"So within 5 years, I would say, we'd have wiped out the chance for 2C. Because if we say 1.5C is impossible now, effectively 2C in the early 2030s is in the same position" - @kevinclimate.bsky.social !!!! 😨 youtu.be/yULdkWpjmM0

Wow. The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll. They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth. Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!

The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede. Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.

The PCR positivity map is out, and you might notice something a bit different this week. From now onwards the map includes Scotland, using the same metric: PCR test positivity. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/10

Here we go yet again 😌 #COVIDisNotOver www.facebook.com/share/1FWj7z...

‘If you’re disabled, you’re not ill.’ Sir Charlie Mayfield (author of the Keep Britain Working review) This is who’s shaping UK disability employment policy. Shocking, he doesn’t even understand the basics. I’m disabled because I’m chronically ill with #MECFS.

'COVID-19 surveillance is happening but at a much lower level than before. We don’t have a complete picture of virus circulation of variants that are out there. There’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19', says @mvankerkhove.bsky.social who.int www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...

I've never really understood the logic of "targeted vaccination". Of course, money is a huge issue and we seek to get the most out of every £ spent. Of course COVID and flu waves would be far worse without it. But, what doesn't sit well for me is the following...

If a chemical is too harmful to use here, it shouldn’t be used anywhere. I’ll be asking the government what steps it is taking internationally to prevent this. #Pesticides

Poor information is very frustrating. First principles of airborne disease are not complex. Avoid breathing in pathogens in the air. Ventilate shared spaces. Wear a well fitting respirator mask.

🚨 JUST PUBLISHED 🚨 ⚠️ The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy. ❤️‍🩹 Protecting people’s health demands all hands on deck. Read more: www.lancetcountdown.org/2025-report/ #LancetClimate25

⚠️ BREAKING: Japan 🇯🇵 Closes Over 1,000 Schools as Early Flu Surge Triggers Mask Advisory Influenza cases in Japan have doubled in a week, prompting Tokyo to issue an advisory as infections rise early in the season.

A missive from my son's school along with my response. For three years I've been trying to get them to do something about ventilation in his school... CO2 levels are as high as 7000! They reach close to 4,000 every single day. (Aranet 4) I have been routinely ignored.

Large Increase In Numbers Of People Diagnosed With Something That Totally Wasn’t Caused By That Thing

This is deeply disappointing from Starmer. The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯 How embarrassing for the UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We warned in 2021 that Boris Johnson's 'living with Covid' policy would be an economic catastrophe for the UK, causing a tsunami of sickness for millions of people. And here we are. Let's try living *without* Covid, through good public health. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You mean that time with the plague? The plague that causes long term illness and disability? You’re wondering why there was a massive bump in long term sickness during the plague?

www.theguardian.com/business/202... We're really sorry to be blunt, but the gov't is being wilfully stupid. A tree growing is a carbon sink. A tree built into a house is a carbon store. A tree burnt is a #ClimateDisaster. The failure to understand this simple line keeps #Drax's home fires burning.

How accessible are your events for these people: #Immune-compromised #ClinicallyVulnerable People with #LongCovid and/or #ME/CFS People protecting others who are clinically vulnerable Anyone trying to avoid repeated infections of #SarsCov2 and other airborne diseases ? #SafeInclusiveGatherings

🚨🚨 #Starmer government has just made one more step in throwing away any climate credentials it had - it has just awarded #Drax a further four years subsidies as the UK's biggest carbon emitter @dalevince.com @zackpolanski.bsky.social @rupertread.bsky.social

New school curriculum for England includes a focus on climate change and sustainability and media literacy, i.e. recognising disinformation Good! #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Review acknowledges young people want more #climate education & that they feel high levels of anxiety, so it’s a missed opportunity not to include importance of teacher training to equip them to help students build emotional resilience needed to turn anxiety into action @climatemajority.bsky.social

The reason for this is multi-factorial, but the fact that Long Covid is not mentioned once is extremely telling. Especially since the article makes an explicit comparison with 2019. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Latest ONS data show 145 deaths involving COVID-19 in w/ending 24 Oct 2025. Significant increase since August when weekly deaths were 47. Need to stop treating COVID-19 as closed chapter. The virus hasn’t gone away neither has the responsibility to protect the vulnerable, and improve vaccine access.

