fourlights
@angiechaseface.bsky.social
Human in NW England.
COVID aware and concerned, like history, data science, dancing and solidarity.
Not my real name, but otherwise it's all true.
Only occasionally post bad jokes!
COVID aware and concerned, like history, data science, dancing and solidarity.
Not my real name, but otherwise it's all true.
Only occasionally post bad jokes!
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'Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration'
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration - Greenpeace UK
Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: “B...
www.greenpeace.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
'Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration'
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
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If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
Puzzmo — The (new) place for thoughtful puzzles.
Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.
www.puzzmo.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
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"I'm being paid the same now, when I make 500 shirts a day, as I did when I made 50 shirts a day. Where the fuck is the money going?"
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"I'm being paid the same now, when I make 500 shirts a day, as I did when I made 50 shirts a day. Where the fuck is the money going?"
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
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This is important. Too many of us have closed our minds to the health dangers of Covid. We live as though it's over. Or that we're unique individuals who are magically immune. Wake up. Keep yourselves, and others, safe. Complacency is not worth the risk.
#LongCovid
#CovidIsNotOver
#LongCovid
#CovidIsNotOver
COVID is a systemic disease that can harm the brain, heart, immune system and more.
Every reinfection increases the risk of Long COVID, chronic illness, disability and even death.
If people understood the real danger, they’d take prevention seriously instead of accepting repeated infections.
Every reinfection increases the risk of Long COVID, chronic illness, disability and even death.
If people understood the real danger, they’d take prevention seriously instead of accepting repeated infections.
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This is important. Too many of us have closed our minds to the health dangers of Covid. We live as though it's over. Or that we're unique individuals who are magically immune. Wake up. Keep yourselves, and others, safe. Complacency is not worth the risk.
#LongCovid
#CovidIsNotOver
#LongCovid
#CovidIsNotOver
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Covid is a workers rights issue.
Dublin People: Sherlock criticises “heartless” cuts to Long Covid scheme for healthcare workers
'Labour TD & health spokesperson Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for healthcare workers who contracted Long Covid'
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
'Labour TD & health spokesperson Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for healthcare workers who contracted Long Covid'
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
Sherlock criticises "heartless" cuts to Long Covid scheme for healthcare workers
"We went from applauding our healthcare heroes to essentially telling them to get over it" - Labour TD Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for health...
dublinpeople.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Covid is a workers rights issue.
Mutter mutter hope springs mutter
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Mutter mutter hope springs mutter
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'are you wearing the-'
the ceramic hedgehog dated to the neolithic period found at the hamin archaeological site near shebotu town, inner mongolia, china? yes, I am
the ceramic hedgehog dated to the neolithic period found at the hamin archaeological site near shebotu town, inner mongolia, china? yes, I am
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
'are you wearing the-'
the ceramic hedgehog dated to the neolithic period found at the hamin archaeological site near shebotu town, inner mongolia, china? yes, I am
the ceramic hedgehog dated to the neolithic period found at the hamin archaeological site near shebotu town, inner mongolia, china? yes, I am
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Dr. Michael
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Dr. Michael
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
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more than anything, this should remind you how bad generative has ruined the information ecosystem
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
more than anything, this should remind you how bad generative has ruined the information ecosystem
Great, more of this sort of thing please
Two exciting phase two trials show incredible success of mrna vaccines for seasonal flu with infectious symptoms prevented in some healthy individuals. 🧪🧵
Experimental mRNA flu vaccine shows superior efficacy against symptomatic illness
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Great, more of this sort of thing please
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For the holiday season, Dr. Omer Awan, @forbes.com senior medical contributor is reporting on the circulating viruses and how to keep everyone healthy despite lack of warnings from U.S. Gov’t. For more updates, subscribe to www.youtube.com/@AwanRad
#MaskTogetherAmerica 🧵
#MaskTogetherAmerica 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
For the holiday season, Dr. Omer Awan, @forbes.com senior medical contributor is reporting on the circulating viruses and how to keep everyone healthy despite lack of warnings from U.S. Gov’t. For more updates, subscribe to www.youtube.com/@AwanRad
#MaskTogetherAmerica 🧵
#MaskTogetherAmerica 🧵
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Glad to see this @wired.com guide on high quality masks! A KN95 can help protect you and your loved ones from COVID-19 and other airborne viruses, especially during this busy travel season. I only wish Wired wrote about the pandemic in the present tense 🙏😷
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
15 Good N95, KF94, and KN95 Face Masks to Buy Right Now
Flu season is here. These are the best disposable face coverings we’ve tested—and where you can find them.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Glad to see this @wired.com guide on high quality masks! A KN95 can help protect you and your loved ones from COVID-19 and other airborne viruses, especially during this busy travel season. I only wish Wired wrote about the pandemic in the present tense 🙏😷
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
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There are a lot of misconceptions about peoples' desire to work and to contribute.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There are a lot of misconceptions about peoples' desire to work and to contribute.
