Gillian M Sinton
@gms91201.bsky.social
If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven’t slept with a mosquito. She/her
I’m sorry but, just watched London ringing in new year. Put your damn phones down she shouts at the TV while holding her own phone.
January 1, 2026 at 12:04 AM
I’m sorry but, just watched London ringing in new year. Put your damn phones down she shouts at the TV while holding her own phone.
If it’s midnight in England but only 4 pm in BC then technically I still managed to not fall asleep before midnight.
December 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If it’s midnight in England but only 4 pm in BC then technically I still managed to not fall asleep before midnight.
Turkey soup,which is the best bit IMO, hails the end of having to eat turkey.
December 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Turkey soup,which is the best bit IMO, hails the end of having to eat turkey.
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Amazing that this review paper from 2021 just became my most cited paper of my 30+ yr career. I am honored to have been the lead first co-corresponding author with @ChiaWang8. COVID is indeed airborne--as are most other respiratory viruses. @ucsandiego.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses
A Review discusses the scientific basis of and factors controlling airborne transmission of respiratory viruses including coronavirus.
www.science.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Amazing that this review paper from 2021 just became my most cited paper of my 30+ yr career. I am honored to have been the lead first co-corresponding author with @ChiaWang8. COVID is indeed airborne--as are most other respiratory viruses. @ucsandiego.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
The dog broke up with his favourite bear. He’s ripped his heart out and is ignoring him.
December 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The dog broke up with his favourite bear. He’s ripped his heart out and is ignoring him.
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Covid & Climate change. Essentially two sides of the same coin.
December 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Covid & Climate change. Essentially two sides of the same coin.
youtube.com/watch?v=24dF...
Happy St Stephen’s day.
Happy St Stephen’s day.
St. Stephen's Day Murders
YouTube video by The Chieftains - Topic
youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=24dF...
Happy St Stephen’s day.
Happy St Stephen’s day.
Getting ahead on the stuffing.
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Getting ahead on the stuffing.
My son started the Icelandic tradition of giving books on Christmas Eve. My book is entwinned with the UK tradition of a ghost story for Christmas. #alwaysreadabookatxmas
December 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My son started the Icelandic tradition of giving books on Christmas Eve. My book is entwinned with the UK tradition of a ghost story for Christmas. #alwaysreadabookatxmas
I have one present to wrap and I still haven’t got around to it.
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I have one present to wrap and I still haven’t got around to it.
Happy Christmas.
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Happy Christmas.
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Earlier this month, Resilience Montreal and the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal organized a vigil for the community to honour the lives of those who have used shelters and who have also passed away since June 2024.
Vigil held to honour those who have used shelters and passed away in Montreal | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Earlier this month, Resilience Montreal and the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal organized a vigil for the community to honour the lives of those who have used shelters and who have also passed away since June 2024.
Greta Thunberg was arrested in the UK by a labour government for *check notes* a placard denouncing genocide.
December 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Greta Thunberg was arrested in the UK by a labour government for *check notes* a placard denouncing genocide.
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The damage wreaked by Thatcher is incalculable. Here’s one of the worst examples 👇
December 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The damage wreaked by Thatcher is incalculable. Here’s one of the worst examples 👇
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Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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'On the "bitter cold" Christmas Day of 1830, Mary Ann Macham arrived in North Shields, the northern English fishing port that would become her unlikely home; the endpoint of a 4,000-mile journey filled with fear, courage and a superhuman determination to be free.'
From Slavery in Virginia to Freedom in the North East of England
How an enslaved woman fled America and found safety in the North East of England
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
'On the "bitter cold" Christmas Day of 1830, Mary Ann Macham arrived in North Shields, the northern English fishing port that would become her unlikely home; the endpoint of a 4,000-mile journey filled with fear, courage and a superhuman determination to be free.'
