Kate Louise Mathis
@drmaudbailey.bsky.social
Scottish European | #GreenYes | Academic | Lace knitter | Concrete enthusiast | Gaelic women's poetry | Celtic/Gaelic Revivals | Still acknowledging ongoing pandemic (She/her)
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It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
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Open University SMT has banned staff from using the term 'Ancient Palestine' after pressure from UK Lawyers for Israel! Please read (and sign!) #gaza #palestine #academia #ukhe #history #medievalsky #archaeology docs.google.com/document/u/3...
Open Letter to the Vice‑Chancellor of The Open University: Call for Urgent Compliance Action under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 regarding “Ancient Palestine”
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February 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Open University SMT has banned staff from using the term 'Ancient Palestine' after pressure from UK Lawyers for Israel! Please read (and sign!) #gaza #palestine #academia #ukhe #history #medievalsky #archaeology docs.google.com/document/u/3...
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I share this only to help those contemplating whether to tweet "I support Palestine Action".
February 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
I share this only to help those contemplating whether to tweet "I support Palestine Action".
Demand the removal of Palantir from the NHS the.organise.network/surveys/Stop...
Thanks for voting! Can you answer a few questions to focus our campaign to get Palantir OUT of our NHS?
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February 13, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Demand the removal of Palantir from the NHS the.organise.network/surveys/Stop...
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Scottish politicians have been urged to back continued oil and gas extraction – including the Rosebank oil field – by an industry body ahead of the Holyrood 2026 election, prompting outrage from climate campaigners
Outrage as oil lobby urge Scottish politicians to back Rosebank despite huge CO2 toll
www.thenational.scot
February 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Scottish politicians have been urged to back continued oil and gas extraction – including the Rosebank oil field – by an industry body ahead of the Holyrood 2026 election, prompting outrage from climate campaigners
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This is eugenics. The flu shot saves lives.
It’s bad enough that people are being discouraged from getting vaccines, now the regime is shutting down production of vaccines.
It’s a cull.
This is your regular reminder that a well fitted mask like an N95 protects against the flu and Covid!
It’s bad enough that people are being discouraged from getting vaccines, now the regime is shutting down production of vaccines.
It’s a cull.
This is your regular reminder that a well fitted mask like an N95 protects against the flu and Covid!
NEW: The FDA just shot down Moderna's new flu shot. From me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
FDA declines to review Moderna application for new flu vaccine
Moderna requests meeting to discuss refusal as decision could have implications for all new and updated vaccines
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
This is eugenics. The flu shot saves lives.
It’s bad enough that people are being discouraged from getting vaccines, now the regime is shutting down production of vaccines.
It’s a cull.
This is your regular reminder that a well fitted mask like an N95 protects against the flu and Covid!
It’s bad enough that people are being discouraged from getting vaccines, now the regime is shutting down production of vaccines.
It’s a cull.
This is your regular reminder that a well fitted mask like an N95 protects against the flu and Covid!
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I am still masking because despite the government saying COVID is ‘mild’ it’s not. No virus that carries post infection risks lasting 3 or more years is mild. I don’t want to pass on heart, immune damage, or neurological to other people.
February 12, 2026 at 9:17 AM
I am still masking because despite the government saying COVID is ‘mild’ it’s not. No virus that carries post infection risks lasting 3 or more years is mild. I don’t want to pass on heart, immune damage, or neurological to other people.
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£240m. With no tender. Palantir.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
February 10, 2026 at 1:14 PM
£240m. With no tender. Palantir.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
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Many viruses are airborne not just #COVID and with vaccination levels low there are so many other things you can catch. Measles is even more infectious than COVID and TB cases are rising. Vaccine hesitancy is a growing issue. Think of ffp2/3 masks as a friend at this time.
May 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Many viruses are airborne not just #COVID and with vaccination levels low there are so many other things you can catch. Measles is even more infectious than COVID and TB cases are rising. Vaccine hesitancy is a growing issue. Think of ffp2/3 masks as a friend at this time.
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These figures show trans suicides amongst minors went from 5 and 4 per annum to (at least) 22. The only explanation for the media not reporting that four or five fold surge is because it doesn't want to. And it doesn't want to because its trans panic was a cause of that surge.
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 8, 2026 at 9:40 AM
These figures show trans suicides amongst minors went from 5 and 4 per annum to (at least) 22. The only explanation for the media not reporting that four or five fold surge is because it doesn't want to. And it doesn't want to because its trans panic was a cause of that surge.
