Now we're talking. Prospect - the union for specialist civil servants including some in comms - has just called on the Government to stop using X after its use to help coordinate far right riots in the UK:

This RIDDOR consultation to revise disease reporting appears to make no mention of COVID‑19, airborne transmission, or Long COVID? That silence matters. Workers still face exposure risks, but is the system meant to record them keeping pace with reality? 🔗 consultations.hse.gov.uk/hse/proposal...

It is shit like this which is why I get so angry at the people who try and defend or dismiss Labour's rampantly xenophobic and hostile policies on the basis "Reform will be worse". Yeah, they will, it doesn't excuse how utterly abhorrent Labour is though. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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You'll need to go for a long walk to calm down after you read how the UK got to here on trans rights. If you're only ever going to read one piece on trans people, this would be the one.

@damedianajohnson.bsky.social Shame on you as a party.

IMHO trans people are just trying to get on with their day like the rest of us, and we should probably just let them do it in peace. Ffs.

People with “gender critical beliefs” getting it included in government guidance that you can’t call them horrible transphobic bastards is so wild like I don’t have to spend billions lobbying for legal documents to get people to like me, have you tried being a nice person instead

This truly is appalling. A massive racist would say they feel 'distressed' at black people being in the same space as them, and obviously what you do there is throw the massive racist out and ban them. This is pandering to bastards like they did to racists in the American South. Absolutely fuck this

Well it's pretty late in the day but it's good we're finally having this conversation www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Yep.

If Labour want the Greens to stand down in this or any other seat, surely it’s on Labour to approach the Greens with a pact, a deal, a quid pro quo - not on the Greens to unilaterally fall on their sword? The problem is Labour.

You know the rules

Another in the “Emerging evidence is beginning to indicate…” series of stories on COVID. We’ve known since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 that it posed a high risk for cardiovascular health. But that was brushed under the rug the following couple of years for political & economic reasons.

If you care to help get many families out of an endless lockdown please RT.

This this thisie this this.

Will we ever choose to address climate change? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/05...

The Cromer Peregrin Project live webcam is my favourite thing in the world right now. www.cromerperegrineproject.co.uk/live-cams

'Definitely not Covid'. Reporting on new research of an alarming drop in healthy life expectancy in the UK has emphasised 'everything but Covid'. Yes 14 years of Tory austerity, widening inequality, kneecapping the NHS, the 'Economic Murder' of 330,000. Yes Brexit... 🧵1/3 #LongCovid #MedSky

If it were officially acknowledged that each wave of infection shortens the immunological lifespan of the individual, the architecture of social life (ventilation, group sizes, mask mandates) would have to be radically changed.

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

In a just world, charges for criminal negligence would already be pending against infection control leaders who shoved scientific experts aside, grabbed for power, and committed the worst medical error in history. But we live in a world where medical leaders normalize and protect that behaviour.

When are the #IPC going to update their guidance in line with the science of transmission of pathogens in hospitals?

“A boy in the bush is worth two in the hand- I think I can help you get through your exams. Oh, you handsome devil.”

The Labour Party is over.

This thread. The constant choosing between trying to protect my children from Covid, and trying not to have them ostracised and belittled by their peers and schools. Covid is not safe for kids & it is airborne. And there’s still no infection control in schools. (Fines for non attendance tho!)

Network Mapping: Unravelling the HARTleaks; Exposing how Conservative MPs embraced the covid disinformation ecosystem CRG, Common Sense Group, 1922 Committee Chair, Education Select Committee Chair, two APPGs, Bills and Ammendments open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

The lack of coverage from the media on the Covid inquiry has been shocking. It’s why there isn’t more support on Covid campaigns. I am really annoyed with Labour keeping the Tory guidance on Covid. Shame on you!

So for Autism Acceptance Month we would like to take the reflections from our community training project and try to educate folks about the basic principles of supporting Autistics in our communities. @thendeducator.bsky.social

“The clitoris, responsible for sexual pleasure, is one of the least studied organs of the human body.” 🤨🙄

Musk’s Wealth 2012: $2 billion 2026: $827.2 billion Bezos’ Wealth 2012: $18.4 billion 2026: $222.7 billion Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2012: $17.5 billion 2026: $204.2 billion Federal Minimum Wage 2012: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Three words: tax the rich.

There’s a wren singing in my garden! I literally have to do a small dance of joy!

BBC News: 'Long Covid sufferers have been abandoned and forgotten about'  Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg3lmxm04po  #LongCovid #PostCovid #PostCovidSyndrome

Fossil fuels push the world towards autocracy. Were we less dependent on them, there might have been no President Trump, no President Putin, no ayatollahs, no Netanyahu, no perpetual Middle East wars. Democracy depends on unhooking ourselves. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’m autistic. I love rules that are good rules.

The #autistic community is rocked by the interview given by a veteran #autism researcher, Uta Frith. The reaction does not just stem from what Uta Frith had said, but from a long history of epistemic injustice in #research. #psychology #EpistemicInjustice www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...

Internalised ableism doesn’t stay internal. If we don’t examine it, it turns outward. And very often, it turns outward toward autistic people with greater support needs. That’s where lateral ableism begins. Most of us grew up in environments that taught us one thing very clearly: Thread 🧵🧶🪡

Read this incredible breakdown from @canarysend.bsky.social www.canarysend.co.uk/canarysendbl...

As SEND reform evolves, there’s a real risk that children who mask will be overlooked, despite carrying significant hidden anxiety & exhaustion. We believe true inclusion starts with emotional safety, so young people can unmask, belong, and be valued for who they are, not just how well they cope.

Happy @weirdpride.day fellow weirdos. Xx

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A wonderful blog from a Headteacher who really gets it and understands why children aren’t in school. stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/a...

I am calling for a UK digital sovereignty strategy to free us from our over-reliance on foreign tech giants. Please write to your MP and ask them to add their name in support: action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...

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Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

The fact Wes Streeting was warned by his own officials that the toxicity of Palantir made the contract less likely to succeed raises, yet again, the question why Government granted it the contract in the first place?