Bella_healtheco
@bella-healtheco.bsky.social
Passionate about reducing health inequalities • economist • health strategist: SAS, HIV, Sexual Health & more • recovering from standing vs Suella as LD PPC in GE24 • C19 Epi Lead • mother • avid reader • 💙 NHS
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Hello BlueSky
I’m a health economist determined to reverse health inequalities in UK. My disgust with Tory Govt as C19 Epi Lead => stood as Lib Dem PPC to challenge Suella in GE24 (polled 9.5k votes, beat Reform & put the wind up Suella!)
Hope for > tolerance in national dialogue. 💙 NHS
I’m a health economist determined to reverse health inequalities in UK. My disgust with Tory Govt as C19 Epi Lead => stood as Lib Dem PPC to challenge Suella in GE24 (polled 9.5k votes, beat Reform & put the wind up Suella!)
Hope for > tolerance in national dialogue. 💙 NHS
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NEW: Take a moment with me to enjoy some light comedy and read about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently planning to speak at a fringe health conference in Estonia, and then pulling out because local politicians called him "a quack" and "cuckoo in the head." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The saga of RFK Jr. and an Estonian vaccine skeptics conference
Kennedy withdrew after the country’s Minister for Social Affairs reportedly called him “cuckoo in the head.”
www.motherjones.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
NEW: Take a moment with me to enjoy some light comedy and read about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently planning to speak at a fringe health conference in Estonia, and then pulling out because local politicians called him "a quack" and "cuckoo in the head." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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thank you Private Eye for taking apart this flakey headline-grabbing research
May 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
thank you Private Eye for taking apart this flakey headline-grabbing research
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Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.
April 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.
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“…the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.” - FDR, 1938
March 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“…the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.” - FDR, 1938
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prediction vs reality
March 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
prediction vs reality
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
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🔴Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB spy chief claims Trump was recruited in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🔴Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename ‘Krasnov’ Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
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Truth isn’t what it used to be. Facts are under attack. But this isn’t new - it’s a playbook perfected by Big Tobacco and weaponised by the far right. How do you fight back when reality itself is being rewritten? New EAB writer Guy Chapman reports.
The new war on reality: how ‘truth’ became a weapon
Why does it feel as if our shared reality is under assault – twisted by propaganda, ideology and manufactured doubt?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Truth isn’t what it used to be. Facts are under attack. But this isn’t new - it’s a playbook perfected by Big Tobacco and weaponised by the far right. How do you fight back when reality itself is being rewritten? New EAB writer Guy Chapman reports.
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They tried to cancel John Crace from covering the right-wing jamboree at ExCel but no one can stop him filing copy this good
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
February 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
They tried to cancel John Crace from covering the right-wing jamboree at ExCel but no one can stop him filing copy this good
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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Ooo this is a good one ☺️
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ooo this is a good one ☺️
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While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
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Most people know the Mail briefly supported the British Union of Fascists in 1934 ("Hurrah for the Blackshirts") but less well known is that Rothermere got all his papers to back them.
The Sunday Dispatch ran a prize for the best letter on "Why I Like the Blackshirts".
The Sunday Dispatch ran a prize for the best letter on "Why I Like the Blackshirts".
December 28, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Most people know the Mail briefly supported the British Union of Fascists in 1934 ("Hurrah for the Blackshirts") but less well known is that Rothermere got all his papers to back them.
The Sunday Dispatch ran a prize for the best letter on "Why I Like the Blackshirts".
The Sunday Dispatch ran a prize for the best letter on "Why I Like the Blackshirts".
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Fascism always starts subtly—until it doesn’t. Billionaires funding radical politics aren’t just a threat; they’re an attack on democracy itself | Natacha Kennedy
Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy
Fascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Fascism always starts subtly—until it doesn’t. Billionaires funding radical politics aren’t just a threat; they’re an attack on democracy itself | Natacha Kennedy
Who are you???
December 15, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Who are you???
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I do astronomy for a living, and images like this *still* take my breath away. What a beautiful universe we live in. Even in the midst of trouble, grief, & anything you might be struggling with (like we all are) - try to seek out the beauty. It helps ❤️
December 14, 2024 at 9:52 AM
I do astronomy for a living, and images like this *still* take my breath away. What a beautiful universe we live in. Even in the midst of trouble, grief, & anything you might be struggling with (like we all are) - try to seek out the beauty. It helps ❤️
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“Everyone in positions of influence should ask themselves the question: are you treating those fighting to save the planet more harshly than those fighting for inherited wealth? If so, why?”
@josiah.writes.news
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@josiah.writes.news
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Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?
Media outlets rush to condemn climate change campaigners as "middle class" protesters causing "chaos" while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners
bylinetimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:19 AM
“Everyone in positions of influence should ask themselves the question: are you treating those fighting to save the planet more harshly than those fighting for inherited wealth? If so, why?”
@josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
@josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
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How to say I miss you, around the world...
6. You are missing from me (French)
5. I feel the lack of you (Estonian)
4. I see a need of you (Welsh)
3. The thoughts of you come to me often (Hindi)
2. My heart has become tight for you (Farsi)
1. You coming home soon or what? (Mancunian)
6. You are missing from me (French)
5. I feel the lack of you (Estonian)
4. I see a need of you (Welsh)
3. The thoughts of you come to me often (Hindi)
2. My heart has become tight for you (Farsi)
1. You coming home soon or what? (Mancunian)
December 11, 2024 at 5:15 PM
How to say I miss you, around the world...
6. You are missing from me (French)
5. I feel the lack of you (Estonian)
4. I see a need of you (Welsh)
3. The thoughts of you come to me often (Hindi)
2. My heart has become tight for you (Farsi)
1. You coming home soon or what? (Mancunian)
6. You are missing from me (French)
5. I feel the lack of you (Estonian)
4. I see a need of you (Welsh)
3. The thoughts of you come to me often (Hindi)
2. My heart has become tight for you (Farsi)
1. You coming home soon or what? (Mancunian)
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"Thames Water’s accounts shows that there has never been a year since privatisation when shareholders contributed more cash than they took out." 💩
Was there ever ‘shareholder support’ for Thames Water?
New writer Stanley Root’s analysis of Thames Water’s accounts shows that there has never been a year since privatisation when shareholders contributed more cash than they took out
westenglandbylines.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 10:04 AM
"Thames Water’s accounts shows that there has never been a year since privatisation when shareholders contributed more cash than they took out." 💩
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I am now, for the first time in my life, inside Free Syria.
That’s a sentence I never thought I’d live long enough to say.
That’s a sentence I never thought I’d live long enough to say.
December 11, 2024 at 6:39 AM
I am now, for the first time in my life, inside Free Syria.
That’s a sentence I never thought I’d live long enough to say.
That’s a sentence I never thought I’d live long enough to say.
Terrifying….and yes, the Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanleys & cabal sailed on unaffected after 2008 turmoil. It makes my toes curl in shame that I was part of GS in 2008:-(
Wall Street’s "complex debt" bonanza hits fastest pace since global financial crisis of 2007
2007 was how greedy Wall St and finance boys wanted EVEN more..
WE all took the cost while the banks carried on....too big to fail
Now what could possibly go wrong a 2nd time?
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2007 was how greedy Wall St and finance boys wanted EVEN more..
WE all took the cost while the banks carried on....too big to fail
Now what could possibly go wrong a 2nd time?
on.ft.com/41peG27
Wall Street’s complex debt bonanza hits fastest pace since 2007
Banks sell bonds backed by revenues from chicken wings, music catalogues and oil wells
on.ft.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Terrifying….and yes, the Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanleys & cabal sailed on unaffected after 2008 turmoil. It makes my toes curl in shame that I was part of GS in 2008:-(
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this sketch is utterly brilliant:
"Farage turned first to GB News, who cover his party with the sort of critical scrutiny more usually associated with biographers of the late Queen...."
"Farage turned first to GB News, who cover his party with the sort of critical scrutiny more usually associated with biographers of the late Queen...."
The Candy Man Can: my SKETCH of Today in the People's Party being bankrolled by the Extremely Rich People's Developer.
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The Candy Man can | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
There were twin Christmas trees outside 4 Millbank, the block of offices where broadcasters have their Westminster studios. On the pavement was a large group of photographers and a smaller group of…
thecritic.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 5:37 PM
this sketch is utterly brilliant:
"Farage turned first to GB News, who cover his party with the sort of critical scrutiny more usually associated with biographers of the late Queen...."
"Farage turned first to GB News, who cover his party with the sort of critical scrutiny more usually associated with biographers of the late Queen...."
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Appalling. 🤬
Gloucestershire County Council unanimously called for the CEO of Thames Water to come to a special meeting and answer questions about pollution and sky rocketing water bills.
That meeting happened in Nov. The CEO didn’t show - sent representatives instead. No apology was issued.
Gloucestershire County Council unanimously called for the CEO of Thames Water to come to a special meeting and answer questions about pollution and sky rocketing water bills.
That meeting happened in Nov. The CEO didn’t show - sent representatives instead. No apology was issued.
The stench of privatisation in our water companies
Sewage spills in Gloucestershire’s rivers, and huge dividends paid while Thames Water are in debt, make reform of the water industry urgent Sewage spills in Gloucestershire’s rivers, and huge dividend...
westenglandbylines.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Appalling. 🤬
Gloucestershire County Council unanimously called for the CEO of Thames Water to come to a special meeting and answer questions about pollution and sky rocketing water bills.
That meeting happened in Nov. The CEO didn’t show - sent representatives instead. No apology was issued.
Gloucestershire County Council unanimously called for the CEO of Thames Water to come to a special meeting and answer questions about pollution and sky rocketing water bills.
That meeting happened in Nov. The CEO didn’t show - sent representatives instead. No apology was issued.
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We’ve updated our Clacton billboard to tell voters their MP just took £40k from a US firm that advises clients how to offshore their money and pay less tax. For the full story see video below 👇
December 5, 2024 at 2:24 PM
We’ve updated our Clacton billboard to tell voters their MP just took £40k from a US firm that advises clients how to offshore their money and pay less tax. For the full story see video below 👇