Jo B
@jo-b.bsky.social
Health, Social and Environment issues + History, Crafts and Gardening.
Trying as best I can to make the world a better place for us and future generations. No DMs
#European 🇪🇺 #COVIDisAirborne
Trying as best I can to make the world a better place for us and future generations. No DMs
#European 🇪🇺 #COVIDisAirborne
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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Covid cases are surging and it’s insane that Labour has cut vaccines to 13 million vulnerable. Absolutely disgraceful that we aren’t rolling out clean air and vaccines to all. How many more will get long covid, remember the good old days of disease prevention.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
People able to book NHS Covid jabs despite not being eligible – pharmacy leaders
The Covid-19 vaccination campaign began last week.
www.independent.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Covid cases are surging and it’s insane that Labour has cut vaccines to 13 million vulnerable. Absolutely disgraceful that we aren’t rolling out clean air and vaccines to all. How many more will get long covid, remember the good old days of disease prevention.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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HOLY SH*T.
There it is.
Trump says he will speak to the DOJ about giving Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon.
There it is.
Trump says he will speak to the DOJ about giving Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon.
Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.
Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking
Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.
Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking
Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.
October 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
HOLY SH*T.
There it is.
Trump says he will speak to the DOJ about giving Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon.
There it is.
Trump says he will speak to the DOJ about giving Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon.
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SARS-CoV-2 infection can impact peripheral nerve conduction and muscle architecture in #LongCovid, new study on dozens of Covid survivors and 30 controls suggests
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Persistent neuromuscular disorders associated with changes in tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius lateralis muscle architecture in long-covid: an observational longitudinal study - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Persistent neuromuscular disorders associated with changes in tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius lateralis muscle architecture in long-covid: an observational longitudinal study
www.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
SARS-CoV-2 infection can impact peripheral nerve conduction and muscle architecture in #LongCovid, new study on dozens of Covid survivors and 30 controls suggests
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN
trib.al/9Sxu9IN
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This is shocking racism from Jenrick and Badenoch should sack him immediately.
No further comment necessary.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No further comment necessary.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This is shocking racism from Jenrick and Badenoch should sack him immediately.
No further comment necessary.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No further comment necessary.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Local woman always loved Jane Goodall and this just confirms it. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space
Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Local woman always loved Jane Goodall and this just confirms it. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Thanks, Donald Trump!
Burbank Airport has ZERO air traffic controllers from 4:15pm to 10pm today because of YOUR government shutdown.
Burbank Airport has ZERO air traffic controllers from 4:15pm to 10pm today because of YOUR government shutdown.
Burbank Airport will have no air traffic controllers Monday evening, FAA warns
Burbank Airport is bracing for impacted operations as air traffic controllers begin to call out in greater numbers due to the government shutdown.
abc7.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Thanks, Donald Trump!
Burbank Airport has ZERO air traffic controllers from 4:15pm to 10pm today because of YOUR government shutdown.
Burbank Airport has ZERO air traffic controllers from 4:15pm to 10pm today because of YOUR government shutdown.
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Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
October 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
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It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
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Nearly 1 in 3 adults with severe long COVID developed an uncommon heart rhythm disorder — most of them middle-aged women — according to Swedish researchers in Circulation: Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/nea...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/nea...
Nearly 1 in 3 adults with severe long COVID have rare heart-rhythm disorder, data suggest
www.cidrap.umn.edu
October 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Nearly 1 in 3 adults with severe long COVID developed an uncommon heart rhythm disorder — most of them middle-aged women — according to Swedish researchers in Circulation: Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/nea...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/nea...
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"If thousands of studies are telling you to look for a certain kind of harm and then millions of people start wondering why they are experiencing exactly that type of harm, is it so hard to connect those two dots?"
Or has #COVID has destroyed people's ability to reason...?
#disability #pandemic
Or has #COVID has destroyed people's ability to reason...?
#disability #pandemic
Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...
When Will the Lion Concern Himself
Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days
www.thegauntlet.news
October 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"If thousands of studies are telling you to look for a certain kind of harm and then millions of people start wondering why they are experiencing exactly that type of harm, is it so hard to connect those two dots?"
Or has #COVID has destroyed people's ability to reason...?
#disability #pandemic
Or has #COVID has destroyed people's ability to reason...?
#disability #pandemic
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Robin Williams daughter Zelda is pleading with people to stop creating AI videos of her Dad.
I’m pleading with you to stop using generative AI.
It’s destructive to the environment.
It’s destructive to artists.
It’s destructive to humanity.
It steals from us and churns out slop.
Just stop.
I’m pleading with you to stop using generative AI.
It’s destructive to the environment.
It’s destructive to artists.
It’s destructive to humanity.
It steals from us and churns out slop.
Just stop.
October 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Robin Williams daughter Zelda is pleading with people to stop creating AI videos of her Dad.
I’m pleading with you to stop using generative AI.
It’s destructive to the environment.
It’s destructive to artists.
It’s destructive to humanity.
It steals from us and churns out slop.
Just stop.
I’m pleading with you to stop using generative AI.
It’s destructive to the environment.
It’s destructive to artists.
It’s destructive to humanity.
It steals from us and churns out slop.
Just stop.
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Bad news: Anti-vaxxers have been given leadership positions at US health agencies and are doing everything they can to take away vaccines.
Good news: Despite all their spin, in reality they have been too incompetent to do anything effective to restrict vaccine access in any meaningful way so far.
Good news: Despite all their spin, in reality they have been too incompetent to do anything effective to restrict vaccine access in any meaningful way so far.
October 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Bad news: Anti-vaxxers have been given leadership positions at US health agencies and are doing everything they can to take away vaccines.
Good news: Despite all their spin, in reality they have been too incompetent to do anything effective to restrict vaccine access in any meaningful way so far.
Good news: Despite all their spin, in reality they have been too incompetent to do anything effective to restrict vaccine access in any meaningful way so far.
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Excellent work from @michellegamage.bsky.social - a breath of fresh air!
Put the word out if BC's legion of airborne-transmission-denier quacks come after you for this. We've got your back.
#Standupforscience
Put the word out if BC's legion of airborne-transmission-denier quacks come after you for this. We've got your back.
#Standupforscience
October 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Excellent work from @michellegamage.bsky.social - a breath of fresh air!
Put the word out if BC's legion of airborne-transmission-denier quacks come after you for this. We've got your back.
#Standupforscience
Put the word out if BC's legion of airborne-transmission-denier quacks come after you for this. We've got your back.
#Standupforscience
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MaskTogetherAmerica Long COVID Defense forum, Fri, Nov 7, 5:00–8:30pm EST
Join patients, doctors, & their allies to combat minimization & erasure of #LongCOVID.
bit.ly/Join_LCDefen...
🎙️
@drcorthals.bsky.social
@solenntango.bsky.social
@adamvanbavel.bsky.social
Ann Wallance
@ancirabecky.bsky.social
Join patients, doctors, & their allies to combat minimization & erasure of #LongCOVID.
bit.ly/Join_LCDefen...
🎙️
@drcorthals.bsky.social
@solenntango.bsky.social
@adamvanbavel.bsky.social
Ann Wallance
@ancirabecky.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
MaskTogetherAmerica Long COVID Defense forum, Fri, Nov 7, 5:00–8:30pm EST
Join patients, doctors, & their allies to combat minimization & erasure of #LongCOVID.
bit.ly/Join_LCDefen...
🎙️
@drcorthals.bsky.social
@solenntango.bsky.social
@adamvanbavel.bsky.social
Ann Wallance
@ancirabecky.bsky.social
Join patients, doctors, & their allies to combat minimization & erasure of #LongCOVID.
bit.ly/Join_LCDefen...
🎙️
@drcorthals.bsky.social
@solenntango.bsky.social
@adamvanbavel.bsky.social
Ann Wallance
@ancirabecky.bsky.social
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"Blue medical masks and cloth masks are great at helping a sick person keep their germs to themselves. 🚨Only a proper fitting respirator, like an N95, KN95 or CAN95, protects the wearer from germs, especially diseases like COVID-19 and measles, which travel through the air."
😮 Pigs flew today!
😮 Pigs flew today!
October 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Blue medical masks and cloth masks are great at helping a sick person keep their germs to themselves. 🚨Only a proper fitting respirator, like an N95, KN95 or CAN95, protects the wearer from germs, especially diseases like COVID-19 and measles, which travel through the air."
😮 Pigs flew today!
😮 Pigs flew today!
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I’m seeing a lot of misinformation, shaming and disinformation around masking to prevent covid.
First things first, the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid Covid.
Second, a layered approach works best to prevent infection.
One of those layers is masking. 🧵
First things first, the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid Covid.
Second, a layered approach works best to prevent infection.
One of those layers is masking. 🧵
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I’m seeing a lot of misinformation, shaming and disinformation around masking to prevent covid.
First things first, the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid Covid.
Second, a layered approach works best to prevent infection.
One of those layers is masking. 🧵
First things first, the only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid Covid.
Second, a layered approach works best to prevent infection.
One of those layers is masking. 🧵
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Long COVID Linked to Surge in POTS Cases.
"Researchers have found that postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) occurs in almost a third of patients with severe long COVID, making it far more common than in the general population."
Source: archive.md/G46Hg
"Researchers have found that postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) occurs in almost a third of patients with severe long COVID, making it far more common than in the general population."
Source: archive.md/G46Hg
October 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Long COVID Linked to Surge in POTS Cases.
"Researchers have found that postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) occurs in almost a third of patients with severe long COVID, making it far more common than in the general population."
Source: archive.md/G46Hg
"Researchers have found that postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) occurs in almost a third of patients with severe long COVID, making it far more common than in the general population."
Source: archive.md/G46Hg
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Today's Private Eye magazine:
Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance, "CATA believes the government is guilty of downplaying the airborne transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 virus, and other airborne pathogens, therefore not providing the correct protective equipment for staff".
FFP3s needed.
Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance, "CATA believes the government is guilty of downplaying the airborne transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 virus, and other airborne pathogens, therefore not providing the correct protective equipment for staff".
FFP3s needed.
July 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Today's Private Eye magazine:
Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance, "CATA believes the government is guilty of downplaying the airborne transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 virus, and other airborne pathogens, therefore not providing the correct protective equipment for staff".
FFP3s needed.
Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance, "CATA believes the government is guilty of downplaying the airborne transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 virus, and other airborne pathogens, therefore not providing the correct protective equipment for staff".
FFP3s needed.
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COVID-19 and other viruses that spread through the respiratory route linked to the onset of vascular dementia.
Clean the air. Crosswords alone are not enough.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
Clean the air. Crosswords alone are not enough.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in older adults
Prior COVID-19 infection was associated with a 41% increased risk of all-cause dementia.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
October 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
COVID-19 and other viruses that spread through the respiratory route linked to the onset of vascular dementia.
Clean the air. Crosswords alone are not enough.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
Clean the air. Crosswords alone are not enough.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
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Cleaner air isn't a personal health choice, it's something that needs the broad mandate of the state to accomplish.
But we'll never get there as a society (despite the tech being relatively simple), because we've been brainwashed by a neoliberal health ideology that's centred on individual choices.
But we'll never get there as a society (despite the tech being relatively simple), because we've been brainwashed by a neoliberal health ideology that's centred on individual choices.
Putting clean air infrastructure into the built environment (in schools, daycare, long term care homes, shopping centres, offices, airplanes, buses, taxis, cruise ships...) is more important than ever.
Because giving people the "choice" has led to lower vaccination rates and a refusal to mask.
Because giving people the "choice" has led to lower vaccination rates and a refusal to mask.
September 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Cleaner air isn't a personal health choice, it's something that needs the broad mandate of the state to accomplish.
But we'll never get there as a society (despite the tech being relatively simple), because we've been brainwashed by a neoliberal health ideology that's centred on individual choices.
But we'll never get there as a society (despite the tech being relatively simple), because we've been brainwashed by a neoliberal health ideology that's centred on individual choices.
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The federal government has today finally released the long-awaited national climate risk assessment, providing the most detailed picture of the severe and far-reaching social and economic impact of the climate crisis for Australia.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Millions of Australians at risk from rising sea levels and heat deaths to soar, national climate risk assessment report warns
Climate risk assessment find heat-related deaths would surge 450% in Sydney if global heating surpasses 3C
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The federal government has today finally released the long-awaited national climate risk assessment, providing the most detailed picture of the severe and far-reaching social and economic impact of the climate crisis for Australia.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...