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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1/2 NHS England’s apology over Palantir engineers accessing identifiable patient data shows corporate convenience overriding the core Caldicott principle of "no surprises" in health privacy. 🚨 ​How can patient consent survive hidden vendor access? #HealthTech

NHS apologises and admits Palantir engineers have access to identifiable patient data

The central health service body has acknowledged the inaccuracy of claims previously made in a transparency document which indicated that only NHS staff were able to see such sensitive information ...

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Another day, another plan originating from the UK that would involve the EU making wholesale changes to its own internal and external arrangements to suit the interests and political preferences of a neighbouring non-member state.

Simon Usherwood@simonusherwood.bsky.social · 11h ago

Nick Boles on his plan for a European confederation. Paper with Demos coming later www.thetimes.com/article/8459...

I should not become too frustrated by this lack of ambition but it still really pains me that the UK political debate is so inward-looking seemingly only to exist in a closed Island "bubble" of politics where external perspectives are completely discarded. /4

One reason the voluntary approach is ineffective: "Most big supermarkets have already halted sales & some have not sold them for years But they are still widely available in smaller shops, from some hardware & DIY stores & online" Regulation works, use it! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk

Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition

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Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.

The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed

The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.

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No one has any superior rights here! And that’s a very good thing! It’s deliberately set up to be an idea of egalitarianism.

Truly startling - across swathes of England and Wales, dozens weather stations recorded ZERO rainfall in July, for the first time in their history www.newscientist.com/article/2583...

Parts of the UK endure first ever month without any rain | New Scientist

For the first time since records began, there was no rain at all for parts of southern England and Wales in July, in a “truly exceptional” month of heat and sunshine

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Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...

Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming

A Massachusetts farm is integrating solar panels above berry fields. This agrivoltaics project generates electricity while shading the crops. The elevated panels create a cooler microclimate, retain...

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Almost like the Murdoch press has given the BBC permission to sort of do its job.

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 2d ago

Fascinating change in BBC news bulletins about Reform. Farage announcement on small boats only gets the third spot and is balanced by critics saying he's trying to distract from allegations over his finances. Quite the change from the uncritical coverage earlier this year.

🧵Right-leaning newspapers are trying to blame Europe's raging wildfires on everything EXCEPT fossil fuels 1. The Wall Street Journal Frontpage story: "Greece fights wildfires as Europe crisis spreads" WSJ editorial: "How green policies fuel fires in Europe"

Solar energy supplied more power to Britain’s grid in July than any previous month on record. The figure of 14.4% of all power generated in July smashed the last monthly record of 12.4%, set only in May In July 2025, the (formerly) best year for solar generation, 9.6% of generation was from solar.

From today, EU citizens have a legal right to know when they're talking to a bot or looking at a deepfake, backed by fines of up to €15m. Thanks to Brexit, we're missing out on this protection.

Trump has somehow gone from a ‘memorandum of understanding’ - already the very weakest form of agreement- to now the mere ‘parameters of a deal’.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 4d ago

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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review

Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump

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New: A business that made a six-figure donation to Reform UK received interest-free loans of £67m from unnamed “related companies” in the months before, raising questions about the possible origin of the funds. observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Reform given six-figure donation by firm that received £6...

Nigel Farage’s party is facing questions about the lack of transparency over £100,000 in funds donated by a management consultancy

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Hungary's new government is tested very early. Paks nuclear plant is about to go offline for the first time in 44 years because the Danube is drying up. That's nearly half the country's electricity. Collapsed supply & gas prices spiking throughout the region. Just brutal. apnews.com/article/hung...

Hungary braces for a full shutdown of the Paks nuclear plant as the Danube River hits record lows

Hungary's only nuclear power plant is shutting down for the first time due to record-low water levels on the Danube River.

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Key information on Ceuta and Schengen is omitted from the #BBC News website. Its omission implies that Moroccans entering Ceuta enter the EU Schengen area - which they don’t (see quoted post below). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Spain's PM blames traffickers after 60,000 migrants reach Ceuta from Morocco

Spain said most had returned to Morocco by Friday evening, as Italy suspended its Schengen agreement on free movement with Madrid.

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Richard Barfield@richardbarfield.bsky.social · 5d ago

#Ceuta & #Schengen 1. Travellers can cross from Morocco into Ceuta w/out a Schengen visa, but that doesn’t grant entry into mainland Spain or rest of Schengen 2. Moving from Ceuta to mainland Spain involves border controls - a passport/ID check - since it means entering Schengen.

Ultra-processed food companies hindering health drives by suing countries, says WHO

Ultra-processed food companies hindering health drives by suing countries, says WHO

Exclusive: Director general accuses corporations of obstructing efforts to tackle obesity crisis after investigation by Guardian and others The world’s biggest ultra-processed food corporations are hindering global efforts to tackle the obesity crisis by suing governments that try to promote healthier diets, the head of the World Health Organization has said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director general, accused global food companies of obstructing the adoption of vital public health measures and costing countries billions of dollars in healthcare and legal costs in the process. Continue reading...

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Glad someone senior from the sector is pushing back. Labour MPs need to understand the serious real anger from graduates and the people who produce them. And the dangerous financial situation they have allowed to fester, or indeed worsened, in one of Britain’s leading sectors.

Labour has harmed universities as much as Trump, London School of Economics head says

LSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic student fees freeze, international student limits and rise in employers’ national insurance

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Weirdly timely criticism for a leaflet from 1936

I remember the days when there were models of climate futures that claimed that yields would improve …. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers

Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable

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Imagine the conservative media diarrhea storm if any Democrat said this about a red state

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Trump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

Every time a pro cyclist is hit by a driver it's a good reminder of how silly so much of the victim blaming around bicyclists is. These are the best, most skilled riders in the world and even they get hit! Turns out it's not about the rider.

skáld@danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 5d ago

primoz roglic hit by a car, nobody is safe from it

It was, in accelerated fashion, a parallel to how living through climate change is making Republicans far worse on emissions & pollution.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

The Fauci hearing perfectly illustrated how living through a once in a century pandemic somehow made Republicans far worse on public health. God forbid we face anything like covid again during Trump 2.0. There will be no Dr Fauci around to try to talk sense to Trump.

BBC News - Danube's record low levels force shutdown of Hungary's only nuclear plant www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Danube's record low levels force shutdown of Hungary's only nuclear plant

Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia are also grappling with the effects of a series of prolonged heatwaves and low rainfall.

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So never mind war, climate change, wildfires, poverty, etc. - all is well with the profits of oil companies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Shell profits double as oil prices rise due to Iran war

Disruption to global supplies of oil and liquid natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz has pushed up prices.

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They were evacuated as children from Poland in 1941 and ended up in the UK after their fathers's served under British command. They built their whole lives in the country. They even have a building named after them in Manchester. Then Brexit happens. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘It was a big shock’: new border rules left couple stuck in Kraków after living in UK for 80 years

Maria and Czeslaw Krupa, who arrived as children of displaced Polish veterans, told they have no post-Brexit rights to return home to Bury

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“the map included ⁠in the presentation contained a watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

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