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Most doctors’ knowledge of Long COVID vs The published Long COVID science.
February 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
(See Martin MacGregor's essay 'The View from Fortingall' eprints.gla.ac.uk/7034/ and William Gillies' summary of the manuscript in The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature vol. I [2007]).
The view from Fortingall: the worlds of the Book of the Dean of Lismore
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February 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
(See Martin MacGregor's essay 'The View from Fortingall' eprints.gla.ac.uk/7034/ and William Gillies' summary of the manuscript in The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature vol. I [2007]).
The Countess' poem responds to 'Bod bríoghmhor atá ag Donnchadh' ('Duncan has a potent prick') by her husband Earl Cailean's poet cousin, Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy (d. 1513 at Flodden), alleging sardonically that the most remarkable organ of all belongs to her priest
February 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
The Countess' poem responds to 'Bod bríoghmhor atá ag Donnchadh' ('Duncan has a potent prick') by her husband Earl Cailean's poet cousin, Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy (d. 1513 at Flodden), alleging sardonically that the most remarkable organ of all belongs to her priest
Aithbhreac inghean Corceadail (fl.c.1460s–70s) lamented her husband, Niall Òg MacNeill, constable of Castle Sween in Knapdale; Iseabal, Countess of Argyll (1427–1510) and her daughter Iseabal nì Mheic Cailean (fl.1480s–90s) each composed variations on popular European genres (inc. amour courtois).
February 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Aithbhreac inghean Corceadail (fl.c.1460s–70s) lamented her husband, Niall Òg MacNeill, constable of Castle Sween in Knapdale; Iseabal, Countess of Argyll (1427–1510) and her daughter Iseabal nì Mheic Cailean (fl.1480s–90s) each composed variations on popular European genres (inc. amour courtois).
Very happy to have an entry in this fabulous beast of a collection.
'Women’s Poetry in Medieval Gaelic Scotland' discusses four poems by three women compiled c.1520s in the Book of the Dean of Lismore, the earliest #Gaelic compositions made in Scotland attributable to named female poets.
'Women’s Poetry in Medieval Gaelic Scotland' discusses four poems by three women compiled c.1520s in the Book of the Dean of Lismore, the earliest #Gaelic compositions made in Scotland attributable to named female poets.
Look what arrived today, or at least the ebook did. This is the first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to medieval women’s writing globally,focusing on the thousand-year period between 500-1500. Entries on about 250 women writers plus longer thematic essays. You’re welcome.
February 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Very happy to have an entry in this fabulous beast of a collection.
'Women’s Poetry in Medieval Gaelic Scotland' discusses four poems by three women compiled c.1520s in the Book of the Dean of Lismore, the earliest #Gaelic compositions made in Scotland attributable to named female poets.
'Women’s Poetry in Medieval Gaelic Scotland' discusses four poems by three women compiled c.1520s in the Book of the Dean of Lismore, the earliest #Gaelic compositions made in Scotland attributable to named female poets.
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I've asked so many people to please quit substack, and if I see a substack link, I rarely, if ever, click on it. and I know amazing people that I love and respect and learn from are on there and it makes me so sad. in case it helps you to finally quit that place:
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I've asked so many people to please quit substack, and if I see a substack link, I rarely, if ever, click on it. and I know amazing people that I love and respect and learn from are on there and it makes me so sad. in case it helps you to finally quit that place:
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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Sad that some olympic athletes still believe COVID is a respiratory virus.
Its is a neurovascular virus. It can & will infect/destroy endothelial lining anywhere.
That means any blood vessel can be damaged by COVID anywhere resulting in heart attack/stroke/embolism.
www.adn.com/sports/skiin...
Its is a neurovascular virus. It can & will infect/destroy endothelial lining anywhere.
That means any blood vessel can be damaged by COVID anywhere resulting in heart attack/stroke/embolism.
www.adn.com/sports/skiin...
February 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Sad that some olympic athletes still believe COVID is a respiratory virus.
Its is a neurovascular virus. It can & will infect/destroy endothelial lining anywhere.
That means any blood vessel can be damaged by COVID anywhere resulting in heart attack/stroke/embolism.
www.adn.com/sports/skiin...
Its is a neurovascular virus. It can & will infect/destroy endothelial lining anywhere.
