The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)

The fact this is even a thing is crazy?!

Anyone at #EPH2025 in Helsinki, come to Hall B today at 11.45 for session 6.B to hear about @lhgp.bsky.social’s work on commercial determinants of health @karremannancy.bsky.social @georginawort.bsky.social

So excited for EPHC! If you’re in Helsinki next week, come say hi!

I'll be presenting a poster at the European Public Health Conference next week in Helsinki bringing together my postdoc work with @lhgp.bsky.social and my PhD/MSc work on environmental contamination in wastewater. academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...

interesting, terrifying and also not surprising??

📢 Over 1,200 public health professionals have written to health spokespeople from all parties, urging swift passage of the Tobacco & Vapes Bill - a historic chance to protect future generations. 🚭✨ ✉️ Read the letter: shorturl.at/4Miyl

Researchers from the @lhgp.bsky.social research consortium will present work on local responses to commercial determinants of health at the 18th European Public Health Conference in Helsinki, 11-14 November 2025. #EHP2025 👉 Read more: www.phiuk.org/news/local-h...

It's a busy couple of days for the @fohsheffield.bsky.social with a two day research meeting and showcase here in Sheffield. SARG's @charlierosehead.bsky.social @drduncgillespie.bsky.social @soc-researcher.bsky.social @victimofmaths.bsky.social and Lucy Burke are all involved in the programme.

Did you know that you can save three lives in just ten minutes with the gift of your blood? What do countries need to do to have safe blood donation systems ? WHO’s Dr Yuyun Maryuningsih explains all you need to know to donate blood in Science in 5.

3 million child deaths were linked to rising antimicrobial resistance. Africa & Asia are the most impacted regions. The growing threat of AMR is one of most consequential threats to global public health. Another reason to invest & not defund research. www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

Blackwell’s Bookshops have a “Banned Books” section that makes for quite a good reading list, point aside US pressure groups shouldn’t have any influence on what libraries stock here.

Why did I ever think commuting was a good idea?🥲

Feels really good to be back into reading after being in such a slump. Let’s see how many books I can read this year!

I submitted my PhD thesis today! 🥳 please no one ever make me write anything that long ever again

Just a reminder, as you look outside and notice it's already getting dark 😱, that today is the earliest sunset of the year (15:51 in London). From tomorrow the sunsets slowwwwly start getting later again. (Sunrises don't start getting earlier until Dec 30th hence solstice on 21st.) YOU ARE WELCOME.

@phiuk.bsky.social Local Health and Global Profits consortium outlines 5 priorities for the NHS 10-Year Health Plan @Health_at_Bath @tcrgbath.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social #PublicHealth #10YearHealthPlan #PopulationHealth #phiuklhgp www.phiuk.org/news/shaping...

🚨Publication🚨 🔎We critically examine industry's influence on the public and patient involvement (PPI) landscape 🔎We highlight the need to ensure independence, power and legitimacy of PPI activities 📢We call on non-industry organisations to adequately fund PPI Ably led by Marita Hennessy

Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no

Me opening my Spotify wrapped and relistening to my most-played tracks this year: Wow, I have great taste.

And today we’re on 47k with less than 2 weeks left, definitely making progress!

Spotify has the thesis writing soundtrack down to a t 🥲

Had the most amazing trip to Paris for my birthday with my better half @callumroom.bsky.social - a weekend full of art, books, culture and food ❤️

Turned 27 today, saw the Mona Lisa, officially cultured enough to be a real adult.

Bonjour from a lovely sunny (snowy) Paris!

Anyone have any tips for falling asleep on a coach?🥲🥲

Time for the tram to the coach station for the cheapest £30 return coach to Paris from South Yorkshire. Still in the PhD student savvy mindset!

Hard to stomach. It's not just greenwashing, it's ecocide.

If the last train was cancelled, then maybe, just maybe, sending out a smaller service (carriage wise) than normal might not be the wisest idea 😭😭

I couldn't find one so thought I'd get a commercial determinants of health starter pack going. Please suggest people to add or ask to be added! go.bsky.app/6nKKEeh

150 amazing public health researchers, advocates, and not for profits. Our starter pack is complete… and I’ve just started starter pack two!! go.bsky.app/RhTFdxd

New paper published in Social Science and Medicine 'An analysis of intersectional disparities in alcohol consumption in the US'. Led by @sophiebright.bsky.social, this study identifies several understudied groups who may have higher alcohol consumption than traditional methods would suggest.

3 weeks and 2 days until PhD submission, how can it be too close and too far at the same time??

Big and welcome push from the @ECDC today on AMR www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

A reminder that I have a spreadsheet that has over 300 (mostly UK) based research orgs and where they are in these changing times on Bluesky, X, LinkedIn, Threads & Mastodon. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... If you know of any on X who have switched, add them to my form. forms.gle/kKihTAmLatwo...

I'll start on BlueSky with a thread of some recent research from our team: @sarg-scharr.bsky.social First, we found strong social patterning in how the type of drinking occasion people varies by sex, age and household income doi.org/10.1111/dar.....

This months read with Chapter 25 book club, interesting so far!!

An achievement I never thought I’d see - just hit 40k words in my thesis - one month to go!

The list of books banned in schools in the US is wild, The Hunger Games? 1984? The Handmaid’s Tale???

Glad I have a cat because it's weirdly calming to look at something that has absolutely no capacity to understand what is happening

Good morning. ♥️ #birds

best part of Halloween is all the parma violets I can nab out of the bowl for the neighbour trick or treaters

November tomorrow means last full month before PhD thesis submission month - stress is starting to hit big timeeeee

As of today, Mount #Fuji remains snowless, marking the first time in 130 years of recorded history. Typically, the first snowfall occurs around Oct 2nd, with the previous latest snowfall record being Oct 26th (1955, 2016). First snow is expected next week. 🧪 🗻 🌡 www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...

Mixing the hotel free hot chocolate with the coffee makes a 10/10 mocha that’s much better than either alone

Excited to be travelling down to Bristol today in advance of my first face to face meeting with the Local Health and Global Profits team at @phiuk.bsky.social, as one of 2 representees from @sheffielduni.bsky.social! Looking forward to meeting everyone tomorrow and catching up on all our progress!

This resonates - choosing a Masters based on fees because the postgrad loan isn’t enough, relying on a funded PhD studentship which isn’t possible in many disciplines - I’m grateful for the opps I’ve had and feel hugely lucky. There needs to be more opportunities for working class research students!

Fantastic resource for bio icons: NIH Bioart Source Build figures, presentations, and illustrations with 2,000+ science and medical art visuals. This collection of high-quality, scientifically accurate vectors, #icons, and brushes is freely available within the public domain. bioart.niaid.nih.gov

smoked salmon is acceptable breakfast fish but that’s it imho