”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

Top headline game from The Guardian

VM:n muistiossa arvioidaan ensi vuonna tehtävien veromuutosten vaikutusta tulonjakoon. Hallituksen veropäätökset lisäävät suurituloisimpien käytettävissä olevia tuloja eniten. Heidän kohdallaan lisäys on suurin suhteellisesti ja absoluuttisesti. Sen sijaan pienituloisimman ryhmän tulot vähenevät.

Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner! “The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”

Remarkably blunt words from United Nations officials who just declared Israel is committing genocide: "Gaza will be with me for the rest of my life." "Netanyahu, like everything he says, is simply lying." "The treatment of children, the amputation without anesthetic…That will haunt me forever."

More than 1,000 HHS staff call on RFK Jr. to resign thehill.com/policy/healt...

The United States is now on the Civicus Monitor Watchlist. A global list of countries where there is a serious decline in respect for civic freedoms. The watchlist was updated in March 2025 and includes the US alongside the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Kenya, and Serbia. DOJ actions

Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

"Once trusted experts are removed and advisory bodies are stacked, the results are predetermined. That isn’t reform. It is sabotage." Susan Monarez WSJ op-ed www.wsj.com/opinion/robe...

#DRC: Health authorities have declared an outbreak of #Ebola Virus Disease in the Bulape health zone, Kasaï province. As of Sept. 4, 28 suspected cases have been reported, with 16 fatalities, including 4 health workers.

Not sure that this will do a great deal for increasing confidence in vaccines. www.statnews.com/2025/09/03/p...

🚨 BREAKING: The EU Commission's Teresa Ribera has described Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide, the strongest condemnation yet to come out of Brussels. Read the story: ow.ly/4SJs50WRcuP

🧪 A federally commissioned study detailing alcohol's health risks has been suppressed. The research shows a clear link to seven types of cancer, with mortality risk increasing sharply even at low consumption levels. #MedSky 🛟

Our final panel at #UACES2025 considered the balance between health and other EU policies - ethics, trade, alcohol brand marketing, and AI. Many thanks to Juan Collado Perez Llantada, @merikoivusalo.bsky.social, Jaydon Souter, and Phil Ryan!

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

@lyndagilby.bsky.social presented her latest work with @merikoivusalo.bsky.social at the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference

PhD Research Fellowship in Political Science #ECPRMemberJobs 📅 4 years 🏫 @statsvitenskap.bsky.social ⌛ Monday 1 September buff.ly/VWstaZI #PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky

Reuters: Trump administration weighs sanctions on officials implementing EU tech law

🚨 Job alert! FEANTSA is hiring a Health Policy Assistant to support advocacy & research on health inequalities and #homelessness. Apply before 10 September! 🔗 www.feantsa.org/en/about-us/...

Sosiaali- ja terveysjärjestöiltä leikkaaminen tulee yhteiskunnalle kalliiksi. SOSTEn laskelman mukaan 1 euro sote-järjestöille kohdennettuja valtionavustuksia säästää julkisen sektorin kustannuksia yli 1,4 euroa. Leikkauksille on vaihtoehtoja. 👇 #budjettiriihi

Great thread about the new @uk.theconversation.com article @sheencr.bsky.social and I wrote about how Kennedy is systematically undermining vaccines in a coordinated and scarily effective way in the US. full article here: theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-i...

Japan - Key structural issues to be addressed for the PABS system @who.int @unitaidngos.bsky.social apps.who.int/gb/igwg/pdf_...

🧵Yritystukien karsimista esitetään jälleen sopeutuskeinoksi. Konkreettisia esityksiä on kuitenkin vähemmän. Ketjussa oma karsittavien yritystukien top5. Konkretia on olennaista, sillä monilla yritystuilla on perusteltu syy ja viime vuosina painotus on siirtynyt uudistaviin mm. T&K-tukiin. 1/

Finland should join the call on humanitarian grounds - there is no excuse

We already knew the EU's climate math ain't mathing, but pledging $250B for U.S. gas? The business math ain't mathing either🙄

healthpolicy-watch.news/mass-starvat... If that EU "Global Health Strategy" is worth anything more than its name, it's past time @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu et al do something substantial to put far more pressure on the Israeli government.

