Margaret Gear (Yasp)

1. I've had a surprising number of conversations about Covid-19 over the past week or so, all sparked by the fact that I was, as always, wearing an FFP2 respirator. People in healthcare facilities, taxi drivers, people on trains and buses.

So, Starmer is going to be visiting Scotland more often in the months leading up to GE2026. Maybe the media could get off their arses and ask him these questions.

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

🔴BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted an interview on the flagship BBC show after being elected, or during his party conference

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

Restricting eligibility as a wave is growing...

One of the reasons used for dropping coverage in younger age groups, especially kids, was a lack of demand...for a medicine they told everyone wasn't necessary...🤦‍♂️
Not an issue nowadays, it seems...

Infographic titled The Financial Impact of Long Covid in Scotland. It shows that Scots disabled by Long Covid have lost over £50,000 in earnings on average, while Scottish Government funding is only £9.70 per patient per year. Includes the Long Covid Scotland logo and a note citing survey data and government reports.

Scots disabled by #LongCovid have lost over £50,000 in earnings on average.
Scottish Government funding? Just £9.70 per patient per year.
People are paying the price — not the government.
#LongCovidScotland #ChronicIllness #Scotland #MECFS

UN report finds over 40,000 in Gaza may have life-changing injuries The UN says more than 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza have suffered potentially life-changing injuries.

www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...

How the White House spun ‘weak’ and ‘inconclusive’ studies to tie Tylenol to autism Experts say White House presented ‘association as causation’ and based conclusions on ‘poor quality studies’

The Trump administration finally release a summary linking to their alleged evidence that tylenol use in pregnancy is linked to autism and again as is currently happening ACIP data is misquoted, omitted and misused to support a conclusion #HealthPolicy 🧪🧵

Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please Can We Talk About Health? Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please can we talk about health? It’s autumn 2025. We’re one month into the school year, in England. Two of my children are ill, again.With Covid, again.It&#821…

Brilliant article by a teacher highlighting the current dire situation for teachers and kids every winter when it comes to infection risk and spread. We continue to fight for our kids to have the right to breathe clean air.

stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/d...

💨#CleanIndoorAir💨
is a #HumanRight
@saferairproject.bsky.social @plumskyjam.bsky.social
💨💨💨💨💨

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!

Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

Let me be clear. As someone who has been professionally involved with the biodefense / biosecurity sector for nearly 20 years, and has worked on biological risk analysis for Covid-19 since early 2020, reducing one's risk of being infected is not health anxiety. It's just smart.

Excellent news!

Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air Launches at the United Nations to Drive Action to Improve Indoor Air

www.wellcertified.com/global-commi...

This, it seems, is what the BBC had in mind when it drew up plans in March to alter “story selection” to win over Reform voters.

YouTube video by Sally Bourliakas Dr Rae Duncan explains Long Covid as a vascular disease

#COVID causes vascular damage. Here is Dr Rae Duncan talking about the risks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydRl...

Trump says he didn't want London Mayor Sadiq Khan at state banquet The mayor of London did not seek or expect an invite to the state banquet, the BBC understands.

Disappointed that this BBC news piece about Trump not wanting Mayor Sadiq Khan at the State Banquet doesn't once mention Khan's race or religion. If you leave out that Khan is a brown Muslim man, you gloss over why he's targeted by Trump. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

Fun Covid exam, thank you Sean Mullen. (I scored 100%, (honest!) but the sharing link seems to be broken.

Test your knowledge: seanmullen.com/covidcompetenc… #COVIDCompetency #ScienceLiteracy seanmullen.com/covidcompetenc���

VAERS (vaccine adverse event reporting system) is an open tool for capturing any adverse event that occurs at some point after a vaccine is administered as part of longer monitoring🧪🧵

In London, hate will never win.

Clinically Vulnerable people will be denied Covid vaccines this autumn despite continued risks.

The UK is cutting back and is an international outlier.

Please support our petition!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

No excuses now Edinburgh event organisers!

A picture of the Smart Air Blast Mini in a pale blue circle with a yellow border. The heading text reads “Meet the Team: Smart Air Blast Mini”

Three Air Library Scotland blue pinwheeels act as bullet points for the text. The text reads “Key Information at highest setting: •Clean Air Delivery Rate (CADR): 740 metres cubed per hour •Suitable for rooms up to: 85 metres squared (915 square feet) •Noise Level: 49 decibels (A-weighted)”

Meet the Smart Air Blast Mini, kindly donated by @smartairuk.bsky.social

This air purifier is ideal for larger spaces such as arts venues, social clubs and offices.

You can hire the Blast Mini for yourself or your organisation by filling out our request form!

Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake The data on high protein diets, bars, supplements, and powders will surprise you

How much protein should you consume?
erictopol.substack.com/p/our-preocc...

Grand Designs: the loss of American freedom Exactly seven months into Trump's second term, we have reached 1000 authoritarian actions. Here I lay out the enormity of what has happened.

🚨1000 authoritarian actions. 7 months🚨

I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.

In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
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Silicon Valley’s quiet takeover How Elon Musk and Peter Thiel are seeking to embed themselves in Britain’s vital infrastructure

Silicon Valley’s quiet takeover

How Elon Musk and Peter Thiel are seeking to embed themselves in Britain’s vital infrastructure

By Ann Moody

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk

From the transgenderUK community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the transgenderUK community

www.reddit.com/r/transgende...

Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.

Huge protest in Glasgow today calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

(🎥 Jonathon Shafi)

The only people who have spoiled the nature of this area were the mindless thugs who came to our homes last evening and created chaos.

I’ve never been scared by the asylum seekers. I’m terrified that the angry mob will return.

So, how do I get *my* country back from them? I’ve genuinely no idea

The Great British fear factory: manufacturing a lawless London Reform UK’s “Britain is Lawless” campaign isn’t about making us safer – it’s about manufacturing fear for political gain

Crime is roughly half what it was in the 90s. Britain is still one of the safest countries in the developed world.

So why does Reform want you to think London’s a hellscape? The Bear provides the answer ⤵️

Striking difference in voluntary mitigation of Covid infection (wearing high quality respirators) between Long Covid researchers and…every other medical conference, including those seeing the physical and statistical fallout from ongoing mass infections.