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Astrophysicist at Imperial College London. Works with space missions like Herschel and Planck, on extragalactic astronomy, observational cosmology and astrobiology. Ask about phosphine on Venus! Also writes science fiction. Not speaking for anybody
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A little more on RFK's new vaccine committee: Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax

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Having stripped trans people of their right to be treated with dignity The Times is now coming for people of colour.

submitted 3 hours ago • 30 comments

ENGLISH LIT JOB! A rare beast spotted in the wild! Come work with us! I’ll provide snacks! jobs.edgehill.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

submitted 23 hours ago • 2 comments

Making America sick again - RFKJnr stacks vaccine advisory panel with anti-vaxxers, breaking previous assurances. Hope that no new pandemics emerge while he’s in office arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

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The final preliminary hearing for the Children & Young People’s module was today, CVF, again, made the case for safety. Children's deaths *would* have been higher if many Clinically Vulnerable families had not kept their children away from schools. ⚠️Long thread 1/

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

The Trump administration canceled $766 MILLION in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines against the flu. Flu pandemics killed up to 103 MILLION people in the last century. Trump has given up on protecting Americans' health. He's leaving us defenseless against future pandemics.

submitted 11 hours ago • 4 comments

That's an arrest. That's how arresting someone works.

submitted 15 hours ago • 10 comments

“Don’t badmouth the military; they’re just following orders.”

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Vaccines are only one weapon in our armoury. If I have gastro symptoms I stay at home for 48 hours. If I have a cough/ fever there is no isolation policy. We have the technology and the infrastructure to test for specific infectious viruses. Why aren’t we using them? www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/nh...

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But they’re only kidnapping violent criminal gang members… www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

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I wonder what percentage of injuries this is compared to protesters in general. I bet it's higher, because they're being targeted.

submitted 12 hours ago • 6 comments

'The 2025-26 NHS emergency care plan is weak on prevention. It assumes performance can improve in isolation from workforce wellbeing. It neglects that without a healthy workforce, none of the rest works.' @jahangiralom.bsky.social @hsj.co.uk #VaccinationMatters www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/nh...

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

JUST NO

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FUCKING FINALLY. Some fucking suit finally puzzled it out: "HEY, IF NO ONE CAN OWN ANY PIECE OF ART, UH...HOW DO WE MAKE ANY MONEY?"

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“If we didn’t get involved… Los Angeles right now would be on fire.” — Trump This is a figment of Trump’s deteriorating mind. Protests have been mostly peaceful. Unrest is limited. And unless you’re actually here on our streets, your opinion is just that—an opinion.

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“there’s no sidestepping a president deploying the military in an American city based on ludicrous falsehoods about a foreign invasion. Indeed, it’s hard to think of a clearer signpost on the road to dictatorship.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

submitted 17 hours ago • 10 comments

Something that I think weighs on many is that everyone knows that if ever the Democrats were fully in power at the Federal level again, they will not immediately move to reverse what has been destroyed and build something new. This reality just sits out there like an anchor.

submitted 18 hours ago • 109 comments

BEGGING LIBERALS TO READ THIS

submitted 19 hours ago • 17 comments

We are in the final days of our effort to collect signatories on our petition to protect NASA science and SO CLOSE to our 20,000 signatory goal. ANYONE in the world can sign. Help us reach our goal: planet.ly/petition

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The Mayor has imposed a curfew on DTLA tonight. For those who whom might not understand the geography of this city, or the scope of this “violence”… The curfew boundary is *literally* across the street from me… …and I haven’t seen a single ANYTHING. LA IS NOT RIOTING

submitted 1 day ago • 48 comments

Former Reform Chairman Zia Yusuf plans to run for a seat in Parliament, in a by-election if the right seat comes up, if not, at the GE, Sky reports. Only a few days ago he flounced out of the party saying it wasn’t a good use of his time. Joke people, joke party.

submitted 22 hours ago • 28 comments

In this CDC-led study of 622 children, #COVID19 vaccination (≥2 doses) was associated with a 57% reduction in the odds of ≥1 and a 73% reduction in the odds of ≥2 #LongCovid symptoms in kids aged 5-17 yrs with lab-confirmed SARSCoV2 infection. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Millionaire migration rates have stood at near-0% for the last decade, including 2024. I can tell you I never believed a word of the MSM fear mongering. Now proven. They are a bunch of crooks and liars. Determined to bring down Labour. www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/no-mill...

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#GVerse #BreakingNews: NYPD & ICE mistakenly arrested a Chilean woman who was on vacation in New York City, leaving her 12-year-old daughter on the street alone. This is what happens when you embolden ICE to act with zero oversight. #Shitface47’s America. Share this far and wide! Repost!!!

submitted 2 days ago • 110 comments

Met an active duty member of the military yesterday who filed conscientious objector paperwork in response to deployment of military on U.S. soil. Was told multiple Army have filed, unknown quantities in other branches.

submitted 1 day ago • 465 comments

🚨🚨In a devastating but hardly surprising #betrayal, US defence secretary Pete #Hegseth has announced in a congressional hearing yesterday that the #US will reduce funding allocated for military assistance to #Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget. 🧵 kyivindependent.com/us-to-cut-mi...

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

I was a medic at the Santa Ana protests in OC today. I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children. Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us. One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.

submitted 2 days ago • 145 comments

The White House has officially proposed cutting 988 suicide hotline services for LGBTQ youth – services that were required by legislation Trump signed into law in 2020. @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Removing pepperball residue from clothing and other items. This is based on my (unfortunately extensive) personal experience and experimentiation. Pepperballs contain powdered PAVA, an oily, synthetic capsaicin analog. The only reliable way to remove it is with a good surfactant soap and water. 1/

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

ALL ABOARD! 🚂 📣SAVE LIVERPOOL STREET STATION! The planning application for partial demolition of the listed station in the City of London to build a tower over it is now LIVE!! Here's our guide to writing your objection by 4th July: bit.ly/3ZQRkk8 #heritage #cityoflondon

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ICE started raiding the hotel they were staying in - interrogating cleaning ladies Good luck housing ICE agents in Los Angeles now

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🚨BREAKING: Georgia Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN four State Election Board rules concerning certification and hand counting ballots last year. A big victory for GA voters and a stinging defeat for the RNC and election deniers. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...

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This is a crime.

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Today I asked AI to summarise an academic paper. The actual results were the opposite to what was hypothesised (and to what others had shown). The AI summary assumed the study had found what everyone else had found. Hot tip: don’t use a stochastic parrot to summarise an outlier paper. #academicsky 🧪

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

Is Donald Trump a demented buffoon or a pathological liar?

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Durbin to Bhattacharya: "I can't understand it. I disagree w/ this admin on so many things. But this is the one that really gets to me personally. To think this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake...cancer, your budget requests a 38% cut to the National Cancer Institute"

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I’m sure he was hired on merit though (sarcasm).

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SCOOP: The Trump administration is planning to dramatically ramp up its transfer of undocumented migrants to Guantanamo Bay. Some 9,000 people are being screened, including hundreds from European countries, according to documents. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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