Jane McLaren
@jwpolite.bsky.social
CleanAir. Climate Change/ Wildlife/ Public Health. Support Science. Keep our NHS 1948 equity in "we the people" choosing when to see a qualified GP. Dont erode trust in the NHS with barriers to access. Employ more GPs.
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The red line blurring commences. Given growing Brexit scepticism in the public at large, and particularly on the left bloc, expect this to continue
UK should seek ‘closer alignment’ with EU single market, Starmer says ft.trib.al/ZRwzfBP
UK should seek ‘closer alignment’ with EU single market, Starmer says
Prime minister vows he will stay in Number 10 even as Labour party sinks in opinion polls
ft.trib.al
January 4, 2026 at 12:24 PM
The red line blurring commences. Given growing Brexit scepticism in the public at large, and particularly on the left bloc, expect this to continue
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This is an illegal intervention in a country that poses no threat to the United States. Trump is trying to distract from the fact that he tanked our economy and kicked millions off their health care. Congressional Republicans need to rein Trump in before he gets American troops killed.
Trump says U.S. will 'run' Venezuela and sell seized oil in remarks on the strikes
President Trump says the United States conducted a strike in Venezuela and captured that country's president, Nicolás Maduro along with his wife, Cilia Flores.
www.npr.org
January 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
This is an illegal intervention in a country that poses no threat to the United States. Trump is trying to distract from the fact that he tanked our economy and kicked millions off their health care. Congressional Republicans need to rein Trump in before he gets American troops killed.
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Where is the threshold in the ranking of countries where removing a head of government / head of state switches from being acceptable to not being acceptable.
Because we seem to be going a long way down that list. And that means 'nice' countries are within reach.
Because we seem to be going a long way down that list. And that means 'nice' countries are within reach.
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Where is the threshold in the ranking of countries where removing a head of government / head of state switches from being acceptable to not being acceptable.
Because we seem to be going a long way down that list. And that means 'nice' countries are within reach.
Because we seem to be going a long way down that list. And that means 'nice' countries are within reach.
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I wrote this only last week, after saying that Trump seems about to wage war on Venezuela. It seems pretty relevant to what transpired today.
UK and Europe *must* reduce our dependence on America and its technologies as rapidly as we can.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
UK and Europe *must* reduce our dependence on America and its technologies as rapidly as we can.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
January 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I wrote this only last week, after saying that Trump seems about to wage war on Venezuela. It seems pretty relevant to what transpired today.
UK and Europe *must* reduce our dependence on America and its technologies as rapidly as we can.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
UK and Europe *must* reduce our dependence on America and its technologies as rapidly as we can.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
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Donald Trump authorized a military attack on a foreign country, kidnapped the head of state, and claimed that he and his cronies now have the right to run that country as they see fit.
All in less than 24 hours.
All without congressional authorization.
All illegally and unconstitutionally.
All in less than 24 hours.
All without congressional authorization.
All illegally and unconstitutionally.
Reporter: Who would run Venezuela?
Trump: It is largely going to be the people standing right behind me. We are going to be running it
Trump: It is largely going to be the people standing right behind me. We are going to be running it
January 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Donald Trump authorized a military attack on a foreign country, kidnapped the head of state, and claimed that he and his cronies now have the right to run that country as they see fit.
All in less than 24 hours.
All without congressional authorization.
All illegally and unconstitutionally.
All in less than 24 hours.
All without congressional authorization.
All illegally and unconstitutionally.
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As if we didn’t already treat educators horribly, now we also have to subject them to never-ending infections with an organ- and immune system-damaging virus that leave them chronically ill & jobless.
Denial is comforting only in the short term. #COVID
Denial is comforting only in the short term. #COVID
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
As if we didn’t already treat educators horribly, now we also have to subject them to never-ending infections with an organ- and immune system-damaging virus that leave them chronically ill & jobless.
Denial is comforting only in the short term. #COVID
Denial is comforting only in the short term. #COVID
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CBS News filmed but DIDN'T air this interview in which NYC Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss defends NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, clarifying that Mamdani is opposed to Zionism and Israel's genocide but he's NOT antisemitic. A Jewish rabbi praising a Muslim Mayor. I wonder why they didn't air it? 🤔 #USPolitics
January 2, 2026 at 9:51 PM
CBS News filmed but DIDN'T air this interview in which NYC Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss defends NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, clarifying that Mamdani is opposed to Zionism and Israel's genocide but he's NOT antisemitic. A Jewish rabbi praising a Muslim Mayor. I wonder why they didn't air it? 🤔 #USPolitics
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Well said.
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
January 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Well said.
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I'm trying to get a sense of how many (other) people were invited and then disinvited from US campuses last year. If you have a story to share, please dm. I will keep it confidential – just trying to figure out the scale of this.
January 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I'm trying to get a sense of how many (other) people were invited and then disinvited from US campuses last year. If you have a story to share, please dm. I will keep it confidential – just trying to figure out the scale of this.
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Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown
Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown
New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown
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We’re sleepwalking into a disaster
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 AM
We’re sleepwalking into a disaster
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My dad died last night. Here's a story that came out today about his career in politics. newjerseyglobe.com/in-memoriam/...
Dick Zimmer, former congressman and U.S. Senate contender, dies at 81 - New Jersey Globe
Richard A. Zimmer, a three-term Republican congressman from Hunterdon County and longtime state legislator who ran a competitive race for U.S. Senate in
newjerseyglobe.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
My dad died last night. Here's a story that came out today about his career in politics. newjerseyglobe.com/in-memoriam/...
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"A reasonable accommodation is any change in the workplace or in the way things are usually done that provides equal opportunities for those with disabilities" -
#CleanTheAir
#Unions #WakeUp
#PreventLongCOVID
#ThePandemicIsNotOver
Via @kim2112.bsky.social
accesspress.org/long-covid-y...
#CleanTheAir
#Unions #WakeUp
#PreventLongCOVID
#ThePandemicIsNotOver
Via @kim2112.bsky.social
accesspress.org/long-covid-y...
Long COVID: Your rights at work | Access Press
People who live with Long COVID and are trying to remain part of the workforce need to know their rights. […]
accesspress.org
January 1, 2026 at 7:08 PM
"A reasonable accommodation is any change in the workplace or in the way things are usually done that provides equal opportunities for those with disabilities" -
#CleanTheAir
#Unions #WakeUp
#PreventLongCOVID
#ThePandemicIsNotOver
Via @kim2112.bsky.social
accesspress.org/long-covid-y...
#CleanTheAir
#Unions #WakeUp
#PreventLongCOVID
#ThePandemicIsNotOver
Via @kim2112.bsky.social
accesspress.org/long-covid-y...
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Maternal and congenital syphilis are markers of under development and lack of public health infrastructure.
Sad that we are adding " explosive growth in maternal syphilis" to the list of public health failures closing out 2025.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/sexually-tra...
Sad that we are adding " explosive growth in maternal syphilis" to the list of public health failures closing out 2025.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/sexually-tra...
Mississippi experiences explosive growth in maternal syphilis
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Maternal and congenital syphilis are markers of under development and lack of public health infrastructure.
Sad that we are adding " explosive growth in maternal syphilis" to the list of public health failures closing out 2025.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/sexually-tra...
Sad that we are adding " explosive growth in maternal syphilis" to the list of public health failures closing out 2025.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/sexually-tra...
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That's a wrap for work in 2025.
Working the new year stretch this year and it's a privilege to be able to end the year doing this work. Be safe out there as you mark the start of 2026. See y'all next year and thanks for rocking with me in this online space. ✌️
#HappNewYear
Working the new year stretch this year and it's a privilege to be able to end the year doing this work. Be safe out there as you mark the start of 2026. See y'all next year and thanks for rocking with me in this online space. ✌️
#HappNewYear
December 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
That's a wrap for work in 2025.
Working the new year stretch this year and it's a privilege to be able to end the year doing this work. Be safe out there as you mark the start of 2026. See y'all next year and thanks for rocking with me in this online space. ✌️
#HappNewYear
Working the new year stretch this year and it's a privilege to be able to end the year doing this work. Be safe out there as you mark the start of 2026. See y'all next year and thanks for rocking with me in this online space. ✌️
#HappNewYear
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If your political system gives one horrible old guy the power* to halt an entire country’s childcare payments, on New Year’s Eve, just because he watched a racist conspiracy TikTok that day, then it is very, very sick. Possible dead even.
* de facto or de jure.