'Refusing to rule out the development of the Rosebank oil field is sociopathic.' Excellent interview. Zack tells it like it is! news.sky.com/video/what-a...

Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇

New @nhm-london.bsky.social 5-day course on integrative biodiversity discovery! Learn how to collect specimens, obtain genomic data, and interpret biodiversity using cutting edge phylogenomic analysis. It's free, and aimed at early career researchers: www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.

NHS staff are sick twice as often, and die 30% more since the pandemic. The public broadly believes that the virus isn't circulating and doesnt have dangerous long term effects. The disconnect between the medical evidence and public perception is staggering.

Is this same Labour Government expanding airports, refuses to rule out extracting more fossil fuels from the Rosebank Oil Field Intent on destroying bats, newts and doesn't care about nature? Not sure going to Brazil alone is going to do much good. Join.greenparty.org.uk

"more than 90 per cent of the time we are indoors, be at home, office, school … so it is indoor air which is the most important for our health. "This is the problem right now — we must establish indoor air quality standards, and mandate those standards." www.abc.net.au/news/science...

#PublicHealth measures like ventilation and air filtration are a matter of urgency "Chances that disease X will be an influenza virus are probably greater than for any other known pathogen group" time.com/7324877/flu-...

Why is drinking alcohol or being/acting drunk mostly allowed on England's trains? It can be antisocial and frankly intimidating particularly with kids on board. At least have some drink-free (child-friendly) coaches like we have quiet coaches?

a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐

I’ve seen on the media how pundits amusingly refer to Zack Polanski as if entirely propped up by social media & youngsters’ ‘vibes’ but to this middle aged women (who has no TikTok account) he seems the most serious political leader in sight talking about real issues with conviction and directness 🤷🏻‍♀️

It’s Bring Your Infectious Disease To School Month

Back to school, back to clean air 🌱 A reminder for schools to switch air filters back on today! As part of the Mayor's School Filters Programme, we’ve made clean air simple: ⚙️ Pre-set timers 🔁 Termly reminders 📦 Hassle-free installation Switch on to Cleaner Air 💨 @london.gov.uk

Pine martens are such gorgeous little animals, and as omnivores perform a great range of vital roles within the forest ecosystems that are their home, acting as predators, scavengers, seed dispersal agents, and more. Their name in Irish is 'an cat crainn' – the tree cat.

Not a single word about Long Covid and the chronic fatigue that comes with it. As if the new virus from five short years ago isn't still around at a constant baseline with around two peaks a year, still unmitigated and harming so many people.

⚠️ Private Pfizer paediatric Covid vaccines are NOT available to children. The ONLY option for UK parents who want vaccines for u12s - including Clinically Vulnerable children - is health tourism. ALL children must be offered their first doses on the NHS.

Hellllllloooo? Are you there? Please help birds by sharing this if you also want to ensure swifts & other urban birds have homes alongside us. People power works but only if we work together. SAVE OUR SWIFTS.

Flu is seasonal, you might get it once a year if you're unlucky. #Covid is always there in the background & causes repeated waves. NYT is minimising with their "No worse than flu" framing. #Covid cardiovascular complications are causing huge additional pressure on healthcare, & ruining young lives.

New to the @greenparty.org.uk Do you know we have a policy statement and a campaign group on #covid and #longcovid? The only party that does? If you're in @scottishgreens.org did you know they have just passed a policy on indoor air quality?

The #ClimateEmergency and #NatureCrisis are intimately interlinked. And we can ill afford to lose these trees on these under-forested islands www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Millions in UK lack access to free COVID-19 vaccinations, compromising the health of individuals, placing additional pressure on the NHS, and impacting negatively on the economy. Please share this petition with your networks on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram et al. www.change.org/Make-Covid-V...

Will be raising these #ArmsSales to UAE in #HouseofLords #Sudan #HumanRights #RuleofLaw @amnestyuk.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Migration makes for political deflection and migrants an easy scapegoat, but most "concerns" around immigration are flat out false and driven by hostile rhetoric. Reality is, on a day to day basis, people are more worried about how they'll get through to the next payday. news.sky.com/story/manufa...