Tom Rackham
@tomrackham.bsky.social
Not actually a skeleton (on the outside). Composer - www.tomrackham.com
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74... - please sign to make the NHS a safer place for vulnerable people to receive necessary care without the additional stress of hospital-borne infections.
Petition: Review NHS policy on masks, safe air & ventilation to protect vulnerable
Vulnerable people — those with cancer, immune compromise, or chronic illness — should feel safe in NHS settings, not fearful. We’re calling for a 'do no harm' standard: an automatic right to treatment...
petition.parliament.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74... - please sign to make the NHS a safer place for vulnerable people to receive necessary care without the additional stress of hospital-borne infections.
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“Isn’t the pandemic over?” “Aren’t you done with masks yet?” “But you’re not high-risk!”
This Q&A provides evidence-based responses to these and other common objections, offering insight into why we still mask, filter the air and open windows—knowledge we’ve gained and continue to put into practice
This Q&A provides evidence-based responses to these and other common objections, offering insight into why we still mask, filter the air and open windows—knowledge we’ve gained and continue to put into practice
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Isn’t the pandemic over?” “Aren’t you done with masks yet?” “But you’re not high-risk!”
This Q&A provides evidence-based responses to these and other common objections, offering insight into why we still mask, filter the air and open windows—knowledge we’ve gained and continue to put into practice
This Q&A provides evidence-based responses to these and other common objections, offering insight into why we still mask, filter the air and open windows—knowledge we’ve gained and continue to put into practice
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🆄🅽🆂🅰🅵🅴 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅿🅻🅰🅲🅴
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
[links to referenced articles in ALT text]
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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"The reality is that we have been living in this deeply flawed landscape of 'personal choice', & you’ve made yours":
annabookwriter.medium.com/to-my-unmask...
"The reality is that we have been living in this deeply flawed landscape of 'personal choice', & you’ve made yours":
annabookwriter.medium.com/to-my-unmask...
To My Unmasked Friend in the Fifth Year of COVID
I’m going to be honest with you, because I love you, and you deserve nothing but honesty. I’m going to try really hard not to be angry…
annabookwriter.medium.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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"The reality is that we have been living in this deeply flawed landscape of 'personal choice', & you’ve made yours":
annabookwriter.medium.com/to-my-unmask...
"The reality is that we have been living in this deeply flawed landscape of 'personal choice', & you’ve made yours":
annabookwriter.medium.com/to-my-unmask...
Halloween fun with @ccfowles.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Halloween fun with @ccfowles.bsky.social
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People continue to call COVID advocates’ pleas for masking “unreasonable”.
Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Beyond all reason
Long COVID patients are constantly harangued about our requests for COVID safety. Yet what we're asking for is far less than what we're called on to do to survive.
substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
People continue to call COVID advocates’ pleas for masking “unreasonable”.
Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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If someone merely acknowledging the humanity of your enemies enrages you, you’re the baddies.
October 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If someone merely acknowledging the humanity of your enemies enrages you, you’re the baddies.
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An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
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WHO: "the worst-case scenario of Famine is now unfolding in the Gaza Strip... the crisis has reached an alarming and deadly turning point."
July 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
WHO: "the worst-case scenario of Famine is now unfolding in the Gaza Strip... the crisis has reached an alarming and deadly turning point."
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Talk to most people about COVID-19 risks and a common response is, “If it was that bad, governments would do something about it.”
johnsnowproject.org/primers/are-...
johnsnowproject.org/primers/are-...
ARE YOU SERIOUS? COVID-19 HASN’T GONE AWAY?
Talk to most people about COVID-19 risks and a common response is, “If it was that bad, governments would do something about it.”
johnsnowproject.org
August 3, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Talk to most people about COVID-19 risks and a common response is, “If it was that bad, governments would do something about it.”
johnsnowproject.org/primers/are-...
johnsnowproject.org/primers/are-...
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"You cannot separate the art from the artist while the artist still profits."
Succinct and easy to remember for the times you find yourself conflicted, like I do!
Succinct and easy to remember for the times you find yourself conflicted, like I do!
Just going to drop this here for anyone who’s tired of having the argument.
So someone told you supporting Harry Potter is anti-trans
…and you either asked for more information or decided to argue about it. Herein I lay out the issue and the arguments.
shardsofblue.medium.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"You cannot separate the art from the artist while the artist still profits."
Succinct and easy to remember for the times you find yourself conflicted, like I do!
Succinct and easy to remember for the times you find yourself conflicted, like I do!
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Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
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🚨 Mythbusting #LongCovid with Dr Amir Khan🚨
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
March 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🚨 Mythbusting #LongCovid with Dr Amir Khan🚨
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
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If you’re a healthcare worker who judges patients for masking, please ask yourself why that is.
Ask yourself why a sick person trying to protect themselves from further illness offends you so much.
Ask yourself if you would have been offended prior to covid.
Ask yourself why a sick person trying to protect themselves from further illness offends you so much.
Ask yourself if you would have been offended prior to covid.
June 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If you’re a healthcare worker who judges patients for masking, please ask yourself why that is.
Ask yourself why a sick person trying to protect themselves from further illness offends you so much.
Ask yourself if you would have been offended prior to covid.
Ask yourself why a sick person trying to protect themselves from further illness offends you so much.
Ask yourself if you would have been offended prior to covid.
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Meet the NEVLAs – (Never Voting Labour Again) 👇👇
Meet the NEVLAs – (Never Voting Labour Again)
It’s not Reform voters Starmer needs to entice back to the Labour fold, they were never in it. There’s another group he should be worrying about
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Meet the NEVLAs – (Never Voting Labour Again) 👇👇
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It’s been five years and I have a health condition that means I can’t ’learn to live with Covid’ I don’t believe any of us can without long term damage to our health. All of the studies are showing a range of risks, everyone is at risk. My short thread isn’t about that point though. It’s about
May 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It’s been five years and I have a health condition that means I can’t ’learn to live with Covid’ I don’t believe any of us can without long term damage to our health. All of the studies are showing a range of risks, everyone is at risk. My short thread isn’t about that point though. It’s about
Andrea Jenkyns is spewing some pretty hateful stuff that I (as someone who lives in Lincolnshire) wholeheartedly condemn. Reform is bad news - please don’t be fooled by their deceptive appeals for “change”. It is not change for the better.
May 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Andrea Jenkyns is spewing some pretty hateful stuff that I (as someone who lives in Lincolnshire) wholeheartedly condemn. Reform is bad news - please don’t be fooled by their deceptive appeals for “change”. It is not change for the better.
Bit of nonsense surrounding Sussex attempting to counter hate speech. It’s the tolerance paradox - if you allow the intolerant completely free rein, it comes at the cost of bigotry being the last voice standing. Hoping for an overturn on this.
March 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Bit of nonsense surrounding Sussex attempting to counter hate speech. It’s the tolerance paradox - if you allow the intolerant completely free rein, it comes at the cost of bigotry being the last voice standing. Hoping for an overturn on this.
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> We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and “long COVID”, and it still kills.
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The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.
www.who.int/director-gen...
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The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.
www.who.int/director-gen...
WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 10 December 2024
www.who.int
December 10, 2024 at 10:17 PM
> We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and “long COVID”, and it still kills.
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The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.
www.who.int/director-gen...
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The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.
www.who.int/director-gen...
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If this doesn’t sum up these pandemic years perfectly. 😮💨
November 30, 2024 at 1:56 PM
If this doesn’t sum up these pandemic years perfectly. 😮💨
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Never forget for many people lockdowns NEVER ended. We’re still isolated - only now we’re shunned and mocked and told it’s a “choice”.
When you are trying to maintain a baseline and no one will make public spaces safe for you - it’s not a choice
We’ve been excluded & forgotten.
When you are trying to maintain a baseline and no one will make public spaces safe for you - it’s not a choice
We’ve been excluded & forgotten.
November 30, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Never forget for many people lockdowns NEVER ended. We’re still isolated - only now we’re shunned and mocked and told it’s a “choice”.
When you are trying to maintain a baseline and no one will make public spaces safe for you - it’s not a choice
We’ve been excluded & forgotten.
When you are trying to maintain a baseline and no one will make public spaces safe for you - it’s not a choice
We’ve been excluded & forgotten.
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My statement on the Assisted Dying Bill.
November 29, 2024 at 9:24 AM
My statement on the Assisted Dying Bill.
It’s galling to think of the billions these companies can throw around like small change, yet they couldn’t stand by the creative professionals that have been building their brand image for decades.
AI can get in the bin.
AI can get in the bin.
I wonder how many actors, writers, production team members, camera crew, set designers, editors, composers, musicians, and other creative people were denied work because Coca-Cola used AI to make that shitty holiday commercial…
November 27, 2024 at 7:20 PM
It’s galling to think of the billions these companies can throw around like small change, yet they couldn’t stand by the creative professionals that have been building their brand image for decades.
AI can get in the bin.
AI can get in the bin.