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Bruce Virgo

@bav58.bsky.social
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Aussie #MND #ALS Warrior, now living in Scotland. Retired Maritime/Shipping lawyer (non-practising - Australia, England/Wales & Scotland).

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The “Don’t Trust Your Doctor” Facebook Videos That Lie to You www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/... by @jonathanjarry.bsky.social "Facebook is full of videos that claim to share a health secret you won’t hear anywhere else, but they are actually sales pitches for unproven dietary supplements." Sum: UGH!
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The “Don’t Trust Your Doctor” Facebook Videos That Lie to You
You’re scrolling through your Facebook feed when you encounter a link to a video that promises to reveal the true cause of something that’s been ailing you for years. You’ve been to the doctor but fee...
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
You can't make this sh*t up. Bragging about basing "Space Force" uniforms on a movie that satirized fascism? So many layers here: MAGA clearly doesn't know Starship Trooper is making fun of, um, people like THEM! Trump is making Verhoeven's point! Sigh. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
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Trump Brags About Space Force Uniforms’ Fascist Inspiration
The uniforms were inspired by a movie that used Nazi imagery to satirize fascism. Now they’re being proposed for America’s newest military branch.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.
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CNN @cnn.com · 30/08/2026
Iceland rejects EU membership plan in referendum, local media reports, in a vote carried out under the shadow of Trump's threats against Greenland cnn.it/45VD24A
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
When this nation’s first president chopped down one cherry tree, he was honest and contrite. When the current president chopped down a slew of cherry trees, he did so in violation of a court order—and didn’t give a shit.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's disgusting that this unpopular clown is using Dolly Parton's death to ride on her legacy of generosity and popularity. He has to use AI because Dolly Parton was never photographed with Donald Trump in real life. Because he is everything she disliked: selfish, dishonest, mean, and rude.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
EVERYTHING about the Trump vaccine policy is wrong. Based on lies, debunked conspiracy theories, and play-to-the- base fearmongering. Dark Age 2.0‼️ Trump wants MMR vaccine split up: the science behind why it’s a bad idea www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Trump wants MMR vaccine split up: the science behind why it’s a bad idea
Numerous studies have shown that separating childhood jabs will delay protection and increase costs for families.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
White House asks for patience, stating, “It’s going to take time to find a press secretary who lies as easily and often as Karoline Leavitt. We actually found some who lies MORE, but he already has a job in the Oval.”
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hard to watch the continued harassment of Fauci – a man who has dedicated his life to science & served his country during an extremely difficult time. I've had opportunity to meet & present with Fauci. Kind. Thoughtful. And still the focus of MAGA lies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration needs to stop ‘public harassment’ of Fauci and scientists, open letter says
Letter, published before Anthony Fauci will appear before Congress, accuses Republicans of ‘waging a war on individual scientists’
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Dear Donarrhea- Thought you might enjoy a few photos of Kaitlin Collins (the superb journalist who intimidates you on a routine basis)... SMILING. #AccountabilityIsComing11/3rd
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It is ALL based on wellness woo BS & ideology. If some suggestion is kinda correct, that is totally random (broken clock cliche). 👉 Let's not legitimize or normalize the lie machine‼️ How does MAHA hold up against scientific scrutiny? www.nature.com/articles/d41... @virginiagewin.bsky.social
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How does Make America Healthy Again hold up against scientific scrutiny?
Researchers share their views on the US health policy spanning topics from vaccines to nutrition.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
‼️ Sum: Ugh ‼️ ZERO evidence to support this move! Eg, likely to: > costs to healthcare system > overdiagnosis, anxiety, iatrogenic injury > confusion & inequities > wait times for public Alberta out-of-pocket payments for private medical testing beginning this week globalnews.ca/news/1199559...
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Alberta out-of-pocket payments for private medical testing beginning this week | Globalnews.ca
Patients will pay for the tests when they receive them and potentially be reimbursed if the results lead to a cancer diagnosis, the Alberta government said.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
One unleashes the *hounds* of Hell, not the gates of Hell, you illiterate moron.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Marco Rubio is against birthright citizenship. But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen. Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship. But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother. They are both shameless hypocrites.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Depressing. Frustrating. Infuriating. U.S. measles cases hit 35-year record with months left in 2026 wapo.st/4pDO5Zm "As vaccination rates decline and measles spreads wider, those outbreaks are becoming harder to extinguish..." Dark Age 2.0.
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U.S. measles cases hit 35-year record with months left in 2026
Data from Johns Hopkins University’s U.S. measles tracker shows that the nation reported 2,295 cases as of Tuesday. That count surpasses last year’s total of 2,289 cases.
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sjvn @sjvn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My first search engine.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Donald Trump's Speech Tonight in a Nutshell: “WAAAAAAAAAAAAA! WAAAAAAAAAAA!! SO UNFAIR!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! ME ME ME WAAAAAAAAAAA! NEVER BEFORE IN HISTORY WAAAAAAAAAAAA!! NO ONE KNOWS BETER THAN ME! WAAAAAAAAAAAAA! RIGGED! WAAAAAAAAAA!”
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Hear, hear! ‘Anti-ageing is anti-life’: why longevity culture is just ageism in a lab coat www.theguardian.com/wellness/202... by @theresamacphail.bsky.social “We have to address why looking younger boosts your status in society and opens up opportunities on the political, social, economic level.”
