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New research from Yale and Johns Hopkins identifies microvascular endotheliopathy (damage to small blood vessels) as a primary driver of long COVID brain fog. This study shows that vascular damage from initial infection leads to long-term neuroinflammation.healthrising.org/blog/2026/05/1…

Chewing gum restores dad’s taste and smell years after Covid. A 12-week study found using super-strength flavoured chewing gums helps rebuild brain connections linked to taste and smell. In the trial, 67% of participants reported improved smell and 83% saw improvements in taste.

Genetic shifts in wastewater may reveal rises and falls in COVID-19 transmission. "To put it simply: they found that the more variation in the viral material in wastewater, the more people were infected." medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-g…

@MenachemV @AlboMP utter bullshit. There is no proposal for death tax.

EVEN IN DEATH @AlboMP will tax you The only “position” @AlboMP has is TAX, TAX, TAX

wanna do something to fix rental availability in Tasmania. A solution is staring us in the face

Nakba Day Rally in Hobart, Lutruwita / Tasmania, today. 👇 It's not 78 years since the Nakba. It's 78 years of the Nakba. The Nakba never ended.💔

mmm. Does the RC want to canvas different ideas/perspectives or not?

Precious, critically endangered Orange-bellied Parrots and some of the 13 threatened species of migratory shorebirds which have 100 turbine #RobbinsIsland wind farm smack bang in their path, thanks to min. @MurrayWatt. #WorldMigratoryBirdDay. #auspol @BirdlifeOz @GrahamFAppleton

When we established CEFC, it was not intended to finance projects like NW Transmission Line, which is, and will always be unviable and any associated projects will need to be subsidised. Marinus is an economic basket case and CEFC now just a political chequebook. @renew_economy

#politas #GreyhoundRacing.

for anyone wondering what is happening in the count for Rosevears Count will resume on Tuesday once the final postals are in. #politas

You still around? The man who ushered in a nuclear Winter for @TasmanianLabor. I thought you'd have slunk off into obscurity. Your political nous is still tops - fighting for a past-time that inflicts cruelty and misery on dogs that is opposed by most. What a winner you are!

Upper House Rosevears Looks highly likely that Palmer will be returned Labor vote not as high as they probably expected/hoped Grn vote well above last Rosevears election but in line with State Election result Independent % a bit of a surprise given no real campaign #politas

@bj_stansfield appalling bias

A very courageous front page layout from The Examiner on Leg Co Election Day. #politas

the words don't matter. It is the image on the front page of The Examiner on the day of the upper house election that does. This is appalling partisan journalism. #politas

A couple of screenshots. That’s a poor bloody greyhound’s drinking water on the left.

Tas Lego Election - Rosevears Lib and Lab vote together 90% of the time Lib and Lab have no plan for the dire financial mess the state is in For a voice that will hold them to account Vote 1 Grn

Legislative council election day for Rosevears 4 candidates Lib, Lab, Grn and Indi Lib and Lab both have no plan to tackle the crippling financial mess that has been created by a government spending like drunken sailors Lib and Lab vote together 90% of the time

A refugee family in Tasmania has lost their home and everything in it to a house fire. They're rebuilding from nothing. If you can donate, please do. If you can't, please share. chuffed.org/project/178895…

NO affordable rentals for low income households. Nationwide. Homelessness up 10%. Thousands on long public housing wait lists. Past time to fix tax breaks for wealthy investors, rebuild public housing stock, cap rents in a war-driven inflation crisis, & rapidly ⬆️ affordable 🏠