The Global Cooling Watch 2025 shows how smarter, fairer, sustainable cooling can save lives, cut pollution, and help billions stay safe from extreme heat. More info: www.unep.org/news-and-sto... #YearInReview

In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity. Do listen. I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...

As a historian I've looked at hundreds of thousands of pages of government documents. And I just have to say that aside from being obviously illegal and clearly suggestive of some major crime, this “redaction” business is not a position in which serious people or serious governments find themselves

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"Prior to contracting covid, I lived a very active life. I enjoyed my work as a nurse. The Government has said that the pay scheme was a temporary thing. But my illness hasn’t been temporary, none of us realised we were going to end up like this" - #LongCOVID

A new Australian study using a Bayesian network model estimates the risk of at least one Long COVID symptom 6 months after #COVID19 for completely vaccinated (2+ doses) people: 1st infection: 32% 2nd infection: 48% 3rd infection: 55% www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/2

"Here's to more light."

I wanted to finish this before year's end & I did. 😁 I LOVED it. Such a pleasure to read, information-rich, fascinating but accessible. 🎁🎅 Air-Borne by Carl Zimmer www.scientificamerican.com/article/book... @carlzimmer.com Plant pathogens covered as well as human 💚 Even Norman Bourlag!

Most people have memory-holed 2020-2022, but we experienced generational trauma on a global scale and at some point that kind of thing bubbles up to the collective consciousness. Then and only then will we realize the extent to which grief and loss looms over every decision we have made ever since

DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor. Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

🇨🇦 Canadians need an answer to this question too, @mark-carney.bsky.social -

It ain’t brain surgery to figure out that so many of these viruses are airborne. Yes there are fomite issues, but #airborne has emerged as a primary conduit of viruses. If they had addressed cleaning the air from the get go today would look totally different.

In 2023, a Peruvian court ruled that #Covid is an occupational disease because it can be transmitted orally between individuals, including in the workplace. All workers should be entitled to workplace mitigations to stop the spread of airborne infectious diseases & to #LongCovid compensation.

🔴How Keir Starmer Has Set a Trap for Nigel Farage With Foreign Interference Inquiry bylinetimes.com/2025/12/17/k...

I am glad to see large media outlets reporting on this. Hopefully it shames the researchers into not continuing with the planned study or at minimum making sure ALL children in the study receive the birth dose of the HepB vaccine. www.science.org/content/arti...

"Trump aims to take down ‘global mothership’ of climate science" by Rafi Schwarz for @theweek.com: theweek.com/politics/tru...

And because we need to hear from Carl at moments like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTaE...

That the NCAR Mesa lab is beautiful is no accident. Assigning a beautiful place and building to the important task of understanding our planet speaks of a society that values both this undertaking, and the people who do it. To take that away is emblematic of attempts to undermine this status. 1/2

2 minutes on how Trump attacked his enemies last week youtube.com/shorts/4eFOL...

The dismantling of NCAR should be the trending story on Bluesky, not the fucking Oscars leaving ABC for YouTube.

It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.

Met Office: 2026 will bring heat more than 1.4C above preindustrial levels

I am convinced in the future we will look back and realise the sheer unimaginable folly of letting a virus that can cause immune dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in humans infect and re-infect the global population over and over again. Worse still, that we encouraged it.

New job at Cambridge! Professorship of Public Policy www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/profess...

Gift article about LA wildfires: "Visits to the emergency department rose 46% for heart attacks and 24% for pneumonia and other pulmonary illnesses compared with earlier years, the researchers reported." www.wsj.com/health/healt...

The History department at the University of Toronto is searching in the field of Ukrainian history. networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

Source: BBC share.google/dyqXcDwLhmq1...

NEW: Our DEFRA FOI reveals the budget for local councils to tackle #AirPollution has gone from £225 million a year to just £1.5 million in the last five years. Cutting air pollution budgets by 99% at a time when children are still breathing illegal & toxic levels of dirty air is indefensible.

Dr Amir Khan reminds us that ventilation, filtration & staying home when sick help reduce illness @ukhsa.bsky.social ✅ UKHSA say masks help too 📌 These are standard ways we protect each other #CleanAirWorks #SuppressionWorks 👉 youtube.com/shorts/vtl_l...

🧵8 11th December 2025 “Schools in Scots council area forced to cut hours for pupils due to spiking flu cases”

Viruses cause illness. Poor indoor air helps them spread. ✅ Rest at home when unwell ✅ Keep CO₂ under 800ppm ✅ Ventilate well ✅ Use HEPA air filters …and keep kids in school learning, even during peak infection months

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🧵2/3 The full letter can be found on Link edIn and fully referenced on our website with the opportunity to show your support.

🧵1/3 Safe Air Schools UK has sent an urgent letter to ministers in all four UK administrations backed by leading scientists, clinicians, teachers, school leaders, and public health experts.

On Tuesday, two of our junior clean air advocates stepped into Conference Room 4 at the United Nations in New York. With their schools’ full support, they joined the historic event, Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action. #AirClub #HealthyIndoorAir

Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters. His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound. A true hero.

If we are really worried about the pressure put on the NHS by flu then shouldn’t we have offered the flu vaccine to more people for free?

www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... He cannot trust the US… especially when it’s 2 greedy real estate Putin puppets doing the negotiating.

Morrisons becomes first UK supermarket to delay net zero targets

it's taken me a while to put this together. but I hope, if you've never heard of her, or even if you have, this tribute to Alice Wong buoys your heart and gives you a good sense of who this incredible person was. www.coyotemedia.org/remembering-...

Fresh air is not a lifestyle preference or a comfort feature. It is one of the most effective public-health interventions we have. A century ago, this was already understood. Today, we continue to ignore it, even as COVID and Long COVID persist. Read the full article: whn.global/fresh-air-sa...

"If people are really worried about the flu season then we could start vaccinating more adults" Spot on from @chrischirp.bsky.social

And in response to headlines like "there is no need for masks", here is the 1 minutes from my interview where I discuss basic preventative measures (including masks!). Also note that NHS stats like A&E and Ambulance waits are lower than same time 3 years ago, even with earlier flu wave.

Meanwhile Robin Ince genuinely has been cancelled for daring to voice his opinions and for defending trans people. Where's the outrage from the "cancel culture" lot? What are the Free Speech Union doing to help him?

GB News grilled me apparently? Only problem with this is I've never been on their nonsense channel. They lie - obsessively. Help us grow an alternative to all the bollocks: Join.greenparty.org.uk

ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.

Trump has escalated his attacks on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to a disturbing new level. Yesterday, federal immigration agents pulled over her son and demanded proof of his citizenship.

This is a wonderful project from @hometreecharity.bsky.social for the restoration of upland native oak forests www.independent.ie/regionals/ke...

Measles cases in the US: 2020 - 13 cases 2025 - 1912 cases so far and 3 deaths This is a 147x increase. There's no spin DHHS can put on this explosion of measles cases that will make this justifiable or acceptable.