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Bradstreet Farmer
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In the US, private power companies are starting to shut off residential customers in favor of data centers. It could happen anywhere without regulatory control over those utilities. We all need State owned utilities. And water could be next. We don’t have the right to public power and water here.
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We don’t need this in the UK taking our water and using our precious resources. AI is taking our jobs too.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Datacentres using 6% of electricity supply in UK and US, research says
Industry body says energy consumption driven by AI up 15% globally in two years as it warns of societal backlash
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/datacentres-electricity-consumption-uk-us-ai
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This will happen in the UK if we don’t renationalise and stop these data centres spreading. They are taking our water too.
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Trump is determined to destroy Greenland. It’s all about the minerals never was about security.
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Trump’s designs on Greenland prod investment, tourism likely to pay off faster than mines
Trump has said the United States needs Greenland for its strategic location and for the mineral wealth beneath its ice.
https://www.mining.com/web/trumps-designs-on-greenland-prod-investment-tourism-likely-to-pay-off-faster-than-mines/
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www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Greens disavowed RFK Jr. Now they’re rethinking his MAHA movement
Environmental groups publicly rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his presidential run. Now, some are quietly locking arms with the "Make America Healthy Again" movement the longtime environmental a...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/09/environmental-maha-pesticides-kennedy-00911537
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Despite having no qualifications and a long history of being an antivaxxer.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/h...
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Kennedy Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His Public Silence
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/health/kennedy-vaccine-safety.html
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Congress needs to stop him. He has to go.
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RFK Jr. clears path for minors' use of tanning beds, much to the dismay of dermatologists
Indoor tanning is associated with a 75% increase in melanoma risk. A proposed FDA rule intended to protect children is now gone.
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-05-06/rfk-hands-major-win-to-indoor-tanning-industry-to-dermatologists-dismay
about 2 hours ago
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Now he’s a psychiatrist. Why don’t Congress intervene? He hasn’t got a clue what he’s doing.
people.com/rfk-jr-pushe...
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RFK Jr. Pushes for the ‘Deprescribing’ of Antidepressants as Experts Say It’s ‘Not Justifiable Medically’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced initiatives to reduce the use of the most widely prescribed class of psychiatric medications
https://people.com/rfk-jr-pushes-for-the-deprescribing-of-antidepressants-11975001
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I 💙 Dogs
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CaturDogDay massage….
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Zino.
about 10 hours ago
In a dense forest, where the sun's rays barely penetrate the dense foliage, you can encounter an amazing plant—the Siberian iris, popularly nicknamed "cuckoo's tears."
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The best thing they could do is not report at all. Regardless of anything that happens because they want the attention.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Met police preparing for large scale far-right and pro-Palestine protests in London
Officers said to be granted extra powers as marches through capital set for same day as FA Cup final
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/15/met-police-preparing-far-right-pro-palestine-protests-london
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It’s all so petty. We have big problems in this country that Reform will not solve.
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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Nigel Farage sparks new foreign flag row with key vow if Reform UK is elected
Reform UK has already implemented policies in councils it controls, restricting flags to the Union Jack, St George's Cross, and county flags only.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2206249/nigel-farage-sparks-new-foreign-flag-row-ukraine-james-cleverly
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Surrey councillors call for removal of 'unwelcoming' flags in Redhill
Redhill councillor Jonathan Essex says union jack flags may feel threatening if put up illegally.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d2n5g7g4jo
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Well of course, we all know who they support.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Reform removes Ukraine flag from Essex County Council offices
Reform says it is "proud" of the move, but the Conservatives have branded it "performative".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgqp4nev13qo
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The flags also painted on the roads can obscure mini roundabouts. It was bound to end badly at some point.
