Rachael Kissane
@rachk.bsky.social
An advocate of social justice for all. Living with ME/CFS/ Long COVID. A lover of science, nature, music, the arts, life, the universe & everything. From Ireland, living up north of England. She/her.
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A lovely poem by Brendan Kennelly to reflect on as we settle into the new year! Who remembers Brendan’s famous delivery of this poem on the Late Late Show in 1997?
January 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
A lovely poem by Brendan Kennelly to reflect on as we settle into the new year! Who remembers Brendan’s famous delivery of this poem on the Late Late Show in 1997?
Earlier this week, our local fields were transformed into a snow-laden, frozen expanse. Being all but alone there made it feel like we were on another planet.
January 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Earlier this week, our local fields were transformed into a snow-laden, frozen expanse. Being all but alone there made it feel like we were on another planet.
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“IF YOU DON’T ALLOW ELON MUSK’S PLATFORM TO KEEP CREATING NON-CONSENSUAL SEXUAL MATERIAL OF WOMEN AND GIRLS WE WILL SANCTION YOUR WHOLE COUNTRY” is a helluva hill to die one, but sadly not unexpected by the United States I suppose.
January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
“IF YOU DON’T ALLOW ELON MUSK’S PLATFORM TO KEEP CREATING NON-CONSENSUAL SEXUAL MATERIAL OF WOMEN AND GIRLS WE WILL SANCTION YOUR WHOLE COUNTRY” is a helluva hill to die one, but sadly not unexpected by the United States I suppose.
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Why Greenland?
"Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered 'network states' on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland. Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, was a co-founder with Thiel and Elon Musk of PayPal."
"Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered 'network states' on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland. Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, was a co-founder with Thiel and Elon Musk of PayPal."
January 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Why Greenland?
"Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered 'network states' on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland. Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, was a co-founder with Thiel and Elon Musk of PayPal."
"Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered 'network states' on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland. Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, was a co-founder with Thiel and Elon Musk of PayPal."
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To all those saying "but if our government spoke out, there might be consequences", please remember that not speaking out also has consequences. The history of appeasement is not a reassuring one.
January 5, 2026 at 9:28 AM
To all those saying "but if our government spoke out, there might be consequences", please remember that not speaking out also has consequences. The history of appeasement is not a reassuring one.
January 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
Probably still one of the best tracks ever made, in my estimation. And, fuck fascism.
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Assimilate
YouTube video by Skinny Puppy - Topic
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January 1, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Probably still one of the best tracks ever made, in my estimation. And, fuck fascism.
youtu.be/O1XGmYFPv_s?...
youtu.be/O1XGmYFPv_s?...
Last sunset of 2025. All the very best for the new year. ❤️
December 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Last sunset of 2025. All the very best for the new year. ❤️
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One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
December 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
"I never knew I could love books so much." Job done! Happy mum. 📚❤️
Us grownups may be more excited about the telescope & drum set than he currently is! Let's see when it's set up.
Have a lovely Christmas. #Christmas
#BookSky #RaisingReaders
Us grownups may be more excited about the telescope & drum set than he currently is! Let's see when it's set up.
Have a lovely Christmas. #Christmas
#BookSky #RaisingReaders
December 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"I never knew I could love books so much." Job done! Happy mum. 📚❤️
Us grownups may be more excited about the telescope & drum set than he currently is! Let's see when it's set up.
Have a lovely Christmas. #Christmas
#BookSky #RaisingReaders
Us grownups may be more excited about the telescope & drum set than he currently is! Let's see when it's set up.
Have a lovely Christmas. #Christmas
#BookSky #RaisingReaders
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#NewgrangeSolstice earlier today 🇮🇪
☀️ The light slowly creeping through the corridor, illuminating the inner chamber, as the northern hemisphere gradually starts facing the sun again. The ancestral beauty of it all
☀️ The light slowly creeping through the corridor, illuminating the inner chamber, as the northern hemisphere gradually starts facing the sun again. The ancestral beauty of it all
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
#NewgrangeSolstice earlier today 🇮🇪
☀️ The light slowly creeping through the corridor, illuminating the inner chamber, as the northern hemisphere gradually starts facing the sun again. The ancestral beauty of it all
☀️ The light slowly creeping through the corridor, illuminating the inner chamber, as the northern hemisphere gradually starts facing the sun again. The ancestral beauty of it all
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"Brian Eno, Celeste, Dan Smith (Bastille), Nai Barghouti and more have come together to release LULLABY, a new version of a Palestinian folk song.
Help make it Xmas No.1 by downloading [before the 19th of December] here: lnk.to/T4PLullabyIn...
via @pscupdates.bsky.social
Help make it Xmas No.1 by downloading [before the 19th of December] here: lnk.to/T4PLullabyIn...
via @pscupdates.bsky.social
Together For Palestine, Nai Barghouti, Leigh-Anne, Neneh Cherry - Lullaby
Listen to Lullaby by Together For Palestine, Nai Barghouti, Leigh-Anne, Neneh Cherry.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Brian Eno, Celeste, Dan Smith (Bastille), Nai Barghouti and more have come together to release LULLABY, a new version of a Palestinian folk song.
Help make it Xmas No.1 by downloading [before the 19th of December] here: lnk.to/T4PLullabyIn...
via @pscupdates.bsky.social
Help make it Xmas No.1 by downloading [before the 19th of December] here: lnk.to/T4PLullabyIn...
via @pscupdates.bsky.social
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One of the photos of the year.
Jackson Doolan, a lifeguard at Tamarama beach, Sydney, runs barefoot TOWARDS the gunfire at Bondi Beach, carrying medical equipment.
Just one of many extraordinary acts of heroism yesterday (Dec 14).
The photo was captured by local resident, Alexandra Ching.
Jackson Doolan, a lifeguard at Tamarama beach, Sydney, runs barefoot TOWARDS the gunfire at Bondi Beach, carrying medical equipment.
Just one of many extraordinary acts of heroism yesterday (Dec 14).
The photo was captured by local resident, Alexandra Ching.
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
One of the photos of the year.
Jackson Doolan, a lifeguard at Tamarama beach, Sydney, runs barefoot TOWARDS the gunfire at Bondi Beach, carrying medical equipment.
Just one of many extraordinary acts of heroism yesterday (Dec 14).
The photo was captured by local resident, Alexandra Ching.
Jackson Doolan, a lifeguard at Tamarama beach, Sydney, runs barefoot TOWARDS the gunfire at Bondi Beach, carrying medical equipment.
Just one of many extraordinary acts of heroism yesterday (Dec 14).
The photo was captured by local resident, Alexandra Ching.
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7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
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The ME Association is investing £1.1m in the largest charity-funded biomedical study in ME/CFS. Imperial College London, co-led by Professor Danny Altmann, will compare immune and metabolic pathways in ME/CFS and Long Covid to uncover shared mechanisms.
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Driving discovery: The ME Association invests £1.1m into pioneering research programme! - The ME Association
Today, we are incredibly proud to unveil news of our […]
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December 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The ME Association is investing £1.1m in the largest charity-funded biomedical study in ME/CFS. Imperial College London, co-led by Professor Danny Altmann, will compare immune and metabolic pathways in ME/CFS and Long Covid to uncover shared mechanisms.
meassociation.org.uk/2025/12/driv...
meassociation.org.uk/2025/12/driv...
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"Look, I'm sorry I called you an inanimate object."
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"Look, I'm sorry I called you an inanimate object."
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Happy #HumanRightsDay!
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
European nations to begin major talks on ECHR migration rule changes
The talks are the most significant sign yet that international human rights law could be reinterpreted.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Happy #HumanRightsDay!
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
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December 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
Climate Viz of the Month
October 2025 Hi everyone! Instead of designing a new special feature visualization, this next ‘climate viz of the month’ blog will focus on briefly summarizing the recent extremes in th…
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November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
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Christmas on the BBC
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Festive self-flagellation at the BBC: the Stephen Collins cartoon
Traitors, distractions, inertia, manipulation … it’s all on the schedule this Christmas
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November 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Christmas on the BBC
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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The Sick Times: 'You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely.'
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Sick Times: 'You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely.'
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...