Kathryn Rose
@artsyhonker.bsky.social
composer, gardener, hedge-botherer, immigrant, locavore, neurodivergent, chaser after the wind, pastoral assistant, high liturgy, high chaos, has a profile that's just a bunch of descriptors separated by commas, she/they
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Kathryn Rose
@artsyhonker.bsky.social
· Apr 4
OK people are talking about #gardening as a response to economic crisis and I see we are doing the "subsistence agriculture is hard, actually" disk horse again and I have a *bunch* of thoughts on this which I am going to put into a thread here so my ADHD brain will let me do the next task. 1/?
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All the claims against Dr. Beth Upton failed.
She’s entirely vindicated and her evidence was found more reliable.
Let’s see if a single paper actually represents that fairly…
She’s entirely vindicated and her evidence was found more reliable.
Let’s see if a single paper actually represents that fairly…
December 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
All the claims against Dr. Beth Upton failed.
She’s entirely vindicated and her evidence was found more reliable.
Let’s see if a single paper actually represents that fairly…
She’s entirely vindicated and her evidence was found more reliable.
Let’s see if a single paper actually represents that fairly…
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Overall, they conclude:
"It may be lawful to grant permission to a trans person to use the changing room that aligns with the sex and gender they identify as having, dependent on the circumstances."
Quite contrary to what anti-trans campaigners have been arguing FWS means - isn't it?
"It may be lawful to grant permission to a trans person to use the changing room that aligns with the sex and gender they identify as having, dependent on the circumstances."
Quite contrary to what anti-trans campaigners have been arguing FWS means - isn't it?
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Overall, they conclude:
"It may be lawful to grant permission to a trans person to use the changing room that aligns with the sex and gender they identify as having, dependent on the circumstances."
Quite contrary to what anti-trans campaigners have been arguing FWS means - isn't it?
"It may be lawful to grant permission to a trans person to use the changing room that aligns with the sex and gender they identify as having, dependent on the circumstances."
Quite contrary to what anti-trans campaigners have been arguing FWS means - isn't it?
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Of course ET decisions are not binding. But this is the second ET judgment we have had in recent days which suggests that anti-trans campaigners have been grossly misstating the law in this area.
The ET states it plainly - FWS does not require a trans bathroom ban.
The ET states it plainly - FWS does not require a trans bathroom ban.
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Of course ET decisions are not binding. But this is the second ET judgment we have had in recent days which suggests that anti-trans campaigners have been grossly misstating the law in this area.
The ET states it plainly - FWS does not require a trans bathroom ban.
The ET states it plainly - FWS does not require a trans bathroom ban.
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I'm going to try and not get too much into the weeds of the substance of the judgment, though it is very critical of particular aspects of Peggie's conduct. I will leave that to others.
My focus here is the broader picture: what did the ET have to say about the implications of FWS?
My focus here is the broader picture: what did the ET have to say about the implications of FWS?
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm going to try and not get too much into the weeds of the substance of the judgment, though it is very critical of particular aspects of Peggie's conduct. I will leave that to others.
My focus here is the broader picture: what did the ET have to say about the implications of FWS?
My focus here is the broader picture: what did the ET have to say about the implications of FWS?
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Mini thread on the ET decision in Peggie
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
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Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Mini thread on the ET decision in Peggie
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
🧵👇
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
🧵👇
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The Great Barrington Declaration was a bloody disaster. One of the greatest human follies of the modern age.
Sheer arrogance and cynicism.
Sheer arrogance and cynicism.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Great Barrington Declaration was a bloody disaster. One of the greatest human follies of the modern age.
Sheer arrogance and cynicism.
Sheer arrogance and cynicism.
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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I don't feel welcome when I go past rows of flags put up by fascists, that nobody has dared take down. And I was born not fifty miles from where I sit.
The chief horror is the rewriting of the human rights gains we've made since WWII to frame only 'contributing' migrants (whether asylum seekers or not) as worthy of life & safety.
But I'm also here to call BS on the 'Britain welcomes high-skilled migrants' thing. I do not feel welcome here.
