AI is being sold as a quick fix, but you spend longer checking the answer than it would have taken you to do the research in the first place. It appeals to easily misled people who dislike effort and are seduced by the faux-academic language.

Wondered why #r4today was so much more interesting today and then I remembered it's polling day. Much prefer the BBC in purdah!

Remembers..., Derek Griffiths Remembers... Bod: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002p1zj via @bbciplayer This is a little piece of heaven!

Have we learned nothing? Simple improvements to indoor air quality would have similar public health benefits. But we just let people get sick. Stupid.

Where was this sort of forensic questioning on #r4today for the previous government? BBC balance?

#r4today Deeply disappointing to hear discussion of the high and rising flu cases in UK without any mention of precautions such as mask wearing, indoor air filtration and ventilation. Seems nothing was learned from Covid. Stupid.

FEW EASY AND IMMEDIATE COUNTERMEASURES???? Have these people never heard of N95s? Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes? HEPA filters? HVAC? ASHRAE 241? Upper room UV? Oh, yeah: they're physicians. Useless for public health. Get them the fuck out of the way and let engineers who KNOW HOW TO DO THIS do their JOB!

humanists.uk/2025/10/02/c... consultation. Wonderful news! But yet more waiting for it to become law. What is the Government's issue with this?

Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right. Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!

How can I be happy? Narrated by Stephen Fry, #Thatshumanism explores where meaning in life comes from – not a cosmic plan, but what we create through relationships, creativity, and the world around us. Watch the video: humanists.uk/thatshumanism/

humanists.uk/2025/06/13/a... Congratulating Andrew Copson on his OBE. This is great news. Keep doing what you do, Andrew!

Public health policy changed after Dr John Snow realised that cholera was water-borne. We all now take it for granted that our tap water won't kill us. But why are we still prepared to breathe air containing pathogens?

Public health policy changed after Dr John Snow realised that cholera was water-borne. We all now take it for granted that our tap water won't kill us. But why are we still prepared to breathe air containing pathogens?

We have a responsibility to ensure those most clinically vulnerable in society aren't unnecessarily exposed to infection. Whether NHS IPC will admit their mistakes or not, aerosol transmission IS inherent for SARS2 and other diseases. Please sign 👇 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

👇 This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like 👇 @carolecadwalla.bsky.social with a powerful talk on broligarchy & authoritarianism. Can't even pick a quote, because every other sentence is worth a quotation.

youtube.com/watch?v=uYAd... This inspirational speech on the Rule of Law by Richard Hermer, Attorney-General, offers a glimmer of hope when we need it most.

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty" Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism.

So true!

"Why did the UK leave it so late? Five years down the line, many people, particularly those who became unwell or who lost relatives in the first wave, still have questions about the timing of the decision." My latest substack. open.substack.com/pu...

Boris Johnson’s million-pound Daily Mail gig continues to be farcical. A recent column, confidently praising Trump’s Ukraine stance, was swiftly pulled after Trump and JD Vance launched a scathing attack on Zelensky. Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/news

Glad to see the BBC has since back tracked on its deeply biased headline.

NEW: Former BBC Scotland editor Sarah Smith has been criticised for her saying Volodymyr Zelenskyy will need to 'eat a pretty hefty portion of humble pie' after enraging' Donald Trump

Curiosity and skepticism are more important than ever. But this critter sure looks cute!

Thanks to the more than *1100* members of the scientific community who have signed the letter to insist that the Royal Society remains true to values that we all hold dear but that Musk FRS has ridden roughshod over. Please keep signing & sharing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Let's celebrate #DarwinDay by reminding ourselves that everyone has moments when they feel worse for wear. Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell in 1861: "But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything." www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-L... So, hang in there, #academicsky! 🧪

If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it We cannot allow them to rewrite history. If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...

⚠️ BREAKING NEWS: Leaked Docs Confirm Labour Party Infiltrated By Conservative Party. 👇🏻 Please like and share this latest #BrokenNews report. youtu.be/K5z37gjAx8Q?...

Turns out #r4today CAN give politicians a hard time. They just didn't bother with the last government. BBC impartiality?

Bronowski expresses this perfectly. Ideas must be open to challenge. Certainty must be tested. Suppressing free thought and inquiry allows the unthinkable to happen.

"Antidepressants are bad!" (Despite the evidence) = Widespread coverage "Smartphones are fine" (According to the evidence) = *crickets* This 'natural good, synthetic bad' approach defines so much of the mainstream, and hurts so many vulnerable people theneuroscienceofeve...

I've wondered about this before. Thanks for explaining it, Dean. A very interesting read!

This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has passed its Second Reading. A historic first step to meet the aspirations of the public, who overwhelmingly support having choice, dignity, and compassion at the end of their lives. #AssistedDyingBill #YestoDignity #AssistedDying

A result for empathy, compassion and self determination votes.parliament.uk/votes/common...

Jacob Rees-Mogg claims that nobody cares about #partygate anymore. The BBC say the documentary only makes people angry. The truth is it shows everyone what lying assholes the Conservatives are. So do you care? Feel free to RP to show that you do.

Received 31 July, accepted 7 August. "All articles are peer reviewed" and in PubMed Central. Key findings: "We practice Neurosurgery on Saturn in a country called Illusionland" pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...