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Got It! How beautiful! #Sar2667 #Asteroid

@AJamesMcCarthy Oh wowwwwwwww 😍😍😍😍

I just don't understand the people that aren't completely obsessed with space... look at what my 12" telescope is looking at right now. INSANE.

@tw__astro Impressive you got this in this heat! You continue to stun us all 😍

Saturn through the eyepiece just now - wait until the zoom-in. Great conditions from southern UK (although feeling very muggy!)

@JamesDeroest @zoeharcombe @JeremyClarkson @ClarksonsFarm1 Further testing has huge financial and potential medical implications and risks, and these are worse if the majority of people with a high PSA do not have cancer. This is why the evidence suggests testing everybody who doesn't have symptoms may not be good on a population level.

@JamesDeroest @zoeharcombe @JeremyClarkson @ClarksonsFarm1 You make a really fantastic point. The issue is individual vs population level of PSA testing. When there is a success story, it's easy to forget the huge numbers of people who will be flagged for further testing who will not have cancer if everybody is tested.

I'm a huge fan of @JeremyClarkson & @ClarksonsFarm1 and what they've done for farming. I'm delighted that Jeremy is in remission from prostate cancer. I'm concerned about him encouraging screening... The CAP trial involved 400,000 men from 573 surgeries in England & Wales. They were randomised to screen or no screen. There was no difference in prostate cancer deaths at 10 or 18 yrs follow-up. There was no difference in deaths from any cause (what matters most) at any follow-up. Many more men were treated in the screen group, i.e. incontinence & impotency for no mortality benefit. 🤔

@LoveandPaice @PolitlcsUK That's fair. You're right that this may happen. It's a shame that we may have to rethink the whole system if it turns out we can't afford it.

@KadeF96 @PolitlcsUK I'm 💯all for pay that reflects the incredible work that everyone does 😀. Just expecting the same cycle of Govt. saying they can't afford it/no money, staff going on strike 🔁.

🚨 NEW: Resident doctors in England have called off strikes from Monday after a last-minute 6.6% increased pay offer from the Government

@Amerisplain @BuenoForMiami Please don't you dare say there are no down sides. There are deaths every year due to unnecessary MGM. It is is utterly indefensible to believe it is OK to take away a healthy child's right to decide what they do to their own bodies, especially when the MGM is not necessary.

The characterization of circumcision as a "chop up" is completely absurd. These things aren't the same at all. One has been done for millenia with no downside. The other manufacters a constituency with mental illness, no grip on reality, or the ability to experience true human connection with a partner.

I used to think the average person had common sense. Then I started seeing people argue that kids can’t consent to “gender-affirming care” because they’re too young to make permanent decisions about their bodies. And I thought, “Cool, so you’re against circumcision too, right?” That’s when I discovered that applying the same principle in a different context is apparently an impossible task for a shocking number of people. So let me get this straight: if a kid wants something done to their body, they’re too young to consent. But if you want something done to their body, suddenly consent isn’t important? Sooo… you can chop up your kid how you want, but not how they want? How about we stop chopping up kids altogether? It’s a pretty simple rule: don’t permanently alter a child’s genitals unless there’s a genuine medical necessity. The fact that you like a particular form of mutilation doesn’t magically make it not mutilation.

@LoveandPaice @PolitlcsUK And this is a bad thing? Do you believe that other healthcare professionals are paid fairly for the work that they do? If we can't afford to pay all staff appropriately, then we can't afford the NHS.

@PolitlcsUK I have nothing against resident doctors getting a pay increase. I do think that inevitably, this will be a snowball effect which will lead to other healthcare professional's unions asking for pay increases for their staff as well though.

@NeilThin @OpinionsMove Completely agree. How non-medical circumcision is still allowed, regardless of the excuse to mutilate defenceless healthy children against their consent, is utterly beyond me. FGM is rightfully illegal. It's time for MGM to follow.

@KadeF96 @OpinionsMove Strongly agree. Of all the bizarre justifications parents give for mutilating their children, the silliest one must surely be "Sorry, we couldn't find any soap so we just thought it easier to lop a major part of your penis off". The next silliest is "God told us to do it."

