Fiona M Koh
@fionakoh.bsky.social
Mom, Neuro-psy Bangor Uni; MPH(Malaria, HIV, TB) E.H.A. HCRI, UoM. Resource Based Therapies. 2016 Psychotrauma (ESTSS)..Tofu Eater..Borneo to North Wales and……
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I assume small goods from the UK will be charged this, on top of all the other Brexit costs and red tape. Another nail in the coffin of small British businesses that would be booming if we were back in the Single Market.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
We welcome the support of EU countries for our proposal to introduce a €3 customs duty on small e-commerce parcels under €150.
The goal is clear: a modern digital environment that keeps international trade flowing while protecting our Single Market ↓
link.europa.eu/vFQB9Y
The goal is clear: a modern digital environment that keeps international trade flowing while protecting our Single Market ↓
link.europa.eu/vFQB9Y
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I assume small goods from the UK will be charged this, on top of all the other Brexit costs and red tape. Another nail in the coffin of small British businesses that would be booming if we were back in the Single Market.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Brexit red tape
"One of the four loads has been stranded for three weeks and is likely unsalvageable due to having exceeded viable time limit for chilled export meat, but hopes the remaining three can still be returned"
www.fwi.co.uk/news/uk-lamb...
"One of the four loads has been stranded for three weeks and is likely unsalvageable due to having exceeded viable time limit for chilled export meat, but hopes the remaining three can still be returned"
www.fwi.co.uk/news/uk-lamb...
UK lamb load cleared to return after French blockade - Farmers Weekly
A £650,000 shipment of British lamb seized in Calais will now be allowed to return to the UK, following urgent discussions between the UK and French chief
www.fwi.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Brexit red tape
"One of the four loads has been stranded for three weeks and is likely unsalvageable due to having exceeded viable time limit for chilled export meat, but hopes the remaining three can still be returned"
www.fwi.co.uk/news/uk-lamb...
"One of the four loads has been stranded for three weeks and is likely unsalvageable due to having exceeded viable time limit for chilled export meat, but hopes the remaining three can still be returned"
www.fwi.co.uk/news/uk-lamb...
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Scottish Government’s earlier start to vaccination has averted extreme rate of increase overwhelming hospitals talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/12/s...
Scottish Government’s earlier start to vaccination has averted extreme rate of increase overwhelming hospitals
Professor John Robertson OBA From AI: The UK’s flu vaccination programme is devolved, with Scotland managing its own through Public Health Scotland and NHS Scotland, while England follows NHS…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Scottish Government’s earlier start to vaccination has averted extreme rate of increase overwhelming hospitals talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/12/s...
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The White House now keeps a “media offenders” list. History warns us: from Nazi Germany to modern autocrats, naming journalists is the first step toward silencing them.
#PressFreedom #JournalismMatters #Democracy
p.dw.com/p/54rUu?maca...
#PressFreedom #JournalismMatters #Democracy
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How White House attack on journalists affects press freedom – DW – 12/05/2025
A new government website lists journalists and media outlets that Donald Trump's administration considers liars. Experts say the move endangers free media ― and thus erodes democracy in the US.
p.dw.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The White House now keeps a “media offenders” list. History warns us: from Nazi Germany to modern autocrats, naming journalists is the first step toward silencing them.
#PressFreedom #JournalismMatters #Democracy
p.dw.com/p/54rUu?maca...
#PressFreedom #JournalismMatters #Democracy
p.dw.com/p/54rUu?maca...
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Russian attack on #Odesa left all traction substations in the city without a power supply.
20 substations damaged in Odesa region.
Russia makes large Ukrainian cities unlivable.
This is genocide&war crimes.
Millions of people without light,water, hospitals, schools...in winter
📷blackout in Odesa
20 substations damaged in Odesa region.
Russia makes large Ukrainian cities unlivable.
This is genocide&war crimes.
Millions of people without light,water, hospitals, schools...in winter
📷blackout in Odesa
December 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Russian attack on #Odesa left all traction substations in the city without a power supply.
20 substations damaged in Odesa region.
