Grace Hurford PhD
@ghurford.bsky.social
mountaineer, chutney/ cake maker, based in UK Lake District.❤️EU ; trying to be 💚; v lecturer in health policy leadership/MBA dissertation sup RKCollege Zurich.😷 masking until we get st vaccines. #LongCovidAdvocacy https://www.mef.org.uk/about/committee
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'Three-quarters of people support a wealth tax – yet none of the establishment parties will touch it. So parts of the media close ranks when the vast wealth of their owners and the policies of their friends in Westminster come under threat.'
Every personal attack.
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
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Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
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November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
'Three-quarters of people support a wealth tax – yet none of the establishment parties will touch it. So parts of the media close ranks when the vast wealth of their owners and the policies of their friends in Westminster come under threat.'
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"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world by @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
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www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world by @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
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It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
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We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... The numbers tell a stark story – the average admission to a mental health unit for a child in Sweden is less than 11 days. In Australia, it is less than nine days. For a child, in the UK it is 74 days.
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‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. Ho...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... The numbers tell a stark story – the average admission to a mental health unit for a child in Sweden is less than 11 days. In Australia, it is less than nine days. For a child, in the UK it is 74 days.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
Great story
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Great story
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Trump’s presidential limo parked outside his Palm Beach golf club today.
Trump is the first president to golf during a government shutdown.
Trump is the first president to golf during a government shutdown.
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trump’s presidential limo parked outside his Palm Beach golf club today.
Trump is the first president to golf during a government shutdown.
Trump is the first president to golf during a government shutdown.
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RT2021 Ltd (aka "Restore Trust") is being massively and increasingly outvoted by @nationaltrust.org.uk status quo supporters 👍
AGM NT : RT
2025 35k : 13k = 2.7x
2024 43k : 20k = 2.2x
2023 80k : 48k = 1.7x
Game over @celiarichardson.bsky.social 👊
AGM NT : RT
2025 35k : 13k = 2.7x
2024 43k : 20k = 2.2x
2023 80k : 48k = 1.7x
Game over @celiarichardson.bsky.social 👊
Participation peaked in 2023 as Restore Trust mobilised their support & their opponents
Energy dropping now
Endorsed slate
35k (2025)
42-43k (2024)
80k+ (2023)
Restore Trust campaign
12-13k (2025)
17,500 - 20,000 votes (2024)
46k-48k (2023)
Non-slate candidates have little or no chance now
Energy dropping now
Endorsed slate
35k (2025)
42-43k (2024)
80k+ (2023)
Restore Trust campaign
12-13k (2025)
17,500 - 20,000 votes (2024)
46k-48k (2023)
Non-slate candidates have little or no chance now
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/h...
#SNAP #shutdown #hunger
#SNAP #shutdown #hunger
National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters | CNN
Between January and mid-October 2025, calls to local 211 helplines from people seeking food pantries in their community held steady at nearly 1,000 calls per day.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/h...
#SNAP #shutdown #hunger
#SNAP #shutdown #hunger
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Over 100,000 people have signed a Mirror petition demanding the Government reverses a decade of Tory cuts so people can get an NHS dentist again.
Thousands sign Mirror petition demanding reversal of Tory dentist stealth cuts
www.mirror.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Over 100,000 people have signed a Mirror petition demanding the Government reverses a decade of Tory cuts so people can get an NHS dentist again.
And this hardy perennial herb seems to flourish right through the year in our gardens - whether in Scotland or Spain .. or anywhere in between … 🌿
Sweet sustenance and symbol: Rosemary Remembrance Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay www.nigella.com/recipes/rose...
Rosemary Remembrance Cake
The food we eat connects us so deeply to those we love and, perhaps, especially so when they are no longer with us. And this recipe is really in honour of my maternal grandmother, and not just because...
www.nigella.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
And this hardy perennial herb seems to flourish right through the year in our gardens - whether in Scotland or Spain .. or anywhere in between … 🌿
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"We found that individuals who received at least three vaccine doses before getting infected were less likely to report long COVID symptoms and had better quality of life. In contrast, vaccination after infection showed no benefit."
#LongCovid #PASC #PostCovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PostCovid
Optimizing the schedule of BNT162b2 COVID-19 against long COVID and associated quality of life losses
->Nature | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Nature | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Optimizing the schedule of BNT162b2 COVID-19 against long COVID and associated quality of life losses
Our study showed a clear protective effect of pre-infection vaccination on reporting of long COVID symptoms and associated losses of QoL: individuals who received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine prior to infection were 34% less likely to report long...
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"We found that individuals who received at least three vaccine doses before getting infected were less likely to report long COVID symptoms and had better quality of life. In contrast, vaccination after infection showed no benefit."
#LongCovid #PASC #PostCovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PostCovid
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One of the guests partying at Mar-a-Lago was Nigel Farage, by the way. For my British followers.
Guests eating fancy dinners in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago ballroom as American families stand in line at food banks
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
One of the guests partying at Mar-a-Lago was Nigel Farage, by the way. For my British followers.
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In Opinion | “Throughout the Trump era, many of the most prominent voices of right-wing America have only become shriller, angrier and, yes, more racist and more antisemitic,” our columnist David French writes.
Opinion | Cruelty, Bigotry and Rage. What’s Not to Like?
This is what happens when the fringe becomes the mainstream (and vice versa).
nyti.ms
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In Opinion | “Throughout the Trump era, many of the most prominent voices of right-wing America have only become shriller, angrier and, yes, more racist and more antisemitic,” our columnist David French writes.
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REMINDER: President Biden NEVER cut SNAP payments, never even had a government shutdown.
In fact, he cut child poverty in half.
He cut child hunger, too.
I miss having a REAL President.
In fact, he cut child poverty in half.
He cut child hunger, too.
I miss having a REAL President.
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
REMINDER: President Biden NEVER cut SNAP payments, never even had a government shutdown.
In fact, he cut child poverty in half.
He cut child hunger, too.
I miss having a REAL President.
In fact, he cut child poverty in half.
He cut child hunger, too.
I miss having a REAL President.
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A Trump supporter who fired off a gun during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested last month on kidnapping and sexual assault charges, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois.
Former Jan. 6 defendant arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges
The Utah man was previously charged with firing a gun outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A Trump supporter who fired off a gun during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested last month on kidnapping and sexual assault charges, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois.
“Elsewhere”.
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“Elsewhere”.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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"...it was at this point I felt the malevolent spirit of an odious, dumpy little racist enter my body and possess my typing finger..."
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"...it was at this point I felt the malevolent spirit of an odious, dumpy little racist enter my body and possess my typing finger..."