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togetherwemask.bsky.social
Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social, editors/co-founders of @thesicktimes.org shared his lived experience with #LongCOVID at #MaskTogetherAmerica Long COVID Defense Series II forum.
February 1, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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frankoconnor.bsky.social
Rewarding failure is sadly how Ireland works
€100k salary rise for the Irish Water boss, yet estates like these 10 homes outside Cork city rot in a housing emergency because of a dysfunctional water system, whilst many live with dirty water every day

Welcome to #DerelictIreland

#speirgorm
Rewarding failure is sadly how Ireland works €100k salary rise for the Irish Water boss, yet estates like these 10 homes outside Cork city rot in a housing emergency because of a dysfunctional water system, whilst many live with dirty water every day Welcome to #DerelictIreland
February 1, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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togetherwemask.bsky.social
At Long COVID Defense Series II, Prof. Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social suggested multiple types of medicine to be repurposed and tested to target the various root cause hypotheses of #LongCOVID.
February 1, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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elhopkins.bsky.social
Wear an ffp2
Open windows - ventilate
Clean the Air - Use a Hepa Air Purifier
Vaccinate

#Covidisairborne
January 31, 2026 at 9:09 AM
sinebrien.bsky.social
Russia succeeded in destroying the health & cohesion of Western societies without ever putting boots on the ground. Embracing propaganda that "infections build immune systems", "covid is just a cold" & "masks don't work" will cause enough population-wide frontal lobe damage to kill critical thought.
January 31, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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dpcarrington.bsky.social
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how the #climatecrisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk

- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions

Story by me and and Steven Morris
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:52 AM
sinebrien.bsky.social
Can we start openly discussing what happens to kids today if they get a covid infection ~ once a year, every year until they're 18, if they live that long? Most kids in Ireland aren't even vaccinated. We are going to disable an entire generation AND they'll have to contend with a fucked up climate.
January 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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coopspeak.bsky.social
“Before this study, its suggested that nearly 6m children in USA might be affected by LCOVID, which is more than the # living with asthma—the most common chronic illness in children. Research has shown that LCOVID symptoms can persist for up to 36mth or longer in children.”

The kids are not ok.
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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cleanairie.bsky.social
Have you ever wondered why it's pretty typical to get sick after a night out at a packed gig?

This #FridayAirday submission comes in from someone who attended a gig in a popular Dublin City Centre entertainment venue a few weeks ago.
A graph showing CO2 levels being at sustained levels above 1200ppm spiking at 2178ppm at 10.25pm on January 3rd Pale text on blue background: Share your air with us using #FridayAirday Let's Clean Our Air
January 30, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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cleanairie.bsky.social
This is a #FridayAirday CO2 reading from a busy bookshop. The high reading of 2815ppm is indicative of very poor ventilation. This is representative of many retail settings and a good reminder that wearing a well fitting respirator in shops is a good idea to avoid catching/spreading infections.
Image of aranet4 CO2 monitor in front of a bookshelf showing a reading of 2815ppm.
January 30, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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cleanairie.bsky.social
We've been receiving photos of air quality measurements from members of the public for #FridayAirday .

This image is from someone who was frying a steak on a gas hob. Frying is the method of cooking most likely to produce particulate matter.
Pale text on blue background: Share your air with us using #FridayAirday Let's Clean Our Air
January 30, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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luckytran.com
Sadly, the push for anti-mask laws is back. The Alabama House has passed a bill that would criminalize protesting in a mask without a doctor’s note.
House passes bill that would criminalize protesting in a mask without a doctor's note
Anti-masking laws have never been taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court and have had mixed results in lower courts.
www.alreporter.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:52 PM
sinebrien.bsky.social
This article could just as easily read: "Ireland's policies at odds with emerging understanding of COVID's long-term harm." And Irish government/HSE could be substituted for Trump administration throughout, especially with regard to accessing covid vaccines for everyone over 6 months old. #Spéirgorm
January 29, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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sharpflower.bsky.social
The bar is on the ground but it’s surprising and good to see the word “airborne” from a large news media outlet acknowledging transmission by breathing too. No mention of respirators or cleaning the air as additional mitigation strategies but maybe we’ll get there. Eventually.
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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emmadragon.bsky.social
Pillaging of natural resources without due consideration?

