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Views expressed are, by default, subjective and encompass my perspective that everything is political. Short form platforms and language take time to reveal complexity, I work to hold the and, and the both. Covid is airborne. Expect typos. 😷

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 5h
Mind-boggling - just mind-boggling Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December
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Zack Fox 🦊 @zjfox.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It'll be wild when Michael Sheen reveals he's been pretending to be Welsh this entire time #TheTraitorsUK #CelebrityTraitors
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 15h
#FOTW Daily Post 2 Fossil fuels are just old sunlight - stored solar energy from deep time that we're now burning all at once. The sun already sends us 10,000x the energy we need. We're digging up the past instead of making the most of the gift above #FateOfTheWorld — please reshare + tag 2
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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 8h
The Covid wave in England continues to grow very fast. As of 27 September, 1 in every 234 people were infected, up 31% on the previous week. We are now recommending that Covid-Cautious people take full precautions, including a PPE mask, in ALL indoor places. A thread 🧵
Covid wave still rapidly rising in England.
Risk level remains Moderately High at 1 in 234.
Wear PPE masks indoors.
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 11h
Watch the full video (24 mins) David Tuller interview with George Monbiot: youtu.be/MaaeQ7crLz4?... George Monbiot’s recent article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Interview with George Monbiot about Guardian column on ME/CFS
YouTube video by David M Tuller
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Birds of Poole Harbour @harbourbirds.bsky.social · 9h
Great to take out the team from Arne Moors today. The sea walls have now been breached & the site looks terrific. Massive well done to RSPB, Natural England, EA & Kier. Please note that the site currently has no public access & is only viewable by BoPH boats or via Hydes Heath at RSPB Arne.
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MountainBec @mountainbec.bsky.social · 14h
@10dowingstreet.bsky.social top tip say 'but' less 'and' and more. @andyburnham.bsky.social says 'but' where often 'and' would create a much more positive dynamic. By the way covid and flu are airborne and respirator masks do work.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 15h
🚨 BREAKING: HOPE not hate has uncovered plans by neo-Nazis to disrupt an anti-racist demo in Birmingham this Sunday. On the 90th anniversary of Cable Street, they claim they will mobilise dozens of masked neo-Nazis. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/02/n...
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National Socialist Collective exposed: Nazi militants set to target anti-racists on Cable Street anniversary – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate blows the lid on a new outfit uniting some of the most active and extreme neo-Nazis in the country. The National Socialist...
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 15h
A legal requirement concerning grandparents and German (as opposed to Jewish) blood was established under the Nuremberg Laws which Adolf Hitler introduced and enforced. ‘I’m not English. My parents weren’t born here. My grandparents weren’t born here’ Suella Braverman.
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MountainBec @mountainbec.bsky.social · 19h
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Margaret Owen OBE, 94, human rights lawyer, Jewish, arrested after calling for a stop to all arms to Israel
In the eyes of the state, this 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer is a dangerous terrorist supporter. Can this be right, Ed Milliband?
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october "pre-order The Struggle Is Always Worth It now!" krausch @octoberk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
People w Long COVID are stigmatized & ignored throughout society. In prison, it's a situation of almost total silence. Despite very high COVID infection rates, there's no talk abt Long COVID cases. That's a result of the way prisons treat medical needs in general. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
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I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick Times
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me...
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Left Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · 23h
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cancelled-by-elon.bsky.social @cancelled-by-elon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Imagine doing an interview with the President of Israel and not mentioning Gaza. The BBC is complicit in genocide. #r4today
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Geneva 🇨🇦 @geneva1111.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Remember those really cheap, DIY fans with filters for classrooms? They work! #CorsiRosenthal pubs.acs.org/aeacd5/artic...
Image of air cleaner in the link with graph showing >60% reduction in particle levels
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2026
Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain, on @lbc.co.uk: "All of the common and shared threats and challenges really do mean we need to be back together."
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Birds of Poole Harbour @harbourbirds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
First School Boat of the season today, with 1 fishing Osprey, 104(!) Spoonbill, c200 Avocet, 5 GW Egret + lots more for 65 children to see and learn about. Each year we take out 1200+ children for free on School Boats, thanks to funding from @lush.com & boat and skippers from Greenslades.
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Current Covid Wave Reaches The ‘Exciting Future Solutions For Rich People’ Stage
Some happy people in a hospital
headline:
Current Covid Wave Reaches The ‘Exciting Future Solutions For Rich People’ Stage
Story by Ollie Oop and Vyvyan Invid

