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Prof Christina Pagel

@chrischirp.bsky.social

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Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/

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Christina Pagel FMedSci HonFFPH is a German-British mathematician and professor of operational research at University College London (UCL) within UCL's Clinical Operational Research Unit (CORU), which applies operational research, data analysis and mathematical modelling to topics in healthcare. She was Director of UCL CORU from 2017 to 2022 and is currently Vice President of the UK Operational Research Society. She also co-leads, alongside Rebecca Shipley, UCL's CHIMERA research hub which analyses data from critically ill hospital patients. .. more

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 2h

Nearly 30 U.S. ambassadors just got recalled within a week. Career diplomats. No explanation.
The Foreign Service union says this has NEVER happened in U.S. history.
Not during wars. Not during scandals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
#BlueSky #NewsSky #PoliSky

Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts

www.nytimes.com

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 10h

Everyone is porcupining and bracing for war. Finland has raised the reservist age to 65, bringing its reserve force to nearly one million. The memory of the Winter War with the USSR continues to shape Finnish thinking. yle.fi/a/74-20201345

Finland raises reservist age to 65

The reserve force will gradually swell to one million.

yle.fi

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Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com · 17h

In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d

Circling back

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Sky News @news.sky.com · 1d

Greta Thunberg arrested at a protest supporting Palestine Action hunger strikers

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested in central London at a demonstration in support of Palestine Action hunger strikers.

news.sky.com

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1d

GREENLAND PRIME MINISTER: I AM SAD THAT U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ONCE AGAIN HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO TAKE OVER GREENLAND

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

YouGov have Reform on 25% in both their first poll of 2025 and their final poll before Christmas. The only significan sustained gain across 2025 was Green Party +7, at expense of Labour

Reform 25% tp 25% (-)
Labour 26% to 20% (-6)
Cons 22% to 19% (-3)
LibDems 14% to 15% (+1)
Greens 8% to 15% (+7)

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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 1d

Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

This is so ridiculous, even for this absurd administration.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

How bad is it for Russia on the frontlines? They launched an attack on Dobropillia today, led by men on horseback, followed by motorbikes and quads. Ukraine’s 1st Azov Corps wiped them all out in 2 hours with artillery and drones, as well as a bunch of armoured vehicles.

It’s the horses I feel for.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

In a joint statement, the prime ministers of Greenland and Denmark urged the US to show respect, saying annexation is not an option.

Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Jens Frederik Nielsen stressed that Greenland belongs to its people, not the United States.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Do both.

And if solar parks are built near villages or towns, then offer the people who are potentially affected free electricity to offset their concerns.

Solar panels are not nuclear power stations. They can be removed with little environmental impact and can actually benefit biodiversity.

Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 2d

The solution is right above us. Solar panels on existing buildings, car parks, and along highways generate clean power without sacrificing farmland or wild spaces. Let's use our built world first. #Renewables #Innovation

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 2d

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James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social · 2d

Israel approves 19 new Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Israel approves 19 new Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank

Decision takes the total number of new settlements to 69 in past few years as construction binge continues

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 2d

It's not just that it is 'rules-based', it is that it is a single market, not just a trade area. It's this, I think, that isn't understood in the UK, even by some 'pro-Europeans', like Streeting.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 2d

Streeting seems to have ended up, 10+ years later, at exactly the same misunderstanding as Cameron's pre-referendum 'renegotiation'. Tedious and depressing. (Extract is from my Blogpost of February 2017: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2017/02/even...)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

JD Vance: "They are not sending their best. Omar Fateh was Ilehan [sic] Omar's candidate for mayor of Mogadishu-- I mean Minneapolis. Little Freudian slip there."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently engaging with the EU is all about economics, while also avoiding freedom of movement. Sigh.

Anyone hoping to rejoin has a very very long wait.

Frankly, if you're a rejoiner over 50, I'd suggest taking up stamp collecting or bird watching instead. It'll be more fulfilling.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3d

Woohoo! Best Christmas present ever:

London St Pancras revamp aims to cut Eurostar waiting time to 15 minutes

Planned £100mn overhaul of train station will seek to end ‘holding pen’ experience for passengers

www.ft.com

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Paul Mainwood @paulmainwood.bsky.social · 3d

The source of the flu hype appears to be NHS and politicians, but journalists parroted without question.

How do you write these two paragraphs and not think: “Hang on, flu beds hit 5,400 in 2022, and they had RSV and COVID peak at the same time”.

That’s all you need to recognise this as bollocks.

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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you @chrischirp.bsky.social for your expertise and insights. Scary but a must read article.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d

Great @yorkshirebylines.co.uk write up of my recent talk about Trump for grassroots Europe

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/tru...

Thanks @colinngordon.bsky.social for inviting me back!

Trump’s authoritarian threat to Europe and the UK

No room for complacency: the signs are that US authoritarianism will spread here – and we must be prepared

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d

There were high rates in over 75s last week too

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d

Looks like flu is wave is likely to be "normal bad" shifted earlier and not bigger this year after all.

Latest hospital data came out this afternoon.

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 6d

When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.

Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 6d

The CDC has endorsed ACIP’s decision of revoking universal access in USA to hepatitis B vaccines at birth. The policy had been in place for 34y and was changed despite no new evidence emerging of any risk of vaccination. #HealthPolicy 🧵