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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026

A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN QUESTION AT THIS POINT And we definitely need more reporting on this issue: HEAT Data centers devour electricity and water, dump heat into communities, and Big Tech is building them faster than lawmakers are dealing with the consequences.

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

These are Crimes!

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Symptomatic HSC staff who work with immunocompromised patients no longer have to test for Covid I’m immunocompromised I’ve been treated by visibly sick healthcare workers who’ve gotten upset with me for asking them to mask This policy change is horrifying, but not surprising to disabled people.

An NHS memo which reads email only
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HSC Trusts Medical Directors
HSC Trusts Directors of Nursing
GP Medical Advisers, All General Practitioners and
GP locums (for onward distribution to practice staff)
OOHs Medical Managers (for onward distribution to staff)
RQIA (for onward distribution to independent sector health and social care providers)
6 August 2026
Dear Colleagues,
Re: Updated COVID-19 testing guidance effective from 6 August
2026
Key points:
• Lateral flow device testing for COVID-19 is no longer recommended for symptomatic healthcare staff working in clinical areas caring for profoundly immunocompromised patients.
• Healthcare staff who are unwell with respiratory symptoms should contact their line manager and follow usual sickness processes
I am writing to inform you of updated guidance for COVID-19 testing in health and social care settings. Previous testing guidance issued in February 2024 has been stood down with immediate effect.'
While COVID-19 continues to pose a serious risk to vulnerable populations, this updated guidance reflects the changing burden of COVID-19 in Northern Ireland, which is now more closely aligned with that of other viral respiratory infections.
Testing for COVID-19 continues to be recommended in the follow scenarios:

• To inform clinical management of a patient.
• To investigate and manage incidents and/or outbreaks.
• To protect extremely vulnerable settings, enabling cohorting and appropriate infection prevention and control measures.
1. Testing for symptomatic health and social care staff
COVID-19 testing of symptomatic staff across health and social care settings, including hospitals, primary care, community, care homes and hospices, is not required. This guidance removes the previous requirement for COVID-19 specific testing by lateral flow device of symptomatic staff working in clinical areas caring for immunocompromised patients.
Staff who are unwell with respiratory symptoms should contact their line manager to complete a risk assessment in line with usual sickness and absence processes.
The above advice applies to all health and social care settings, except for symptomatic health and social care staff who may themselves be eligible for COVID-19 treatments. Such staff should test in line with current COVID-19 testing advice for individuals who are at highest risk.
Eligibility for COVID-19 treatments are available at Treatments for coronavirus (COVID-19) | nidirect.
2. Clinical indications for testing
Testing should support clinical diagnosis and management with clinical teams exercising discretion in relation to the testing required for any individual patient. Testing should continue in those patients who are suspected of having COVID-19 and who are eligible for COVID-19 treatments.
Setting specific guidance for COVID-19 testing for individuals in care homes and hospices remains unchanged. Full testing guidance for these settings can be found here: Testing in care homes and hospices | HSC Public Health Agency
3. Access to lateral flow devices
Care homes, primary care and independent health practitioners who require testing can continue to access LFD tests via the Pharmacy Collect scheme. Ordering arrangements for HSC Trusts remain unchanged

3. Access to lateral flow devices
Care homes, primary care and independent health practitioners who require testing can continue to access LFD tests via the Pharmacy Collect scheme. Ordering arrangements for HSC Trusts remain unchanged. Trusts can continue to access these via BSO.
I would like to thank you and your staff for your ongoing commitment and dedication to providing the very best care possible.
Yours sincerely,
flame te lea
Dr Joanne McClean
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Guidance that has been withdrawn:
1. Updated COVID-19 testing guidance effective from 29 February 2024.

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It Most Certainly Is Not! Our Freedom Is A Facade….

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026

Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I said this years ago. It's been obvious. It remains obvious. It's a tragedy for our country.

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Very Well Said Senator Kelly….

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Spooky Sasquatch @nerdysasquatch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'm so tired of ads for shitty sports betting apps and online casinos and I swear I hear them every time I turn on the radio or the TV. This is the shit that desperately needs to be regulated.

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Darth Empath @jhatman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A human can only survive 2-7 days without clean water, whereas we can survive in perpetuity without datacenters. Choose wisely.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 28/08/2026

Drove through Stettler (heart of separatist country) again yesterday. Saw only Forever Canadian signs (10 on one short street). Not a single separatist sign. Nobody wants this. But you've got to vote.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We aren’t talking enough about those Destroyed American Bases….

