Martin Grimshaw Has Long Covid
@thrivingplanet.bsky.social
Was: Facilitation & organisational culture nerd for do-gooders; climate & sustainability. Healthy, athletic; MTB, ski, mountaineering, outdoors. Everything on pause: Long Covid is brutal.
A lot funnier IRL
Lancaster, North West England (Plague Island). ⓥ
A lot funnier IRL
Lancaster, North West England (Plague Island). ⓥ
Pinned
COVID-19: A NEW DISEASE PARADIGM
What if SARS-CoV-2 continues to infect us even after the initial symptoms fade?
johnsnowproject.org
In Sep '23 this John Snow Project* article drew together the science on Covid viral persistence, advancing a hypothesis with implications so great most prefer to pretend it's not happening*.
🚨 There is only Long Covid & asymptomatic #LongCovid 🚨
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johnsnowproject.org/insights/a-n...
🚨 There is only Long Covid & asymptomatic #LongCovid 🚨
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johnsnowproject.org/insights/a-n...
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An Elephant Hawk-moth from a few years back. Going through old, unused shots that didn't make the cut at the time is currently the only way to get my moth-fix. #teammoth
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
An Elephant Hawk-moth from a few years back. Going through old, unused shots that didn't make the cut at the time is currently the only way to get my moth-fix. #teammoth
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November’s #RewildingWins have landed 🦅
Share these positive news stories and follow us for your monthly dose of #RewildingHope.
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Share these positive news stories and follow us for your monthly dose of #RewildingHope.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
November’s #RewildingWins have landed 🦅
Share these positive news stories and follow us for your monthly dose of #RewildingHope.
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Share these positive news stories and follow us for your monthly dose of #RewildingHope.
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One of Zack Polanski’s under-appreciated political talents is an ability to switch instantly from upbeat, slightly silly fun to utter, heartfelt sincerity. I saw him do it in his conference speech and he does it in this slightly absurd film. It’s curiously moving.
Hope is here.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
One of Zack Polanski’s under-appreciated political talents is an ability to switch instantly from upbeat, slightly silly fun to utter, heartfelt sincerity. I saw him do it in his conference speech and he does it in this slightly absurd film. It’s curiously moving.
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Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it.
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder hit our £100,000 target. We're doubling our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it.
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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Excellent responses from Zack Polanski about investing in climate adaptation and insulating homes.
Also an honest response to Reeves' absurd (and rattled) comment about him in her budget speech.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Also an honest response to Reeves' absurd (and rattled) comment about him in her budget speech.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Excellent responses from Zack Polanski about investing in climate adaptation and insulating homes.
Also an honest response to Reeves' absurd (and rattled) comment about him in her budget speech.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Also an honest response to Reeves' absurd (and rattled) comment about him in her budget speech.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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We launched our Crowdfunder an hour ago - and we've already sailed past £10,000.
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Raise £100,000 to turn our incredible momentum into election wins. Will you help us beat reform in May?
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We launched our Crowdfunder an hour ago - and we've already sailed past £10,000.
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Extraordinary.
Hope is here.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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This is *exactly* the right level of cringe for cut through. Can you imagine any other party leader pulling this off?
Hope is here.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This is *exactly* the right level of cringe for cut through. Can you imagine any other party leader pulling this off?
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Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
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I’m all in. I’ll be joining today and donating. Sick of negative hate filled politics. A breath of fresh air @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Thank you for the hope.
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I’m all in. I’ll be joining today and donating. Sick of negative hate filled politics. A breath of fresh air @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Thank you for the hope.
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My hotel in Hong Kong, where people understand airborne transmission of respiratory viruses, has HEPA filters everywhere
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My hotel in Hong Kong, where people understand airborne transmission of respiratory viruses, has HEPA filters everywhere
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Researchers suggest co-infections may shape long COVID.
Viral, bacterial or fungal infections before, during or after SARS-CoV-2 could worsen symptoms by disrupting immune balance, prolonging inflammation or reactivating latent viruses.
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Viral, bacterial or fungal infections before, during or after SARS-CoV-2 could worsen symptoms by disrupting immune balance, prolonging inflammation or reactivating latent viruses.
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
The role of co-infection in the pathogenesis of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection and development of post-acute sequelae: A perspective
Unraveling mechanisms underlying post-acute SARS-CoV-2 sequelae (long COVID) and finding therapeutic solutions require a full understanding of the causative role of SARS-CoV-2 persistence and/or infec...
elifesciences.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Researchers suggest co-infections may shape long COVID.
