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Trish Cooper

@trish23.bsky.social
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Optimist, granny, ex-editor (medical), traveller, hiker, often in #HenleyonThames or #Lefkada

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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
A friend just sent me this perfect piece by Karel Čapek, trans. Dora Round, ‘From the Point of View of a Cat’.
From the Point of View of a Cat
This is my Man. I am not afraid of him. He is very strong, for he eats a great deal; he is an Eater of All Things. What are you eating? Give me some!
He is not beautiful, for he has no fur. Not having enough saliva, he has to wash himself with water. He meows in a harsh voice and a great deal more than necessary. Sometimes in his sleep he purrs.
Let me out!
I don’t know how he has made himself Master; perhaps he has eaten something sublime.
He keeps my rooms clean for me.
In his paws he carries a sharp black claw and he scratches with it on white sheets of paper. That is the only game he plays. He sleeps at night instead of by day, he cannot see in the dark, he has no pleasures. He never thinks of blood, never dreams of hunting or fighting; he never sings songs of love.
Often at night when I can hear mysterious and magic voices, when I can see that the darkness is all alive, he sits at the table with his head bent and goes on and on, scratching with his black claw on the white papers. Don’t imagine that I am at all interested in you. I am only listening to the soft whispering of your claw. Sometimes the whispering is silent, the poor dull head does not know how to go on playing, and then I am sorry for him and I meow softly in sweet and sharp discord. Then my Man picks me up and buries his hot face in my fur. At those times he divines for an instant a glimpse of a higher life, and he sighs with happiness and purrs something which can almost be understood.
But don’t think that I am at all interested in you. You have warmed me, and now I will go out again and listen to the dark voices.
Translated by Dora Round; revised by the editor. Originally published in Intimate Things, 1935.
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe. In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...
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F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/04/2026
Breaking news: Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by President Trump.
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Trump ousts National Science Board members
Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their position was being terminated.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Number crunching: Iran war From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩‍🚀🚀💕 *All four astronauts went to public schools!
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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 12/04/2026
“Mr. Trump should at long last recognize the ineptitude of his impulsive, go-it-alone approach,” the Times editorial board writes. “He should involve Congress and seek help from America’s allies to minimize the damage from his war.”
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Opinion | Trump’s War With Iran Has Weakened America
The president should at long last recognize the ineptitude of his impulsive, go-it-alone approach.
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
a segment of George Orwell's final interview, describing how 1984 could become a reality "Don't let it happen. It depends on you" #GeorgeOrwell #1984 #fightfascism
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Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com
Earth and Moon from DSCOVR NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. This view shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth. Ian Regan processed this version of the image to account for the Moon's motion. NASA / NOAA / Ian Regan
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
This is why the 25th Amendment exists. This is the purpose of having the 25th Amendment. To not use this power to remove the president is not a passive act, a mere option: it is a positive decision to misuse the constitution.
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Trish Cooper @trish23.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Satire has been almost dead for a long while now. Trump just finished it off
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 05/04/2026
America went from this to this.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
California just joined the World Health Organization. I love it.
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California joins WHO public health network following US exit, marking a first for any state
California joined WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, countering federal withdrawal from the organization.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23/01/2026
Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
Visit of the
Prime Minister of Denmark
22nd Jawary 2026
We'll get by with a little help from our friends
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Trish Cooper @trish23.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Oh dear #radiohead Great set at #O2arena tonight was ruined by truly terrible sound. Gutted
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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 17/11/2025
Still free, neutral, open, and human. #Wikipedia25 Donate now ➡️ donate.wikipedia25.org
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Trish Cooper @trish23.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Me too, but I went back to the ‘join queue’ page on the #radiohead website and it took me to the place where I’d been booted out. Got to ticket page 3rd time lucky
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Trish Cooper @trish23.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Oh dear - best of luck
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Trish Cooper @trish23.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Me too. It says it might be Apple Private Relay but I’m not using either of those #radiohead #fail
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Ambivalent Pepsodent l 🇫🇮 🇮🇪 @pepsodent.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Thanks #radiohead and #axs - really fucking helpful after waiting in the queue
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Tanya Moore @tanyamoore.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Through the wait for the queue for the queue and the queue for the queue. Now in the queue #radiohead
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Trish Cooper @trish23.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Computer not OK #radiohead Glitches galore and now True Love Waits. But for how long?
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Trish Cooper @trish23.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Hear hear!!
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Covid vaccination saved ~2.5 million lives between 2020-2024 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Lives and life-Years Saved From COVID-19 Vaccination
This comparative effectiveness study analyses the number of lives and life-years saved worldwide among those who had been vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2024 years.
