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Janine Paisley

@janinempaisley.bsky.social
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Cellist, psychotherapist, Covid watcher, gardener

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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... You need to know this …
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Britain's scorched fields mean a food crisis – and the government is ignoring the one measure that would help | George Monbiot
This summer’s extreme weather and wars in Iran and Ukraine have made our need for food stockpiles more pressing than ever, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Dr Zubaida Haque @zubhaque.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
But it was never simply a question of “should schools be open or shut?” during the pandemic. The key question pre‑vaccine was: were schools safe enough to be open - for teachers, vulnerable children and whole communities – given the wholly inadequate mitigations the Johnson government put in place.
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/business/202... And this is where we have got to.
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ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’
Exclusive: As wildfires rage across Europe, Frank Elderson tells the Guardian nature loss poses a growing risk to the global economy
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
France is on fire. Spain is on fire. Norway is on fire. Sicily is on fire. Ontario is on fire. Scotland is on fire. Bolivia is on fire. Algeria is on fire. England is on fire. Greta wasn't wrong when she said our house was on fire. We are in a climate emergency. - Greenpeace UK
France is on fire.
Spain is on fire.
Norway is on fire.
Sicily is on fire.
Ontario is on fire.
Scotland is on fire.
Bolivia is on fire.
Algeria is on fire.
England is on fire.
Greta wasn't wrong when she said our house was on fire.
We are in a
climate emergency.
Greenpeace UK

@greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
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Andrew Ewing @andrewewing11.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The official website of The International Society of Long COVID & Post-Acute Infection Syndromes — a global coalition of clinicians, researchers and advocates advancing evidence-based care. islc-pais.com
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ISLC–PAIS · A United Scientific Response to Long COVID & PAIS
International Society for Long COVID & Post-Acute Infection Syndromes — a global coalition advancing evidence-based research, clinical care and patient partnership.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/07/2026
When Justice is blind, bad guys take the fifth. When justice is corrupt, good guys take the fifth. Feel free to share.
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Anna - Please boost pinned tweet.🙏 @halcionandon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Bad here. Yelling. More things stolen. Med supplies. Big migraine. Please need someone Melb. take me in ASAP. can pay rent Some care hours. #MutualAidAustralia #MutualAid #HelpSky 💸💕 #DisabilityMutualAid #Disabled #ChronicIllness #MECFS #ChronicPain #MCAS #SevereME #PwLC
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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Seems the MAGAt's perceive themselves invincible from Climate Change... You might have thought after their Trump Bitcoin tanked and Pool of Reflection went green, they might have realised they are being screwed senseless Yep... Was a cult... Now more like a disease ☠️
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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Neo-Nazis have more than just poor dress sense.... But... It's America where fascism is back in style ☠️🔥☠️
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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Fascinating article. Unvaccinated Alpha versus probably vaccinated Omicron. A plethora of confounders doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Less severe endothelial injury and vascular pathway activation in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant compared to Alpha - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Less severe endothelial injury and vascular pathway activation in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant compared to Alpha
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Israel puts Palestinian doctor in solitary confinement after 17 months held without charge
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya now in cell barely big enough to sit in, says son, after UN experts demanded his release in March
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/richardj... Wonderful article. Please read
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The problem with "normal people"
Almost all of politics assumes there is a "normal person". What if there is not?
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
open.substack.com/pub/richardj... Well worth listening to.
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Managing the coming crisis
We are heading for economic breakdown as a result of Trump's war on Iran and the shortages it is creating. So, what should the government be doing now?
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... As expected, unsafe and the government’s responsibility. You cannot get a quart out of a pint pot.
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Two-thirds of NHS nurses believe lack of staff is putting patients at risk, survey finds
Union to urge ministers to bring in mandatory minimum staffing, as ageing population increases demand for care
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... At long last.
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The Guardian view on ceasefires that aren’t: Israel never stopped killing in Gaza – allies must reject any escalation | Editorial
Editorial: The US is unlikely to pressure Benjamin Netanyahu to comply with truce terms. Europe must take action
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... Do join us for clean water
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Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Good morning friends ☀️ In an interview, Bruce Lee was asked: How do you find peace? He replied: “You don’t find peace. You choose it. By what you ignore By what you release. By what you give energy to. That’s the shift.” Peace is the little choices we make every day. How profound is that?
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Does BA.3.2 epidemiology imply a change in SARS-CoV-2 evolution? - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Does BA.3.2 epidemiology imply a change in SARS-CoV-2 evolution?
The international public health emergency associated with the COVID-19 pandemic was declared over by WHO on May 5, 2023. However, SARS-CoV-2 continued to circulate at high levels after 2023, and the c...
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... How lovely !
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A prickle of hedgehogs and an armada of newts: wildlife settles in at London’s new Queen Elizabeth garden
A former horticultural nursery in Regent’s Park has been transformed into a diverse mix of habitats where the public might see some rare species in the heart of the capital
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Good sense.
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Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution? | George Monbiot
The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Worth a read imo
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No more US military aid to Israel | Bernie Sanders
The time is long overdue for members of Congress to listen to the American people and end US military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This is awful
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🐈K Stanley🦒🦌🦓🕊️🦩🌴🐆🌹♒️🌅💙🌊🌊🌊 @earthandsoul.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“Hope is a verb with its sleeve rolled up.” ~ David Orr #maddow
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Private firms got £12bn NHS contracts. Private equity, offshore tax haven firms big winners. Donations to Ministers pay dividends. £1.6bn profit in 2 yrs. Enough to pay for 9,178 doctors or 19,428 nurses Health service “taken for a ride”. Say NO to privatisation. Must expand NHS capacity
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Private firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds
Exclusive: MPs say profit-making levels in England are ‘scandalous’ and call for cap on amount private companies can make from NHS
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Now there’s a surprise
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Private firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds
Exclusive: MPs say profit-making levels in England are ‘scandalous’ and call for cap on amount private companies can make from NHS
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Fintan O'Toole @fotoole.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Fintan O'Toole: Trump’s random gibberish is more terrifying than lies. It is a sign of derangement
The US president isn’t making this stuff up – it’s making him up
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Fintan O'Toole @fotoole.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Deeply honoured that Sam McBride and I have won the Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize for For and Against a United Ireland. www.hotpress.com/culture/fint...
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Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride win 29th Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize | Hotpress
'We were seeking not to change people’s minds, but to open them,' said Sam McBride when accepting the award.
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Fintan O'Toole @fotoole.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Fintan O’Toole: Donald Trump is not mentally ill, but he is mad
Someone needs to tell him the truth or swathes of the world could be turned into Gaza writ large
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/global-devel... We need to stockpile as individuals. As a country we need to grow more. In the case of fruit we need to pay more - it has to be picked and the workers aren’t paid enough so the growers have stopped growing it.
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UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns
Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
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Prince Andrew's Arrest
Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter
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Fintan O'Toole @fotoole.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Worth remembering that none of this would be happening were it not for Julie Brown's brave and brilliant investigative journalism. This is why it matters and why they want to kill it.
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Leavitt says they’re “moving on from Epstein” Pam Bondi tries to talk about the stock market as though that’s more important than hundreds of children being raped & trafficked. She can’t even face the survivors. This photo is one for the history books 📷 Roberto Schmidt
Photo of Pam Bondi at a hearing. She’s looking away from the Epstein survivors who are standing with their hands raised behind her
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... Please repost
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France makes international appeal over ex-teacher accused of raping 89 children
Police search for more possible victims of Jacques Leveugle, whose alleged crimes span many countries and date back to 1960s
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“The effluence of extreme affluence”. @fotoole.bsky.social in full flight www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Fintan O'Toole: Epstein and his pals were culture warriors. The war they waged was against women
Jeffrey Epstein and his friends were culture warriors – the war they waged was against women
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 10/02/2026
“If the murder of Alex Pretti…cannot be called murder, an authoritarian regime has passed one of its crucial tests: it can reverse all meanings…making the victim the perpetrator, the perpetrator the victim.” —@fotoole.bsky.social
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The Crime of Witness | Fintan O’Toole
Renée Good and Alex Pretti were murdered for daring to interfere with the Trump administration’s efforts to normalize abductions and state violence.
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Fintan O'Toole @fotoole.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Fintan O'Toole: Epstein and his pals were culture warriors. The war they waged was against women
Jeffrey Epstein and his friends were culture warriors – the war they waged was against women
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tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The data's all here, go knock yourself out. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Civil Service sickness absence, 2025: report
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tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
People used to be getting healthier year on year. Now we're getting sicker year on year. The difference is Covid.
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tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
🚨 Are people sicker now than in 2019? Civil servants in England are. Sickness absence rates have *risen by between 12% to 23% across the age groups*. Are things getting worse? It certainly looks like it. This is exactly what we predicted repeat covid infection would do.
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... And the commonest cause of a blood clot in the lungs in 2026 is ….?
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Actor Catherine O’Hara died of a blood clot in her lungs, death certificate says
Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone star died aged 71 in January after being rushed to hospital due to breathing difficulties
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
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The Long Ukrainian Winter
How You Can Help
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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On a street in Minneapolis, two versions of masculinity clashed. One anchored in fear, the other in care | Alexander Hurst
Alex Pretti had courage and empathy. This, not Maga’s conception of male power, is what we must teach young men, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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The death of medical care for Afghan women | Letter
Letter: Dr Carol Mann says the world is silent while women in Afghanistan face a bleak future, in response to an article on the Taliban’s birth control ban
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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Such an important reflection. It echoes much of what we see in evaluation and systems change work—where claims of “objectivity” can hide whose knowledge counts. In complex lived contexts, self-report isn’t secondary data; it’s often how harm, adaptation, and recovery first become visible.
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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This has been on the horizon for some time. It's the culmination of Wakefield and weaponisation of mRNA vaccines by RFK Jr, Malhotra, Malone etc etc... @independentsage.bsky.social put this out last year. We hope it helps. Please, vaccinate your kids 🙏 independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Russia launches ‘brutal’ attack on Ukraine as peace talks continue
Kyiv says Moscow used 396 drones and missiles in ‘another night of Russian terror’ on second day of talks in UAE
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Janine Paisley @janinempaisley.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop the water stitch-up!. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Stop the water stitch-up!
Stop the stitch-up! The Government wants to push through water legislation, locking in a failed privatised system for decades without giving the public a say. I’ve signed the petition to stop this wa...
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Scott Squires @scottsquires.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Covid and children
→ CIDRAP
Research ties long
COVID in kids to chronic school absenteeism, learning problems
News brief | January 21, 2026
Mary Van Beusekom, MS
Topics: COVID-19
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