Viral, bacterial or fungal infections before, during or after SARS-CoV-2 could worsen symptoms by disrupting immune balance, prolonging inflammation or reactivating latent viruses.
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Viral, bacterial or fungal infections before, during or after SARS-CoV-2 could worsen symptoms by disrupting immune balance, prolonging inflammation or reactivating latent viruses.
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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🔴230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🔴230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
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I've just rejoined the @greenparty.org.uk
I used to be heavily active and involved a long time ago, but life led me elsewhere and my membership lapsed.
The Green Party manifesto is by far the most sane, human and honest of any political party.
And that's been true a very long time.
I used to be heavily active and involved a long time ago, but life led me elsewhere and my membership lapsed.
The Green Party manifesto is by far the most sane, human and honest of any political party.
And that's been true a very long time.
Alongside many campaigners, the Green Party have absolutely dragged the Labour Government to finally end the child cap.
Labour politicians disgracefully defended it for far too long.
This shows why the Green Party membership rising and rising matters.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Labour politicians disgracefully defended it for far too long.
This shows why the Green Party membership rising and rising matters.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I've just rejoined the @greenparty.org.uk
I used to be heavily active and involved a long time ago, but life led me elsewhere and my membership lapsed.
The Green Party manifesto is by far the most sane, human and honest of any political party.
And that's been true a very long time.
I used to be heavily active and involved a long time ago, but life led me elsewhere and my membership lapsed.
The Green Party manifesto is by far the most sane, human and honest of any political party.
And that's been true a very long time.
I've just rejoined the @greenparty.org.uk
I used to be heavily active and involved a long time ago, but life led me elsewhere and my membership lapsed.
The Green Party manifesto is by far the most sane, human and honest of any political party.
And that's been true a very long time.
I used to be heavily active and involved a long time ago, but life led me elsewhere and my membership lapsed.
The Green Party manifesto is by far the most sane, human and honest of any political party.
And that's been true a very long time.
Alongside many campaigners, the Green Party have absolutely dragged the Labour Government to finally end the child cap.
Labour politicians disgracefully defended it for far too long.
This shows why the Green Party membership rising and rising matters.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Labour politicians disgracefully defended it for far too long.
This shows why the Green Party membership rising and rising matters.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I've just rejoined the @greenparty.org.uk
I used to be heavily active and involved a long time ago, but life led me elsewhere and my membership lapsed.
The Green Party manifesto is by far the most sane, human and honest of any political party.
And that's been true a very long time.
I used to be heavily active and involved a long time ago, but life led me elsewhere and my membership lapsed.
The Green Party manifesto is by far the most sane, human and honest of any political party.
And that's been true a very long time.
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#Budget2025
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#Budget2025
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
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#Budget2025
The cost of #CorporateWelfare to the UK is somewhere between £85 billion and £180 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Point your anger elsewhere (please)
The cost of #CorporateWelfare to the UK is somewhere between £85 billion and £180 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Point your anger elsewhere (please)
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#Budget2025
The cost of #CorporateWelfare to the UK is somewhere between £85 billion and £180 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Point your anger elsewhere (please)
The cost of #CorporateWelfare to the UK is somewhere between £85 billion and £180 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Point your anger elsewhere (please)
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Thank you, Jen Craft MP, for raising the Covid Inquiry report at PMQs.
Boris Johnson's negligence resulted in thousands of avoidable deaths.
That is why we are calling for his access to the £ 115k-a-year ex-PM allowance to end.
Sign our Petition: c.org/7NCWHGntgg
Boris Johnson's negligence resulted in thousands of avoidable deaths.
That is why we are calling for his access to the £ 115k-a-year ex-PM allowance to end.
Sign our Petition: c.org/7NCWHGntgg
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Thank you, Jen Craft MP, for raising the Covid Inquiry report at PMQs.
Boris Johnson's negligence resulted in thousands of avoidable deaths.
That is why we are calling for his access to the £ 115k-a-year ex-PM allowance to end.
Sign our Petition: c.org/7NCWHGntgg
Boris Johnson's negligence resulted in thousands of avoidable deaths.
That is why we are calling for his access to the £ 115k-a-year ex-PM allowance to end.
Sign our Petition: c.org/7NCWHGntgg
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To put that these Motability cuts into perspective...
It will save around £300 million.
Latest figures show the DWP has spent over £400 million fighting people on PIP appeals.