* de facto or de jure.
December 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
If your political system gives one horrible old guy the power* to halt an entire country’s childcare payments, on New Year’s Eve, just because he watched a racist conspiracy TikTok that day, then it is very, very sick. Possible dead even.
* de facto or de jure.
* de facto or de jure.
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@ipaccanada.bsky.social & @cmadocs.bsky.social -
Time to #DropDropletDogma, protect #HCWs & patients, warn about #Reinfections & #LongCOVID, advocate for masking (with #N95s) & #CleanAir, or remain on the #WrongsideOfHistory in 2026?
Time to #DropDropletDogma, protect #HCWs & patients, warn about #Reinfections & #LongCOVID, advocate for masking (with #N95s) & #CleanAir, or remain on the #WrongsideOfHistory in 2026?
The medical associations need to decide whether they are about protecting members and patients, or about shielding a few well-connected public health and infection control docs from accountability for negligence.
History says odds are it's door #2.
History says odds are it's door #2.
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"With #LongCOVID, I’m completely altered. I’m simply unrecognisable as myself" -
m.independent.ie/irish-news/r...
"With #LongCOVID, I’m completely altered. I’m simply unrecognisable as myself" -
m.independent.ie/irish-news/r...
December 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
@ipaccanada.bsky.social & @cmadocs.bsky.social -
Time to #DropDropletDogma, protect #HCWs & patients, warn about #Reinfections & #LongCOVID, advocate for masking (with #N95s) & #CleanAir, or remain on the #WrongsideOfHistory in 2026?
Time to #DropDropletDogma, protect #HCWs & patients, warn about #Reinfections & #LongCOVID, advocate for masking (with #N95s) & #CleanAir, or remain on the #WrongsideOfHistory in 2026?
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As noted by @joycewhitevance.bsky.social second Alabama child dies of flu.
Urging every grandparent to join #GrandparentsforVaccines
Vaccine disinformation is killing our grandkids. Parents need facts and truth-these diseases are harmful and lethal!
mynbc15.com/news/local/a...
Urging every grandparent to join #GrandparentsforVaccines
Vaccine disinformation is killing our grandkids. Parents need facts and truth-these diseases are harmful and lethal!
mynbc15.com/news/local/a...
Second Alabama child dies from flu-related complications
ALABAMA -- A 14-year-old high school freshman in Alabama died from flu-related complications on Monday.
mynbc15.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:52 AM
As noted by @joycewhitevance.bsky.social second Alabama child dies of flu.
Urging every grandparent to join #GrandparentsforVaccines
Vaccine disinformation is killing our grandkids. Parents need facts and truth-these diseases are harmful and lethal!
mynbc15.com/news/local/a...
Urging every grandparent to join #GrandparentsforVaccines
Vaccine disinformation is killing our grandkids. Parents need facts and truth-these diseases are harmful and lethal!
mynbc15.com/news/local/a...
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That's a wrap on 2025! 🎉
You can help us do even more in 2026 by setting up a regular donation:
https://goodlaw.social/at8o
You can help us do even more in 2026 by setting up a regular donation:
https://goodlaw.social/at8o
December 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
That's a wrap on 2025! 🎉
You can help us do even more in 2026 by setting up a regular donation:
https://goodlaw.social/at8o
You can help us do even more in 2026 by setting up a regular donation:
https://goodlaw.social/at8o
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Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.
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Is your local NHS trust using Palantir software?
Find out and tell them what you think ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/ql1k
Find out and tell them what you think ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/ql1k
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
goodlaw.social
December 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Is your local NHS trust using Palantir software?
Find out and tell them what you think ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/ql1k
Find out and tell them what you think ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/ql1k
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thanks so much John!
@michaelemann.bsky.social & @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social's "Science Under Siege" is one of the most important books published in recent memory, especially this year It is a timely look at what happens when science is attacked, ignored & discredited. It should be required reading for most Americans.
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
thanks so much John!
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Yes!!!! Read this....
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 31, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Yes!!!! Read this....
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I thought the slogan for RFK Jr’s movement was Make America Healthy Again?
December 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I thought the slogan for RFK Jr’s movement was Make America Healthy Again?
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A tally of the damage www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
Opinion | This Is the Damage Kennedy Has Done in Less Than a Year
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A tally of the damage www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...