Michael “Miguel”Orgel
@michaelorgel.bsky.social
Antinuclear weapons activist. MD retired from NHS clinical practice as addiction specialist. Let’s eliminate nukes before they eliminate us. My band The Irresistible Urges based in Edinburgh. Check out our lp on bandcamp
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First Minister John Swinney has called for swift and decisive action in “tackling the climate emergency” as the COP30 gets under way
'No time to waste' tackling climate emergency, says John Swinney as COP30 begins
www.thenational.scot
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
First Minister John Swinney has called for swift and decisive action in “tackling the climate emergency” as the COP30 gets under way
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This is the world that RFK Jr and other extreme anti-vaccine activists & conspiracy theorists are working towards 😢
Six young children died, one facing amputation of limbs, all unvaccinated, all from measles.
Protect your children.
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Protect your children.
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11-Month-Old Charedi Baby Faces Amputation After Severe Measles Complications - Belaaz News
An 11-month-old infant from Beitar Illit, hospitalized at Hadassah Medical Center after contracting measles, is scheduled for surgery to amputate all four limbs due to necrosis, according to a Tuesday...
belaaz.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is the world that RFK Jr and other extreme anti-vaccine activists & conspiracy theorists are working towards 😢
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This is so dispiriting. How many people died or were sickened or disabled because they were persuaded by the snake oil salesmen peddling ivermectin or anti-vaxx messages or by folks telling them that mass infection was superior to vaccination? Ugh.
thinking about this piece from last year by @qjurecic.bsky.social and how our institutions and political leadership failed to support the folks who saw all of this coming
Good Luck Fighting Disinformation
A group that formed during the pandemic to counter medical lies found that every lever it pulled on failed to produce the results it was hoping for.
www.theatlantic.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is so dispiriting. How many people died or were sickened or disabled because they were persuaded by the snake oil salesmen peddling ivermectin or anti-vaxx messages or by folks telling them that mass infection was superior to vaccination? Ugh.
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Study in @jama.com reveals no link between Tylenol and autism:
"Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analyses."
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"Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analyses."
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Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
jamanetwork.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Study in @jama.com reveals no link between Tylenol and autism:
"Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analyses."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analyses."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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While most countries have seen a steady decline in suicide rates, the United States has witnessed the opposite, with suicides jumping almost 30 per cent since 2000
Global suicide rates fell 30 per cent since 1990 – but not in the US
While most countries have seen a steady decline in suicide rates, the United States has witnessed the opposite, with suicides jumping almost 30 per cent since 2000
www.newscientist.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
While most countries have seen a steady decline in suicide rates, the United States has witnessed the opposite, with suicides jumping almost 30 per cent since 2000
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US Treasury's Bessent made contradictory mortgage pledges, Bloomberg reports reut.rs/47MEBnF
US Treasury's Bessent made contradictory mortgage pledges, Bloomberg reports
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent previously agreed to occupy two different houses at the same time as his "principal residence," Bloomberg News reported, an agreement similar to one President Donald Trump has called mortgage fraud in his unprecedented bid to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
US Treasury's Bessent made contradictory mortgage pledges, Bloomberg reports reut.rs/47MEBnF
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(Bloomberg) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that .. Trump has been using to try to oust .. Lisa Cook.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
September 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
(Bloomberg) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that .. Trump has been using to try to oust .. Lisa Cook.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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Rolling the dice on a vaccine preventable illness is never the better option. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a rare and fatal complication of measles that can occur several years after the original infection. This is sad, this is avoidable. Vaccinate kids!
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Los Angeles child dies from rare measles complication years after recovery
The county health department said the death is a "painful reminder" of how dangerous measles can be in unvaccinated people.
www.nbcnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Rolling the dice on a vaccine preventable illness is never the better option. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a rare and fatal complication of measles that can occur several years after the original infection. This is sad, this is avoidable. Vaccinate kids!
