Kegel
@kegel7.bsky.social
The principles of good governance are fairness, transparency, honesty, and solidarity.
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Based in Scotland
https://t.co/sBmyWo7Ivc
Based in Scotland
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The impact of forever chemicals (PFAS) in drinking water on infant mortality, preterm birth, low-weight births and economic consequences (<-Figure 11 states)
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December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The impact of forever chemicals (PFAS) in drinking water on infant mortality, preterm birth, low-weight births and economic consequences (<-Figure 11 states)
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www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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If you’re not doing anything wrong, you don’t need to hide your face.
If you’re simply “enforcing the law” you don’t need to shove home security cameras away.
People recording you wouldn’t be seen as a “threat”.
ICE doesn’t want to be recorded because they commit atrocities.
If you’re simply “enforcing the law” you don’t need to shove home security cameras away.
People recording you wouldn’t be seen as a “threat”.
ICE doesn’t want to be recorded because they commit atrocities.
December 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you’re not doing anything wrong, you don’t need to hide your face.
If you’re simply “enforcing the law” you don’t need to shove home security cameras away.
People recording you wouldn’t be seen as a “threat”.
ICE doesn’t want to be recorded because they commit atrocities.
If you’re simply “enforcing the law” you don’t need to shove home security cameras away.
People recording you wouldn’t be seen as a “threat”.
ICE doesn’t want to be recorded because they commit atrocities.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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"Politicians become dependent on the wealthy not because the money actually delivers votes, but because they believe it does ... The oligarchs' real power isn't buying elections; it's buying the faith of the political class."
Money doesn’t buy elections, it decides candidates before they happen & determines policy choices after. data4democracy.substack.com/p/money-does...
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
data4democracy.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Politicians become dependent on the wealthy not because the money actually delivers votes, but because they believe it does ... The oligarchs' real power isn't buying elections; it's buying the faith of the political class."
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Please sign and share this UK Parliamentary petition for an automatic right to treatment by FFP2/3 masked staff, safe air and ventilation in every setting and stronger infection control: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Review NHS policy on masks, safe air & ventilation to protect vulnerable
Vulnerable people — those with cancer, immune compromise, or chronic illness — should feel safe in NHS settings, not fearful. We’re calling for a 'do no harm' standard: an automatic right to treatment...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Please sign and share this UK Parliamentary petition for an automatic right to treatment by FFP2/3 masked staff, safe air and ventilation in every setting and stronger infection control: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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"People who live within 500 metres of a goat farm have a 73 per cent higher risk of pneumonia than other Dutch residents. If you live within one kilometre of a goat farm, you have a 19 per cent higher risk of pneumonia."
We drink clean water and eat cooked food, but we breathe dirty air.
We drink clean water and eat cooked food, but we breathe dirty air.
Nieuw onderzoek: omwonende geitenstal krijgt inderdaad vaker longontsteking
Nieuw onderzoek: omwonende geitenstal krijgt inderdaad vaker longontsteking
De Gezondheidsraad trekt dezelfde conclusies als eerder het RIVM. Honderden mensen per jaar worden ziek door bacteriën afkomstig van geitenstallen.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"People who live within 500 metres of a goat farm have a 73 per cent higher risk of pneumonia than other Dutch residents. If you live within one kilometre of a goat farm, you have a 19 per cent higher risk of pneumonia."
We drink clean water and eat cooked food, but we breathe dirty air.
We drink clean water and eat cooked food, but we breathe dirty air.
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NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
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The US State Department wants to deny visas to anyone engaged in online activity like combatting misinformation, fact checking or compliance.
They want state sanctioned media.
They want propaganda
Anyone who speaks the truth is at risk.
Keep speaking out. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
They want state sanctioned media.
They want propaganda
Anyone who speaks the truth is at risk.
Keep speaking out. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators
Action detailed in a state department memo directs officials to deny visas to any applicant engaging in ‘censorship’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The US State Department wants to deny visas to anyone engaged in online activity like combatting misinformation, fact checking or compliance.
They want state sanctioned media.
They want propaganda
Anyone who speaks the truth is at risk.
Keep speaking out. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
They want state sanctioned media.
They want propaganda
Anyone who speaks the truth is at risk.
Keep speaking out. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Fucking awful.
As for me, they'd have to pry my respirator off of my cold, dead face. My *rational* terror of Covid keeps me Novid!
