Jane Shepherd

This is what ecocide looks like.

“We so badly need the Starmer Government to succeed. This moral and political delinquency makes me want to cry.” Oborne on McSweeney

Generous and thoughtful piece on Salt Path. In writing my own memoir, I’ve found the most interesting insights come from the contradictions, the omissions and the culled. But I hated Salt Path so feel a tiny bit vindicated.

I know we don't feel like there's much to celebrate this July 4th. It's been a rough several years. So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.

The #GatesFoundation commits to providing #lenacapavir as #PrEP over the next year: i-base.info/htb/51222 Plus #BillGates calls US cuts to #GlobalAid a “huge mistake”. #HIVsky #IDsky #HIVprevention #HIVPrEP #HIVwomen #InjectablePrEP #Adherence #PEPFAR #USAID #PEPFARSavesLives #USpoli

Thanks to @janeshep.bsky.social for producing this beautiful riso print to raise funds for HIV i-Base: i-base.info/htb/51064 It celebrates #TheDenverPrinciples, an essential #HIVactivist document that all people living with #HIV should know about. Purchase at the link to support us. #HIVsky

Good to see Isle of Wight West MP’s name on this 👏👏@richardquigley.bsky.social

New @abpi.bsky.social guidance risks excluding #HIV advocates from conferences — suggesting we’re too “impressionable” to hear about treatments. We reject this. People with HIV are informed, critical partners in progress. You can read our response below. #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #HIVAdvocacy

If your London NHS trust is in this list AND has any red flags, visit @londonftci.bsky.social at #BHIVA25 to solve it! No gatekeeping, no barriers in integrated peer support! @positivelyuk.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social

James Cole of @nationalaidstrust.bsky.social summarises why #HIV voluntary & community services need to be safeguarded. From the provision of wrap-around care for people with HIV, to providing a platform for people to thrive, the services are invaluable. #BHIVA25

The job of the EHRC is to champion the rights of all protected groups and to foster good relations between these groups helping advise and integrate their interests in non discrimination Baroness Kishwer Faulkner makes absolutely plain that she just sided with anti trans activists over trans rights

Women are unsafe on a daily basis - statistically due to men they already know. Want to make women safer? Change rape laws, fund refuges properly, end femicide, address misogyny in boys and men, improve healthcare. Taking aim at trans women does nothing to make women safer.

We know there are huge ethnic wealth gaps, but we often struggle to explain why. In a new report with @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social we asked people across the UK to tell us about their experiences of ethnic wealth inequalities: equalitytrust.org.uk...

Where's the evidence that mental health is being "overdiagnosed"?

Slashing benefits to meet an arbitrary fiscal target would be unethical, short sighted and illogical. ❌ 2 in 5 people receiving disability benefits already experience hardship. This means they are either unable to afford enough food, heat their home or pay household bills. 1/3

We’ve united with Scope, @disrightsuk.bsky.social @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social and @turn2us.bsky.social against cuts to disability benefits. Together, we’ve published an open letter urging the govt to safeguard them. Read the full letter on Scope’s website. buff.ly/FhxKY7U #Disability

Might I not so politely suggest that Streeting yeets himself into the sun. Yes, diagnosis has improved, and people are becoming more aware of mental health issues. That doesn't mean they are being "overdiagnosed". It is more likely they were previously under-diagnosed. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Affectionately known as the ‘graffiti grannies of Lisbon', Lata65 is a Portuguese org that runs workshops in street art for the over-65s-the oldest participant is 90-year-old Isaura Santos Costa #WomensArt

🔥Very exciting data presented at #CROI2025 and just published in the Lancet: PK data for once year IM Lenacapavir are higher than twice a year SC Len at 56week and support phase 3 study for PrEP. The public health impact of yearly LEN for prevention would be huge! #IDSky

Rebecca Dennison: "The recklessness we’re seeing is like dropping an egg on the floor – you can’t just pick it up & put it back together again...Do not bend a knee in advance, do not crumple in despair – that’s exactly what they want you to do." #CROI2025

🚀 Long-acting antibodies as an alternative to daily HIV treatment? The RIO study at #CROI2025 shows that 75% of participants on two broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) stayed virally suppressed without daily ART for 20+ weeks—some for over a year! 🔗 Read more: life4me.plus/en/news/croi...

i-Base reports from this year’s #CROI2025 conference: i-base.info/htb/50463 Highlights from the programme include: - New compounds and combinations for #HIVtreatment - Access to #PrEP - #bNAbs and cure-related research - Weight changes and #GLP1 agonists #islatravir #lenacapavir #LongActing

This is on #Trump #Musk #Vought #Rubio.

This is so cruel and counterproductive. Health has been subsumed by a global preoccupation with extraction and military proliferation. bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

Keith Haring’s Silence=Death was painted in 1988, the year he was diagnosed with AIDS. The Pink Triangle referred to the badges worn by gay men in concentration camps. It reflected the US Government’s long silence on AIDS. 24,559 Americans died of AIDS before Reagan publicly referred to the disease.

From @realclevejones.bsky.social. I hope he doesn't mind me sharing: "The Resistance is weak, disorganized & rudderless. And it shows - with scattered protests called by anonymous individuals, incoherent messaging & little media coverage. People are confused & uncertain & desperate for direction."

The British stand in solidarity with American scientists. www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...

PrEP - what is it, and why aren't more women on it? Our Clinical Nurse Specialist, @niamhfkielb.bsky.social, talks about conversations she's had with friends & family - and the barriers we need to overcome to get more women accessing #PrEP. Read more: www.savinglivesuk.com/women-and-pr... #HIVSky

"Some 2.5 million people in 2024 received PrEP through PEPFAR, accounting for more than 90% of those worldwide who initiated this form of prevention.... Stopping those efforts has infuriated champions of PrEP. “It’s outrageous,” Warren says. “This is madness.” By my colleague @cohenjon.bsky.social 🧪

What a great start to #HIVTestingWeek! BHIVA is delighted to see Sir Keir Starmer continue his commitment to getting the UK to zero new #HIV transmissions by taking an HIV test. This makes him the first PM ever to do so publicly, which we hope will encourage others to do the same. #HIVSky #IDSky

I lived through the era of no access to ARVs. This is horrific.

I did some digging & federal health websites have largely been reviewed, revised & restored -- but with some major holes. CDC took the brunt of it for HIV content, but HIV.gov & even DHHS antiretroviral treatment guidelines have deleted transgender people in some places. www.poz.com/article/cdc-...

We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

I was interviewed for this ... www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

"Art is a way of survival" - Yoko Ono, 91yr old artist & peace activist #WomensArt #Monday

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

Mass violence against women PEPFAR was providing HIV treatment to around 680,000 pregnant women, mostly in Africa. A 90-day stoppage could lead to approx 136,000 babies acquiring HIV. With HIV testing services also suspended, many of those could go undiagnosed. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

All I can really say at this point is if everyone isn't watching how trans people have lost basic rights and protections on a scale that hasn't been seen in decades in the span of 72 hours and realizing that even if you aren't trans there's nothing stopping it from happening to you, you're a fool

#HIV people… what would you choose to read at a vigil remembering people who died of AIDS?

Trump orders PEPFAR freeze. “PEPFAR provides lifesaving antiretrovirals for more than 20 million people – and stopping its funding essentially stops their HIV treatment. If that happens, people are going to die and HIV will resurge. i-base.info/htb/50097

www.thehandbasket.co/p/nih-travel...

They knew this would happen, denied the science, delayed the transition & are increasing fossil fuel production to continue making record profits while thousands suffer the consequences. LA is on fire & Big Oil are the Arsonists. My piece in the Guardian today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Nothing you write is as bad as writing nothing.’ - Damian Barr. #writingadvice #booksky #GetWriting #TheTwoRoberts

Lucille Clifton, always.

The only thing I really know about starting something is that you don't need to know what you're doing, but you do need to be curious, try hard, be good to people, not make excuses, and honor your commitments. And the best part is that none of that costs a penny.