Wyshes&Wyngs
@wyshes.bsky.social
Generally found in the garden, as it's full of the joy, health and magic of nature. Like Louis Pasteur's attitude to preventative solutions rather than remedies 😷 Cumbria
Of course the UK governments don't know where research is! They know almost nothing about it! No-one is in charge, no-one has a plan, no-one is steering: that's one of our main problems.
Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 13h agoGovernment ‘doesn’t know where research capability lies’. Contractions in the university sector need to be understood, former government science adviser says. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
These scientists”… found that multiple chronic viruses reactivate during acute COVID-19 infection, particularly from the Herpesviridae and Anelloviridae families.”!!
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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Covid with vagal dysfunction and volume reflux are not your friend. Micro-aspiration and primed Mast Cells... And away you go... Hmmmm... I saw 2 in consultation today Immune dysregulation sux www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1...
Sharp Increase and Sustained Shift: Evolutionary Patterns of Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Type 2 Inflammatory Markers Following Widespread SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
Background This study analyzed the demographic characteristics, smoking history, pulmonary function, fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), complete blood count, total IgE, and other relevant indicat...
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My work as a climate educator involves speaking with school students about what's happening on our rapidly heating planet. It's a job no one should have to do. Looking into the eyes of a 4 year old to explain why our climate is changing is really tough but even young children want to take action.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12h agoMy column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over 2,500 species of moth have been recorded in Britain, compared to just 59 species of butterfly. Lovers of our dark skies, they pollinate flowers, support wildlife and help keep ecosystems healthy. Despite their reputation, only two moth species eat your jumpers... 📸: Charlie Hellewell
Aug 5 2005 Joy showed me a photo of a blade of grass. Opened up to see masses of insect eggs. A few days later took this with my basic Olympus point & shoot. I was HOOKED! How beautiful is a Bee's face? I didn't know,but many books, much learning and more, better? cameras later....
A study shows male mice recovering from severe COVID-19 can pass anxiety-like traits to their offspring. The virus alters RNA molecules inside their sperm, suggesting a father's infection before conception could change how the next generation develops mentally. Source: archive.md/U7dad
For many years, this hawthorn grew alone in an open landscape. Now a young species-rich rainforest ecosystem is building all around. Nature loss isn't inevitable: it *can* be reversed, through rewilding.
#Rosewednesday #Rose #Gardening #Flower #Photography #Bloomscrolling 70) Tranquility rose: A graceful English rose with creamy white blooms that open from soft yellow buds. Its perfectly cupped flowers carry a light apple fragrance and repeat bloom generously on a healthy, vigorous shrub.
I am so triggered by RJK Jr's comment about ICU's being empty during #COVID. I re-read what I wrote after one of the surges. How do others forget. The trauma was--and is--real.
I'm An ICU Doctor. I’m Haunted By What I’ve Seen During The Recent COVID-19 Surge.
“I can’t stop thinking about the 40-something man who told me, ‘I can’t die like this. I just got engaged and have a 6-month-old baby.’ I encouraged him to be positive, but that didn’t stop him from d...
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#Poetry #Painting #EverdayMagic Nature is not stingy with her miracles We simply forget to look - Sara Sarna 🎨 Kevin Kia
Continuing the contributions from supportive MPs at the Backbench Businesses debate on tackling air quality.. @umakumaran.bsky.social remembers Ella Kissi-Debrah and the human cost of inaction and negligence when it comes to tackling toxic air. @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/heal...
Healthy Air Coalition UK@healthyairuk.bsky.social · 4w ago“There is no safe level of air pollution… every year approx 43,000 people die prematurely from it, and yet there is silence.” Last Thursday 2 July, we supported Barry Gardiner MP to lead a Backbench Business Debate on the Government’s plans to tackle air pollution. #AirPollution #PublicHealth
A period of showery rain will move eastwards across Northern Ireland into northern England and southern Scotland during Wednesday This will be accompanied by some wind gusts of around 35 to 45 mph 🌬️
Welcome to the Butterfly Buffet! Today's special: Tree sap 🦋🌳 Flower nectar is an important source of energy for many adult butterflies and moths, but some also have a taste for tree sap, aphid honeydew, rotting fruit and even animal dung! 📹: Charlotte Brooks
Anecdotally, a couple of people I know have tested positive recently or friends and relatives have, after a pause without that. I think summer travel, airports etc are the culprits in some cases. Highly recommend masking while travelling to minimise chances of catching or spreading anything.
BuDS Disability Service@buds-disability.bsky.social · yesterdayCovid infection levels in England have jumped this week, although remaining at historically low levels. With 1 in every 1549 people in England now infected as of 2 August, we have increased the BuDS Covid infection risk level from Low to Moderately Low. A thread 🧵 buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness
The wonderfully frilly purple wildflower the Phacelia 💜 and there are fields of it in the Scottish Highlands countryside 🏴
A male Eastern Bluebird watches Cedar Waxwings flying around in the tree canopy.
The puffins may have left, but there's still plenty of action on the Farne Islands... Please enjoy these moths having a psychedelic midnight rave ✨️
Great White Egret reflected. 😍 Taken recently at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 😊🐦
Johns Hopkins, 607 adults. Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection was linked to a greater 6-month rise in NT-proBNP, a blood marker of heart wall stress, suggesting subtle cardiac strain even after mild or symptom-free infection. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1...
Changes in Subclinical Biomarkers of Myocardial Injury and Inflammation and SARS-COV-2 Serological Analyses in a Cohort of Community-dwelling Adults
COVID-19 has been linked to heart-related complications in patients sick enough to be hospitalized, largely due to the strain severe illness places on the cardiovascular system. Whether milder, commun...
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Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...
Inside Britain's university crisis
As teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter
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These people were victims of online disinformation; told Spain had opened its borders, and they could go work there. Once they were told it wasn't true, they returned. A gift to the far right & we must find out who was behind what is a form of hybrid warfare, meant to destabilise Spain and the EU.
Why do I mask? Yes, it's because I have an immune system issue and need to avoid Covid. But the real reason is 6 years of empirical data. I don't get sick anymore! I used to be sick multiple times a year. Missed several once-in-a-lifetime events I still regret. Mask means not sick? Gimme mask.
Nome@nome.bsky.social · 5mo agoI work at the airport. I'm one of a dozen people i see mask regularly, out of hundreds. Those hundreds? They're complaining constantly about being sick. About making their family and friends sick. And they just accept that as a thing that'll happen. Like there's nothing to be done.
A case study found a 25-year-old woman developed a rare blood vessel skin condition one month after COVID-19 infection. Researchers say it adds to growing evidence that COVID-19 can damage blood vessels and may trigger unusual vascular conditions after infection. www.cureus.com/articles/521...
