Dr Chris Jordan-Clark
@chrisjordanclark.bsky.social
Bereaved mother. Feminist. Austen scholar. PhD. Writer. Reader. Artist. Horticulturist. Disabled. Angry pacifist. Atheist. Despair for the world. Masking and isolating. Covid isn’t over. Living in unceded lutruwita with a view of kanamaluka.
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newsGP - How COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain
Mounting research shows the disease can lead to an array of problems, including significant drops in IQ scores, writes Dr Ziyad Al-Aly.
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Covid isn’t over. And each infection damages the brain. Especially the parts that manage empathy and decision making.
Once you know that it’s easy to see what is happening and it’s terrifying.
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Once you know that it’s easy to see what is happening and it’s terrifying.
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
DO NOT (& I cannot emphasise this enough) BUY TASMANIAN SALMON.
You are not supporting Tasmania by purchasing it. You are supporting the rape of our environment, the profits of a foreign company and outrageous animal cruelty.
You are not supporting Tasmania by purchasing it. You are supporting the rape of our environment, the profits of a foreign company and outrageous animal cruelty.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Fantastic way to destroy recreational fishing in Tasmania. Well done to the fuckheads responsible for approving this decision.
Fantastic way to destroy recreational fishing in Tasmania. Well done to the fuckheads responsible for approving this decision.
Antibiotic approved for Tasmania's farmed salmon — but don't eat fish caught nearby
The industry's use of the drug is in response to an "endemic" bacterial disease that caused the deaths of up to 15,000 tonnes of salmon from January to April, resulting in dead fish material washing u...
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
DO NOT (& I cannot emphasise this enough) BUY TASMANIAN SALMON.
You are not supporting Tasmania by purchasing it. You are supporting the rape of our environment, the profits of a foreign company and outrageous animal cruelty.
You are not supporting Tasmania by purchasing it. You are supporting the rape of our environment, the profits of a foreign company and outrageous animal cruelty.
@katestrasdin.bsky.social
I saw this divine beauty and thought you might like it.
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I saw this divine beauty and thought you might like it.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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I saw this divine beauty and thought you might like it.
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I saw this divine beauty and thought you might like it.
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In other surprising news @albomp.bsky.social thinks his government is doing a great job protecting the environment, housing has never been more affordable, AUKUS will deliver and and he’s protecting workers rights as well!
Pigs will be flying past, faster than ever, next week!
Pigs will be flying past, faster than ever, next week!
Anthony Albanese says he is confident Australia's social media age limit will be a success when it begins next month.
Prime Minister confident social media ban will work
Anthony Albanese says he is confident Australia's social media age limit will be a success when it begins next month.
www.abc.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
In other surprising news @albomp.bsky.social thinks his government is doing a great job protecting the environment, housing has never been more affordable, AUKUS will deliver and and he’s protecting workers rights as well!
Pigs will be flying past, faster than ever, next week!
Pigs will be flying past, faster than ever, next week!
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Apparently, repeated COVID infections have economic consequences 😕
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns
The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Apparently, repeated COVID infections have economic consequences 😕
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This government is a pack of utter bastards. Isn’t Labor meant to be FOR the workers?
Young people pay tax. They pay GST even if they don’t earn enough to pay income tax.
How do they expect any worker to save enough for retirement?
#Labor is for employers.
Absolute fucking traitors.
Young people pay tax. They pay GST even if they don’t earn enough to pay income tax.
How do they expect any worker to save enough for retirement?
#Labor is for employers.
Absolute fucking traitors.
🚨BREAKING🚨
Labor has just voted AGAINST granting super to workers under 18.
The Greens amendment would have seen all workers under 18 have the right to superannuation contributions, regardless of how many hours they worked.
Labor has just voted AGAINST granting super to workers under 18.
The Greens amendment would have seen all workers under 18 have the right to superannuation contributions, regardless of how many hours they worked.
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
This government is a pack of utter bastards. Isn’t Labor meant to be FOR the workers?
Young people pay tax. They pay GST even if they don’t earn enough to pay income tax.
How do they expect any worker to save enough for retirement?
#Labor is for employers.
Absolute fucking traitors.
Young people pay tax. They pay GST even if they don’t earn enough to pay income tax.
How do they expect any worker to save enough for retirement?
#Labor is for employers.
Absolute fucking traitors.
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Hey everyone! Can I get 50 reposts for this program? It would mean a lot!
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November 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Hey everyone! Can I get 50 reposts for this program? It would mean a lot!
www.jccsf.org/event/michae... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
www.jccsf.org/event/michae... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests.
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
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Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war
Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests.
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
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Nup to the cup.
