📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Panels and Papers 🌐 A World in Crisis: Conflict and the Future of Global Justice 🪑 @cordschmelzle.bsky.social & @jamespattison.bsky.social ⌛ New deadline: 9 Jan buff.ly/sVPDpp9 #Polisky #NormativeTheory

As of 2026, Japanese entities will be eligible to apply to #HorizonEU calls in Pillar 2, including #health research. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

The argument is that Europe underperforms in tech and biotech because it is “too expensive” to fire people.That may sound intuitively appealing but it is profoundly misleading.

Check out this new @thelancet.com Viewpoint on Corporate Accountability, and the fallacies of badly-designed corporate scorecard and other selective, voluntary self-regulating approaches to curb health-harming behaviours of transnational corporations. lnkd.in/eqTJ5C4q (open access till 4 Feb 2025)

A new report from @politico.eu on "Europe's Omnibus Fever" is damning in its criticism: "What the Commission frames as simplification is, in practice, a downward drift in regulatory reach that erodes the informational foundations of effective governance." #deregulation #omnibus #RuleToProtect

"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already." -Donald Trump, 4/2/25

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “In an administration known for its erratic adoption and sudden abandonment of policies, Trump has demonstrated an unwavering determination to enhance the fortunes of the rich,” Thomas Edsall writes.

The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined. 56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people. Read that back.

Pandemic security needs national leadership | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The climate needs a fair, fast and funded fossil fuel phase-out, so why did EU governments roll out the red carpet for the oil and gas industry at #COP30? Our take on this year's UN climate talks and what went down. #KickBigPollutersOut #FossilFreePolitics corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/c...

A bunch of us did a piece on RFK Jr.'s attacks on vaccines. Please circulate. Scientists and clinicians are sounding the alarm. It's time to act. youtube.com/shorts/4wnNy...

Read a short text of mine on the NIEO in the new issue of IWMPost www.iwm.at/sites/defaul...

Following rightwing and extreme right joint position on weakening corporate accountability in European Parliament, Member States and EP have now agreed final text to allow corporations more space for abuse and violations A bloody shame @eppgroup.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social @corporateeurope.org

Novartis CEO tells @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu how Big Pharma should be allowed to make more profits which will make him and select few, richer The failure of the Commission is the ideological blindness to EU public interprise to address Europe's industrial challenges @epsu.bsky.social And to 1/

We can and must do better. #UHC #GlobalHealth www.who.int/publications...

Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data. It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1

🔬 #JustPublished! New strategies to help countries detect and respond to #AvianInfluenza & #SwineInfluenza in humans. Europe is facing a sharp increase in circulation of avian influenza A(H5N1) in wild birds and poultry this autumn, raising the potential for human exposure. #AvianFlu #H5N1 #IDSky

The 16:45 CET onscreen text (2 December 2025) was shared with non-State actors in official relations at 20:27 CET, Tuesday, 2 December 2025. #IGWG4

🇪🇺 #Lobbying: How Europe’s #Business lobby took over the European Commission The EU’s regulatory 'simplification' drive is turning into a bonanza for corporate lobbyists at the expense of #CivilSociety groups focused on areas such as the #Environment and #Health www.euractiv.com/news/counter...

@3rdworldnetwork.bsky.social (K.M. Gopakumar) – "A draft United Nations General Assembly resolution on rare diseases is silent on the intellectual property barriers to access to treatment and the use of TRIPS flexibilities to overcome such barriers."

The dying voice of #CivilSociety in EU policymaking “The commission claims it wants civil society to be a partner in policymaking. But it shies away from defending NGOs against recent political attacks and fails to secure the stable funding that they need to survive" euobserver.com/eu-political...

What the Commission calls “simplification” is in fact a sweeping rollback of core digital rights. Daniel Leufer of Access Now unpacks what the European Commission is really proposing — and what it means for digital rights in the EU and beyond.

The European Commission seems to believe that rights are an obstacle to competitiveness and innovation, but real innovation means finding ways to make new technologies work for everyone’s benefit, writes Amnesty Tech's Joshua Franco.

