Lucibee
@lucibee.bsky.social
Science defender and eco-worrier.
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Time to decant the sloe vodka 🍷
February 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Time to decant the sloe vodka 🍷
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Trying to watch ice skating on the BBC last night made so difficult as a result of there only being 2 feeds available.
Eventually managed to catch most of the men's singles final across 3 separate programmes, but they *still* missed 2 of the competitors in the final group - Cha and Grassl.
Eventually managed to catch most of the men's singles final across 3 separate programmes, but they *still* missed 2 of the competitors in the final group - Cha and Grassl.
February 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Trying to watch ice skating on the BBC last night made so difficult as a result of there only being 2 feeds available.
Eventually managed to catch most of the men's singles final across 3 separate programmes, but they *still* missed 2 of the competitors in the final group - Cha and Grassl.
Eventually managed to catch most of the men's singles final across 3 separate programmes, but they *still* missed 2 of the competitors in the final group - Cha and Grassl.
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Generations of pupils have learned in stuffy classrooms filled with recycled air, but a Hampshire school is now breathing new life into the way lessons are taught. The impact of installing HEPA filters has been striking.
Poke @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social
www.portsmouth.co.uk/education/th...
Poke @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social
www.portsmouth.co.uk/education/th...
The 5p Solution: How clean air is transforming attendance and learning in one Hampshire school
Generations of pupils have learned in stuffy classrooms filled with recycled air, but a Hampshire school is now breathing new life into the way lessons are taught.
www.portsmouth.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Generations of pupils have learned in stuffy classrooms filled with recycled air, but a Hampshire school is now breathing new life into the way lessons are taught. The impact of installing HEPA filters has been striking.
Poke @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social
www.portsmouth.co.uk/education/th...
Poke @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social
www.portsmouth.co.uk/education/th...
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What I'd like to get an idea of:
a) How many emails do RCGP send their members per week?
b) Do members even read them?
c) How many times in *the last 6 months of 2025* did RCGP mention the NHS e-learning modules on ME?
a) How many emails do RCGP send their members per week?
b) Do members even read them?
c) How many times in *the last 6 months of 2025* did RCGP mention the NHS e-learning modules on ME?
February 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM
What I'd like to get an idea of:
a) How many emails do RCGP send their members per week?
b) Do members even read them?
c) How many times in *the last 6 months of 2025* did RCGP mention the NHS e-learning modules on ME?
a) How many emails do RCGP send their members per week?
b) Do members even read them?
c) How many times in *the last 6 months of 2025* did RCGP mention the NHS e-learning modules on ME?
Might it be that the "at baseline/resting" bit is the issue here?
So many studies show that pwME look normal, until they don't.
Aren't the studies looking in the wrong place at the wrong time?
So many studies show that pwME look normal, until they don't.
Aren't the studies looking in the wrong place at the wrong time?
1) 🧵Been looking at cytokines; small signalling molecules of the immune system.
Conclusion: lots of ME/CFS studies on this but inconsistent results. There doesn't seem to be an inflammatory cytokine response (in the blood).
Most consistently elevated cytokine was TGF-beta.
Conclusion: lots of ME/CFS studies on this but inconsistent results. There doesn't seem to be an inflammatory cytokine response (in the blood).
Most consistently elevated cytokine was TGF-beta.
February 14, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Might it be that the "at baseline/resting" bit is the issue here?
So many studies show that pwME look normal, until they don't.
Aren't the studies looking in the wrong place at the wrong time?
So many studies show that pwME look normal, until they don't.
Aren't the studies looking in the wrong place at the wrong time?
Trying to watch ice skating on the BBC last night made so difficult as a result of there only being 2 feeds available.
Eventually managed to catch most of the men's singles final across 3 separate programmes, but they *still* missed 2 of the competitors in the final group - Cha and Grassl.
Eventually managed to catch most of the men's singles final across 3 separate programmes, but they *still* missed 2 of the competitors in the final group - Cha and Grassl.
February 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Trying to watch ice skating on the BBC last night made so difficult as a result of there only being 2 feeds available.
Eventually managed to catch most of the men's singles final across 3 separate programmes, but they *still* missed 2 of the competitors in the final group - Cha and Grassl.
Eventually managed to catch most of the men's singles final across 3 separate programmes, but they *still* missed 2 of the competitors in the final group - Cha and Grassl.
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Found today February 14th 2026 - A scarlet elf cup fungus presenting itself just perfectly for Valentine's day.
February 14, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Found today February 14th 2026 - A scarlet elf cup fungus presenting itself just perfectly for Valentine's day.
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Finally caught up with Alaa Alqaisi's essay on Palestine and the geography of vanishing. Never not read Alaa Alqaisi www.thenation.com/article/worl...
What Edward Said Teaches Us About Gaza
On Palestine and the geography of vanishing.
www.thenation.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Finally caught up with Alaa Alqaisi's essay on Palestine and the geography of vanishing. Never not read Alaa Alqaisi www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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The Evening Post, Bristol, England. 13th February 1998.
