Margaret Gear (Yasp)
@yaspshetland.bsky.social
Retired physiotherapist. Following the evidence on Covid, especially longer term sequelae and prevention of transmission.
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’
“a group of politically-appointed directors has forced the hand of Samir Shah,the chair, and the departure of the two most senior people in the organisation. Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference..”1/
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
‘Because if more than 400 women can come forward — with consistent, credible evidence — and the law still cannot name what was done to them, then the question is no longer whether there was trafficking.
It is whether Britain still believes in justice at all.’
One law for the rich….
It is whether Britain still believes in justice at all.’
One law for the rich….
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means | "Isabella"
When power is untouchable: the legal abyss facing Harrods survivors
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
‘Because if more than 400 women can come forward — with consistent, credible evidence — and the law still cannot name what was done to them, then the question is no longer whether there was trafficking.
It is whether Britain still believes in justice at all.’
One law for the rich….
It is whether Britain still believes in justice at all.’
One law for the rich….
Excellent thread. (Explainer: For those not in the UK, our Covid vaccine offer is now extremely limited).
I've never really understood the logic of "targeted vaccination".
Of course, money is a huge issue and we seek to get the most out of every £ spent.
Of course COVID and flu waves would be far worse without it.
But, what doesn't sit well for me is the following...
Of course, money is a huge issue and we seek to get the most out of every £ spent.
Of course COVID and flu waves would be far worse without it.
But, what doesn't sit well for me is the following...
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Excellent thread. (Explainer: For those not in the UK, our Covid vaccine offer is now extremely limited).
Great news for Australians, who can look forward to all the advantages healthier indoor air.
Why are we not doing this In the UK?
Why are we not doing this In the UK?
🇦🇺 Academy of Science
#IndoorAir #IAQ
The science of indoor air
& Pathways to improve
Indoor Air Quality
In Australia
November 2025 Report
www.science.org.au/supporting-s...
#IndoorAir #IAQ
The science of indoor air
& Pathways to improve
Indoor Air Quality
In Australia
November 2025 Report
www.science.org.au/supporting-s...
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Great news for Australians, who can look forward to all the advantages healthier indoor air.
Why are we not doing this In the UK?
Why are we not doing this In the UK?
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Very interesting.
You won’t be surprised to hear that, for instance Rupert Lowe’s tweets “make up 24% of the posts our users were sent from the 33 accounts we compared. But his posts only make up 6% of their total posts.”
He thinks it’s because he’s so engaging 🤪 but this experiment says NO
You won’t be surprised to hear that, for instance Rupert Lowe’s tweets “make up 24% of the posts our users were sent from the 33 accounts we compared. But his posts only make up 6% of their total posts.”
He thinks it’s because he’s so engaging 🤪 but this experiment says NO
🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Very interesting.
You won’t be surprised to hear that, for instance Rupert Lowe’s tweets “make up 24% of the posts our users were sent from the 33 accounts we compared. But his posts only make up 6% of their total posts.”
He thinks it’s because he’s so engaging 🤪 but this experiment says NO
You won’t be surprised to hear that, for instance Rupert Lowe’s tweets “make up 24% of the posts our users were sent from the 33 accounts we compared. But his posts only make up 6% of their total posts.”
He thinks it’s because he’s so engaging 🤪 but this experiment says NO
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That Covid infection in non-immune people is linked to enhanced risk of cardiovascular disease is known. Whilst reports have shown risks linked to other respiratory infections, A new systematic review adds weight to this showing a range of respiratory infections are risks 🧪🧵#HealthPolicy
Some common viruses may steeply raise risk of cardiovascular disease
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
That Covid infection in non-immune people is linked to enhanced risk of cardiovascular disease is known. Whilst reports have shown risks linked to other respiratory infections, A new systematic review adds weight to this showing a range of respiratory infections are risks 🧪🧵#HealthPolicy
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🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
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Congratulations to Lidia Morawska, the Aussie scientist who alerted the world to the airborne nature of COVID-19. Winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. I’ve learnt so much from being a (very minor) part of Lidia’s team. Brilliant, incisive, generous.
www.industry.gov.au/publications...
www.industry.gov.au/publications...
www.industry.gov.au
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Congratulations to Lidia Morawska, the Aussie scientist who alerted the world to the airborne nature of COVID-19. Winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. I’ve learnt so much from being a (very minor) part of Lidia’s team. Brilliant, incisive, generous.
www.industry.gov.au/publications...
www.industry.gov.au/publications...
