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Dee

@deeruddock.bsky.social

🧑🏻‍🦳daughter, sister, wife & auntie; avid reader, shower singer, over-thinker, coffee drinker 📖 currently reading VILLAGER (Tom Cox) 📍 W.Sussex 🌊

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Mike (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@mxmike.co.uk · last wk.

Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly

Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt

Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt that’s been edited to look like a plain white t shirt

Simon-out-of-the-Box @simonthesalt.bsky.social · 14h ago

some ppl seem to revel in dwelling in the Negative - I guess by criticizing others, they get to feel better about their own (limited) existence? Shame though, as in this instance, the Village Noticeboard is a deliberate Open Forum; we check our local Online Noticeboard regularly, it's just amazing!

Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 4h ago

I properly locked myself out this evening, for the first time in ~4yrs of living in this house (previous house didn’t auto-lock when you pulled front door shut, so never happened there either) 0/10 do not recommend 😭

Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 5d ago

slow porridge (oatmeal) on the hob (stove) with almond milk, almond butter, dried bananas & cinnamon - recipe said it would be sweet enough - LIES! 3 tbsp of golden syrup later & I won’t bother with that healthy stuff anymore - Ready Brek I’m looking at you 👀

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 5d ago

Heat pump prices set to fall as firms face new sales targets trib.al/sCfAAGe

Heat pump prices set to fall as firms face new sales targets

Boiler manufacturers could face having their targets for selling heat pumps more than doubled by 2030-31 – even as ministers consider cutting the grants that help households pay for them. The proposals form part of the Clean Heat Market Mechanism, dubbed the “boiler tax” by critics. Under the scheme, manufacturers have a target for heat-pump installations in proportion to their fossil-fuel boiler sales – or make a payment if they fall short. In a consultation published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, ministers proposed raising the target from 8 per cent of relevant boiler sales in 2026-27 to […]

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ChinnyVision @chinnyvision.bsky.social · 5d ago

Friday

Ted

ALT: Ted

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Morgan Johnson @poormojo.bsky.social · 6d ago

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 6d ago

““On Tuesday night, US president Donald Trump posted footage of Mr Chapman being attacked by the tiger on his Truth Social platform accompanied with the signed message: “Don’t ever mess with nature!” 1/2

Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · last wk.

"It might be more accurate to view Long COVID not as a single disease episode but as a long term condition, punctuated by periods of remission and relapse." A BMJ opinion by Charlie Dennis and @nisreenalwan.bsky.social on defining Long COVID "recovery". www.bmj.com/content/393/...

A screen shot of a BMJ print article, reading, "Opinion: Charlie Dennis and NIsreen A. Alwan.

If you have long covid, how can you tell if you have fully recovered? Six years of evidence and collective lived experience show us that this is not an easy question to answer. Yet if we do not define recovery, we cannot properly count the number of people living with long covid, and its present and future impact on the population’s wellbeing, economic productivity, and health systems.

Long covid remains a substantial global health problem. A recent report estimated that this condition will cost countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) $11bn (£8.3bn; €9.6bn) a year in healthcare costs over the next decade. The projected economic costs are $135bn a year.1

Since the start of the pandemic, clinicians, researchers, and health organisations have devoted substantial effort to defining and measuring long covid. In 2020, one of us (NAA) proposed that long covid be defined largely by what it is not: recovery from acute covid-19.2 This approach was reflected later in the World Health Organization’s definition, which describes long covid (post-covid-19 condition) as a condition following confirmed or probable SARS-CoV2 infection with symptoms that persist for at least two months, and cannot be explained by alternative diagnoses.3

Seven years into this pandemic, however, a critical question remains largely underexplored: what does it mean to be recovered from long covid?

Initially, recovery seems self-evident: a person’s eventual return to their pre-infection health status, albeit months or years later than expected. Yet the lived experiences of people with long covid challenge this assumption. Long covid is characterised by fluctuations, relapses, new symptoms developing, and periods of apparent improvement, all of which make it far harder to distinguish genuine recovery from temporary remission.456

A striking feature of the literature on lo…

fails to differentiate between relatively brief symptom remittance and true long term recovery. This lack of precision matters. If we can’t separate people experiencing a temporary remission from those who’ve fully recovered, then public health estimates of disease burden will become unstable and difficult to interpret. It also obscures the lived reality of patients whose health might cycle unpredictably between improvement, the hope of recovery, and the return of symptoms.

Moreover, as we move into an age of research being done in partnership with patients rather than just on them, it is important to examine patients’ perspectives on recovery. Through this lens we can better understand the way changes in a person’s experience of symptoms can affect their sense of self. When people who consider themselves recovered from long covid were asked how long they were symptom-free before reaching that conclusion, their answers ranged from a few weeks to over six months.4 Such variation likely reflects the cumulative experience of relapse and people’s answers may be dependent on the overall duration of their illness: people who had long covid for longer may learn not to trust short periods of improvement and therefore recalibrate what “recovered” means to them.

One response might be to formalise recovery by using a standardised minimum duration of symptom absence. Yet even this approach runs into difficulty when reinfection is considered. Evidence from a patient led survey suggests that a majority of people who thought they had recovered from long covid experienced a return of symptoms after subsequent SARS-CoV-2 infections.10 In such cases, it might be more accurate to view long covid not as a single disease episode but as a long term condition, punctuated by periods of remission and relapse.

This raises important questions. Should we adopt the language of remission rather than recovery, as is common in other chronic conditions? This could improve conceptual clarity, but…

Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · last wk.

literally saw the same article, almost word for word, about UK 🤦🏼

Richard Vallée@richardvallee.bsky.social · last wk.

