The Skylark
@theskylark.bsky.social
Feed for Long Covid new arrivals on BlueSky. Reposts from trusted LC advocacy and supportive accounts who've migrated from other social media.
Named in honour of surreal British 1970s cartoon Noah And Nelly. "All aboard the Skylark!"
Named in honour of surreal British 1970s cartoon Noah And Nelly. "All aboard the Skylark!"
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Next week marks a year since many abandoned the Twitter ship for good and took our chances with Bluesky. It wasn't an easy thing to do for the LC and CC communities, and some chose not to do it.
How has everyone's experience been since then? What more could be done to reconnect? What's missing?
How has everyone's experience been since then? What more could be done to reconnect? What's missing?
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If they have a green card does that not make them a documented immigrant?
This dehumanizing language is clearly designed to further rile up the base and stoke fear of marginalized individuals.
They’re feeding the racist bigots and it won’t end well.
This dehumanizing language is clearly designed to further rile up the base and stoke fear of marginalized individuals.
They’re feeding the racist bigots and it won’t end well.
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If they have a green card does that not make them a documented immigrant?
This dehumanizing language is clearly designed to further rile up the base and stoke fear of marginalized individuals.
They’re feeding the racist bigots and it won’t end well.
This dehumanizing language is clearly designed to further rile up the base and stoke fear of marginalized individuals.
They’re feeding the racist bigots and it won’t end well.
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Follow Rutger, get the censored lines direct.
The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Follow Rutger, get the censored lines direct.
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If you only watch one Thanksgiving themed show, make it WKRP in Cincinnati.
The turkey “flying” incident is one of the most hilarious moments on any sitcom ever.
Decades later and I still laugh out loud.
The turkey “flying” incident is one of the most hilarious moments on any sitcom ever.
Decades later and I still laugh out loud.
As part of our family tradition, we're watching a classic Thanksgiving TV show.
two men standing next to each other with the words as god as my witness
Alt: From WKRP in Cincinnati, Arthur Carlson (disheveled with turkey feathers) is standing in front of Herb and emphatically saying "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If you only watch one Thanksgiving themed show, make it WKRP in Cincinnati.
The turkey “flying” incident is one of the most hilarious moments on any sitcom ever.
Decades later and I still laugh out loud.
The turkey “flying” incident is one of the most hilarious moments on any sitcom ever.
Decades later and I still laugh out loud.
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A former French civil servant named Christian Nègre has been indicted on charges of sexual assault and drugging.
He was slipping a diueretic into women’s drinks when they came to him for job interviews.
He then took them far away from toilets.
It’s been six years & the case hasn’t gone to trial:
He was slipping a diueretic into women’s drinks when they came to him for job interviews.
He then took them far away from toilets.
It’s been six years & the case hasn’t gone to trial:
French Civil Servant Allegedly Drugged 200 Women During Job Interviews
The man formerly worked as the deputy director of human resources for the French cultural ministry.
people.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A former French civil servant named Christian Nègre has been indicted on charges of sexual assault and drugging.
He was slipping a diueretic into women’s drinks when they came to him for job interviews.
He then took them far away from toilets.
It’s been six years & the case hasn’t gone to trial:
He was slipping a diueretic into women’s drinks when they came to him for job interviews.
He then took them far away from toilets.
It’s been six years & the case hasn’t gone to trial:
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Queen!
I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”
One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Queen!
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Geez, that’s embarrassing
Even the the damn twitter card for this Nature Scientific Reports is clearly AI Slop.
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Geez, that’s embarrassing
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This man hunted down children and convinced them to take explicit photos for him.
He made them commit acts of self harm including carving his name in their bodies.
They were 12-17 and at least 100 have been found
Pervert? No.
Child torturer and serial abuser.
Stop sanitizing the language
He made them commit acts of self harm including carving his name in their bodies.
They were 12-17 and at least 100 have been found
Pervert? No.
Child torturer and serial abuser.
Stop sanitizing the language
Pervert who blackmailed young girls for indecent images jailed
Depraved Bradley Talbot moderated a "com" group with over 6,000 members targeting schoolchildren in the UK and beyond.
www.express.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This man hunted down children and convinced them to take explicit photos for him.
