The Covid Inquiry’s Module 6 report is devastating. Its central conclusion: adult social care was treated as “something of an afterthought”, while “protecting the NHS” sometimes came at the expense of people receiving and providing care. 1/10

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#SpotTheScammer #SpotTheBot @nataliaskoropadsky.bsky.social AI generated drivel bio: "Exquisite appearance is a choice, rich heart is cultivation. An independent woman will shine gently and firmly." 2 posts, following 149 accounts

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Only for the survivors ;)

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From about six years old I grew up in a late 19th century terraced house with no central heating at all. The kitchen coal fire burned all day and the living room coal fire only in the evening when we watched TV. Bedrooms were unheated. Mine had ice on the inside of the windows on winter cold days.

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The thing is we didn’t think we stuffed any hardship. Our family, friends and neighbours were all in the same situation - and we all helped each other. But the refrain from the pampered right wing pundits about returning to the wonderful 1950s makes me laugh. Most of them wouldn’t last a week.

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