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Sue Parrity

@susiesunshine.bsky.social
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Food, arts, life, politics before it went too weird. Immunosuppressed.

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Credit to @barrygardiner.bsky.social MP for raising air quality in schools at the UN today. @london.gov.uk 's work is a welcome first step. But *all* children deserve clean air. 1/2
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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Are you holding an event or gathering at the start of 'flu season? Do you know that Covid is rapidly rising? Do you want to keep your attendees safe? Make sure there is excellent ventilation. Encourage the use of FFP3 masks. @greenparty.org.uk
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Anna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Kay Ritter • Eating Strawberries • today's vibe •
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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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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🚨 Huge energy news! 🚨 Ore Energy has just signed a deal with Dutch energy firm Budget Thuis to deploy 1GWh of energy storage from iron-air batteries that: 🔋 Store electricity for days, not just hours. 🔋 Don’t require critical minerals. 🔋 Can be built entirely in Europe.
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Sue Parrity @susiesunshine.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“Today’s welfare bill is simply not the cause of our economic problems, and neither can it be the sole solution’..’false characterisation of a scrounger culture’ ‘basing national policy around the minority of claimants….is the surest way never to fix our benefit system”.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter, London, 1916 #FridayFeeling ❤️
White woman in a long dark dress and soft hat on a motorised scooter facing left in an empty city street
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Roy @badwool9.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Please share far and wide. Click the link and have a read about what Stu is upto. www.gofundme.com/f/stus-swim-...
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Donate to Stu’s swim for DJK House Anglesey Trip!, organized by PJ Smith
Hello…my name is Stu. I’ve been in recovery from addiction for just over two years. I… PJ Smith needs your support for Stu’s swim for DJK House Anglesey Trip!
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Karen Harrowing @klh2.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Reading the news of the number of people drowning in the hot weather - tragic for families & friends … reposting below originally seen from @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Russia calls them “retaliatory strikes.” I call them what they are. From the Children’s Cancer Hospital in Kyiv to Kramatorsk station, this article breaks down how Russia has spent years bombing civilians while hiding behind propaganda and diplomatic silence. open.substack.com/pub/shaunpin...
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PUTIN’S “RETALIATION” | His War on Civilians Disguised as Defence
From the children’s cancer hospital in Kyiv to the Kramatorsk train station massacre, Russia continues to describe civilian attacks as “retaliation” while the international response grows quieter.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I wrote about the findings from the inquiry about the impact of the pandemic on the NHS, and the mistakes of the first year. I hope it makes you angry - it should make us all angry. open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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The UK Covid Inquiry has laid bare the avoidable horror of the second Covid wave
It is becoming ever clearer both how devastating the second wave of winter 2020/21 was, and how much of that devastation could have been avoided.
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 21/03/2026
Hello! It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business. My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, T-shirts and cards. I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing. gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Explore bold and colourful designs by Gail Myerscough, featuring prints, homewares, and stationery. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
#RecipeOfTheDay comes from The Royal Marsden Cancer Cookbook. I was asked to contribute, and it was an honour to do so in support of this great hospital. Obviously, I make no curative claims for my soup, but I can promise it provides comfort and tastes delicious www.nigella.com/recipes/caul...