That means any blood vessel can be damaged by COVID anywhere resulting in heart attack/stroke/embolism.
www.adn.com/sports/skiin...
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We need an urgent review of the so called science behind JCVI decisions that show zero reflection of post infection risks: heart damage, vascular, immune damage, neurological. Also their claim on herd/or hybrid immunity given so few are vaccinated
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Extract from Dr Fauci saying early on that herdimmunity was not applicable to #COVID as it mutates to fast. We have fleeting immunity and if we had herdimmunity we wouldn’t be in a wave currently.
February 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
We need an urgent review of the so called science behind JCVI decisions that show zero reflection of post infection risks: heart damage, vascular, immune damage, neurological. Also their claim on herd/or hybrid immunity given so few are vaccinated
bsky.app/profile/elho... @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/elho... @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
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Absolutely gutted that the Muirhead Oaks, an avenue of Category A, ecologically and historically important veteran Oaks in Chapelhall, Lanarkshire have been felled to build an AI Data Centre.
February 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Absolutely gutted that the Muirhead Oaks, an avenue of Category A, ecologically and historically important veteran Oaks in Chapelhall, Lanarkshire have been felled to build an AI Data Centre.
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A bilingual Gaelic-English headstone in Perthshire has been likened to the 'Rosetta Stone' for the region's historic Gaelic dialect. It's also prompted a call-out for information on any more of these 'extremely rare' Gaelic-English headstones, with only 3 identified.
www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
Am faca sibhse clach-uaighe dhà-chànanach?
Tha oidhirp às ùr gus barrachd ionnsachadh mu chlachan-uaighe dà-chànanach is tè ann an Siorrachd Pheairt ga h-ainmeachadh le eòlaiche mar 'Rosetta Stone' 'son seann Ghàidhlig dhùthchasach na sgìre.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 10:12 AM
A bilingual Gaelic-English headstone in Perthshire has been likened to the 'Rosetta Stone' for the region's historic Gaelic dialect. It's also prompted a call-out for information on any more of these 'extremely rare' Gaelic-English headstones, with only 3 identified.
www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
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Long COVID is not psychosomatic. It is a complex, multisystem condition with physical causes documented across growing bodies of research. Preventing COVID-19 infections remains one of the most effective ways to reduce long-term harm.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Long COVID is not psychosomatic. It is a complex, multisystem condition with physical causes documented across growing bodies of research. Preventing COVID-19 infections remains one of the most effective ways to reduce long-term harm.
Shared from the WHN Voices section — (...)
Shared from the WHN Voices section — (...)
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@durhamhealthnc.bsky.social continues to provide the honest, effective public health messaging that we should’ve had since 2020. Imagine the world we might inhabit now if this had been the case. #COVID
An airborne virus is a virus that can infect other people through unseen particles in the air, sometimes for hours after the sick person has left the area! Masks and clean, ventilated air can reduce the risk of getting sick from airborne viruses or infecting others.
February 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
@durhamhealthnc.bsky.social continues to provide the honest, effective public health messaging that we should’ve had since 2020. Imagine the world we might inhabit now if this had been the case. #COVID
I must read this again... trouble is, whenever I have a copy in the house, it's given away to someone who's yet to read it! (fair enough, since it's the route by which I acquired my first copy too, but annoying at times like this).
oddly, I'm currently reading Hazzard's Transit of Venus (1st time).
oddly, I'm currently reading Hazzard's Transit of Venus (1st time).
February 4, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I must read this again... trouble is, whenever I have a copy in the house, it's given away to someone who's yet to read it! (fair enough, since it's the route by which I acquired my first copy too, but annoying at times like this).
oddly, I'm currently reading Hazzard's Transit of Venus (1st time).
oddly, I'm currently reading Hazzard's Transit of Venus (1st time).
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One of several scholarships for Palestinian students available at the University of Liverpool. This one is for the MRes in Irish Studies. Please share to relevant circles.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship in Irish Studies | Study | University of Liverpool
Learn about our University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship in Irish Studies.
www.liverpool.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
One of several scholarships for Palestinian students available at the University of Liverpool. This one is for the MRes in Irish Studies. Please share to relevant circles.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
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We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
In 1982, inspired by the work of MO the National Lesbian and Gay survey began, it sought to capture what everyday life was like for queer people living in the UK. For our latest open call we're continuing the work of NLGS and asking what does it mean to be queer every day?
#lgbtqhistory
#lgbtqhistory
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26