Nup to gambling and nup to these poor animals being beaten around a paddock.
Now, if it were politicians in those cute dinosaur costumes, with proceeds going to a charity, maybe.
Change the story, Australia.
Nup to gambling and nup to these poor animals being beaten around a paddock.
Now, if it were politicians in those cute dinosaur costumes, with proceeds going to a charity, maybe.
Change the story, Australia.
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Nup to the cup.
Nup to gambling and nup to these poor animals being beaten around a paddock.
Now, if it were politicians in those cute dinosaur costumes, with proceeds going to a charity, maybe.
Change the story, Australia.
Nup to gambling and nup to these poor animals being beaten around a paddock.
Now, if it were politicians in those cute dinosaur costumes, with proceeds going to a charity, maybe.
Change the story, Australia.
I’m sure people were tired of the plague. And of wars.
But just because you are fed up with something, it doesn’t go away.
Great writing.
But just because you are fed up with something, it doesn’t go away.
Great writing.
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I’m sure people were tired of the plague. And of wars.
But just because you are fed up with something, it doesn’t go away.
Great writing.
But just because you are fed up with something, it doesn’t go away.
Great writing.
Happy 24th anniversary to the least successful one night stand in history.
I know I’m loved when this is the card I was given.
I know I’m loved when this is the card I was given.
November 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Happy 24th anniversary to the least successful one night stand in history.
I know I’m loved when this is the card I was given.
I know I’m loved when this is the card I was given.
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DST was introduced in late '60s/early '70s Australia with the promise to the workers that the summer sun setting later gave us more time to enjoy activities after work. 50 years later, global temps have risen by 1.1 - 1.3 degrees C. So, in reality, DST gives us more time to sit in front of the AC.
📒 NEW STUDY: “Permanent Daylight Saving Time hinders the stability of circadian rhythms, posing public health risks, especially for adolescents and evening chronotypes.” 👉 Permanent Standard Time is needed instead!
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
DST was introduced in late '60s/early '70s Australia with the promise to the workers that the summer sun setting later gave us more time to enjoy activities after work. 50 years later, global temps have risen by 1.1 - 1.3 degrees C. So, in reality, DST gives us more time to sit in front of the AC.
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It's not over for the Royal Family until they give a full account of when senior royals became aware Andrew was a sexual predator and what resources - financial and PR - were provided over the years to assist his efforts to avoid accountability.
![At the beginning of November, an insider at ABC News leaked a hot mic interview with Amy Robach, Good Morning America's co-host and Breaking News anchor at ABC, recorded three months earlier. The segment, passed to the investigative website Project Veritas, showed Robach venting her frustration to an off-camera producer about an interview she and a colleague Jim Hill had conducted with Virginia Giuffre in 2015, which was then squashed by the network.
I've had this interview with Virginia Roberts [now Virginia Giuffre] [alleged Epstein victim]. We would not put it on the air. Um, first of all, I was told, Who's Jeffrey Epstein? No one knows who that is. This is a stupid story. [Virginia] told me everything. She had pictures, she had everything. She was in hiding for 12 years, we convinced her to come out. We convinced her to talk to us. It was unbelievable what we had. Clinton. We had everything. I tried for three years to get it on to no avail. The Palace found out that we had her whole allegations about Prince Andrew and threatened us a million different ways.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:er4qp6hqar7bhyo455dsrv7j/bafkreig4t5tmy24e7ia3m5wwn64c55kraqdc5q6obdu26empcajar64g4u@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It's not over for the Royal Family until they give a full account of when senior royals became aware Andrew was a sexual predator and what resources - financial and PR - were provided over the years to assist his efforts to avoid accountability.
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Every business, government agency, media outlet and human person that continues to post on or go near X is consciously collaborating with the most openly white supremacist public figure since Hitler. There is no excuse.
October 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Every business, government agency, media outlet and human person that continues to post on or go near X is consciously collaborating with the most openly white supremacist public figure since Hitler. There is no excuse.
In 16 weeks with a coordinated effort the world could have wiped Covid out.
Instead we chose profits and the sacrifice of our vulnerable. And almost all the world has gone along with it.
Proof that there will never be unity or compassion or even common sense. It is beyond capitalism’s capacity.
Instead we chose profits and the sacrifice of our vulnerable. And almost all the world has gone along with it.
Proof that there will never be unity or compassion or even common sense. It is beyond capitalism’s capacity.
Covid is the litmus test that the 🌎 failed.”Normal”over protecting children,elderly & med vulnerable from an ongoing airborne pandemic
So many preventable deaths warmed society up to continue to do the unthinkable
By the time they realize THEY are the mark, it’ll be too late
We’re already cooked
So many preventable deaths warmed society up to continue to do the unthinkable
By the time they realize THEY are the mark, it’ll be too late
We’re already cooked
October 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
In 16 weeks with a coordinated effort the world could have wiped Covid out.
