Fionna O’Leary
@fascinatorfun.bsky.social
Retired Lawyer, cook, Europhile, books, music, good conversations, gardens, walking. Bird site refugee 🇬🇧 🇮🇪
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A few updates on the deeply unethical study to probe "non-specific" effects of the birth dose HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau by Danish investigators.
1️⃣ The study was canceled as per AfricaCDC - HHS disputes this.
2️⃣ Full protocol was leaked and it's bad.
Quick 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
1️⃣ The study was canceled as per AfricaCDC - HHS disputes this.
2️⃣ Full protocol was leaked and it's bad.
Quick 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:16 PM
A few updates on the deeply unethical study to probe "non-specific" effects of the birth dose HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau by Danish investigators.
1️⃣ The study was canceled as per AfricaCDC - HHS disputes this.
2️⃣ Full protocol was leaked and it's bad.
Quick 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
1️⃣ The study was canceled as per AfricaCDC - HHS disputes this.
2️⃣ Full protocol was leaked and it's bad.
Quick 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Putin promised a 2-day operation.
It's now outlasted Soviet involvement in WWII. The death toll has reached 10x the Soviet losses in Afghanistan.
🧵Even Russia's war hawks are furious — (Read on)
It's now outlasted Soviet involvement in WWII. The death toll has reached 10x the Soviet losses in Afghanistan.
🧵Even Russia's war hawks are furious — (Read on)
January 15, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Putin promised a 2-day operation.
It's now outlasted Soviet involvement in WWII. The death toll has reached 10x the Soviet losses in Afghanistan.
🧵Even Russia's war hawks are furious — (Read on)
It's now outlasted Soviet involvement in WWII. The death toll has reached 10x the Soviet losses in Afghanistan.
🧵Even Russia's war hawks are furious — (Read on)
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Good that the identity of funders has been revealed at last. Puerile Toby Young deserves it.
January 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Good that the identity of funders has been revealed at last. Puerile Toby Young deserves it.
“Jenrick insisted, deadpan, that he was putting personal ambition aside by joining the party currently leading in the polls. He just wanted to serve the country.“
Splendid stuff
Splendid stuff
January 15, 2026 at 8:45 PM
“Jenrick insisted, deadpan, that he was putting personal ambition aside by joining the party currently leading in the polls. He just wanted to serve the country.“
Splendid stuff
Splendid stuff
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It’s easy to watch the news and feel overwhelmed or even helpless at everything going on. I need you to fight that feeling.
I’m an optimist. You have to be when you strap yourself to a rocket for a living. But there’s real reason to be hopeful this year and l’ll tell you why.
I’m an optimist. You have to be when you strap yourself to a rocket for a living. But there’s real reason to be hopeful this year and l’ll tell you why.
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
It’s easy to watch the news and feel overwhelmed or even helpless at everything going on. I need you to fight that feeling.
I’m an optimist. You have to be when you strap yourself to a rocket for a living. But there’s real reason to be hopeful this year and l’ll tell you why.
I’m an optimist. You have to be when you strap yourself to a rocket for a living. But there’s real reason to be hopeful this year and l’ll tell you why.
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George Floyd’s family lawyer will represent Nicole Good’s family 🙏🙏🙏
January 15, 2026 at 6:34 PM
George Floyd’s family lawyer will represent Nicole Good’s family 🙏🙏🙏
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John Cassidy: Powell put to shame heads of law firms, universities & public companies who have caved to the White House. He demonstrated that, at least in economic arena, there are still some institutional constraints that Trump cannot sweep aside, or not easily. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Jay Powell, the Prepster Banker Who Is Standing Up to Trump
The seventy-two-year-old Fed chairman put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House.
www.newyorker.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
John Cassidy: Powell put to shame heads of law firms, universities & public companies who have caved to the White House. He demonstrated that, at least in economic arena, there are still some institutional constraints that Trump cannot sweep aside, or not easily. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Our new Tory to Reform UK Defection Tracker is even more relevant after the chaos that was today...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
Tory to Reform UK Defection Tracker
Reform UK are presenting themselves as an insurgent political party, yet their adoption of former Conservatives shows they are nothing more than the 'Tories in disguise'.
www.bestforbritain.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Our new Tory to Reform UK Defection Tracker is even more relevant after the chaos that was today...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
Good Lord. Lauder (of Esther Lauder family) knows Trump since the 1960s and planted the idea of buying Greenland during Trump’s first term.
His policy suggestions appear to intersect with his business interests (Something of a characteristic in Trump aligned Government
His policy suggestions appear to intersect with his business interests (Something of a characteristic in Trump aligned Government
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
One day during his first term, Donald Trump summoned a top aide to discuss a new idea. “Trump called me down to the Oval Office,” John Bolton, national security adviser in 2018, told the Guardian. “He said a prominent businessman had just suggested the US buy Greenland.”