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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🚨NOW 399 DAYS since our nuclear test veterans - national heroes in their eighties - requested a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss how he will honour the commitment Labour made to their campaign for justice and compensation in opposition
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Video emerges of Deputy PM,Defence Secretary & other Ministers BACKING compensation for Nuclear Vets
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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August 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
🚨NOW 399 DAYS since our nuclear test veterans - national heroes in their eighties - requested a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss how he will honour the commitment Labour made to their campaign for justice and compensation in opposition
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
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This.
If you don’t remember it: NPR read the charges against the King from the Declaration.
Enraging MAGA, who thought they were talking about DJT
If you don’t remember it: NPR read the charges against the King from the Declaration.
Enraging MAGA, who thought they were talking about DJT
For those who don’t remember, @npr.org tweeted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2017 and MAGA had a meltdown because they thought NPR was concocting subversive propaganda.
Some Trump supporters thought NPR tweeted ‘propaganda.’ It was the Declaration of Independence.
Some Twitter users reacted angrily to the thread, accusing NPR of spamming them or pushing an agenda.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This.
If you don’t remember it: NPR read the charges against the King from the Declaration.
Enraging MAGA, who thought they were talking about DJT
If you don’t remember it: NPR read the charges against the King from the Declaration.
Enraging MAGA, who thought they were talking about DJT
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Pam Bondi fired a top DOJ antitrust lawyer after he objected to a $14B anti-competitive acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.
Bondi approved the merger after HP hired top Trump allies to lobby on its behalf.
Trump's promise to fix a rigged economic system was always baloney.
Bondi approved the merger after HP hired top Trump allies to lobby on its behalf.
Trump's promise to fix a rigged economic system was always baloney.
August 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Pam Bondi fired a top DOJ antitrust lawyer after he objected to a $14B anti-competitive acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.
Bondi approved the merger after HP hired top Trump allies to lobby on its behalf.
Trump's promise to fix a rigged economic system was always baloney.
Bondi approved the merger after HP hired top Trump allies to lobby on its behalf.
Trump's promise to fix a rigged economic system was always baloney.
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The anti-vaxx activist movement, the Great Barrington Declaration, MAHA, and MAGA are now one and the same
Senator Ron Johnson agreeing to partake in a call with America's largest anti-vax organization as part of their fundraising effort is a certainly a choice.
August 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The anti-vaxx activist movement, the Great Barrington Declaration, MAHA, and MAGA are now one and the same
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NEW: Police say they have launched a probe after a banner displayed at a far-right protest in Falkirk, outside a hotel housing migrants, read "kill em all and let God sort them out"
The banner is linked to the terrorist group the Ulster Defence Force
www.thenational.scot/news/2539921...
The banner is linked to the terrorist group the Ulster Defence Force
www.thenational.scot/news/2539921...
Police probe ‘kill 'em all’ banner outside Scottish asylum seeker hotel
POLICE have launched a probe into a banner displayed at a far-right protest in Falkirk ...
www.thenational.scot
August 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NEW: Police say they have launched a probe after a banner displayed at a far-right protest in Falkirk, outside a hotel housing migrants, read "kill em all and let God sort them out"
The banner is linked to the terrorist group the Ulster Defence Force
www.thenational.scot/news/2539921...
The banner is linked to the terrorist group the Ulster Defence Force
www.thenational.scot/news/2539921...
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Real leadership is the opposite of thuggery.
The so-called “strongmen” of the current era — Putin, Trump, and Netanyahu — are not leaders.
They can manipulate public opinion and sustain their bases of power, but they have no moral authority.
The so-called “strongmen” of the current era — Putin, Trump, and Netanyahu — are not leaders.
They can manipulate public opinion and sustain their bases of power, but they have no moral authority.
August 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Real leadership is the opposite of thuggery.
The so-called “strongmen” of the current era — Putin, Trump, and Netanyahu — are not leaders.
They can manipulate public opinion and sustain their bases of power, but they have no moral authority.
The so-called “strongmen” of the current era — Putin, Trump, and Netanyahu — are not leaders.