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to compel Nevada to provide access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-22. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/nevada...

democracydocket.com

🚨 United States of America v. Aguilar

Learn more.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 14/08/2026

Let's do it.

man on a bike in the street with a red plastic frame the size of a car.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-Year-Old Mia Heller From Virginia, USA, Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates 96% of Microplastics From Drinking Water

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ah. See, the issue is that in fact you're one of the worst humans ever to live.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎

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Bob Meier @bmeier79.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

He took other steps to win too. He was impeached twice, in 2021 he was impeached for incitement of insurrection.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

What the US government is doing to Dr. Fauci is the embodiment of what they are doing to scientific infrastructure overall.

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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 30/07/2026

Great to see that Michael J. Fox will receive the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the Emmys in September in recognition of his contributions to Parkinson’s disease research and advocacy. His scenes in the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode “Larry vs. Michael J. Fox” is comedy gold.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

‼️ Not said enough: much of RFK Jr's nutrition push is NOT sensible health advice, it is wellness woo pseudoscience ‼️ As some medical schools embrace RFK Jr's nutrition push, they deftly sidestep MAHA priorities www.statnews.com/2026/07/27/k... via @statnews.com

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As some medical schools embrace RFK Jr.'s nutrition push, they deftly sidestep MAHA priorities

Even as some medical schools heed health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s call for more nutrition education, several told STAT that they plan to steer clear of topics that aren’t backed by evidence.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It's not just the US. The UK is cutting science. Canada is cutting science. No one is cutting transfer of public wealth to big tech and fossil fuel companies though.

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scubapopeye.bsky.social @scubapopeye.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I’m a nurse and a paramedic and for all intents and purposes a scientist Vaccinated against everything you can imagine Vaccines SAVE lives Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool Science doesn’t care what you think, only what you can prove. Fuck RFKjr Asshat. 🖕

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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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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It's not a disagreement about politics. Itr's a morality/decency thing.

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Lana 🌺 ❤️💛💚💙💜 @mahalomalama.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I think this is what most of us want… So how do we make it happen… Vote Only Blue!! 🔵

I LITERALLY +WANT MY$TAX DOLLARS$.
TO SUPPORT
NATIONAL PARKS, SCIENCE, EDUCATION, CONSERVATION, MENTAL HEALTH,
AND HELPING
MARGINALIZED PEOPLE.
IN CASE THAT WASN'T CLEAR.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

⚠️ Ugh. Protecting knowledge base crucial. ⚠️ Doctored data sets could trick AI agents www.nature.com/articles/d41... It is easy "for fraudsters to ‘poison’ these resources by uploading manipulated data sets that closely resemble the original ones but lead to different conclusions."

nature.com

Doctored data sets could trick AI agents

Researchers warn that ‘poisoned’ information can undermine the reliability of tools that analyse data autonomously.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/07/2026

We all know this still stinks to high heaven. Gov. Andy Beshear says he still hasn’t received an official update from Sen. Mitch McConnell. “I’ve had no official response. Nothing sent to our office, no letter, no email.”

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Honoured to be selected as one of 100 Albertans as part of the celebration for AMA’s centennial! 🙏 Especially nice that they included my close collaborator and friend, Professor Maxwell! 😻 #Meow! I think he enjoyed the attention and recognition. ❤️

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 11/07/2026

Well, only had 2 people show up (together) but they did buy some prints and I got a lot done on the WIP. I'll be there again tomorrow at 10am.

WIP painting of swirling orange red and yellow nebula gas with a blueish bubble in the centre

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Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

"As global interest in CAM grows, so does an “infodemic” of health misinformation and the exploitative sale of unproved interventions. The stakes are enormous: patient harm, displacement of effective care, and eroded trust in health institutions." Our new comment: www.bmj.com/content/393/...

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WHO’s misguided push for complementary and alternative medicine

Use of traditional medicine must follow evidence of efficacy and safety The BRICS economies, including India and China, committed to further collaboration to integrate traditional medicine in health...

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The fact that Trump interfered and it's a blowout anyway is just perfect.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026

Jack Smith: "I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime"

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

#California is testing water conservation and #renewableenergy generation. Instead of building solar farms on new land, engineers are installing #solarpanels above irrigation canals, allowing the same space to produce electricity while helping reduce water loss. #ActOnClimate #Renewables

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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Jon Favreau: Iran cost tens of billions of dollars and thousands of lives, including 13 Americans. For what? What was the point of that war? A more radical Iranian regime that now controls the Strait of Hormuz?

Dumbest war yet.

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