Russia makes large Ukrainian cities unlivable.
This is genocide&war crimes.
Millions of people without light,water, hospitals, schools...in winter
📷blackout in Odesa
20 substations damaged in Odesa region.
Russia makes large Ukrainian cities unlivable.
This is genocide&war crimes.
Millions of people without light,water, hospitals, schools...in winter
📷blackout in Odesa
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💔 Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region
"Russian World" and "Russian Peace"
"Russian World" and "Russian Peace"
December 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
💔 Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region
"Russian World" and "Russian Peace"
"Russian World" and "Russian Peace"
Based on the work by Dylan Thomas - A Child’s Christmas in Wales. 🎄
A Child's Christmas in Wales - The Christmas Movie
YouTube video by Studio100 GIRLS
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December 13, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Based on the work by Dylan Thomas - A Child’s Christmas in Wales. 🎄
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"It was snowing. It was always snowing at Christmas. December, in my memory, is white as Lapland, though there were no reindeers. But there were cats."
December 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"It was snowing. It was always snowing at Christmas. December, in my memory, is white as Lapland, though there were no reindeers. But there were cats."
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Each door of the History & Heritage Yorkshire Advent Calendar reveals a festive nugget of history, folklore and traditions, curious snippets and the events that shaped the region. Please enlarge the image to read. #AdventCalendar #Heritage #Yorkshire #Folklore #Legend #GhostStory
December 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Each door of the History & Heritage Yorkshire Advent Calendar reveals a festive nugget of history, folklore and traditions, curious snippets and the events that shaped the region. Please enlarge the image to read. #AdventCalendar #Heritage #Yorkshire #Folklore #Legend #GhostStory
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Some worry this might set a precedent.
I hope it does.
Every regime that invades another country, committing countless mass atrocities, should have their foreign assets taken & handed to their victims.
This might get all would-be invaders to think twice.
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-gree...
I hope it does.
Every regime that invades another country, committing countless mass atrocities, should have their foreign assets taken & handed to their victims.
This might get all would-be invaders to think twice.
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-gree...
EU greenlights indefinite immobilisation of Russian assets | Euractiv
The move comes a day after Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever openly questioned the legality of the European Commission’s proposal to permanently freeze Moscow's funds
www.euractiv.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Some worry this might set a precedent.
I hope it does.
Every regime that invades another country, committing countless mass atrocities, should have their foreign assets taken & handed to their victims.
This might get all would-be invaders to think twice.
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-gree...
I hope it does.
Every regime that invades another country, committing countless mass atrocities, should have their foreign assets taken & handed to their victims.
This might get all would-be invaders to think twice.
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-gree...
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When it comes to healthy brain aging, advice usually includes eating well, staying active and maintaining social connections. New evidence, however, has added an extra task to the list—learning another language.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/n...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/n...
Neuroscientists Studied More Than 80,000 People and Found That Speaking Multiple Languages Might Slow Down Brain Aging
An enormous analysis of data from a broad array of participants found an association between multilingualism and cognitive aging
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
When it comes to healthy brain aging, advice usually includes eating well, staying active and maintaining social connections. New evidence, however, has added an extra task to the list—learning another language.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/n...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/n...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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We do not communicate with human rights abusers. We will not communicate the location of distress cases and our operations to Libyan militias.
December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We do not communicate with human rights abusers. We will not communicate the location of distress cases and our operations to Libyan militias.
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Wir kommunizieren nicht mit Menschenrechtsverletzern. Wir werden libyschen Milizen weder den Standort von Notfällen noch unserer Einsätze mitteilen. #JusticeFleet
December 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Wir kommunizieren nicht mit Menschenrechtsverletzern. Wir werden libyschen Milizen weder den Standort von Notfällen noch unserer Einsätze mitteilen. #JusticeFleet
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"...severe beatings, stress positions, sleep deprivation, mock executions... electric shocks... attacks by dogs... ...sexual violence, including rape..."