They can manipulate public opinion and sustain their bases of power, but they have no moral authority.
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🔴 NEW: Families have been left paying thousands of pounds a year for childcare because Edinburgh City Council has reneged on a flagship Scottish Government policy that promises all children more than 1,000 hours of free care at a nursery of their choice, it has been claimed 🧵
August 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔴 NEW: Families have been left paying thousands of pounds a year for childcare because Edinburgh City Council has reneged on a flagship Scottish Government policy that promises all children more than 1,000 hours of free care at a nursery of their choice, it has been claimed 🧵
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Wow, @gorskon.bsky.social published this piece, "Two-thirds of the Great Barrington Declaration aren’t even hiding that they are antivax anymore," on *May 18, 2022* - he was WAY ahead of the curve in seeing the antivaxx/GBD overlap
Now you see why Trump & RFK Jr *PICKED* Bhattacharya & Kulldorff...
Now you see why Trump & RFK Jr *PICKED* Bhattacharya & Kulldorff...
August 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Wow, @gorskon.bsky.social published this piece, "Two-thirds of the Great Barrington Declaration aren’t even hiding that they are antivax anymore," on *May 18, 2022* - he was WAY ahead of the curve in seeing the antivaxx/GBD overlap
Now you see why Trump & RFK Jr *PICKED* Bhattacharya & Kulldorff...
Now you see why Trump & RFK Jr *PICKED* Bhattacharya & Kulldorff...
Welcome voice from Students For Nuclear Disarmament. We need to eliminate all the nuclear weapons before they eliminate us. #nuclearban
HUGE NEWS: BftB’ project Students For Nuclear Disarmament is featured in The NY Times!
“As nations’ nuclear stockpiles expand and the risk of a strike rises, a generation of young people…is waking up to the threat.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/o...
“As nations’ nuclear stockpiles expand and the risk of a strike rises, a generation of young people…is waking up to the threat.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/o...
Opinion | My Generation’s Deadly Inheritance
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Welcome voice from Students For Nuclear Disarmament. We need to eliminate all the nuclear weapons before they eliminate us. #nuclearban
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The Deputy Director of the Duke center I lead is Dr Osondu Ogbuoji, Nigerian physician/global health PhD. Our Research Associate Dr Ayodamope Fawole is a Nigerian dentist with a global health MSc. We have a collaboration with the University of Ibadan, "the Mentored Child Health Research Project" 1/n
August 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Deputy Director of the Duke center I lead is Dr Osondu Ogbuoji, Nigerian physician/global health PhD. Our Research Associate Dr Ayodamope Fawole is a Nigerian dentist with a global health MSc. We have a collaboration with the University of Ibadan, "the Mentored Child Health Research Project" 1/n
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This is tonight!! Portland! Noodles and bots!
Portland area friends! Please come out tomorrow night, 8/10, for a lovely Sunday evening talking about Automatic Noodle! I'll be in conversation with the stellar journalist @adrs.bsky.social. Join us for robots and noodles and fleeting moments of joy!! www.powells.com/events/annal... #pdx #books
Annalee Newitz in Conversation With Arielle Duhaime-Ross
The Legendary Independent Bookstore
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August 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is tonight!! Portland! Noodles and bots!
August 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
August 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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Reminder that as a corporate lobbyist, Pam Bondi represented scores of clients facing federal regulatory scrutiny — including Amazon, Uber, and GM.
She also represented the government of Qatar and ICE contractor GEO Group.
"Conflicts of interest" is an understatement.
She also represented the government of Qatar and ICE contractor GEO Group.
"Conflicts of interest" is an understatement.
July 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reminder that as a corporate lobbyist, Pam Bondi represented scores of clients facing federal regulatory scrutiny — including Amazon, Uber, and GM.
She also represented the government of Qatar and ICE contractor GEO Group.
"Conflicts of interest" is an understatement.
She also represented the government of Qatar and ICE contractor GEO Group.
"Conflicts of interest" is an understatement.