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very proud of you, @countesscadbury for standing up for #earlyyears #justiceforunder5s at #eyeprotest2023

One of the most heartbreaking examples of nonverbal communication to emerge from Iran. I cannot call this a mere propaganda piece. It is the unbearable truth, laid bare through the profound art of cinematography and animation.

Those religious people and lobbyists in full:

Update: Lord Falconer of Thoroton has now tabled 69 amendments to the AS bill. If every sitting peer (excluding the speaker) had followed suit, the amendment total would be 58,443.

Written English has barely changed in 300 years. If you can read Harry Potter, you can read Robinson Crusoe (1719). The Spelling of our Tongue was in the main ſettled ere the eighteenth Century, & the Grammar has ſuffer'd but little Alteration ſince. Yet before this happy Settlement, things were exceeding ſtrange. In Shakeſpeares dayes, ſpelling was much more variable, & you ſhall finde notable differences in the grammar: "thou" could bee intimate or inſulting, depending vpon whom you ſayd it to; to chooſe amiſse had conſequences. Wende we now tuo hundred ȝeer bifore, to Chauceres tyme. It seemeth ȝit as Englisshe, but it nis nat esy to reden withouten greet connynge. Yet tuo hundred wintre er, sone after þat the Normans comen to þis londe, is Englisch on muchel wandlunge. Þe tunges work is tobroken, Frensce wordes comeþ in, and þe writunge is al totwemed. Þy furðor þu underbæc færst, þy gelicor biþ Englisc gesewen þære Deniscan spræce. Englisce bec þæs m. geare ne mæg nan mann rædan buton he sundorlice geleornad sy.

Good sense on assisted suicide from the medical profession. 👇 (I keep asking: why are all the medical Royal Colleges opposed to this Bill? @dignityindying won’t answer me.)

On Valentine’s Day 36 years ago, at the request of Carl Sagan, NASA turned Voyager 1's camera back toward home for one last look. From 3.7 billion miles away, it captured this: a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. Here is how Carl Sagan beautifully described it: “Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

Murray SA, Taubert M, Goltsos T, Public misinformation in the Assisted dying bill at Westminster: can doctors really identify patients who will die within 6 months? No! bmj.com/content/391/bm…. Great that the Lords understand this straw man

I think that if you’re going to write a piece in the Times urging the government to use and boost more AI, the fact that you are paid by a major AI company should be in the first sentence, or at least first paragraph. I also think that the best scenario for AI is that it destroys millions of jobs with the prosperity, dignity and community that goes with them. The worst scenario is the destruction of the human race - a fear openly expressed by an increasing number of senior and experienced AI engineers who are leaving the industry. And somewhere in between a myriad of horrors such as yet more screen learning and screen addiction for our children. But I do see that it will make rich men even richer. And that’s the most important thing of course.

“Governments, healthcare systems, and insurance companies faced with mounting costs start to see assisted death as a cheaper, more ‘humane’ alternative to long-term care. The symmetry of mutual burdensomeness is lost, and society loses its soul as it kills off those it deems unworthy of life in the name of autonomy and compassion.” @SteveFouch plough.com/en/topics/just…

In this #podcast conversation with @SteveFouch (CMF Head of Communications) at the 2025 CMF Resident Doctors Conference, Dr Paula Busuulwa and Prof. Paul Johnson explore what it means to lead as a Christian health professional in the #NHS. #Leadership cmf.li/44GRtcw

The CMF #Podcast: Organ donation, transplantation, & organ trafficking with @STAGEDOC & @SteveFouch cmf.li/4sBCFGC #organdonation #organtrafficking

Did you know C.S. Lewis predicted the modern obsession with “being nice” would destroy the soul? In The Abolition of Man, Lewis argues that when a society stops believing in objective virtue, it doesn’t become tolerant… it becomes manipulable. He calls the result “men without chests.” People with appetites and intellects, but no courage, no honor, no trained moral instincts. They can calculate everything and defend nothing. Lewis saw that once we reject inherited moral law, we don’t become free. We become raw material… easily shaped by propaganda, pleasure, and fear. Modern man prides himself on compassion while quietly surrendering every standard that once gave compassion meaning. Lewis’s insight is brutal: a civilization that educates clever cowards will eventually be ruled by tyrants or technicians. Because when nothing is worth dying for, everything becomes negotiable… including human dignity.

"Would it really “jeopardise the reputation of Parliament as a whole” if the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was to fall?" No and it would save many vulnerable lives being prematurely ended. telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/2…

Your Social Muscles Are Wasting Away. Here Is How to Retrain Them. nytimes.com/2025/12/24/opi…

@curiosityonx The liver

Answer without Google or asking AI… What is the only human organ that can regenerate itself?

@NolanAnalyst No, it's a flawed masterpiece. Outstanding visuals, epic soundtrack (arguably Zimmer's best), so-so storytelling. Like it, but prefer Inception and the Prestige.

Do you consider Interstellar to be Christopher Nolan's best film?

Listening to "Assisted suicide - plenary session | Resident Doctors Conference 2025" at buzzsprout.com/437878/episode…

The #AssistedSuicide Bill has passed its third reading, meaning it will almost certainly become law In this blog, @susanrmarriott looks at how, as Christians and health professionals, we can respond cmf.li/3T2VGky

📣 Calling all current parish nurses 📣 Join us on 25th for the second #KnowYourHeart webinar with @thisismichaela @C3health and our very own @TheLittleNurse1 Improve your knowledge to promote women’s heart health and prevent avoidable disease in your community. @BurdettTrust