Becca Von Hattifnatt
@vonhatti.bsky.social
Unwell book editor, once actor/cabaret. Fake name, real face. #ChronicIllness #Publishing #Cats #Languages #ComicSongs https://m.youtube.com/@Theheraldpatch
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I wear a mask because I’m chronically ill & don’t want to become iller. I don’t expect everyone to mask all the time. But I do think that if people wore masks when they have a cough/cold, as a courtesy, that would be nice. And also reduce the chance of your gran catching a bug that lands her in A&E.
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You know who's done a bunch of comedy novels for kids and isn't a Danger (just a bit of an arsehole sometimes)? farragobooks.com/book/darkwood/
Darkwood – Farrago Books
Magic is forbidden in Myrsina, along with various other abominations, such as girls doing maths. This is bad news for Gretel Mudd, who doesn’t perform magic, but does know a lot of maths. When the sin...
farragobooks.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
You know who's done a bunch of comedy novels for kids and isn't a Danger (just a bit of an arsehole sometimes)? farragobooks.com/book/darkwood/
Really seems like the bare minimum, doesn't it?
DAUK is calling for urgent, practical steps to protect staff and patients:
✅ FFP2 and FFP3 masks for frontline healthcare workers
✅ Free flu and Covid vaccinations for healthcare workers who want them
✅ Implementation of clean air standards (HEPA/Ventilation)
@greensagainstcovid.bsky.social
✅ FFP2 and FFP3 masks for frontline healthcare workers
✅ Free flu and Covid vaccinations for healthcare workers who want them
✅ Implementation of clean air standards (HEPA/Ventilation)
@greensagainstcovid.bsky.social
🏥 | "It’s infuriating to witness a preventable crisis unfold. It’s placing intolerable strain on the NHS workforce and endangering vulnerable patients."
@drmk.link warns the NHS faces a ‘state of preventable emergency’ as the flu outbreak escalates.
dauk.org/flu-wave-nhs...
@drmk.link warns the NHS faces a ‘state of preventable emergency’ as the flu outbreak escalates.
dauk.org/flu-wave-nhs...
December 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Really seems like the bare minimum, doesn't it?
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Yup - viruses kill but before they kill you you can spend 40years being unable to move, exercise, have children, keep your career, and you can watch your family fall apart. All because you wouldn’t wear a mask?
#ME #LongCovid #Lyme #POTS #PEM #LivesWeCannotLive
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
#ME #LongCovid #Lyme #POTS #PEM #LivesWeCannotLive
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Yup - viruses kill but before they kill you you can spend 40years being unable to move, exercise, have children, keep your career, and you can watch your family fall apart. All because you wouldn’t wear a mask?
#ME #LongCovid #Lyme #POTS #PEM #LivesWeCannotLive
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
#ME #LongCovid #Lyme #POTS #PEM #LivesWeCannotLive
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
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“I was attacked by a celebrity’s leopard.”
“Claudia Winkleman?”
“No, but it scratched my arm a bit.”
“Claudia Winkleman?”
“No, but it scratched my arm a bit.”
December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“I was attacked by a celebrity’s leopard.”
“Claudia Winkleman?”
“No, but it scratched my arm a bit.”
“Claudia Winkleman?”
“No, but it scratched my arm a bit.”
The sweetest little featherballs I ever did see.
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The sweetest little featherballs I ever did see.
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This is a lovely piece!
John Masefield’s The Midnight Folk is probably my favourite children’s book. I tried to explain why.
The Midnight Folk: memory, magic, and consolation
The private griefs and terrors behind John Masefield's classic children's book
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is a lovely piece!
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Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
Spontaneous book buying is one of the great pleasures of life, and I am lucky to be well enough to do it today. 📚💙
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Spontaneous book buying is one of the great pleasures of life, and I am lucky to be well enough to do it today. 📚💙
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it is a short (under 200 pages!) book about the current information crisis that we're living through and comparing it to what happened after the invention of printing and after the invention of writing.
tl;dr, it feels like everyone's going bananas! and we lose respect for other humans!
#dontburn
tl;dr, it feels like everyone's going bananas! and we lose respect for other humans!
#dontburn
my new book is out ONE MONTH TODAY. like all authors I am going to be going on & on about it, & encouraging you to pre-order
I do actually think this topic is genuinely important, I want to grab everyone by the lapels to tell them
but, you can mute: #dontburn
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
I do actually think this topic is genuinely important, I want to grab everyone by the lapels to tell them
but, you can mute: #dontburn
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today
What’s the most useful thing you could know about your own life?
In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and in...
www.penguin.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
it is a short (under 200 pages!) book about the current information crisis that we're living through and comparing it to what happened after the invention of printing and after the invention of writing.
tl;dr, it feels like everyone's going bananas! and we lose respect for other humans!
#dontburn
tl;dr, it feels like everyone's going bananas! and we lose respect for other humans!
#dontburn
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Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
October 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
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Ok. But are there any downsides?
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Ok. But are there any downsides?
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ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome
Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Thinking of Jewish friends in Manchester and beyond. 🕯️💔
October 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thinking of Jewish friends in Manchester and beyond. 🕯️💔
What intrigues me about this is: what were the songs? Were Hitler Youth / Nazi songs well-known in the UK at that time? Did Farage come from a background that secretly played Hitler music? Were they singing in German? I'm not quibbling or being sarky: I'm genuinely interested.