He made them commit acts of self harm including carving his name in their bodies.
They were 12-17 and at least 100 have been found
Pervert? No.
Child torturer and serial abuser.
Stop sanitizing the language
He made them commit acts of self harm including carving his name in their bodies.
They were 12-17 and at least 100 have been found
Pervert? No.
Child torturer and serial abuser.
Stop sanitizing the language
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In case you needed one more reason not to use AI …
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-har...
The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
www.pcgamer.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In case you needed one more reason not to use AI …
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
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The time in my life when I've been most proud of being British was when I served on a jury.
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The time in my life when I've been most proud of being British was when I served on a jury.
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The Grenfell flats catastrophe in the UK was a stark warning....
Humans are poor learners when developers can cut corners.
Humans are poor learners when developers can cut corners.
🏗️ Ireland’s fire safety standards for apartments
we need to talk about de-regulation & safety of future apartment residents
(🧵 below was originally posted on 29 Feb 2020 )
we need to talk about de-regulation & safety of future apartment residents
(🧵 below was originally posted on 29 Feb 2020 )
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Grenfell flats catastrophe in the UK was a stark warning....
Humans are poor learners when developers can cut corners.
Humans are poor learners when developers can cut corners.
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Remember that having a supportive family and friends is a privilege not everyone has & telling folks to just cutting off online connections drives loneliness
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Remember that having a supportive family and friends is a privilege not everyone has & telling folks to just cutting off online connections drives loneliness
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Given how isolated many Covid aware people are right now, my patience is thin for folks with built-in offline support systems trying to police how others use online spaces.
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Given how isolated many Covid aware people are right now, my patience is thin for folks with built-in offline support systems trying to police how others use online spaces.
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You've got to have some gall to call Covid conscious folks rigid when you haven't masked in public in years, cling to 2019 & refuse to evolve your daily habits to fit the science 🧬
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
You've got to have some gall to call Covid conscious folks rigid when you haven't masked in public in years, cling to 2019 & refuse to evolve your daily habits to fit the science 🧬
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Another day, another study that suggests this virus is not good for our kids to keep catching
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Another day, another study that suggests this virus is not good for our kids to keep catching
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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📢 #OverlappingIllness Alliance parliamentary drop-in update
Over 50 MPs, Peers, and their colleagues attended the Overlapping Illness Alliance's drop-in event in Parliament yesterday!
The event raised much need awareness and understanding of the impact of
Over 50 MPs, Peers, and their colleagues attended the Overlapping Illness Alliance's drop-in event in Parliament yesterday!
The event raised much need awareness and understanding of the impact of
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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I’m not reposting this to encourage a pile on. I just think this is an excellent example of Bluesky not being an echo chamber.
The reality is a mixed picture. Some studies showed children were much less stressed for example.
Personally, my child does better in F2F classes…
The reality is a mixed picture. Some studies showed children were much less stressed for example.
Personally, my child does better in F2F classes…
i like how the one example we have of mass scale homeschooling was the pandemic and it was a complete disaster that burnt out every parent on earth and resulted in half a generation being socially and intellectually stunted forever
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Another mask story.
A family boarded the flight, and as soon as they saw my mask they pulled their masks out and put them on.
Now mine was a respie of course… and they were using whatever they had, upon which I’m gonna chose not to pass judgement…
A family boarded the flight, and as soon as they saw my mask they pulled their masks out and put them on.
Now mine was a respie of course… and they were using whatever they had, upon which I’m gonna chose not to pass judgement…
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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By the way… that trip was the first time I’ve been away from the kids for longer than overnight (for night shifts) in 14 years!
It was a very interesting experience.
It was a very interesting experience.
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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I nearly missed my flight back, but on the upside, the next person that took my job was so lovely… I can’t really complain.
He got a big tip…
He got a big tip…
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Visiting fellowship in ethics of AI at U of Oxford. #philsci
www.oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel...
www.oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel...
Visiting Fellowship Policy | Ethics in AI
www.oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Visiting fellowship in ethics of AI at U of Oxford. #philsci
www.oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel...
www.oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel...