See also: pasteurization and water purification. Apparently those are bad too.

As a Brit in The Netherlands, I’m doing an eye roll big enough to cause a tsunami in the North Sea.

Obviously I had to Google “leech + nose”. www.bbc.com/news/newsbea...

Big news.

Cc0nc0rdance.bsky.socialSep 27, 2024 4:56pm

"[Scotland] has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13." That's honestly so amazing.

HPV vaccine study finds zero cases of cervical cancer among women vaccinated before age 14

In a large Scottish study, no cases of cervical cancer were found among women who received HPV vaccines before they turned 14.

Need a rainy day pick-me-up? Here you go!

Mark Kermode reviews Megalopolis - Kermode and Mayo’s Take

YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take

She’s also brilliant in this Alan Bennett play.

Bed Among the Lentils

YouTube video by penny van m

There will be lots of posts, lots of films and TV mentioned, but this is glorious.

Goodbye to Maggie Smith. 💔

I am very sorry to hear about Janey Godley - trouper and activist www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Comedian Janey Godley receiving end-of-life care

The 63-year-old announced on social media that her cancer had spread and she was going into a hospice.