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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 7h

Have never experienced the loss of taste and smell, or the sore throat. Such a weird illness.

Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 7h

Covid 1 - all over body rash
Covid 2 - fever, chills, extreme fatigue
Covid 3 - flu-like symptoms (sore skin, aches, congestion)
- Sore foot every time!

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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 7h

Oh and something odd. I've had completely different symptoms the three times (I'm of aware at least) of having had Covid, except for a burning sensation on the top of my left foot, which has been the same every time!

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Fiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 1d

“Acceptance is a small, quiet room.” ~ Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things

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Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social · 10h

It's Bookshop Day! Get down to your local independent bookshop and buy a book or three. No local bookshop? Snap up a book with us 10-12 October and you could WIN a £250 gift card.

EVERY sale supports indie booksellers, not billionaires. uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...

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📚 🍫 Kate Macdonald 🧶 🐸 @kateem.bsky.social · 10h

National Trust members, you need to vote by 31 Oct to ensure that the reactionary Restore Trust candidates do not get onto the council to push their pernicious, anti-history, anti-scientific views. Note their candidates' names and avoid. www.restoretrust.org.uk

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 10h

‘Like James Baldwin, she thought social revolution required a reckoning of all relationships, including the individual’s relationship to herself.’

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (@keeanga.bsky.social) on Audre Lorde: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor · I do not have to be you: Audre Lorde’s Legacy

Lorde never had to persuade her comrades about a strategy, tactic or new idea, lose an argument in order to maintain a...

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 10h

This is such a good point. I can't afford £100 for a covid booster. I could and would cheerfully pay £15 for one as I do flu. I also don't understand why so many aren't eligible for an NHS booster this year considering it didn't miraculously stop being covid over the summer

Gabby @gabliotecaria.bsky.social · 10h

This makes me want to break things. If it's such a no-big (it actually is a big that fucking disabled me), and you're equating it to flu (again, not remotely like), then why aren't the prices comparable?

(They should be free but given that's not going to happen, well)

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 10h

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 10h

And obviously, dangerous for people who do have vulnerabilities and health conditions. Can't believe the Government just expects us all to have this 2 or 3 times a year and go around spreading it 😡

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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 10h

- 7 days testing positive
- Much more like flu than a cold
- 4 days of bed rest
- Still fatigued & congested 4 days after testing negative
- Missed work
- Missed a gig
- Unable to do exercise essential for my mental wellbeing
- Hoping it won't have long-term effects, but who knows?!?

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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 10h

So, we were planning to get the expensive Covid vaccine (hugely privileged to be able to afford it, I know), but it got us both before we could. We have no underlying health conditions and it still absolutely sucks and is extremely disruptive.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Giles Paley-Phillips @eliistender10.bsky.social · 1d

Always try to be kind.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972), US playwright, poet and novelist. Lover of US painter Romaine Brooks among others, she began publishing love poems to women under her own name as early as 1900 #WomensArt

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Proud Changemakers 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @proudchangemakers.bsky.social · 2d

International Lesbian Day is celebrated annually on October 8 to recognise and celebrate lesbian history, culture, and diversity worldwide. The day is an opportunity to promote awareness and understanding of the lesbian community.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 2d

Housing is set to be one of the key issues of the 2026 Senedd election, according to new polling which shows that nearly a quarter of voters in Wales rank it among their top three concerns

Housing one of top issues for 2026 Senedd election - new research

Housing is set to be one of the key issues of the 2026 Senedd election, according to new polling which shows that nearly a quarter of voters in Wales rank it among their top three concerns. The resear...

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 11d

Our economy isn’t working. If we want a sustainable society, we need a new moral code for the economy.

In this video, I set out ten commandments for a just economy.

youtu.be/3vSz_RkUQZU?...

The ten commandments of a just economy

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 17d

We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference!

📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025

See our website for full details 👇

voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project

The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering.

Thursday 5 and Friday 6 February 2026, Online Conference.

Ruth Davidson, Anna Muggeridge, Eve Pennington and Beckie Rutherford.

Keynote address by Dr Sarah Crook, Swansea University: ‘Cradles of Discontent: Motherhood as a pathway to activism in modern Britain’.

This conference is supported by a UKRI Future Leaders’ Fellowship ‘Voices of Motherhood’ Project reference MR/Y018184/1 and the University of Worcester.

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 3d

The 2024 Little Richard documentary, I Am Everything, is currently streaming on C4 in the UK. Ignore the usual talking heads who appear at the start as this is excellent. Particularly good on the "queer" subculture of the American South. youtu.be/4YC8WUrWtZY?...

Little Richard: I Am Everything - Official Trailer | Documentary by Lisa Cortés | Opens April 21

YouTube video by Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing

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Caroline Derry @carolinederry.bsky.social · 3d

Resharing this for #InternationalLesbianDay

Caroline Derry @carolinederry.bsky.social · Mar 8

For #IWD and #WomensHistoryMonth - the incredible Alison Neilans, who prevented sex between women being criminalised in England and Wales.
It was proposed in 1921, for cynical reasons, but would probably have become law without her prompt and effective response. (1/6)

Photographic portrait of Alison Neilans, in Edwardian blouse and neck bow, wearing pince nez, under the text "votes for women".

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Dak @dak.myatproto.social · 4d

I tried to become minimalist but I discovered my personality is primarily composed of small, unnecessary decorative items and vague regrets.

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TCMFanatics @tcmfans.bsky.social · 4d

Remembering Bette Davis who passed on this day, October 6, 1989.

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Senedd Wales @senedd.wales · 5d

📣 Share your views!

The Senedd’s Culture Committee survey on greyhound racing in Wales is now live.

You've only got a couple of weeks to take part, so make sure you have your say 👉 https://bit.ly/4q4JGhR

Image of several greyhounds racing on a dirt track, with one in the lead wearing a yellow vest. The image is labeled "Survey: Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill."

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TCMFanatics @tcmfans.bsky.social · 5d

🛸 It Came from Outer Space (1953).

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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight's cooking soundtrack is 'Faces in the Rocks' by Mariee Sioux youtu.be/0r6ZbOeA8UE?...

Two Tongues

YouTube video by Mariee Sioux - Topic

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