Esther
@elhopkins.bsky.social
Composer who is currently working on a Song Cycle.
Posting about: Music, COVID safety, Clean Air, Climate Change & wildlife.
#Covidisairborne #FBCV
#Vaccinessavelives
#WearARespie ffp2/3
❌ to mask bans
#TransparencyCovid
Vote Green Party 💚
Posting about: Music, COVID safety, Clean Air, Climate Change & wildlife.
#Covidisairborne #FBCV
#Vaccinessavelives
#WearARespie ffp2/3
❌ to mask bans
#TransparencyCovid
Vote Green Party 💚
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One week in! Who's been enjoying our Christmas countdown?🎄
A tiny feathered favourite brings the festive cheer today...
#RSPBAdvent25
A tiny feathered favourite brings the festive cheer today...
#RSPBAdvent25
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
One week in! Who's been enjoying our Christmas countdown?🎄
A tiny feathered favourite brings the festive cheer today...
#RSPBAdvent25
A tiny feathered favourite brings the festive cheer today...
#RSPBAdvent25
Great interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social and he mentions COVID and Climate Change. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Zack Polanski: ‘I’m going to confess I haven’t finished The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg’
The Green party leader on his ‘floordrobe’, doomscrolling, and getting arrested on Waterloo Bridge
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Great interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social and he mentions COVID and Climate Change. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
And Palantir is managing our NHS data!
PALANTIR CEO, on the constitutionality of boat strikes:
".. the reason why I like this questioning is the more constitutional you want to make it, the more precise you want to make it, the more you’re going to need my product."
@gizmodo.com $PLTR
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
".. the reason why I like this questioning is the more constitutional you want to make it, the more precise you want to make it, the more you’re going to need my product."
@gizmodo.com $PLTR
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his
gizmodo.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
And Palantir is managing our NHS data!
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PALANTIR CEO, on the constitutionality of boat strikes:
".. the reason why I like this questioning is the more constitutional you want to make it, the more precise you want to make it, the more you’re going to need my product."
@gizmodo.com $PLTR
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
".. the reason why I like this questioning is the more constitutional you want to make it, the more precise you want to make it, the more you’re going to need my product."
@gizmodo.com $PLTR
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his
gizmodo.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Or alternatively they could be saying wear an ffp2/3 to protect yourself, open windows & ventilate. Stay home if sick. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Wear a face mask if unwell to help stem flu ‘tidal wave’, say health officials
This year’s flu season started earlier than usual and is yet to reach a peak
www.independent.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Or alternatively they could be saying wear an ffp2/3 to protect yourself, open windows & ventilate. Stay home if sick. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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IT IS NOT LIKE THE COUNTRY IS ON. FIRE 🔥 EVERY SUMMER OH MY GOD
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
IT IS NOT LIKE THE COUNTRY IS ON. FIRE 🔥 EVERY SUMMER OH MY GOD
This is continuing to put so much at risk
Update: Richard Hamelin, a forest pathology professor at UBC says the cuts are "mind-boggling."
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is continuing to put so much at risk
Antiscience continues
NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Antiscience continues
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Here is Dr Barry Jones explaining that they knew from ‘day 1’ it was airborne and a virus of some consequence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cpR...
UK Covid 19 Inquiry - Module 3 Hearing - 12 September 2024 AM
YouTube video by UK Covid-19 Inquiry
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Here's the link without the ":5037" portion of the URL (dunno why Science Direct is including this unusual port # in their URLs):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Persistent Attenuation of Lymphocyte Subsets After Mass SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Growing evidence suggests that lymphocyte subsets are declined in COVID-19 patients, but it is unclear if these alterations persist after widespread e…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Here's the link without the ":5037" portion of the URL (dunno why Science Direct is including this unusual port # in their URLs):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thank you to everyone who joined Winter Reflections.
We’ll replay the concert next weekend, and the recording will stay online for 72 hours so you can watch whenever suits you.
Exact times to follow by email.
Thank you for your patience.
#AirMadeAudible
We’ll replay the concert next weekend, and the recording will stay online for 72 hours so you can watch whenever suits you.
Exact times to follow by email.
Thank you for your patience.
#AirMadeAudible
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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[ see quote in next post ]
Long COVID: Urgent Findings, Including Brain Alterations, Call for Renewed Public Health Focus (Oct 2024)
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/long-co...
Long COVID: Urgent Findings, Including Brain Alterations, Call for Renewed Public Health Focus (Oct 2024)
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/long-co...
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
[ see quote in next post ]
Long COVID: Urgent Findings, Including Brain Alterations, Call for Renewed Public Health Focus (Oct 2024)
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/long-co...
Long COVID: Urgent Findings, Including Brain Alterations, Call for Renewed Public Health Focus (Oct 2024)
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/long-co...
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🚨 Paging Dr Leonardi 🚨
@fitterhappieraj.bsky.social
You were saying? 🧐🧐
#Leonardi_Effect.....
Still the yardstick by which Cövid immune dysregulation should be remembered 🙏🏻
@fitterhappieraj.bsky.social
You were saying? 🧐🧐
#Leonardi_Effect.....
