Unlike politics, there’s no such thing as public health centrism. It’s evidence-based radicalism. It’s all about change towards health justice and equity, not tinkering around the edges trying to keep everyone happy. Such notions, my friends, are rather radical and there’s no shame in that.

How can natural infrastructure reduce health inequalities? Prof Ben Wheeler is exploring: "Geographical health inequalities in the UK are stark...the gap in healthy life expectancy across local authorities in England is around 20 years." www.ecehh.org/news/nature-health-inequalities-webinar/

I went a third of a century accepting, on the testimony of a cartoon, that coyotes chase roadrunners before I ever saw the real thing.

The health inequalities agenda is "tired and risks having run out of road" - not my words, the words of a senior health policymaker in the Scottish Government. But other SG policymakers told me health inequalities were a "huge priority" - so what's going on? A thread... 1/

We’ll present our research on #advertising of unhealthy products and #publichealth at #EvidenceWeek @senseaboutsci.bsky.social on 4th Nov: senseaboutscience.org/evidence-wee... We "invented" a game for it! @danaldridgemp.bsky.social @sadikal-hassanmp.bsky.social @kennethstevenson.bsky.social

Your life is worse off because too many white people hate Black people.

Academics doom but honestly: I’m paid to speak with smart people of all ages, do research that might improve the world, and work with policy makers, while having a high level of autonomy so I waste less time. I could be paid more to have a less interesting, useful, challenging job. But… no.

Index of Multiple Deprivation shows highly deprived areas are concentrated in the North of England www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I can answer this. I interviewed Peterson's tailor a few years ago, although the interview was never published because I fell behind on work. Here is the story of this suit. 🧵

New post out: "The worst social policy ever" Today we have a guest post from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social on the abomination that is the two-child limit and why Labour need to scrap it ASAP. Lots of data but also powerful testimony. (Free to read) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

#datascience the foundation behind the #python programming language, has rejected a $1.5 million grant, as it required removing DEI and diversity efforts of the foundation arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

NHS England » Ethnicity Recording Improvement Plan https://www.europesays.com/uk/536786/ Introduction The NHS is committed to reducing healthcare inequalities and delivering equitable access, excellent experiences and optimal outcomes…#uk #news #uknews

Yes, Lord of the Rings is about how you must trust the “hard men.” Just as Narnia is about an evil lion. And the New Testament tells a tale of a wimp who wouldn’t fight back. Next week on “fascists read classics,” we’ll meet tech visionary George Orwell…

Everyone should send a donation to Wikipedia if you haven't already. I just did.

We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?

To the surprise of nobody, Grok is sharing an innumerate and exaggerated defence of Sarah Pochin's comments, which is being widely celebrated by those with as or more prejudiced views than those expressed by Pochin.

Ecological fallacy alert. Of the folks in these areas who are reliant on SNAP, how many voted for Trump? I don’t have the numbers, but I bet @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social does.

“I’d be very surprised if there’s anything less than 50,000 nontrauma deaths,” said famine expert Alex de Waal. If he is anywhere close to right, Israel has killed 7.5% of Gaza’s population in just two years. In proportional terms, deadlier than the wars in Yemen, Syria, Sudan and Ukraine.

We must make racism disgraceful again. This kind of shameless ugly inadequacy from Pochin should be career-ending, not career-enhancing. Honestly… the Little England nastiness is repulsive.

Simon and Robert sat there smugly, secure in the knowledge that he hadn’t said ‘Simon says…’ before commanding everyone to put their head on their hand - 12th century, Amiens. Bibliothèques d'Amiens Métropole, Ms. 108, f. 99v

Thank you, Andrew-- I wish your head honchos would speak sooner and stronger on this appalling proposal, de facto for mass deportation. This is not who we are as a country indeed.

Irrespective of whether she was freelancing, or speaking for the Conservative Party - Katie Lam is plain wrong. It's unconscionable to threaten to deport hundreds of thousands of people who have Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK. This is not who we are as a country.

