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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #SciComms #Skystorian @chendirl.bsky.social · Jan 27

Not sure how my followers↗️this week but please unfollow if u need to! Sometimes I👍human rights & social determinants of health posts but mainly I research death, burial & bereavement. I post about social history, social change & kind things that make me smile, like decent humans, recipes & sunrises.

a woman standing in a hallway with a fire extinguisher hanging on the wall behind her

Alt: Lesley Knope standing in a hallway with a fire extinguisher hanging on the wall behind her, and winking

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RevDaniel 🇨🇦 @revdaniel.bsky.social · 3h

Nobel Peace Prize goes to lMaria Corina Machado opposition leader to Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro widely believed to have stolen the election in 2024.

Prize committee states "When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist”.

Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize | CBC News

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, it was announced Friday at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.

www.cbc.ca

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jasfriedman.bsky.social @jasfriedman.bsky.social · 7h

time.com/7324877/flu-...

Please repost this
Please mitigate
Clean the air
We cant keep spreading illness
WE KNOW ITS HARMFUL
There's no "immunity debt"
Sars2 isnt mild. Sars2 is harmful.

As the Flu Surges in Asia, Could Getting Sick Year-Round Be the New Normal?

Here’s what medical experts say could be behind the recent rise of influenza cases in Japan, India, Singapore, Thailand, and more.

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 17h

This 36 year old Lindsay Halligan has now indicted Comey and James in weeks since trump sent a post (meant to be a private messaage) to Pam Bondi telling her to start arresting people

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 18h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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James Woodfield @jameswoodfield.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch’s Conservative Party banned award-winning journalist David Hencke from their conference.

It was he who exposed the scandal of two Tory MPs taking bribes to perform tasks on behalf of Mohamed Al-Fayed, the now infamous former owner of Harrods.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The National Union of Journalists describe the Conservative Party's banning of Byline Times journalists from covering their conference as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

Just as we are beginning to understand the biochemical basis of this horrendous condition, the government appoints the man perhaps most responsible for the mischaracterisation of ME/CFS – Simon Wesseley - to its *overdiagnosis* commission. www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

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Criodán Ó Murchú (he/him) @criodanomurchu.bsky.social · 1d

What hope is there for prospective homeowners when this is the reality faced by us?

Homes consistently going for above asking prices.

Investment firms and vulture funds purchasing lots of new builds.

No political will to address the situation.

#spéirgorm

www.thejournal.ie/myhomes-ie-n...

Average houses prices are now eight times average earnings, according to MyHome.ie

The report found that one-fifth of all properties are being sold for 20% or more above the asking price.

www.thejournal.ie

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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 1d

Days after we revealed that it had been months since Farage last updated his register, he has done so - adding £190,000 worth of earnings going back as far as early May in some cases

The update is registered 3rd Oct - the day we went to his team for a right of reply

Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 5d

Exclusive: Nigel Farage has not updated his register since May, despite continuing to present his GB News show, record Cameo videos and being a verified X user

Qus are now being asked about the non-registration of his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni...

Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May

observer.co.uk

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 1d

Why is it acceptable for these people to use our tax money as a PR slush fund to cover up the fact that they blew the call on COVID, and wasted an enormous number of lives?

At what point do their sycophants in the national media get up on their hind legs and start practicing journalism?

Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · May 12

(this very big mistake that killed an enormous number of people, if anyone's looking for the citation)

www.spiegel.de/internationa...

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/epidemiologist-jeremy-farrar-on-the-next-viral-threat-i-fear-we-are-at-the-beginning-of-an-era-of-pandemics-a-564b1dae-1c3d-4eb3-b76f-f3c5da6e8289#:~:text=DER%20SPIEGEL:%20But%20even%20the%20World%20Health%20Organization,enormous%20number%20of%20lives.

DER SPIEGEL: But even the World Health Organization didn't take the spread via aerosols seriously and didn’t issue a warning about it until the autumn of 2020 …

Farrar: Yes, you are right, that was a very big mistake. We could have prepared better if bigger decisions would have been made around aerosols, around face masks, around the best treatment options, personal protective equipment for nurses, doctors, about the capacity for intensive care units. That would have saved an enormous number of lives.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

His “crime”? A burglary charge from when he was a teenager.

The state of Georgia granted him a full pardon.

He just got engaged, he runs a barber shop and hasn’t had so much as a parking ticket since.

His health is deteriorating in custody and he needs us to get loud for him!

Sign the Petition

Demand the Release of Rodney Taylor from ICE Detention

www.change.org

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

This was never about deporting criminals. It’s about Stephen Miller’s campaign of ethnic cleansing.

Tweet from Alex Tabarrok reads:
“Sergio Garcia, celebrated Chef who came to the US before ICE even existed. Deported after 36 years.
The picture tells you a lot about the decline of the Republican party.”
Attached photo shows Sergio Garcia standing with Laura and George W. Bush outdoors. The photo is signed: “To Sergio Garcia, With best wishes – George & Laura Bush.”

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

Patients with COVID had a higher risk of developing double vision (diplopia) and cranial nerve VI palsy than those with influenza.

mRNA vaccination cut the risk of posterior eye complications—like retinal swelling, optic neuritis, and vitreous bleeding—by over 30%.

Source: archive.md/sKZJj

COVID Linked to Eye Issues, But Vaccine Offers Protection

Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

October 08, 2025

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 2d

By @ninawildflower.bsky.social

And it was unnecessary. Many countries showed that it was possible to control C19 and many did it with far fewer resources….

It still is.

In 2020 l was in an online union meetimg.
I'm going to paraphrase what we were told.
"Every single student. Every single teacher. Every single member of their families will be infected. There are no protections, and no exceptions." Twitter post.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4d

If and when America finds a way out of authoritarianism, not only will ICE have to be abolished: All these people will need to be held accountable in a court of law for the monstrosities they are committing - those who are ordering them as well as those who are carrying them out.

Every single one.

CNN @cnn.com · 6d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 4d

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Whoa! The shutdown’s ripple effect starting to hit.

Burbank Airport in LA County has no air traffic controllers on duty due to sick calls, last-minute day-off requests, and staffing shortages.

If you’re flying anywhere in the country, check for delays.

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Irene Tsherit @irenetsherit.bsky.social · 3d

Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

www.bbc.co.uk

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Wilhelmus Janus @wilhelmusjanus.bsky.social · 4d

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WIRED @wired.com · 9d

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Carl Schmitt, the German legal theorist tapped by the Nazi's to justify Germany's slip from democracy to dictatorship.

Those theories have been a roadmap for the billionaire
ever since.

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

www.wired.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Stephen Miller—both Trump Administration capo and de facto head of DHS, ICE, and DOJ, has just declared that peaceful protesters are "street terrorists." Under an executive order signed by Trump just days ago, that means he is saying that all protesters in America can be arrested on sight.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

A judge blocked Trump from sending Oregon's National Guard into Portland.

That same judge then blocked Trump from deploying California's National Guard to Portland instead.

This isn't a "left wing" judge — Trump appointed her.

Says a lot about Trump's authoritarian power grab.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 3d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

For shame. 😡

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