My grandfather used to say "Some things are too serious not to laugh about. If you couldn't laugh about them a little, you'd have to weep a lot about them." Count Binface comes to the rescue, when democracy makes me want to weep.

Sometimes I forget Zelenskyy used to make his living being entertaining.

Daisy Cooper, "Nigel Farage used to say leave means leave" David Lammy, "I hear it's the people vs the establishment" "A city trader, Putin admiring professional politician who is pals with crypto billionaires, vs Count Binface"

Family and UN call for Israel to release jailed Gaza doctor www.channel4.com/news/family-...

Binface or Binjuice? Let the people of Clacton decide! www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Has anyone managed to look at this aspect of the severe ME modules in detail? (apart from those I've already spoken to about it) I'm just intrigued to know whether it genuinely reflects what should be done and is available, particularly those with POTS, MCAS etc.

To allow adequate comparison, here are the updated data for completed sessions of the NHS e-learning modules on ME/CFS. These are numbers of users who have *completed* each module up to 20 June 2026 (from launch date). However, please read the rest of the thread as there are important caveats.

🚨Update🚨 A couple of weeks ago, I repeated my FOIA request (with a few additions) to see if anything had improved. Let's just say that it hasn't. 😩 Watch this space for more information. @tessamunt.bsky.social @actionforme.bsky.social

Just a small town ghoul Hauntin' in a lonely world On the midday train going nowhere

The osprey chicks at Poole were ringed yesterday. The chickens have their bracelets. Now they just need to learn to fly. www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey-news/...

The brain’s waste clearance system is impaired in people living with ME/CFS which can lead to various symptoms including brain fog.

For those who missed any of them, I'm reposting all of my animal-photos-with-alt-text-stories threads here. If you did see them before, all you have to do is close your eyes for a couple of seconds, and they'll be gone. It won't hurt a bit. 1. The Sheep. bsky.app/profile/dj-a...

This is Harley. She's never rolled down a hill before, but she's super proud of her first attempt. 13/10 nailed it (TT: jesskoselke)

I knitted this 350ppm banner out of plarn 17 years ago, just before COP 15 in 2009. The banner went up to Scotland and was displayed on Skye bridge. 350ppm was the level of CO2 in the atmosphere in about 1988. We are now at 430ppm. #ClimateCrisis

🚨With a Super Duper El Niño it's more and more likely that the annual average will reach higher than the pre-2023 daily record‼️ The rate of ocean heating is beyond extreme. We tried to warn the world that this would happen. Most chose to listen to false hope peddlers instead.

We did a Word of Mouth special on Fairy Tales with Jamie Tehrani to coincide with the British Library exhibition: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”

🚨 WARNING: As of Monday, wearing a mask at a protest is a criminal offence in England & Wales. This is now the law. 🧵 on what this means for Clinically Vulnerable people... 1/ #ProtectVulnerableProtesters

Massive AI data centre planned for North Devon. It's proposed to be TWICE the size of Great Torrington, which it will loom over. 😱 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mediaeval (and earlier) scholars of bsky. How can we improve DHSC's grammar? Surely it's "art thou" not "art we", and here it maybe should be "How be we..."? ...IF the Bayeaux Tapestry were Elizabethan, which of course it's not.

Massive AI data centre planned for North Devon. It's proposed to be TWICE the size of Great Torrington, which it will loom over. 😱 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fantastically interesting podcast - wide-ranging, nuanced, stuffed full of information that I no idea about (and I thought I was reasonably well read in this area). @willdalrymple.bsky.social talks to @zackpolanski.bsky.social #Palestine #India #Lebanon www.youtube.com/watch?v=13zQ...

Bafflingly there are still people out there in the world who think being passionate about nature is “kind of weird”. or “a niche interest”. These people have it all wrong. Nature isn’t some quirky sideline to the main business. It IS the main business.

"Am I losing the battle? Yes: Martin Lewis on the online scams that steal his identity and others life savings". Very pleased to see the Guardian giving this level of prominence to the epidemic of scam adverts... www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...

