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WANTED: for m*rdering life on earth . Help me ban fossil fuel ads – sign the Govt petition now govpetition.uk/700024

submitted 5 days ago • 12 comments

There was a recent excellent "You're Dead to Me" episode from @gregjenner.bsky.social on Sojourner Truth, really fascinating woman.

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Gareth Southgate, "Young men are suffering" "They're feeling isolated" "They're grappling with their masculinity and with their broader place in society" "The culture we create today will shape the kind of men that we inherit tomorrow"

submitted 20 days ago • 24 comments

Anecdote, meet data.

submitted 22 days ago • 18 comments

Please read this thread and show it to any pals who are worried about measles vaccines

submitted 33 days ago • 14 comments

This film is terrific heartwarming fun - and the fight scenes are brilliantly done, too.

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Rachel and her colleagues are doing such important work in Ukraine - do consider donating if you can afford it Direct link to the donation page: www.hospiceukraine.com/take-action

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

“Instead of a careful handover, we’re being pushed off a cliff,” said Kate Rees, an epidemiologist with South Africa’s Anova Health Institute, which has also seen its funding terminated. Story on the devastating cuts to the HIV/AIDS field by my colleague @cohenjon.bsky.social 🧪 #IDsky

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

As the #measles outbreak continues, and has now unfortunately resulted in the death of a child, I see a lot of posts along the lines of: "I had measles as a child and I'm fine". Let me tell you a different version of that story: 🧵1/11 🧪 #medsky

submitted 41 days ago • 11 comments

The seventh carbon budget is out. Net Zero will become net positive £ in 2040 and low (0.2% GDP) net cost until then. But behaviour change becomes tougher- cars, heat pumps, fewer flights v trend (NB Heathrow), less meat and dairy. All doable but needs a mindset shift.

submitted 42 days ago • 6 comments

1/6 🧵Recently, @bmj.com called on medical journals to resist pressures to retract papers and self-censor language on gender www.bmj.com/content/388/...

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

submitted 48 days ago • 3435 comments

🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration? I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for meaningful opposition to each. I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24

submitted 51 days ago • 92 comments

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

submitted 55 days ago • 522 comments

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

submitted 53 days ago • 417 comments

Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in

submitted 59 days ago • 102 comments

UK government bonds have erased the bulk of their losses since Reeves’ October Budget, bringing long-term borrowing costs close to the level they maintained before her tax and spending plans accelerated a gilt market sell-off www.ft.com/content/0ead...

submitted 61 days ago • 18 comments

Writing residency for older writers! Please share!

submitted 71 days ago • 5 comments

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

submitted 90 days ago • 331 comments

Mrs Aspinall said the passing of a full and comprehensive Hillsborough Law would be an incredible legacy for all the campaigners and for their 97 loved ones who lost their lives www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. Tell Everyone www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...

submitted 138 days ago • 18 comments

Andrew Norfolk is the former Times journalist whose work brought the grooming gang scandal to public attention...

submitted 91 days ago • 37 comments

Apple TV is free to use this weekend — it started badly, but now has the highest quality benchmark for its TV shows. If you love high spec sci-fi, warm character comedy, and polished drama, it’s superb. My fave streamer by far I’ll post some recommebdatins below www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

submitted 96 days ago • 19 comments

THREAD: @independentsage.bsky.social by numbers Love us or hate us, we tried something new in public communication of science and sustained it for over three years. From May 2020 - Dec 2023 we livestreamed 139 briefings, published 62 reports, 50 short statements and 7 Q&A and mythbusters. 1/13

submitted 112 days ago • 48 comments

My replies are perpetually full of anti-vaxxers these days telling me about polio vaccines. Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus. So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻

submitted 112 days ago • 36 comments

The polio vaccine worked so well, humans forgot polio existed — and somehow that’s the problem.

submitted 115 days ago • 611 comments

The amazing Wish Ambulance, run by volunteers from Welsh Ambulance, and the rotational palliative care paramedics working in Welsh Ambulance Service Man fulfils dying wish accompanying daughter down aisle www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 119 days ago • 1 comment

Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR). Quick thread:

submitted 160 days ago • 84 comments

Major oil companies, including Shell and precursors to energy giants Chevron, ExxonMobil and BP, were alerted about the planet-warming effects of fossil fuels as early as 1954, newly unearthed documents show. #JustStopAndCleanUpFossilFuels #BigOilCrimes #uspoli www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

submitted 146 days ago • 17 comments