Christiane Amanpour, "Antisemitism is a major problem. How do you navigate that?" Zack Polanski, "I think it is a powerful message to have a Jewish leader and a Muslim deputy leader" "Antisemitism and Islamophobia are two sides of the same coin" "And the best response to hatred is solidarity"

It bemoans lack of integration whilst making integration far less likely. It wants ASs to contribute, whilst forbidding most of them from doing so It asserts that 'the rules' are too lenient whilst claiming that the problem is that people aren't 'playing by the rules'. 2/3

Good morning ☀️ Starting the day with this powerful Nelson Mandela quote: “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” Isn’t that what it’s all about? The choices we have to make. And what moves us to make them.

In the age of prevailing performative cruelty, let's make a conscious choice every day to amplify our kindness and show our empathy. Otherwise, the situation is unbearable.

Only “8,500 people in asylum accommodation have the right to work because they entered the country on a visa and later claimed asylum” Most asylum seekers are not allowed to work. Allowing them to work would’ve made more sense. But sense isn’t what this is about. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Good morning ☀️ Starting the day with this powerful Nelson Mandela quote: “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” Isn’t that what it’s all about? The choices we have to make. And what moves us to make them.

Attempts at fixing gender equality at leadership level all tell us to adopt behaviours largely exhibited by men to ‘get there’: be more assertive& ambitious, less humble, sensitive & reflective etc. They don’t tell men to adopt any of our dominant behaviours. This messaging is in itself patriarchal.

Refugees & asylum seekers are largely a vulnerable, traumatised & disadvantaged group of people so to keep demonising & scapegoating them for political gain is disgusting & despicable. The end doesn’t justify this punching down means & in any case the end here seems to be the propaganda itself.

Refugees & asylum seekers are largely a vulnerable, traumatised & disadvantaged group of people so to keep demonising & scapegoating them for political gain is disgusting & despicable. The end doesn’t justify this punching down means & in any case the end here seems to be the propaganda itself.

Genius as usual 🤣

I actually think we need to de-stigmatise the word ‘migrant’ rather than push for certain groups to dissociate from it. www.cityam.com/internationa...

I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge. Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots. A thread 🧵 1/8 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Attempts at fixing gender equality at leadership level all tell us to adopt behaviours largely exhibited by men to ‘get there’: be more assertive& ambitious, less humble, sensitive & reflective etc. They don’t tell men to adopt any of our dominant behaviours. This messaging is in itself patriarchal.

The cruelty competition: This is what we are witnessing here. Who can win votes by being seen to be more cruel to a bunch of generally poor and vulnerable people? It’s heartless and regressive strategy that is eventually most cruel to the heart of this nation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The cruelty competition: This is what we are witnessing here. Who can win votes by being seen to be more cruel to a bunch of generally poor and vulnerable people? It’s heartless and regressive strategy that is eventually most cruel to the heart of this nation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Note that every piece of anti-migrant propaganda I take personally. No, I’m not playing good immigrant, bad immigrant. This hate agenda is bad for ALL of us.

Reflections on competition and collaboration.

'Prevention of COVID/Long COVID must not be a 'lost cause'. @juliadoubleday.bsky.social Reality: airborne viruses spread more easily in poorly ventilated classrooms, high-quality HEPA filtration could help bring down transmission!' 👇RECOVER study PASC in children www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid...

Our piece on e-bikes & health: "For policy makers, urban planners and public health officials, the goal must be to design cities that support safe, active, and inclusive e-bike use—ensuring that the health benefits for all outweigh the risks which may exacerbate health inequalities."

I really can’t bear to see such headlines anymore. Immigrants prop up this country and its systems and institutions. Most of them work really hard to contribute to society. They are equally deserving of a dignified life that doesn’t involve being scapegoated by politicians & media everyday. Enough!

A global health journal with an all-female executive leadership team! ✨ @plosglobalpublichealth.org continues to push the boundaries with today's announcement of Prof. Manuela De Allegri joining @ckyobutungi.bsky.social as a co-editor-in-chief & @juliarobinson.bsky.social as Exec Editor

Our piece about e-bikes and #PublicHealth

Exactly this. And every moment that passes with folks around me not condemning it or even acknowledging it, and the impact it has on any migrant, is noted

Agree. Don’t come at me with “we don’t mean you, dear”.