Stop Putin's sadistic forces now, before he invades another European country.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
Stop Putin's sadistic forces now, before he invades another European country.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
Russia’s Systematic Torture of Ukrainian POWs
(Kyiv, December 11, 2025) – Russian authorities and military forces have systematically tortured and ill-treated Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) at the time of their capture and throughout their det...
www.hrw.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"...severe beatings, stress positions, sleep deprivation, mock executions... electric shocks... attacks by dogs... ...sexual violence, including rape..."
Stop Putin's sadistic forces now, before he invades another European country.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
Stop Putin's sadistic forces now, before he invades another European country.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
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About the Butantan Dengue Vaccine
How it will finally be able to control the disease in the country. Why the debate about "vertical" and "horizontal" strategies is outdated. And the reason to celebrate it as a truly national achievement.
outraspalavras.net/outrasaude/s...
How it will finally be able to control the disease in the country. Why the debate about "vertical" and "horizontal" strategies is outdated. And the reason to celebrate it as a truly national achievement.
outraspalavras.net/outrasaude/s...
Sobre a vacina da dengue do Butantan | Outras Palavras
Apontamentos a respeito desse grande feito científico do Brasil. Como poderá enfim controlar a doença no país. Por que o debate sobre estratégias “verticais” e “horizontais” está superado. E a razão p...
outraspalavras.net
December 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
About the Butantan Dengue Vaccine
How it will finally be able to control the disease in the country. Why the debate about "vertical" and "horizontal" strategies is outdated. And the reason to celebrate it as a truly national achievement.
outraspalavras.net/outrasaude/s...
How it will finally be able to control the disease in the country. Why the debate about "vertical" and "horizontal" strategies is outdated. And the reason to celebrate it as a truly national achievement.
outraspalavras.net/outrasaude/s...
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🕊️ Today is International Human Rights Day.
📉 According to Freedom House, political rights and civil liberties worsened in 60 countries in 2024, while improvements were recorded in just 34.
🔒 Only 2% of the world’s population live in an environment with a truly open civic space.
📉 According to Freedom House, political rights and civil liberties worsened in 60 countries in 2024, while improvements were recorded in just 34.
🔒 Only 2% of the world’s population live in an environment with a truly open civic space.
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🕊️ Today is International Human Rights Day.
📉 According to Freedom House, political rights and civil liberties worsened in 60 countries in 2024, while improvements were recorded in just 34.
🔒 Only 2% of the world’s population live in an environment with a truly open civic space.
📉 According to Freedom House, political rights and civil liberties worsened in 60 countries in 2024, while improvements were recorded in just 34.
🔒 Only 2% of the world’s population live in an environment with a truly open civic space.
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Heute wird die Allgemeine Erklärung der #Menschenrechte 77 Jahre alt. Doch während die EU die Gläser erhebt, erheben wir unsere Stimmen – gegen die systematischen Verletzungen genau dieser Rechte an den europäischen Außengrenzen! 1/3
December 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Heute wird die Allgemeine Erklärung der #Menschenrechte 77 Jahre alt. Doch während die EU die Gläser erhebt, erheben wir unsere Stimmen – gegen die systematischen Verletzungen genau dieser Rechte an den europäischen Außengrenzen! 1/3
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Moored narrowboats dream in the hush of a winter canal,
their hulls soft-mirrored in water still as held breath.
Bare branches lean close, whispering old towpath secrets.
The Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge. Image Tim Green CC BY 4.0
their hulls soft-mirrored in water still as held breath.
Bare branches lean close, whispering old towpath secrets.
The Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge. Image Tim Green CC BY 4.0
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Moored narrowboats dream in the hush of a winter canal,
their hulls soft-mirrored in water still as held breath.
Bare branches lean close, whispering old towpath secrets.
The Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge. Image Tim Green CC BY 4.0
their hulls soft-mirrored in water still as held breath.
Bare branches lean close, whispering old towpath secrets.
The Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge. Image Tim Green CC BY 4.0
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WOW c 10k people have now watched Democracy for Sale's video about our new undercover investigation, with Led By Donkeys.
An ex-Tory MP introduced our fake Chinese AI investor into MPs and ministers - and all for just £5k! 😱
Watch the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKof...
