John Herbert

The @guardian 's so called Australian home page lol

still waiting #grenfell bbc.com/news/articles/…

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NHS MANAGER TOLD HER WHISTLEBLOWERS GO MISSING OVERNIGHT Totally normal stuff from a world-class health service. Victoria Rixon @Victoria_Rixon spent six and a half years as an NHS midwife. She watched labour wards run on two members of staff. She watched colleagues go 12.5 hour shifts without food, water, or a toilet break, each responsible for up to 20 patients at once. She watched a woman labour alone for ten hours behind a curtain with no care whatsoever. The baby needed emergency resuscitation. She reported what she saw. Because that is literally what the @NHS told her to do during induction. What happened next is a classic in how Britain's most trusted institution handles inconvenient truths. She was falsely accused of being responsible for the death of a baby. Her employer sent a cease and desist letter after her exit interview. And a member of NHS management delivered her a friendly warning: 'whistleblowers go missing overnight' An NHS manager. Said that. Out loud. To a midwife who raised patient safety concerns. On 9 April 2024, Victoria handed back her Nursing and Midwifery Council @nmcnews registration and walked away from the career she had trained four years for and loved every day of. Because she says the institution she worked for was actively harming the women and babies in its care and punishing anyone who said so. She is still speaking publicly. She is still being harassed. The NMC @nmcnews, NHS England @NHSEngland, and the Royal College of Midwives @MidwivesRCM have had inquiry after inquiry, report after report, and the wards are still dangerously short staffed. But sure. The system is fine. It just needs another review. Sources: Victoria Rixon personal testimony @Victoria_Rixon | @CartlandDavid Substack | The Dozen with Liam Tuffs podcast,

@kjoules @tripperhead As standard, over reaction to minimal threat

After WHO declared the Ebola virus a "public health emergency of international concern," Hong Kong authorities will reopen Penny's Bay isolation facility should quarantine orders be issued scmp.com/news/hong-kong…

@transit_jam Rules are Rules lol

So we got a printed "Gulu" ticket and waited. But-- there was nobody in the exhibition, so we asked, can we go in before our ticket time? NO! Must wait until 14:40. A queue started forming. We all stood there outside the gate looking into t he empty exhibition space.

Andre's right but we all know a quota will be awful. Example, the Kowloon Walled City Park "film set" exhibition. We visited three times over the last year and there was never any quota. But two weeks ago, we showed up at 14.00 on a whim and they had space for 14:40 entry! Yay!

They seriously need to sort out these potholes 😁😁

@johnherbert @kjoules @b3108 @aublumberg Funny! (But don't laugh) 🤣

@Byron_Wan RIP smart window designers arent very smart

Final destination: a cleaning worker in China died after his head/neck was trapped and fractured (or even crushed) by an “intelligent” motorized window that automatically closed when its sensors detected adverse weather such as rain and strong wind… Apparently the window wasn’t intelligent enough to detect obstacles while it’s closing and stop immediately.

@DawgWhet @kjoules @b3108 @aublumberg

@kjoules @b3108 @aublumberg For quotas, you need gates/barriers to enforce. Easier to do if a destination can be controlled by boat/ferry. Harder to do if access is by public transport/foot. Will require a policing force of some sorts. May be where we are heading, sadly

Andre Blumberg @aublumberg, founder of the Hong Kong Four Trails Challenge, suggests creating a quota system on public holidays in response to overcrowding at country parks scmp.com/news/hong-kong…

@johnherbert @stokdog We sold them our only aircraft carrrier back in the day to a Guangzhou ship yard to scrap but not before they stripped all the good bits for the PLA Navy.

@stokdog If Australia closes her coal fired plants, China will probably buy the coal kits, the boilers, steam plant, turbines, etc. just like they bought the UK's old coal fired plant ;)

Selling millions of metric tonnes of coal annually to China to power their ~1,200 coal plants (and growing) is fine. 18 coal fired plants in Australia is an emissions problem. Hit ♥️ if you think Australians are being scammed by net zero grifters

The boy Adrian to clean restrooms in Terminal 2 for next 50 years?

I mean since you bought it up 😂 #hknumberplates @HKnumberplates

@kjoules they will set a low quota, there are around 30,000 owners with medallions, worth millions, all probably leveraged upto the hilt

I also think the quota shouldn’t exist, but for much nefarious reasons (Rowse says barriers to entry make any quota unnecessary). The taxi industry needs a complete overhaul: let the taxi license market collapse and hopefully they’ll make actual improvements to their service

I don't even have words for this. x.com/bangkoklad/sta…

🇹🇭🛤️💥🔥 A compilation of this disaster - including the more contextually important seconds before impact - is here: youtube.com/watch?v=KGWeDd… The blatant railway "level crossing misuse" by motorists beggars belief. But why didn't the boom gates in EITHER direction come down too?

🇨🇳🇺🇸US Treasury Secretary Basent tried to enter the venue without wearing the conference badge He was directly stopped by Chinese security guards. He was only allowed in after his entourage brought the credentials.