Blimey. This petition is now is now at almost 98,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 today and have that debate petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

News Release 26-May-2026: "Mayo Clinic study details set of options family medicine physicians may consider to treat ME/CFS and long covid" www.eurekalert.org/news-release... Paper: www.annfammed.org/content/anna... #MEcfs #LongCovid

Wishing Muslims everywhere a happy Eid al-Adha. 🐢💨 Eid Mubarak

Mishel Alekyan (Armenian Artist, born 1990) "Alone Behind The Storm", 2023. Oil on Canvas, 50 × 70 cm.

You've Got A Friend 🤗 James Taylor & Carole King '71 BBC Live In Concert www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEFf...

On May 13, the electronic budget system showed a 6.79 tn ruble deficit. On May 21, it was reported to be 7.82 tn rubles. I have been following their deficit since the first of the year, and I projected, doing simple math, that they would hit a 10 tn deficit by June 1. The Duma recently admitted that

"Israel just dropped bombs on the Qaraoun Dam in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley — a key water reservoir serving civilian populations across surrounding villages. "This is not a battlefield target. "It is a critical water infrastructure. "This is an act of genocide." — Sarah

‼️UPDATE: I just got out of “Alligator Alcatraz.” Here’s what I learned about the facility closing:

Oh come on, how sweet are these snails. #crochet #knitting

Rejoining the EU is something the EU itself would welcome: intpolicydigest.org/brexit-s-rev...

Meiselas: You’ve attended the Knicks games, but not front row, not courtside. You’ve been with the people. I see the New York Post and Fox hitting you on that. Mamdani: I’ll never apologize for sitting in the nosebleeds.

Pope Leo XIV quoted Gandalf: “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”

A perfect summary of the world we live in by a brave and brilliant woman

lovely and we are hosting the World cup next month.

Of course Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social Major Ebola update as outbreak spreads quickly.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. RT and tell everyone you know to talk to their kids. I am a water civil engineer. It is not safe to swim in reservoirs or unsupervised lakes. 💔💔💔 #WaterSafety Three teens dead after being pulled from water at beauty spots - BBC News share.google/FBZtP4AVCSL4...

My new kitten is very cute except for now when we're all going to sleep & he's full of beans attacking my foot with both teeth & claws before jumping on one of the other cats What is it about bedtime you don't understand, Jay?

Oropherion, the Martial Eagle. Martial eagles are officially classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Populations of Africa's largest eagle are fast declining primarily due to direct human persecution and rapid habitat alteration. TT: Nathalie Denolf

This is Tbilisi on the 545th day of nonstop protests. Today’s mass rally marked Georgia’s Independence Day, driven by the hopes and ideals that shaped the First Republic in 1918.

We’re not in the habit of posting these, but if you sign up to @thenerve.news, you’ll get 2 finely curated newsletters with our mix of culture, politics & tech every Tues & Fri. Here’s a taster from today… www.thenerve.news/p/tuesday-ed...

“You could meditate on the historical shift to monotheism by reading a weighty biography of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor. Or you could do it by reading Small Gods, which has jokes in it.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Sonny Rollins, colossus of jazz saxophone, dies aged 95 One of the last stars of the bebop generation, Rollins was an genius of melodic invention and improvisation, working with Davis, Monk, Coltrane and others www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

George Clooney has never looked better! If you love dogs & don't follow this page you must! So many wonderful rescues. And if you have a few spare pennies they'd love a subscription to help them continues caring for 1000s of dogs ❤️

The poemwriting is not goingwell today.

As part of ME Awareness week 2026, ME Research UK have put together a series of articles considering research progress, and challenges faced, when working to understand key symptoms of ME/CFS. Today, the focus is on sleep difficulties: bit.ly/42bpC2D #mecfs #pwme #cfs

Credit to themsbloke. A high-energy video that might require pacing! He has multiple sclerosis himself rather than ME/CFS. Note that the F word is used. #MEcfs #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis

This appears to be another positive feedback loop thatvwill enhance global warming - and it appears consistent with our work on the wetland response to past global warming. But it is complicated. Changes in rainfall, soil pH and vegetation make the magnitude of this feedback profoundly uncertain.

Did you know HEATHROW AIRPORT HOLDINGS Ltd donated £36,000.00 to ReformUK? Also LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION donation £12,000.00 No, me neither Information from Donation Watch

🔴 Wes Streeting has said that Palantir is “absolutely critical to the future of the NHS.” But Palantir’s £330m NHS platform is “slow an clunky” and eight to ten times slower at analysing data than the current NHS tool in use Massive scoop on Democracy for Sale: open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Has anyone in the press picked up what happened in 2019. As @bylinetimes.bsky.social reported, Farage and Johnson colluding with US based Bannon to topple May. According to Ben Habib, Thailand based Harborne paying Johnson and Farage to stitch up 2019 elections bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...

'On the beach' by Mariann Johansen-Ellis, contemporary printmaker #Womensart

A decree published by the Taliban government in Afghanistan has drawn condemnation from the UN and human rights groups for implicitly recognizing child marriage and further eroding women’s rights.

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For Monday's Metro

Cartoon by @bishtoons.bsky.social

Yet Trump still has the power to get his nominations voted in and those who speak out against him to lose their seats. Americans do not seem to have learnt anything from 2 terms of Trump 🤷

🚨🚨Breaking: @bsky.app Says #Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda. The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...

💥 70,000 signatures! 💥 ...and the petition closes on June 8th. Imagine if we can get it over 100,000 before then - and open a Parliamentary debate in time for the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote on June 23rd 2026. That'd be powerful. All hands to the pump! Sign and share, share, share! 👇

I believe this is what's happening in the UK. If you decide to go down the ivermectin route for cancer treatment and refuse all traditional treatments they kinda leave you on your own to get on with it. What else can they really do? 🤷

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Black humour 🖤

The big question - when indeed will the Environment Agency do what it exists to do and, you know, er, enforce the law? Great work by @nicolacutcher.bsky.social and @friendsriverwye.bsky.social

Surfers Against Sewage are about to meet with the government to discuss the sewage pollution scandal. Sign the petition to show just how many of us demand change. Over 270k have signed - now let's get this to a number Starmer can't ignore. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

1) 🇫🇷 A French study measured sleep quality in patients' home environment using a wrist accelerometer and sleep diaries for 7 days. Despite having more regular bedtimes, the 38 ME/CFS participants showed more variability in their sleep quality than the 38 controls.

Chewing gum restores dad’s taste and smell years after Covid. A 12-week study found that using super-strength flavored chewing gums helps rebuild brain connections linked to taste and smell. Following the trial, 67% of participants reported improved smell and 83% saw improvements in taste.

Earth had 3 very close asteroid flybys last week! All 3 passed closer to us than the Moon AND a 4th, the size of a basketball court, skims past tomorrow too 😮‍💨