tforde

gardener, feminist, mountaineer, exercise enthusiast. all tweets my own

[tforde @taraforde]

@henrycooke So what is the real % cut for the non excluded agencies?

[Lou Thornley @Lou_vs_ME]

Yes 💯 - and its esp unacceptable given the often-extreme energy constraints in Long Covid & ME/CFS. The ongoing work of trying to figure out & manage your own illness while sick is exhausting.

[Lou Thornley @Lou_vs_ME]

"WHO should say plainly that ANDV should be managed as a pathogen with plausible airborne transmission and that recommendations should start stringent, then ease only if evidence allows"

- impt opinion piece calls for change
(Amanda Kvalsvig coauthor)

https://t.co/cVzA0L2rhI

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

I don’t want a city on Mars. I don’t want AI in every app. I don’t want data centres in space. I don’t want humanoids or flying cars. I want clean water. I want a stable climate. I want bees to survive. And a habitable planet.

[World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific @WHOWPRO]

If you are in crowded places with poor ventilation, #WearAMask.

Because it helps keep you and your community safe from #COVID19, flu and other respiratory illnesses.

And remember these other measures to help protect yourself and others from COVID-19, flu, measles and other respiratory illnesses:

-Practice hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette (cover your mouth and nose with a bent elbow or a tissue when you cough or sneeze)
-Keep a distance when possible
-Keep rooms well-ventilated
-Stay home if you feel unwell
-Get vaccinated and stay up to date with booster doses

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

For too long, bureaucracy kept seven child care centers across our city empty — spaces that should have been alive with laughter instead collected dust.

We've run through that red tape.

This fall, all seven will open their doors, bringing free 3-K to an additional 240 three-year-olds and real relief to working families.

[Dr Andrew Dickson reform/ACC @AndrewDickson13]

8/ Yet we count ALL absences toward intervention thresholds. No code for chronic illness. It pressures sick kids into classrooms AND penalises the kids who catch what they're spreading. We have an attendance system that increases transmission and punishes the consequences.

[Dr Andrew Dickson reform/ACC @AndrewDickson13]

9/ The path to 80% attendance doesn't run through the STAR framework. It runs through the ventilation system. Indoor air quality. Proper vaccine funding. Health guidance that prioritises not making other children sick over turning the attendance dashboard green.

[ESPNcricinfo @ESPNcricinfo]

The Amelia Kerr show at Basin Reserve 🌟

[Steve Strickland @SteveStricklan6]

@colecameron @CorruptNSW NZ staring down the barrel of the biggest fuel crisis in history and the government’s main priority is to avoid ‘looking like Ardern’.

Kiwis about to pay a huge price for electing a government that panders to anti-vaxx/anti-lockdown conspiracy nutjobs.

[tforde @taraforde]

@BrendaPilott @Wellingtoncomm A lot of people (myself included) wanted a townhouse and no car parking from age 25-35. Now with kids it’s a bit different but more affordable housing options for DINKs is a good thing!

[tforde @taraforde]

The well known price gouging that the oil companies will definitely be doing as NZers struggle through this crisis. It’s definitely going to be “getting in the way” https://t.co/QDp5xijgV5

[Joseph Allen @j_g_allen]

6 years ago, ringing the alarm bell that this virus was spread through the air, which means buildings were central to the fight.
(I originally wrote this in Jan 2020, but NYT rejected it. Took me 6 weeks to convince them…)

[Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 @_CatintheHat]

🔥 Absolutely brilliant article by @davidcarel.

“THE NEW PARADIGM OF AIRBORNE DISEASE”

“The COVID-19 pandemic shattered established views of airborne disease. Although it represents a paradigm shift in public health, the field has yet to catch up.”

https://t.co/jZeypzXFkp

[Isabella M Weber @IsabellaMWeber]

3/ This is not just a commodity price story. Years of research with my collaborators showed that cost shocks don't just pass through markets neutrally—they give dominant corporations cover to hike prices, protect margins, and *increase* profits. We called this sellers' inflation.

[Carl Worker @carlworker]

“Australia and New Zealand intend to treat Antarctica less as just humanity’s scientific commons and more as a strategic space. This reprioritisation is something that has been underway, behind the scenes, but public signalling speaks volumes.”
Comment: What could possibly go wrong?

[Amanda Kvalsvig @AmandaKvalsvig]

When everyone's wondering whether the newest Covid variant is better/worse/the same, we're being reactive, not strategic.

We should have the confidence to face any new variant, new virus, new flu season, or new pandemic.

We just need to clean the air. It really is that simple.

[Charted Daily @Charteddaily]

In related news - Wellington City recorded just 393 births in the December 2025 quarter, the lowest in at least 35 years. That's down 44% from the 702 peak in 2008.
By comparison, 684 babies were born in Hamilton City in the same quarter.

[Gilly @profesh_baby]

I made a comic about why you should be masking in 2026 (spoiler: it’s to protect yourself and your community)

A thread...

[Kathryn @kadamssl]

If you are an OB-GYN, I truly hope you are warning about the risks of SARS2 infection.

I was sworn off of deli meat and soft cheese consumption through 4 pregnancies.

This may have changed.

However, if we’re looking at relative risk, SARS2 blows Listeriosis out of the water.