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Catching An Infection While You’re Waiting For Treatment For Another Health Problem Probably Good For You, Say Hospitals
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Catching An Infection While You’re Waiting For Treatment For Another Health Problem Probably Good For You, Say Hospitals
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I try to be professional on this platform but there are times, like now, when it hits me hard on a visceral level that we are in the midst of a catastrophic global public health crisis and it seems, as a species, we've somehow decided that ignoring it is the best plan we've got.
October 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I try to be professional on this platform but there are times, like now, when it hits me hard on a visceral level that we are in the midst of a catastrophic global public health crisis and it seems, as a species, we've somehow decided that ignoring it is the best plan we've got.
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UPDATE: Family demands UK acts as British journalist Sami Hamdi "suffers health emergency" in US ICE detention
Hamdi was arrested by ICE a week ago over his Gaza activism, his family says.
"We [are] deeply concerned that his continued detention is damaging his health."
(Photo: Soumaya Hamdi)
Hamdi was arrested by ICE a week ago over his Gaza activism, his family says.
"We [are] deeply concerned that his continued detention is damaging his health."
(Photo: Soumaya Hamdi)
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
UPDATE: Family demands UK acts as British journalist Sami Hamdi "suffers health emergency" in US ICE detention
Hamdi was arrested by ICE a week ago over his Gaza activism, his family says.
"We [are] deeply concerned that his continued detention is damaging his health."
(Photo: Soumaya Hamdi)
Hamdi was arrested by ICE a week ago over his Gaza activism, his family says.
"We [are] deeply concerned that his continued detention is damaging his health."
(Photo: Soumaya Hamdi)
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"Being Anti-Trump is probably illegal"
3 minutes on things that have happened in America over the weekend, concentrating on violating Democratic norms.
youtu.be/40OBi4acYYI
3 minutes on things that have happened in America over the weekend, concentrating on violating Democratic norms.
youtu.be/40OBi4acYYI
2 November: 'being Anti-Trump is probably illegal'
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"Being Anti-Trump is probably illegal"
3 minutes on things that have happened in America over the weekend, concentrating on violating Democratic norms.
youtu.be/40OBi4acYYI
3 minutes on things that have happened in America over the weekend, concentrating on violating Democratic norms.
youtu.be/40OBi4acYYI
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Here is the section where I explain why I think protecting the independence of scientific and evidence generating public bodies (like ONS, the Met Office, Environment Agency, Food Standards Agency etc) is crucial for supporting democracy.
October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Here is the section where I explain why I think protecting the independence of scientific and evidence generating public bodies (like ONS, the Met Office, Environment Agency, Food Standards Agency etc) is crucial for supporting democracy.
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Me discussing how Trump is weaponising his Justice Dept to attack his enemies
"Justice is meant to be about "here's a crime, let's find out who did it and prosecute them", but instead Trump is saying "here's the person I want to prosecute, find me the crime".
"Justice is meant to be about "here's a crime, let's find out who did it and prosecute them", but instead Trump is saying "here's the person I want to prosecute, find me the crime".
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Me discussing how Trump is weaponising his Justice Dept to attack his enemies
"Justice is meant to be about "here's a crime, let's find out who did it and prosecute them", but instead Trump is saying "here's the person I want to prosecute, find me the crime".
"Justice is meant to be about "here's a crime, let's find out who did it and prosecute them", but instead Trump is saying "here's the person I want to prosecute, find me the crime".
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Delighted to be on the new global Commission for healthy indoor air. Taking action on this alone would greatly improve public health, reduce NHS pressures, labour market inactivity, work/ school sickness absence & disability benefit cost. So why don't they? healthandcare.scot/stories/4307...
Scotland at the table with UN healthy air commission
During Climate Week this year, attendees to the United Nations Assembly in New York announced a new Global Commission to drive action on healthy indoor air.
Among the global commissioners is Scotland’...
healthandcare.scot
October 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Delighted to be on the new global Commission for healthy indoor air. Taking action on this alone would greatly improve public health, reduce NHS pressures, labour market inactivity, work/ school sickness absence & disability benefit cost. So why don't they? healthandcare.scot/stories/4307...
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The evidence is overwhelming. Surgical masks were not designed to protect against respiratory infection & are vastly inferior to respirators. For the WHO's advice not to reflect this is indefensible & dangerous. Please sign & share - open to scientists, doctors, patient advocate organisations, etc.
Doctors & scientists urge WHO: N95s—not surgical masks—must be the standard in healthcare.
