Bowling Shane
@bowlingshane.bsky.social
Another virus that public health authorities can ignore. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Excruciating tropical disease can now be transmitted in most of Europe, study finds
‘Shocking’ data shows the climate crisis and invasive mosquitos mean chikungunya could spread in 29 countries
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Another virus that public health authorities can ignore. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Farage's fossil-fuel-financed gang of privately-educated former Tories wants to scrap the Equality Act, halt action on the climate crisis and frack the UK.
A vote for Farage is a vote for Trumpist politics in the UK:
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
A vote for Farage is a vote for Trumpist politics in the UK:
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act – UK politics live
Party leader tells FT journalist she should ‘write some silly story’ after press conference revealing roles for his top team
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Farage's fossil-fuel-financed gang of privately-educated former Tories wants to scrap the Equality Act, halt action on the climate crisis and frack the UK.
A vote for Farage is a vote for Trumpist politics in the UK:
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
A vote for Farage is a vote for Trumpist politics in the UK:
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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On “BBC health check”
Apparently we are “post pandemic” and “health anxious” because we are noticing things like the recent hMPV outbreaks…
1) bugs are behaving differently for various reasons, so we should notice that, &
2) The repetition of saying we have health anxiety can’t be good for us.
Apparently we are “post pandemic” and “health anxious” because we are noticing things like the recent hMPV outbreaks…
1) bugs are behaving differently for various reasons, so we should notice that, &
2) The repetition of saying we have health anxiety can’t be good for us.
February 12, 2026 at 11:48 AM
On “BBC health check”
Apparently we are “post pandemic” and “health anxious” because we are noticing things like the recent hMPV outbreaks…
1) bugs are behaving differently for various reasons, so we should notice that, &
2) The repetition of saying we have health anxiety can’t be good for us.
Apparently we are “post pandemic” and “health anxious” because we are noticing things like the recent hMPV outbreaks…
1) bugs are behaving differently for various reasons, so we should notice that, &
2) The repetition of saying we have health anxiety can’t be good for us.
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The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
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The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:27 AM
The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.
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Pls read whole piece. Neither Mandelson or Mosley were asked about Mandelson’s role in fixing Starmer’s visit to Palantir & subsequent £240m deal. It finally made headlines on Weds when a q was asked in Parliament.
But honestly, BBC also has qs to answer
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
But honestly, BBC also has qs to answer
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel's New Model Army
The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Pls read whole piece. Neither Mandelson or Mosley were asked about Mandelson’s role in fixing Starmer’s visit to Palantir & subsequent £240m deal. It finally made headlines on Weds when a q was asked in Parliament.
But honestly, BBC also has qs to answer
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
But honestly, BBC also has qs to answer
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Don't worry. We are campaigning on your behalf too. And frankly on behalf of everyone. We know that #Covid is harming health and the economy and we object to giving it free reign to infect people multiple times.
January 24, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Don't worry. We are campaigning on your behalf too. And frankly on behalf of everyone. We know that #Covid is harming health and the economy and we object to giving it free reign to infect people multiple times.
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It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
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Out in the Lancet today. There are tens of thousands of #children in England living with the consequences of #Covid — direct, like #LongCovidKids, or through clinical vulnerability or bereavement and hardship. There is no Children's Commissioner listening to them. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Long COVID is here to stay—even in children
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex,
multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact
the daily life of those...
www.thelancet.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Out in the Lancet today. There are tens of thousands of #children in England living with the consequences of #Covid — direct, like #LongCovidKids, or through clinical vulnerability or bereavement and hardship. There is no Children's Commissioner listening to them. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
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that Farage and Badenoch want ICE-style action in the UK should be enough to end them
January 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM
that Farage and Badenoch want ICE-style action in the UK should be enough to end them
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1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Long COVID is global, fast growing, with new cases daily.
“An endemic disease is one that is consistently present throughout a specific region or population.
A pandemic occurs when a disease spreads across countries or continents at a fast rate with new cases appearing every day.”
[PHO, 2022]
“An endemic disease is one that is consistently present throughout a specific region or population.
A pandemic occurs when a disease spreads across countries or continents at a fast rate with new cases appearing every day.”
[PHO, 2022]
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Long COVID is global, fast growing, with new cases daily.
“An endemic disease is one that is consistently present throughout a specific region or population.
A pandemic occurs when a disease spreads across countries or continents at a fast rate with new cases appearing every day.”
[PHO, 2022]
“An endemic disease is one that is consistently present throughout a specific region or population.
