Maxine Smith (still following the science)
@cyclemaxine.bsky.social
Studied microbiology and genetics so am having problems understanding what is going through some people's brains atm. #covidisairborne
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Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
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Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
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We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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shouldn't the BBC be chasing down the Russian influence stories instead of confecting this?
December 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
shouldn't the BBC be chasing down the Russian influence stories instead of confecting this?
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Sometimes I imagine what it would have been like had we adapted to Covid instead of giving up.
If we had clean air in public spaces.
Respirators in healthcare.
Free masks for those who need them.
Better tests & treatment.
Paid time off.
We would all be healthier.
If we had clean air in public spaces.
Respirators in healthcare.
Free masks for those who need them.
Better tests & treatment.
Paid time off.
We would all be healthier.
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Sometimes I imagine what it would have been like had we adapted to Covid instead of giving up.
If we had clean air in public spaces.
Respirators in healthcare.
Free masks for those who need them.
Better tests & treatment.
Paid time off.
We would all be healthier.
If we had clean air in public spaces.
Respirators in healthcare.
Free masks for those who need them.
Better tests & treatment.
Paid time off.
We would all be healthier.
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Your reminder of what the Mail, Express and Sun thought about Liz Truss and her Kamikaze budget
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Your reminder of what the Mail, Express and Sun thought about Liz Truss and her Kamikaze budget
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CONFIRMED: Oxford University Press has named ‘rage bait’ as the Oxford Word of the Year 2025.
#OxfordWOTY
#OxfordWOTY
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
CONFIRMED: Oxford University Press has named ‘rage bait’ as the Oxford Word of the Year 2025.
#OxfordWOTY
#OxfordWOTY
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
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Johnson missed the vital February COBRA COVID meetings because he was locked away at Chequers writing his awful book after missing a publisher's deadline.
As the so-called leader of the country in a time of crisis, his main priority was fulfilling a private contract.
Wanker.
As the so-called leader of the country in a time of crisis, his main priority was fulfilling a private contract.
Wanker.
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Johnson missed the vital February COBRA COVID meetings because he was locked away at Chequers writing his awful book after missing a publisher's deadline.
As the so-called leader of the country in a time of crisis, his main priority was fulfilling a private contract.
Wanker.
As the so-called leader of the country in a time of crisis, his main priority was fulfilling a private contract.
Wanker.
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The Telegraph is the printed version of some old bloke ranting.
November 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The Telegraph is the printed version of some old bloke ranting.
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COVID is not a seasonal virus. It circulates all-year-round.
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
COVID is not a seasonal virus. It circulates all-year-round.
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18,000 released emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo account confirm that prosecutors opened a money-laundering investigation running parallel to the #Epstein rape trafficking.
It was shut down by US officials to prevent exposure of major institutions and individuals. #OpDeathEaters #3E 🧵
It was shut down by US officials to prevent exposure of major institutions and individuals. #OpDeathEaters #3E 🧵
The Epstein Money Laundering Coverup
Eighteen thousand emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s Yahoo account reveal a 2007 federal money-laundering investigation.
spookyconnections.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
18,000 released emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo account confirm that prosecutors opened a money-laundering investigation running parallel to the #Epstein rape trafficking.
It was shut down by US officials to prevent exposure of major institutions and individuals. #OpDeathEaters #3E 🧵
It was shut down by US officials to prevent exposure of major institutions and individuals. #OpDeathEaters #3E 🧵
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The BBC needs to get to grips with "balance" - artificially amplifying fringe or simply incorrect views as opinion, just to counter the mainstream, has caused enormous damage.
Interviewers need to confront and expose liars, and not just nod and move on.
Interviewers need to confront and expose liars, and not just nod and move on.
April 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The BBC needs to get to grips with "balance" - artificially amplifying fringe or simply incorrect views as opinion, just to counter the mainstream, has caused enormous damage.
Interviewers need to confront and expose liars, and not just nod and move on.
Interviewers need to confront and expose liars, and not just nod and move on.
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The UK is not the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe. It is behind Germany & France and is 17th, or 5th at a stretch, of 28
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
October 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The UK is not the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe. It is behind Germany & France and is 17th, or 5th at a stretch, of 28
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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How much longer is the @royalsociety.org going to look away from the devastating actions of its honoured fellow, Elon Musk?
Such moral cowardice.
Such moral cowardice.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
How much longer is the @royalsociety.org going to look away from the devastating actions of its honoured fellow, Elon Musk?
Such moral cowardice.
Such moral cowardice.
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
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Public Health To Drop ‘Health’ And ‘Public’
November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Public Health To Drop ‘Health’ And ‘Public’
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"No Amount of Hand-Washing Can Make COVID-19 a Seasonal Virus"
Published: 14 August, 2024
"The left image shows that SARS-CoV-2 propagated to most organs, whereas the right image shows that influenza was mostly confined to the liver and lungs"
Source: whn.global/scientific/n...
Published: 14 August, 2024
"The left image shows that SARS-CoV-2 propagated to most organs, whereas the right image shows that influenza was mostly confined to the liver and lungs"
Source: whn.global/scientific/n...
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
"No Amount of Hand-Washing Can Make COVID-19 a Seasonal Virus"
Published: 14 August, 2024
"The left image shows that SARS-CoV-2 propagated to most organs, whereas the right image shows that influenza was mostly confined to the liver and lungs"
Source: whn.global/scientific/n...
Published: 14 August, 2024
"The left image shows that SARS-CoV-2 propagated to most organs, whereas the right image shows that influenza was mostly confined to the liver and lungs"
Source: whn.global/scientific/n...
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Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
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Farage & Reform are the cause of this with their racism about anyone who doesn’t have white skin or are foreign, not belonging in our country
Everyone deserves to be here, to do their jobs & live in peace without having racial hate.
STAND AGAINST RACISM
#NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage
Everyone deserves to be here, to do their jobs & live in peace without having racial hate.
STAND AGAINST RACISM
#NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage
This is what tolerance of anti-migrant political rhetoric leads to. A surge in racial abuse against nurses and care workers. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Farage & Reform are the cause of this with their racism about anyone who doesn’t have white skin or are foreign, not belonging in our country
Everyone deserves to be here, to do their jobs & live in peace without having racial hate.
STAND AGAINST RACISM
#NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage
Everyone deserves to be here, to do their jobs & live in peace without having racial hate.
STAND AGAINST RACISM
#NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage
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The virus just got more insidious. Like HIV, it can be completely asymptomatic and then kill you in 5-10 years.
Sometimes it’s longer.
The fact that people aren’t masking and/or using air cleaners with all of the evidence pointing to really bad outcomes from repeated infections drives me bonkers.
Sometimes it’s longer.
The fact that people aren’t masking and/or using air cleaners with all of the evidence pointing to really bad outcomes from repeated infections drives me bonkers.
October 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The virus just got more insidious. Like HIV, it can be completely asymptomatic and then kill you in 5-10 years.
Sometimes it’s longer.
The fact that people aren’t masking and/or using air cleaners with all of the evidence pointing to really bad outcomes from repeated infections drives me bonkers.
Sometimes it’s longer.
The fact that people aren’t masking and/or using air cleaners with all of the evidence pointing to really bad outcomes from repeated infections drives me bonkers.
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🔴The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🔴The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...