Add your name before Oct 31 👇
tinyurl.com/RespiratorsN...
#RespiratorsNotSurgicals #ProtectHCWs
Add your name before Oct 31 👇
tinyurl.com/RespiratorsN...
#RespiratorsNotSurgicals #ProtectHCWs
A Call for the Universal Use of Respirators in Healthcare - Add Your Name
In an effort to advance global public health through turbulent times, a group of experts from around the globe in medicine, public health, law, industrial hygiene, and other disciplines, met at the Un...
tinyurl.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The evidence is overwhelming. Surgical masks were not designed to protect against respiratory infection & are vastly inferior to respirators. For the WHO's advice not to reflect this is indefensible & dangerous. Please sign & share - open to scientists, doctors, patient advocate organisations, etc.
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Paracetamol (Tylenol) is one of the most effective and safe painkillers ever discovered. Keep within the recommended dose. Take it in pregnancy if you need to. It has been shown in MANY studies not to cause autism. 🧪
Had toothache today. Took paracetamol. Pain disappeared. I did not become autistic.
October 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Paracetamol (Tylenol) is one of the most effective and safe painkillers ever discovered. Keep within the recommended dose. Take it in pregnancy if you need to. It has been shown in MANY studies not to cause autism. 🧪
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NEW: The cleavage shot no UK tabloid will print.
If you want to understand how truly ignorant and absent the British media is on Russian interference, read on.
A Kremlin spy scandal, a trove of bikini shots....and still nothing but tumbleweed.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
If you want to understand how truly ignorant and absent the British media is on Russian interference, read on.
A Kremlin spy scandal, a trove of bikini shots....and still nothing but tumbleweed.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The cleavage shot no UK tabloid will print
Want to understand how deeply weird the British press is on the subject of Russian interference? I have a bikini shot to show you...
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
NEW: The cleavage shot no UK tabloid will print.
If you want to understand how truly ignorant and absent the British media is on Russian interference, read on.
A Kremlin spy scandal, a trove of bikini shots....and still nothing but tumbleweed.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
If you want to understand how truly ignorant and absent the British media is on Russian interference, read on.
A Kremlin spy scandal, a trove of bikini shots....and still nothing but tumbleweed.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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The Trump Action Tracker has an update!
Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
1/2
Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
1/2
October 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The Trump Action Tracker has an update!
Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
1/2
Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
1/2
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Healthy indoor air is a proven prescription for public health that can help fortify our buildings and enhance people’s health, protecting against respiratory diseases and illnesses, cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline.
resources.wellcertified.com/press-releas...
resources.wellcertified.com/press-releas...
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Healthy indoor air is a proven prescription for public health that can help fortify our buildings and enhance people’s health, protecting against respiratory diseases and illnesses, cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline.
resources.wellcertified.com/press-releas...
resources.wellcertified.com/press-releas...
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Could a “smoke alarm” for airborne contaminants monitor and improve the quality of the air indoors? (Where Americans spend 90 percent of their time!)
An interdisciplinary research team led by @linseymarr.bsky.social will create such a system that could cut respiratory illnesses by 25 percent. 👏
An interdisciplinary research team led by @linseymarr.bsky.social will create such a system that could cut respiratory illnesses by 25 percent. 👏
Up to $40 million in federal funding fuels research to revolutionize clean indoor air
With the contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, an interdisciplinary research team led by Virginia Tech and Linsey Marr will create a “smoke alarm” for airborne contaminants t...
news.vt.edu
October 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Could a “smoke alarm” for airborne contaminants monitor and improve the quality of the air indoors? (Where Americans spend 90 percent of their time!)
An interdisciplinary research team led by @linseymarr.bsky.social will create such a system that could cut respiratory illnesses by 25 percent. 👏
An interdisciplinary research team led by @linseymarr.bsky.social will create such a system that could cut respiratory illnesses by 25 percent. 👏
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Why are the media focusing on *Nigel Farage’s* reaction to Hadush Kebatu’s mistaken release (which I agree is astonishing) instead of raising concerns about the impact this will have on race relations, and the vulnerability of any person of colour who resembles Kebatu? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Police hunt Epping migrant sex offender released in error
Hadush Kebatu, whose arrest triggered protests in Essex, is now
www.bbc.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Why are the media focusing on *Nigel Farage’s* reaction to Hadush Kebatu’s mistaken release (which I agree is astonishing) instead of raising concerns about the impact this will have on race relations, and the vulnerability of any person of colour who resembles Kebatu? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...