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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 2d

This is where we’re at with widespread, ‘legitimised’ misinformation/distortion of truth/propaganda 👇🏻

Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 2d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 2d

Wonderful, wonderful woman. And she’s right, don’t give up hope, you can make a difference. We can all do better to help protect our planet 🌍 🌱

Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 3d

If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 4d

There’s no place in Eurovision for military aggressors, countries run by dictators, or those perpetrating genocidal actions.

I realise individual citizens or singers are not responsible for the actions of their governments or military. But Eurovision, for me, is about unity, acceptance, and joy.

Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 7d

Me on Sky News Breakfast: "Russia was banned (from Eurovision) after the invasion of Ukraine and I think that if we have one rule for Ukrainians and another rule for Palestinians it starts to look like we only care about white-skinned people and not brown-skinned people"
news.sky.com/video/musici...

Musician Billy Bragg and journalist Josh Kaplan debate proposed Israeli Eurovision ban

Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg has been an outspoken critic of Israel's actions in Gaza and has a long history of writing about social issues. He discusses the proposals with the Jewish Chronicle journ...

news.sky.com

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!! 🙏

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 4d

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In case you wished to revisit it!

Out of sight, out of mind: how pescetarians manage dissonance by creating distance

For many, there exists a cognitive inconsistency between the practice of eating non-human animals and the belief that animals are morally relevant. This juxtaposition has fittingly been described a...

www.tandfonline.com

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 4d

We did! Thank you for remembering! Sounds amazing, unfortunately I’m mid decorating 🤦🏻‍♀️ please do let me know how it goes?

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 4d

Every cloud…

Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 4d

It's 15:30 on 4th October 2025. Britain is getting almost 90% of its electricity from clean energy sources. grid.iamkate.com

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 6d

What a warrior woman 💪🏻

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 6d

"Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era...The ability to criticize, question, protest, and even mock those in power is foundational to what America has always aspired to be." www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era

In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

www.theguardian.com

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 7d

Great example of the illusory truths which pervade our media channels. It seems plausible and lots of people are saying it, ergo, it *must* be true. Even when it is completely false, the damage done by blind and malevolent sharing means distrust and suspicious are fuelled and the facts obscured.

Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 7d

I spoke to a few people, including journalists, at Labour conference who had seen and believed claims on X that Multiverse – Tony Blair's son's company – had been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme

@fullfact.org have checked this claim and it is untrue

Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 8d

It’s blooming obvious to all of those who actually think about factory farming, intensive agriculture, and the incredible levels of medication required to keep disease at bay when animals are kept in confined, overcrowded spaces.

Let’s start by being honest about where most your food comes from…

Vegan Horizon @veganhorizon.substack.com · 9d

🔴 New Article out!

“We must act. Now. Otherwise, we will slide into a post-antibiotic era. This will be like the COVID pandemic, but with no end in sight.”

— Tanja Busse

The Scary Truth About ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ — And the Solution No One Is Talking About

Look away today, and we’ll pay the price forever

open.substack.com

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 9d

I made a birthday cake for my five year old Grandson. It’s completely vegan. No compromise on taste or texture. Vegans don’t miss out, they don’t just eat leaves and twigs, but they do protect animals with every delicious bite 🌱

#vegan
#veganbaking
#vegancake
#veganfortheanimals

Close up of biscuit decorated birthday cake

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 10d

What I’d like to see is a comparison between the contribution of the average Reform voter/supporter vs the contributions of the immigrants with indefinite leave to remain whom they seek to vanquish and remove.

Our society, what tattered remains would be left of it under Reform, would crumble.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10d

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!

Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 11d

As we invariably, and slavishly do!

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 11d

Oh so typical of a certain cohort yes!!

I just can’t see how the US can heal from the way they are, and the way their values are heading. Sensible people appear completely powerless to contain the ugliness. And I’m sure they abhor it as much as we do!

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 11d

Absolutely. It’s just not cricket.

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 11d

If you have to resort to distracting your opponent, you were never really in the game.

Abuse has no place in any sort of sporting arena and, the more we allow it, the more normalised it becomes.

It is not ok to denigrate your opponent. It’s literally not sport.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/a...

Ryder Cup 2025: Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry silence New York crowd to lead Europe towards victory

After facing abuse from American fans which

www.bbc.co.uk

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 13d

There are indeed religious, including sharia courts in the U.K. They deal with family law and marital disputes. They are not legally binding, and unless you are Muslim, much like a mosque, you’ll likely never see inside one unless you make that choice.

More weaponised fear.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13d

Richard Tice, "We've already got 80 sharia courts in the UK"

Billy Bragg, "There are also Jewish courts as well, thats part of their religion. We as a tolerant nation accept that"

"To demonise, particularly the Muslims, is the sort of thing we worry about Reform UK"

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 13d

I wish I appreciated more when we have people in public office with dignity and respect.

I wish I didn’t have to include inoculation against wilful mistruths in my classes. Especially not regarding people in the highest offices in the world: it’s extraordinarily repugnant to have to do so.

Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 13d

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

The degree to which those comments can undermine public health—is violence against the truth.

- Barack Obama

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 15d

Tylenol, nor paracetemol, cause autism. Despite anything RFK Jr or Trump say. There’s quite simply no evidence. And yes, it has been investigated. And no. Not all studies are equal, nor can assumptions be drawn from cherry picking the sources which suit the narrative.

You’re welcome.

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 16d

But politically expedient unfortunately.

Josh Trebach, MD @jtrebach.bsky.social · 16d

In order to suddenly claim Tylenol leads to autism, we would need better data.……data we do not currently have.

Declaring that tylenol use in pregnant people can lead to autism, with the available evidence we have now, is scientifically irresponsible.

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 16d

Indeed, it’s never that they’ve misjudged general opinion, or the tolerance, or compassion of the British public.

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 16d

Good point, unfettered by editorial controls ‘these’ people often find their fan base will not support their beliefs. Cf. JKR.

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 16d

Of course not, I think Linehan is conflating his own hate speech with much loved satire and comedy.

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 16d

Isn’t that the Linehan brand though. Going too far?

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 17d

We’ve all been having significant issues signing in to the systems in lecture theatres. Mine took a full 15 minutes, and that was WITH an IT wizard on hand to assist. Even he had to refer to the manual 🤦🏻‍♀️

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