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‘Anti-ageing is anti-life’: why longevity culture is just ageism in a lab coat
Rapid scientific progress has given us the tools to stop time more convincingly than ever – but lurking behind these claims is the same fear of ageing
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
If you have *real* evidence of election fraud, you file a lawsuit. But if you are a pathetic sore loser who wants desperately to believe any fiction that excuses your actual loss, you go on TV where, unlike in court, you won’t be held accountable for your brazen and ridiculous lies.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The Norwegian Football Association donated all proceeds and ticket revenues (totaling over $350,000) from their World Cup qualifying match against Israel to Doctors Without Borders for humanitarian aid in Gaza. Guess which team I’m rooting for . . .
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Maggie Haberman should send this stupid brat a fruit basket to thank him for all this free publicity for her new book, which Donald *clearly* did not find boring.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The White House has become Dollar Store Caesar’s Palace. Donald Trump has always been an extraordinarily tacky man. I remember when they first showed the inside of his Trump Tower condo on “The Apprentice.” We were supposed to marvel at the luxury. I laughed at the vulgarity.
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I AM DAD @iamdad.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
These were suppose to be lessons not the play book
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10/07/2026
After a months-long occupation, Minnesota is still recovering from a retribution campaign waged by the federal government. Now, Minnesota stands with Houston in demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This bloodshed cannot be normalized.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🛑 Fight the exploitive ivermectin BS! 🛑 Ivermectin isn’t a cancer miracle drug, but influencers claim otherwise – here’s how to avoid sprinting past scientific evidence theconversation.com/ivermectin-i... @dboatman.bsky.social Politics + profits + algorithms = spread of harmful misinformation!
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Ivermectin isn’t a cancer miracle drug, but influencers claim otherwise – here’s how to avoid sprinting past scientific evidence
Science works at a much slower pace than social media, opening a large window for early findings to be taken at face value and misinformation to spread.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A genuine scientific breakthrough, but also a good example of ethics hype. The headline grabbing fears – cloned armies! – and policymaking associated with cloning were ALWAYS nonsense. From cloning to gene-editing: the enduring legacy of Dolly the sheep www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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From cloning to gene-editing: the enduring legacy of Dolly the sheep
Dolly’s brush with celebrity could hold lessons for current discussions about reproductive technologies.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Health #misinformation does incredible harm. 26% believe autism / vaccine lie ‼️ 24% believe COVID vaccine changes DNA ‼️ 27% believe COVID vaccine killed more than COVID ‼️ These are Flat Earth level misbeliefs. Lies that kill. #VaccinesWork
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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Happy 100th Birthday, Mel Brooks.
Young Frankenstein (1974)Blazing Saddles (1974)Silent Movie (1976)Spaceballs (1987)
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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Any odds on how long it will take for Andy Burnham to resign as Prime Minister or is it too soon for that?
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Bruce Virgo @bav58.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
On #GlobalALSMNDAwarenessDay I suggest to any folks affected by #ALS #MND - consider applying to the Patient Fellows Programme (PFP). Based on “Nothing about us without us”. As a past Fellow, I thoroughly recommend it. Details can be found at www.als-mnd.org/events-progr...
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Miz Anthrope @mizanthrope01.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Harvard and Princeton graduate, Grammy winner, and former First Lady Michelle Obama appreciation post
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A Michelle Obama Appreciation Post: I deeply admire your elegance, graciousness, beauty, accomplishments, relatability & effortless class. Thank you for being one of the greatest First Ladies of all time!🙏 Much ❤️ from one of your countless fans, Mar🐫
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Increasingly, the "raw milk" trend is about politics & personal identity. This science-free & demonstrably harmful trend is (yet another) example of the power of influencers & distrust mongers (government "overreach"!) to do harm. Ugh. www.propublica.org/article/mark... @anniewaldman.bsky.social
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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
White people. He means white people.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Note to America: The World is a necessary component of a World Cup
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/06/2026
World Ocean Day, celebrated each year on June 8, encourages collective action to protect the world’s oceans. The theme of this year — “Strong Marine Protected Areas for Our Blue Planet” — aims to protect biodiversity.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
June 6 is D-day, probably ANTIFA's most heroic moment.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
To be fair, he really needs daytime rest after being up all night posting fantasy A-I images of himself on "Truth" Social, as all presidents do.
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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I found this neat tool that lets you generate text and images just from your ideas. It's really good!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
"I read the news today, oh boy Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire And though the holes were rather small They had to count them all Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall"
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CNN @cnn.com · 04/06/2026
"President Donald Trump keeps telling Americans that diplomacy with Iran is going well, a deal is close and 'it will all work out well in the end,'" writes Stephen Collinson. "But then, he's been saying that for months." | Analysis cnn.it/3SliS07
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
He's a master of distracting us from crimes he's already committed by continuously committing new crimes. 5 months until the Midterms. #AccountabilityIsComing
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
We live in a country where some of the best journalists are late night comedians & editorial cartoonists. THANK YOU Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, Tom Tomorrow, Mike Luckovich & Michael de Adder ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! #LAUGH_DO_NOT_DESPAIR ✊
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Not sure who's sillier on Twitter, Elon Musk for claiming history's most infamous far right dictator was a socialist, or the climate change sceptics for saying this temperature in May is fine because a few million years ago the surface of the planet was molten lava
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Dude, your boss is currently trying to steal $1,776,000,000 from the Treasury. And that’s just *one* of his scams. You people have ZERO self-awareness.
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That's HEDLEY! @hedleylamarr23.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Bruce Virgo @bav58.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
On 11 May, I was invited to the @mndoddie5.bsky.social Scientific Advisory Meeting to share a patient perspective on how the Foundation could build on its work. My talk focused on the importance of continuing its strong awareness and research funding efforts while encouraging ... (1/3)
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Excited to start my new book! cc @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 🙏
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