Oh Irish systems, you break my heart with the constant lean towards
short-term gain costing generations-long pain 😡🤦🏾‍♀️

#spéirghorm #IrishPol #Environment
sinebrien.bsky.social Sinead O'Brien @sinebrien.bsky.social · 4d
While we've all been distracted by the ongoing chaos in the US, cowboys keep cowboying around the world. I'm shocked that anyone would be so bold as to think any of this will get approved. But please write to relevant authorities and TDs to oppose this villainous attempt to destroy our environment.
Text on white background providing details of a non-statutory consultation on a Maritime Usage Licence application. Link to document in next post. Text on black background providing details of a Foreshore Licence application to harvest seaweed. Link to document in next post. Text on black background providing details of a Foreshore Licence application to harvest 40,000 mt of ascophyllum seaweed in 21 specific management areas along the west coast of Ireland. Link to document in next post. Text on black background providing details of a Foreshore Licence application to harvest seaweed. Link to document in next post.
January 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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sharpflower.bsky.social
I wonder how many people find this hilarious and are anti-maskers themselves since COVID never ended but what is political consistency 🧐😅
January 27, 2026 at 10:43 PM
sinebrien.bsky.social
While we've all been distracted by the ongoing chaos in the US, cowboys keep cowboying around the world. I'm shocked that anyone would be so bold as to think any of this will get approved. But please write to relevant authorities and TDs to oppose this villainous attempt to destroy our environment.
Text on white background providing details of a non-statutory consultation on a Maritime Usage Licence application. Link to document in next post. Text on black background providing details of a Foreshore Licence application to harvest seaweed. Link to document in next post. Text on black background providing details of a Foreshore Licence application to harvest 40,000 mt of ascophyllum seaweed in 21 specific management areas along the west coast of Ireland. Link to document in next post. Text on black background providing details of a Foreshore Licence application to harvest seaweed. Link to document in next post.
January 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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aidanobrien.bsky.social
€28 billion euro would be better invested in preparing Irish infrastructure for the impact of the climate crisis we're actively avoiding dealing with.
January 27, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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njbbari3.bsky.social
I find it hilarious when I occasionally talk about zero COVID, and the “but it’s not that harmful anymore” crowd come out.

You haven’t been chucked “by the wayside” already. Good for you.

Millions were. Every year more join them…

And then there’s long COVID.
January 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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cwebbonline.com
IMMORAL…

This drawing was made by one of the 5 year old El Gamal twins. It shows children behind bars with the caption, “I’m 5 years old.”

An immigration judge denied them bond, citing “insufficient assets.” These children could remain in detention for years while their case is appealed.
January 27, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Man who works in sewer wonders why there's all this shit down here.
katie-drummond.bsky.social Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 5d
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com

"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."

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Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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sharpflower.bsky.social
Antivax ideas went mainstream and here are the sad and predictable outcomes
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK loses measles elimination status
Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.
www.bbc.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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sharpflower.bsky.social
Along w/ this, the “COVID protections” era was about whether disabled people should be allowed to participate in public life & lots of people decided no & threw their masks away, refused to learn, adapt or clean the air, & went anti-vax. The killing spread to everyone because it stopped for no one 🤷🏾‍♀️
kashana.blacksky.app Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 8d
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 26, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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kityates.bsky.social
Bitterly disappointing that the UK has lost its Measles elimination status again.

"UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established"
UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake
UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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coopspeak.bsky.social
I sure hope the UK voters are paying close attention because “Project 2025: The UK Version” is a very real thing. Right now America citizens are being murdered in the streets and that’s just the amuse bouche. #UKPoli
ayoub.bsky.social elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 6d
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 PM