Steve Fifield
@stevefifield.bsky.social
Informed decisions & verifiable facts please, not opinion & belief. UK. 🇬🇧
Mine of occasionally useful information.
NHS and healthcare 💙
#Equality #Justbe #Inclusion
#LGBTQ+ 🌈 ally
#pwME
#MECFS
#Activetravel 🚲
#Sustainability
#Gardening
#VisibleApp
Mine of occasionally useful information.
NHS and healthcare 💙
#Equality #Justbe #Inclusion
#LGBTQ+ 🌈 ally
#pwME
#MECFS
#Activetravel 🚲
#Sustainability
#Gardening
#VisibleApp
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Steve Fifield
@stevefifield.bsky.social
· Oct 17
If you are ME/CFS community, please find useful information in below posts 💙❤️🫂
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“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They are the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Nigel Farage” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
👇 #BBC
👇 #BBC
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They are the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Nigel Farage” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
👇 #BBC
👇 #BBC
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Systrom: "Many of us in the field..believe that ME/CFS is often, but not always..post-infectious..for not totally clear reasons, there is autoimmunity, which may run amuck on overdrive with associated inflammation...then downstream.those pathways, we think there are some issues with oxygen supply.."
Open Medicine Foundation: 'An Interview with Ron Davis, PhD, and David Systrom, MD: Low Oxygen, Low Energy'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KILx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KILx...
An Interview with Ron Davis, PhD, and David Systrom, MD: Low Oxygen, Low Energy
YouTube video by Open Medicine Foundation - OMF
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Systrom: "Many of us in the field..believe that ME/CFS is often, but not always..post-infectious..for not totally clear reasons, there is autoimmunity, which may run amuck on overdrive with associated inflammation...then downstream.those pathways, we think there are some issues with oxygen supply.."
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“Rachel Reeves can’t afford not to raise taxes […] But who pays is important because millions are already struggling. The govt pledged not to raise taxes on working people and they don’t have to.”
Our very own @jakeatkinson.bsky.social in The @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Our very own @jakeatkinson.bsky.social in The @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Rachel Reeves looks set to raise taxes. What does it mean for you?
Rachel Reeves is likely to raise taxes in her autumn budget, but she has different levers she could pull to do this.
www.bigissue.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“Rachel Reeves can’t afford not to raise taxes […] But who pays is important because millions are already struggling. The govt pledged not to raise taxes on working people and they don’t have to.”
Our very own @jakeatkinson.bsky.social in The @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Our very own @jakeatkinson.bsky.social in The @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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The platforming of this sort of stuff is why I boycott The Hay Festival.
Yes, you shouldn't need a diagnosis to get help, but what she says is entirely counterproductive and stigmatising.
#OverDiagnosis
Yes, you shouldn't need a diagnosis to get help, but what she says is entirely counterproductive and stigmatising.
#OverDiagnosis
Neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan explores The Age of Diagnosis in this week’s free film on Hay Festival Anytime.
Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime/
Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime/
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The platforming of this sort of stuff is why I boycott The Hay Festival.
Yes, you shouldn't need a diagnosis to get help, but what she says is entirely counterproductive and stigmatising.
#OverDiagnosis
Yes, you shouldn't need a diagnosis to get help, but what she says is entirely counterproductive and stigmatising.
#OverDiagnosis
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The high street: please come don't shop online 🥺
Also the high street: no staff, do your own checkout, remove your own security tag, item you wanted isn't in stock, download an app or you pay more.
Also the high street: no staff, do your own checkout, remove your own security tag, item you wanted isn't in stock, download an app or you pay more.
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The high street: please come don't shop online 🥺
Also the high street: no staff, do your own checkout, remove your own security tag, item you wanted isn't in stock, download an app or you pay more.
Also the high street: no staff, do your own checkout, remove your own security tag, item you wanted isn't in stock, download an app or you pay more.
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Yes $
Health ECONOMICS not CARE.
‘Compared with other psychological treatments, CBT, in particular, has greater treatment effects in terms of reducing the use of medical resources and improving patients’ quality of life and can effectively reduce medical costs.‘
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Health ECONOMICS not CARE.
‘Compared with other psychological treatments, CBT, in particular, has greater treatment effects in terms of reducing the use of medical resources and improving patients’ quality of life and can effectively reduce medical costs.‘
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Trends and Hotspots in the Health Economics Evaluation of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
To explore the research trends and hotspots of health economics evaluations of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.To explore the research trends and hotspots of health economics evaluations of ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Yes $
Health ECONOMICS not CARE.
‘Compared with other psychological treatments, CBT, in particular, has greater treatment effects in terms of reducing the use of medical resources and improving patients’ quality of life and can effectively reduce medical costs.‘
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Health ECONOMICS not CARE.
‘Compared with other psychological treatments, CBT, in particular, has greater treatment effects in terms of reducing the use of medical resources and improving patients’ quality of life and can effectively reduce medical costs.‘
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Was lovely to speak with Dr Uy Hoang - who has uploaded over 300,000 photos of the UK's canals and rivers to Google Street View and is ninth in the world by number of uploads - for this piece. www.londonworld.com/news/people/...
I’m mapping Britain for Google on foot - I’ve taken 300,000 snaps over 10 years
Watch as Dr Uy Hoang from London discusses how he’s mapping Britain's waterways, having covered at least 75% of the nation's canal network so far.
www.londonworld.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Was lovely to speak with Dr Uy Hoang - who has uploaded over 300,000 photos of the UK's canals and rivers to Google Street View and is ninth in the world by number of uploads - for this piece. www.londonworld.com/news/people/...
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Would like to see this study repeated using patients who have ME as defined by the International Consensus Criteria (ICC).
I think many of us in the ME-ICC group deal with MCAS and orthostatic intolerance.
I think many of us in the ME-ICC group deal with MCAS and orthostatic intolerance.
The Clinical Relevance of Mast Cell Activation in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
by Johanna Rohrhofer Lilian Ebner Johannes Schweighardt @neurostingl.bsky.social and Eva Untersmayr
#ME/CFS #MCAS #POTS #OI #PEM
by Johanna Rohrhofer Lilian Ebner Johannes Schweighardt @neurostingl.bsky.social and Eva Untersmayr
#ME/CFS #MCAS #POTS #OI #PEM
www.mdpi.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Would like to see this study repeated using patients who have ME as defined by the International Consensus Criteria (ICC).
I think many of us in the ME-ICC group deal with MCAS and orthostatic intolerance.
I think many of us in the ME-ICC group deal with MCAS and orthostatic intolerance.
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Yay! A fresh round of baseless scaremongering.
Now, the noisy minority of greedy super-rich are telling us settling up charges will mean no one will invest or start business in the UK.
Just like they don't elsewhere with exit taxes like **checks notes**
USA, France, Germany, Canada, Australia...
Now, the noisy minority of greedy super-rich are telling us settling up charges will mean no one will invest or start business in the UK.
Just like they don't elsewhere with exit taxes like **checks notes**
USA, France, Germany, Canada, Australia...
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Yay! A fresh round of baseless scaremongering.
Now, the noisy minority of greedy super-rich are telling us settling up charges will mean no one will invest or start business in the UK.
Just like they don't elsewhere with exit taxes like **checks notes**
USA, France, Germany, Canada, Australia...
Now, the noisy minority of greedy super-rich are telling us settling up charges will mean no one will invest or start business in the UK.
Just like they don't elsewhere with exit taxes like **checks notes**
USA, France, Germany, Canada, Australia...
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The resignations are being painted as being because the BBC is culturally Marxist and has a leftist bias.
Facts don’t seem to matter anymore.
Facts don’t seem to matter anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The resignations are being painted as being because the BBC is culturally Marxist and has a leftist bias.
Facts don’t seem to matter anymore.