Extraordinary that the Texas government would be so corrupt that it would have to black out more than 80% of its emails with Elon Musk.

The far right broke through the firewall in the European Parliament last week — and now it’s looking to flex its muscles again to secure broader goals.  Its target list is already set.

Europe is "putting a lot of money into innovation," Green MEP Tilly Metz said at our #POLITICOHealthSummit. "But we need public authorities to play a stronger role in setting the priorities." 🎥 Watch the full panel: youtu.be/HgdAsloFmX4 🗓️ See what else is on the program: lnkd.in/dPnkeEcY

Via Stat: www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... @rravinetto.bsky.social @belentarrafeta.bsky.social

The problem of inequality has become so pressing that it needs coordinated global action to address it, a group of over 500 economists and scientists said today.

🗳️ @europarl.europa.eu has voted to 'simplify' corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence. Sounds technical but it's bad news. Diluting rules designed to keep big business honest about its impact on people and planet will make it harder for consumers to invest their money sustainably.

Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

All 7 chapters of the @ipbes.net #NexusAssessment report are available to download! This report, co-chaired by UKCEH's Prof Paula Harrison and with contributions by 165 experts from 57 countries, explores interconnections among biodiversity, water, food &health www.ipbes.net/nexus-assess... 🧪

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/

"Why this matters: No human author = no copyright. That means AI-only outputs can be freely copied by others, with no exclusive rights. This has implications for teams deploying generative AI in content, code, design, marketing or other content .... www.lexology.com/library/deta...

From Surveillance To Sedation: The Rise Of Blue Pill Capitalism

Paul Belcher’s starter pack on European public health

More on the attacks on Wikipedia and its editors: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

This is the most important development in the fight for a liveable planet in DECADES, and it comes out at just the right time to enable us to put spotlight and pressure on climate obstruction at the COP30 in Brazil. BRAVO TIMMONS AND CSSN COLLEAGUES!!!!! 🤩🌍🤩

🦠 One in six bacterial infections is now resistant to #antibiotics. Without stronger real-time surveillance the next #pandemic could already be brewing.🌍 @wellcometrust.bsky.social @unaids.org @gavi.org @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social @helenclarknz.bsky.social #AMR #OneHealth #PandemicPreparedness

What does Europe's #environment 2025 mean for Europe? Catch our first episode of our new EEA 🎙️ #podcast show Europe's Climate and Environment. #europesenvironment2025

In the lead up to Election Day, Zohran Mamdani has engaged in a second primary of sorts, meeting quietly with New York City power brokers to consolidate support and box out his main rivals. Here’s the inside story of his rise. nyti.ms/3WCHy37

That one is no surprise and I will be surprised if they are rehired

Thankfully, some of yesterday's CDC firings have been rescinded. But this should be a major scandal, not business as usual in this shitshow of an administration. It's either spectacular incompetence or an effort to make even politically untouchable positions feel precarious to those in them.

MLL antoi lausuntonsa taloudellisia, sosiaalisia ja sivistyksellisiä oikeuksia koskevan sopimuksen (TSS-sopimus) toimeenpanosta Suomessa. Suomen valtion raporttiluonnoksessa annetaan aivan liian myönteinen kuva TSS-sopimuksen toimeenpanosta. Raporttia on syytä täydentää. bsky.app/profile/mllf...

French economist Gabriel Zucman says PM Sébastien Lecornu made a fatal mistake by not embracing his wealth tax.

”Tässä ollaan tekemisessä aika perustavanlaatuisten asioiden kanssa”, Kujanpää sanoo Journalistille. ” #Elokuvasäätiö n leikkausuhassa on kysymys ideologisesta missiosta, ei rahasta.” Kujanpää vertaa perussuomalaisten missiota Venäjään ja Unkariin.

“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.” We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.

Today we joined the call for the #right to receive and provide #healthcare, for the right to live. Everywhere. #Gaza #Yemen #Sudan #Afghanistan #Ukraine #DRC #Syria #Haïti etc. medicsonthemoveforwhatmatters.org @itmantwerp.bsky.social

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