""CFS/ME is a very poorly understood condition and services are virtually non-existent."" - twenty-seven years ago today.
#myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice #mecfs
""CFS/ME is a very poorly understood condition and services are virtually non-existent."" - twenty-seven years ago today.
#myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice #mecfs
February 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Evening Post, Bristol, England. 13th February 1998.
""CFS/ME is a very poorly understood condition and services are virtually non-existent."" - twenty-seven years ago today.
#myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice #mecfs
""CFS/ME is a very poorly understood condition and services are virtually non-existent."" - twenty-seven years ago today.
#myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice #mecfs
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The latest #CopernicusAtmosphere forecasts show a Saharan dust episode that will affect south-east Europe over the weekend.
The animation below shows the plume in our Aerosol Alert, based on the forecasts.
Explore more at the link: aerosol-alerts.atmosphere.copernicus.eu
The animation below shows the plume in our Aerosol Alert, based on the forecasts.
Explore more at the link: aerosol-alerts.atmosphere.copernicus.eu
February 13, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The latest #CopernicusAtmosphere forecasts show a Saharan dust episode that will affect south-east Europe over the weekend.
The animation below shows the plume in our Aerosol Alert, based on the forecasts.
Explore more at the link: aerosol-alerts.atmosphere.copernicus.eu
The animation below shows the plume in our Aerosol Alert, based on the forecasts.
Explore more at the link: aerosol-alerts.atmosphere.copernicus.eu
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This seems as good an excuse as any for a short thread introducing people to some single moths I've found in my area, looking for fun.
1. Here, for starters, is a Canary-Shouldered Thorn Moth (I didn't make this up).
1. Here, for starters, is a Canary-Shouldered Thorn Moth (I didn't make this up).
February 12, 2026 at 11:54 AM
This seems as good an excuse as any for a short thread introducing people to some single moths I've found in my area, looking for fun.
1. Here, for starters, is a Canary-Shouldered Thorn Moth (I didn't make this up).
1. Here, for starters, is a Canary-Shouldered Thorn Moth (I didn't make this up).
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UNRWA's compound in occupied East Jerusalem - a United Nations premises.
Seized and demolished by Israeli authorities, in an unprecedented violation of international law.
Water and electricity to UNRWA's East Jerusalem installations have also been cut.
UNRWA services must be allowed to continue.
Seized and demolished by Israeli authorities, in an unprecedented violation of international law.
Water and electricity to UNRWA's East Jerusalem installations have also been cut.
UNRWA services must be allowed to continue.
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
UNRWA's compound in occupied East Jerusalem - a United Nations premises.
Seized and demolished by Israeli authorities, in an unprecedented violation of international law.
Water and electricity to UNRWA's East Jerusalem installations have also been cut.
UNRWA services must be allowed to continue.
Seized and demolished by Israeli authorities, in an unprecedented violation of international law.
Water and electricity to UNRWA's East Jerusalem installations have also been cut.
UNRWA services must be allowed to continue.
[TW Unpopular Opinion]
I'm not sure that making certain training modules "mandatory" is necessarily the right thing to do.
Often the problem is a lack of basic *core* training because of entrenched views and stigma, and a lack of any basic services.
Those issues need addressing first.
I'm not sure that making certain training modules "mandatory" is necessarily the right thing to do.
Often the problem is a lack of basic *core* training because of entrenched views and stigma, and a lack of any basic services.
Those issues need addressing first.
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
[TW Unpopular Opinion]
I'm not sure that making certain training modules "mandatory" is necessarily the right thing to do.
Often the problem is a lack of basic *core* training because of entrenched views and stigma, and a lack of any basic services.
Those issues need addressing first.
I'm not sure that making certain training modules "mandatory" is necessarily the right thing to do.
Often the problem is a lack of basic *core* training because of entrenched views and stigma, and a lack of any basic services.
Those issues need addressing first.
The first of the papers mentioned in this article has one of the most astonishing figures I've ever seen wrt ME.
www.mdpi.com/ijms/ijms-24...
www.mdpi.com/ijms/ijms-24...
February 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
The first of the papers mentioned in this article has one of the most astonishing figures I've ever seen wrt ME.
www.mdpi.com/ijms/ijms-24...
www.mdpi.com/ijms/ijms-24...
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More evidence that exercise should be approached with extreme caution in people with #MECFS , as well as those with #longcovid or other chronic illnesses who experience post-exertional malaise: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Multiple Abnormal Responses to Exertion Seen in ME/CFS
Findings underscore the risk for graded exercise in people with post-exertional malaise and point to careful activity pacing as a safer approach.
www.medscape.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM
More evidence that exercise should be approached with extreme caution in people with #MECFS , as well as those with #longcovid or other chronic illnesses who experience post-exertional malaise: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Literally waiting for this re: #MECFS ... had spoken to folks at Moderna about a trial for #MECFS .
Love living in this anti-science country.
Love living in this anti-science country.
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
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Does anyone on here know anyone (friend, partner, relative) who gets regular emails from RCGP who might be able to help me with this?
Please??????
Even if the result draws a blank?
Please??????
