‘Send them to Mars’: Led By Donkeys Glastonbury exhibit takes aim at Musk Campaign group say piece responds to tech billionaires’ ‘dangerous’ mission to make humans interplanetary

Nice one LBD www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

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Prof Deenan Pillay @deenan.bsky.social , former chair of @independentsage.bsky.social , is an expert virologist never afraid to call things out.
He was right to oppose arbitrary reductions in COVID isolation times, and he's right about this.
£bns wasted on private industry, no UK legacy 🤬

UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms

I spent the half-year working on this investigation. Extraordinary influence of UPF lobby behind the scenes.

'UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms' 👇

www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

Trump spurs global rollback on the rights of women and girls US President leads the way to a cruel new world order in which women and girls are among the first victims. Governments must push back

Trump spurs global rollback on the rights of women and girls www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Rethinking Early Childhood Caries: What’s the Problem Represented to Be? A critical policy analysis from Scotland and England What happens when we stop asking only how to solve a public health problem, and instead ask how the problem itself is being defined? This was the c...

I love the range of projects conducted by our MPH students. One such student - a dental therapist - conducted a critical policy analysis of oral health policies in England and Scotland.

📖 Read about Zoe's final year project below 👇
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Practical tips for aspiring PIs Congratulations! You, a first-time PI have been awarded £500K. What do you now??

📣Calling our mid-career researchers: Our MCR sub-committee is hosting a webinar on practical tips for aspiring Principal Investigators!📣

In this 2hour workshop, Profs Simon Capewell & Ruth Dundas will share insights on planning + managing projects to improve your capability as a PI

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Listening to Farage on R4 I'm feeling for the public health team in Runcorn. It's going to be a tough period I think. Farage seems to dismiss preventive measures as a waste of money.

📣 It’s finally out out - initial guidance to address the spectrum of LC as a disease & reinforces the need for translational research & large-scale treatment trials for treatment protocols.

🌍 🫶🏼 🙏 to the 179 exerts who collaborated from 28 countries

ann-clinmicrob.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Thank you @icchnr.bsky.social & QICN for a great conference last week! Fantastic to hear experts from so many countries discussing the critical role of community nursing in achieving the UN SDGs. Privileged to share my work on health visiting www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/publish...

Absolutely. The whole thing left a very sour taste in my mouth, followed by a deep groan.

The White House @WhiteHouse Follow DO NOT RETALIATE AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED 2:52 PM • 4/9/25 • 20M Views

A decade of the lies and false promises common to abusers is a decade too long.

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

So much of this ill-health is preventable. But who are we as a society if we withdraw support BEFORE reducing the need for it?

This covers some of my own rants over the years of working in academia.

More or Less - Defence Spending, Rare Earths and Trunk Truths - BBC Sounds The numbers behind Ukraine’s rare earth worth and the UK’s defence spending ambitions.

Trump's pants should be on fire. Has there ever been such a flagrant liar? This is the great 'more or less' on his 350 billion dollar claim:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Heartbreaking.

Drs Rachel Clarke & Olena Parichuk standing in front of the Hospice Ukraine Land Rover

If you are reeling from Trump & Vance's disgusting performance towards Zelensky last night, might you consider donating to www.hospiceukraine.com, the tiny charity I set up with Henry Marsh to support local Ukrainian palliative care teams?

We delivered this Land Rover to a rural hospice in Dec...

An excellent #mustread on the unprecedented assault on the concept of public health (and much more) in the US

"This is going to be a massive loss of life overall,” Gawande told me in an interview. “Children are likely already dying, and will clearly be dying in large numbers.”

The Great Resegregation The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.

“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

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Trump falsely claims Zelensky’s approval rating was “at 4%” - recent polling puts it better than his YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

Donald Trump again mimics Putin and calls for an election in Ukraine - falsely claiming Zelensky’s approval rating was “at 4%”

Recent polling in fact shows that Zelensky’s approval rating is better than Trumps

Lets make sure everyone knows the truth
youtu.be/QDagM0WWEP4?...

No mention of @ledbydonkeys.org which feels like a missed opportunity

Trump is making false claims about Zelensky's popularity, say experts US President Donald Trump has once again echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%. In reality, polling by ex...

Make this @OfficialUoM press release viral
“Trump … echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming …Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%…polling…puts his approval rating at 63% - making him the most popular politician in the country.”
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We are on the road for democracy and justice | Bernie Sanders What we are fighting for is not ‘utopian’ or unachievable. Trumpism can and must be defeated

We are on the road for democracy and justice | Bernie Sanders

Hard-won rights, so easily rescinded.

Studies like this fascinate me. Simple but insightful. Do climate advocates coordinate to the same extent in similar ways I wonder?

Heathrow expansion and Rosebank oil are pushed in the name of economic growth, but at what cost? With ill health among workers costing the economy £150bn a year, isn't it time to prioritise growth in health & wellbeing instead? A healthier society means a more productive one, right?