Helen E-J
@helene-j.bsky.social
Parent, paediatrician, epilepsy & co-occuring conditions. Equity & Natural Health Services
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Joy is its own resistance. If you need inspiration on how to spread it, the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation has a calendar to give you ideas for every day of the year. Goodnight, folks!
www.randomactsofkindness.org/printables/c...
www.randomactsofkindness.org/printables/c...
www.randomactsofkindness.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Joy is its own resistance. If you need inspiration on how to spread it, the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation has a calendar to give you ideas for every day of the year. Goodnight, folks!
www.randomactsofkindness.org/printables/c...
www.randomactsofkindness.org/printables/c...
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Last night, government forces bombarded an @msf.ca hospital in South Sudan. This is part of an alarming and dangerous pattern:
🚨 Attacks on healthcare are becoming normalized in conflict zones.
Pay attention. Demand accountability. #NotATarget
🚨 Attacks on healthcare are becoming normalized in conflict zones.
Pay attention. Demand accountability. #NotATarget
February 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Last night, government forces bombarded an @msf.ca hospital in South Sudan. This is part of an alarming and dangerous pattern:
🚨 Attacks on healthcare are becoming normalized in conflict zones.
Pay attention. Demand accountability. #NotATarget
🚨 Attacks on healthcare are becoming normalized in conflict zones.
Pay attention. Demand accountability. #NotATarget
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“North Shields is a small port built 800 years ago on fishing and shipbuilding, which celebrates its heritage yet embraces new ways.”
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www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
February 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
“North Shields is a small port built 800 years ago on fishing and shipbuilding, which celebrates its heritage yet embraces new ways.”
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www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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#Access is what allows #journalists to bear witness. It allows aid workers to deliver care. When both journalists & aid orgs lose access— you should be deeply, deeply concerned.
February 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
#Access is what allows #journalists to bear witness. It allows aid workers to deliver care. When both journalists & aid orgs lose access— you should be deeply, deeply concerned.
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Free • From UNICEF:
PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM UNHEALTHY FOOD MARKETING
A Toolkit for Developing Effective Laws.
Stop blah blah blah & act:
Pass & enforce laws to protect CHILDREN from Unhealthy Food Marketing.
Make healthy living the easy choice.
bit.ly/44x5Q33
PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM UNHEALTHY FOOD MARKETING
A Toolkit for Developing Effective Laws.
Stop blah blah blah & act:
Pass & enforce laws to protect CHILDREN from Unhealthy Food Marketing.
Make healthy living the easy choice.
bit.ly/44x5Q33
December 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Free • From UNICEF:
PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM UNHEALTHY FOOD MARKETING
A Toolkit for Developing Effective Laws.
Stop blah blah blah & act:
Pass & enforce laws to protect CHILDREN from Unhealthy Food Marketing.
Make healthy living the easy choice.
bit.ly/44x5Q33
PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM UNHEALTHY FOOD MARKETING
A Toolkit for Developing Effective Laws.
Stop blah blah blah & act:
Pass & enforce laws to protect CHILDREN from Unhealthy Food Marketing.
Make healthy living the easy choice.
bit.ly/44x5Q33
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🌎The Union of Concerned Scientists is a US-based nonprofit organization founded 50+ years ago. Our team of scientists & everyday people work together to make change on the biggest issues of our time, including climate change, nuclear weapons, transportation, food, and democracy.
Join us: ucs.org
Join us: ucs.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🌎The Union of Concerned Scientists is a US-based nonprofit organization founded 50+ years ago. Our team of scientists & everyday people work together to make change on the biggest issues of our time, including climate change, nuclear weapons, transportation, food, and democracy.
Join us: ucs.org
Join us: ucs.org
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Extreme wealth—and that includes obscene CEO payouts—is bad for society as a whole.
Because extreme wealth translates into extreme power that threatens the stability of our economy, our democracy, the freedom of the press and media, and our planet. patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
Because extreme wealth translates into extreme power that threatens the stability of our economy, our democracy, the freedom of the press and media, and our planet. patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
Obscene CEO pay is bad for business and society
patrioticmillionaires.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Extreme wealth—and that includes obscene CEO payouts—is bad for society as a whole.
Because extreme wealth translates into extreme power that threatens the stability of our economy, our democracy, the freedom of the press and media, and our planet. patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
Because extreme wealth translates into extreme power that threatens the stability of our economy, our democracy, the freedom of the press and media, and our planet. patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
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📢Scientists unite!📢 You have a critical role to play in speaking truth to power. Please join us November 20 for a virtual training on how the scientific community can stand up for our democracy and push back against the growing authoritarian threat in the US.
Register: act.ucsusa.org/44007SY
Register: act.ucsusa.org/44007SY
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
📢Scientists unite!📢 You have a critical role to play in speaking truth to power. Please join us November 20 for a virtual training on how the scientific community can stand up for our democracy and push back against the growing authoritarian threat in the US.
