Helen H
@helsbellsblue.bsky.social
ME/CFS EDS MCAS etc Interests too chaotic to list 🔥🧠
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Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
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❤️ Several hundred people formed a living Angel of the North in Hexham to show support for plans by internationally renowned artist Sir Antony Gormley for a new arts facility in the town.
It was aimed at persuading Northumberland County Council to change its mind, after it turned down the idea...
It was aimed at persuading Northumberland County Council to change its mind, after it turned down the idea...
Living Angel of the North sends a message to Northumberland County Council
People in Hexham demonstrate in support of plans for an art facility by world renowned artist Sir Antony Gormley
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
❤️ Several hundred people formed a living Angel of the North in Hexham to show support for plans by internationally renowned artist Sir Antony Gormley for a new arts facility in the town.
It was aimed at persuading Northumberland County Council to change its mind, after it turned down the idea...
It was aimed at persuading Northumberland County Council to change its mind, after it turned down the idea...
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Hoo boy, another fictitious "EV market slows" headline from the Times
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Hoo boy, another fictitious "EV market slows" headline from the Times
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
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Today is 92nd anniversary of Holodomor. Soviet Russia inflicted a man made famine on Ukraine that killed millions. Today we are trying to wipe the country off the map.
The only difference is the USA is on our side now.
The only difference is the USA is on our side now.
November 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Today is 92nd anniversary of Holodomor. Soviet Russia inflicted a man made famine on Ukraine that killed millions. Today we are trying to wipe the country off the map.
The only difference is the USA is on our side now.
The only difference is the USA is on our side now.
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The only real peace plan is kicking russia the hell out of Ukraine & bringing criminals to account.
Everything else is just a postponed war — a debate on modalities about when and how russia gets to rearm and strike again.
History lessons teach the world leaders nothing.
Everything else is just a postponed war — a debate on modalities about when and how russia gets to rearm and strike again.
History lessons teach the world leaders nothing.
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The only real peace plan is kicking russia the hell out of Ukraine & bringing criminals to account.
Everything else is just a postponed war — a debate on modalities about when and how russia gets to rearm and strike again.
History lessons teach the world leaders nothing.
Everything else is just a postponed war — a debate on modalities about when and how russia gets to rearm and strike again.
History lessons teach the world leaders nothing.
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...of the presumption that gradually increasing exercise is a rehabilitative for people with infection-associated chronic conditions like #MECFS and #LongCOVID.
The idea of graded exercise as a special therapy your doctor has to help you carry out is absurd.
The idea of graded exercise as a special therapy your doctor has to help you carry out is absurd.
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
...of the presumption that gradually increasing exercise is a rehabilitative for people with infection-associated chronic conditions like #MECFS and #LongCOVID.
The idea of graded exercise as a special therapy your doctor has to help you carry out is absurd.
The idea of graded exercise as a special therapy your doctor has to help you carry out is absurd.
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The rationale behind these studies, Seltzer contests, is [that] “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them [it] exists.”
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
“People who are performing these studies are extraordinarily ignorant, and their ignorance is dangerous,” said @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social. She and other experts agree these trials are a waste of $$ and will not advance our biological understanding of Long COVID. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise - The Sick Times
An analysis by The Sick Times find that less than 15% of Long COVID clinical trials testing the benefits of exercise or cardiopulmonary rehabilitation measured post-exertional malaise, according to th...
thesicktimes.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The rationale behind these studies, Seltzer contests, is [that] “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them [it] exists.”
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
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1/5 The attack on the BBC is an alignment of four interest groups that has been years in the making:
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
1/5 The attack on the BBC is an alignment of four interest groups that has been years in the making:
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"If you want a picture of the future, imagine Liz Truss grovelling for the attention of a far-right billionaire - forever"
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine Liz Truss grovelling for the attention of a far-right billionaire - forever"
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Mail Online reports Nigel Farage says that the BBC may have no future.
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Mail Online reports Nigel Farage says that the BBC may have no future.