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Trish Cooper @trish23.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Excellent news, not least for Greens. And #tiktok, I suppose www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election
16- and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration and a crackdown on foreign interference
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Trish Cooper @trish23.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
🇬🇧🇬🇷 www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1275...
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Universities of Athens, Exeter join for dual medical degree  | eKathimerini.com
The universities of Athens and Exeter have signed a provisional cooperation agreement for the creation of the first European dual degree in medicine in Greece.
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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
This is actual good news and it wouldn’t have happened under the Tories and we who voted Labour should note it.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 25/06/2025
The UK’s latest climate change progress report highlights serious gaps.
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How’s the UK attempt to reach net zero going? There’s good news and bad news
The UK’s latest climate change progress report highlights serious gaps.
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Iain MacGilleBhràith @aeonmach.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
8/ For those who prefer their skewering in video form, @ledbydonkeys.org have lovingly produced this soothing** look at the “godfather of Brexit” for #DanHannanDay (**it’s not actually soothing - it’s infuriating - despite being soothingly voiced by @gavinesler.bsky.social 👍)
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The Bethesda Declaration people spoke out, despite the prohibition.
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Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Tremendous reporting from Joel Schectman and Aruna Viswanatha in the @wsj.com on how Pentagon pranks, coverups and in some cases deliberate disinformation fed to American citizens fueled interest in UFOs. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America’s UFO Mythology
U.S. military fabricated evidence of alien technology and allowed rumors to fester to cover up real secret-weapons programs.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
There is a second support letter that the public can sign. You can help advance medical cures in the US, and defend against Trump’s tyrannical attacks on the country, by signing it. Please do. We hope for your support. And please share with your family and friends!
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Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
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J. Brendan Ritchie @jbrendanritchie.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Proud to have cosigned the Bethesda Declaration.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz. The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Take note Reform UK...
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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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Trish Cooper @trish23.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Read this and instantly thought of @alexpodyssey.bsky.social Would a little frog music be too expensive to include in #podyssey ? www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m... @theguardian.com
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‘Please don’t fart, this is art’ – Stephen Sondheim’s musical The Frogs review
A droll Dionysos, an ab-obsessed himbo and a waddling ballet for goggle-clad frogs can’t outshine Sondheim’s songs in this rarely seen version of the ancient Greek satire
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 21/05/2025
An unreliable study from a male wellness company convinced MPs and the media that the UK had the 12th largest ‘female health gap’ in the world. Our investigation into this claim has now secured a series of high-profile corrections - and seen the original research deleted. We unpick what went wrong.
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Does the UK really have the 12th largest ‘female health gap’ in the world? – Full Fact
Unreliable research from a male wellness company, which claimed that women are less healthy than men in the UK, has been widely shared by MPs, the media and institutions around the country.
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Trish Cooper @trish23.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I love how in many Mediterranean countries - particularly here in Greece - there’s a framed photo on each gravestone, along with the age the person reached (here, that’s often over 100). You instantly feel some connection with that person; much more so than when there are only words and dates
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Trish Cooper @trish23.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Oh what fun; there’s a semicolon quiz @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests
Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it
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Undark Magazine @undark.org · 16/05/2025
How are executive orders affecting federally funded scientific journals? Read more about the tensions between political mandates and research integrity.
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The Chilling Effect of DEI Crackdowns in Scientific Publishing
Trump’s executive orders are affecting how federally funded journals operate. Some researchers have raised alarms.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 15/05/2025
Could this be the biggest climate story of the year? For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand Full analysis + outlook by Lauri Myllyvirta: www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/7
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/05/2025
The grassroots music scene in London is renowned around the world—and it wouldn’t be what it is without our great venues. TfL has launched a special edition Tube map which highlights grassroots venues around the city. You can see it at Outernet all month.
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Tube map celebrates London's grassroots music scene
The special edition map shows London's grassroots music venues as part of a capital-wide campaign.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
But her necklace.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Welcome to the RFK Jr public health era.
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Trish Cooper @trish23.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
This would go down very well with a Venetian Select Spritz 🍸♥️
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The Trump administration has shut down the CDC's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, which crafted national standards for hand-washing, mask-wearing and isolating sick patients that most U.S. hospitals follow. via @nbcnews
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Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee
Four members said they were informed of the termination Friday, but it had already taken effect in late March, according to a CDC letter.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This is one of the best ads I have ever seen and I can’t believe I missed it
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
This is about all of us. Never forget that.
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