Instead we chose profits and the sacrifice of our vulnerable. And almost all the world has gone along with it.
Proof that there will never be unity or compassion or even common sense. It is beyond capitalism’s capacity.
Instead we chose profits and the sacrifice of our vulnerable. And almost all the world has gone along with it.
Proof that there will never be unity or compassion or even common sense. It is beyond capitalism’s capacity.
This is EXACTLY how I feel - with a side serve of “ you can’t even get an auto correct right, and you want to recompose my actual work?”
FUCK RIGHT OFF AI
(And it uses 1.5 litres of water for a yes/no answer. The planet can’t afford that)
FUCK RIGHT OFF AI
(And it uses 1.5 litres of water for a yes/no answer. The planet can’t afford that)
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is EXACTLY how I feel - with a side serve of “ you can’t even get an auto correct right, and you want to recompose my actual work?”
FUCK RIGHT OFF AI
(And it uses 1.5 litres of water for a yes/no answer. The planet can’t afford that)
FUCK RIGHT OFF AI
(And it uses 1.5 litres of water for a yes/no answer. The planet can’t afford that)
Well it went ok. I asked the nurse to mask. She said “oh but you’re wearing an n95 so I don’t need to”. I said “ I’d prefer you did please”. So she did without further comment. Test results were good too which was a bonus.
I am now marked as a troublemaker 🤣🤣
I am now marked as a troublemaker 🤣🤣
I have a 45 min appt with the nurse at our medical centre tomorrow. I asked for the nurse to wear a mask - I always wear one.
This is the unsurprising response. I sent back 4 recent articles about Covid but I guess that will do nothing.
If healthcare won’t pay attention, who will?
#CovidIsNotOver
This is the unsurprising response. I sent back 4 recent articles about Covid but I guess that will do nothing.
If healthcare won’t pay attention, who will?
#CovidIsNotOver
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Well it went ok. I asked the nurse to mask. She said “oh but you’re wearing an n95 so I don’t need to”. I said “ I’d prefer you did please”. So she did without further comment. Test results were good too which was a bonus.
I am now marked as a troublemaker 🤣🤣
I am now marked as a troublemaker 🤣🤣
I have a 45 min appt with the nurse at our medical centre tomorrow. I asked for the nurse to wear a mask - I always wear one.
This is the unsurprising response. I sent back 4 recent articles about Covid but I guess that will do nothing.
If healthcare won’t pay attention, who will?
#CovidIsNotOver
This is the unsurprising response. I sent back 4 recent articles about Covid but I guess that will do nothing.
If healthcare won’t pay attention, who will?
#CovidIsNotOver
October 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I have a 45 min appt with the nurse at our medical centre tomorrow. I asked for the nurse to wear a mask - I always wear one.
This is the unsurprising response. I sent back 4 recent articles about Covid but I guess that will do nothing.
If healthcare won’t pay attention, who will?
#CovidIsNotOver
This is the unsurprising response. I sent back 4 recent articles about Covid but I guess that will do nothing.
If healthcare won’t pay attention, who will?
#CovidIsNotOver
“Yes but THEIR exploitative methods and tax avoidance are more effective than ours” is not the gotcha moment you think it is Gerry.
NOT MAKING AS MUCH MONEY AS SOME OTHER COMPANY IS NOT DISCRIMINATION YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKSTICK.
You wanted free trade - this is how it works. Eat it.
NOT MAKING AS MUCH MONEY AS SOME OTHER COMPANY IS NOT DISCRIMINATION YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKSTICK.
You wanted free trade - this is how it works. Eat it.
au.finance.yahoo.com/news/kmart-t...
Gerry Harvey bitching about consumers doing exactly what he does -- importing cheap Chinese products-- and Bunnings' CEP whining about copycat products when they do this to indie artists-- and big corporations whining about companies not paying tax is HILARIOUS.
Gerry Harvey bitching about consumers doing exactly what he does -- importing cheap Chinese products-- and Bunnings' CEP whining about copycat products when they do this to indie artists-- and big corporations whining about companies not paying tax is HILARIOUS.
Boss of Kmart, Target and Bunnings blasts Chinese e-commerce giants Shein and Temu: 'Unfair'
The Chinese e-commerce platforms pull in billions in sales each year and it's having a huge impact on local brands and retailers.
au.finance.yahoo.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“Yes but THEIR exploitative methods and tax avoidance are more effective than ours” is not the gotcha moment you think it is Gerry.
