Eleanor
@eleanoralbaugh.bsky.social
Crafter by necessity to stay occupied whilst dealing with health issues. MCAS PoTS Hypothyroidism (need T3 for life) ME. Please entertain me and let’s connect.
In a previous life xcountry skier, hen and beekeeper, keen gardener and HCW.
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Eleanor
@eleanoralbaugh.bsky.social
· Oct 21
I am here to say the same re #Thyroid problems.
Only one hormone ‘allowed’ for Hypothyroidism and research quoted at us that is pitiful and ancient.
My plan was for a Thyroid patient seal of approval for those studies of some use to us and well designed rather than more rationing and ruined lives.
Only one hormone ‘allowed’ for Hypothyroidism and research quoted at us that is pitiful and ancient.
My plan was for a Thyroid patient seal of approval for those studies of some use to us and well designed rather than more rationing and ruined lives.
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A year of reasons why Ofwat must say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal - to pollute our water for 15 years.
MARCH: in what becomes a pattern of devious behaviour, Thames begs Ofwat for leniency.
Send our email to Ofwat. Tell them to show Thames Water the door.
vist.ly/4j9ke
#OFWATsayNO
MARCH: in what becomes a pattern of devious behaviour, Thames begs Ofwat for leniency.
Send our email to Ofwat. Tell them to show Thames Water the door.
vist.ly/4j9ke
#OFWATsayNO
December 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A year of reasons why Ofwat must say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal - to pollute our water for 15 years.
MARCH: in what becomes a pattern of devious behaviour, Thames begs Ofwat for leniency.
Send our email to Ofwat. Tell them to show Thames Water the door.
vist.ly/4j9ke
#OFWATsayNO
MARCH: in what becomes a pattern of devious behaviour, Thames begs Ofwat for leniency.
Send our email to Ofwat. Tell them to show Thames Water the door.
vist.ly/4j9ke
#OFWATsayNO
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your colleagues are ranting about "lefties", your government can barely go a day without demonising immigrants, has puts 100s of political prisoners in its jails, attacks doctors and their trade union, goes after disabled people, sucks up continuously to Donald Trump.
You have some nerve.
You have some nerve.
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
your colleagues are ranting about "lefties", your government can barely go a day without demonising immigrants, has puts 100s of political prisoners in its jails, attacks doctors and their trade union, goes after disabled people, sucks up continuously to Donald Trump.
You have some nerve.
You have some nerve.
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"The lives of the Palestine Action-affiliated remand prisoners now on hunger strike are at growing risk. On Friday, two reached day 48 without food. (In 1981, one IRA prisoner – 29-year-old Martin Hurson – died on the 46th day.)" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the Palestine Action hunger strikers: the government is trying to ignore this protest | Editorial
Editorial: Doctors have warned that the lives of these prisoners are now in danger. Pretending this is not happening is not good enough
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"The lives of the Palestine Action-affiliated remand prisoners now on hunger strike are at growing risk. On Friday, two reached day 48 without food. (In 1981, one IRA prisoner – 29-year-old Martin Hurson – died on the 46th day.)" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The government’s housing and regeneration agency has failed to explain why its new five-year strategy fails to mention disabled people, or the need to address the accessible housing crisis.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/governments-...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/governments-...
Government’s housing agency fails to mention accessible homes in new five-year strategy
The government’s housing and regeneration agency has failed to explain why its new five-year strategy fails to mention disabled people, or the need to address the accessible housing crisis. Homes E…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The government’s housing and regeneration agency has failed to explain why its new five-year strategy fails to mention disabled people, or the need to address the accessible housing crisis.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/governments-...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/governments-...
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Your timely reminder that Reform plan to deport 600,000 migrants.
BREAKING: Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Sources suggest Home Secretary had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
Sources suggest Home Secretary had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Sources suggest Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Your timely reminder that Reform plan to deport 600,000 migrants.
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Developer lobby 😒
Disabled people in England ‘betrayed’ by cuts to new-build accessibility targets
Campaigners decry plan to reduce requirement for improved standards from 100% down to 40% of new homes
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Developer lobby 😒
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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It’s amazing how quickly they can slap Trump’s name on a building compared to how slowly they redact his name from the Epstein files.
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s amazing how quickly they can slap Trump’s name on a building compared to how slowly they redact his name from the Epstein files.
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Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential www.nature.com/articles/d41... @ashishkjha.bsky.social
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential
Influenza isn’t just a respiratory disease. Measures to stop its transmission, such as vaccination, could prevent thousands of heart-attack deaths.
www.nature.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential www.nature.com/articles/d41... @ashishkjha.bsky.social
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
Just been out book shopping for little people and have to say we are missing That’s Not My Labour Government from the set.
