Janine Paisley
@janinempaisley.bsky.social
Cellist, psychotherapist, Covid watcher, gardener
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This is happening.
This is happening.
The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed
Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveals his vision for the US as a white Christian nation
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December 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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This is happening.
This is happening.
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It takes a crisis in the NHS to get an almost fair deal. Just saying.
It takes a crisis in the NHS to get an almost fair deal. Just saying.
Resident doctors, a fair deal is on the table. Please do not strike at this moment of crisis for the NHS | Keir Starmer
A super flu epidemic is sweeping the country. Let us come together to protect the institution we all love, says Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister
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December 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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It takes a crisis in the NHS to get an almost fair deal. Just saying.
It takes a crisis in the NHS to get an almost fair deal. Just saying.
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Stock photo purveyors of the world: Please update the medical masks in your photos to N95s. It’s been 5+ years and baggy blue surgicals are *so* 2020. #COVID is airborne so you don’t want your mask to have gaps.
Mask Mandate Returns At New Jersey Hospitals.
Respiratory virus season has prompted mask mandates in New Jersey: Hackensack Meridian Health (17 hospitals) and RWJBarnabas Health (14 hospitals) now require masks for visitors as of Dec. 1.
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Respiratory virus season has prompted mask mandates in New Jersey: Hackensack Meridian Health (17 hospitals) and RWJBarnabas Health (14 hospitals) now require masks for visitors as of Dec. 1.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Stock photo purveyors of the world: Please update the medical masks in your photos to N95s. It’s been 5+ years and baggy blue surgicals are *so* 2020. #COVID is airborne so you don’t want your mask to have gaps.
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It’s not hit and miss if you won’t vaccinate them….hard to believe it’s not deliberate.
It’s not hit and miss if you won’t vaccinate them….hard to believe it’s not deliberate.
Preventing infections in older people is hit and miss, says England’s chief medic
Chris Whitty contrasts systematic approach in children and calls for more research into managing infections in elderly
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December 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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It’s not hit and miss if you won’t vaccinate them….hard to believe it’s not deliberate.
It’s not hit and miss if you won’t vaccinate them….hard to believe it’s not deliberate.
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Corporate manslaughter charges considered by police investigating the Post Office Horizon scandal.
Nearly 1,000 postmasters wrongly prosecuted, lives and families destroyed.
Culprits will prolong cases, escape justice.
Govt must appoint a special court to speed up the process.
Nearly 1,000 postmasters wrongly prosecuted, lives and families destroyed.
Culprits will prolong cases, escape justice.
Govt must appoint a special court to speed up the process.
Post Office scandal: Police consider corporate manslaughter charges
The criminal investigation into the scandal, in which hundreds of postmasters were wrongfully convicted of theft and false accounting via the Horizon software, has been expanded to include more "perso...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Corporate manslaughter charges considered by police investigating the Post Office Horizon scandal.
Nearly 1,000 postmasters wrongly prosecuted, lives and families destroyed.
Culprits will prolong cases, escape justice.
Govt must appoint a special court to speed up the process.
Nearly 1,000 postmasters wrongly prosecuted, lives and families destroyed.
Culprits will prolong cases, escape justice.
Govt must appoint a special court to speed up the process.
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France plans to spend $150 million to rip out grape vines due to wine industry woes from increasing heat, drought, etc
Yet planting rows of trees around vines can drought- & heat-proof them while keeping production up w/o irrigation
I reported about this #agroforestry solution in southern France:
Yet planting rows of trees around vines can drought- & heat-proof them while keeping production up w/o irrigation
I reported about this #agroforestry solution in southern France:
Better wines among the pines: Agroforestry can climate-proof grapes, French researchers show
MONTPELLIER, France — As the world warms due to climate change, winemakers are struggling to maintain the quality of their product. But in the home of wine, agroforestry researchers are showing that g...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
France plans to spend $150 million to rip out grape vines due to wine industry woes from increasing heat, drought, etc
Yet planting rows of trees around vines can drought- & heat-proof them while keeping production up w/o irrigation
I reported about this #agroforestry solution in southern France:
Yet planting rows of trees around vines can drought- & heat-proof them while keeping production up w/o irrigation
I reported about this #agroforestry solution in southern France:
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Unbelievable
Unbelievable
The Guardian view on devastation in Gaza: the world wants to move on, but Palestinians can’t | Editorial
Editorial: Drenched by floods and abandoned amid the ruins, people in Gaza can draw no comfort from US plans
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November 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Unbelievable
Unbelievable
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Airborne transmission of bird flu plus the likelihood of reassortment and its fomite transmission mean that I am closing my letterbox, wearing gloves when shopping and using antiviral spray on all objects entering my house.
Starting early worked well for Covid.
Starting early worked well for Covid.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Airborne transmission of bird flu plus the likelihood of reassortment and its fomite transmission mean that I am closing my letterbox, wearing gloves when shopping and using antiviral spray on all objects entering my house.
Starting early worked well for Covid.
Starting early worked well for Covid.
Airborne transmission of bird flu plus the likelihood of reassortment and its fomite transmission mean that I am closing my letterbox, wearing gloves when shopping and using antiviral spray on all objects entering my house.