A pandemic occurs when a disease spreads across countries or continents at a fast rate with new cases appearing every day.”
[PHO, 2022]
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Labour are putting clinically vulnerable & long Covid sufferers in the middle of their culture war with Reform. It’s total hypocrisy that you cancelled 13 million vaccines to clinically vulnerable before Christmas and then state ‘vaccines save lives’.
December 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Labour are putting clinically vulnerable & long Covid sufferers in the middle of their culture war with Reform. It’s total hypocrisy that you cancelled 13 million vaccines to clinically vulnerable before Christmas and then state ‘vaccines save lives’.
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The Conservatives and Reform are currently saying that UK free speech laws are so draconian that people are routinely jailed for bad takes, and yet also the only way to deal with Alaa’s social posts is to extra-judicially strip him of citizenship.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
December 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Conservatives and Reform are currently saying that UK free speech laws are so draconian that people are routinely jailed for bad takes, and yet also the only way to deal with Alaa’s social posts is to extra-judicially strip him of citizenship.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
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Ask this question and its follow-up. Like Begum before him, Alaa el-Fattah is being used as a crowbar to shift reasonable people - even some progressives - into a space of thinking that full citizenship, if granted recently or dual, is retroactively conditional or attracts a lower class of rights.
December 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Ask this question and its follow-up. Like Begum before him, Alaa el-Fattah is being used as a crowbar to shift reasonable people - even some progressives - into a space of thinking that full citizenship, if granted recently or dual, is retroactively conditional or attracts a lower class of rights.
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Dear Jon Stewart,
No one randomly owes you information about their health, their loved one’s health, or, understandably, just wanting to avoid Covid, which is the only way to prevent Long Covid.
No one randomly owes you information about their health, their loved one’s health, or, understandably, just wanting to avoid Covid, which is the only way to prevent Long Covid.
Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny
Critics of the Daily Show host say he's a hypocrite.
www.motherjones.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Dear Jon Stewart,
No one randomly owes you information about their health, their loved one’s health, or, understandably, just wanting to avoid Covid, which is the only way to prevent Long Covid.
No one randomly owes you information about their health, their loved one’s health, or, understandably, just wanting to avoid Covid, which is the only way to prevent Long Covid.
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Respectfully Jon Stewart, you were wrong on the @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social to mock people who mask. ICYMI: there are tens of millions of Americans who have been disabled by #LongCOVID and must do everything in their power to prevent further infections that make them vulnerable to further
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December 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Respectfully Jon Stewart, you were wrong on the @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social to mock people who mask. ICYMI: there are tens of millions of Americans who have been disabled by #LongCOVID and must do everything in their power to prevent further infections that make them vulnerable to further
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A testament to elite, institutional cowardice and enabling.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/laptopclassb...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/laptopclassb...
December 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A testament to elite, institutional cowardice and enabling.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/laptopclassb...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/laptopclassb...
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We must learn hard lessons @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social.
To protect people now and in the next pandemic, the UK should focus on core safeguards: correct use of high‑filtration face coverings in healthcare, crowded public settings, and during surges, clean indoor air, and access to trusted vaccine.
To protect people now and in the next pandemic, the UK should focus on core safeguards: correct use of high‑filtration face coverings in healthcare, crowded public settings, and during surges, clean indoor air, and access to trusted vaccine.
While aerosol and respiratory droplet transmission can be classified differently based on particle size & behaviour, they are closely related & often coexist. Understanding both is crucial for developing effective prevention strategies for airborne respiratory diseases.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
December 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We must learn hard lessons @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social.
To protect people now and in the next pandemic, the UK should focus on core safeguards: correct use of high‑filtration face coverings in healthcare, crowded public settings, and during surges, clean indoor air, and access to trusted vaccine.
To protect people now and in the next pandemic, the UK should focus on core safeguards: correct use of high‑filtration face coverings in healthcare, crowded public settings, and during surges, clean indoor air, and access to trusted vaccine.
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Good ventilation and air filtration are critical tools in preventing respiratory infections.
The Government must assess current standards in hospitals and schools — and act where they fall short.
#Flu #Covid #Ventilation
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-1...
The Government must assess current standards in hospitals and schools — and act where they fall short.
#Flu #Covid #Ventilation
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-1...
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Good ventilation and air filtration are critical tools in preventing respiratory infections.
The Government must assess current standards in hospitals and schools — and act where they fall short.
#Flu #Covid #Ventilation
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-1...
The Government must assess current standards in hospitals and schools — and act where they fall short.
#Flu #Covid #Ventilation
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-1...