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Rachael K

@rachk.bsky.social
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An advocate of social justice for all. Living with ME/CFS/ Long COVID. A lover of science, nature, music, the arts, life, the universe & everything. From Ireland, living up north of England. She/her.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Don’t know who to credit this to, but it cheers me up!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
On in 13 hours 43 minutes 5 pm Sydney today 7 pm NZ today 12 am midnight California tonight 8 am UK tomorrow morning 9 am Germany tomorrow morning #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @cgatist.bsky.social
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Using embroidery, yarn, and wool, Peruvian artist Ana Teresa Barboza creates textile art depicting land and seascapes #WomensArt
Embroidery hoop with embroidered image of a a turquoise sea and waves with yarns handing out of the hoop. All against a white background
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Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Meanwhile in Co Clare under the flight path for Air Force 1 & helicopters going to Doonbeg www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...
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Giant 'Eff Trump' under flight path for Air Force One at Shannon Airport
It's one way to get your message across
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Brad Meltzer @bradmeltzer.com · 25/08/2026
Writer. Philanthropist. Businesswoman. Kindest around. Her Imagination Library has gifted over 300 million books, and that number grows by 2 million every month! The first book she started with? The Little Engine that Could. She will forever amaze me. RIP Dolly Parton #dollyparton
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Ghent University suspends Cofnas, a supporter of eugenics and biological racism. Prior to his role in the Arday controversy, the department in Ghent had issued an account doubting the opaque recruitment process was on merit, or that he was qualified for the role www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by university
Nathan Cofnas says he is being investigated for discriminating against the late Cambridge professor.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Good news.
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Moderna, Merck Vaccine Succeeds in Preventing Melanoma From Returning — The Wall Street Journal
Result in high-risk patients validates decades of research into mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccines
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here‘s the real story from @nafeez.bsky.social The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Rachael K @rachk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
#BlackCatAppreciationDay 🖤
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, in bed. A speech bubble coming from her days “sigh”.
The second panel again shows Sarah in bed with a speech bubble reading “the only thing I have the capacity to do today is rot”.
The third panel shows the same scene, but depicts a speech panel coming from out of frame. It says “nice”.
The fourth panel shows a cat, holding a pillow, coming into the frame. A speech bubble from the cat reads, “I am so in.”
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Rachael K @rachk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Full moon, half moon, 90% total #eclipse.
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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Lack of jobs is the biggest cause of unemployment, not school leavers failing to be "work-ready".
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Ever get the feeling you're living through the intro sequence to a disaster movie?
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
And now, a little Vivaldi. Michel Tirabosco, a renowned pan flute player, collaborating with Raphaël Froissart. He is a professor at the Geneva Conservatory. Born with physical differences, he began playing the pan flute at 7 and has achieved international recognition for his skill. #streetmusic
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Absolutely devastated to hear that the SFTC cuts mean that funding for astronomical research at Jodrell Bank has been stopped. The changes to UKRI funding and especially SFTC are really harming UK science
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Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support
Scientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilities
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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Help us say this loudly because the new government, especially PM Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey, need to hear it.The government must be bolder on cost of living, and tax the super-rich to fund it.Add your name to @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social's letter. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it...
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Both FIFA and Spain cropped or photoshopped Donald Trump out of their official celebratory World Cup photo. #WorldCup #Spain
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I will not be listening to opinions on gender and biology from those who think women originated from a rib cage…
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Nature @nature.com · 16/07/2026
Researchers have a responsibility to search for consensus on this crucial issue, both for future generations and the future of our planet go.nature.com/4ymEN7N
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Why there needs to be a global debate on inequality
Researchers have a responsibility to search for consensus on this crucial issue, both for future generations and the future of our planet.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
🟣 SUBSTACK: Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK’s Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed By @nafeez.bsky.social The world-renowned university has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising concerns about the… Read below.
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK’s Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned university has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at Cambridge. Why?
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In case you missed it, here's Count Binface's appearance on the BBC this morning.
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Tiddles The Cat @tiddlesthecat.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Farage: “I’ve really enjoyed the job of being an MP.” 😂😂😂
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 02/07/2026
Analysis out today reveals the Trump-led US-UK drug pricing deal could lead to the preventable deaths of 229,000 NHS patients. We're heading to Parliament on 13th July to make sure every MP understands what's at stake. Invite your MP now - takes 2 mins⬇️ actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
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Urgent briefing on US-UK drug pricing deal: invite your MP!
Public and political pressure is growing against the dangerous Trump-led US-UK drug pricing deal, which will see NHS medicine prices hiked in order to boost big pharma profits. Since we and Global Ju...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The multimillionaire Nigel Farage rails against climate action, while gliding from one air-conditioned building to another. He knows that he and his ilk will suffer least. But he is prepared to sacrifice everyone else to the demands of his fossil-fuelled funders. So much for "the man of the people".
A painting which depicts Nero fiddling while Rome burns.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Rachael K @rachk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Public service announcement, take care not to develop Dave's syndrome. #heatwave #BlackBooks youtu.be/_x6EHqbDH08?...
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YouTube video by Danielle Duquette
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Meet James Purnell. Andy Burnham's chief of staff. In earlier incarnation, he supported the Iraq invasion; was chairman of Labour Friends of Israel; said that Winter Fuel Allowance and free bus passes should not be sacred; supported PFI, lie-detector tests for benefit claimants. What next?
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Andy Burnham picks former Blair minister James Purnell as chief of staff
Decision is one of Makerfield MP’s most significant since his Westminster return as he builds his team for government
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Elon Musk Wants Me in Prison. I Want Him Under Oath. The richest man in the world announced that he plans to sue me and called for my arrest. I will not be intimidated. Read more: rokhannausa.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...
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Elon Musk Wants Me in Prison. I Want Him Under Oath.
The richest man in the world announced that he plans to sue me and called for my arrest.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The top frame is from 2015, when French meteorologists did a “forecast” from a #climate heated August 2050 - a warning on what could possibly happen in 35 years time. Bottom frame: well, it’s happened in barely a decade, only it’s already *much* worse than predicted. It’s a runaway train.
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Palestine Action is not like the suffragettes, it’s true. Because one suffragette threw a hatchet at the prime minister, while another bombed the chancellor’s house.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 14/06/2026
When is a 'legitimate concern' a legitimate concern, an issue or just a plain ol' dog whistle? @darach.bsky.social dives into the archives to investigate. jrnl.ie/7069404
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A brief history of 'legitimate concerns' (and who decides what those are)
The evolution of the phrase into a dog whistle is, frankly, a concern.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Er. I hope someone has reported this to the police because I really feel this should be reported to the police
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The houses of ethnic minorities in Belfast didn’t ’go on fire’ last night - as my radio has told me - they were set alight
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
“The truth is that the global far right have spent the past few years using a billionaire-owned social media platform to deliberately whip up racist violence on Britain’s streets and now they are finally starting to succeed.” @adambienkov.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/t...
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Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage and the ‘Pure Cold Rage’ Used to Trigger a Racist Pogrom in Belfast
Mainstream politicians have stood by as the global far-right campaigns for anti-migrant violence on our streets. Now we're suffering the consequences, argues Adam Bienkov
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Yesterday I witnessed something extraordinary: the author Sarah Wynn-Williams sitting silent on a stage at @hayfestival.bsky.social. And she got a standing ovation. I hope the attempt to censor her backfires magnificently. I have just ordered her book. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival
Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1
A screenshot of the advertisement with an AI image of Lindsey and a brain, with text that says: YOUR BODY HAS A HISTORY. ASK ABOUT IT."
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The entire British right seems to have gone into meltdown over Makerfield over on the other place. It's like a bunch of howling Macaques throwing feaces at each other.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com. Many more here: www.theguardian.com/profile/tom-gauld