An ex-Tory MP introduced our fake Chinese AI investor into MPs and ministers - and all for just £5k! 😱
Watch the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKof...
We went undercover to buy access to MPs
YouTube video by Democracy for Sale
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December 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
WOW c 10k people have now watched Democracy for Sale's video about our new undercover investigation, with Led By Donkeys.
An ex-Tory MP introduced our fake Chinese AI investor into MPs and ministers - and all for just £5k! 😱
Watch the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKof...
An ex-Tory MP introduced our fake Chinese AI investor into MPs and ministers - and all for just £5k! 😱
Watch the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKof...
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⚡️Ukraine regains part of Pokrovsk as 'defense continues,' Syrskyi says.
Ukraine has recaptured 13 square kilometers (5 square miles) of territory in Pokrovsk after previously having no troops left in the city, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said during a Dec. 9 press briefing.
Ukraine has recaptured 13 square kilometers (5 square miles) of territory in Pokrovsk after previously having no troops left in the city, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said during a Dec. 9 press briefing.
Ukraine regains part of Pokrovsk as 'defense continues,' Syrskyi says
Ukraine has recaptured 13 square kilometers (5 square miles) of territory in Pokrovsk after previously having no troops left in the city, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said during a Dec. 9 pres...
kyivindependent.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
⚡️Ukraine regains part of Pokrovsk as 'defense continues,' Syrskyi says.
Ukraine has recaptured 13 square kilometers (5 square miles) of territory in Pokrovsk after previously having no troops left in the city, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said during a Dec. 9 press briefing.
Ukraine has recaptured 13 square kilometers (5 square miles) of territory in Pokrovsk after previously having no troops left in the city, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said during a Dec. 9 press briefing.
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Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Andrii Melnyk:
"Our territory&sovereignty are not for sale.We’re not at a Christmas bazaar.We’re not at the infamous Cherkizovsky Market.Russia wants us to surrender.But my reply to you is this:you’ll get nothing but the hole of a bagel -not #Ukraine"
"Our territory&sovereignty are not for sale.We’re not at a Christmas bazaar.We’re not at the infamous Cherkizovsky Market.Russia wants us to surrender.But my reply to you is this:you’ll get nothing but the hole of a bagel -not #Ukraine"
December 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Andrii Melnyk:
"Our territory&sovereignty are not for sale.We’re not at a Christmas bazaar.We’re not at the infamous Cherkizovsky Market.Russia wants us to surrender.But my reply to you is this:you’ll get nothing but the hole of a bagel -not #Ukraine"
"Our territory&sovereignty are not for sale.We’re not at a Christmas bazaar.We’re not at the infamous Cherkizovsky Market.Russia wants us to surrender.But my reply to you is this:you’ll get nothing but the hole of a bagel -not #Ukraine"
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🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
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We say we want “global talent,” but what if our visa system only welcomes the wealthy?
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#globaltalent #visa #migration #Labour
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#globaltalent #visa #migration #Labour
We want global talents (but only if they are rich)
Nando Sigona, University of Birmingham Last week’s intervention by a leading UK scientist over the prohibitive cost of visas raised an uncomfortable truth: Britain’s migration system is not — or is…
nandosigona.info
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We say we want “global talent,” but what if our visa system only welcomes the wealthy?
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nandosigona.info/2025/12/08/w...
#globaltalent #visa #migration #Labour
Read more 👇
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#globaltalent #visa #migration #Labour
After risk assessment of use of Palantir software in Switzerland, the US company received a rejection, despite years of courting authorities. The question arises as to why the Palantir software should be good enough for German police?
Schweiz: Palantir-Software hat verheerende Risiken
Nach Risikoprüfung des Einsatzes von Palantir-Software in der Schweiz bekam der US-Konzern eine Absage, trotz jahrelanger Hofierung von Behörden und Armee. Den Eidgenossen sind die Risiken zu groß. Da...
netzpolitik.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
After risk assessment of use of Palantir software in Switzerland, the US company received a rejection, despite years of courting authorities. The question arises as to why the Palantir software should be good enough for German police?