ClaphamFox Posted 28 July 2022 Share Posted 28 July 2022 The Tavistock clinic is to close. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62335665 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 28 July 2022 Share Posted 28 July 2022 4 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said: The Tavistock clinic is to close. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62335665 It was unfortunately understaffed, underfunded and weighed down with a waiting list that made it impossible to help the people it was designed to help in a timely fashion. And as the report points out, mistakes were made in the practice too. Hopefully newer, better and more capable facilities (such as the two designed to open soon) will replace it and allow faster, easier and therefore more effective help to be given. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymsey Posted 28 July 2022 Share Posted 28 July 2022 Extinction Rebellion were in Leicester today.. https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/extinction-rebellion-block-main-road-7394392 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 29 July 2022 Share Posted 29 July 2022 Just seen a clip of a performer in a boy band in Hong Kong being flattened by those jumbotron mega screens while on stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 29 July 2022 Share Posted 29 July 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62344354 Alito taking time off from making his repressive fundie beliefs matters of law to lash out at people rightly pointing out just how messed up it is, then. Good. Perhaps he might realise that the power held in the US by the beliefs he holds is (hopefully) living on borrowed time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 30 July 2022 Share Posted 30 July 2022 if we dont treat the banks well then we will all suffer https://www.businessinsider.com/us-bank-fined-375-million-for-illegally-using-customer-data-2022-7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 30 July 2022 Share Posted 30 July 2022 decades of Alzheimers research based on deliberate fraud? https://www.science.org/content/article/potential-fabrication-research-images-threatens-key-theory-alzheimers-disease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 31 July 2022 Share Posted 31 July 2022 Imagine being this insane? No wait, imagine allowing someone this insane to hold public office? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parafox Posted 31 July 2022 Share Posted 31 July 2022 On 30/07/2022 at 12:30, ozleicester said: decades of Alzheimers research based on deliberate fraud? https://www.science.org/content/article/potential-fabrication-research-images-threatens-key-theory-alzheimers-disease 5 hours ago, urban.spaceman said: Imagine being this insane? No wait, imagine allowing someone this insane to hold public office? The Internet eh? Who would have thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alf Bentley Posted 31 July 2022 Share Posted 31 July 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/30/boris-and-carrie-johnson-host-wedding-party-on-tory-donors-estate "Guests are arriving for Boris and Carrie Johnson’s wedding bash at the grand Cotswolds estate of a major Tory donor. The outgoing prime minister and his wife are hosting family and friends at 18th-century Daylesford House to celebrate their nuptials with a wider circle, after the pandemic forced them to scale back festivities last year. The groom’s 81-year-old father Stanley Johnson was seen pulling into the estate in a car on Saturday afternoon. A likely less welcome guest was anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray, who pitched up on a road near the wedding venue with a giant banner reading “corrupt Tory government”. His shouting during news broadcasts pisses me off, even if I agree with him.....but you've got to admire the bloke's cheek - and stamina. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 13 hours ago, urban.spaceman said: Imagine being this insane? No wait, imagine allowing someone this insane to hold public office? You wonder how much responsibility for that is on the folks that elected her and how much on the powers that be that likely manipulated them into doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 2 August 2022 Share Posted 2 August 2022 And for your cheery Tuesday news digest... https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62378157 Will it be nature.... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-62381425 ...or will it be humans? Or how about one followed by the other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 2 August 2022 Share Posted 2 August 2022 On 31/07/2022 at 22:00, urban.spaceman said: Imagine being this insane? No wait, imagine allowing someone this insane to hold public office? These guys had these weapons... and still.. The incomprehensible stupidity demonstrated by conservatives is breathtaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Falling Foxes Posted 2 August 2022 Share Posted 2 August 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-62377353 Anything Putin do, we can do better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach0000 Posted 2 August 2022 Share Posted 2 August 2022 3 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-62377353 Anything Putin do, we can do better. I feel like it's a very delicate situation and really not any of Americas business. I think it's another on a long list of examples where America should stay out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 2 August 2022 Share Posted 2 August 2022 Well, here's hoping that doesn't get messy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innovindil Posted 2 August 2022 Share Posted 2 August 2022 Anyone else really enjoying the translates of some of these angry Chinese? "I'm ****ing a fairy." Outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_favourite Posted 2 August 2022 Share Posted 2 August 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Innovindil said: Anyone else really enjoying the translates of some of these angry Chinese? "I'm ****ing a fairy." Outstanding. The woman is an idiot. Why oh why go there at this point. Use your time to try to de-escalate the situation and go to China. That would have more positive impact than going to Taiwan now. Granted, the Taiwan situation isn’t a good one, but don’t make things worse for them and the world. 2022 is a bonkers year and I want it all to stop. Edited 2 August 2022 by fox_favourite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman Posted 2 August 2022 Share Posted 2 August 2022 Find the whole Archie Battersbee story heart-breaking and I genuinely don't know who's side I'm with. Totally get that the parents are praying for a miracle and want more time but the doctors are adamant that the poor lad is no longer with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parafox Posted 2 August 2022 Share Posted 2 August 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, oakman said: Find the whole Archie Battersbee story heart-breaking and I genuinely don't know who's side I'm with. Totally get that the parents are praying for a miracle and want more time but the doctors are adamant that the poor lad is no longer with us. Just been discussing this with Mrs Para. From a completely objective POV, I've been to a number of "successful" resuscitations on scene where the patient will take a breath every now and again but no pulse and you continue CPR thinking you have a result only for them to be subsequently diagnosed (after extensive tests and scans) to be be brain stem dead, irrespective of breaths (which are pretty random in the process (apnoea)). This usually happens in patients suffering a stroke. The active treatment is stopped and they are allowed to go with peace and dignity. There really is no way back from brain stem death. I completely understand his mum and dad's position as parents that they, as laymen with only the love and hope for their son, they will do all they can, but ultimately, they need to take the time to say a loving goodbye. Edited 2 August 2022 by Parafox 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymsey Posted 2 August 2022 Share Posted 2 August 2022 31 minutes ago, Parafox said: Just been discussing this with Mrs Para. From a completely objective POV, I've been to a number of "successful" resuscitations on scene where the patient will take a breath every now and again but no pulse and you continue CPR thinking you have a result only for them to be subsequently diagnosed (after extensive tests and scans) to be be brain stem dead, irrespective of breaths (which are pretty random in the process (apnoea)). This usually happens in patients suffering a stroke. The active treatment is stopped and they are allowed to go with peace and dignity. There really is no way back from brain stem death. I completely understand his mum and dad's position as parents that they, as laymen with only the love and hope for their son, they will do all they can, but ultimately, they need to take the time to say a loving goodbye. Entirely agree. A patient on our LRI ward had been at 'end of life' for a month earlier in the year. The patients' relatives really begged the Consultants to keep him alive whilst the family paid their respects (but, also, they were convinced that his condition could be turned around - despite his kidneys only working at 5% and his heart-rate being severely low), but they eventually agreed that it was sadly the end for the patient. If it was my own family member, I'd obviously want them to keep them alive as much as possible; but, on the other hand, would rather they died naturally than keep them alive for longer until they potentially could've had an unnecessary long and painful death experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajthefox Posted 2 August 2022 Share Posted 2 August 2022 On 31/07/2022 at 15:00, urban.spaceman said: Imagine being this insane? No wait, imagine allowing someone this insane to hold public office? That is fvcking mind-boggling. Bloody hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 2 August 2022 Share Posted 2 August 2022 Alex Jones testifying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxdiamond Posted 2 August 2022 Share Posted 2 August 2022 2 hours ago, Parafox said: Just been discussing this with Mrs Para. From a completely objective POV, I've been to a number of "successful" resuscitations on scene where the patient will take a breath every now and again but no pulse and you continue CPR thinking you have a result only for them to be subsequently diagnosed (after extensive tests and scans) to be be brain stem dead, irrespective of breaths (which are pretty random in the process (apnoea)). This usually happens in patients suffering a stroke. The active treatment is stopped and they are allowed to go with peace and dignity. There really is no way back from brain stem death. I completely understand his mum and dad's position as parents that they, as laymen with only the love and hope for their son, they will do all they can, but ultimately, they need to take the time to say a loving goodbye. Thank you for your expert knowledge. Heartbreaking situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 3 August 2022 Share Posted 3 August 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62405677 The QCult sadly maintains a lot of its strength. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62402625 But it's not all bad news stateside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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