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Colin Pidgeon
@baldypidge.bsky.social
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Bad poet, worse painter. Fiscal nerd. Advocate for #LongCovidKids

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My great grandmother, Kate (Kitty) Lyons.

Great photo courtesy of a cousin via ancestry.
A woman in black seated by a desk. She has on a wide-brimmed hat and is in front of a window
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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It's hard to believe from this photo of Rosie showing off her trophy, that she won this competition with a broken third metatarsal!
A young Irish dancer showing off her trophy
November 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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#last100daysof2025poetry
Prompt for 23 October: coming of age

"Wisdom comes with age" by Thijs Paanakker is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Picture of an elderly made walking by the road using a stick: One minute you're young The next you're at the roadside Wondering why You are only wearing your pants
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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What do you do when your ignorant able-bodied fellow students won't make room for you in the disabled priority lift?

Rosie fights back the only way she knows how.
A wheelchair mocked up like a wet floor sign. It reads Caution Wheelchair User. Stand in the full lift and pretend there aren't there.
October 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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A blast from the past. I do love a wee #haiku even though I don't write proper ones.

This is from #last100daysof2023poetry
A picture of haggis mashed potato and swede with a haiku that reads: With this national dish No wonder the Scots die young And take so much smack
October 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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#odesinoctober

8 October: wheel of fortune

t_tally vacu_us
waste _f an even_n_
th_s is n_t
qual_ty
enterta_nment

#poetry
#WheelOfFortune
a woman is standing in front of a large screen with a lot of squares on it .
Alt: a woman is standing in front of a large wheel of fortune gameboard screen with a lot of squares on it highlighted the number of letters needed for the answer .
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October 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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In our recommendations to the UK COVID Inquiry
we call for a nationwide public awareness campaign to explain clearly that Long Covid in children is a debilitating and potentially disabling long-term condition.

From 2024 - Parents accused of making it up.

inews.co.uk/news/parents...
‘It’s destroyed us’: Parents of children with long Covid accused of making it up
Doctors and parents say children are being threatened with being taken into care as medics struggle to diagnose their conditions and families are placed under suspicion
inews.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Today's #poem for #last100daysof2025poetry is in response to the prompt 'in the waiting room'. It is dedicated to the current failure of #publichealth #covidisairborne
A poster about nosocomial infection with a haiku that reads: In the waiting room Nosocomial gifting Brought me to my grave
October 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Today's flashback #haiku is a #poem from a couple of years back.

I am proud of this one; it is one of my better efforts.
A smiling young woman with the text with the first two lines of a haiku: Whenever you smile The world happily smiles back A second picture of a girl (my daughter Rosie) sitting in her wheelchair on the beach, watching the sun set over the sea. We tried to join the rest of the family on a walk across the beach. But I could not drag the wheelchair across the sand. So we watched the waves wash away the tracks in the sand as the sun dropped to the horizon. The third line of the haiku reads It hates your sickness
October 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Risk of long COVID in children may be twice as high after a second infection.

"A new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases involving over 460,000 U.S. children found those reinfected with COVID-19 during Omicron had over twice the risk of developing long COVID"

Source: archive.md/yFaMB
September 30, 2025 The GIST Risk of long COVID in children may be twice as high after a second infection by Lancet edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan
September 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Rosie's piece Prisoner of my Heartrate (a digital rendering of her actual ribcage and ❤️) made it to the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social today in support of Sammie and @longcovidkids.bsky.social .
A group of Long COVID Kids supporters outside the inquiry building holding a banner and placards
October 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Today's prompt for #last100daysof2025poetry
is 'maritime'.

Here's my effort. The #poem is best enjoyed if you also listen to MC Hammer's I Can't Touch This as you read
#youcanttouchthis
#hammertime
An image of the Basque Goddess Mari, overlaid with a poem that reads: Maritime Like Hammertime But for a Basque Goddess Not a strange man In extraordinary trousers
September 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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@longcovidkids.bsky.social #youthadvocate Rosie has now shared the work from her #WeAreStillHere exhibition on her insta account, along with the explanation of what is behind the individual works.

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September 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Day 1: off prompt. In memory of the legend Dickie Bird
September 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Day 2: heritage day
September 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Betsy goes to work...
A Citroen 2CV in an office car park with the sun rising behind
September 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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From my morning to yours...
Morning sunshine through a castle window, overlooking a lake. The Mountains of Mourne are in the distance.
September 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Just sold a throw pillow, featuring my design of iconic Samson and Goliath cranes at Belfast docks.

Have a look at my redbubble site if you would like to see what else is on offer.

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"Samson and Goliath" Pillow for Sale by pidgeonpaints
Iconic cranes from the Belfast shipyard where the Titanic was built, towering over the city skyline. • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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A cartoon pigeon held by some weird disembodied blue hands. Text reads,"it may look like nothing to the world, but to a pigeon in need, your kindness means everything"
September 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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If anyone else would like to add a virtual message to Rosie's piece Rona Lisa 2, please do so.

She is looking for kind or supportive things that an adult or friend can say to someone with an #invisibleillness like #longcovid or #mecfs
September 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Walkthrough of the #WeAreStillHere exhibition that opened yesterday.
September 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Terrific performance of Never Enough yesterday by one of the NI Stars vocal coaches, Alana.

These guys really helped make the opening of #WeAreStillHere really special.

@longcovidkids.bsky.social

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mind-blowing performance by Alana yesterday at the opening of #WeAreStillHere
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September 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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A piece from my daughter's exhibition #WeAreStillHere
with a short #poem of my own. I will finish it some time, but this is about all I have at the moment...

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A painting of an Irish dancing costume and a pair of heavy shoes, on a canvas made from the insert from Rosie Pidgeon's medication boxes. A poem reads: She yearns for the reels and the jigs from before But she's along in her room and she dances no more
September 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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#WeAreStillHere
#LongCovidKids
September 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Stunning performance by NI Stars at the @longcovidkids.bsky.social exhibition #WeAreStillHere opening today.
September 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM