KR🪷🦕🌵🌳🌹🌍📖🗿
@kathrynmr.bsky.social
The plethora of opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer nor of any organisation I volunteer for.
Interests range across gardening, history, politics, education, religion, neurodiversity, reading & ++++
Interests range across gardening, history, politics, education, religion, neurodiversity, reading & ++++
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The welcome fall in Covid infection levels in England continues. However, around 1 in every 180 people in England were still infected as of 2 November, so the risk level remains HIGH. It is too early to think of relaxing precautions.
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Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 2 November 2025
The BuDS Covid-19 Risk Assessment for the week ending 2 November 2025
buds.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The welcome fall in Covid infection levels in England continues. However, around 1 in every 180 people in England were still infected as of 2 November, so the risk level remains HIGH. It is too early to think of relaxing precautions.
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
Caption this photo
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Caption this photo
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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It captures the essence of Trump: 'How dare he faint and distract from me'
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It captures the essence of Trump: 'How dare he faint and distract from me'
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Again: If this were Biden it would be front page news and Fox would be talking about it non stop.
Once again Trump gets a pass.
Once again Trump gets a pass.
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Again: If this were Biden it would be front page news and Fox would be talking about it non stop.
Once again Trump gets a pass.
Once again Trump gets a pass.
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First, it’s important to acknowledge that COVID can cause preterm birth and stillbirth when unvaccinated people catch it for the first time. This was a big problem in obstetrics during the pandemic, and the main reason we offered pregnant people vaccines. 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy - Nature Reviews Immunology
In this Progress article, Male summarizes our current understanding of the risks associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy. Importantly, the article highlights the now substantial body of evid...
www.nature.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
First, it’s important to acknowledge that COVID can cause preterm birth and stillbirth when unvaccinated people catch it for the first time. This was a big problem in obstetrics during the pandemic, and the main reason we offered pregnant people vaccines. 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Pretty much every single one of these new government accounts is posting rage bait. It's possible (like 100% guaranteed) they are trying to provoke people here on purpose, so don't fall for it. Blockity block block block.
Gotta block ‘em all!
Here’s the one-stop shopping blocklist to disappear the Trump regime accounts that swarmed Bluesky yesterday.
Flush these turds HERE -
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Here’s the one-stop shopping blocklist to disappear the Trump regime accounts that swarmed Bluesky yesterday.
Flush these turds HERE -
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Pretty much every single one of these new government accounts is posting rage bait. It's possible (like 100% guaranteed) they are trying to provoke people here on purpose, so don't fall for it. Blockity block block block.
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Covid-19 infections can reactivate dormant cancer cells, & trigger the growth of secondary cancers. There is now compelling medical evidence to this effect.
Read the full story on our website: buds.org.uk/covid-and-ca...
Read the full story on our website: buds.org.uk/covid-and-ca...
September 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Covid-19 infections can reactivate dormant cancer cells, & trigger the growth of secondary cancers. There is now compelling medical evidence to this effect.
Read the full story on our website: buds.org.uk/covid-and-ca...
Read the full story on our website: buds.org.uk/covid-and-ca...
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Covid infection levels in England have again risen sharply over the last week, as have other Covid measures. Infection levels are around a fifth higher, and the overall risk level remains High. A thread 🧵
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 21 September 2025
The BuDS Covid-19 Risk Assessment for the week ending 21 September 2025
buds.org.uk
September 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Covid infection levels in England have again risen sharply over the last week, as have other Covid measures. Infection levels are around a fifth higher, and the overall risk level remains High. A thread 🧵
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
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The Belarusian and Russian militaries begin their Zapad-2025 exercises on Friday. The drills will include “the planning of the use” of tactical nuclear weapons and Moscow’s new Oreshnik intermediate-range missiles.
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Zapad-2025 Russia and Belarus begin military exercises near NATO borders, including simulated nuclear strike planning — Meduza
The Belarusian and Russian militaries begin a new set of scheduled joint exercises on Friday known as Zapad-2025 (“West 2025”). The last time drills in these series were held was in the fall of 2021,…
meduza.io
September 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The Belarusian and Russian militaries begin their Zapad-2025 exercises on Friday. The drills will include “the planning of the use” of tactical nuclear weapons and Moscow’s new Oreshnik intermediate-range missiles.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Charlie Kirk’s shocking killing sets the stage for a federal crackdown | Moustafa Bayoumi
Charlie Kirk’s shocking killing sets the stage for a federal crackdown | Moustafa Bayoumi
Maga leaders blame a mythically powerful left for political violence. Now, they are bent on destroying anyone who opposes them
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Charlie Kirk’s shocking killing sets the stage for a federal crackdown | Moustafa Bayoumi
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Last night the Polish airspace was violated by a huge number of Russian drones. Those drones that posed a direct threat were shot down. I am in constant communication with the Secretary General of NATO and our allies.
September 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Last night the Polish airspace was violated by a huge number of Russian drones. Those drones that posed a direct threat were shot down. I am in constant communication with the Secretary General of NATO and our allies.
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September 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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USA: "What Alarms Doctors The Most About COVID Right Now"
"COVID-19 is making headlines in several ways right now. Infections are up in multiple parts of the country, and COVID vaccines are not available for many people who could get them last year."
Source: archive.md/DWKSZ
"COVID-19 is making headlines in several ways right now. Infections are up in multiple parts of the country, and COVID vaccines are not available for many people who could get them last year."
Source: archive.md/DWKSZ
September 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
USA: "What Alarms Doctors The Most About COVID Right Now"
"COVID-19 is making headlines in several ways right now. Infections are up in multiple parts of the country, and COVID vaccines are not available for many people who could get them last year."
