Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
@organicbotanic.bsky.social
Health academic, #IDSky, sailor⛵, photographer, botanist🌿, writer. Memoir, poetry, children’s stories. AI, public health, education, climate, UCU, films
N Ireland 🇪🇺 Avoid🦠Covid.
Photographs mine unless credited
X: @organicbotanic Blue Sky 3/9/23
N Ireland 🇪🇺 Avoid🦠Covid.
Photographs mine unless credited
X: @organicbotanic Blue Sky 3/9/23
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On #Rathlin at Christmas Craft Fair & book launch: The Story of Rathlin Wool
By Marianne Green
#Stormhour #Photohour
@lindahughes.bsky.social
@barrabest.bsky.social
@stormhour.com
@samhanna1791.bsky.social
@cmjohnston.bsky.social
@annlizkelly.bsky.social
@weatheraisling.bsky.social
By Marianne Green
#Stormhour #Photohour
@lindahughes.bsky.social
@barrabest.bsky.social
@stormhour.com
@samhanna1791.bsky.social
@cmjohnston.bsky.social
@annlizkelly.bsky.social
@weatheraisling.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
On #Rathlin at Christmas Craft Fair & book launch: The Story of Rathlin Wool
By Marianne Green
#Stormhour #Photohour
@lindahughes.bsky.social
@barrabest.bsky.social
@stormhour.com
@samhanna1791.bsky.social
@cmjohnston.bsky.social
@annlizkelly.bsky.social
@weatheraisling.bsky.social
By Marianne Green
#Stormhour #Photohour
@lindahughes.bsky.social
@barrabest.bsky.social
@stormhour.com
@samhanna1791.bsky.social
@cmjohnston.bsky.social
@annlizkelly.bsky.social
@weatheraisling.bsky.social
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Sharing my book review of @vxchang.bsky.social's book, The Body Digital, published yesterday in @science.org: 🧪
From phonographs to AI, Chang traces the impact of technology on the human experience. A poetic meditation on the machines that make us human.
From phonographs to AI, Chang traces the impact of technology on the human experience. A poetic meditation on the machines that make us human.
A human history of machines
Our lived experiences inform technology and are, in turn, transformed by it
www.science.org
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Sharing my book review of @vxchang.bsky.social's book, The Body Digital, published yesterday in @science.org: 🧪
From phonographs to AI, Chang traces the impact of technology on the human experience. A poetic meditation on the machines that make us human.
From phonographs to AI, Chang traces the impact of technology on the human experience. A poetic meditation on the machines that make us human.
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Sunset skies this evening from Ballycastle, County Antrim.
📸 Anne Kelly Art and Photography • @annlizkelly.bsky.social
📸 Anne Kelly Art and Photography • @annlizkelly.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Sunset skies this evening from Ballycastle, County Antrim.
📸 Anne Kelly Art and Photography • @annlizkelly.bsky.social
📸 Anne Kelly Art and Photography • @annlizkelly.bsky.social
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“Grated cheese sold under four brands has been recalled at various stores nationwide, including Walmart, Sam’s Clubs and Target, after testing found listeria.
The Ambriola Company’s FDA-posted recall notice said the recall is limited to grated Pecorino Romano cheese”
Boar’s Head among cheese brands in listeria recall from Walmart, Target, others
The recall is limited to grated Pecorino Romano cheese made at a New Jersey facility.
www.mcall.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“Grated cheese sold under four brands has been recalled at various stores nationwide, including Walmart, Sam’s Clubs and Target, after testing found listeria.
The Ambriola Company’s FDA-posted recall notice said the recall is limited to grated Pecorino Romano cheese”
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 and get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 and get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
"Hurry to live, hurry to love. We always believe we have time, but that's not true. One day we become aware that we have crossed the point of no return, that moment when one can no longer go back. That moment when one realizes that one has let their chance slip away.
#PauloCoelho
#PauloCoelho
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"Hurry to live, hurry to love. We always believe we have time, but that's not true. One day we become aware that we have crossed the point of no return, that moment when one can no longer go back. That moment when one realizes that one has let their chance slip away.
#PauloCoelho
#PauloCoelho
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This is a report on three people who bought Botox online and injected themselves with it. They were all hospitalized during May–June 2025. “One patient required invasive mechanical ventilation… Persons without a health care license should not purchase BoNT online” or inject themselves with it.
Notes from the Field: Severe Illnesses After ...
This report describes the public health response to three patients from different states who developed severe illness after self-injecting botulinum toxin.
www.cdc.gov
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is a report on three people who bought Botox online and injected themselves with it. They were all hospitalized during May–June 2025. “One patient required invasive mechanical ventilation… Persons without a health care license should not purchase BoNT online” or inject themselves with it.
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 65,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 70,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 65,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 70,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Twenty five years ago, the emergence of HIV was traced the the 1930’s in a fascinating study.
RFK Jr. thinks that “poppers” cause AIDS.
In don’t think that recreational poppers were in wide circulation in the 1930’s.
But maybe I’m wrong about that.
RFK Jr. thinks that “poppers” cause AIDS.
In don’t think that recreational poppers were in wide circulation in the 1930’s.
But maybe I’m wrong about that.
Timing the Ancestor of the HIV-1 Pandemic Strains
HIV-1 sequences were analyzed to estimate the timing of the ancestral sequence of the main group of HIV-1, the strains responsible for the AIDS pandemic. Using parallel supercomputers and assuming a c...
www.science.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Twenty five years ago, the emergence of HIV was traced the the 1930’s in a fascinating study.
RFK Jr. thinks that “poppers” cause AIDS.
In don’t think that recreational poppers were in wide circulation in the 1930’s.
But maybe I’m wrong about that.
RFK Jr. thinks that “poppers” cause AIDS.
In don’t think that recreational poppers were in wide circulation in the 1930’s.
But maybe I’m wrong about that.
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
Awful news. “A deadly blaze tore through several high-rise apartment towers in Hong Kong on Wednesday, killing at least four and injuring several others as bright flames engulfed the buildings and plumes of dense smoke billowed across the city’s northern New Territories.”
Huge Fire Engulfs Apartment Buildings in Hong Kong
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Awful news. “A deadly blaze tore through several high-rise apartment towers in Hong Kong on Wednesday, killing at least four and injuring several others as bright flames engulfed the buildings and plumes of dense smoke billowed across the city’s northern New Territories.”
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The governments latest proposals have been slammed by senior lawyers, who said they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The governments latest proposals have been slammed by senior lawyers, who said they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
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Abedini posted on LinkedIn:
“I’m relieved to share that I was released from custody tonight. It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had. My sincere thanks to my friends and colleagues at the University of Oklahoma, the Middle East Studies Association”
“I’m relieved to share that I was released from custody tonight. It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had. My sincere thanks to my friends and colleagues at the University of Oklahoma, the Middle East Studies Association”
OU professor released following ICE detention while traveling to conference
OU professor Vahid Abedini detained by ICE while traveling to academic conference, sparking concerns over valid visa status.
www.news9.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Abedini posted on LinkedIn:
“I’m relieved to share that I was released from custody tonight. It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had. My sincere thanks to my friends and colleagues at the University of Oklahoma, the Middle East Studies Association”
“I’m relieved to share that I was released from custody tonight. It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had. My sincere thanks to my friends and colleagues at the University of Oklahoma, the Middle East Studies Association”
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
Humans are about 10 million times larger than viruses, yet they kill us regularly.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Humans are about 10 million times larger than viruses, yet they kill us regularly.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
DPH member Mary Canales, PhD, RN, has just published an *excellent* piece on the need for nurses to speak to truth to power in this moment.
I know there are a ton of nurses doing exactly that, and I thank you for that, but hey we can always use more!
You can read her paper here:
I know there are a ton of nurses doing exactly that, and I thank you for that, but hey we can always use more!
You can read her paper here:
Revisiting Speaking Truth to Power: A Return to Its Roots | Defend Public Health
Defend Public Health member Mary Canales, PhD, RN shares her thoughts on the attacks on public health, and why it is time for medical professionals to speak truth to power.
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
DPH member Mary Canales, PhD, RN, has just published an *excellent* piece on the need for nurses to speak to truth to power in this moment.
I know there are a ton of nurses doing exactly that, and I thank you for that, but hey we can always use more!
You can read her paper here:
I know there are a ton of nurses doing exactly that, and I thank you for that, but hey we can always use more!
You can read her paper here:
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
Roe Valley for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
🌡️ India's heat crises are likely worse than we think. Official counts miss most heat-related deaths... though estimates rise to 150,000+ excess deaths for summers experiencing 5 heat waves.
Addressing gaps in data collection and urban public health systems will be good places to start.
Addressing gaps in data collection and urban public health systems will be good places to start.
How Many People Die in India From Hot Weather? Nobody Really Knows.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🌡️ India's heat crises are likely worse than we think. Official counts miss most heat-related deaths... though estimates rise to 150,000+ excess deaths for summers experiencing 5 heat waves.
Addressing gaps in data collection and urban public health systems will be good places to start.
Addressing gaps in data collection and urban public health systems will be good places to start.
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
The default pandemic strategy for many countries does now seem to be "Play it by ear then lockdown and wait for a vaccine"
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The default pandemic strategy for many countries does now seem to be "Play it by ear then lockdown and wait for a vaccine"
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
I fear this exactly. Failing to adequately prepare increases the likelihood of lockdowns. No one should want this.
The default pandemic strategy for many countries does now seem to be "Play it by ear then lockdown and wait for a vaccine"
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I fear this exactly. Failing to adequately prepare increases the likelihood of lockdowns. No one should want this.
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
Five people have now died in the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Ethiopia near the border with South Sudan.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
Death toll from Ethiopia’s Marburg outbreak rises to 5 - Namibia Daily News
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 24 -- The death toll from Ethiopia's Marburg virus disease outbreak has risen to five, the country's Ministry of Health has said. In its latest update issued late Saturday, the minis...
namibiadailynews.info
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Five people have now died in the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Ethiopia near the border with South Sudan.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
Roe Valley for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Roe Valley for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social