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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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We've just updated the @wired.com guide to protecting your privacy while attending protests with the latest best practices. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/how-to...

NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.

RFK Jr’s ACIP pick, Martin Kulldorff, said one of the most disturbing images from the pandemic was a toddler crying about having to wear a mask. I see toddlers cry about everything all the time, and I found it far more disturbing to see refrigerator trucks full of body bags outside of the hospitals…

Chair of history department at U.S. Naval Academy resigns after order to remove paper from symposium “for reasons having nothing to do with scholarship.” [James Matheson, Baltimore Sun]

Many #COVID patients needed 9 months to regain baseline well-being, study suggests Physical well-being returned after 3 months, but up to 20% of patients continued experiencing suboptimal overall health-related quality of life 1 year post-infection. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.

Secretary Kennedy’s allegations about the integrity of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices are completely unfounded and will have a significant negative impact on Americans of all ages. Our statement: bit.ly/3SGaDcb

The lack of transparency behind the Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 vaccination guidelines is concerning, says IDSA spokesperson, Flor Munoz-Rivas, MD, FIDSA. Our full media briefing: www.idsociety.org/multimedia/v...

Reform and the Conservatives have a joint campaign that London is a crime-ridden hellhole. (Yes, it’s code for their typical racism.) So here’s the truth.

This shows how widespread data theft is in the creative industries and reminds us how unscrupulous the AI companies are.

Roger asked for self directed home care after government provided care put him in hospital He asked HCW what their solution was. Their response? “Roger this is not my show. I’ve told you my piece in this is to talk to you about assisted dying” This was 2018 and Roger is still fighting for care

"Hey, AI, do my spelling bee for me"

The head of the EHRC has stated that she does not believe that anyone has the right to not be asked about their genitals by strangers. According to her, everyone’s genitals are not private information. Because this applies to anyone someone perceives as trans, which could include anyone.

The women in support of trans people petition continues to increase in numbers... Now over 33,000! Amazing for a petition started less than 3 weeks ago www.change.org/p/not-in-our...

Being uninvited from the White House caused Rand Paul to lose a lot of the respect he had for Donald Trump that Trump’s two impeachments, insurrection, four criminal indictments, criminal conviction, and sexual abuse damages verdict did not cause him to lose. Got it.

The latest astroturf group to be treated by the press as a genuine campaign is "Don't Divide Us", which like the "LGB Alliance" has links to Tufton St, is pally with the so-called "free speech" right wing lobby and keeps its funding secret. Don't let yourself be taken in.

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

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

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

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/...

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/

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

'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...

JUST NO

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?"

“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.

“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...

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.

BEGGING LIBERALS TO READ THIS

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

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

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.