load of them in the NHS. You can’t blame them for investing in an area where the current system fails a lot of people.

[Scott @sc0ttfb]

What people in England think is happening today

[Richard Jones @JonesTheGas]

@SamaHoole Love the nostalgia but am I missing something?
Fresh fish is more expensive per kg than fillet steak...
Appreciate good food costs money but if I find it pricey on my wage then 95% of the country will really struggle ☹️

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

BREAKING: The suspect is being treated by Hatzola paramedics.

He just tried to cut the throats of two Jews people.

Remember last month when the internet said Hatzola only treats jews? Well they’re currently treating a man who attempted to stab jews.

[John Pitchford🌹💙 @Johnnypapa64]

Born on this day in 1889 into poverty Charles Chaplin became one of the most influential actors in motion picture history, this is him with another comedy legend Sid James in A King In New York. (1957)
Have a brilliant Thursday

[Calum E. Douglas FRAeS @CalumDouglas1]

Slavery began in large form soon after humans first began to settle into collective organized groups large enough to be called what we could call towns (this refers to the number of people involved not the sophistication of the buildings). However scholars state that slaves probably existed in small numbers even before this.

This occured absolutely everywhere on earth, later vast numbers were taken by Arabs, where extremely large numbers died as many of them were required for Hareems (Islamic designated areas for Women only) where the males had to be eunuchs so they did not interfere with the Arab women. The Arab slave traders cut off the genitals with knives and the ones still alive once they`d walked over the desert to the ships were taken away. The huge attrition rate was irrelevant as the price paid for Eunuchs was enough to offset those who bled to death in the sand for whom very little had been paid. So they simply took far more than were needed, knowing that the final price was worth it, and was far less effort than looking after those medically who had been mutilated. Some alternatively had their genitals cut off in designated rooms at the ports, and were simply thrown overboard when they died.

When Europeans arrived, they didnt even have to travel inland or "take" slaves, as they simply contacted the african warlords who were already selling slaves from local rival tribes, the Europeans were merely the latest buyers to arrive. It is estimated that about 90% of all slaves Europeans removed from Africa, were simply purchased upon arrival there.

https://t.co/IXxoM3plmA

The first nations to decide that this was no longer tenable were Iceland and Norway, however these were internal policies with no external effects, more serious measures were taken by Haiti and Denmark, who actually included abolition of the transatlantic trade.

Britain began stopping the trade with the The Slave Trade Act of 1807. Later the British Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 represented the FIRST legislative act in the world, which not only began the process of banning the internal use of slaves, AND the trade, but also included active external use of military force to STOP the practise elsewhere. The British expended significant military effort stopping the trade, and then eventually bought the freedom of the slaves in our lands, at immense cost in 1833, the loan was only paid off in 2015.

The British nation at the time spent the about 2% GDP for a considerable time on stopping slavery. About three thousand Royal Navy personell were involved in this interdiction effort.

It is difficult to make exact figures, but the largest slave users in known history since reasonable records began was the Roman Empire, with about 10 to 15 million slaves at the peak of the empire in captivity, which were mostly white European in origin with countless nationalties, including Britons, Germans, Greeks and Spaniards, some africans were also used.

https://t.co/Jcxc4LeoZm

The second most prolific users of slaves were Arab/Islamic nations, with about 11 > 18 million slaves in use, spanning well over a thousand years of exploitation. These were taken from Africa, India and Europe, and included many white europeans.

https://t.co/kv1aZfQgd4

The third was the Portuguese Empire, which is estimated to have taken about 6 million slaves from Africa specifically.

https://t.co/EDjwMcvRji

The forth was the British empire which took about 3 million slaves, mostly from Africa over about 170 years.

https://t.co/n7n0XFwqlG

The fifth was the French empire, which took about a million slaves, mostly from Africa.

https://t.co/wVHDhCnTsP

Unlike the Arabian and Islamic nations who used slaves for well over a thousand years, Britain in just 170 years went from using slavery, to banning and then bring the first to militarily enforce this ban internationally.

We do not know exactly how many black Africans over time were enslaved by other black Africans for use internally within Africa, but we know it was utterly endemic to the societies there, and was was vast in scope. Estimates range from 25% to 75% of Africans in different parts of Africa for a large period in history existed on some level essentially as slaves to other Africans, although some had better life conditions than others and in some regions could expect after a long period of service to possibly be released.

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I hope this leaves you marginally better informed about this terrible period in human history, which, is still very much ongoing in many parts of the world today.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

The air traffic controller cleared the fire truck onto the runway. Seconds later, the same controller screamed “stop, stop, stop.” The plane was doing 93 to 105 mph.

Both pilots are dead.

Everyone will frame this as controller error. One controller was simultaneously managing a United flight that aborted takeoff after an anti-ice warning, dispatching a fire truck across an active runway, and sequencing an inbound Air Canada landing at highway speed. At 11:40 PM. On a mandatory overtime shift at a facility that has been understaffed for years.

A system that assigns one person that workload will produce exactly this outcome. The only variable is when.

The FAA is short approximately 3,000 controllers. The headcount dropped 13% from 2010 to 2024 while flight volume rose 10%. Over 40% of the FAA’s 290 terminal facilities are understaffed. The New York TRACON, which manages the most congested airspace in America across LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark, has been chronically below target. Newark was operating at 59% of its staffing goal. LaGuardia handles 900 flights a day.

