Severe Covid leads to persistent viral reactivation, with >10 different viruses noted in the first 40 days after hospital admission. Long Covid was specifically associated with reactivation of latent Anelloviridae virus @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19 - Nature

Chronic reactivation of distinct herpesviruses and anelloviruses occur during acute and long COVID-19, and track with disease severity, inflammation and outcomes, revealing immune signatures with prog...

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More questions over Farage's £5m gift... Daisy Cooper, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats: “With every new revelation, Reform UK and Nigel Farage look more and more like a bunch of grifters who believe it’s one rule for them and one rule for everyone else."

Farage urged to ‘come clean’ as fresh questions raised over £5 million gift

It casts new doubt on his defence for not declaring a £5 million gift from crypto-billionaire and Reform donor Christoph

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"If we don't have nature,we don't have anything". @zackpolanski.bsky.social held a press conference today challenging Andy Burnham to face our real tomorrows. Superb from Zack. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Zack Polanski has called for fossil fuel producers to be made to finance firefighting helicopters, following a series of recent fires across the country He also called on PM Burnham to stop new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, including the Jackdaw & Rosebank fields off the Scottish coast

I thought Bonehill-Paine was a comedy name…

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h ago

The UK Conservatives want Jewish groups to meet their new Neo-Nazi ex-con candidate.

❗️The US continues talks on Patriot missiles for Ukraine despite Trump’s doubts. Options under discussion include Ukraine producing some components with final assembly in Europe (e.g. Germany), joining the existing US-European Patriot interceptor program, or producing a cheaper PAC-3 version.

According to preliminary data, up to 28% of Wildberries' logistics infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed.

Unusual drone sighting situation at Leipzig airport in Germany: a drone, possibly armed with some kind of explosive, has been found on the ground at Leipzig airport. Later, an aircraft reported a collision with an unknown object. More info certainly to follow. www.bild.de/regional/lei...

Neue Details zur Sperrung am Flughafen Leipzig: Drohne trug ein Päckchen mit Zünder

Drohne mit möglichem Sprengsatz stoppt Flugbetrieb am Flughafen Leipzig/Halle.

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Stop these monster data centres before they wreck our neighbourhoods!

Are you worried about this too?

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😠 Russia’s overnight ballistic missile attack on Kyiv on August 5 reportedly included Iskander-M missiles carrying cluster warheads.

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Esther@elhopkins.bsky.social · 2d ago

In 2023, Time magazine covered the immune damage from Covid. The research is just getting more concerning now three years on and it’s very troubling that we are still being told it’s ok for us to catch this. Catching Covid will make you more vulnerable to infections. time.com/6265510/covi...

Bay Area friends: would you consider opening your home to these two cuddly cats? A friend found them behind a gas station. Their sibling, a black cat, got adopted, but it appears no one likes orange cats. They are being kept in a bathroom for the time being and need a home.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4w ago

A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?

Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said "The screaming contradiction is that while NHS funding for its own trusts is so limited that ELFT has to make £25m cuts, govt are happy to hand £2.5bn to private firms to expand their capacity to treat NHS patients” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

NHS mental health trust plans £25m in cuts to jobs and services

Body providing care in east London and Bedfordshire accused of ‘unfathomable and unacceptable’ move

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1/2 #Ukriane I and others often write about Ukrainian successes. They are real, and things are getting better than last year, but it is incredibly important to stay focused: ▶️The chance of #Russia collapsing is small. ▶️Putin has not changed his war goals. ▶️There will be no negotiations. ⤵️

Mick Ryan@warinthefuture.bsky.social · 2d ago

“Kyiv may be in the best position in the war since 2022, but the Kremlin believes it will crush the will of Ukraine & its friends this winter. Russia may be struggling, but Putin has not exhausted his options. He still wants to fight for as long as possible.” www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/why-...

Bears repetition "The world as we we knew it, did not come to an end!" #TransPeople #TransAthletes No to #UK #TransApartheid 🙏

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · last yr.

AP 1 Jun 25 -- (Apparently incredibly tiny) Trans athlete AB Hernandez shares gold w/ 2 cis women at CA track meet. All 3 cleared same high jump height & shared gold. rb.gy/ljuoc8 The World As We Know It did not come to an end altho there had been rumors to the contrary. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Le visage de l'Amérique en 2026 🤤

When French and German security chiefs announced plans last month to develop a “European sovereign digital backbone,” tech and defense industry insiders on both sides of the Atlantic knew what they really meant: Adieu Palantir. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

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Reform Council Leader’s Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In

Cllr Paul Mackings' consultancy has advised on the South Tyneside College relocation since 2021 and his firm gave £111,000 to Reform UK weeks before he stood as a candidate

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“There is nowhere that is safe, and that lack of safety continues. We have colleagues that we’re working with, and patients in the catchment area of our clinic, that are living in constant fear of an airstrike, or a drone strike or Israeli warships firing onto the tents on the beach.” #Gaza

AnneMc #FBPE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🩵@boof64.bsky.social · 22h ago

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I recall we had a period of time where the response of Starmer and Cooper to concerns about these groups was ‘I like flags’

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterday

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Day trip to Malmo and a visit to the disgusting food museum. We tasted black ants, mealworms, durian and marmite.

Bombshell report from the Wall Street Journal: DHS has been tracking down Americans at work and on the road who are critical of immigration policies, spending millions on contractors to surveil First Amendment protected speech and create political dossiers. Outrageous. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics

The agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.

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The truly stunning part of this story is that no one at Google was willing to say this was a bad idea *before* it got released into the world. The backlash was so quick and so intense because the inevitable bad outcomes were SO obvious.

NPR@npr.org · 5d ago

Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the move: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one. n.pr/4c7L91d

I see some people are reading this post as being about Exeter but it’s referring to the University of Hertfordshire. And that’s Owen’s point. Less coverage about the axe falling there but it’s equally sad.

Owen Davies@odavies9.bsky.social · 4d ago

So a whole lot of my talented Humanities colleagues are now unemployed as of today. A lot of understandable concern over Exeter. But for over two decades my Hums colleagues were in the top quartile for their research contribution to society. History top 10. Now gone with only a national whisper.

this was always the outcome we were headed for and one we could've had literally 4 months ago. not only did trump lose the war he spent half a year continuing to lose it for no reason.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · yesterday

All the indicators I’m seeing suggest this is the Iran‑controlled route, with a service fee attached. Trump took the loss and is now going to try to lie and spin it as a positive outcome.

The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime and it has nothing to do with AI, crypto, metaverse, robots or any of the other massively hyped "tech" the media always talks about instead

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d ago

Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West

Former Royal Navy Officer Brands Reform's Small Boats Plan 'A Crock Of Shit' www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-croc...

'A Crock Of Sh*t': Former Royal Navy Officer Slams Reform's Small Boats Plan

The French government has also rejected the policy.

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We’re not even at the peak of El Niño yet, but the wildfires across Europe and the floods in South Asia are already devastating. Will we ever see real and urgent climate action from our world leaders?