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As a society we also need to think about why it's OK to exclude kids from even the limited protections offered by occupational health and safety rules, even in places like schools where they are forced to be present. Kids should be *more* protected than an adult working in a steel mill, not less.
December 13, 2024 at 8:31 PM
As a society we also need to think about why it's OK to exclude kids from even the limited protections offered by occupational health and safety rules, even in places like schools where they are forced to be present. Kids should be *more* protected than an adult working in a steel mill, not less.
Point of the day right here
These guys have never had to do any of that kind of difficult or gross stuff so of course AI is mostly a way to address their own lack of an inner life.
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Point of the day right here
Incredible: saving for future job interviews
RIP Udo. Last chance to use his famous AV Club quote; when asked about an early shit film of his he, replied...
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Incredible: saving for future job interviews
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I keep coming back to this
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I keep coming back to this
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Fairly sure Bevin would tell him to fuck off.
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Fairly sure Bevin would tell him to fuck off.
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Yessss, having just returned from a 1200 person conference where I saw maybe three people besides myself wearing a mask, I would love to see more of this.
Make sure you catch my latest for @wired.com -- with comment from @defcon.bsky.social and @blackhatevents.bsky.social founder Jeff Moss, and @adafruit.com founder + engineer Limor Fried: www.wired.com/story/this-h...
This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Anti-Virus Monitoring System
At New Zealand's Kawaiicon cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Yessss, having just returned from a 1200 person conference where I saw maybe three people besides myself wearing a mask, I would love to see more of this.
Great summary thread.
Wish Esther didn't have to make threads of this sort, but appreciate her and everyone else's tireless reminding us of what's going on in the relentless COVID cover-up
Wish Esther didn't have to make threads of this sort, but appreciate her and everyone else's tireless reminding us of what's going on in the relentless COVID cover-up
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To understand why we are following the US you need to look at the situation with WHO in the Uk and the influence of right wing maga funded groups. Trump called for a WHO exit and Labour are currently NOT FOLLOWING the advice on COVID.
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Great summary thread.
Wish Esther didn't have to make threads of this sort, but appreciate her and everyone else's tireless reminding us of what's going on in the relentless COVID cover-up
Wish Esther didn't have to make threads of this sort, but appreciate her and everyone else's tireless reminding us of what's going on in the relentless COVID cover-up
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Health Rising: “A Long COVID Autoimmune Subset Coming into View? (and Why ME/CFS May be Next)”
“The good news.. is that SOLVE M.E.’s new Catalyst award will allow Dr Iwasaki to replicate her work in ME/CFS and prepare the path…”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
“The good news.. is that SOLVE M.E.’s new Catalyst award will allow Dr Iwasaki to replicate her work in ME/CFS and prepare the path…”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
A Long COVID Autoimmune Subset Coming into View? ( and Why ME/CFS May be Next) - Health Rising
Solve ME Catalyst Award winner Dr. Iwasaki explains a subset of long COVID patients may have an autoimmune disease. Now she moves onto ME/CFS.
www.healthrising.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Health Rising: “A Long COVID Autoimmune Subset Coming into View? (and Why ME/CFS May be Next)”
“The good news.. is that SOLVE M.E.’s new Catalyst award will allow Dr Iwasaki to replicate her work in ME/CFS and prepare the path…”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
“The good news.. is that SOLVE M.E.’s new Catalyst award will allow Dr Iwasaki to replicate her work in ME/CFS and prepare the path…”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
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12.40: "... government messaging in all four nations focused for too long on handwashing and failed adequately to communicate the risks associated with airborne transmission."
#CovidIsAirborne
#CovidIsAirborne
Modules 2, 2A, 2B, 2C - Core decision-making and political governance - Volume II - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
The independent public inquiry to examine the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK
covid19.public-inquiry.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
12.40: "... government messaging in all four nations focused for too long on handwashing and failed adequately to communicate the risks associated with airborne transmission."
#CovidIsAirborne
#CovidIsAirborne
Personal experience: even if you've ever had short hair as a CIS woman, you'll have had nasty and basic people be weird/borderline violent about it. This is bad.
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Personal experience: even if you've ever had short hair as a CIS woman, you'll have had nasty and basic people be weird/borderline violent about it. This is bad.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!