Starting early worked well for Covid.
Starting early worked well for Covid.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Airborne transmission of bird flu plus the likelihood of reassortment and its fomite transmission mean that I am closing my letterbox, wearing gloves when shopping and using antiviral spray on all objects entering my house.
Starting early worked well for Covid.
Starting early worked well for Covid.
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... the bishop speaks for me… the bible is crystal clear on the need to care for the vulnerable and to welcome foreigners. Government policy is out of line here.
Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures
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November 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... the bishop speaks for me… the bible is crystal clear on the need to care for the vulnerable and to welcome foreigners. Government policy is out of line here.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/co...
WASPI scandal: Pay out compensation to the women affected
The Government has announced it will reconsider whether to compensate the WASPI women, following growing pressure and undisclosed "evidence"
Last December, the Government announced women born in the ...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Starmer came to power on a platform that, in essence, claimed he would make everything better without making any big changes. Apart from being ridiculous when viewed objectively, it also leaves him losing support from one group or another if he tries anything to rectify the situation.
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Starmer came to power on a platform that, in essence, claimed he would make everything better without making any big changes. Apart from being ridiculous when viewed objectively, it also leaves him losing support from one group or another if he tries anything to rectify the situation.
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“This is a call to ensure that the future of health is not defined solely by those with the most data, the most money, or the most influence, but by those who centre equity, prevention, and the well-being of populations…” read more here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mind the (widening) gap: why public health must engage with AI now
This commentary aims to highlight the opportunities and challenges that Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents for public health.Narrative commentary a…
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November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“This is a call to ensure that the future of health is not defined solely by those with the most data, the most money, or the most influence, but by those who centre equity, prevention, and the well-being of populations…” read more here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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To lose one prisoner, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
Actually no, it's an embarrassing level of incompetence on both occasions.
Actually no, it's an embarrassing level of incompetence on both occasions.
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
To lose one prisoner, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
Actually no, it's an embarrassing level of incompetence on both occasions.
Actually no, it's an embarrassing level of incompetence on both occasions.
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Large Increase In Numbers Of People Diagnosed With Something That Totally Wasn’t Caused By That Thing
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Large Increase In Numbers Of People Diagnosed With Something That Totally Wasn’t Caused By That Thing
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Experts Confirm That Talking About Long Covid Really Negs The Vibes, Alan
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Experts Confirm That Talking About Long Covid Really Negs The Vibes, Alan
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It’s Bring Your Infectious Disease To School Month
November 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It’s Bring Your Infectious Disease To School Month
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Defaulting to surgical masks in health care settings in 2025 is one of the most dissapointing examples of reluctance to change despite overwhelming evidence.
Even defaulting to KN95 style would significantly increase protection of the most vulnerable.
Infuriating inertia in the HC industry.
Even defaulting to KN95 style would significantly increase protection of the most vulnerable.
Infuriating inertia in the HC industry.
October 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Defaulting to surgical masks in health care settings in 2025 is one of the most dissapointing examples of reluctance to change despite overwhelming evidence.
Even defaulting to KN95 style would significantly increase protection of the most vulnerable.
Infuriating inertia in the HC industry.
Even defaulting to KN95 style would significantly increase protection of the most vulnerable.
Infuriating inertia in the HC industry.
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If you’d like to understand N Ireland then read this.
If you’d like to understand N Ireland then read this.
Blue Lights is more than great TV. It might be the best chance Britons have of reckoning with the Troubles | Jonathan Freedland
The reaction to the Bloody Sunday trial makes it clear: those of us outside Northern Ireland just don’t understand the painful legacy of this brutal conflict, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedlan...
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October 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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If you’d like to understand N Ireland then read this.
If you’d like to understand N Ireland then read this.
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New Cutting-Edge Scans Able To Show Whether You’re Battling Long-Term Effects Of Covid Infection Or A Legion Of Demons
October 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New Cutting-Edge Scans Able To Show Whether You’re Battling Long-Term Effects Of Covid Infection Or A Legion Of Demons
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I teach.
If you teach, you will hear students say "6-7"
We are currently in Year 6 of the pandemic. We are about to go into Year 7.
If you teach, you will hear students say "6-7"
We are currently in Year 6 of the pandemic. We are about to go into Year 7.
September 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Developers get more money for executive homes built on Greenfield.
Developers get more money for executive homes built on Greenfield.
Almost 1.5m homes could be built on brownfield sites in England, report finds
Exclusive: CPRE study suggests housebuilding targets can be met without encroaching on green belt land
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September 24, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Developers get more money for executive homes built on Greenfield.
Developers get more money for executive homes built on Greenfield.
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Come read my review of the most shocking episode of I, Claudius yet. (Gift link!) By the way: Don't touch the figs.
'I, Claudius' Episode 5 Recap: "Poison is Queen"
'I, Claudius' somehow outdoes itself with an episode stacked with scene after scene of powerhouse performances and world-changing moments.
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September 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Come read my review of the most shocking episode of I, Claudius yet. (Gift link!) By the way: Don't touch the figs.