A ban on nontherapeutic circumcision would put in question "the future of the UK as a tolerant society". We've already agreed we won't tolerate adults mutilating the genitalia of defenceless girls. Now let's honestly discuss: why, in 2026, do we tolerate mutilation of boys?

@OpinionsMove @NeilThin Circumcision is unnecessary. The hygiene/infection point - please teach boys to wash themselves. Absolute risk reduction of already rare penile cancer is negligible. The issues of non-consent and risks FAR outweigh negligible benefits (unless medically required) 99.9% of time.

@NeilThin That seems a bit disingenuous when you know perfectly well that circumcision is usually justified today on medical grounds (hygiene/infection risk etc), whereas FGM has no medical benefit and is overwhelmingly bound up with controlling female sexuality.

@Stephenmevans1 Religious freedom is fine until it makes permanent and unnecessary decisions for perfectly healthy unconsenting children. If they want it done, they can consent to it when they're an adult. This really should not be controversial.

The defence of non-therapeutic (religious) circumcision in this piece focuses entirely on freedom of religion while overlooking the rights, bodily autonomy and welfare of the child. Religious freedom is not a trump card. Competing rights and interests must be balanced.

@adamemedia1 @PolitlcsUK @spectator The issue is not religious freedom, but one of consent. Children cannot consent to a permanent unecessary procedure that has risks. What adults want to do is completely up to them, but I would suspect circumcision rates would be a fraction of what they are if given the choice.

The two communities that do this are Muslims and Jews. I’ve never seen a Muslim or Jew complain about being circumcised. I have no complaints myself. It’s very different to FGM which is actually harmful (and also not even religious) How about the state doesn’t interfere in people’s religious freedom.

🚨 NEW: The Green Party has launched a consultation to make banning circumcision a party policy [@Spectator]

@NotDerek666 @iDrSunny A statement so bold that I am confident that you must have a good source to know that this is true?

@iDrSunny Yes. Functional staff following guidance are safer than trainee doctors.

Yes John Many people die in the NHS due to doctor errors Are you honestly saying that less skilled people will reduce the errors? 🤣

@ManySposob43335 @MrsNickyClark Entirely false and you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

@MrsNickyClark Doctors make more mistakes.

Physicians associates -who should be called assistants in my view - are a useful auxiliary service as long as they stay in their realm of knowledge and experience only. This wasn’t that and is horrific. The poor little girl.

@Johnrashton47 Yes, even the most qualified doctors make mistakes sometimes, that's no secret and it unfortunately happens. Does that detract from the argument that letting non-medically qualified people have a go is... a bad idea and puts patients at hugely increased risk?

Neela, do you know how many people die each year as a result of medical ( Dr) negligence?

@Dr_Afo You're right, that is an unpopular opinion.

Unpopular opinion: Medicine is the easiest field in the entire field of healthcare. Nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, med laboratory are all significantly harder.

@nosoupforgeorge And yet we can't even predict if a train will actually arrive let alone the time accurately

It blows my mind that the projected splashdown time for Artemis II was 5:07pm, and it was, in fact, 5:07pm. Just a casual spot-on ETA from the fucking moon, no big deal.

@fionahtweet @NadiaWhittomeMP None of those are allowances specific to doctors and therefore is not an argument that doctors have it good. Overtime is more hours for doctors than other public professions. Of course F2 is higher than F1 as they're more experienced. Are you suggesting F1 pay forever?

@KadeF96 @NadiaWhittomeMP Overtime, night time, on call rota, weekends. Then there’s London allowances too. Foundation 2nd year is higher than Yr1. So quite a lot of allowances.

Solidarity with resident doctors currently on strike in Nottingham and across the country. After a 21% real-terms pay cut since 2008/9, and with many now facing unemployment, they have every right to demand fair pay and better working conditions. The government must offer a fair settlement to secure the future of the NHS.

@sophielouisecc What if it's full time hours over four days (compressed hours)? If done correctly, this may be much more efficient for some people, and efficiency for every tax pound spent is the priority.

No one employed by the tax payer should be working a 4 day week Unless they are part time and are paid accordingly

@ShoooTsw @NadiaWhittomeMP According to whom? Please don't use the 'compared to the average salary' argument as that's not a valid point.

@NadiaWhittomeMP They are paid more than enough. It’s greed at this point.