Source: archive.md/DWKSZ
"COVID-19 is making headlines in several ways right now. Infections are up in multiple parts of the country, and COVID vaccines are not available for many people who could get them last year."
Source: archive.md/DWKSZ
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Morning Bluesky.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says his country’s airspace was "violated by a huge number of Russian drones". He described them as a direct threat.
This incident should be a wake-up call to people in Europe. Putin won’t stop at Ukraine.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says his country’s airspace was "violated by a huge number of Russian drones". He described them as a direct threat.
This incident should be a wake-up call to people in Europe. Putin won’t stop at Ukraine.
September 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Morning Bluesky.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says his country’s airspace was "violated by a huge number of Russian drones". He described them as a direct threat.
This incident should be a wake-up call to people in Europe. Putin won’t stop at Ukraine.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says his country’s airspace was "violated by a huge number of Russian drones". He described them as a direct threat.
This incident should be a wake-up call to people in Europe. Putin won’t stop at Ukraine.
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I pay attention to numbers.
Does X put the breaks on certain topics?
I posted 3 threads this weekend, each on X & bsky.
The first thread (about cryptic lineages) had 10-20 times more RTs and likes on X than here (1.1k likes total).
1/
bsky.app/profile/soli...
Does X put the breaks on certain topics?
I posted 3 threads this weekend, each on X & bsky.
The first thread (about cryptic lineages) had 10-20 times more RTs and likes on X than here (1.1k likes total).
1/
bsky.app/profile/soli...
I’ve found cryptic lineages from sequencing wastewater.
I’ve found cryptic lineages from screening databases.
This is the first time I’ve found a cryptic lineage from social media.
This was an interesting story.
1/
I’ve found cryptic lineages from screening databases.
This is the first time I’ve found a cryptic lineage from social media.
This was an interesting story.
1/
September 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I pay attention to numbers.
Does X put the breaks on certain topics?
I posted 3 threads this weekend, each on X & bsky.
The first thread (about cryptic lineages) had 10-20 times more RTs and likes on X than here (1.1k likes total).
1/
bsky.app/profile/soli...
Does X put the breaks on certain topics?
I posted 3 threads this weekend, each on X & bsky.
The first thread (about cryptic lineages) had 10-20 times more RTs and likes on X than here (1.1k likes total).
1/
bsky.app/profile/soli...
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Ok, I'm on Bluesky now. What do I do with it?
Bluesky is NOT an echo chamber.
I'm trying to make schools Covid-safe. I joined Twitter a couple of years ago trying to do the same thing.
Might I have more success here? Might you? A🧵
tldr - I've got a head start. I'm going to follow lots of people.
Bluesky is NOT an echo chamber.
I'm trying to make schools Covid-safe. I joined Twitter a couple of years ago trying to do the same thing.
Might I have more success here? Might you? A🧵
tldr - I've got a head start. I'm going to follow lots of people.
November 25, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Ok, I'm on Bluesky now. What do I do with it?
Bluesky is NOT an echo chamber.
I'm trying to make schools Covid-safe. I joined Twitter a couple of years ago trying to do the same thing.
Might I have more success here? Might you? A🧵
tldr - I've got a head start. I'm going to follow lots of people.
Bluesky is NOT an echo chamber.
I'm trying to make schools Covid-safe. I joined Twitter a couple of years ago trying to do the same thing.
Might I have more success here? Might you? A🧵
tldr - I've got a head start. I'm going to follow lots of people.
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The most important part of this article, to me, is the end.
It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.”
Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5)
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.”
Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5)
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The most important part of this article, to me, is the end.
It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.”
Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5)
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.”
Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5)
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Excellent health/science journalism in this new article by Nick Tsergas on why "a growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems." Not just long covid sufferers' immune systems. Anyone who had been infected.
The most important part of this article, to me, is the end.
It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.”
Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5)
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.”
Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5)
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Excellent health/science journalism in this new article by Nick Tsergas on why "a growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems." Not just long covid sufferers' immune systems. Anyone who had been infected.
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“Strength is not measured by how many people you can blow up or how many children you can leave hungry,” Burke told Radio National on Wednesday.
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Australian minister says ‘strength not measured by how many people you can blow up’ as row with Netanyahu escalates
Australian home affairs minister’s criticism comes after Israeli prime minister calls Anthony Albanese a ‘weak politician who betrayed Israel’
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
“Strength is not measured by how many people you can blow up or how many children you can leave hungry,” Burke told Radio National on Wednesday.
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A guess about a point Putin and Trump agreed on: that Putin won’t release the files about Russia’s campaigns to support Trump in 2016 and 2020 so long as Trump continues to aid Russia’s war.
"In the ancient world, people spoke of 'Ultima Thule,' a mythical land in the extreme north, the end of the earth. By venturing north to Alaska to meet Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump reaches his own Ultima Thule, the arctic endpoint of a foreign policy dreamworld."
snyder.substack.com/p/ultima-thule
snyder.substack.com/p/ultima-thule
Ultima Thule
Trump in Alaska
snyder.substack.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A guess about a point Putin and Trump agreed on: that Putin won’t release the files about Russia’s campaigns to support Trump in 2016 and 2020 so long as Trump continues to aid Russia’s war.
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A good summary of the Alaska fiasco.
www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
Institute for the Study of War
Various US officials indicated that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be willing to compromise on some war termination demands, but Putin's own statements and Russian official statements contradict...
www.understandingwar.org
August 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A good summary of the Alaska fiasco.
www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...