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Anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies intensify across Europe byteseu.com/1626317/ #128387469 #Article #GeneralNews #GreatBritain #Immigration #Politics #UnitedKingdom #WorldNews


> librechat
> 'agents'
oh man i cant wait to use a model fine tuned to be people's erotic roleplay partners as part of a model to make serious decisions
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in reply to Algje

@Algje Goedemorgen Algje , ik vind dat heerlijk zo vroeg genieten van de rust om mij heen.



‘The UK needs some media free of US control’: Comcast’s move for ITV starts to focus minds | ITV byteseu.com/1626315/ #GreatBritain #UnitedKingdom


King Charles argued on Friday that, thanks to early diagnosis, his treatment will be reduced in the New Year.

He urged people to take up cancer screening saying: “Early diagnosis quite simply saves lives.”

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl99y…
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in reply to Kit Yates

So why did the UKNSC advise against rolling out routine prostate screening to all men?

Because benefits and harms must be balanced at population scale—hence a targeted approach.

independent.co.uk/news/health/…

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The draft recommendation: screen every 2 years for men 45–61 with confirmed BRCA1/2 mutations.

Only around 0.3% of men have these, and fewer are in that age band—so targeting maximises benefit, minimises harm.

genomicseducation.hee.nhs.uk/g…
4/10

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Part of the answer is economic: modelling for the UKNSC found repeated whole‑population screening was least cost‑effective, while focusing on higher‑risk groups was far more cost‑effective.

nationalscreening.blog.gov.uk/…
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Another part is test accuracy. PSA is not cancer‑specific.

In population screening, even a small drop in specificity means false positives can swamp true positives—causing anxiety and deterring future attendance.

Read more about false positives here
uk.bookshop.org/lists/kit-yate…
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The harms aren’t just false positives.

Overdiagnosis finds cancers so small/slow‑growing they’d never cause problems—yet many people undergo painful or invasive treatments unnecessarily.

doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39470.6432…
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A key problem with the PSA test: it can’t reliably distinguish dangerous cancers from benign conditions like BPH (enlarged prostate), which also raise PSA - which can lead to costly follow‑ups and overtreatment.

nhs.uk/conditions/enlarged-pro…
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Bottom line: UK screening programmes are targeted to those at higher risk to reduce harm and improve value.

With ~9 million in the UK not up to date with at least one screening, if you’ve been invited, don’t miss it.
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Adapted from my substack "To Screen or not to Screen?":

open.substack.com/pub/kityates…

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PSA may also lead to painful & invasive investigations - anecdotal experience of a relative followed-up & underwent a number of anxiety-inducing & in some cases painful diagnostic tests but died of something unrelated many years later.
in reply to AnneH

@annehargreaves I'm sorry to hear this. Yes I think overdiagnosis is a real and underappreciated problem.
in reply to Kit Yates

Prostate ailments seem to be tricky to diagnose, while an appreciable number are best left alone, making it more difficult.
in reply to Kit Yates

How NHS can know who has BRCA1/2 mutations without population wide screening for this mutations? Your link suggest that tests for BRCA1/2 mutations are offered to people with already diagnosed cancer.
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No one has faced trial for 2020 ‘fake electors’ plan. In Wisconsin, it might happen.
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/1213/wisconsin-trump-fake-electors-trial?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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As inflation weighs on voters, Trump is paying a high price, too
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/1213/affordability-trump-prices-inflation?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Bijna 7000 Amerikanen kwamen in 2025 naar NL, vaak op de vlucht voor het groeiende fascisme onder Trump.
Ook waren er 67 asielaanvragen van Amerikanen.
'In Canada, Engeland of Ierland is het bijna onmogelijk om een visum te krijgen. In tegenstelling tot Nederland.
Voor trans en queer mensen is de VS een bijzonder onveilige plek geworden.'
nos.nl/artikel/2594484-nederla…

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Texas Senate race sets up moderates vs. fighters – in both parties
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/1213/texas-senate-crockett-paxton-cornyn?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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NL: aantal OV-checkins per week plus gemiddelde laatste 52 weken.


‘Arriving in my ancestral town offered me closure’: Inside the rise of roots tourism in Italy byteseu.com/1626309/ #citizenship #emigration #Family #Italy #relocation #Sicily


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Una pizarra verde con texto blanco escrito a mano. En la parte superior de la pizarra, en letras grandes, está escrito "COMBINACIONES PELIGROSAS". Debajo de eso, hay tres líneas de texto, cada una precedida por un guion. Las líneas de texto son:

  • Ignorancia y poder
  • Soberbia y dinero
  • Tos y diarrea

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Het verhaal over een vrouw uit het netwerk van mijn man, die zichzelf niet meer was en het leven niet meer aankon. Een goede reminder dat je de overgang serieus moet nemen. mastodon.social/@jackyan/11571…