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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 7h

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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Firstname Lastname #FuckTrump @notunpackedyet.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks v much - and omg. So much of this is sick and twisted. Tells us so much about how we got here.

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Firstname Lastname #FuckTrump @notunpackedyet.bsky.social · 7h

Ooooooh holy cow! Don't suppose you can remember the title, so I can search and bookmark that? That's shockingly awful.

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Firstname Lastname #FuckTrump @notunpackedyet.bsky.social · 8h

2, definitivamente. Made me stop and think.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 8h

If you had written this as a fake news headline a year ago, you would be called hysterical.

Reuters today. Fascism.

Reuters story headlines:

Trunp calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 8h

As revealed by Channel 4 News’ documentary, UK arms exports to Israel have hit record highs — £408,000 in June and £316,000 in September.

The government says it’s restricting sales, but the data says otherwise.

The UK must end all arms sales to Israel now.

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Firstname Lastname #FuckTrump @notunpackedyet.bsky.social · 9h

Whilst I am heartbroken at what a tool Streeting is, my hope lies in the science. I hate the hang up on having a diagnostic test but, once we have this, it's v hard to say it's psychosomatic and to talk about over diagnosis. It becomes firmer ground for benefits and demanding research funding.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16h

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

Firstname Lastname #FuckTrump @notunpackedyet.bsky.social · 9h

Yup, read a linkedin post by someone who's had MS for a decade. Terrible as MS is, this person was going on about having run 3 marathons in that time and all these career things. Like, #MEcfs, hello? I'd rather have MS because I'd live more, doctors would listen and there are medications.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16h

On the one hand, medical science is beginning to get a handle on the very complex physiological basis of this disease. On the other hand, we can expect the greatest medical scandal (so far) of the 21st Century – the mass mistreatment and neglect of ME/CFS sufferers – to continue.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16h

This commission points to where the government is heading. If the problem is “overdiagnosis” – which appears to be its foregone conclusion – then large numbers of people with horrendous conditions will be put through an even more punishing regime of tests and obstacles to qualify for benefits.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16h

In the firing line, as ever, are the UK’s hundreds of thousands of ME/CFS patients. As a practitioner once remarked, “the bastards don’t want to get better”. If there is one characteristic all the ME/CFS patients I’ve come across have in common, it is a desperation to get better.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16h

Like the Tories, the Labour government is trying to drive down the number of people who qualify for disability benefits by insisting there has been an epidemic of “overdiagnosis”: a favourite theme of the BBC and the junktanks of Tufton Street. Never mind the science: what outcome do we want?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16h

Just as we are beginning to understand the biochemical basis of this horrendous condition, the government appoints the man perhaps most responsible for the mischaracterisation of ME/CFS – Simon Wesseley - to its *overdiagnosis* commission. www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

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Firstname Lastname #FuckTrump @notunpackedyet.bsky.social · 10h

#MEcfs

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16h

Just as we are beginning to understand the biochemical basis of this horrendous condition, the government appoints the man perhaps most responsible for the mischaracterisation of ME/CFS – Simon Wesseley - to its *overdiagnosis* commission. www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

Firstname Lastname #FuckTrump @notunpackedyet.bsky.social · 14h

No doubt all the gammon will be nodding along.

Firstname Lastname #FuckTrump @notunpackedyet.bsky.social · 14h

Cutting anthropology, English?!? Oh fuck off! I hate these c*nts more every day.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15h

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 1d

Make no mistake - not one defection to Reform is about policy or leadership. It’s about hanging on for all it’s worth to the prospect of a job. These defectors - no matter which party they are coming from - have all the fvcking morals and principles of an alley cat!

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Politics latest: 20 Tory councillors defect to Reform - as Jenrick defends 'didn't see another white face' comment

20 Tory councillors have announced they are defecting to Reform today. It comes on day three of the Conservatives' annual conference in Manchester. Meanwhile, shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick h...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15h

Another benefit of Brexit ... the UK has returned to its traditional role as the dirty man of Europe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

www.theguardian.com

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 16h

Once again, the Telegraph seems shocked that the EU is acting like… the EU.

This is exactly what sovereignty looks like when you’re on the outside.

Ruthless EU has just taught Starmer a painful lesson
Steel tariff threats are a reminder of how Brussels really feels towards post-Brexit Britain

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Firstname Lastname #FuckTrump @notunpackedyet.bsky.social · 22h

"UEA and Oxford BioDynamics revealed hundreds of additional changes, including five of the eight sites identified by DecodeME, which can now provide a deeper understanding of the disease." #MEcfs

Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 23h

A new blood test demonstrates 96% accuracy in diagnosing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, offering a potential advance in reliable identification and management of the condition.

Novel blood test for chronic fatigue achieves 96% accuracy

Scientists at the University of East Anglia and Oxford Biodynamics have developed a high accuracy blood test to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS).

medicalxpress.com

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Firstname Lastname #FuckTrump @notunpackedyet.bsky.social · 23h

He is an evil piece of shit, that smarms and charms and makes platitudes, when his actions show who he really is (i.e., contacting the CEO of NICE to meddle w the publication of the 2021 ME guideline).

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 23h

Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.

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Firstname Lastname #FuckTrump @notunpackedyet.bsky.social · 1d

Waiting to find out whether they will be offering remote access but, #MEcfs #LongCovid, if you're in York....

Healthwatch York @healthwatchyork.bsky.social · 1d

Our next VoICeS meeting focuses on women's health, particularly long term conditions.

It's on Weds 5 November, 10am - 12pm at Priory Street Centre. Share your experiences of conditions including ME/CFS, POTS, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, osteoperosis and more.

All welcome, no booking needed.

Firstname Lastname #FuckTrump @notunpackedyet.bsky.social · 1d

And you've got a Zoom/Teams link, right? For all those of us too disabled to leave the house/bed?

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