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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 4d

🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 3d

Pop-up roller skating rink near the Chelsea section of the High Line celebrating LGBTQ+ activists like Marsha P. Johnson

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

Tens of millions of people have died from Covid.

Every country should have responded with record investments in public health infrastructure.

Instead the US government is putting us all at greater risk of more catastrophes by firing hundreds of top scientists whose job is to prevent outbreaks.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

Source:

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19d

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

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jjonesn.bsky.social @jjonesn.bsky.social · 9d

stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/d...

Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please Can We Talk About Health?

Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please can we talk about health? It’s autumn 2025. We’re one month into the school year, in England. Two of my children are ill, again.With Covid, again.It&#821…

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Ruth Brooker @ruthbrooker.bsky.social · 15d

Here's Ruth Brooker, representing Clean Air for Kids, signing the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air at the United Nations in New York.

To sign, visit www.airclub.org

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 6d

Ventilation
Air quality checks
Masks

Keeping children safe from pathogens should be seen as the same as keeping them safe from other hazards.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 7h

Quite a bloody cheek, this, given the UK has the most hostile regime towards healthcare for young trans people and their families in the world (www.gov.uk/government/s...).

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Damien Willey @kernowdamo.bsky.social · 2h

Netanyahu Found His Way Out of the Ceasefire — And Nobody’s Looking #DamoRants #IsraelTerroristState youtu.be/SUKwyNPzxcw

Netanyahu Found His Way Out of the Ceasefire — And Nobody’s Looking

YouTube video by KernowDamo

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

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An absolute tragedy.

Survivor of 7 October Nova festival attack in Israel found dead

Roei Shalev, 30, whose girlfriend and best friend were killed in front of him at festival, took his own life on Friday night

www.theguardian.com

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Turn Left Media @turnleftmedia.co.uk · 2h

The Green Party now have 100,000 members, increasing their number by 55% since @zackpolanski.bsky.social became leader

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Kek-w @kekw-writer.bsky.social · 2d

Nice of Starmer and Streeting to withdraw covid jabs for the under-75s this year - and also for NHS staff (my wife and daughter are both nurses - no protection for them this year). Gotta keep on syphoning our money to the rich, huh?

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Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his @colbobs.bsky.social · 2h

I did the same and bought one privately because I can't rely on my employer, the NHS, to vaccinate me.

Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his @colbobs.bsky.social · 2h

Of course the @ukhsa.bsky.social in their lack of wisdom aren't promoting masks, or HEPA or UVC, or even masking in healthcare settings, and Nick Triggle of the BBC lumps colds, flu and COVID together with nonsense mitigations across the board.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

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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Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his @colbobs.bsky.social · 2h

Of course the @ukhsa.bsky.social in their lack of wisdom aren't promoting masks, or HEPA or UVC, or even masking in healthcare settings, and Nick Triggle of the BBC lumps colds, flu and COVID together with nonsense mitigations across the board.

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 2h

Yes, Covid has clearly come again, from cities to villages.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 3h

I'm masking. Nobody treats me badly. But some are initially mystified. The evidence is clear.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 3h

Covid coming round againin my mum's village, like a runaway car, careering through the elderly again.

Mum is asking how people can have forgotten already how bad it can be. Are they mad or just stupid?

Everybody at the indoor bowls night has come down with Covid, and before they'd been vaccinated.

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Mikeus Jaye - Maledictus @mikejay.link · 2h

Oh... Joys.

Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 3h

I'm masking. Nobody treats me badly. But some are initially mystified. The evidence is clear.

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Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his @colbobs.bsky.social · 2h

Reform are embarrassed by Malhotra, however attempts to distance themselves from Malhotra will be difficult considering the Byline Times has previously reported on Farage's involvement going back several years. Malhotra is one of many at Reform conference with a history of promoting conspiracies.

Farage can't distance himself so easily from anti-vax conspiracy theorists

Farage's involvement with Malhotra goes back several years, and others with the same views also participated in the conference

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Jupiterbaal @heliof.bsky.social · 4h

#hope is possible 🥰.

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 5h

Thinking globally, but acting locally sparked a movement, that has ultimately spread the Safe Space initiative nationwide

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/how-my-local-action-turned-into-a-national-movement-creating-safe-spaces-for-trans-people/

How my local action turned into a national movement creating safe spaces for Trans+ people

Thinking globally, but acting locally sparked a movement, that has ultimately spread the Safe Space initiative nationwide

www.wearequeeraf.com

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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 10h

Bruce and Yusuf seemed very concerned about the bigger breasts comment from over ten years ago 🤔.

The Russian bribes story … not so much 🤨 #Priorities

Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 1d

A UK presenter shouldn’t crow about an audience’s ignorance of Nathan Gill who took bribes from Kremlin agents & was a close ally of Farage . It shows they have failed to do their job . What next , telling us that Watergate was one of the lowest points in investigative journalism 🥺 ?

Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 2d

The Nathan Gill scandal should be huge news so why has the British media been mainly silent about it? (I think we know 🤔)
Here's Fiona Bruce shutting down any mention & acting like the audience aren't interested.
#bbqt

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 9h

Mate, I underestimated you. When you brought it up on Question time, I thought it didn't really land. Wow, was I wrong! Absolutely catastrophic damage inflicted! Well done. This could be the narrative that dogs them for years.

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feckfascists.bsky.social @feckfascists.bsky.social · 10h

I would argue that Bruce did her job very well. She shut down a story her paymasters don't want to gain traction.

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