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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 7h

Huge congratulations to Zohran Mamdani and just to make you all feel like terrible under achievers, he was born in 1991.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12h

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11h

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12h

Zohran Mamdani is the new Mayor of New York City!

The people chose change.

They voted in record numbers and proved that all the money in the world isn’t a substitute for class.

They want progressive policies that benefit everyone.

They want affordability.

They want a compassionate leader.

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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 7h

To be clear, what is being proposed here is to axe the main mechanism for getting Britain’s homes insulated - which is by FAR the best way to reduce household energy bills in the long term 🤦‍♂️

…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️

Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills

Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’

www.theguardian.com

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 9h

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 23h

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 23h

In case anyone needs a reminder of how successful the Republican attack on public health has been:

A person who is the first probable measles case near Salt Lake City refuses to speak to the health department, so anyone they came into contact with can’t be warned.

This is especially insidious…

Measles outbreak investigation in Utah blocked by patient who refuses to talk

The person refused to even tell health officials their address.

arstechnica.com

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 17h

A silent virus. Thousands of babies affected every year. Decades of research, still no vaccine. My latest post explains why CMV remains one of medicine’s toughest adversaries and why we can’t stop trying.
#IDSky #Vaccines #MedSky
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...

Why We Still Need a Cytomegalovirus Vaccine, And Why It’s So Hard to Make One

Half a century of effort, billions spent, and one persistent virus: why protecting babies from CMV is harder than it looks

open.substack.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

A day of huge mourning for the Far Right in the UK. Not only was the Huntingdon train stabbings not the terrorist/asylum seeker/immigrant atrocity they’d hoped and prayed for, here is the hero of the day:

Train hero who saved passengers during attack named ‹
LNER
Samir Zitouni is credited with saving lives on the train

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Ed Hill @edmhill.bsky.social · 19h

📰 DEFRA avian influenza update on 04 Nov 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth🧪

🐔 HPAI H5N1 confirmed in commercial poultry premises in Norfolk

🏘️ From Thu 06 Nov, mandatory housing measures to be extended to all of England

📊 From 01 Oct 2025, 24 confirmed HPAI H5N1 cases in poultry & other captive birds in UK

Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England

Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.

www.gov.uk

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 1d

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

!!!!!!!👇

Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts

To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money

petition.parliament.uk

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 21h

So let’s be absolutely clear here - the BBC said he incited violence at January 6th. If you read his speech, that is true. If you read coverage of his response to the attack, that is true. If you read the Congressional report on January 6th, they recommend criminal charges for it.

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 21h

So can I suggest to anyone who is reading from the UK at the moment and is unsure about what to believe - just read the damn speech. It’s not in any way unclear that he’s telling everyone’s their democracy is being stolen and they should fight against it. www.npr.org/2021/02/10/9...

Read Trump's Jan. 6 Speech, A Key Part Of Impeachment Trial

The former president's remarks are being used by Democrats hoping to convict him for incitement of insurrection — and are being defended by his lawyers in the Senate proceedings.

www.npr.org

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 21h

Thread. Shouldn’t need saying but apparently it does.

Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 22h

I hear there’s an argument going on in the UK right now about whether or not Donald Trump incited the crowds to violence around January 6th. Apparently the BBC in a documentary showed edits of his speech that misrepresented what he said.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 23h

On this beautiful morning in Astoria, I cast my ballot for our city and our future.

I hope you will too.

Zohran and Rama smiling at each other in a gymnasium.

A wide shot of the gym with voting booths.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 1d

disinformation is real

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 1d

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"Perhaps the most striking findings is that the British public vastly overestimates the cost getting to net zero by almost 14,000%, fueling scepticism & a reluctance to pay. On average, they estimate it will need 28% of GDP by 2050, compared to @thecccuk.bsky.social forecast of just 0.2%"

Are the advocates for net zero losing the fight?

The cost of misunderstanding: How public perception shapes the net zero debate

fgsglobal.com

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

Yes: As I often say in response to unhelpful climate doomism, the truth is bad enough.

BUT Gates doesn't speak the truth. He parrots fossil fuel industry talking points that downplay the gravity of the climate crisis and obscure, rather than clarify, the way forward: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Ed Hill @edmhill.bsky.social · 1d

3/ Wild birds in Great Britain: HPAI situation assessment

🔎 Data based on passive surveillance of found dead birds

💬 During 08-28 Oct 2025, HPAI H5 detected in 54 found-dead wild birds in 31 separate locations across 21 counties

Detected cases by nation
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 47
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: 3
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales: 4

Wild birds

Between 8 October 2025 and 28 October (based on laboratory testing date), HPAI H5 has been detected in 54 found-dead wild birds in 31 separate locations in Great Britain, including 11 wild bird species (data available https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/avian-influenza-in-wild-birds ), across 21 counties. Wild bird cases since 8 October have been reported at mainly inland locations across Great Britain (Map 2). The majority of the findings were in England (47), with 4 in Wales and 3 in Scotland (based on laboratory testing date).

It should be noted that there is a variable lag period between the collection of found-dead wild birds to sampling, testing, and the reporting of results.