Also
That’s Not My NHS
Artist get to it please.
Also
That’s Not My NHS
Artist get to it please.
December 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Just been out book shopping for little people and have to say we are missing That’s Not My Labour Government from the set.
Also
That’s Not My NHS
Artist get to it please.
Also
That’s Not My NHS
Artist get to it please.
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Kent County Council are Reform’s Flagship Council showing they’re ready for Govern, here’s some achievements👇🏼
1 councillor on trial for threatening to kill wife❌
9 been suspended or quit❌
Circa £60 million budget deficit❌
1 councillor faces probe over 'punch' threat❌
Cutting services/raising tax❌
🤦🏼♂️
1 councillor on trial for threatening to kill wife❌
9 been suspended or quit❌
Circa £60 million budget deficit❌
1 councillor faces probe over 'punch' threat❌
Cutting services/raising tax❌
🤦🏼♂️
Reform UK councillor Peter Osborne faces probe over punch threat
Peter Osborne made the threat in a WhatsApp group chat with other members about a leaked video.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Kent County Council are Reform’s Flagship Council showing they’re ready for Govern, here’s some achievements👇🏼
1 councillor on trial for threatening to kill wife❌
9 been suspended or quit❌
Circa £60 million budget deficit❌
1 councillor faces probe over 'punch' threat❌
Cutting services/raising tax❌
🤦🏼♂️
1 councillor on trial for threatening to kill wife❌
9 been suspended or quit❌
Circa £60 million budget deficit❌
1 councillor faces probe over 'punch' threat❌
Cutting services/raising tax❌
🤦🏼♂️
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This.
This is the problem.
OH and S standards are different for HCWs and for the life of me (and them) I can't understand why.
This is the problem.
OH and S standards are different for HCWs and for the life of me (and them) I can't understand why.
December 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This.
This is the problem.
OH and S standards are different for HCWs and for the life of me (and them) I can't understand why.
This is the problem.
OH and S standards are different for HCWs and for the life of me (and them) I can't understand why.
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Für alle, die keinen AfD-Joghurt essen wollen: Die Liste der zu boykottierenden Produkte hat sich gerade eben erweitert...
Molkereiriese Müller übernimmt weitere Joghurtmarken
Die Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller wird noch größer. Auch die Marken Lünebest und Elinas gehören nun dazu. Das Kartellamt hat den Kauf freigegeben.
www.t-online.de
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Für alle, die keinen AfD-Joghurt essen wollen: Die Liste der zu boykottierenden Produkte hat sich gerade eben erweitert...
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You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
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Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after order to repay £148m for faulty goods.
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after being ordered to repay £148m
In a ruling, Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Sebastian Prentis placed the company into liquidation
www.independent.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after order to repay £148m for faulty goods.
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
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Jess Philips just presented the long-awaited much-delayed National Strategy to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls to a nearly empty House of Commons. Disgraceful. @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Jess Philips just presented the long-awaited much-delayed National Strategy to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls to a nearly empty House of Commons. Disgraceful. @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social
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🔴Families of Palestine Hunger Strikers Beg for Meeting With David Lammy as Their Conditions Deteriorate
Ministers have so far refused demands to negotiate with the hunger strikers, as the risk of them dying in prison increases
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/f...
Ministers have so far refused demands to negotiate with the hunger strikers, as the risk of them dying in prison increases
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/f...
Families of Palestine Hunger Strikers Beg for Meeting With David Lammy as Their Conditions Deteriorate
Ministers have so far refused demands to negotiate with the hunger strikers, as the risk of them dying in prison increases
bylinetimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🔴Families of Palestine Hunger Strikers Beg for Meeting With David Lammy as Their Conditions Deteriorate
Ministers have so far refused demands to negotiate with the hunger strikers, as the risk of them dying in prison increases
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/f...
Ministers have so far refused demands to negotiate with the hunger strikers, as the risk of them dying in prison increases
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/f...
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I have a vague sense of the architectural fuckery that is responsible for this, but the fact that you have to enable YouTube notifications on your phone for Google's 2fa to work FOR A WORK ACCOUNT is nuts, I hope someone's line went up somewhere.,
December 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I have a vague sense of the architectural fuckery that is responsible for this, but the fact that you have to enable YouTube notifications on your phone for Google's 2fa to work FOR A WORK ACCOUNT is nuts, I hope someone's line went up somewhere.,
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Not just rural youth - also rural elderly who can not (or no longer) drive.
It could take my Mum an entire day to attend a half-hour hospital appointment by the time she'd waited around for multiple inconveniently-timed buses.
It could take my Mum an entire day to attend a half-hour hospital appointment by the time she'd waited around for multiple inconveniently-timed buses.
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Not just rural youth - also rural elderly who can not (or no longer) drive.
It could take my Mum an entire day to attend a half-hour hospital appointment by the time she'd waited around for multiple inconveniently-timed buses.
It could take my Mum an entire day to attend a half-hour hospital appointment by the time she'd waited around for multiple inconveniently-timed buses.
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'Why does my child need to be protected against chickenpox as well as measles, mumps and rubella?'
Why?
🤦Because it could save their life?
🤷Checkout this important detail below provided by the @ukhsa.bsky.social
#MMRV #Vaccines #ChildHealth #UKHealth #PublicHealth
ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/12/17/w...
Why?
🤦Because it could save their life?
🤷Checkout this important detail below provided by the @ukhsa.bsky.social
#MMRV #Vaccines #ChildHealth #UKHealth #PublicHealth
ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/12/17/w...
December 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
'Why does my child need to be protected against chickenpox as well as measles, mumps and rubella?'
Why?
🤦Because it could save their life?
🤷Checkout this important detail below provided by the @ukhsa.bsky.social
#MMRV #Vaccines #ChildHealth #UKHealth #PublicHealth
ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/12/17/w...
Why?
🤦Because it could save their life?
🤷Checkout this important detail below provided by the @ukhsa.bsky.social
#MMRV #Vaccines #ChildHealth #UKHealth #PublicHealth
ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/12/17/w...
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Good ventilation and air filtration are critical tools in preventing respiratory infections.
The Government must assess current standards in hospitals and schools — and act where they fall short.
#Flu #Covid #Ventilation
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-1...
The Government must assess current standards in hospitals and schools — and act where they fall short.
#Flu #Covid #Ventilation
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-1...
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Good ventilation and air filtration are critical tools in preventing respiratory infections.
The Government must assess current standards in hospitals and schools — and act where they fall short.
#Flu #Covid #Ventilation
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-1...
The Government must assess current standards in hospitals and schools — and act where they fall short.
#Flu #Covid #Ventilation
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-1...
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£18 - hourly rate for a resident doctor after the 29% rise
£24 - hourly rate for a physicians assistant
If you're ok with assistants earning more than actual doctors, congratulations, you've fallen for Streeting and Starmer's attack on the people who will keep you safe when you fall ill, doctors
£24 - hourly rate for a physicians assistant
If you're ok with assistants earning more than actual doctors, congratulations, you've fallen for Streeting and Starmer's attack on the people who will keep you safe when you fall ill, doctors
December 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
£18 - hourly rate for a resident doctor after the 29% rise
£24 - hourly rate for a physicians assistant
If you're ok with assistants earning more than actual doctors, congratulations, you've fallen for Streeting and Starmer's attack on the people who will keep you safe when you fall ill, doctors
£24 - hourly rate for a physicians assistant
If you're ok with assistants earning more than actual doctors, congratulations, you've fallen for Streeting and Starmer's attack on the people who will keep you safe when you fall ill, doctors
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@tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social what's caused this?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How has amendments to paperwork added five years onto the project? What's missing from this article?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How has amendments to paperwork added five years onto the project? What's missing from this article?
Leeds-Bradford £2.5bn tram plan delayed after government review
West Yorkshire's mayor says she is confident the trams will be running
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
@tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social what's caused this?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How has amendments to paperwork added five years onto the project? What's missing from this article?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How has amendments to paperwork added five years onto the project? What's missing from this article?
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The government could change millions of lives for the better, and lift hundreds of thousands out of poverty, by either funding northern transit projects or giving combined authorities the power to do it themselves. That they do neither, despite piles of evidence that it would work, is tragic.
December 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The government could change millions of lives for the better, and lift hundreds of thousands out of poverty, by either funding northern transit projects or giving combined authorities the power to do it themselves. That they do neither, despite piles of evidence that it would work, is tragic.
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The issue of West Yorkshire's ever failing tram projects needs higher profile
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Sign this petition to bring it to parliament. We cannot let it be quietly shelved.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Sign this petition to bring it to parliament. We cannot let it be quietly shelved.
Petition: Guaranteed West Yorkshire's Tram Network "spades in the ground in 2028"
West Yorkshire has already lost two tram projects. Leeds in particular is too populated to not have a mass transit system.
Guarantee the start of the project in good time, so the people of West York...
petition.parliament.uk
December 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The issue of West Yorkshire's ever failing tram projects needs higher profile
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Sign this petition to bring it to parliament. We cannot let it be quietly shelved.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Sign this petition to bring it to parliament. We cannot let it be quietly shelved.