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“What we are seeing now is a complete explosion of these melt rates, leading to the disintegration of glaciers. They’re really just falling apart" Europe's glaciers are accelerating even faster on the road to oblivion www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
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Debbie Alston @debbie1alston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Wildlife arrives on time at rewilded chalk grasslands built along HS2 route
The trains may be running late, but the Western Slopes project is already attracting birds and insects on lands around the high-speed railway
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Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Preventing COVID is social justice. Yes, that means masking, clean air, AND vaccines. Medical uncertainty, structural inequities and disease: The experiences of long COVID among racialized immigrants and racialized non-immigrants in Canada www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s never too late to start masking again, even if it’s just sometimes
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
💉Reminder: The NHS Autumn Flu and Covid vaccination programme starts tomorrow for eligible groups. Roll up your sleeves 💪
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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A friend has Covid right now. They have lost their sense of smell and they're having cognitive problems. This hit me today, as it often does: we made, and continue to make, a huge collective mistake in allowing a virus that impacts the brain to transmit unmitigated globally.
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Eleanor Fielding @meownersclub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Make the NHS modules on #ME compulsory instead of voluntary c.org/TGcmGtvN98a
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Sign the Petition
Make ME/CFS learning mandatory for NHS staff
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Nicki T @wildontheroad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Juv WR eagle on the Brownsea lagoon earlier... treated us to about 20 mins of its presence before fi ally being seen off by determined corvids #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #RoyDennisFoundation
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Stop accusing us of spying! We’ve been watching you!”
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Just 5 Infections Responsible For More Than 2 Million New Cancer Cases Annually" 🦠H. pylori 🦠Human papillomavirus (HPV) 🦠Hepatitis B virus (HBV) 🦠Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) 🦠Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
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Just 5 Infections Responsible For More Than 2 Million New Cancer Cases Annually
Cancer may seem like an inevitable part of life, but there are so many factors that can help reduce your risk.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Some good stuff in here, but missing one key word - climate That's right. Not a single mention of the greatest threat this country, and the world, have ever faced Really quite bizarre www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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Burnham giving first Labour conference speech as prime minister - watch live
Under the plan, the state pension will continue to rise each year in line with inflation or by 2.5% - but the annual earnings link will be dropped.
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For Decades Doctors Thought Post-Infection Syndromes Were Hysteria, Then Stress, Then Trauma, Before Finally Discovering They Were All In The Mind
A doctor reassuring their patient that they're just crazy
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For Decades Doctors Thought Post-Infection Syndromes Were Hysteria, Then Stress, Then Trauma, Before Finally Discovering They Were All In The Mind
Story by Sorin Malvolio and Frunk Wurlitzer

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MountainBec @mountainbec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Garden's ivy starting to fill with bees. 💚🐝
Variegated ivy with flowers.
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MountainBec @mountainbec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Don't want friends and family to experience corridor care? Wear a respie. Where? On a train, bus, plane, in a medical setting, especially in a pharmacy, if you have active symptoms. During a wave (as currently) in cinemas, theatres, around children, and babies. It takes all of us to save the NHS 😷🌬🪟
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Daniel Brown @danjbrown97.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m enjoying series 2 of #Wilderness with Simon Reeve on BBC Two, a poignant and hopeful journey in the Sea of Cortez and look at sharks tonight. The school of Hammerhead Sharks was breathtaking. Last week the Tenkile was fascinating and powerful to see and the inspiring work to help them.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People continue to disappear across America. Not everyone gets deported; some just disappear. Alamo, Texas
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Rachel Lennard @birdergirl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A few nice birds on the Ouse Washes today including Spotshank, 2 Glossy Ibis and the Crane flock, but the most eye-catching was a leucistic Swallow! Hard to capture on my bridge camera. Video below too @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @laziobirder.bsky.social
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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since we took the kiitties to get their shots today, thought we’d get our #Covid and #flu vaccines too. Get yours! Bad things already going around. #GetVaxxed #DontbeRFKjr
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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“And so we have wasted decades in which huge numbers of patients have been abused, mistreated, and their very horrible condition made even worse by medicine” “Thus is one of the worst illnesses you can have” Please listen and learn ⬇️
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Should the U.K. rejoin the EU and reverse Brexit? Get voting! www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Liz Louise @lizlouise.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Obligatory Porcelain Fungus Photo, for #FungiFriday #Mushrooms (Oudemansiella mucida), Somerset @britmycolsoc.org.uk
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Katy B @katybrc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A sick note from 1990 from my then Dr “Too weak & debilitated to work” - & everything else. Pre PACE trail & there was no gaslighting, no GET or CBT. 36 years on, so little has changed & the BPS cabal have ensured that the lives of #pwME were made infinitely worse
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British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A new study of Black-headed Gulls in Sweden found that survivors of a 2023 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak developed long-lasting immunity and changed their behaviour. Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... 📸 David Tipling
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MountainBec @mountainbec.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If Burnham is asking himself what would Mamdani do I am pretty sure it doesn't relate to people being able to drink beer during a football game. Probably more focused on reducing corridor care. @andyburnham.bsky.social @10dowingstreet.bsky.social
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Absofreakinlutely 💯% True......
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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨🧵by @biff234523.bsky.social on XTwitter: "📢HUGE news: U.S. CDC has finally released 2026-2027 COVID vaccine guidance. [...] They have reverted to July 2025 guidance, which is a UNIVERSAL RECOMMENDATION for a booster for all adults aged 18+, and..." threadreaderapp.com/thread/21032...
🚨📢 HUGE news: U.S. CDC has finally released 2026-2027 COVID vaccine guidance. 

Citing ongoing legal challenges (eg. AAP et al. v. Kennedy), they have reverted to July 2025 guidance, which is a UNIVERSAL RECOMMENDATION for a booster for all adults aged 18+, and a recommendation for immunocompromised children ages 6 months–17 years. For all other children, it remains available through shared clinical decision making. 

For adults aged 18+, you no longer need to self-attest to immunocompromised status or an underlying condition that puts you at high risk of severe COVID-19 for your first seasonal dose. 

Multiple doses per year (every 2 months) are still permitted through the self-attest immunocompromised rules, the same as always. 

Guidance link: https://cdc.gov/covid/hcp/vaccine-considerations/index.html
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not. Photo: AP News
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Julie Lam @msjulieslam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Healthy #IndoorAir in schools is a health & human right demanding action! We must address "canary in the coal mine" warnings from rising chronic illnesses caused by virus-laden air & pollution. Proud to represent my community at the global #CleanAir event at the UN today @togetherwemask.bsky.social
A masked selfie taken at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly’s side event organized by the Air Club. Julie, wearing a black duckbill N95 respirator, a canary pin, and a MaskTogetherAmerica button, holds up a CO2 sensor showing a reading of approximately 798 ppm.
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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The disconnect between the millions of dollars being thrown at biosecurity / biodefense right now and the simultaneous mocking of people wearing masks is so painfully, tragically stark. A respirator is a tool, just like a biosensor or a biological countermeasure.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
3. We must turn our commitment into concrete cooperation supporting countries and ensuring. We must be able to ensure environments that protect health, as indoor air must not be a privilege, it must become the norm and this is the challenge that we must take together.
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
COVlD-associated hospitalizations are exploding in NYC. This is quite serious. Due to vaccinations and prior mortality, the acute effects of infection are often less obviously apparent in 2026. It's a testament to the high transmission. Screenshot from @datareport.bsky.social via the devil app.
graph, steep rise in C19 hospitalizations
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I heard someone say that “Extremely covid-cautious people are probably objectively correct,” and while I will admit that I do not consider my caution extreme, I will also admit that more than anything I hope that I’m wrong.
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