It was an extraordinary proposal. And it originated from a longtime friend of the president who would go on to acquire business interests in the Danish territory. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Good Lord. Lauder (of Esther Lauder family) knows Trump since the 1960s and planted the idea of buying Greenland during Trump’s first term.
His policy suggestions appear to intersect with his business interests (Something of a characteristic in Trump aligned Government
His policy suggestions appear to intersect with his business interests (Something of a characteristic in Trump aligned Government
January 15, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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“Join me in demanding to know where Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano is. He may have taken his last breath at the hands of ICE on Jan 11 at the Speedway at the corner of Snelling & Portland in St Paul. Watch him carried away lifeless”
Did they just kill this guy?
#ICEMurders #FuckICE #OrbinSerrano
Did they just kill this guy?
#ICEMurders #FuckICE #OrbinSerrano
January 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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FT Exclusive: Donald Trump's 'unpredictable' policies have prompted bond giant Pimco to diversify away from US assets. ft.trib.al/rPIo7ND
January 15, 2026 at 3:33 PM
FT Exclusive: Donald Trump's 'unpredictable' policies have prompted bond giant Pimco to diversify away from US assets. ft.trib.al/rPIo7ND
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New York Attorney General Letitia James filed suit against the former head of Emergent BioSolutions, accusing him of insider trading for selling his shares in the company before disclosing contamination issues in its production of the Covid-19 vaccine. on.wsj.com/4pROtSw
NY Attorney General Sues Former Emergent BioSolutions CEO for Insider Trading
Letitia James accused Robert Kramer of selling his shares in Emergent before disclosing contamination issues in its production of the Covid-19 vaccine.
on.wsj.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed suit against the former head of Emergent BioSolutions, accusing him of insider trading for selling his shares in the company before disclosing contamination issues in its production of the Covid-19 vaccine. on.wsj.com/4pROtSw
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Bluesky going to work over on Twitter
January 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Bluesky going to work over on Twitter
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Track record of success.
January 15, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Track record of success.
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just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
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Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
NEW
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
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Reality and perception
Many people believe immigration is happening in Ireland on a larger scale than it really is, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute
Immigration levels overestimated by public, says ESRI
Many people believe immigration is happening in Ireland on a larger scale than it really is, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute.
www.rte.ie
January 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Reality and perception
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... this Farage.. Nooo ... Never...😲
January 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
... this Farage.. Nooo ... Never...😲
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Russian Vladislav Baumgertner, former CEO of fertilizer giant Uralkali, has reportedly died under unclear circumstances in Cyprus.
January 15, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Russian Vladislav Baumgertner, former CEO of fertilizer giant Uralkali, has reportedly died under unclear circumstances in Cyprus.
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Jenrick, who was a Tory until 40 minutes ago, and was a leading member of the last government, says there shouldn’t be a RefCon pact.
“Why would anyone in this country hand the keys back to these people?”
The irony!
The barefaced cheek!
“Why would anyone in this country hand the keys back to these people?”
The irony!
The barefaced cheek!
January 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Jenrick, who was a Tory until 40 minutes ago, and was a leading member of the last government, says there shouldn’t be a RefCon pact.
“Why would anyone in this country hand the keys back to these people?”
The irony!
The barefaced cheek!
“Why would anyone in this country hand the keys back to these people?”
The irony!
The barefaced cheek!
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US seizes sixth tanker with alleged ties to Venezuela in Trump's effort to control oil
US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker in effort to control Venezuela's oil
Trump met with executives oil companies last week to discuss his goal of investing €86 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution.
www.euronews.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
US seizes sixth tanker with alleged ties to Venezuela in Trump's effort to control oil
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67% of Reform MPs have previously been elected as representatives of the Conservative Party. They broke the country last time; do you trust them to fix it?
January 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
67% of Reform MPs have previously been elected as representatives of the Conservative Party. They broke the country last time; do you trust them to fix it?
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2026 may be the start of a new era when deaths outnumber births in the UK
This would be a seismic demographic shift and mean that future population growth was reliant on net internal migration, which the latest data suggest is also plummeting.
Research Director @gthwaites.bsky.social explains ⤵️
This would be a seismic demographic shift and mean that future population growth was reliant on net internal migration, which the latest data suggest is also plummeting.
Research Director @gthwaites.bsky.social explains ⤵️
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
2026 may be the start of a new era when deaths outnumber births in the UK
This would be a seismic demographic shift and mean that future population growth was reliant on net internal migration, which the latest data suggest is also plummeting.
Research Director @gthwaites.bsky.social explains ⤵️
This would be a seismic demographic shift and mean that future population growth was reliant on net internal migration, which the latest data suggest is also plummeting.
Research Director @gthwaites.bsky.social explains ⤵️