ECHR; what is it; idiots edition. European Convention on Human Rights is an international treaty established to protect human rights & fundamental freedoms in Europe. Signed 1950, it allows individuals to bring cases against states for human rights violations to the European Court of Human Rights.

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fortunately no one was injured

Learning to play an instrument has long been linked to improved reading skills among children, and we may finally understand why

Andrej Babiš is a pro Russian anti Ukraine populist billionaire and you know what... he won't fix a damn thing for the Czech people or Europe... or anyone but clearly human beings never learn

Bad news

Today is the 89th anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street when the people of the East End of London halted the march of Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts through Stepney.

Long COVID is here to stay, even in children, and worsened by reinfections and ongoing transmission. Governments and health systems must prioritise research, care access, and protection for kids—otherwise, the long-term social and economic costs will keep rising. #LongCOVID

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.

41% increased risk of all cause vascular dementia in older adults. Don’t you think it’s overdue that JCVI considered this research in their decisions on covid vaccine roll out? @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social This exposure benefits no one.

Mike Higgins, a blind disabled gentleman, was arrested for the third time for protesting against the ban on Palestine Action. A true hero 🫡

Bravo.

I would like to hear similar sentiments expressed with as much conviction by leading UK politicians.

“Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.” Stephanie Bennett-Henry Some days take everything we’ve got. But even then, a little light, a little clarity, a little belief… can carry us through. Positivity is trusting that better days will come. 🧡 #kindness #positivity Art by @anxiety.positive

“Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which ones to surf.” Jonatan Mårtensson It’s ok to feel how you’re feeling. It’s ok for others to be where they are too. 🧡 #kindness #positivity Picture by joyfulsmolthings

“Self-trust is the first secret of success.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Trust yourself. Even when it feels uncertain. We’ll be doing better than we think. 🧡 #kindness #trust #belief #learning Picture by anxiety positive

Cullercoats fishwives selling fish at Tynemouth, north-east England, c.1898 (Newcastle Libraries).

History repeats.

My new small museums for mental health w'shop is on Sat 4 Oct Recent compelling research shows that collecting & arranging collections neatly alleviates anxiety & lifts mood. Includes: 🌿2 hr zoom-we'll make & photograph small museums 🗝️30% off my Etsy shop: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/smal...

My w’shops are on zoom & are open to anyone. I’m a scientist obsessed with how creative activity improves mental health & I’ve taught classes on BBC Countryfile & at the V & A. We’ll make & photograph small museums & there’s an hr long talk about how this alters brain biochemistry for the better...

A print run of 50 of my '26 calendars will be on pre-order in my Etsy shop tmrw (Thurs) from 8pm UK time. I create each of my photos using recent neuroscientific research-looking at them alters brain biochemistry & is likely to trigger dopamine release in your brain &...cont'd in following post 🧵

Around half of my 2026 calendars have now been sold. Link in tweet below if you’d like to pre-order one. They’re not like other calendars-they dial down stress by looking at them & are 12 high quality frameable prints👇🪶🐚🪸🌸🌿:

This is why the whole “we plant trees to offset” argument is SO crap. Chopping down ancient forests for things like HS2/ housing estates etc and replacing them with twigs no one manages or looks after.

UK Biobank study of 54,757 adults aged 50+ found that COVID-19 survivors had a 41% higher risk of dementia and a 77% higher risk of vascular dementia after two years, especially in those unvaccinated or with mental illness. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

From the inside the door is a portal of perfection. Have you ever seen a door in all of England like this one at Beverley Minster? Early C18th west door by William Thornton depicting Matthew, Mark, Luke & John & their symbols: angel, lion, bull and eagle.

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #pedsky #Episky Recent studies confirms that #LongCOVIDkid is a serious & persistent condition that can affect children, challenging earlier assumptions that children were largely unaffected. New studies reveal that reinfection significantly increases a child's risk of developing LC

1 study found that #breastcancer patients who contracted #COVID were nearly 50% more likely to develop 🫁 metastasis. @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.nature.com/articles/d41... jbpe.sums.ac.ir/article_4975...

Zack Polanski’s response to the Manchester terror attack has been a masterclass in mature statesmanship. Soulful, human, eloquent, empathetic, nuanced, confident and focused on healing. And bold. It has shone in contrast to so much weaponising or ill thought through commentary. Thank you Zack. 💪

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Barbra Streisand is joining Jane Fonda and 600+ entertainment figures in re-launching the Committee for the First Amendment. Fonda announced the revival of the organization, initially founded by her father, Henry Fonda. The organization was founded in the 1940s to defend free speech against fascism.

Tory party’s long journey away from science, reason, responsibility, common sense and truth is complete

No. A wealth tax won't solve everything. No one ever said it will. But until we begin to challenge the power & wealth of the 1% - then we know this Labour government has been bought and paid for.

It’s rather tragic watching Labour bang on about ‘fighting’ Reform whilst by their policies tickling Reform’s tummy.

Immigrants less likely to commit crimes than natives, as countless other studies have shown #NomadCentury

Noakes concentrating fiercely.

+++ 'THUNDERBIRDS' - first aired 60 years ago, on this day, the 30th of September 1965 +++ #Thunderbirds #OTD

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals! Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗

How do we keep GPs in the job? New research from Sophie Park. www.phc.ox.ac.uk/news/gp-work...

Carol Vorderman, "Reform UK know they can flog you any b*llocks that they come up with" "We are no longer shocked by Farage and his singing henchwoman Andrea Jenkyns, she's talking about ducks, he's talking about swans"

Dignity in the face of fascism. Being arrested for terrorist charges, for telling an uncomfortable truth, by a govt in collusion with genocide.

Horrific reality: @greenparty.org.uk has long been calling for ALL arms exports to Israel to be stopped. #HumanRights #RuleofLaw www.channel4.com/news/factche...

You know when Savile did that now infamous documentary with Louis Theroux and he was basically admitting in broad daylight that he was a pedophile? Well this is what Farage is doing when he tells Matt Frei that the Russians are bankrolling him. He’s telling the truth for once.

Here is Nathan Gill in 2014 blaming the EU for Russia advancing on Ukraine Nathan Gill pled guilty to accepting bribes from Russia to promote a pro Russia anti EU position He started in UKIP, joined the Brexit Party, then Reform UK Here's what he said at the European Parliament

1) Walk 63 of the year out on Portgate to Heavenfield section of Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail, this morning (30/09/2025). Little bit of work done to keep everything tidy, grass cutting, raking leaves, brushing down kissing gates and litter picking. #hadrianswall #followtheacorn

A look back to on this day 30th September with our farmily of farm animals

Minami Keiko (1911-2004), Japanese artist, aquatint engraver, and poet #womensart