Somehow every country is pretending that it's only happening in that country, and nowhere else, despite all of them knowing it's happening everywhere. It was predicted, it was documented, and still they are pretending not to know, because the medical profession is complicit in this Big Lie.

Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · last wk.

“Jimmy McGovern grabs you by the throat, asking you to question whether it’s possible to change or if the horrors of the system dooms certain people – certain children – before they ever really get a chance.” My preview of tonight’s new series of Time. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Time: David Tennant and Siobhan Finneran are stellar in this horrifying and exceptional TV drama

Jimmy McGovern’s grab-you-by-the-throat prison show is back and it could hardly be more urgent, prescient or excellent. Brace yourself though … Bake Off it is not

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Stickman Communications @stickmancomms.bsky.social · 2w ago

For all you non-UK followers, although I can't ship abroad anymore, download versions of many of my posters and cards are now available from my website: www.stickmancommunications.co.uk/category/all...

Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hope you all enjoy this

Robin Ince@robinince.bsky.social · 2w ago

Reminder that the Nina Conti episode of Liberation Conversations went up today www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po... and should also be at Spotify and Apple #comedy #creativity #mentalhealth #podcast

BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Covid wave in England is growing very fast, and the overall Covid risk level has been raised to High. As of 4 October, 1 in every 175 people were infected, up 34% on the previous week. We continue to recommend that Covid-Cautious people take full precautions in ALL indoor places. A thread 🧵

Covid wave rapidly growing in England.
Risk level now High with 1 in 175 infected.
PPE masks recommended indoors.

Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 3w ago

this bout of Covid has made me miss 2 choir rehearsals (some of my happiest hours of the week!), a work social and my rosacea laser treatment 😭 such is life - onwards! Laser treatment is re-booked for NOVEMBER

Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 3w ago

In Greek mythology, who was condemned to stand in water that receded whenever he tried to drink? If you know you’ll do better than me : 🧠 Quiz of the Day - Sep 29 🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ 🟩 My Score: 5/10 quizoftheday.co.uk

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 3w ago

is it weird to close your eyes at the dentist?!

fesshole 🧻@fesshole.bsky.social · 3w ago

I have no idea what I should do with my eyes at the dentists, closing them would be weird, but looking at them is weird too, I sort of look off to other side and up which is probably odd too.

Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 3w ago

black #cats and shadows on an autumnal evening of rhubarb crumble

Black cat sitting on someone’s lap in a softly lit, cosy living room, with warm lamps, candles and sunflowers in the background

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 4w ago

UK: "The COVID wave in England continues to grow fast. As of 20 September, 1 in every 306 people were infected, up 24% on the previous week." "COVID is an airborne virus. This means that it mainly spreads in the air that you breathe."

Covid-19 Risk Assessment for England #290

Week Ending 20 September 2026

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 4w ago

"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us.

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 3w ago

“A unique voice, tone and heart.” Everything Will Swallow You has been chosen as one of the top ten paperback releases so far of 2026 by this week’s Bookseller Magazine. Free international delivery here in case you’ve not got yours yet: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

A round up of the year’s best paperbacks, beginning with my latest novel.

Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 3w ago

an extra lazy #caturday as I tested positive for Covid earlier this week and am trying to rest up as much as possible - Boy Cat wasn’t happy that I wanted to lay on the bed 🤣

Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · last mo.

EXCITING BOOK NEWS. I have SIGNED copies of Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social new book "Curious Events Lately Occurring in the Neighbourhood". And what's even more exciting is that you can buy them from me! HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

Front cover of Tom's book. It's illustrated by Joe McLaren, in three colours. Black, red and cream. There are images of a helicopter, an old style telephone, a hand holding a stone with a hole in the centre of it, a building with a tree either side of it, and various other things!

Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · last mo.

Cherish your weirdos. Pushing through that initial cordon of awkwardness reaps such rewards. Weirdness gifts us all unique shades of humanity.

London & Southeast🔅@thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · last mo.

Fresher air spreading into region we see this by dew point temperature dropped to 8C at Heathrow was 16C earlier in morning.

Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · last mo.

🧠 Quiz of the Day - Sep 13 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜ Score: 9/10 Think you can do better? quizoftheday.co.uk

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · last mo.

My first morning in the Omaze house. I didn’t sleep. I could hear crying from behind the door I’m not allowed to open.The only thing to eat is frozen prawns. I went for a wander round the 4 acre garden and found a box of VHS tapes marked ‘For the next one’. I’m sure it’s fine. I’m sure it’s all fine

Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · last mo.

🧠 Quiz of the Day - Sep 12 🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ 🟩 ⬜ 🟩 ⬜ 🟩 Score: 6/10 Think you can do better? quizoftheday.co.uk

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · last mo.

Join up to patreon.com/robinince - coming this autumn interviews and bonus stuff with Jen Brister, Nina Conti, Alan Moore, Hollie McNish, Lucia Osborne Crowley, Melinda Gebbie, Dean Burnett and loads more

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Robin Ince@robinince.bsky.social · last mo.

Had a delightful morning talking to Hollie McNish about creativity, sexuality, criticism , diaries and when to destroy your work Episode of Liberation Conversations is imminent - lots of extras to those who sign up to Patreon.com/robinince

Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m still using the stand in Versa 4 after 8 years of Apple Watch - the battery life is, er, life altering. Huge ➕➕➕ Also it’s so much better at auto recognising a walk & logging for me no integration with Apple Health & my WhatsApp notifications not working are still frustrating