Long Covid Predicted to Cost OECD Economies $135 Billion a Year The pandemic might be over, but new research indicates long Covid is likely to reverberate across OECD economies, costing up to $135 billion a year over the next decade.

Long Covid predicted to cost OECD Economies $135 billion a year

Our current approach of repeat infections is not sustainable

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NEW: Lebanon is Gaza 2.0. That’s what Israeli ministers are saying in their own words. Believe them.
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Meridionally consistent decline in the observed western boundary contribution to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Western boundary observations in the Atlantic suggest a meridionally consistent decline in the ocean overturning circulation.

New study finds the "canary in the coal mine" for the #AMOC: a consistent decline of the western overturning circulation, down from 20 to 15 Sv during 2004-2023 at 26° N. 🌊
AMOC "could be at or near a critical tipping point, potentially leading to its collapse".
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Key ocean current is slowing at locations around the Atlantic Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening

Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening

The Trump administration's latest target: This woolly American icon "It is just so stupid the way they are doing this. It is DEI for cows.”

Nature hater Trump targets The American buffalo
More than 950 buffalo will be evicted from federal lands and possibly a lot more on other lands if Trump gets his way

To be replaced with cattle

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#NoToPalantir - political leadership urgently needed.

"Tang attracted controversy when she agreed to be
“guest of honour” at dinner hosted by Global Counsel, founded by Lord Peter Mandelson, which counted Palantir as a client"
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"No one should be taking medical advice from some dude who looks like an overly frizzy John Oates."

Connective tissue disorders are a common comorbidity in those suffering from: - Long COVID - ME/CFS - MCAS - POTS What might be the thread that connects these conditions together? We recently surveyed the medical literature to find answers and published our findings on Jeannie Di Bon's blog, Founder and CEO of The Zebra Club. Here is what we found:

🚨🧵 by the Brain Inflammation Collaborative @BrainInflCollab on XTwitter:

"Connective tissue disorders are a common comorbidity in those suffering from:
- Long COVID
- ME/CFS
- MCAS
- POTS

What might be the thread that connects these conditions together?"

OP: x.com/BrainInflCol...

Today is a good day to remember that Carl Sagan was as outspoken about the dangers of war and nuclear weapons as he was an advocate of space exploration.

We're on the verge of a genocidal, nuclear war that our supposed "ally" has said he's ready to unleash.

Would it be too much to ask for the Prime Minister to have something to say about it? Or do?

Suspend US bases on UK soil now.

Zack in front of a hope is here sign.

🚨 First time in British history that a party to the left of Labour have topped a national poll.

💚 Hope is here. It's all of us.

✊🏼 Reject hateful, divisive politics - and let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The first national poll putting @greenparty.org.uk in first place (just) is an utterly extraordinary moment in British politics.

I gave up my medical career to fight for NHS patients and staff. Here’s what I’ve learned…

It's such an awesome time to be Green, we're topping the polls, we're winning the arguments and voters on the doorstep across the country love our message of unity, of hope and of change.
A people led movement is here
join.greenparty.org.uk

ADF describes itself as non-partisan, but over the past year it has forged closer ties with Reform, arranging meetings between its leader Nigel Farage and US officials and inviting party allies to speak at its events. The group reportedly orchestrated Farage’s appearance before the US House Judiciary Committee in September, where he accused the UK government of clamping down on free speech. It also reportedly brokered a secret meeting between Farage and top state department officials in London that same year.

American money is pouring into the UK to roll back LGBT and women’s rights – and Nigel Farage is on board:
https://goodlaw.social/wsee

Queen BUMBLEBEES - HELP THEM OUT!
A vital thread concerning bumblebee queens at this time of year!
Please #repost.
Likes are nice but #shares impact!
EVERY QUEEN BUMBLEBEE THAT SURVIVES GETS TO ESTABLISH A NEST which otherwise would not happen.
Let me explain.
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#bees #love
#nature #bumblebees

The chart below shows the number of days above 1.5°C for the first 3 months of every year, 1940 - 2026.

The peak was in 2024 when 82 of the first 90 days were above 1.5°C. With El Nino coming, the 2024 record is likely to be broken in 2027.

Ed Miliband to give green light to first major North Sea gasfield project in decade | LBC The energy secretary is expected to approve Jackdaw drilling as the Iran war puts pressure on the government over energy security fears

A huge betrayal.

Won't lower bills. Won't give us more energy security. Won't insulate from price shocks.

And sends a clear message to the world that we are backing new oil and gas drilling.

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Green line catching up with the red one and crossing over it!

Average of all the polls.

We just hit crossover day!

Great moment to join as we take on Reform next.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Same as before = dangerous vascular virus that can lead to longterm disability or worse

#MECFS mentioned briefly in yesterday’s parliamentary debate on EDS. Liz Twist MP highlights EDS overlaps with ME/CFS, MCAS and PoTS, and Minister Sharon Hodgson says the NIHR is already expanding its work on overlapping conditions including ME/CFS and post-viral syndromes.

Hannah and Zack on stage together

Half a million people standing against the far right.

Half a million people who care about each other and our communities.

Half a million people ready to make hope normal again.

Dr Charles Shepherd (@meassociation.org.uk) explains how in the 80s and 90s psychiatrists claimed #MECFS was due to “deconditioning” and “abnormal illness beliefs”. Graded exercise therapy made many patients worse, with some ending up in wheelchairs. It was only removed from NICE guidance in 2021.

We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out | George Monbiot The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Every minister should read this from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: “The global food system is systemically fragile in the same way that the global financial system was before the 2008 crash…the same factors that would have brought down the financial system….now threaten to bring down the food system”.

ZOË GARBETT FOR HACKNEY MAYOR

A gigantic record-breaking heat dome is baking the US and war is skyrocketing fuel prices and the cost of living.

If only scientists and climate activists had warned us….

Oh wait they did.

A New, Highly Mutated COVID Variant Called 'Cicada' Is Spreading in the US. Know These Symptoms The heavily mutated new BA.3.2 COVID-19 variant, aka "cicada," is spreading in at least 25 U.S. states, the CDC said. What to know about its spread and symptoms.

TODAY Show: "A New, Highly Mutated COVID Variant Called 'Cicada' Is Spreading in the US. Know These Symptoms"

The heavily mutated new BA.3.2 COVID-19 variant, aka "cicada," is spreading in at least 25 U.S. states, the CDC said. What to know about its spread & symptoms

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March together against the far right.

Don't believe the spin. Sewage spills are down to water companies, whatever the weather.

And dry spills can be worse: more concentrated, more damaging.

So the root problem of privatisation remains.

The public is paying to clean up our water. We should own it.