Scrap policies that punish Disabled people & stop pretending it's about economic efficiency! #Budget
It will save around £300 million.
Latest figures show the DWP has spent over £400 million fighting people on PIP appeals.
Scrap policies that punish Disabled people & stop pretending it's about economic efficiency! #Budget
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
To put that these Motability cuts into perspective...
It will save around £300 million.
Latest figures show the DWP has spent over £400 million fighting people on PIP appeals.
Scrap policies that punish Disabled people & stop pretending it's about economic efficiency! #Budget
It will save around £300 million.
Latest figures show the DWP has spent over £400 million fighting people on PIP appeals.
Scrap policies that punish Disabled people & stop pretending it's about economic efficiency! #Budget
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Heterotrichia ferruginea. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Heterotrichia ferruginea. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
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🧵1️⃣ It’s UK Budget Day - so here’s a budget #RachelReeves hasn’t announced: a proper Long Covid Budget. We've estimated the real economic burden of Long Covid at £12-15 BILLION A YEAR.
At a £ a minute that puts us back in 26,500 BC - the Late Upper Paleolithic 😳
#Budget2026
At a £ a minute that puts us back in 26,500 BC - the Late Upper Paleolithic 😳
#Budget2026
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🧵1️⃣ It’s UK Budget Day - so here’s a budget #RachelReeves hasn’t announced: a proper Long Covid Budget. We've estimated the real economic burden of Long Covid at £12-15 BILLION A YEAR.
At a £ a minute that puts us back in 26,500 BC - the Late Upper Paleolithic 😳
#Budget2026
At a £ a minute that puts us back in 26,500 BC - the Late Upper Paleolithic 😳
#Budget2026
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This morning, @mrjamesob.bsky.social is asking where Rachel Reeves should spend a bit more money, if she can.
Answer?
It should be HEPA air filtration in AT LEAST schools and hospitals.
Healthier people = better attendance = better productivity = better NHS.
It's a no brainer & net positive.
Answer?
It should be HEPA air filtration in AT LEAST schools and hospitals.
Healthier people = better attendance = better productivity = better NHS.
It's a no brainer & net positive.
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This morning, @mrjamesob.bsky.social is asking where Rachel Reeves should spend a bit more money, if she can.
Answer?
It should be HEPA air filtration in AT LEAST schools and hospitals.
Healthier people = better attendance = better productivity = better NHS.
It's a no brainer & net positive.
Answer?
It should be HEPA air filtration in AT LEAST schools and hospitals.
Healthier people = better attendance = better productivity = better NHS.
It's a no brainer & net positive.
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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I'm re-posting this in the light of #COP30.
American, but The Whitehouse Effect should be compulsory viewing for everyone, to understand how we got here, and to remember a time when everyone wanted climate action and it was non-partisan.
I remember hope.
#ClimateChange
bsky.app/profile/thri...
American, but The Whitehouse Effect should be compulsory viewing for everyone, to understand how we got here, and to remember a time when everyone wanted climate action and it was non-partisan.
I remember hope.
#ClimateChange
bsky.app/profile/thri...
Essential (but depressing) new documentary @netflix.com
The White House Effect
The story is bigger than America, but this traces the catastrophic shift from political consensus under Republican Bush 1 on Climate Change to state capture by Big Oil
#ClimateEmergency
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNOx...
The White House Effect
The story is bigger than America, but this traces the catastrophic shift from political consensus under Republican Bush 1 on Climate Change to state capture by Big Oil
#ClimateEmergency
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNOx...
The White House Effect Trailer
YouTube video by Actual Films Docs
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I'm re-posting this in the light of #COP30.
American, but The Whitehouse Effect should be compulsory viewing for everyone, to understand how we got here, and to remember a time when everyone wanted climate action and it was non-partisan.
I remember hope.
#ClimateChange
bsky.app/profile/thri...
American, but The Whitehouse Effect should be compulsory viewing for everyone, to understand how we got here, and to remember a time when everyone wanted climate action and it was non-partisan.
I remember hope.
#ClimateChange
bsky.app/profile/thri...
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We need Govts to recognize the plausible threat of AMOC collapse this century requires deep and rapid cuts in GHG emissions. This isn't something mitigation or adaptation at present rates globally is going to fend off.
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We need Govts to recognize the plausible threat of AMOC collapse this century requires deep and rapid cuts in GHG emissions. This isn't something mitigation or adaptation at present rates globally is going to fend off.