Carol McCullough
@imonlyslightly.bsky.social
Here for peace in my older years.
Bit of knowledge/experience as a patient
Transplants 36yrs, rare disease (Wilson's disease), creaky joints, complex illness
Coproduction, QI
History, scenery, animals.
Teens swayed by 70s Bowie
Learning from experience.
Bit of knowledge/experience as a patient
Transplants 36yrs, rare disease (Wilson's disease), creaky joints, complex illness
Coproduction, QI
History, scenery, animals.
Teens swayed by 70s Bowie
Learning from experience.
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i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.
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In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
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The CDC also published this infographic which clearly shows infections leading to organ damage and yet we still have no clear health messaging or preventive policy in place. Only a sliver of a band of vaccine offering. A vaccine only policy with no vaccines!
October 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The CDC also published this infographic which clearly shows infections leading to organ damage and yet we still have no clear health messaging or preventive policy in place. Only a sliver of a band of vaccine offering. A vaccine only policy with no vaccines!
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The report from the European Society of Cardiologists is clear, we all need vaccine protection. No one should be pushing so called natural immunity.
October 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The report from the European Society of Cardiologists is clear, we all need vaccine protection. No one should be pushing so called natural immunity.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
christinapagel.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
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Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
October 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Well done Portland. Such fiendish froggy behaviour. 😊
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Well done Portland. Such fiendish froggy behaviour. 😊
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Without rest you risk long covid and each infection carries years of long term health risks. Don’t pass this onto your loved ones.
October 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Without rest you risk long covid and each infection carries years of long term health risks. Don’t pass this onto your loved ones.
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“If opening your eyes, or getting out of bed, or holding a spoon, or combing your hair is the daunting Mount Everest you climb today, that is okay.” ~ Carmen Ambrosia
#MentalHealthMatters #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #RareDisease
#MentalHealthMatters #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #RareDisease
December 8, 2024 at 2:48 PM
“If opening your eyes, or getting out of bed, or holding a spoon, or combing your hair is the daunting Mount Everest you climb today, that is okay.” ~ Carmen Ambrosia
#MentalHealthMatters #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #RareDisease
#MentalHealthMatters #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #RareDisease
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'Farage Boats' is a useful term and should be normalised.
“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
October 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
'Farage Boats' is a useful term and should be normalised.
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Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever
This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
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For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
September 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
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When the most powerful man in the world goes about the place spreading very dangerous nonsense about paracetamol and vaccines, millions of people will sit up and listen.
It's consequence free for him but this is going to kill a lot of kids and make a lot more children very ill indeed.
It's consequence free for him but this is going to kill a lot of kids and make a lot more children very ill indeed.
September 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
When the most powerful man in the world goes about the place spreading very dangerous nonsense about paracetamol and vaccines, millions of people will sit up and listen.
It's consequence free for him but this is going to kill a lot of kids and make a lot more children very ill indeed.
It's consequence free for him but this is going to kill a lot of kids and make a lot more children very ill indeed.
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Kennedy’s inexperienced and under-qualified ACIP continues to make a mockery of science based evidence with confusion regarding what they were voting for, actions such as changing votes, pushing other votes down the line, use of anecdotes versus science and ambiguous decisions…🧵
RFK Jr’s vaccine panel votes against recommending prescription for Covid vaccine, emphasizing personal choice
After heated meeting, healthcare professionals and experts left deeply confused about committee’s recommendations
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Kennedy’s inexperienced and under-qualified ACIP continues to make a mockery of science based evidence with confusion regarding what they were voting for, actions such as changing votes, pushing other votes down the line, use of anecdotes versus science and ambiguous decisions…🧵
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Apparently the new ‘Hillsborough Law’ will provide “a new professional and legal Duty of Candour. This will mean all public officials must act with honesty and integrity at all times. There will also be a new offence for seriously misleading the public…
'Hillsborough Law will end the culture of obfuscation and cover-up'
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says that the new Hillsborough Law 'is a watershed in the fight for a state that treats working people with the respect they deserve'
www.mirror.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Apparently the new ‘Hillsborough Law’ will provide “a new professional and legal Duty of Candour. This will mean all public officials must act with honesty and integrity at all times. There will also be a new offence for seriously misleading the public…
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A long-awaited "Hillsborough Law" bill will force public officials to tell the truth during investigations into major disasters or potentially face criminal sanctions.
Justice Secretary David Lammy said a 'duty of candour' will be at the heart of the legislation
Justice Secretary David Lammy said a 'duty of candour' will be at the heart of the legislation
September 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A long-awaited "Hillsborough Law" bill will force public officials to tell the truth during investigations into major disasters or potentially face criminal sanctions.
Justice Secretary David Lammy said a 'duty of candour' will be at the heart of the legislation
Justice Secretary David Lammy said a 'duty of candour' will be at the heart of the legislation
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I warned 5 years ago that this would happen. That they were out to take away vaccines but was laughed at. People failed to support petitions for those who are vulnerable and things have continued to slide. Now we have an estimated 409 million with long covid.
September 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I warned 5 years ago that this would happen. That they were out to take away vaccines but was laughed at. People failed to support petitions for those who are vulnerable and things have continued to slide. Now we have an estimated 409 million with long covid.
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A suggestion for UK Parliament. Before passing any new law, consider plausible worst case scenario for how a future Reform government would use it. Then start to review existing laws. And if you don’t, don’t complain when it all goes wrong (assuming that government hasn’t locked you all up)
September 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A suggestion for UK Parliament. Before passing any new law, consider plausible worst case scenario for how a future Reform government would use it. Then start to review existing laws. And if you don’t, don’t complain when it all goes wrong (assuming that government hasn’t locked you all up)
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I only wish I had a Time Machine to send those people who ‘want their country back’ to Britain 50 years. Or during the Anglo Saxon invasions. Or even better, 6,000 years ago
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
Cheddar Man: DNA shows early Briton had dark skin
Scientists put a face to Cheddar Man, Britain's oldest complete skeleton from 10,000 years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I only wish I had a Time Machine to send those people who ‘want their country back’ to Britain 50 years. Or during the Anglo Saxon invasions. Or even better, 6,000 years ago
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
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People are exhausted.
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We have to tell an alternative story’: Green leader Polanski chats to Nigel Farage’s constituents
Visit to Clacton-on-Sea part of social media strategy that Zack Polanski feels can rebut Reform’s rhetoric
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
People are exhausted.
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This is exactly the kind of despicable scaremongering that Aseem Malhotra has made his modus operandi. Insinuations, hearsay, anti-vaxx, non-evidence-based, lurid, self-enriching, anti-scientific claptrap. Of course Reform UK lapped it up. 1/4
September 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This is exactly the kind of despicable scaremongering that Aseem Malhotra has made his modus operandi. Insinuations, hearsay, anti-vaxx, non-evidence-based, lurid, self-enriching, anti-scientific claptrap. Of course Reform UK lapped it up. 1/4