But I'm also here to call BS on the 'Britain welcomes high-skilled migrants' thing. I do not feel welcome here.
This is so disgusting.
December 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I don't feel welcome when I go past rows of flags put up by fascists, that nobody has dared take down. And I was born not fifty miles from where I sit.
"How to avoid the worst" should really include:
- wear a mask to protect yourself and others
- ventilate and/or filter indoor air if possible
- stay home if you have symptoms
- get vaccinated if you can
- wear a mask to protect yourself and others
- ventilate and/or filter indoor air if possible
- stay home if you have symptoms
- get vaccinated if you can
Cold, 'super flu' and Covid symptoms: Expert advice and how to avoid the worst
Cold, 'super flu' and Covid symptoms: Expert advice and how to avoid the worst
BBC Morning Live's Dr Oscar Duke shares his advice on how to identify whether you have cold, flu or Covid and how to look after yourself.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"How to avoid the worst" should really include:
- wear a mask to protect yourself and others
- ventilate and/or filter indoor air if possible
- stay home if you have symptoms
- get vaccinated if you can
- wear a mask to protect yourself and others
- ventilate and/or filter indoor air if possible
- stay home if you have symptoms
- get vaccinated if you can
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Everyone's in denial about post-Covid damage.
"A new study... should end any lingering idea that SARS-CoV-2 is ‘just another cold virus.’ It shows that a single, relatively short Omicron wave left a long, measurable scar on [our] adaptive immune systems"
Lymphocytes, T / B / NK cells.
#LongCovid
"A new study... should end any lingering idea that SARS-CoV-2 is ‘just another cold virus.’ It shows that a single, relatively short Omicron wave left a long, measurable scar on [our] adaptive immune systems"
Lymphocytes, T / B / NK cells.
#LongCovid
SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
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SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may wo...
johnsnowproject.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Everyone's in denial about post-Covid damage.
"A new study... should end any lingering idea that SARS-CoV-2 is ‘just another cold virus.’ It shows that a single, relatively short Omicron wave left a long, measurable scar on [our] adaptive immune systems"
Lymphocytes, T / B / NK cells.
#LongCovid
"A new study... should end any lingering idea that SARS-CoV-2 is ‘just another cold virus.’ It shows that a single, relatively short Omicron wave left a long, measurable scar on [our] adaptive immune systems"
Lymphocytes, T / B / NK cells.
#LongCovid
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The Enclosure Acts took away centuries of shared access to land, putting fences between people and nature. Securing the Right to Roam is about reclaiming the freedom to explore, enjoy, and reconnect with our countryside once again.
Why do you support a Right to Roam?
forms.gle/6q1uu2yf7ip3...
Why do you support a Right to Roam?
forms.gle/6q1uu2yf7ip3...
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The Enclosure Acts took away centuries of shared access to land, putting fences between people and nature. Securing the Right to Roam is about reclaiming the freedom to explore, enjoy, and reconnect with our countryside once again.
Why do you support a Right to Roam?
forms.gle/6q1uu2yf7ip3...
Why do you support a Right to Roam?
forms.gle/6q1uu2yf7ip3...
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🥀 40 reasons why Wes Streeting is just a Thatcherite in a red rosette 👇
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/t...
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/t...
Think Streeting is left wing? 40 things you should know about Wes..
Streeting is pro-privatisation, pro-Israel and his donors include hedge fund managers, big banks, private health investors and arms firms.
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🥀 40 reasons why Wes Streeting is just a Thatcherite in a red rosette 👇
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/t...
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/t...
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This is an astounding thing for the leader of a Labour Party who has just witnessed the Tory government crash the UK out of the EU, let Covid rip, and starve people under austerity to say!
Keir Starmer - "I’ve always wanted a Labour government but I’ve never worried about the future of our country under a Tory government."
The words of a man so insulated from the harm done by the Tories he felt no compulsion not to continue the harm not being done to him and his.
The words of a man so insulated from the harm done by the Tories he felt no compulsion not to continue the harm not being done to him and his.
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This is an astounding thing for the leader of a Labour Party who has just witnessed the Tory government crash the UK out of the EU, let Covid rip, and starve people under austerity to say!