Register: act.ucsusa.org/44007SY
Register: act.ucsusa.org/44007SY
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💚 Let’s show how culture connects us at #COP30. Add your voice to the call for culture at the heart of climate action. www.wemaketomorrow.global
We Make Tomorrow | Global Call
Join the We Make Tomorrow global campaign, uniting artists and creatives for climate action. Sign the Global Call to place culture at the heart of climate solutions and help us create the world we lon...
wemaketomorrow.global
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
💚 Let’s show how culture connects us at #COP30. Add your voice to the call for culture at the heart of climate action. www.wemaketomorrow.global
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What’s it like to live in #Gaza right now?
Nour Alsaqqa, MSF Communications Officer, shows us the current living conditions where families are sheltering in makeshift tents with little access to necessities.
This is the reality for hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza today.
Nour Alsaqqa, MSF Communications Officer, shows us the current living conditions where families are sheltering in makeshift tents with little access to necessities.
This is the reality for hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza today.
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
What’s it like to live in #Gaza right now?
Nour Alsaqqa, MSF Communications Officer, shows us the current living conditions where families are sheltering in makeshift tents with little access to necessities.
This is the reality for hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza today.
Nour Alsaqqa, MSF Communications Officer, shows us the current living conditions where families are sheltering in makeshift tents with little access to necessities.
This is the reality for hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza today.
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No mother should be forced to choose between her children.
The brutal reality of life in #Sudan without food, medicine, income is unfolding before our eyes.
I urge the international community and all parties to choose peace.
The brutal reality of life in #Sudan without food, medicine, income is unfolding before our eyes.
I urge the international community and all parties to choose peace.
Sudan war: The mother who could only afford the drugs to save one of her twins
The destruction and hunger that Sudan's war has brought leaves parents with some impossible choices.
www.bbc.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
No mother should be forced to choose between her children.
The brutal reality of life in #Sudan without food, medicine, income is unfolding before our eyes.
I urge the international community and all parties to choose peace.
The brutal reality of life in #Sudan without food, medicine, income is unfolding before our eyes.
I urge the international community and all parties to choose peace.
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ADHD meds are treated like opioids. 28-day expiry. No repeats. No emergency refills.
Rules meant to prevent misuse often do the opposite: stable patients fall off medication, relapse, and end up back in crisis care.
📅 Part of ADHD Awareness Month. Day 16 of 31
Rules meant to prevent misuse often do the opposite: stable patients fall off medication, relapse, and end up back in crisis care.
📅 Part of ADHD Awareness Month. Day 16 of 31
Why ADHD Medication Is So Tightly Controlled
And What Sweden’s Data Tells Us
medium.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
ADHD meds are treated like opioids. 28-day expiry. No repeats. No emergency refills.
Rules meant to prevent misuse often do the opposite: stable patients fall off medication, relapse, and end up back in crisis care.
📅 Part of ADHD Awareness Month. Day 16 of 31
Rules meant to prevent misuse often do the opposite: stable patients fall off medication, relapse, and end up back in crisis care.
📅 Part of ADHD Awareness Month. Day 16 of 31
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🌍 This #GlobalFertilizerDay, let’s face the facts:
Chemical fertilizers are fossil fuels in disguise.
🛢Most synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are made from fossil gas.
☠️ Linked to cancer, birth defects & water pollution.
💰 Controlled by a handful of corporations.
ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... (1/3)
Chemical fertilizers are fossil fuels in disguise.
🛢Most synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are made from fossil gas.
☠️ Linked to cancer, birth defects & water pollution.
💰 Controlled by a handful of corporations.
ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... (1/3)
October 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🌍 This #GlobalFertilizerDay, let’s face the facts:
Chemical fertilizers are fossil fuels in disguise.
🛢Most synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are made from fossil gas.
☠️ Linked to cancer, birth defects & water pollution.
💰 Controlled by a handful of corporations.
ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... (1/3)
Chemical fertilizers are fossil fuels in disguise.
🛢Most synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are made from fossil gas.
☠️ Linked to cancer, birth defects & water pollution.
💰 Controlled by a handful of corporations.
ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... (1/3)
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Today, the #Maldives became the first country in the world to achieve triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B: bit.ly/491cMs9
This is a major public health milestone that will have a lasting impact on the lives of current and future generations in 🇲🇻.
This is a major public health milestone that will have a lasting impact on the lives of current and future generations in 🇲🇻.
October 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Today, the #Maldives became the first country in the world to achieve triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B: bit.ly/491cMs9
This is a major public health milestone that will have a lasting impact on the lives of current and future generations in 🇲🇻.
This is a major public health milestone that will have a lasting impact on the lives of current and future generations in 🇲🇻.
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Today we celebrate a milestone — we co-launched the new @who.int Consolidated Guidelines on Postpartum Haemorrhage.
These guidelines mark a major step forward: Earlier diagnosis. Faster action. More lives saved: www.who.int/news/item/05...
These guidelines mark a major step forward: Earlier diagnosis. Faster action. More lives saved: www.who.int/news/item/05...
October 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Today we celebrate a milestone — we co-launched the new @who.int Consolidated Guidelines on Postpartum Haemorrhage.
These guidelines mark a major step forward: Earlier diagnosis. Faster action. More lives saved: www.who.int/news/item/05...
These guidelines mark a major step forward: Earlier diagnosis. Faster action. More lives saved: www.who.int/news/item/05...
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Good that the Covid Inquiry is hearing about play, that it’s not just a nice to have, that it’s essential to childhood, for fun, that it’s how children exercise, that public play is unevenly policed, and that children’s right to play should have been upheld in lockdown.
@playingout.bsky.social
@playingout.bsky.social
Covid exercise messaging left children stuck indoors, UK inquiry hears
Children not allowed out partly because their exercise – playing – looked too much ‘like fun’, says campaigner
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Good that the Covid Inquiry is hearing about play, that it’s not just a nice to have, that it’s essential to childhood, for fun, that it’s how children exercise, that public play is unevenly policed, and that children’s right to play should have been upheld in lockdown.
@playingout.bsky.social
@playingout.bsky.social
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We disaggregate the global results into country clusters by income. Median results show the richest 20% of countries (home to 15% of people) are responsible for over 40% of ecological overshoot in 2017, while the poorest 40% (home to 42% of people) experience more than 60% of global deprivation. 3/
October 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
We disaggregate the global results into country clusters by income. Median results show the richest 20% of countries (home to 15% of people) are responsible for over 40% of ecological overshoot in 2017, while the poorest 40% (home to 42% of people) experience more than 60% of global deprivation. 3/
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that is so many people, already
More than 100,000 people were sent to hospitals due to heat stroke in Japan between May 1 and Sept. 28, according to preliminary data from the nation’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency
Japan Sees Record Number Treated for Heat Stroke in Hottest-Ever Summer
More than 100,000 people were sent to hospitals due to heat stroke in Japan between May 1 and Sept. 28, according to preliminary data from the nation’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
bloom.bg
October 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
that is so many people, already
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UKIP have been given permission to march through Newcastle City Centre tomorrow to a hotel housing asylum seekers and people with refugee status.
Please email complaints and concerns to Northumbria Police and Newcastle politicians (MPs and councillors).
Link to template letter in alt text.
Please email complaints and concerns to Northumbria Police and Newcastle politicians (MPs and councillors).
Link to template letter in alt text.
September 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
UKIP have been given permission to march through Newcastle City Centre tomorrow to a hotel housing asylum seekers and people with refugee status.
Please email complaints and concerns to Northumbria Police and Newcastle politicians (MPs and councillors).
Link to template letter in alt text.
Please email complaints and concerns to Northumbria Police and Newcastle politicians (MPs and councillors).
Link to template letter in alt text.
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💙 Another child dies from measles 💙
🍼 Infected with measles as an infant BEFORE they were eligible to receive the vaccine.
🧠 They developed SSPE - a rare but fatal complication that shows 2-10 years after infection.
‼️ THIS is we why need need vaccine mandates.
Save our babies. #SacktheQuack
🍼 Infected with measles as an infant BEFORE they were eligible to receive the vaccine.
🧠 They developed SSPE - a rare but fatal complication that shows 2-10 years after infection.
‼️ THIS is we why need need vaccine mandates.
Save our babies. #SacktheQuack
Child dies from SSPE, a rare measles-related complication, LA County Public Health officials say | abc7.com
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abc7.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
💙 Another child dies from measles 💙
🍼 Infected with measles as an infant BEFORE they were eligible to receive the vaccine.
🧠 They developed SSPE - a rare but fatal complication that shows 2-10 years after infection.
‼️ THIS is we why need need vaccine mandates.
Save our babies. #SacktheQuack
🍼 Infected with measles as an infant BEFORE they were eligible to receive the vaccine.
🧠 They developed SSPE - a rare but fatal complication that shows 2-10 years after infection.
‼️ THIS is we why need need vaccine mandates.
Save our babies. #SacktheQuack
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Rolling the dice on a vaccine preventable illness is never the better option. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a rare and fatal complication of measles that can occur several years after the original infection. This is sad, this is avoidable. Vaccinate kids!
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Los Angeles child dies from rare measles complication years after recovery
The county health department said the death is a "painful reminder" of how dangerous measles can be in unvaccinated people.
www.nbcnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Rolling the dice on a vaccine preventable illness is never the better option. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a rare and fatal complication of measles that can occur several years after the original infection. This is sad, this is avoidable. Vaccinate kids!
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...