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Adam Bienkov
about 4 hours ago
One of the biggest mistakes by the government was to tolerate and pander to this group. Far right extremist thugs posing as patriots, who should have been clamped down on from day one
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Man hit by van in Birmingham after residents take down union flags put up by anti-migrant group
Police investigate incident on Thursday after witness claims seeing Raise the Colours logo on side of vehicle
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/15/man-hit-by-van-birmingham-residents-take-down-union-flags-put-up-by-anti-migrant-group
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Hantavirus vials vanished from Australian lab two years before ship outbreak
Two vials containing the deadly hantavirus went missing in an Australian lab in 2024 as more than 300 vials vanished
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/hantavirus-two-vials-vanished-cruise-37126942
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In other unsurprising news, cutting vaccines and overseas AiD led to this event. We are all interconnected and a global international community connected by flights!
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05...
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Ebola’s Africa spread tests global response after aid cuts
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo linked to 80 deaths and hundreds of suspected infections has spread across the border to Uganda.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/16/world/ebola-africa-spread-aid-cuts/
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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸🔸🐸
about 5 hours ago
Day 16
#NoMowMay
Goldfinch at end! Yesterday’s video - couldn’t upload. Today overcast. Germander Speedwell is so pretty in the rarely cut area of the "lawn"
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
#TinyPlants
#Wildflowerhour
#UKWildflowers
#Bloomscrolling
#ECK
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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸🔸🐸
about 21 hours ago
Day 15
#NoMowMay
Germander Speedwell is so pretty in the rarely cut area of the "lawn" Song Sung
#Blue
"every garden grows one" 🎶
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
#TinyPlants
#Wildflowerhour
#UKWildflowers
#Bloomscrolling
#ECK
#WeekSForSongs
#AlphabetChallenge
#BlueSky
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Carausius
about 8 hours ago
This Babylonian tablet is the oldest known map of a culture’s world. The Euphrates runs top to bottom with Babylon the horizontal rectangle. Other circles depict cities & peoples. Mesopotamia is surrounded by the “bitter sea” & foreign lands shown as triangular mountains. 🕰️C9th-7th BC 🏛️BM 📷 mine
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All the experts he could choose and well… 🫠
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David Elfstrom 🍁
about 15 hours ago
“Climate change [not El Nino] is the reason to freak out, and ideally in a constructive way by doing something about it. We have the knowledge and technology to go very, very far away from using fossil fuels.” - Friederike Otto, climate scientist, Imperial College
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How Canada would be affected by what could be the ‘strongest El Nino’ in recent history
A rapidly warming planet due to human-caused climate change is set to amplify what forecasters say could be a supercharged El Nino, spelling possible hot and dry conditions to come for parts of Canada...
https://www.cp24.com/weather/2026/05/14/what-could-a-supercharged-el-nino-mean-for-canada/
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦
about 13 hours ago
Another one bites the dust...
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...
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Top Drug Regulator Is Fired From the F.D.A.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/politics/fda-drug-regulator-fired.html
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦
about 12 hours ago
Well that's a relief. If it had?
www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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Hantavirus Strain in Outbreak Hasn't Become More Transmissible, WHO Says
New cases may develop from ongoing monitoring, not a widening outbreak
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/121295
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦
about 12 hours ago
Clean the air FFS.
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Dr Fiona Porter
about 6 hours ago
The government has learned nothing. In 2024 the NHS England strategy stated that it would be a 'waste of resources' to try and stop another airborne respiratory pandemic spreading.
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We are still here…
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Political denialism will compound these issues. We need to live in reality and it’s tough. We should have taken action years ago but it’s never too late to act.
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Weather changes caused by
#ClimateChange
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Climate Change will drive more viruses to our doorstep. We aren’t in Kansas anymore this ended in 2020, possibly even earlier. We need
#CleanAir
and health messaging on respirators.
www.assaygenie.com/blog/the-env...