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How it started…
How it’s going!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who came to the rescue & helped support independent journalism in this darkest of years. We lost our news organisation…but we built a new one! @thenerve_news 🙏🙏🙏
How it’s going!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who came to the rescue & helped support independent journalism in this darkest of years. We lost our news organisation…but we built a new one! @thenerve_news 🙏🙏🙏
December 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
How it started…
How it’s going!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who came to the rescue & helped support independent journalism in this darkest of years. We lost our news organisation…but we built a new one! @thenerve_news 🙏🙏🙏
How it’s going!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who came to the rescue & helped support independent journalism in this darkest of years. We lost our news organisation…but we built a new one! @thenerve_news 🙏🙏🙏
Twas a very wet butchart gardens.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Twas a very wet butchart gardens.
Going to Butchart Gardens tonight for the lights with the half of kids that are here for Christmas. The advice is dress for torrential rain ☔️☔️☔️
December 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Going to Butchart Gardens tonight for the lights with the half of kids that are here for Christmas. The advice is dress for torrential rain ☔️☔️☔️
“Dads can’t help us if they don’t know,” she said. “You just need to be bold and speak up for yourself and what you want.”
I’ve always said what I want and I’m appreciated by family BUt, mums anticipate everyone else’s needs. So why do women have to spell it out?
I’ve always said what I want and I’m appreciated by family BUt, mums anticipate everyone else’s needs. So why do women have to spell it out?
When Mom’s stocking is empty, the message is clear - While everyone else’s stockings are hung with care, Mom’s is often the last to be filled — if it’s filled at all. Why? For many families, moms are the magic makers of the holidays, but so often their needs can be overlooked.
When Mom’s stocking is empty, the message is clear
While everyone else’s stockings are hung with care, Mom’s is often the last to be filled — if it’s filled at all. Why? For many families, moms are the magic makers of the holidays, but so often their needs can be overlooked.
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“Dads can’t help us if they don’t know,” she said. “You just need to be bold and speak up for yourself and what you want.”
I’ve always said what I want and I’m appreciated by family BUt, mums anticipate everyone else’s needs. So why do women have to spell it out?
I’ve always said what I want and I’m appreciated by family BUt, mums anticipate everyone else’s needs. So why do women have to spell it out?
48 hours later we made it to Vancouver and on the puddle jumper to Victoria.
December 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
48 hours later we made it to Vancouver and on the puddle jumper to Victoria.
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Fascinating article in @uk.theconversation.com from the @ihr.bsky.social's @justincolson.bsky.social and @uni-bamberg.de's Werner Scheltjens discussing their work with colleagues on the "Unlocking Upcycled Medieval Data" project.
📰You can read the article here: bit.ly/3L5CthA
📰You can read the article here: bit.ly/3L5CthA
Medieval Londoners’ cheaply imported mass-produced Christmas gifts look surprisingly familiar
We often imagine medieval life as dull, dirty and short, with little in the way of material comfort or decoration. However, medieval Londoners were importing toys, treats and trinkets by the boatload ...
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December 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Fascinating article in @uk.theconversation.com from the @ihr.bsky.social's @justincolson.bsky.social and @uni-bamberg.de's Werner Scheltjens discussing their work with colleagues on the "Unlocking Upcycled Medieval Data" project.
📰You can read the article here: bit.ly/3L5CthA
📰You can read the article here: bit.ly/3L5CthA
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Merry Christmas to our friends in Government 🥳
🎄 Just getting my last Xmas cards out there.
✍🏼 Dear cabinet....
✍🏼 Dear cabinet....
December 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Merry Christmas to our friends in Government 🥳
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12 Covers of Christmas!
Day 8: Today’s cover comes from December 2020, the year Father Christmas came to superspread some joy.
Day 8: Today’s cover comes from December 2020, the year Father Christmas came to superspread some joy.
December 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
12 Covers of Christmas!
Day 8: Today’s cover comes from December 2020, the year Father Christmas came to superspread some joy.
Day 8: Today’s cover comes from December 2020, the year Father Christmas came to superspread some joy.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM