Last day of April. Can you believe it?

Let’s remember this is a situation that was entirely overlooked at the start of the pandemic, largely dismissed & ignored in the middle of it, and now treated as if the cause is historical & not ongoing.

So, yeah, it’s a public health failure.
#LongCovid theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

I’ve seen a lot on this site over the years and little surprises me but the vile racist comments against the outgoing Scotland FM are so disgusting. Bots or no bots, allowing them is outrageous. It serves the normalisation of prejudice & bigotry.

“Peaceful protest is a human right. Freedom of speech is a human right. Freedom of expression is a human right. There’s no excuse for the higher-ups at US universities not to know these rights and respect them.”

🔊 Listen to Andrew Stroehlein’s Daily Brief: trib.al/cdwj2cE

Honourable colleagues.

“For me, long COVID was life-destroying,” says Eric.

To tackle #LongCovid effectively, people must be placed at the centre of treatment and care.

Find out more in our latest study
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Every morning is a new beginning.
Hope is not needed.
A new life is already here.
Let the bird song help you notice that.

There comes a Day,
One of those glorious deep blue days,
When larks are singing and bees are humming,
And Earth gives voice in a thousand ways -
Then I, my friends, I too shall sing,
And hum a foolish little thing,
And whistle like a blackbird in the Spring. ~A.A.Milne #spring

Accountability doesn’t need to just come knocking for Israel’s leaders.

Those in Western politics and media who facilitated and legitimised this crime of historic proportions need to be held to account, too.

Windows of the World - a thread 🧵

1. Venice, Italy

International students benefit the country in multiple intellectual, reputational, economic & social ways. Show me any evidence that slashing their visas serves the unemployed or improves social cohesion. It’s non-existent. So sad to see this for Britain. thetimes.co.uk/article/foreig…

Doctors are not slaves to their profession or the NHS or even to their own past choices.

Made me angry that clip!

This is not a matter for propaganda or even activism. Our human rights need to be protected by law and we -all of us- must take protecting those laws very seriously.

He should be criticising the harm done to innocent people from any heritage or religion…

🇩🇰 Copenhagen stands with PALESTINE 🇵🇸

First lines AUGURIES OF INNOCENCE
by William Blake

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the Palm of your Hand
And Eternity in an Hour
A Robin Red breast in a Cage
Puts all Heaven in a Rage

Very worth a read.

Leeds United, can you stop losing please? My kids have exams and can’t afford the extra melancholy right now!!

🇳🇴Norway Broadcasting Corporation’s
Yama Wolasmal, interviews Israeli spokesperson, David Mencer. This should be taught in all journalism schools. I spoke at the Norwegian Journalism Institute last year Pressens hus in Oslo & was so impressed with the rigour of their work.

“What’s the point?”

Can this question ringing in your head ever be helpful?

It often comes from a place of pain, disappointment, despair, disillusion, aloneness & exhaustion.

Has it ever changed things for you in a way that you regard as positive?