Still the yardstick by which Cövid immune dysregulation should be remembered 🙏🏻
This study found that within 7 days of a COVID-19 infection:
•rapid increase in aged and exhausted CD4 and CD8 T cells
•accelerated “immune aging”
•this occurred in all cases regardless of illness severity
•this is specifically a SARS-CoV-2 effect not seen in other infections
•rapid increase in aged and exhausted CD4 and CD8 T cells
•accelerated “immune aging”
•this occurred in all cases regardless of illness severity
•this is specifically a SARS-CoV-2 effect not seen in other infections
Rapid progression of CD8 and CD4 T cells to cellular exhaustion and senescence during SARS-CoV2 infection
Mild to severe COVID-19, but not other respiratory infections, increased cellular senescence and exhaustion in CD4 and CD8 T cells over a 7-d period of inf
academic.oup.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:10 PM
🚨 Paging Dr Leonardi 🚨
@fitterhappieraj.bsky.social
You were saying? 🧐🧐
#Leonardi_Effect.....
Still the yardstick by which Cövid immune dysregulation should be remembered 🙏🏻
@fitterhappieraj.bsky.social
You were saying? 🧐🧐
#Leonardi_Effect.....
Still the yardstick by which Cövid immune dysregulation should be remembered 🙏🏻
Well worth reading this article #ImmuneDamageCovid. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
What If COVID Reinfections Wear Down Our Immunity? | The Tyee
Dr. Anthony Leonardi is a lightning rod for debate. If he’s right, this pandemic poses a greater threat than widely assumed.
thetyee.ca
December 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Well worth reading this article #ImmuneDamageCovid. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
We need action now on Clean air & layered mitigations.
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We need action now on Clean air & layered mitigations.
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COVID infections are causing widespread immune damage and we need urgent action on preventions, good messaging, clean air, layered approach. We can’t afford to wait any longer.
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
COVID infections are causing widespread immune damage and we need urgent action on preventions, good messaging, clean air, layered approach. We can’t afford to wait any longer.
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
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Thank you to everyone who joined Winter Reflections.
We’ll replay the concert next weekend, and the recording will stay online for 72 hours so you can watch whenever suits you.
Exact times to follow by email.
Thank you for your patience.
#AirMadeAudible
We’ll replay the concert next weekend, and the recording will stay online for 72 hours so you can watch whenever suits you.
Exact times to follow by email.
Thank you for your patience.
#AirMadeAudible
December 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Thank you to everyone who joined Winter Reflections.
We’ll replay the concert next weekend, and the recording will stay online for 72 hours so you can watch whenever suits you.
Exact times to follow by email.
Thank you for your patience.
#AirMadeAudible
We’ll replay the concert next weekend, and the recording will stay online for 72 hours so you can watch whenever suits you.
Exact times to follow by email.
Thank you for your patience.
#AirMadeAudible
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Yep. Leaving the E.U. was always going to mean being less able to negotiate effectively, less well defended and having fewer freedoms (less freedom of movement for young U.K. people for one).
I feel sorry for the people who voted to stay: the people who voted leave - not so much tbh.
I feel sorry for the people who voted to stay: the people who voted leave - not so much tbh.
December 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Yep. Leaving the E.U. was always going to mean being less able to negotiate effectively, less well defended and having fewer freedoms (less freedom of movement for young U.K. people for one).
I feel sorry for the people who voted to stay: the people who voted leave - not so much tbh.
I feel sorry for the people who voted to stay: the people who voted leave - not so much tbh.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We are being exploited by the Trump deal. Our struggling NHS will struggle some more thanks to Trump. Labour have been disastrous for our NHS with this deal and Palantir.
We are being exploited by the Trump deal. Our struggling NHS will struggle some more thanks to Trump. Labour have been disastrous for our NHS with this deal and Palantir.
UK–US drug pricing deal to cost NHS £3 billion as NICE increases new medicines threshold
The UK has agreed a deal with the USA for a 0% tariff on pharmaceuticals in return
for a 25% increase to the threshold at which the National Health Service (NHS) deems
medicines to be cost-effective.
www.thelancet.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We are being exploited by the Trump deal. Our struggling NHS will struggle some more thanks to Trump. Labour have been disastrous for our NHS with this deal and Palantir.
We are being exploited by the Trump deal. Our struggling NHS will struggle some more thanks to Trump. Labour have been disastrous for our NHS with this deal and Palantir.
The UK deal with the US is a disaster for patients with the drug prices now being so much higher. Brexit has left us in this position. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
NHS to pay 25% more for innovative drugs after UK–US zero-tariff deal
Agreement could cost NHS an extra £3bn a year, industry sources estimate
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The UK deal with the US is a disaster for patients with the drug prices now being so much higher. Brexit has left us in this position. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Trump just can’t stop interfering in other countries. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump administration says Europe faces 'civilisational erasure'
European politicians have begun to react, with Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul saying his country did not need "outside advice".
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Trump just can’t stop interfering in other countries. www.bbc.com/news/article...