Facts don’t seem to matter anymore.
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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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Robbie Gibb who cancelled a BBC investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Revealed: Brexit group covered up its targeting of right-wing extremists
Brexit-backer Arron Banks repeatedly denied that Leave.EU appealed to National Front supporters - in a bid to get the BBC to drop an investigation
www.channel4.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Robbie Gibb who cancelled a BBC investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
novaramedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
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As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
#USAID
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
#USAID
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
#USAID
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
#USAID
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The final delivery plan for #MEcfs recommended 3 NHS e-learning modules for HCPs developed by the Department of Health and Social Care with patient groups. These should help shift attitudes.
www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/m...
www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/m...
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (MECFS) eLearning - elearning for healthcare
It is estimated that over 250,000 people in the UK are living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
www.e-lfh.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The final delivery plan for #MEcfs recommended 3 NHS e-learning modules for HCPs developed by the Department of Health and Social Care with patient groups. These should help shift attitudes.
www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/m...
www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/m...
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Ten years ago in Paris, every country pledged bold action to cut emissions and tackle the climate crisis. Since then, the super rich have burned through twice as much carbon pollution as the bottom 50% of humanity combined.
It’s time to #MakeRichPollutersPay
👉 bit.ly/47Lncer
It’s time to #MakeRichPollutersPay
👉 bit.ly/47Lncer
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Ten years ago in Paris, every country pledged bold action to cut emissions and tackle the climate crisis. Since then, the super rich have burned through twice as much carbon pollution as the bottom 50% of humanity combined.
It’s time to #MakeRichPollutersPay
👉 bit.ly/47Lncer
It’s time to #MakeRichPollutersPay
👉 bit.ly/47Lncer
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USA Photo of the year
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
USA Photo of the year
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Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
The History of Europe: Every Year
YouTube video by Cottereau
m.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Astonishing video, worth watching in full.
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You'd make a great horror writer man. It inspired me a bit if you don't mind.
May 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
You'd make a great horror writer man. It inspired me a bit if you don't mind.
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The government has STILL not cleared out the highly partisan decision-makers imposed on the BBC by the Tories. Starmer and co are so amazingly spineless and feeble.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson trying to undermine BBC leadership, insiders fear after leak
Director general under pressure after release of memo criticising reporting on Trump, trans rights and Gaza
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The government has STILL not cleared out the highly partisan decision-makers imposed on the BBC by the Tories. Starmer and co are so amazingly spineless and feeble.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage used to believe in reforming the voting system, now he's rowed back because it no longer benefits him.
We will keep fighting for a fair votes, not because it benefits us but because it's right for the country.
We will keep fighting for a fair votes, not because it benefits us but because it's right for the country.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Nigel Farage used to believe in reforming the voting system, now he's rowed back because it no longer benefits him.
We will keep fighting for a fair votes, not because it benefits us but because it's right for the country.
We will keep fighting for a fair votes, not because it benefits us but because it's right for the country.
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The headline is a bit misleading. Test not quite ready for public use. I clarify here: open.substack.com/pub/colleens...
Headlines about Blood Biomarker for “ME/CFS” are premature
Potential Blood Biomarker is more accurate
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The headline is a bit misleading. Test not quite ready for public use. I clarify here: open.substack.com/pub/colleens...
🔥 Important: For attention of all students and working class people, and their parents 💯
➡️ Everyone - Please share 🙏👍
youtube.com/shorts/AZ5RS...
#TaxTheRich
➡️ Everyone - Please share 🙏👍
youtube.com/shorts/AZ5RS...
#TaxTheRich
The system is rigged against you. Here's how
YouTube video by Garys Economics
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🔥 Important: For attention of all students and working class people, and their parents 💯
➡️ Everyone - Please share 🙏👍
youtube.com/shorts/AZ5RS...
#TaxTheRich
➡️ Everyone - Please share 🙏👍
youtube.com/shorts/AZ5RS...
#TaxTheRich