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
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I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
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There are British Trump fans on Twitter openly begging him to sue the BBC so we the tax payer can hand him a few million.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
There are British Trump fans on Twitter openly begging him to sue the BBC so we the tax payer can hand him a few million.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
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Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
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Record high ocean temperatures continued across the North Pacific in October 2025, with recent warming really amplifying since the early 2000s.
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every October from 1854-2025 using
NOAA ERSSTv5 data (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...).
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every October from 1854-2025 using
NOAA ERSSTv5 data (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...).
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Record high ocean temperatures continued across the North Pacific in October 2025, with recent warming really amplifying since the early 2000s.
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every October from 1854-2025 using
NOAA ERSSTv5 data (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...).
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every October from 1854-2025 using
NOAA ERSSTv5 data (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...).
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Russia checks off "African slavery" on its Back to the 19th Century" checklist.
🇲🇼⚠️ Malawian girls in Russia were taken into slavery and forced to make Shaheds in the Alabuga industrial zone.
Human Rights Watch confirmed that it is investigating reports of the recruitment of Malawian girls through Alabuga Start program, which promised jobs and training…
Human Rights Watch confirmed that it is investigating reports of the recruitment of Malawian girls through Alabuga Start program, which promised jobs and training…
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Russia checks off "African slavery" on its Back to the 19th Century" checklist.
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After the Leveson Inquiry, is the press now beyond control?
The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another?
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social #TheHack
The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another?
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social #TheHack
After the Leveson Inquiry, is the press now beyond control?
The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another?
centralbylines.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
After the Leveson Inquiry, is the press now beyond control?
The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another?
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social #TheHack
The Leveson Inquiry was meant to usher in a new era of press regulation, but have we gone from one ineffective regulator to another?
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social #TheHack
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BREAKING:
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya & Siarhei Tsikhanouski are the winners of the 2025 Magnitsky Award for “Outstanding Opposition Politician,” honouring their leadership and unwavering dedication to democracy in Belarus. Their courage continues to move the world. #MagnitskyAwards
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya & Siarhei Tsikhanouski are the winners of the 2025 Magnitsky Award for “Outstanding Opposition Politician,” honouring their leadership and unwavering dedication to democracy in Belarus. Their courage continues to move the world. #MagnitskyAwards
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
BREAKING:
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya & Siarhei Tsikhanouski are the winners of the 2025 Magnitsky Award for “Outstanding Opposition Politician,” honouring their leadership and unwavering dedication to democracy in Belarus. Their courage continues to move the world. #MagnitskyAwards
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya & Siarhei Tsikhanouski are the winners of the 2025 Magnitsky Award for “Outstanding Opposition Politician,” honouring their leadership and unwavering dedication to democracy in Belarus. Their courage continues to move the world. #MagnitskyAwards
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these guys just love doing this. nothing like 8 storm troopers beating the absolute shit out of a defenseless old person www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
these guys just love doing this. nothing like 8 storm troopers beating the absolute shit out of a defenseless old person www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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● Andrew Windsor remains 8th in the line of succession.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in a suit and tie .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in a suit and tie .
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
● Andrew Windsor remains 8th in the line of succession.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
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A "significant" step has been taken in establishing a national restorative justice programme for victims of the Post Office's Horizon IT scandal
news.sky.com/story/signif...
news.sky.com/story/signif...
'Significant' step in establishing national restorative justice programme for Post Office victims
Long-sought family involvement is included in the proposal, as is partial funding by Fujitsu, and an acknowledgement by the organisers that action "beyond financial compensation" is needed.
news.sky.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A "significant" step has been taken in establishing a national restorative justice programme for victims of the Post Office's Horizon IT scandal
news.sky.com/story/signif...
news.sky.com/story/signif...
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This is interesting. A pivot by Europe away from American technology to homegrown. Hope the UK is smart enough to know which side to be on…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This is interesting. A pivot by Europe away from American technology to homegrown. Hope the UK is smart enough to know which side to be on…
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Putin has killed more people so far this century than any other human on the planet. Russia must be stopped.
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Putin has killed more people so far this century than any other human on the planet. Russia must be stopped.
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Appeasing a dictator never works.
October 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Appeasing a dictator never works.