Dr Kate Cushing
@drkatecushing.bsky.social
Doctor, scientist, mum, cat slave. Public Governor Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust Long Covid & CCH. Love Northumberland/Newcastle, owls/wildlife/books/art/music/politics/EU Wrote Little Orange Book 4 parents of babies & small kids. Green Party member
A severe bout of COVID-19 can wake up an army of dormant viruses hiding inside the body go.nature.com/4fDUY9w
COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you
Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds.
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I lived in Spain 15 yrs. I'm fluent in Spanish, worked as an interpreter & was integrated into the Spanish community. None of those flag waving Brits in Spain thinks they're an immigrant. They're "expats". They complain about immigrants in the UK not learning English with no awareness of the irony.
immigrants to Spain that won't integrate in local society!
How can air quality forecasting help protect health? Join us live this Friday with Pallavi Pant & Laurence Rouil from Copernicus ECMWF to learn more. 📅 Aug 7 | ⏰ 9 AM EST / 1 PM GMT Watch here ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/4yfa3yt7 #AirQuality
Science on the 7th: August 2026
Join us on Friday, August 7, 2026 for a new Science on the 7th livestream episode. We will discuss air quality forecasting with guest Laurence Rouil.
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1 in 1,000 1 in a million Most of us struggle to make sense of risk when it is presented as a statistic. @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social teamed up w/ CIDRAP to create `What's the Risk?`— a free, interactive tool that turns abstract numbers into clear visual comparisons: https://bit.ly/3TvVsWL
Petition:Conduct review into NHS recognition,diagnosis & treatment of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgia/Cluster Headache Probably the most severe pain condition known, yet delays in diagnosis/undertreated Sufferers face delays, poor access to 02 & specialists petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Conduct review into NHS recognition, diagnosis & treatment of cluster headaches
Cluster headaches are among the most severe pain conditions but are often misdiagnosed and under-treated in the NHS. We feel the name fails to reflect their extreme, disabling nature, reducing urgency...
petition.parliament.uk
"Energy from heaven, not from hell." The best 11 minutes you'll spend today - this week - this year.
Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social · last wk.So, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today. I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...
as noted yesterday, Trump has now come around to treating an Iranian toll system covering the Strait of Hormuz as a given. Hard to overstate the level of strategic failure. US started the war purely as a war of choice and ends up dramatically empowering Iran and given the Iranian govt big wins.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11h agoReuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be unlikely to risk transit without paying."
If you have ever seen (film of) anyone in the throes of cluster headache you will want to sign this petition. People have been known to become suicidal, so severe is the pain.
Dr Kate Cushing@drkatecushing.bsky.social · 13h agoPetition:Conduct review into NHS recognition,diagnosis & treatment of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgia/Cluster Headache Probably the most severe pain condition known, yet delays in diagnosis/undertreated Sufferers face delays, poor access to 02 & specialists petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Zack Polanski delivers ‘reality check’ to Burnham over ‘biggest crisis since WWII’ after summer of extreme heat
Petition:Conduct review into NHS recognition,diagnosis & treatment of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgia/Cluster Headache Probably the most severe pain condition known, yet delays in diagnosis/undertreated Sufferers face delays, poor access to 02 & specialists petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Conduct review into NHS recognition, diagnosis & treatment of cluster headaches
Cluster headaches are among the most severe pain conditions but are often misdiagnosed and under-treated in the NHS. We feel the name fails to reflect their extreme, disabling nature, reducing urgency...
petition.parliament.uk
Microsoft: $101 BILLION in profits. $12.5 BILLION in tax breaks. $176 BILLION in stock buybacks. 4,800 workers fired this week. 9,000 workers fired last year. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did. Nothing trickles down.
“The more we started talking, the more we realised that we had a lot in common, that we shared similar values and aspirations for our borough, and actually we wanted to build a borough that is more affordable, that is safer and that is greener.”
Jonathan Calder@lordbonkers.bsky.social · yesterdayLiberal England: Inside Southwark's Green/Lib Dem coalition council A positive BBC News piece on London's only coalition-run borough.
The Nigel Farage Controversies. It’s not just the £5m and Cottrell, his whole career has been scandal ridden.
A few people have asked me to write a simple explainer about chronic inflammatory conditions like autoimmunity or allergy so here is an immunology 101 about what we understand about why they occur. Will dig into more research studies in a future post. Hope u enjoy
Immunology 101: Chronic inflammatory diseases are increasing but why?
An overview of some of the ideas as to why some of us get chronic inflammatory diseases
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Young people did not have a say in the Brexit referendum but have to live with its dreadful consequences. Of course, they want to rejoin the EU.
I am and ICU consultant. Our units (4 of them) were at 110% capacity. I say FUCK YOU if you say otherwise.
Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.
Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d agoBP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...
If he gets back in there most probably would be another forced by-election once the Parliamentary Standard commission completes its investigation into his secret £5 million ‘gift’ from a Thai based crypto billionaire, the only way to stop this absolute waste of money is to bin him & vote Binface.
The Mirror@mirror.co.uk · 2d agoNigel Farage’s Clacton by-election fight will cost taxpayers an estimated quarter of a million pounds, an official has suggested.
They are also the same people who won’t #CleantheAir and told us to accept Covid infections. It’s an antiscience movement. They don’t want to spend, that’s the truth. They are prioritising profits over our children’s futures.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d agoThe same people who have been telling us "we can't stop climate change, instead we must adapt" have been hammering our capacity to adapt, through their promotion of austerity. What they're really saying is "keep burning fossil fuels for the sake of our donors". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What @toni.bsky.team might be missing is the fact that we've all successfully migrated before to escape a platform that put first quantity, then controversy, then hate before quality. There's nothing that stops us from doing so again. 🤷♀️ @bsky.app
Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · 2d agoThe new CEO of Bluesky wants to change Bluesky from being a leftist bubble. The thing is, there’s nothing wrong with being a leftist bubble: the idea that everything has to be all-encompassing and suitable for everyone is a trap. 🧵 1/4
South Asian children with autism and ADHD are being under diagnosed and missing out on support. University of Leeds researcher Evie Shore spoke to @itvnews.bsky.social about the barriers. Watch: www.itv.com/news/2026-07... #Autism #ADHD @universityofleeds.bsky.social @caerbradford.bsky.social
Evie Shore's research into the autism assessment and support crisis has shaped @childofthenorth.bsky.social's practical toolkits to help practitioners better support autistic children and their families. Explore more research and resources👇 #Autism
Addressing the autism assessment and support crisis - N8 Research Partnership
An evidence-based plan for addressing the autism assessment and support crisis, with guides for schools, child health services and local authorities.
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What I love about Bluesky is what I loved about old Twitter: if I want to find out about something (however recondite) there will be someone here (often with a PhD in it) and the time and patience to share their knowledge. /1
They are vile and ugly creatures but, like so many of their followers, mired in ignorance. An ignorance that they revel in. The new age of stupid is about to engulf us but we have weapons … truth and education. Believe.
French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡
I’m intrigued by the recent resurgence of the ‘Long Covid is not real’ nonsense we saw back in 20/21. The refusal to learn is one thing, but the dismissal of reality is another. Long Covid is too painful, too common & too present in many people’s lives to be denied. The story is hard to rewrite.