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Cauliflower, Garlic and Turmeric Soup
Packed full of vegetables and phytonutrients, it is undeniably true that this soup is both soothing and bolstering as well as easy and gratifying to eat. Baking the garlic gives a lot of depth while t...
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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
We are not powerless against infections. #Flu is on the rise in the UK and hospitals are full. #Covid is always circulating. Wearing an #FFP3 respirator mask in shared, indoor spaces can reduce the likelihood of getting infected.
A green background. A logo shows the Green Party of England And Wales green sunflower with a white coronavirus crossed out inside. There is a stylised picture of a sky and la in the shape of a respirator mask in the middle. on the mask are the words: A well-fitting respirator mask (ffp3/n99) reduces the chance of catching covid, flu and other airborne diseases. a caption at the bottom in black says greens against covid.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Great news as Prof Lidia Morawska who has done fantastic work on particulate matter and raised awareness of the fact that covid 19 can be spread via airborne route has just won a prize in recognition of her achievements
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Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
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Sue Parrity @susiesunshine.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Tom Hanks knows
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Feeling unwell? If you have COVID symptoms, TEST If you test positive, ISOLATE If you can’t test, MASK Protect yourself and others (especially high-risk people) - it still matters!
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Alarm over government’s choices to lead ‘over-diagnosis’ review that could help ministers cut benefits #MentalHealth #DisabilityBenefits @ritb.bsky.social @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social www.disabilitynewsservice.com/alarm-over-g...
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Alarm over government’s choices to lead ‘over-diagnosis’ review that could help ministers cut benefits
The government’s decision to commission a review of alleged “over-diagnosis” of mental health conditions and neurodivergence has caused alarm among many disabled people, with fears that it will all…
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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
We are all rightly condemning Trump and his coterie for spreading false health information but, right here in the UK, the NHS is telling equally ludicrous porkies about Covid. Think of that when your local hospital invites you to wash your hands to stop an airborne virus.
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Suffolk Sue @ruralsuffolk.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Please sign and share. Why should there be a difference between the eligibility for flu vaccines and Covid vaccines anyway. If someone over 65 is vulnerable to flu then they are equally as vulnerable to Covid. Makes no bloody sense.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Wow, well there you go! "FRSMs as PPE or RPE is commonplace within NHS literature and perpetuates a dangerous and illegal inaccuracy. The only respiratory protective equipment designated... for the protection against biological agents is the FFP3 or another respirator type..."
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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
The long period of historically lower Covid infection levels in England has come to an end. Covid infection levels in England have jumped nearly a fifth in the last week, and the overall Covid risk is just below High. Now is the time to start resuming strict precautions. buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
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Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 17 August 2025
The BuDS Covid-19 Risk Assessment for the week ending 17 August 2025
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Not one national paper talked about this. That’s how far things have gone.
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Lemons, oranges, & pomegranates in a wan-li bowl, 1630. Beautiful bounty from Jacob van Hulsdonck of Antwerp, whose day is today.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
📢 BIG NEWS!!! For the first time, the Electoral Commission has recognised the voting access needs of Clinically Vulnerable people - thanks to CVF! But we’re not done. They are running a public consultation, and we need your help! 1/🧵 #MyMaskMyVote
WIN for CVF!