Here's a study suggestive of collider bias -Why the ‘thrifty gene’ hypothesis is back - on.ft.com/3Wln4vM via @FT

100% agree strategic authorities should have a duty to target inclusive growth.

The English Devo Bill could rewire economies for people. With @sianberry.bsky.social we're tabling three improvements: 🪙 New clause 31: Community wealth building ❤️ Amendment 255: Health & wellbeing in all policies 🤝 New schedule 1 & new clause 29: Inclusive economies ✒️ cles.org.uk/blog/lets-do...

If Labour cannot denounce mass deportation of permanent residents, Idi Amin style, what is the point of them?

Anti-migrant rhetoric is hurting the health and wellbeing of the population and is therefore a major public health issue. The prejudice & division propaganda has consequences in terms of mental health, workforce morale & capacity, stigma & barriers to access support, feelings of safety & security.

Please read this to understand how dire the situation is in Nunavut: www.aptnnews.ca/featured/foo... I made print copies of my book a fundraiser to raise awareness of food sovereignty/security issues in the North, but the PDF is free if you want to download + donate directly to QCFC + other orgs.

In the great series of economists reinventing psychology, I bring you today's episode: Vygotsky's zone of proximal development

Today IUCN has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. Read more here ⬇️ www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632

The NHS and social care would cease to function under UK govt’s new rules on foreign staff. Workers will have to wait – from 5 to 10 years – before they can apply for indefinite leave to remain, claim any benefit, childcare, or housing support, despite paying taxes Govt appeasing Reform.

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

Today is the 89th anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street when the people of the East End of London halted the march of Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts through Stepney.

#Wigan elects first #Reform councillor into a previously very safe @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ward 1,391 votes to #Labour candidate's 970. If Starmer and @teamlabouruk.bsky.social continue to lean into Reform's view of the world, Lisa Nandy can say goodbye to Parliament at the next election.

Increasing local authority procurement from local businesses increases local employment and reduces wage inequality openresearch.nihr.ac.uk/articles/5-8...

Join the Centre for Health Economics for a discussion on tackling health inequalities by exploring equity-weighted GP funding to better support disadvantaged patients and improve outcomes. Primary Care payment systems to reduce health inequality - 2 Oct

Labour are trying to portray themselves as the patriotic party to appeal to Reform, yet 'they should not have come' is a basic rejection of what many of us feel is genuinely British. And they are failing in their patriotic duties by not warning people about Reform's frontal assault on democracy.

Recall RFK's claim that doctors & scientists were "on his side" at his last hearing? Wanna prove him wrong? I'll be ordering post cards soon, so if you're local to me, I can pass some along. I can also send them on your behalf (DM me your info for that). Or do it yourself--info @ link below.

Quite. So many Labour people on this website visibly have no idea of just how bad things have got for ethnic minorities since they came on, and how their visible indifference lands.

Windsor Castle Tuesday night. Four of us arrested for 'malicious communications'. Now released. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8V4...

3/ Further info 📍 Location: University of Liverpool, UK 👥 Supervisors: @benjaminbarr.bsky.social | @breconomics.bsky.social 💰 Funding: Fully funded PhD position (Home student fees, stipend and a small budget to cover research costs) – funding is for three-years duration. 📅 Start Date: Jan 2026

When someone writes in Latin, do you think it’s fake because nobody’s a native Latin speaker? Or do you think that they’re writing in a language which has a multiple millennia old literary history and never actually was lost?

Journal of Critical Public Health. Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025) Are Place-Based Approaches to Reducing Health Inequalities a Highway to Success or a Policy Dead-End? Gerry McCartney & Jennie Popay journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Personal note: went to (some) of the countermarch yesterday, and then watched TV coverage of both. @sundersays.bsky.social is right that the far-right/racists on the main march are a (small) minority whose numbers are not growing. It's the apparent paralysis of the majority that scares me. [1/n]

New funded PhD opportunity working with the Liverpool Health Determinants Research Collaboration www.findaphd.com/phds/project... @local.gov.uk health inequalities @findaphd.bsky.social

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