Reform say it is "disgusting and libellous" to suggest that Nigel Farage flirted with Hitler Youth when he was young.
Here's how a former teacher at his school remembers it
Here's how a former teacher at his school remembers it
October 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
What intrigues me about this is: what were the songs? Were Hitler Youth / Nazi songs well-known in the UK at that time? Did Farage come from a background that secretly played Hitler music? Were they singing in German? I'm not quibbling or being sarky: I'm genuinely interested.
Small Bomb at Dimperley by @lissakevans.bsky.social is a joy from start to finish. Laugh-out-loud funny and poignant too. TV commissioners, you want this! A 6-part series for fans of Jeeves & Wooster and Foyles War (i.e. everyone). Theme tune: Noel Coward’s The Stately Homes of England. 🎬🏰 📚💙
September 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Small Bomb at Dimperley by @lissakevans.bsky.social is a joy from start to finish. Laugh-out-loud funny and poignant too. TV commissioners, you want this! A 6-part series for fans of Jeeves & Wooster and Foyles War (i.e. everyone). Theme tune: Noel Coward’s The Stately Homes of England. 🎬🏰 📚💙
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Happy Birthday Maeve - only a terrible kind of medicine, and society, would sacrifice a brilliant young woman to an ideological position and then subsequently fail to show an iota of repentance.
#ShameOnThem
#ShameOnThem
a bunch of lit candles are on a table
Alt: A group of lit candles are flickering against a dark background.
media.tenor.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Happy Birthday Maeve - only a terrible kind of medicine, and society, would sacrifice a brilliant young woman to an ideological position and then subsequently fail to show an iota of repentance.
#ShameOnThem
#ShameOnThem
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Happy Birthday Maeve, you should have been 31 today.
Please remember her for who she was, not how she died. Feminist, Writer, Linguist. Wannabe diplomat with her Irish passport, a gift for Russian & a balanced interest in Israel/Palestine.
#MEKills #PlanForME #JusticeForME #MaeveInquest
Please remember her for who she was, not how she died. Feminist, Writer, Linguist. Wannabe diplomat with her Irish passport, a gift for Russian & a balanced interest in Israel/Palestine.
#MEKills #PlanForME #JusticeForME #MaeveInquest
August 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Happy Birthday Maeve, you should have been 31 today.
Please remember her for who she was, not how she died. Feminist, Writer, Linguist. Wannabe diplomat with her Irish passport, a gift for Russian & a balanced interest in Israel/Palestine.
#MEKills #PlanForME #JusticeForME #MaeveInquest
Please remember her for who she was, not how she died. Feminist, Writer, Linguist. Wannabe diplomat with her Irish passport, a gift for Russian & a balanced interest in Israel/Palestine.
#MEKills #PlanForME #JusticeForME #MaeveInquest
Argh, I just found an earwig climbing up my neck, perilously close to my ear & I know the internet says they don’t particularly want to go in there, but I think this one did. Also, I have two past experiences (a ladybird & a fly using me as an Ear BnB) that tell me this happens!
August 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Argh, I just found an earwig climbing up my neck, perilously close to my ear & I know the internet says they don’t particularly want to go in there, but I think this one did. Also, I have two past experiences (a ladybird & a fly using me as an Ear BnB) that tell me this happens!
Anyone know what this gorgeous big-eyed buttermoth is?
August 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Anyone know what this gorgeous big-eyed buttermoth is?
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No no no!! He cannot be trusted not to interfere in our democracy. We need to move rapidly away from US fascism-enabling billionaires in general.
August 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
No no no!! He cannot be trusted not to interfere in our democracy. We need to move rapidly away from US fascism-enabling billionaires in general.
Good morning from these two.
August 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Good morning from these two.
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Thanks to Emily Dugan and the Sunday Times for exposing this aspect of how Maeve died from ME. A Devon County Council cover up. Maeve was taking them to judical review, dying in the attempt.
Devon County Council may have learnt nothing from the inquest. I have learnt a lot about them.
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Devon County Council may have learnt nothing from the inquest. I have learnt a lot about them.
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August 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Thanks to Emily Dugan and the Sunday Times for exposing this aspect of how Maeve died from ME. A Devon County Council cover up. Maeve was taking them to judical review, dying in the attempt.
Devon County Council may have learnt nothing from the inquest. I have learnt a lot about them.
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Devon County Council may have learnt nothing from the inquest. I have learnt a lot about them.
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As someone living with the devastation that’s #ME, this study by #Edinburgh university and #Oxford gives so much hope. Please help spread the word, this study needs funding. Please help #DecodeME #SequenceME #NEISvoid #LongCovid
SequenceME: first of a kind genetic study
Find out about SequenceME, a first of a kind study to uncover genetic causes of ME
www.actionforme.org.uk
December 16, 2024 at 2:50 PM
As someone living with the devastation that’s #ME, this study by #Edinburgh university and #Oxford gives so much hope. Please help spread the word, this study needs funding. Please help #DecodeME #SequenceME #NEISvoid #LongCovid
