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Follow @iBallesty.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy for new posts. Facts matter/opinions differ. If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem. 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 🇨🇱. #LongCovid #SDG #ARP #HostingUkrainians
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Iain Ballesty @iballesty.bsky.social · Apr 19
Short but emphatic. Let's talk about long-COVID.
What is it? How to minimise your chances of getting it. A collection of articles 🧵

From 2022: youtube.com/watch?v=jOa9...
Let's talk about long-COVID
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#chile

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January 10, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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#Chile
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The #environment impact of the UK fresh apple #supplychain depends on the sourcing locations. Total GHG #emission across production, storage, processing & transport are lowest for #apples from #Chile, followed by apples from the #UK and Europe: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2025.110070 #foodmiles #localfood
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January 10, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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📈 Flu activity in Ireland rose across all indicators and reached moderate levels, likely peaking in weeks 50–51 of 2025.
📈 RSV also increased to moderate levels.
📈 COVID‑19 activity rose but remains low.

💉 Vaccination remains one of the most effective ways to […]

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January 9, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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Nollaig na mBan shona daoibh!” – “Happy Women’s Christmas to you (all)!

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30821531.html
What's the deal with Women's Little Christmas?
Nollaig na mBan is a very unique Irish celebration
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January 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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We have built the safest civilisation in human history while convincing ourselves that we live in the most dangerous. Billions of people experienced measurable improvements in health, safety, and material conditions in 2025. That progress didn’t make the news […]

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Top row: grain harvests in China, school meals in Indonesia, poverty declines in Mexico. Middle row: clean drinking water in India, new electricity lines in Zambia, vaccinations against cervical cancer in Pakistan. Bottom row: malaria vaccines in Uganda, community peacekeepers in the United States, youth workers in Brazil.
December 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Armchair astronomers sought to hunt for stars being torn apart by black holes https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/armchair-astronomers-sought-to-hunt-for-stars-being-torn-apart-by-black-holes-1846603.html
Armchair astronomers sought to hunt for stars being torn apart by black holes | BreakingNews
A new project will capture the night sky over the next 10 years from the Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile.
www.breakingnews.ie
December 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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With so many road deaths in Ireland lately, the Gardaí have shared where all the speed limits and cameras are. Drive safe out there!
December 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Lizzie Le Blond was one of a kind. She shattered Victorian conventions not only by climbing mountains but by photographing them. Clodagh Finn reports on a documentary that puts the Irish woman back in the spotlight

Looks like it could be worth a watch: review and link here […]
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December 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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December 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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December 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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🎅✨ Santa’s coming to Curracloe! Join the village on Sat Dec 13 at 6pm for festive lights, community cheer & a magical night to remember. Free & open to all! #Wexford #christmas2025 […]

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December 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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42000+ Ukrainians continue to be hosted in Irish homes and houses. 🏆 Supported by 1,000s more in the community. #IrelandIsFull of welcoming Irish. #zelenskyinireland #ukrainiansinireland 🇮🇪🇺🇦
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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#LongCovid #preventlongcovid #COVID19

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November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Gareth O'Callaghan: Vaccination is vital for people with chronic illness as covid and flu season returns
Gareth O'Callaghan on living with COPD, the return of flu and covid, and why vaccine misinformation — especially from RFK Jr — puts vulnerable people at risk
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November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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#LongCovid #PreventLongCovid #Covid19
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“Long COVID has shattered every aspect of my life,” says Ella, who contracted COVID in 2021 at 19 and had to move home. Once active and social, she now spends days in a dark room with “debilitating fatigue,” exercise intolerance, brain fog, nerve pain, breathlessness and many other symptoms.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Good 🧵
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1) Dr. Michael Peluso will lead a big ME/CFS project called CHIME. The infrastructure first built for HIV, then used for Long Covid in the LIINC study, will now also help with studying pre-pandemic ME/CFS The research will focus on gut biopsies and PET-CT scans.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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‘My life has been shattered by long COVID’ - Free https://www.farmersjournal.ie/life/health/my-life-has-been-shattered-by-long-covid-891876 #LongCovid #preventlongcovid #COVID19
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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I have long thought that the ROI on #ai is in the boring & the mundane. When it becomes business as usual that we will see the gains. Prepare now, strategically, not tactical.

AI investments show returns, but data problems slow progress | heise online […]
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November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Diesel consumption in China, the 2nd-largest consumer of the fuel after the U.S., fell to 3.9 million barrels per day in June 2024, down 11% year-on-year and the largest drop since mid-2021, partly reflecting the shift to #ev trucks. #sdg
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November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Tizgui waterfalls on a tranquil Sunday. شلالات تيزغوي
Water drops through greenery Oasis pool and a trickle of water.
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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🦠 Flu is on the rise and above normal levels
😷 RSV is creeping up but still low
🧼 COVID-19 is going down and staying low
🤧 Rhino/enterovirus remains elevated

🔗 https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/acuterespiratoryinfection/surveillance/integratedreports/IRV_bulletin_week_45_2025.html
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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"Autism charities must rethink how they portray autistic people—moving from pity to authentic representation. Leadership should include autistic voices, and funding systems need reform". #neurodiversity
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fingers being pointed at a woman in distress reading A paper with symbols on it
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Excellent article, thanks.
An Ongoing Battle for Adequate Treatment and Care: The Impact of Long Covid on Families' by Marianne Lynch.

Exulansis - The Gulf of Understanding […]

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An elephant in the room.
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM