So good to see this work - I was definitely one of those who left the field as there were just no practical ways to combine family and fieldwork. I’m so impressed with today’s generation! #PregnantInTheField

Rise of dangerous health information in UK risks 'lost generation' LSHTM experts warn false or misleading health information on social media, apps, & AI tools risks "reversing decades of progress", call for new network to fight back. @lshtmcepr.bsky.social www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

Maternal Grief-Writing as Transformative Practice Sabina Dosani & Emily Tammam doi.org/10.1080/1448... #RecurrentMiscarriage #ChildLoss

🎥 Missed the UN SDG Media Zone session on climate disinformation? Watch the replay to learn how false narratives threaten climate action and why strengthening information integrity matters now more than ever. buff.ly/0ERAI5u

Health #misinformation on social media could lead to ‘sicker UK’ In the Independent Liam Smeeth & Adam Kucharski warn false & misleading health information on social media, apps & AI tools risks generation unsure where to turn for trustworthy health advice. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Fossil-fueled warming once again killed tens of thousands in Europe this summer. Scientists the rising heat and death tolls show the limits of adaptation.

✅ Marketing restrictions ✅ Clear packaging labels ✅ Access to affordable nutritious foods ✅ Healthy school environments We know how to prevent obesity in children. Now we need to act faster to prevent continued violations of children’s rights to #nutrition and health. #FixMyFood #research

What if there were a technology that could help to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, air pollution & environmental degradation, while improving health, reducing social inequality & boosting economic growth? Train travel turns 200 & needs renewed attention 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Amazing lineup for #Misinformation event at @lshtm.bsky.social today!

When we think of sexism, it's easy to think of *active* efforts to discriminate against women. But sexism also operates *passively* - like through our inaction on issues like childcare and paid family leave. In that context, return-to-office policies are sexist in consequence, even if not in design.

Online tix available! #misinformation @lshtm.bsky.social tomorrow!

Leveraging archaeological knowledge in designing for climate change adaptation.

The big reform that would keep our most vulnerable safe is to increase paid maternity leave to 12 months & mandate new laws for parents to work short hours. That’s what they have in Scandinavia and they don’t spend money on childcare for infants. Parental care is more doable with shorter hours too.

"To save as much water in data centers as fixing your toilet would save, you would need to delete 1.5 billion photos, or 200 billion emails."

found some myself; www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-data-cen...

Posting this again. Not enough electricity left to build affordable homes in 3 west London boroughs, because all capacity has been used by a data centre. #affordablehousingUK www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/repo...

Inside the Push to Restart Three Mile Island’s Aging Nuclear Reactor This 6-minute WSJ video is excellent. They explain that a key problem is the lack of a regulatory/safety framework for turning a nuclear power plant back ON! That's right. They are winging it!

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

New research: Darkly-painted cars cause heat islands: "Dark-colored vehicles made the air around them 3.8°C hotter compared to the nearby asphalt road." (Darker cars are also more likely to be in crashes. www.researchgate.net/publication/...)

They recovered over 180 bullet shells at the CDC. Debris from shattered glass is still being cleaned up. I am completely stunned at how quickly the news cycle has moved on. This was an act of terrorism targeting public health experts, and the response seems to be a collective shrug.

What a dreadful article from the Independent. Wrong on every front. If you think autonomous vehicles is going to save the world then you’re hugely mistaken. Also I’ve studied transport and ageing for 25 years, eyesight is the only test that makes a difference to road safety…

This guy has got what it takes Who’s up for running in your state? #BuildABetterSenate #TakeBackCongress #Resist

Our @psimonk.bsky.social on why more people don't commute (also shop, go to school etc.) by cycling: it's primarily the lack of a safe, coherent and direct network of cycle routes basically. More here...

Last day TODAY!

“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.” theprogressplaybook.com/2024/01/31/w...