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The Environmental Shift: How Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss are Driving the 2026 Hantavirus Surge
Explore how climate change and biodiversity loss are driving the 2026 Hantavirus surge, impacting human-rodent interfaces and viral transmission.
https://www.assaygenie.com/blog/the-environmental-shift-how-climate-change-and-biodiversity-loss-are-driving-the-2026-hantavirus-sur/
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Long COVID is a significant public health concern in Brazil, with extensive studies revealing a Post-COVID Condition (PCC) prevalence ranging between 50% and 75% among adults who were infected, and even higher rates for previously hospitalized patients.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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A countrywide study on post-COVID-19 condition in Brazil: the Epicovid 2.0
The COVID-19 pandemic had severe impacts worldwide. We assessed the occurrence of a post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) in Brazil and described the persistence of symptoms 4 years after the start of the pan...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12805824/
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www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
32% of people in Brazil, those most vulnerable now have a lower quality of life due to long Covid symptoms. Long Covid is a global health crisis and vaccine misinformation has been devastating. The Pandemic accord meeting is taking place in May. 🧵
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Prevalence, risk factors, and impact of long COVID in a socially vulnerable community in Brazil: a prospective cohort study
Our findings reveal a high burden of severe and persistent physical and mental health sequelae in a socially vulnerable community following COVID-19.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(24)00166-2/fulltext
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www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
The least vaccinated countries highlight the risks from infections. It’s not in the press. Brazil has high covid deaths in children!
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Nearly half of COVID-19 survivors in Africa experiencing Long COVID symptoms, study suggests
Fatigue is the most commonly reported symptom among COVID-19 survivors in Africa.
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/nearly-half-covid-19-survivors-africa-experiencing-long-covid-symptoms-study
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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸🔸🐸
about 6 hours ago
It is clear who’ll survive less harmed from this period if you look at the behaviours of the wealthy & politically powerful - they’ve installed engineering for clean air from early on - the 1st people I saw in FFP3’s were politicians - I could go on, just want to say I’m tagging along for my health
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The reluctance to discuss this by politicians is going to lead to history repeating itself.
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pressat.co.uk/releases/cov...
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COVID-19 Inquiry Report Leaves UK Unprepared for Future Airborne Threats, Experts Warn
Experts say the...
https://pressat.co.uk/releases/covid-19-inquiry-report-leaves-uk-unprepared-for-future-airborne-threats-experts-warn-0c47d1147dfc0db76a15dd86cabab3cb/
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6 years on I shouldn’t be needing to post because there is still nothing learnt and we still have the incorrect guidance in place, which if not changed will eventually undoubtedly lead to history repeating itself in another airborne Pandemic. Not to mention the long covid damage.
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Those not looking at this are looking away from preventable infection, preventable disability, preventable death.
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Many people won’t be voting for them because of this. I know I won’t be.
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If Labour MPs were going to do the right thing they would talk about the Covid inquiry and guidance changing.
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George Monbiot
about 24 hours ago
Keir Starmer's political failure comes down to one issue above all others: his unwillingness to put the public interest ahead of the demands of the oligarchs, corporations and foreign governments who lobby him. Whoever replaces him had better be prepared to stand up for us, or Labour's finished.
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Not to mention Labour still hasn’t updated the Covid guidance so I have lost all respect.
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Meanwhile I think Labour need to do Labour. This is why I’m voting Green. 💚
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The Mayor told the BBC that “the system does need fundamental reform and we have a large amount of agreement with the Government on that” – but he argued the pace and scale of the cuts went too far.
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inews.co.uk/news/politic...
I’m on the fence on Andy Burnham. This article left me with some concerns. What we really need to see is someone who is really strongly opposed to Labours move to neoliberalism.
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What Burnham as PM could mean for your taxes, welfare and immigration
Andy Burnham has confirmed he will seek a return to Westminster
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/what-burnham-pm-mean-taxes-welfare-immigration-4416990
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Weather changes caused by
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Mitigate for one, mitigate for all. We must be prepared and we aren’t. The world is changing at a rapid rate and we must adapt to protect ourselves.
pressat.co.uk/releases/cov...
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COVID-19 Inquiry Report Leaves UK Unprepared for Future Airborne Threats, Experts Warn
Experts say the...
https://pressat.co.uk/releases/covid-19-inquiry-report-leaves-uk-unprepared-for-future-airborne-threats-experts-warn-0c47d1147dfc0db76a15dd86cabab3cb/
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