Steve Fifield
@stevefifield.bsky.social
Informed decisions & verifiable facts please, not opinion & belief. UK. 🇬🇧
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Mine of occasionally useful information.
NHS and healthcare 💙
#Equality #Justbe #Inclusion
#LGBTQ+ 🌈 ally
#pwME
#MECFS
#Activetravel 🚲
#Sustainability
#Gardening
#VisibleApp
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The resignations are being painted as being because the BBC is culturally Marxist and has a leftist bias.
Facts don’t seem to matter anymore.
Facts don’t seem to matter anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The resignations are being painted as being because the BBC is culturally Marxist and has a leftist bias.
Facts don’t seem to matter anymore.
Facts don’t seem to matter anymore.
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Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
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Robbie Gibb who cancelled a BBC investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Revealed: Brexit group covered up its targeting of right-wing extremists
Brexit-backer Arron Banks repeatedly denied that Leave.EU appealed to National Front supporters - in a bid to get the BBC to drop an investigation
www.channel4.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Robbie Gibb who cancelled a BBC investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
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Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
novaramedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
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As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
#USAID
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
#USAID
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
#USAID
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
#USAID
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The final delivery plan for #MEcfs recommended 3 NHS e-learning modules for HCPs developed by the Department of Health and Social Care with patient groups. These should help shift attitudes.
www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/m...
www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/m...
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (MECFS) eLearning - elearning for healthcare
It is estimated that over 250,000 people in the UK are living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
www.e-lfh.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The final delivery plan for #MEcfs recommended 3 NHS e-learning modules for HCPs developed by the Department of Health and Social Care with patient groups. These should help shift attitudes.
www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/m...
www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/m...
It means:
Belief & Opinion >> Science & Facts
As with so much else these days.
Michael Gove carried the torch for 'opinion based direction' when he made his statement that: “people in this country have had enough of experts”
Law / police force probably to follow, as per USA.
Belief & Opinion >> Science & Facts
As with so much else these days.
Michael Gove carried the torch for 'opinion based direction' when he made his statement that: “people in this country have had enough of experts”
Law / police force probably to follow, as per USA.
November 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It means:
Belief & Opinion >> Science & Facts
As with so much else these days.
Michael Gove carried the torch for 'opinion based direction' when he made his statement that: “people in this country have had enough of experts”
Law / police force probably to follow, as per USA.
Belief & Opinion >> Science & Facts
As with so much else these days.
Michael Gove carried the torch for 'opinion based direction' when he made his statement that: “people in this country have had enough of experts”
Law / police force probably to follow, as per USA.
Please enlighten & correct me if I've missed an important aspect of this paper that proves specificity over multiple diseases 🤔?
I do find it difficult to focus adequately when reading research papers due to brain fog.
I do find it difficult to focus adequately when reading research papers due to brain fog.
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Please enlighten & correct me if I've missed an important aspect of this paper that proves specificity over multiple diseases 🤔?
I do find it difficult to focus adequately when reading research papers due to brain fog.
I do find it difficult to focus adequately when reading research papers due to brain fog.
Perhaps I misread the paper, but I believe the test was characterised against known severe ME/CFS vs healthy patients only. So not sufficient to prove that the test would show positive for e.g. someone with MS or merely sedentary, would it?
Or whether it could correctly identify mild/moderate.
Or whether it could correctly identify mild/moderate.
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Perhaps I misread the paper, but I believe the test was characterised against known severe ME/CFS vs healthy patients only. So not sufficient to prove that the test would show positive for e.g. someone with MS or merely sedentary, would it?
Or whether it could correctly identify mild/moderate.
Or whether it could correctly identify mild/moderate.
Sorry, but I don't think this statement is correct!
"The team discovered a distinctive pattern of these folds that appears only in people with ME/CFS — providing a clear biological “fingerprint” of the disease ...the researchers created a blood test that can diagnose ME/CFS with 96% accuracy."
"The team discovered a distinctive pattern of these folds that appears only in people with ME/CFS — providing a clear biological “fingerprint” of the disease ...the researchers created a blood test that can diagnose ME/CFS with 96% accuracy."
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sorry, but I don't think this statement is correct!
"The team discovered a distinctive pattern of these folds that appears only in people with ME/CFS — providing a clear biological “fingerprint” of the disease ...the researchers created a blood test that can diagnose ME/CFS with 96% accuracy."
"The team discovered a distinctive pattern of these folds that appears only in people with ME/CFS — providing a clear biological “fingerprint” of the disease ...the researchers created a blood test that can diagnose ME/CFS with 96% accuracy."
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You'd make a great horror writer man. It inspired me a bit if you don't mind.
May 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
You'd make a great horror writer man. It inspired me a bit if you don't mind.
Is that more effective for you than diaphragmatic breathing?
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Is that more effective for you than diaphragmatic breathing?
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The headline is a bit misleading. Test not quite ready for public use. I clarify here: open.substack.com/pub/colleens...
Headlines about Blood Biomarker for “ME/CFS” are premature
Potential Blood Biomarker is more accurate
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The headline is a bit misleading. Test not quite ready for public use. I clarify here: open.substack.com/pub/colleens...
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@swastrosarah.bsky.social is this ammunition for Justice4ME?
The author of the Keep britain working review literally pushing BPS as a way to force disabled people into work.
The author of the Keep britain working review literally pushing BPS as a way to force disabled people into work.
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
@swastrosarah.bsky.social is this ammunition for Justice4ME?
The author of the Keep britain working review literally pushing BPS as a way to force disabled people into work.
The author of the Keep britain working review literally pushing BPS as a way to force disabled people into work.
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Getting ready for Day 2 at the #ICanCME2025 conference!
I'll be delivering a talk about neurodiversity in #pwME and IACCs in general. Hope to see you there!
I'll be delivering a talk about neurodiversity in #pwME and IACCs in general. Hope to see you there!
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Getting ready for Day 2 at the #ICanCME2025 conference!
I'll be delivering a talk about neurodiversity in #pwME and IACCs in general. Hope to see you there!
I'll be delivering a talk about neurodiversity in #pwME and IACCs in general. Hope to see you there!