NOT MAKING AS MUCH MONEY AS SOME OTHER COMPANY IS NOT DISCRIMINATION YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKSTICK.
You wanted free trade - this is how it works. Eat it.
NOT MAKING AS MUCH MONEY AS SOME OTHER COMPANY IS NOT DISCRIMINATION YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKSTICK.
You wanted free trade - this is how it works. Eat it.
One thing that struck me is a mother realising that children AREN’T resilient. You hear that a lot. Adults say it to comfort themselves.
Children are no more resilient than adults. They just don’t have the vocabulary to express their distress.
Child victims are damaged FOR LIFE.
I know.
Children are no more resilient than adults. They just don’t have the vocabulary to express their distress.
Child victims are damaged FOR LIFE.
I know.
Tonight on 7.30 (ABC), Virginia Giuffre's brother is being interviewed.
Then, on 4 Corners exposes how pedophiles are circumventing checks and working in childcare centres!!! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Then, on 4 Corners exposes how pedophiles are circumventing checks and working in childcare centres!!! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
'I don't think that the public has any idea': Paedophiles have infiltrated child care
The true scale of abuse in Australia's childcare centres has been hidden. With 200,000 pages of previously confidential files, police tip-offs, and evidence from whistleblowers, Four Corners exposes t...
www.abc.net.au
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
One thing that struck me is a mother realising that children AREN’T resilient. You hear that a lot. Adults say it to comfort themselves.
Children are no more resilient than adults. They just don’t have the vocabulary to express their distress.
Child victims are damaged FOR LIFE.
I know.
Children are no more resilient than adults. They just don’t have the vocabulary to express their distress.
Child victims are damaged FOR LIFE.
I know.
Reposted by Dr Chris Jordan-Clark
Millions and millions of people are currently going through the busy motions of day-to-day life, pursuing all their usual activities and pretending that everything is "normal," while carelessly allowing their bodies to be destroyed by repeated infections of uncontrolled Covid-19.
#COVID19
#COVID19
September 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Millions and millions of people are currently going through the busy motions of day-to-day life, pursuing all their usual activities and pretending that everything is "normal," while carelessly allowing their bodies to be destroyed by repeated infections of uncontrolled Covid-19.
#COVID19
#COVID19
This is why people are sick all the time now. Sicker than I’ve seen in 60 years. Continually sick. You know “a long period of illness” and “health challenges” sick.
It’s Covid.
It’s Covid.
“Researchers have documented that repeated COVID infections are associated with measurable disruptions to immune function. Some immune cells are depleted. Others become dysregulated — unable to do their jobs properly, or backfire on the body itself in the form of autoimmune diseases…”
The Long-Term Immune Effects of COVID — A Warning We’ve Seen Before. - WHN
By Spela Salamon, Andrew G. Ewing, Yaneer Bar-Yam, Deborah Lupton, Resia Pretorius, Arneaux Kruger World Health Network, New England Complex Systems Institute, Cambridge, MA When COVID-19 first emerge...
whn.global
October 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is why people are sick all the time now. Sicker than I’ve seen in 60 years. Continually sick. You know “a long period of illness” and “health challenges” sick.
It’s Covid.
It’s Covid.
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Don’t violate your policies? Well I’m at least one former Spotify listener who believes morals should be above profits. Spotify is no longer allowed in my home or devices.
www.stereogum.com/2327132/spot...
www.stereogum.com/2327132/spot...
Spotify Says ICE Recruitment Ads Don’t Violate Company Policy
In the past few months, a number of artists have moved to take their music down from Spotify. The list includes Massive Attack, Sylvan Esso, and King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, among many others. ...
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October 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Don’t violate your policies? Well I’m at least one former Spotify listener who believes morals should be above profits. Spotify is no longer allowed in my home or devices.
www.stereogum.com/2327132/spot...
www.stereogum.com/2327132/spot...
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Now published! My edited book ‘Long COVID and Society’ - my introduction is free to read for everyone. Download from the link below and check out the others chapters too (Chapter 14, about LC children and families, is also open access)
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Long COVID and Society
This is the first book to bring together academics and activists living with Long COVID to explore the social impacts of the new complex chronic condition.
link.springer.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Now published! My edited book ‘Long COVID and Society’ - my introduction is free to read for everyone. Download from the link below and check out the others chapters too (Chapter 14, about LC children and families, is also open access)
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Reposted by Dr Chris Jordan-Clark
Spotify customer service is immediately ending conversations if you ask about them airing ICE advertisements on the platform.
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
October 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Spotify customer service is immediately ending conversations if you ask about them airing ICE advertisements on the platform.
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify