@thrivingplanet
Was: Facilitation & organisational culture nerd for do-gooders; climate & sustainability. Healthy, athletic; MTB, ski, mountaineering, outdoors. Everything on pause: Long Covid is brutal. A lot funnier IRL Lancaster, North West England (Plague Island) ⓥ🇨🇭
Photo of a number of bright orange lichens on grey rock. The largest lichen in the middle is shaped like a heart.
Elegant orange sunburst lichen (Rusavskia elegans). NWT, Canada.
Photo covers about 10cm, left to right.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends #heart
Now feels like a good time to remember that Big Oil is the reason why we're still hooked on dirty, dangerous fossil fuels.
The industry's lies have essentially stolen a generation’s worth of time that we could have used to transition to cleaner, safer energy sources.
It’s time for accountability.
Spot on. If the club, #LFC fan sites & journos, supporter groups, announced ie prioritising other platforms & posting last to Twitter for a month before leaving completely, that would have a massive impact. Imagine if they all even talked and agreed to do it together?
Take a stand FFS.
1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? * Yes * No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)
My employer asks me to complete a survey on AI usage for which this is the first question (required):
#MedSky this👇is what continues to happen to #pwME,
it's how the vast majority of Drs & HCPs respond to #pwME, this attitude has lead to the deaths of #pwME, it's how you broke our trust & why a huge number of us avoid seeing you when we need to.
#ME #MEAwareness
Love that.
There were parties all over UK when Margaret Thatcher died. A random stranger crossed a 4 lane road to approach me with a beaming smile - "Have you heard??!! Thatcher's dead!!!"
For years while still alive, thousands of Liverpool fans singing "We're gonna have a party, when Maggie Thatcher dies!"
That my friend, is a brilliant comment 👊
I've seen very little Liverpool #LFC fan chat about this.
If there's one Premier League club and one set of fans that's first to completely ditch Twitter / X than it should be us.
I've loved ie @thisisanfield.com for ages but I'm disgusted by fan websites still linking to posts and videos there.
In no way should we even begin to accept the bombing of a school full of children as part of the inevitable "realities of war" and anyone engaged in trying to convince you otherwise is a proponent of a grave and catastrophic evil
Human Rights Watch says they've verified that Israel has used white phosphorus on civilian populations in Lebanon.
Yeah. Thing is though a lot of it isn't even real, it's just bots.
Reckon there's more of a quality filter here. You can't just post any old shite / clickbait & get popular. Also, you have to invest time in building something new (like they did on Twitter 15 yrs ago), can't expect instant traction.
Yeah I know. It's not simple. Bills to pay etc.
But at some point...none of that matters anymore, it's just too evil. Where's the line?
For me that line was crossed a long time ago, seeing women, queer, sick, POC hounded off, disinformation - if it's unsafe for some, surely it's not ok for all?
'Our findings redefine SARS2 infection a condition of long-lasting immune compromise. ScienceDirect International Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 163, February 2026, 108287 Persistent attenuation of lymphocyte subsets after mass SARS-CoV-2 infection Results During mass infection, T cells, CD4+T cells, CD8+T cells, NK cells, and B cells dropped significantly. Even 20 months post-infection, CD8+ T cells remained 9.9% below baseline. Baseline lymphocyte subsets differed significantly by sex and age. Immune recovery varied by age and sex, with older adults and males showing prolonged lymphopenia. In cardiovascular disease patients, T lymphocytes remained 72.9% below baseline for 20 months post-infection. Conclusion Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise. The sustained subnormal
🚨 Major new #COVID study finding:
20 months post-infection, in CVD pts, T lymphocytes remained 72.9% below baseline.
Insane: persistent ~73% drop in immune fighting capacity, including vs cancer. 😢
#medsky
#LongCOVID
Fellow Liverpool fans, don't we stand for anything anymore? Where's the solidarity? How does the club justify remaining on X? What about the fan sites?
Yeah, I know, it's 'hard', there's millions of people still there, but so what? Where's the fucking red line? How much is too much pedo-fascism?
I've seen very little Liverpool #LFC fan chat about this.
If there's one Premier League club and one set of fans that's first to completely ditch Twitter / X than it should be us.
I've loved ie @thisisanfield.com for ages but I'm disgusted by fan websites still linking to posts and videos there.
There’s no excuse for anyone to still be on X. Simple.
Study links working while sick to higher risk of future absence.
"Workers who report going to work while sick, a phenomenon known as presenteeism, may be more likely to miss work due to illness in the future, according to a longitudinal study of South Korean employees"
“Healthwatch’s warning that we are sleepwalking towards a one-tier, costly system is one we should all take seriously. Where getting dental care simply means paying for it privately, the NHS dental service exists in name only for many people.” @rachel-p.bsky.social, Chief Exec in @theguardian.com
Screenshot of a news article from The Post titled “Repeatedly getting Covid doesn’t build immunity, ‘it’s more like accumulating damage’,” written by Melanie Earley of RNZ and dated March 10, 2026. Below the headline is a portrait of leading vaccinologist and associate professor Dr Helen Petousis-Harris, shown facing the camera against a dark background. The article discusses how repeated COVID-19 infections may cause cumulative harm rather than building lasting immunity.
"Leading vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris says there's not enough awareness of the impact of COVID-19 on overall health."
"What many people don't realise is that getting COVID repeatedly is not like building immunity, it's more like accumulating damage," she says.
Source: archive.md/Qsv13
The only words I'm interested in hearing from Tony Blair will be delivered from the dock in The Hague.
Like complaining to Hitler about books being burned. Just come off the damn thing.
Study: "SARS-CoV-2 causes lasting immune dysregulation for over 20 months"
"This large multicenter study shows SARS-CoV-2 exposure leads to long-term changes in lymphocyte subsets—including CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, NK cells, and total T cells—persisting for up to 20 months."
It costs $0.00 to uninstall that Big Tech browser you’ve always used and switch to a European browser that has no AI and doesn’t collect your data. 🫶🏻
Criminally funny, but also I'm crying inside
Norway comes for the #TechBros
www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree
vimeo.com/1168468796?f...
Fed up with big tech? Here's the good news: we don't have to use it! There are better, safer, free European alternatives to just about everything Silicon Valley is offering, and there's nothing stopping us making the switch. So here's some alternatives.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Desperately looking for silver linings, but maybe the Iran/oil price shitshow will remind people that local renewable energy and energy independence are pretty sensible strategies, and dependence on gulf-sourced oil isn't. From an economic/ security standpoint, let alone THE FUCKING CLIMATE CRISIS.
The King is supposed to be visiting the USA *next month*. This is the definition of a diplomatic nightmare. In all seriousness, I would urge him to pull a sickie.
Image 1
This is Mycena rosoflava. A species of agaric mushroom in the family Mycenaceae. It is a wood-inhabiting mushroom native to New Zealand.
Original post
Close up photo of a group of Cladonia podetia. Each podetium is light grey in colour and shaped roughly like a golf tee. The top/bowl of each podetium is ringed with numerous small, roundish bright red blobs. These blobs are called apothecia - they are reproductive, spore producing structures.
Cladonia lichens. NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends #mushroom adjacent:) Photo covers about 4cm, left to right.