Panel 1
A small girl and boy are reading on the floor. A father appears at the door and says:
"This is so nice to see! I heard that kids these days weren't reading." 
One of the children says "Ugh, reading? So lame!"

Panel 2
She continues "It's called Booksmaxxing now, Dad!"
He replies as he is leaving "'m just happy you're enjoying it."

Panel 3
The boy says "Booksmaxxing?"
The girl says "I like to mess with him."
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The Makerfield byelection poll by Survation: nb, based on 369 respondents likely to vote and with a voting intention. Suggests it is close to a dead heat, Labour v Reform, at the start.
Burnham (Labour) 43%
Kenyon (Reform UK) 40%
Shepherd (Restore) 7%
Austin (LibDem) 4%
Kennedy (Green) 3%
Winstanley (Cons) 2%
Other 1%

Survation for Election Data Ltd
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
🔴 Wes Streeting has said that Palantir is “absolutely critical to the future of the NHS.” But Palantir’s £330m NHS platform is “slow an clunky” and eight to ten times slower at analysing data than the current NHS tool in use Massive scoop on Democracy for Sale: open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Revealed: Palantir’s NHS tech is ten times slower than current system
NHS leaders privately told that “clunky” £330m platform built by Trump donor Peter Thiel’s firm is “slow” and has “poor user experience”, new documents show
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The contrast between the number of media requests I got when rich people on a cruise were facing a deadly, but contained outbreak versus now that some of the poorest people in the world are facing a deadly and devastating epidemic is just so so stark and it just really annoys the hell out of me.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Channel 4 News's Clare Fallon tracks down Nigel Farage who was absent from Parliament today avoiding questions about the £5m donation She asks him about it He jumps into his car and drives off
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Science Magazine @science.org · 17/05/2026
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in the early morning of 17 May, an indication of how serious the situation is. Our story below has been updated to include the latest information. ⬇️
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Dr Evil.
Trump post of AI slop - sitting in a space station pressing a red button to blow shit up
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