Catherine Feore

But it was absolutely fine.

I don’t like needles…

Walkin’ the walk. In Belgium, 🇧🇪 it is so easy to get vaccinated, just make an appointment at your local pharmacy, no need to go to the doctor.
I had the flu (Influval) and COVID (Comirnaty/Pfizer). 💉 💉
Thank you Pharmacie Berlaymont.
Though disappointed I didn’t get a “You’ve been brave” badge

The former Fox News weekend co-host summoned America’s top generals to leave their posts around the world and fly to Virginia at the expense of millions of taxpayer dollars to hear a lecture that could have been a videoconference. Here’s why it’s time to cut funding for cancer research.

Good to see @sant.europarl.europa.eu on Bluesky.
Still on X, but each time I visit I'm notified that I want to follow the very worst far-right figures in the UK.

Michael Eisner @Michael Eisner X.com Where has all the leadership gone? If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment? The "suspending indefinitely" of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the Chairman of the FCC's aggressive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet another example of out-of-control intimidation. Maybe the Constitution should have said, "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, except in one's political or financial self-interest." By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny. 10:17 AM • 9/19/25 • 208K Views

Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.

Can’t remember what the question was.

And yes, I am anti-fa. I’ll let others decide if I’m a bitch.

I wasn’t familiar with the term until I asked a question at a far right European Parliament prezzer and someone approached me afterwards and called me an “Antifa bitch”, I had to look it up. My question is this: Why is it pronounced an-ti-fa and not anti-fa?

Groan.
But, at least there’s the acknowledgment that the Pfizer/Biontech mRNA results were “amazingly good”

This is close second for laughs, “we’re going to very much stay away from the narratives or the statements about ‘safe and effective,’” said Levi,”
Until you remember that this is actual real world and wonder how did we get to this level of stupid.

Great article, this is my favourite bit: “At one point, a microphone caught someone in the meeting muttering “idiot” as Levi was talking. It was not clear who the speaker was.”

That's not to say that actions can't be taken now, but @ema.europa.eu and the Critical Medicines Alliance are already doing a lot through soft cooperation. I'm perplexed as it doesn't add a lot to the current debate.

Auditors say the EU must strengthen its response to critical medicine shortages In a special report, published today (17 September), the European Court of Auditors (ECA) warns that critical medicine shortages continue to arise, posing a threat to health across the EU. “Medicine ...

I'm confused about the timing of this report from @euauditors.bsky.social. Many of the recommendations are being addressed via legislation that is in the pipeline
www.vitalsigns.news/auditors-say...

"Radical transparency" and "gold-standard science" a la RFK

Bravo 👏 Susan Monarez

"I do not write these words as an adversary of Israel.... Our commission has documented the crimes by Hamas. But no crime, however grave, justifies genocide. To respond to atrocity with atrocity is to abandon the very values international law was created to protect."

In my view, implementation of this stage should be paused until we better understand the drawbacks."

Draghi wants to push his foot to the floor in some areas; he has added a note of caution for AI: "the next stage—covering high-risk AI systems in areas like critical infrastructure and health—must be proportionate [...].

Trump officials order removal of photograph of enslaved man’s scars — The Washington Post The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”

Whitewashing.

Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model

Fantastic column by @stephenkb.bsky.social

"Racism in the UK remains the preserve of an extreme minority — but one that is emboldened and growing louder.

It is the result of a year in which neither the government nor the opposition have been willing to draw red lines."

www.ft.com/content/fbbd...

It is difficult to express the extent to which I wholeheartedly agree with this, from @thekibosch.bsky.social . It's up there with proactive and a few other terms that should never have seen the light of day.

Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.

They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.

Not the @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
“Wrestling over his legacy”?

Looking on enviously.

What investigators know about destabilization actions in France Since 2023, the Paris prosecutor's office has opened nine investigations in connection with acts committed on French soil aimed at deepening societal divides over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the war in Ukraine.

What investigators know about destabilization actions in France

Yup, the EU, Commissioner s et al. Should exercise their free speech and stop sending journalists links to their X tweets.

"Zelensky's war". This phrase alone signals the intent behind this post, Donald Trump - in a surprise to no one - is not ready to do any major sanctions.

France 🇫🇷 cracking down on illegal internet sales of GLP-1 medicines. The article says “the cult of thinness is still very prevalent in France”