Even if the result draws a blank?
wrt this action statement in the #MEDeliveryPlan, are there any UK GPs on here who can confirm whether the RCGP has indeed been sharing and promoting the NHSE e-learning modules on ME/CFS?
Thanks!
Thanks!
3/n
The UK Government stated that "The Royal College of General Practitioners, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists agreed to share and promote NHS England’s e-learning modules," and that they were working with the Royal College of Nursing.
The UK Government stated that "The Royal College of General Practitioners, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists agreed to share and promote NHS England’s e-learning modules," and that they were working with the Royal College of Nursing.
February 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Does anyone on here know anyone (friend, partner, relative) who gets regular emails from RCGP who might be able to help me with this?
Please??????
Even if the result draws a blank?
Please??????
Even if the result draws a blank?
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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Reliability of LLMs as medical assistants for the general public: a randomized preregistered study added to the hub. www.pslhub.org/learn/commis... #AI #patientsafety
Reliability of LLMs as medical assistants for the general public: a randomized preregistered study (9 February 2026)
Using artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to help seek medical advice can be "dangerous", a new study has found.
www.pslhub.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Reliability of LLMs as medical assistants for the general public: a randomized preregistered study added to the hub. www.pslhub.org/learn/commis... #AI #patientsafety
Does anyone on here know anyone (friend, partner, relative) who gets regular emails from RCGP who might be able to help me with this?
Please??????
Even if the result draws a blank?
Please??????
Even if the result draws a blank?
wrt this action statement in the #MEDeliveryPlan, are there any UK GPs on here who can confirm whether the RCGP has indeed been sharing and promoting the NHSE e-learning modules on ME/CFS?
Thanks!
Thanks!
3/n
The UK Government stated that "The Royal College of General Practitioners, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists agreed to share and promote NHS England’s e-learning modules," and that they were working with the Royal College of Nursing.
The UK Government stated that "The Royal College of General Practitioners, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists agreed to share and promote NHS England’s e-learning modules," and that they were working with the Royal College of Nursing.
February 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Does anyone on here know anyone (friend, partner, relative) who gets regular emails from RCGP who might be able to help me with this?
Please??????
Even if the result draws a blank?
Please??????
Even if the result draws a blank?
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A female Hooded Merganser communicating a message to a male Hooded Merganser. I think she wanted to go for a walk, because soon after this they were strolling along the icy shoreline together.
February 11, 2026 at 10:17 PM
A female Hooded Merganser communicating a message to a male Hooded Merganser. I think she wanted to go for a walk, because soon after this they were strolling along the icy shoreline together.
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Major earthquakes don’t run to timetable ⏰
BAS' Dr Zakaria Ghazoui-Schaus has overturned a common assumption about earthquake prediction: that major earthquakes follow predictable cycles, and that regions can be ‘overdue’ for the next big one.
This has big consequences for disaster planning ⬇️
BAS' Dr Zakaria Ghazoui-Schaus has overturned a common assumption about earthquake prediction: that major earthquakes follow predictable cycles, and that regions can be ‘overdue’ for the next big one.
This has big consequences for disaster planning ⬇️
February 11, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Major earthquakes don’t run to timetable ⏰
BAS' Dr Zakaria Ghazoui-Schaus has overturned a common assumption about earthquake prediction: that major earthquakes follow predictable cycles, and that regions can be ‘overdue’ for the next big one.
This has big consequences for disaster planning ⬇️
BAS' Dr Zakaria Ghazoui-Schaus has overturned a common assumption about earthquake prediction: that major earthquakes follow predictable cycles, and that regions can be ‘overdue’ for the next big one.
This has big consequences for disaster planning ⬇️
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I love Ilia and he’s the one of the greatest figure skaters of our lifetime, but let’s not pretend he isn’t insulated by white male privilege when people talk about his backflip. I’m old enough to remember watching Surya Bonaly, a Black woman, do hers and being publicly DRAGGED for it.
It’s Completely Insane, Worth No Points and Has the Olympics Flipping Out
The most spectacular backflip at this Winter Olympics is happening on ice, not snow. And it’s the highlight of American figure skater Ilia Malinin’s program.
www.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I love Ilia and he’s the one of the greatest figure skaters of our lifetime, but let’s not pretend he isn’t insulated by white male privilege when people talk about his backflip. I’m old enough to remember watching Surya Bonaly, a Black woman, do hers and being publicly DRAGGED for it.
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the people who spread the “female brains are bad at math and spatial reasoning” lies should be tried at the Hague
Another fun wrinkle from that period (that might still exist): I was good at math and loved it and then my geometry teacher told me that I'd probably struggle because female brains were bad at spatial thinking. I kept loving math & being good at it but assumed that would end so I ended it first.
Those who weren’t resigned to the Math Idiot Garbage Bin as kids may not grasp how much “if you’re bad at math, you’ll die in a ditch and all will be better off for it” sentiment was floating around in the 90s and 2000s, but it sure felt real to me.
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
the people who spread the “female brains are bad at math and spatial reasoning” lies should be tried at the Hague