As for me, they'd have to pry my respirator off of my cold, dead face. My *rational* terror of Covid keeps me Novid!
This week my younger son decided to stop masking after being COVID-aware for 5+ years.
Despite the fact that he got rhabdomyolysis from his first infection (was hospitalized for 5 days), his Dad has just completed chemo, & his brother & Mum have had Long COVID for 5+ years.
And now he is sick -
Despite the fact that he got rhabdomyolysis from his first infection (was hospitalized for 5 days), his Dad has just completed chemo, & his brother & Mum have had Long COVID for 5+ years.
And now he is sick -
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Fucking awful.
As for me, they'd have to pry my respirator off of my cold, dead face. My *rational* terror of Covid keeps me Novid!
As for me, they'd have to pry my respirator off of my cold, dead face. My *rational* terror of Covid keeps me Novid!
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This is an abject failure of public health. And it's tearing society apart.
Pandemics require collective action. "You do you" is not a viable or recognised public health strategy.
It has created a vacuum populated with misinformation, disinformation, & eugenics.
It never had to be this way.
Pandemics require collective action. "You do you" is not a viable or recognised public health strategy.
It has created a vacuum populated with misinformation, disinformation, & eugenics.
It never had to be this way.
December 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is an abject failure of public health. And it's tearing society apart.
Pandemics require collective action. "You do you" is not a viable or recognised public health strategy.
It has created a vacuum populated with misinformation, disinformation, & eugenics.
It never had to be this way.
Pandemics require collective action. "You do you" is not a viable or recognised public health strategy.
It has created a vacuum populated with misinformation, disinformation, & eugenics.
It never had to be this way.
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If you live with someone who has long Covid or a post-viral illness & you’re doing a weekly circuit of maskless bars, restaurants & concerts, you're not "living your life." You're sacrificing theirs
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If you live with someone who has long Covid or a post-viral illness & you’re doing a weekly circuit of maskless bars, restaurants & concerts, you're not "living your life." You're sacrificing theirs
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Have they tried respirators and opening the windows??
It's like "being back in Covid times" after 170 pupils were off sick on 1 day alone. Numbers are expected to rise.
Dr Joanne McClean, described the current situation as an "epidemic".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#CleanAir
Dr Joanne McClean, described the current situation as an "epidemic".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#CleanAir
Flu: It is like Covid again, says principal as 170 pupils sick
Confirmed flu cases among adults and children across Northern Ireland have more than trebled in the last two weeks.
bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Have they tried respirators and opening the windows??
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Thank you to everyone who joined Winter Reflections.
We’ll replay the concert next weekend, and the recording will stay online for 72 hours so you can watch whenever suits you.
Exact times to follow by email.
Thank you for your patience.
#AirMadeAudible
We’ll replay the concert next weekend, and the recording will stay online for 72 hours so you can watch whenever suits you.
Exact times to follow by email.
Thank you for your patience.
#AirMadeAudible
December 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Thank you to everyone who joined Winter Reflections.
We’ll replay the concert next weekend, and the recording will stay online for 72 hours so you can watch whenever suits you.
Exact times to follow by email.
Thank you for your patience.
#AirMadeAudible
We’ll replay the concert next weekend, and the recording will stay online for 72 hours so you can watch whenever suits you.
Exact times to follow by email.
Thank you for your patience.
#AirMadeAudible
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What evidence is there that uplands like this were once covered by temperate rainforest, and would return to such a state naturally but for sheep?
Loads... 🧵
Loads... 🧵
December 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
What evidence is there that uplands like this were once covered by temperate rainforest, and would return to such a state naturally but for sheep?
Loads... 🧵
Loads... 🧵
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'If unwell' still stigmatises anyone wearing one. Anyone can protect themselves, don't wait to be unwell.
December 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
'If unwell' still stigmatises anyone wearing one. Anyone can protect themselves, don't wait to be unwell.
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A teacher in Greenville, North Carolina told her black students that if it wasn’t for the constitution, they would be her slaves.
Other students began using the N word and when a black student spoke out, the teacher replied “it’s ok we’re all a little bit racist”
Other students began using the N word and when a black student spoke out, the teacher replied “it’s ok we’re all a little bit racist”
December 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM
A teacher in Greenville, North Carolina told her black students that if it wasn’t for the constitution, they would be her slaves.