New research finds that the ovaries of old mice become infiltrated with immune cells and may secrete immune signals into the body. The consequences of these changes aren’t clear, but a similar transformation in humans could have health implications after menopause. https://scim.ag/4oJAGOK

Social phobia alert levels high today. Man coming to look at blocked gutter. I'm hiding inside while OH does the splainin'. 😱

A built-in cell “antenna” may help explain how cells follow wound electric fields. Without Galvanin, fast-moving cells lost reliable electric-guided migration, and its highly negative outer region appears to shift to one side in a field. doi.org/hb83wm

"Why does the oil industry love an English courtroom?"

Fair is closed.

Gaza: On The Ground with Motasem A Dalloul | Week 22 Jun m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvsq... #BDS #BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine #Gaza #GazaNews #GazaStrip #Israel #IsraelNews #News #MiddleEast #MiddleEastNews #Palestine #PalestineNews #WorldNews #Zionism

To walk safely in Gaza...

Every company, local and national government and commercial car park should be covered with solar panels. There is no excuse for not mandating this.

How hot is too hot? A 2024 study from Australia sheds light on when heat turns deadly for humans. “This study is all about human survivability” Dr Jem Cheng www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09...

A study found that roughly 90% of the patients testing positive for Bundibugyo virus disease in the current outbreak had no hemorrhagic signs at presentation, a departure from past Ebola outbreaks. https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/ebola/121940

Ugh. Now is not a good time to get a stomach bug. 🥵🤢

The two earthquakes that struck Venezuela yesterday were a result of strike-slip faulting within a complex system of faults where the Caribbean and South American plates meet. 🧪 eos.org/research-and...

By @juchti.bsky.social and me: The institutional cruelty faced by patients with complex chronic illnesses — #MECFS, #LongCOVID, #POTS, #MCAS, #SFN, #hEDS, #CCI, #FQAD, #Fibromyalgia, #LymeDisease. This systematic failure runs deep through history and academia. ottokolbl.medium.com/me-cfs-long-...

Well I think this is the hottest I’ve ever measured it here. #UKheatwave

Pea ‘Purple Magnolia’ - a heritage snap pea.

NEW: I spent the day yesterday calling people up and asking them about shade! In a heatwave-hit UK, people are finding various ways to shade their properties - from yoghurt to luxury sails. What are you trying? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gaza’s once-vibrant surf community was nearly wiped out by Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave. But amid the destruction, one group of resilient Palestinian surfers continue to chase waves despite the ever-present threat of becoming an Israeli military target.

Oh boy.

Managed to keep the inside of the house at a nice cool 22° during the day. Hope to repeat that today. ☀️ Here's my heatwave procedure: bsky.app/profile/luci...

This is important. #UKHeatwave I see so many houses in the village with their windows open in this heat. Keep the cool(er) air trapped inside! bsky.app/profile/luci...

☀️The #heatwave is upon us☀️ To help people stay safe and cool we have prepped a: 👁️101 Visual Summary of our Cooling Tips High quality PDF download on our website 🖇️👇

Useful article from Duke University (NC, USA) on What is Wet Bulb Globe Temperature and how it applies to outdoor activities on hot days. nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/project/heat...

this is an AFFRONT to my people so let me tell you how you ACTUALLY do this. Five teabags. Boil a litre in kettle. Pour it over teabags in saucepan. Let steep for 15 minutes. Now I recommend adding some sugar and lemon juice at this point but not mandatory. Add three litres cool water. Fridge.

🧵THREAD: The June 18 UN Sec. Council briefing on Gaza was requested by all 10 non-permanent members of the Council and supported by 4 of its 5 permanent members. The U.S. was the only member that did not back the request. The session included briefings from UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher and...

Reminder that the ME/CFS Clinic Stocktake for the Final Delivery Plan yielded *no data* on the numbers of pwME being treated by the NHS. #MEFinalDeliveryPlan