Germany pledges €500 million for research through the “National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases” (2026-2036), including #MECFS and #LongCOVID. Addressing what they call “one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century.” www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

Note that every piece of anti-migrant propaganda I take personally. No, I’m not playing good immigrant, bad immigrant. This hate agenda is bad for ALL of us.

I really can’t bear to see such headlines anymore. Immigrants prop up this country and its systems and institutions. Most of them work really hard to contribute to society. They are equally deserving of a dignified life that doesn’t involve being scapegoated by politicians & media everyday. Enough!

Reflections on competition and collaboration.

Saline nasal sprays offer so much potential as a public health intervention to reduce viral illnesses. Easy to use, relatively cheap and widely available.

Digital is a problem more than a solution if it’s difficult to access, tricky to use, temperamental, rigid or non-inclusive. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Well I know one thing for sure: you don’t stand up to racism with anti-migrant rhetoric. Because everyone knows that anti-migrant rhetoric is motivated by racism. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

By all means do what you have to do to survive in a toxic environment but please, I beg you, don’t suck up to bullies. Don’t inflate their egos. This encourages them to bully more people. Survive them not nourish them. There’s a difference.

Poll: Greens are the most popular party in 18-25 year olds doubling support from 16% in March to 32% in November. So what we need to be wary of is intensified attempts to turn older people against younger people. They will want to turn this into a battle of the ages. www.itv.com/news/2025-11...

Sorry Alice, I don't think the kids are reading this Times column!

By all means do what you have to do to survive in a toxic environment but please, I beg you, don’t suck up to bullies. Don’t inflate their egos. This encourages them to bully more people. Survive them not nourish them. There’s a difference.

Grateful for the mornings. Sunny or rainy or windy. They’re all gifts of new beginnings. So many gifts 🙏

Well I know one thing for sure: you don’t stand up to racism with anti-migrant rhetoric. Because everyone knows that anti-migrant rhetoric is motivated by racism. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Miriam Margolyes: “The English judge people by their vowels.” She’s not wrong there. Accents are used to judge people’s brains, competence and goodness. It’s a real problem.

Saline nasal sprays offer so much potential as a public health intervention to reduce viral illnesses. Easy to use, relatively cheap and widely available.

"Labour risks a migration politics that divides society into the fully entitled and the permanently probationary. In this hierarchical system of belonging, migrants are kept on extended probation and judged by standards never applied to British nationals." theconversation.com/labours-plan...

What an encouraging story of resilience @nisreenalwan.bsky.social

All medical students deserve to be safe at university and on placement. Earlier this year, we surveyed medical students in collaboration with @survivinginscrubs.bsky.social to understand how sexism and sexual violence is impacting students. Read more: www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...

You can tell if gratitude is helping or hindering by how much you show up as yourself while feeling grateful. If it results in a 'diluted' self, it might be acting as a social conditioner rather than a wellness tool.

I figured something out. The large body of self-help work around gratitude is not without harms. It largely ignores the historical use of gratitude as a tool to silence, subjugate & chain self-actualisation in minorities & immigrants where feeling grateful is an expectation for peaceful existence.

Wrong. You can't be a 'legend' and 'engaged in rank racism and sexism' at the same time. It's so frustrating. This misconception is still alive and kicking in today's science circles. Those labelled as 'geniuses' should not be forgiven their awfulness to others. www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...

This is so horrific. So painful. So despairing.

International students are not unwanted migrants. They’re wanted, needed & required for the survival of UK academia as it stands. Yet they’re constantly scapegoated in anti-immigrant political rhetoric. They’re falsely taken for granted. It’s not only unfair but also stupid & destructive.

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.

Reminder to self: When someone shows you who they are, believe them the second time if you can’t bring yourself to believe them the first time. Don’t leave it till the third or fourth of fifth time because then you should definitely be angry with yourself. And you know, life’s too short for that…

“Mahmood wants to reduce incentives that draw people to the UK, while making it easier to expel those with no right to be in the country.” This is gonna backfire big time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...