Miranda Whiting
@mirandawhiting.bsky.social
Same person as on other platforms
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What have I been warning about for the last several years?
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
Forest City 1
Britain needs millions of homes. We have a plan and a team to build them, east of Cambridge, as a beautiful, permanently affordable city.
www.forestcity.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
What have I been warning about for the last several years?
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
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Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Yay science!
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Yay science!
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So going to start a thread of good news stories (positive impacts imho) to counter the tide of terrible things - not here to debate but share with quoted sources etc:
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
So going to start a thread of good news stories (positive impacts imho) to counter the tide of terrible things - not here to debate but share with quoted sources etc:
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Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecium, the bacterial species responsible for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), two of the infections proving most troublesome for existing antibiotics.
November 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecium, the bacterial species responsible for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), two of the infections proving most troublesome for existing antibiotics.
Government in UK out of control and dividing country, say people of UK. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Government in UK out of control and dividing country, say people of UK. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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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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There is a story that Alberto Morrocco's wife Vera, seen here at the breakfast table in the 1950s, was constantly searching for missing bowls, plates and jugs that had been commandeered for a still life, what her husband called a more important purpose than originally intended.
November 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
There is a story that Alberto Morrocco's wife Vera, seen here at the breakfast table in the 1950s, was constantly searching for missing bowls, plates and jugs that had been commandeered for a still life, what her husband called a more important purpose than originally intended.
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As a victim of CSA and sex trafficking the fact that @jay.bsky.team and @aaron.bsky.team are fine with suspending people who speak out against CSA and abusers like totes gives off Mundus sine caesaribus vibes. ✨
Great job girly pops.
Great job girly pops.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
As a victim of CSA and sex trafficking the fact that @jay.bsky.team and @aaron.bsky.team are fine with suspending people who speak out against CSA and abusers like totes gives off Mundus sine caesaribus vibes. ✨
Great job girly pops.
Great job girly pops.
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Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show
Pair devised responses to public outrage about Epstein’s criminal history, his treatment by the justice system, and his friendships with powerful people
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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'Road to the Farm.' (1944) I find it difficult to think of any British landscape painter of Rowland Hilder's generation (he was born in 1905) whose work is as widely known but whose name is not. His work touched a strain of nostalgia for an unchanged and unchanging landscape.
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
'Road to the Farm.' (1944) I find it difficult to think of any British landscape painter of Rowland Hilder's generation (he was born in 1905) whose work is as widely known but whose name is not. His work touched a strain of nostalgia for an unchanged and unchanging landscape.
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During a decade of Brexit debates, BBC Question Time invited 50 British MEPs from the EU Parliament onto its show. Every single one of them was pro-Brexit. 45 were UKIP, 3 were Tories, 2 were Reform. Farage alone appeared as an MEP 23 times! Not one pro-EU MEP was invited onto the show. Not one!
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
During a decade of Brexit debates, BBC Question Time invited 50 British MEPs from the EU Parliament onto its show. Every single one of them was pro-Brexit. 45 were UKIP, 3 were Tories, 2 were Reform. Farage alone appeared as an MEP 23 times! Not one pro-EU MEP was invited onto the show. Not one!
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White House Calls Jack White a ‘Washed Up, Has-Been Loser’ Over Oval Office Decor Dig & Rocker Responds www.billboard.com/music/music-...
White House Calls Jack White a ‘Washed Up, Has-Been Loser’ Over Oval Office Decor Dig & Rocker Responds
The White House called Jack White a "loser" for insulting Donald Trump's decor. Here's how the rocker responded.
www.billboard.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
White House Calls Jack White a ‘Washed Up, Has-Been Loser’ Over Oval Office Decor Dig & Rocker Responds www.billboard.com/music/music-...
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"Long Covid is a complete upside down turning of life. I get profound exhaustion. [I am disabled. I have mobility issues]."
L.F.D, 33, developed #LongCovid after a second Covid infection in May 2022 and apparent recovery from a first earlier infection
www.rte.ie/news/health/...
L.F.D, 33, developed #LongCovid after a second Covid infection in May 2022 and apparent recovery from a first earlier infection
www.rte.ie/news/health/...
'Upside down turning of life' - coping with Long Covid
Five years on from the first cases of Covid-19 in Ireland, many people are living with Long Covid, a group of health problems that persist after initial infection.
www.rte.ie
November 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"Long Covid is a complete upside down turning of life. I get profound exhaustion. [I am disabled. I have mobility issues]."
L.F.D, 33, developed #LongCovid after a second Covid infection in May 2022 and apparent recovery from a first earlier infection
www.rte.ie/news/health/...
L.F.D, 33, developed #LongCovid after a second Covid infection in May 2022 and apparent recovery from a first earlier infection
www.rte.ie/news/health/...
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Alice Wong helped me accept my disabilities.
She taught me there’s no social justice without disability justice.
She encouraged me to start The Disabled Ginger and was a friend & mentor.
She won’t be forgotten.
Don’t let the bastards grind you down:
www.disabledginger.com/p/thank-you-...
She taught me there’s no social justice without disability justice.
She encouraged me to start The Disabled Ginger and was a friend & mentor.
She won’t be forgotten.
Don’t let the bastards grind you down:
www.disabledginger.com/p/thank-you-...
Thank You Alice Wong
Alice Wong has passed away and the disability community has lost a leader. I lost a mentor and a friend. The Disabled Ginger wouldn't exist without Alice and everything she taught me.
www.disabledginger.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Alice Wong helped me accept my disabilities.
She taught me there’s no social justice without disability justice.
She encouraged me to start The Disabled Ginger and was a friend & mentor.
She won’t be forgotten.
Don’t let the bastards grind you down:
www.disabledginger.com/p/thank-you-...
She taught me there’s no social justice without disability justice.
She encouraged me to start The Disabled Ginger and was a friend & mentor.
She won’t be forgotten.
Don’t let the bastards grind you down:
www.disabledginger.com/p/thank-you-...
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This seems like a good time to mention that this Labour, you know "protect vulnerable people" government has pretty much closed the last remaining "safe routes" for people to seek asylum in the UK, along with preventing refugees already here being reunited with their spouses or children.
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This seems like a good time to mention that this Labour, you know "protect vulnerable people" government has pretty much closed the last remaining "safe routes" for people to seek asylum in the UK, along with preventing refugees already here being reunited with their spouses or children.
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If you want to see a government ACTUALLY “losing control” of something, helpless in the face of organised crime, look at this:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kidlington fly-tipping: Criminals dump mountain of waste in field
The enormous pile of rubbish is called an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If you want to see a government ACTUALLY “losing control” of something, helpless in the face of organised crime, look at this:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No no no
Alice was a mentor, a friend and one of the people who I credit with helping me find my voice.
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.
My life is forever changed because of her.
I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
No no no
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Not only is Labour actively endorsing Reform's narrative, and emboldening hate and division while doing so, it's losing supporters hand over fist to Greens and Lib Dems in doing so. Turns out that most people who support progressive policies don't support the disgusting policies of this government.
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Not only is Labour actively endorsing Reform's narrative, and emboldening hate and division while doing so, it's losing supporters hand over fist to Greens and Lib Dems in doing so. Turns out that most people who support progressive policies don't support the disgusting policies of this government.
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Sadly this #Labour govt has championed the destruction of vast swathes of East Suffolk's #AONB & "The coastline of Suffolk- often thought of the best in the country" for Sizewell C.
No longer a place of "coastal calm" nor one of "the best places to retire to"
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2561903...
No longer a place of "coastal calm" nor one of "the best places to retire to"
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2561903...
Suffolk named one of the best place to retire to in the UK
The Suffolk coast has been named one of the best places to retire to in the UK.
www.eadt.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Sadly this #Labour govt has championed the destruction of vast swathes of East Suffolk's #AONB & "The coastline of Suffolk- often thought of the best in the country" for Sizewell C.
No longer a place of "coastal calm" nor one of "the best places to retire to"
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2561903...
No longer a place of "coastal calm" nor one of "the best places to retire to"
www.eadt.co.uk/news/2561903...
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⚠️ BREAKING: BBC In Crisis - New Director General Picks Leaked.
🙏🏻 PLEASE like, share and kiss this latest #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/P8kl2ETzH7k?...
🙏🏻 PLEASE like, share and kiss this latest #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/P8kl2ETzH7k?...
LEAKED: BBC Director General Candidates - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
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November 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
⚠️ BREAKING: BBC In Crisis - New Director General Picks Leaked.
🙏🏻 PLEASE like, share and kiss this latest #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/P8kl2ETzH7k?...
🙏🏻 PLEASE like, share and kiss this latest #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/P8kl2ETzH7k?...
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Long Covid can impact anyone regardless of age or health status. Women can be at higher increased risk of severe outcomes. There is not enough awareness of long Covid very little help for sufferers. COVID has been politicised so I believe out there many struggle on not wanting to label 🧵
One Public Health department is telling the whole story. Shining a light on those who are being less than transparent! Oopsie!
November 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Long Covid can impact anyone regardless of age or health status. Women can be at higher increased risk of severe outcomes. There is not enough awareness of long Covid very little help for sufferers. COVID has been politicised so I believe out there many struggle on not wanting to label 🧵
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/7 Invited to present this week — “Herd Immunity to BS” & got a photo with Dr. @rachelhoopsick.bsky.social, who’s doing crucial work on health behavior & substance-use epidemiology.
Next I’m releasing a public, searchable archive of the evidence and receipts behind everything I talked about.
Next I’m releasing a public, searchable archive of the evidence and receipts behind everything I talked about.
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
/7 Invited to present this week — “Herd Immunity to BS” & got a photo with Dr. @rachelhoopsick.bsky.social, who’s doing crucial work on health behavior & substance-use epidemiology.
Next I’m releasing a public, searchable archive of the evidence and receipts behind everything I talked about.
Next I’m releasing a public, searchable archive of the evidence and receipts behind everything I talked about.
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/4 There is no herd immunity to SARS-2.
There is no such thing as hybrid immunity (the concept didn’t exist before 2021 & the hypothesis was wrong).
Those were narratives, not biology.
There is no such thing as hybrid immunity (the concept didn’t exist before 2021 & the hypothesis was wrong).
Those were narratives, not biology.
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
/4 There is no herd immunity to SARS-2.
There is no such thing as hybrid immunity (the concept didn’t exist before 2021 & the hypothesis was wrong).
Those were narratives, not biology.
There is no such thing as hybrid immunity (the concept didn’t exist before 2021 & the hypothesis was wrong).
Those were narratives, not biology.
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/3 You are not “immune” to repeated hits.
Reinfection risk is cumulative.
Damage adds up — even when symptoms don’t.
Reinfection risk is cumulative.
Damage adds up — even when symptoms don’t.
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
/3 You are not “immune” to repeated hits.
Reinfection risk is cumulative.
Damage adds up — even when symptoms don’t.
Reinfection risk is cumulative.
Damage adds up — even when symptoms don’t.