Clinically Vulnerability Recognised by the Electoral Commission

Understanding the barriers to voting for disabled people

By identifying and understanding the physical, psychological and information barriers disabled people may face when voting, you will be better able to make appropriate arrangements to help support them.

Some of the barriers and challenges disabled voters face include:

polling station staff not having awareness of health risks when asking a clinically vulnerable voter to remove a face mask in order to check photographic ID

#MyMaskMyVote

Clinically Vulnerable Families
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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
This this this Washing hands and wiping down surfaces will not do much to protect children from a deadly, highly infectious, airborne virus. Vaccinate and ventilate.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
🩵💜💗 July 19 = Clinically Vulnerable Awareness Day 4 yrs ago, “Freedom Day” left millions behind. For CV people, it wasn’t freedom but exclusion. Health and safety should be inclusive rights, not a privilege. Show solidarity: Share a masked selfie with #CVAwarenessDay 1/
Clinically Vulnerable people have needs - spread the awareness

Clinically Vulnerable Families logo 

Ribbon with blue, purple, and pink

QR: www.clinicallyvulnerable.org
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This is good.
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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Last week I gave evidence to #covidinquiry on behalf of @cbffjuk.bsky.social & called on Chair to summon Pat McFadden MP to update on Govt progress on pandemic preparedness 👇 If you want us all to be better prepared for next pandemic, plse repost. @chrischirp.bsky.social @premnsikka.bsky.social
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
THREAD on the *desperate* medical situation in Gaza from a presentation by UNRWA director at the World Health Assembly. This thread was written by Prof Anthony Costello over on X - I think it's important to share as widely as possible, so I have transferred to here. Please read and share! 0/11
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
There are many communities in this country that simply feel abandoned - where services and facilities have gone away to be replaced by gangs, intimidation and antisocial behaviour This is the story of one of those communities 👇 www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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'Once you go under the bridge you are into the forgotten community'
Special report: As anti-social behaviour reaches epidemic levels in one Liverpool area, locals have had enough
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Masks work. Lockdowns work. Vaccines work. Vaccines don’t cause autism. Ivermectin is for parasite-infested horses. Pass it on.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Remember, if all my current followers recommend @PastPostcard.bsky.social to just one person, he will get really sick of hearing about us. Cheers, T.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Anyone want to see our latest paper on #masks? #healthpolicy 🧪 www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings
The covid-19 pandemic saw frequent changes and conflicts in mask policies and politicization of masks. On reviewing the evidence, including studies published after the pandemic, the data suggest respi...
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Petroc Trelawny @petroc.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Good morning - Breakfast is live BBC Radio 3 Today Quincy Jones plays Duke Ellington’s Caravan, harpist Nicanor Zabaleta in Germaine Tailleferre’s concerto, a mass by Imogen Holst – as her Aldeburgh House is listed and Fatma Said sings of the benefits of the night. Come and join us.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
So yeah I just heard Jason Isbell's "If We Were Vampires" for the first time about a half hour ago and I haven't stopped listening to it and crying my eyes out since then. Holy fucking shit.
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - If We Were Vampires
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Its important to celebrate our success with covid vaccine rollout but must better address vaccine hesitancy, disinformation, have speedy fair systems to remunerate those with rare side effects, ensure medicines like evushield are deployed quickly to reduce inequalities & have manufacturing capacity
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What has the UK Covid inquiry learned so far about vaccines and treatments?
In fourth part of the inquiry, questons were asked about vaccine trials, procurement and the UK’s preparedness for future pandemics
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Adam Wagner KC @adamwagner1.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Thread of my closing submissions on behalf of Clinically Vulnerable Families at the conclusion of the vaccines and therapeutics module of the Covid-19 Public Inquiry today 👇
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
If you can, please support our fundraiser - which ends tonight at 23:59! And don't forget to like and share. Everything helps! 26/ www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/clinically...
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Safer Lives for Clinically Vulnerable Families
We urgently need your help to support families at health risk, improving safer access, providing vital support, and advocating for freedoms.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Theme: 💔Clinically Vulnerable were overlooked 💔Their needs underappreciated 💔And voices not heard 24/
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Stef @stefvslife.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Support @cvcev.bsky.social who do incredible advocacy awareness and support work for clinically vulnerable folks in the UK. Support their campaign if you can, every penny will be put to good use. Today is the final day. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/clinically...
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Safer Lives for Clinically Vulnerable Families
We urgently need your help to support families at health risk, improving safer access, providing vital support, and advocating for freedoms.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Great progress yesterday! Thank you 💕 Donate here 👇 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/clinically...
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
How wonderful- I had not heard of Eric Tucker- will definitely check him out.
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‘Secret Lowry’: the ex-gravedigger who painted northern life, from factory to fuggy pub
He repaired his car with Sellotape and kept his trousers up with rope. But Eric Tucker had a hidden life – painting drinkers, smokers and factory-workers without saccharine or sentiment. Now a book ce...
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Danielle Langlois @langwa.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Watch a 4th grader explain how to make a #CRBox. It’s so soothing and simple! You’re going to want one of these Corsi Rosenthal boxes if H5N1 makes the jump to human to human transmission. And it’s excellent for cleaning the air of covid and flu bugs, too. Get supplies while you can. 🤓
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Sarra Manning @sarramanning.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Happy PLR Statement Day to all who celebrate! Which stands for Public Lending Right - every time you borrow a book from a public library, its author gets, currently, nearly 12p per loan. An absolute godsend as it gets increasingly more precarious to make a living as a writer. Long live libraries!
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
🚨Dame Kate Bingham🚨 Dubbed the "hero in a pink jacket 💕" On Evusheld: "I felt very strongly [.]. We were following a very clear 2 tier strategy where the CV immunocompromised were being deprioritised [.] I felt that was *manifestly* wrong both ethically and morally [.]" 1/🧵
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