It is important to note that these surveillance figures for Great Britain are based on passive surveillance of found dead birds reported to Defra by the general public and as such, may be affected by several factors including frequency of visitors accessing areas with bird populations, the potential for immunity in the wild bird population (which may result in
fewer birds developing clinical disease and or dying with HPAI), variable surveillance system sensitivity, as well as the size, location and accessibility of carcasses, meaning that this wild bird surveillance does not necessarily capture all of the cases that occur. We will continue to monitor the situation closely.

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Ed Hill @edmhill.bsky.social · 1d

2/ UK domestic poultry: HPAI situation assessment

💬 “Since our last outbreak assessment on 8 October 2025 (to 28 October 2025) there have been 9 Infected Premises (IPs) confirmed with HPAI H5N1 in poultry”

🐔 IP by nation: 8 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, 1 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.

📊 Mixture of backyard & commercial premises housing poultry

Situation assessment

Here, an HPAI H5Nx event refers to a report of HPAI in poultry, or a location with at least one HPAI H5Nx positive wild bird. Individual HPAI H5Nx positive wild birds are referred to as cases.

Great Britain
Poultry Infected Premises

Since our last outbreak assessment on 8 October 2025 (to 28 October 2025) there have been 9 Infected Premises (IPs) confirmed with HPAI H5N1 in poultry. Of these, 8 occurred in England and 1 in Wales. These have been reported in a mixture of backyard and commercial premises housing poultry, as single species and backyard flocks of mixed species. Of these, two occurred in August and one in September. See Map 1 for approximate locations. All recent IPs in Great Britain have been genotyped as DI.2. On 9 October, Northern Ireland confirmed HPAI H5N1 in a commercial poultry premises outside Omagh, County Tyrone. This has led to an AIPZ being introduced in Northern Ireland from 00:01 on Saturday 1 November 2025. There is no requirement for poultry to be housed, and bird gatherings are not prohibited.

An AIPZ (Avian Influenza Prevention Zone) has been in effect since 25 January 2025, implementing enhanced biosecurity measures to limit spread of the disease. In response to the increase in wild bird cases and poultry outbreaks in the last week in Great Britain, a regional housing order has been enforced in the north and east of England, effective from 30 October, requiring poultry to be kept indoors (Housing measures introduced to protect poultry and other captive birds - GOV.UK; https://www.gov.uk/government/news/housing-measures-introduced-to-protect-poultry-and-other-captive-birds).

For updates on the latest situation in England please see Gov.uk - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bird-flu-avian-influenza-latest-situation-in-england.

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Ed Hill @edmhill.bsky.social · 1d

1/ Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Great Britain & Europe - DEFRA outbreak assessment for 28 Oct 2025. #IDsky #IDEpi #OneHealth #H5N1 🧪

🗓️ Report period: 08-28 Oct 2025

🔗 to report: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908c1...

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Preliminary Outbreak Assessment #2

High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in Great Britain & Europe

28 October 2025

Disease report
In our previous outbreak assessment on 8 October 2025 (High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in Great Britain & Europe). we noted that, although positive reports of HPAI H5 in Great Britain were falling after the summer, there was an increasing infection pressure from Europe with the anticipated arrival of migratory waterbirds.

Since our previous outbreak assessment on 8 October 2025 (High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in Great Britain and Europe) there have been 9 reports of HPAI H5 clade 2.3.4.4b in domestic poultry in Great Britain (8 in England and 1 in Wales). All 9 reports have been confirmed as HPAI H5N1.

Since our previous assessment on 8 October 2025, there have also been 54 more cases of HPAI H5 clade 2.3.4.4b events involving “found-dead” wild birds (number based on laboratory testing date) in Great Britain. The total since the start of the HPAI season on 1 October 2025 is now 62. Of these 62, 60 have been confirmed as HPAI H5N1, 1 as HPAI H5N5 (see our previous assessment) and 1 as HPAI H5Nx (see Map 1 for wild bird cases).

The number of wild bird cases (based on laboratory testing date) after falling week on week in September, has increased markedly since the beginning of October increasing over 3-fold in the last week of October. It is notable that most of the cases in found dead wild birds in October are resident wildfowl (Canada geese, greylag geese, mute swans and mallards) mostly inland with just one case in gulls which accounted for half of the wild bird cases over the summer. The wild bird risk level across Great Britain has therefore been elevated to VERY HIGH, noting that there are still more wild migratory waterbirds to enter Great Britain in the coming weeks from Europe where HPAI reports have also increased exponentially in the last few weeks.

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 2d

We have just seen this film.
It was very powerful. It’s about a woman photographer who took pictures of the terrible things that happened in WW2
It’s a true story.
(Perhaps show it to anyone thinking of voting Reform - in order to let them know what they’re really voting for).

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d

Don't ever believe anyone from the Populist Right should they say that 'everything will be fine for a person with "indefinite leave to remain" if they just became a British citizen'...

It will not be fine.

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3d

We're now at "black people aren't British". Open sewer racism. Look forward to seeing him on QT again soon.

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Sarahtonin @sarahca.bsky.social · 1d

Yes trumpism is how they made Christian nationalism policies in project 2025 mainstream. These are the same goals they have pushed toward for decades.

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