"Measuring the monetary value of goods and services sold in the economy year on year is going to tell you far too little about whether people are thriving" @kateraworth.bsky.social talks Doughnut Economics with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social pod.fo/e/30c4c4

I consider this paper to be essential reading for anyone who works in infant/young child nutrition and health. Literally anything related to that. You need to understand how food systems, supply chains, corporate practices, and climate change all interact. www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

Dropping all of my recent posts about #breastfeeding + #FoodSecurity / food sovereignty, sustainability, and infant and young child feeding in emergencies ( #IYCFE ) in this thread 👇 And other resources as I come across them. #OneHealth #ChildHealth #ClimateChange #IMMW2025 #Gaza #WBW2025 🛟

The more people who are lactating when a disaster or supply chain interruption hits a community, the more buffered their children are from food insecurity. Breastfeeding = - food security for children of conflict - food sovereignty for indigenous peoples - zero emission food 🤱🏾💞

Join us at our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225 today at 2.30pm & 3.30pm for a spotlight talk from our Librarian on an 18th-century facsimile of a nearly-incinerated Magna Carta. It's free, just come to us at Burlington House and drop in at those times! Talk lasts around 10min so don't be late!

@wandsworthlabour.bsky.social you have the chance to truly make Wandsworth “The Greener Borough” - start by planting enough trees to make up for the CO2 removal, shade and cooling work of the 54 century-old chestnut trees in the chainsaw massacre on Tooting Common www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050. Just the start. Common sense.

Let’s talk about science, baby. Let’s talk about empathy. Let’s talk about all we do know. And all we don’t know, that may be. Let’s talk about science. 🧵 Keep reading for a health communication crash course 1/10 @kmpanthagani.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social

Know your rights when you're breastfeeding in public. Check out our Q&As - or read our info sheet maternityaction.org.uk/advice/breastfeeding-in-public-places. #breastfeeding #worldbreastfeedingweek #pregnancy #pregnancyrights #maternity #maternityrights #BreastfeedingInPublic

One straightforward action the U.K. Government could do today - adopt the 11 recommendations of the CMA on regulating misleading marketing in full. This would disrupt the blatant profiteering we have seen from formula companies recently. #BabiesBeforeProfits #EndExploitativeMarketing #WBW2025

Bring back Blue Peter! They'd get the country mobilised.

"If the problem is blazing temperatures making us all overheat, why can’t we convert some of that sunlight into energy to keep us cool?" A column about air-conditioning - and progress www.newstatesman.com/environment/...

This World Breastfeeding Week, the focus is on Creating Sustainable Support Systems. 💜 The UK needs to do more to support mums returning to work while breastfeeding. Your workplace should support you to breastfeed as long as you choose. Info from Maternity Action and @wbtiuk.bsky.social #WBW2025

🌟 Great to see the publication of this important research on medicines and breastfeeding by @swpharmres.bsky.social member Rachel Pilgrim. 📑 You can read the full paper here internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #PharmSky #PharmacyResearch

Wow, I wish this had been available when my babies were born! There was so little skilled help around that I trained as a breastfeeding counsellor and then IBCLC myself - but the NHS didn’t want to include our support groups in local integrated services. #CreateSustainableSupportSeevices! #WBW2025

All maternity, neonatal and community settings should be fully accredited by the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative. See Indicator 2 in our report in Part 1 for our main findings, and in Part 2 for further details. Read More…  ukbreastfeeding.org/wbtiuk2024/  #WBW2025

Today I start my research trip sailing down the River Seine from Paris to Honfleur (via a few stops) in a reconstruction of the Klåstad cargo ship built in 998. It’s the penultimate stage in the ship’s journey from Rome to London throughout the summer. I’ll post updates as we go #Saga25 #MedievalSky

More on how to #CreateSustainableSupportSystems #WBW2025

It’s #WorldBreastfeedingWeek 2025! This year we are looking at how to build sustainable support systems for our future and for a sustainable planet. Our @wbtiuk.bsky.social team have a different theme for each day of the week 1-7 August. #WBW2025

‘Soft and calorie dense’: Chris van Tulleken on how ultra-processed foods keep us hooked – podcast

FIFA should drop Coca-Cola as sponsors of the 2025 Club World Cup, which begins this week, urge Chris van Tulleken and Carlos A Monteiro. "It's normalising excessive sugar consumption, contradicting the principles of fitness and health that sport represents” www.bmj.com/content/389/...

“Mothers throughout time have always put in that extra labor because they care about the health of their families.” Now "Science Moms" are taking on the greatest threat to humanity. Of course. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Oh captain, my captain.

Seriously? Y'all wait until they find out how much damage cars (that are already licensed) do. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ooh! Have you seen this? Looks super cool! For anyone who is interested in #archeology #archaelogy #heritage, #history or just plain good #BoardGames! Last few days to back Cultivaria on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cul...