Tammy Bruce announces that the US pulled out of UNESCO because it's "at odds with our America first foreign policy" and "UNESCO's decision to admit the 'state of Palestine' as a member state is highly problematic"

On the death of the FDA. @jeneeninterlandi.bsky.social is a national treasure. Her reporting here is exceptional. @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social take note. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/m...

"Member states have until 10 August to submit proposals on what they want to see in the annex, which will flesh out Article 12 of the agreement."

Why are universities so important to destroy in the authoritarian playbook? www.brookings.edu/articles/tar...

Why do the fascists hate universities so much? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

British Academy postdoctoral fellowships scheme is now open. The deadline is 1 October. Time to get talking with potential host institutions and mentors about planning an application for this year or instead waiting for a future round. (The scheme is annual).

🚨NEW: The @ec.europa.eu unveiled its Chemicals Industry Action Plan: a major win for industry, a dangerous loss for health and environment. This proposals risk: ❌ Weakening safety laws ❌ Allowing carcinogens in cosmetics ❌ Scrapping transparency on nanomaterials

🇮🇹An Italian court has sentenced 11 chemical executives to jail over #PFAS pollution in drinking water and soil. 💶In a first-instance judgement, the ruling includes financial compensation for the groups of people affected. More in our latest #ToxicFree4EU: buff.ly/w13CoNE #EnvironmentalJustice

Unhealthy Divides? Perspectives on Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health ⚖️ On 7 July, LSE Health brings interdisciplinary experts together for this webinar w/ Maarten Lindeboom, @jlynch13.bsky.social, Jennifer Dowd, @jcosta-font.bsky.social + @emiliecourtin.bsky.social Register here👉 bit.ly/4jWYavW

Kill another green law? The EU wants to continue protecting polluters spreading greenwashing lies. Finally political momentum is on our side to stop this. Sign to demand the anti-greenwashing law. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-07...

As the EU Commission announces ever more new deregulation initiatives, it's no surprise that industry smells blood and starts lobbying for re-opening of legislation they dislike Now industry is even targeting a crucial directive on wastewater treatment 💦🚨 www.corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

Really worrying report on Starmer’s promise to further trade talks with the US which “could potentially mean billions in extra spending for the NHS for basically no benefit at all” "It’s hard to see that as anything but a negative for the NHS" 1/3 www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/tr...

Written about vaccines for more than two decades and never actually crossed my mind that people would be asked to pay for a routine childhood immunisation. Also what utter grifting madness is that profit hike… it’s £45 for an MMR vaccine at Superdrug

🧪 In July's PubSci 🍺 blog I preview our event with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social on Weds 16th, share other science news and events, reflect on last month's talk, dip into the world of science poetry, and share an exclusive discount code for a talk this coming weekend. tinyurl.com/PubSci-Blog-...

Denmark’s digital affairs minister criticized Meta for an advertising campaign promoting regulations on age checks for social media in an interview with us.

NEW research published in PLOS Global Public Health by Toby Pepperrell, @merikoivusalo.bsky.social, Liz Grant, and @alisonkmcc.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social and Tampere University: Transforming trade for vaccine equity: Policy gaps and barriers journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

EU plans to roll back green rules and weaken forced labour and child exploitation protection are moving fast, but are likely to be challenged in court "immediately" and lead to "years of legal uncertainty," one legal expert told EUobserver.

Hyvinvointi- ja terveyserojen kaventaminen toteutuu hyvinvointialueilla aiempaa huonommin. Sen vähentäminen ei alueiden sote-johtajien mukaan ole jatkossa yhtä keskeinen periaate kuin aiemmin, selviää juuri julkaistusta Sosiaalibarometrista. #sosiaalibarometri

The Trump tax cut is a massive wealth transfer from the poorest to the wealthiest. Contrast that with Build Back Better, which helped those at the bottom of the income distribution. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Gaza’s journalists are starved into silence. The EU’s neutrality is complicity.

My article in @nejm.org about its possible return www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....