Other students began using the N word and when a black student spoke out, the teacher replied “it’s ok we’re all a little bit racist”
Other students began using the N word and when a black student spoke out, the teacher replied “it’s ok we’re all a little bit racist”
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Real world experiment conducted in Swiss school.
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
--> WE NEED CLEAN AIR
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
--> WE NEED CLEAN AIR
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Real world experiment conducted in Swiss school.
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
--> WE NEED CLEAN AIR
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
--> WE NEED CLEAN AIR
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Document from NHS England which basically says when there is another Pandemic we can’t be bothered to protect you, it’s too costly. We are on our own folks. H/T @catinthehat.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Document from NHS England which basically says when there is another Pandemic we can’t be bothered to protect you, it’s too costly. We are on our own folks. H/T @catinthehat.bsky.social
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Policies of negligence have allowed Covid-19 to spread without control, causing huge amounts of illness and mortality. It is abundantly clear that strong, uncompromising measures of essential safety, such as requiring respirator masks in all public spaces, urgently need to be enforced.
#COVID19
#COVID19
July 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Policies of negligence have allowed Covid-19 to spread without control, causing huge amounts of illness and mortality. It is abundantly clear that strong, uncompromising measures of essential safety, such as requiring respirator masks in all public spaces, urgently need to be enforced.
#COVID19
#COVID19
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Super important topic: Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is not dangerous! Not only is it important to remove the warning labels, but also to encourage more women to take the therapies for menopause. Women are 2x more likely to develop #Alzheimer, and HRT can protect the brain.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is not dangerous. Timing and formulation are critical components of benefit vs. harm. I’m glad to see the FDA warnings removed from HRT.
Thanks @bloomberg.com for covering this important topic: www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
Thanks @bloomberg.com for covering this important topic: www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Super important topic: Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is not dangerous! Not only is it important to remove the warning labels, but also to encourage more women to take the therapies for menopause. Women are 2x more likely to develop #Alzheimer, and HRT can protect the brain.
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Sadly the UK is on a slippery slope. That’s why I’m voting Green Party.
Everyone knows that our current health care system is broken.
That’s why over 60% of the American people support Medicare for All.
The day will come when every man, woman and child in this country will have health care as a human right.
We’re going to win this fight.
That’s why over 60% of the American people support Medicare for All.
The day will come when every man, woman and child in this country will have health care as a human right.
We’re going to win this fight.
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Sadly the UK is on a slippery slope. That’s why I’m voting Green Party.
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In addition to, you know, the suffering and death, the impending skyrocketing cost of health insurance premiums for many Americans is also going to wreck the economy
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
In addition to, you know, the suffering and death, the impending skyrocketing cost of health insurance premiums for many Americans is also going to wreck the economy
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amen to all of this!
Every time I go out into my district — knocking doors, talking to families — I’m reminded that the crisis we see on the street starts long before someone loses their home.
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
amen to all of this!
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I’ve always had trouble communicating with doctors and it’s only got worse since I’ve been wearing a respie (April 2020). Most think I’m anxious, hysterical or anti-vax.
I intend to use some of these strategies at my next appointment.
I intend to use some of these strategies at my next appointment.
So true. It helps to have strategies in hand when handling doctors, especially when it comes to conservation of spoons:
whn.global/the-long-cov...
whn.global/the-long-cov...
The Long Covid Strategy Guide for Talking to Doctors - WHN
This is the third of a series of posts on Long COVID by David Brasure. See parts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Your appointment was at 2:30. You’ve been sitting in this waiting room since 2:15, which means...
whn.global
December 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I’ve always had trouble communicating with doctors and it’s only got worse since I’ve been wearing a respie (April 2020). Most think I’m anxious, hysterical or anti-vax.
I intend to use some of these strategies at my next appointment.
I intend to use some of these strategies at my next appointment.
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I also want to say that I find it increasingly disturbing to see AI stories on some platforms disguised as true stories. Even if they are happy stories. These stories might seem on the surface to be ok and nice but what is it telling us all? It’s blurring the lines between truth and reality.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I also want to say that I find it increasingly disturbing to see AI stories on some platforms disguised as true stories. Even if they are happy stories. These stories might seem on the surface to be ok and nice but what is it telling us all? It’s blurring the lines between truth and reality.