I don't remember seeing an image of Earth before that captures the (thin, fragile, tiny layer of) atmosphere so clearly. I mean, look at that.

Our latest website update now lists every candidate running in the Scottish Parliamentary elections next month. Use our page to find your candidates. Get in touch with them and let them know you want them to back our pledges: endconversiontherapy.scot#/holyrood26/...

Residents of Gaza had begun seeing improved flows of food and aid supplies, yet renewed shutdown of crossing spread concerns of another prolonged period of deprivation.

yes. they pay more based on income in taxes for the thing that is then “free” for everyone. this is how public services work

This isn’t a lamentable side effect of these products. It’s the actual reason they exist.

Angela Saini's books are a great corrective to the icky sociobiology that emanated from the Brockman crew

I feel like now is a good time to share this again

I am not sure people understand the degree to which foreign grad students (and especially Chinese ones) are propping up our universities.

Easter Sunday around the world – in pictures

This. If Starmer isn't negotiating with the US and Israel to stop their inhumane & illegal actions against Iran, then he isn't interested in opening up the Strait of Hormuz. The people who started this crisis need to stop their actions (and it is NOT Iran).

WEBINAR: Looking ahead to the Scottish election, @davefinch.bsky.social​ joins our colleagues @scothealtheq.bsky.social​ on 23 April to discuss social attitudes towards health and preventative policy in Scotland, and what the party manifestos have to say on prevention. Register now⬇️

Crips for eSIMs for Gaza can no longer send eSIMs!!! Palestinians are still surviving genocide, and we all need to help keep them connected. So their voices can be heard. 315/500 by Saturday—to cover 1 week of topups for 200 people supported by the UK volunteers: bit.ly/esimsUK

‘The US is no longer the go-to place’: How Korean culture is taking Latin America by storm

My latest paper is out, exploring the opportunities for applying a more inclusive, holistic #OneHealth approach in #forcedmigration contexts, extending moral concern to non-human lives to guide more inclusive and equitable #humanitarian responses www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/...

❗Black doctors in London are six times less likely to be appointed as a consultant (rising to 15 times in some) ❗Black mothers are 2.3 times more likely to die in childbirth than their White counterparts Racism is a social determinant of health that we cannot afford to ignore. 2/4

If you don’t stop in mid-sentence to check a thing and then three hours later you’ve learned the entire history of canned food but not finished the sentence, why even be a writer?!

Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.

As an early Easter present - here is episode 8, with Dr. Renzo Guinto - @renzoguinto.bsky.social - on Climate Justice in Global Health! Listen to the full episode here, with links to Spotify and Apple Podcasts: notiphied.riverside.com Thanks for being on a show!

Are you interested in how the 4 UK nations are approaching health policy? Join our webinar in association with @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social to hear from Will Hutton, @profellenstu.bsky.social, Prof Ann Marie Gray, Prof Katherine Checkland & Dr Lorelei Jones on this. acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

Tomorrow marks 20 yrs since public places in Scotland became smokefree. Scotland was the first of the 4 UK nations to make this change & it remains one of Scotland's major public health successes. So i's important to reflect on how this policy success was achieved: www.strath.ac.uk/research/ast...

Elon Musk’s new pay package could amount to $100B per year ($1 trillion over ten years!). That's the same as 3.2 million cashiers’ paychecks combined. It’s more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks. It’s more than 2 million janitors’ paychecks. The system is broken.

Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders joined striking Starbucks United workers in New York. Listen to their powerful message of solidarity.

Apartheid is too limited of a word to describe what Israel is today.

this was always going to be the hard part — actually getting these amazing new drugs to the people who need them. it’s something we haven’t had the political will to achieve for decades with the HIV drugs we DID have

"In immigration detention, he missed 4 out of 5 chemotherapy sessions scheduled in his fight against aggressive lymphoma. A scan last month showed the cancer had spread into his bone marrow. “I was in shock, seeing those little dots,” he said of the scan...” www.startribune.com/how-ice-deta...

One in five UK hospitality businesses fear collapse as costs surge

Because why bother to leave something as important as making an immigration decision for someone to human beings when you can ask an AI to summarise it wrongly for you? its not as if it would negatively impact people already privileged by their citizenship, race, class status, amirite. Bravo, Canada

"Countries heavily reliant on US aid see a 10.5% increase in maternal mortality following a switch from a Democratic to a Republican administration—about 44.7 additional deaths per 100 000 live births." gh.bmj.com/content/11/3...

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

The movement for justice and reparations is unstoppable "It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity" - John Dramani Mahama, president of the Republic of Ghana www.africanews.com/2026/03/24/g...

I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc. But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.

Return of the pox: How smallpox eradication cleared the way for new threats by @maevecullinan.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/how-smallpox-eradication-cleared-the-way-for-new-threats

Once heard a prof tell grad students that they don't have to worry about misconduct, we have ethics now, mistakes like eugenics won't happen again (as if eugenics ever went away). Nothing more dangerous than framing it as a thing of the past and thinking we don't need to check ourselves constantly.

I guess with race science discourse still percolating, I should re-up my starter pack for people who work on the topic

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Women earned 81% of men's earnings in 2024, down from 83% in 2023 & 84% in 2022. The cost of feminine hygiene products has gone up 40% since 2020. The US collected $115M through tariffs on menstrual products containing cotton vs $42M in 2020. www.cnbc.com/2026/03/22/m...

The thing about pain that is difficult to explain to people who don't live with it is how much *effort* it takes.

in this house, we are alysa liu fans

UPDATE: UK #meningitis B outbreak 6 cases have been confirmed to be meningitis B through laboratory testing as of 17 March 2026. More about the outbreak 👇

New to #NMOSD or looking for trusted information? This guide shares key FAQs on symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. While rare, more specialists and researchers worldwide are working to improve care and quality of life for people living with NMOSD. www.sumairafoundation.org/what-to-know...

As WHO says: "Resource constraints cannot be used to justify withholding proven care in a research study involving people" The proposed trial has no equipoise: it knowingly puts 1/2 of newborns in harm's way @boghuma.bsky.social wrote a superb piece on this. bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...

US planning to take away HIV medicines from people in Zambia - to pressure the government to hand over minerals. Describe this in a word:

Vizzini: Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Marc Andreessen: No.

Breast cancer mortality dropped 58% from 1975 to 2019. Localized, early detected breast cancer has a 99% 5 year survival rate. Modern mammogram tech was developed by NASA for telescopes. Last year, RFK Jr. cancelled 87 research grants on breast cancer. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz

Pretty clear that the Greens are the primary left wing party of the Working Class.

You'd think they'd want to discuss how it won as many awards as The Matrix, ET, Fellowship of the Ring, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Parasite... How it has the most wins of any Vampire movie ever... How its success further cements that Coogler's deal could be Hollywood's future. But alas. It's Black.

SINNERS stats: • 4 Oscars • 3 BAFTAs • 2 Grammys • 2 Actor Awards • 2 Golden Globes • A on CinemaScore • $370M+ worldwide • 4 Critics Choice Awards • 97% on Rotten Tomatoes • One of the best reviewed wide-release films of the decade

It’s not often one can say “you know, that guy was better off when he was hanging out with a cannibal” But here we are

it makes it even more striking how there still has only been one Black woman best actress winner, ever. in 98 years.