The hiring pipeline is broken at every stage. Only 2% of applicants complete the full process. Training takes up to 6 years. The FAA Academy in Oklahoma City is a bottleneck, with roughly 35% of trainees washing out. Congress blocked legislation to build a second academy. In one recent hiring cycle, the FAA brought on 1,512 candidates and lost 1,300 in the same window. Net gain: around 160 controllers for an entire country.

Three things need to happen and everyone who can make them happen has known for years.

Congress needs to fund and authorize a second FAA training academy. One facility in Oklahoma City cannot produce enough controllers for 900 million annual passengers. Members of Congress from Oklahoma have actively blocked this. That needs to end yesterday.

The FAA needs to cut certification time. Six years from application to fully certified controller is absurd. The agency’s own data shows tower simulators reduce certification time by 27%. They’ve installed them at 95 facilities. That should be every facility, and the simulated hours should count toward more of the certification requirement.

The FAA needs to stop plugging staffing gaps with mandatory overtime. Controllers at understaffed facilities are working six-day weeks rotating between morning, mid, and night shifts. The NTSB has flagged fatigue repeatedly. The controller last night was managing overlapping emergencies during a nighttime operation. Overtime is not a staffing plan. It’s a countdown to the next runway collision.

The controller said “I messed up” to a Frontier pilot who watched the whole thing. The pilot responded “No man, you did the best you could.”

One of them is right. The answer determines whether this happens again.

[Niall Ferguson @nfergus]

"Jordan was ‘fucking furious’, a former minister with friends in Amman says. ‘The Emiratis, Kuwaitis, and even the Canadians are all asking, “What the fuck are you doing? Whose side are you on?”’ The Emiratis pointed out that Britain was failing to help protect the 240,000 British citizens living in Dubai and Abu Dhabi."

[Students For Liberty @sfliberty]

Marxist-inspired regimes killed between 60 and 100 million people in the 20th century. The Soviet Union. Maoist China. The Khmer Rouge. North Korea. These were not fringe misreadings of Marx. They were direct political applications, built by people who read him, cited him, and named him as their foundation.

And yet Marxism remains a legitimate intellectual framework in sociology, history, political science, and literature departments across the Western world. Professors who identify as Marxists hold endowed chairs without controversy.

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

We even had complaints about this. That’s a good thing though. Shows that people are paying attention. Please subscribe https://t.co/1stbtsNZG1

[Gideon Falter @GideonFalter]

The Palestine Action thugs are “not guilty”.

This is what Britain has come to. You can ram a factory’s doors with a truck. You can smash everything and attack security. You can break a police officer’s back with a sledgehammer when she is on the floor. And you can walk away scot free if you did it “for Palestine”.

How far does this impunity go? Can you paralyse for Palestine? Can you put someone in a coma for Palestine? Can you kill for Palestine?

With a verdict like this, how long before we find out?

Pressure was put on the jury. They even complained to the judge about the posters encircling the court building. But the judge told them to keep calm and carry on. In the end they found them “not guilty” on some charges, and failed to reach a verdict on others. The defendants walked free from court.

Look at this video. Look at this still from the police officer’s body-worn camera as the sledgehammer rained down on her.

Which of us can look at the collapse of this trial and have any confidence that justice would come to protect us when we need it?

It’s horrifying.

Today both the sword and the scales fell from the hands of Lady Justice. Whatever was left of British fair play, tolerance, decency, and respect for the rule of law lies in tatters.

@CPSUK there must be a retrial.

What a state this country has fallen to, and still it plummets further each day. If Britain keeps calm, carries on, and slumbers on through many more wake up calls there will be nothing left of the society we once knew. There will be nothing left to fight for.

Wake up.

[Giles Fraser @giles_fraser]

Those who shout “globalize the intifada”, this is what they mean. It’s a disgrace the West has allowed such wicked antisemitism to fester within. From Manchester to Sydney, this is what happens. No more.

[Jean Hatchet @JeanHatchet]

This man’s behaviour is extraordinarily brave in a way the terrorists at Bondi Beach are definitely not. Taking a gun from a man when you have no gun and nothing but a desire to save others is true heroism.

[Marlon Solomon @supergutman]

Thinking of how that group of radicals with Palestinian flags stood outside Sydney Opera House on 9th Oct 2023 with total impunity screaming "FUCK THE JEWS" and the universal shrug it was met with.

[Niall Ferguson @nfergus]

The murder of @charliekirk11 is not only an odious crime. It is also a disaster for American politics. Of all the people offering leadership to today's young conservatives, he seemed to me by far the most thoughtful. When we met in May, his humanity and integrity impressed me very much. I am fearful of where this kind of political violence is leading us.

[UnHerd @unherd]

‘First, there is the voice… Nasal, clearly north country in origin, and with the air of clever working-class boy made good.’

@giles_fraser on Melvyn Bragg 👇
https://t.co/iYoPdqZqqj

[BBC Press Office @bbcpress]

Having presented well over 1,000 episodes of the much-loved BBC Radio 4 series, Melvyn Bragg has made the decision to step down from In Our Time following the series which aired earlier this year

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