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So much for all that 'Look at how China is leading the world in solar' stuff.
China's November crude oil imports reach highest daily level in 27 months reut.rs/4oBM91j
China's November crude oil imports reach highest daily level in 27 months
China's crude oil imports rose 4.88% in November from a year earlier, government data released on Monday showed, with daily import volumes reaching the highest level since August 2023.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
So much for all that 'Look at how China is leading the world in solar' stuff.
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“Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
“Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Labour Party: We won't leave the ECHR, of course not! We'll just make sure it's no longer worth the paper it's written on.
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The Labour Party: We won't leave the ECHR, of course not! We'll just make sure it's no longer worth the paper it's written on.
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Where in the Labour manifesto was "we intend to destroy human rights"?
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Where in the Labour manifesto was "we intend to destroy human rights"?
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I was a curate in a Pennine mill town, which back in the day had been a terrible place for TB. One of the primary schools, built in the twenties, had been designed to maximise fresh air flow in the cause of TB prevention.
Of course when antibiotics came in, the building was altered to remove this.
Of course when antibiotics came in, the building was altered to remove this.
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I was a curate in a Pennine mill town, which back in the day had been a terrible place for TB. One of the primary schools, built in the twenties, had been designed to maximise fresh air flow in the cause of TB prevention.
Of course when antibiotics came in, the building was altered to remove this.
Of course when antibiotics came in, the building was altered to remove this.
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There is a reason that torture protections are the unlimited Human Right.
It’s always, unquestionably, evil.
There’s no balancing it.
Why would you seek to weaken that prohibition?6
It’s always, unquestionably, evil.
There’s no balancing it.
Why would you seek to weaken that prohibition?6
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
There is a reason that torture protections are the unlimited Human Right.
It’s always, unquestionably, evil.
There’s no balancing it.
Why would you seek to weaken that prohibition?6
It’s always, unquestionably, evil.
There’s no balancing it.
Why would you seek to weaken that prohibition?6
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I work in emergency mental health (the people you see if you walk into an A&E department and say you're suicidal). Saw three or four trans people in the couple of days following the Scottish Ministers decision. It had a huge and extremely obvious impact on trans mental health
Rules on single-sex spaces pose risk to trans people’s mental health, UK charities say
Rules on single-sex spaces pose risk to trans people’s mental health, UK charities say
Fifteen organisations sign letter expressing deep concern over EHRC guidance being considered by ministers
New rules on access to single-sex spaces could pose a significant risk to the mental health of trans and non-binary people, according to 15 of the UK’s most respected mental charities.
Organisations including Samaritans, Mind, Centre for Mental Health and the Royal College of Psychiatrists have written to the equalities minister, Bridget Phillipson, to express their “deep concern” about guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) that is awaiting approval from the government. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I work in emergency mental health (the people you see if you walk into an A&E department and say you're suicidal). Saw three or four trans people in the couple of days following the Scottish Ministers decision. It had a huge and extremely obvious impact on trans mental health
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The proposals to limit Article 3 are absolutely terrifying. I struggle to think of something that has come out of any UK government which has concerned me more. This must be resisted absolutely.
December 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The proposals to limit Article 3 are absolutely terrifying. I struggle to think of something that has come out of any UK government which has concerned me more. This must be resisted absolutely.
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Imagine, realising for the first time that you can just buy a thing and use it forever, no monthly subscription, no vendor-bricking, who on earth in this day and age would want such a thing? 🤷♀️😱
December 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Imagine, realising for the first time that you can just buy a thing and use it forever, no monthly subscription, no vendor-bricking, who on earth in this day and age would want such a thing? 🤷♀️😱
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I pilfered this. It’s to good not to share.
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I pilfered this. It’s to good not to share.
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Government consultation about facial recognition finally out - use mystery stop whilst a proper review of use is done and safeguards put in place
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Legal framework for using facial recognition in law enforcement
The government is launching a consultation to help develop a new legal framework for the use of facial recognition and similar technologies by law enforcement.
www.gov.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Government consultation about facial recognition finally out - use mystery stop whilst a proper review of use is done and safeguards put in place
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