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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 6h

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 has been awarded to Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado.

The Nobel Committee recognised her “struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

In other words, exactly the opposite of what Trump is doing to the United States.

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 8h

Heart of Darkness or Apocalypse Now…?

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Alzheimer Europe @alzheimereurope.bsky.social · 2d

Huge props to the members of the European Working Group of People with Dementia #EWGPWD & European Dementia Carers Working Group #EDCWG for presenting the 1st plenary at #35AEC and for all the incredible work you do with us & with our members across Europe. We literally couldn't do it without you!

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Alzheimer Europe @alzheimereurope.bsky.social · 2d

Fantastic to see such a huge INTERDEM contingent in Bologna for their Annual Meeting & for our Annual Conference #35AEC They have a number of sessions on our conference agenda throughout & are marking 25 years of vital work. Happy Anniversary! We're proud to be a key INTERDEM partner!
interdem.org

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Alzheimer Europe @alzheimereurope.bsky.social · 2d

What a top notch bunch of people!
@alzheimereurope.bsky.social in Bologna for #35AEC
#GOTEAM

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Alzheimer Europe @alzheimereurope.bsky.social · 1d

Arrivederci! That's a wrap on #35AEC!

Huge thanks to everyone. We loved having all 1,500+ of you there and sharing this great experience with you and co-hosts Federazione Alzheimer Italia and Alzheimer Uniti Italia.

Read all about this third and final day:
www.alzheimer-europe.org/news/final-d...

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DETERMIND Research Study @determindstudy.bsky.social · 23h

Ben Hicks presented findings from the DETERMIND study at @alzheimereurope.bsky.social conference in Bologna. This work looked at whether an early diagnosis of dementia is better for quality of life in people living with dementia and their carers after one year post diagnosis.

#35AEC

A man in a shirt is standing at a podium talking into a microphone to an audience who appear to be listening intently. A PowerPoint slide on a projector screen is party visible. There is an illustration of a sand timer and a brain and the text reads 'Temporal: Time between noticing symptoms and diagnosis (early diagnosis <2 years). Cognitive severity: CDR<1, sMMSE≥ 20)'.

A man in a shirt is standing at a podium in a lecture theatre talking to an audience. They have a slide on a projector screen with the heading '....Emergence of 'Timely' discourse'. Underneath the heading there are three bullet points reading 'Lack of evidence has led to the emergence of the 'timely' discourse.', 'Timely is a more person-centred, subjective approach to diagnosis. Diagnosis delivered when best for the person and family. If diagnosis unwanted then no diagnosis is considered 'timely'.', 'Emerging but weak evidence (Woods et al 2018) suggests this may be beneficial for both person with dementia and carer. Carers report 3-4 years post-diagnosis.'

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 9h

Worrying numbers

“Universities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year”

“Four in 10 English universities are now believed to be in financial deficit”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 9h

UK Universities cut 12,000 jobs, more on the way.

40% of Unis in financial crisis.

Major exporter destroyed by successive govts

Obstacles for foreign students.
Low fees in England, lack of govt funding.
£267bn student debt.
Home student numbers down.

How will the UK compete with other nations?

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 9h

Misty October morning just before #sunrise at #Loughborough station 🍂

Pink and blue sky through hazy clouds over yellow lit train station platforms with glass pillared roofs

hazy clouds over yellow lit train station platforms with glass pillared roofs

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Tara Connolly @taraconnolly.bsky.social · 10h

Good morning from Gare du Midi in Brussels!

I'm railing and sailing to Dublin today and thought I would bring you along with me.

The journey will be 1) the Eurostar to London 2) a train to Holyhead with a change in Chester and 3) a ferry to Dublin.

Crossing my fingers it goes smoothly🤞🏻

Photo of the entrance to the Eurostar terminal in Gare du Midi.

There are glass windows with decals showing Big Ben, the London Underground and a royal guard. The foreground is a grey tiled floor.

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Christine Morgan @bookwormchris.bsky.social · 23h

The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
open.substack.com/pub/christin...

The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

My newly launched report on how we can safeguard the independence of our important scientific and evidence-generating institutions - not least so they can hold government to account

open.substack.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder there are 1.53m unemployed people in the UK.

There are 0.11m jobs, and most of these are part time.

They are screaming at people to get jobs that don't exist.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

The Trump Action Tracker is a British academic’s answer to Trump “flooding the zone” with anti-democratic and anti- rule of law behaviours.

It’s a one-stop-shop for logging thd lot. And the neta-analysis of what is happening is very enlightening… darkly.

See TrumpActionTracker.info

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 1d

SCIE, in partnership with The Access Group, is stepping forward to help lead the sector drive to define national standards of care.

Together, we are hosting roundtables in October and November to co-produce a framework that will support consistency, personalisation and quality across the country.

Towards a National Care Service - SCIE

SCIE, in partnership with The Access Group, is stepping forward to lead the sector drive to define national standards of care and shape the government’s reforms.

www.scie.org.uk

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 2d

I find it funny when people ask if I've biked somewhere. Because to me they are asking "You chose to ride your bike through the woods instead of getting in your rage box, accidentally attempting some murders and causing climate change while traversing an aberration of asphalt? Why?"

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2d

Just in case you are curious - and my God you should be - about the dude Wes Streeting and others are handing loads of public data contracts to. 👇

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2d

"This surveillance supersystem," Thiel wrote, could act as “a political framework that operates outside the checks and balances of representative democracy as described in high school textbooks.” www.wired.com/story/the-re...

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

www.wired.com

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 2d

Jurn Verschraegen talks about Belgian policy on end of life care and euthanasia for people with advanced stage #dementia - but warns about risk of debating on TV because ‘you’re in a can’; he has spoken to parliament - and says debate should be calm & dignified #35AEC

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Prof. Elaine Hunter @elaineahp.bsky.social · 3d

& two posters are shared all day today at #35AEC showcasing connecting people connecting support (our AHP policy in Scotland) being delivered @alzscot.bsky.social

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Dr Anna Volkmer @annavolkmer.bsky.social · 3d

The parallel session on Rare Dementias #35AEC @alzheimereurope.bsky.social yesterday included lots of awareness raising of childhood dementia & the primary progressive aphasia @ppaphasiaawareness.bsky.social FYI PPA awareness day 2026 will be 10th April! speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awarenes...

Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) Awareness Day | 4th April 2025

Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) Awareness Day is an event to raise awareness of the condition and the work of the International Speech and Language Therapy / Pathology Primary Progressive Aphasia Ne...

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Michael Neokleous @mikneo.bsky.social · 2d

Last day of #35AEC - POS16-05. Come chat with me and play with the music jamming companion

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 2d

Claire Fyve - For everyone at this conference, please remember that dementia occurs across the lifespan - children get dementia too #35AEC @alzheimereurope.bsky.social

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 2d

Claire Fyve tells us about her son’s condition Nieman-Picks disease. Known as “childhood Alzheimer’s”. It’s the first time childhood dementia has been presented at Alzheimer Europe Conference #35AEC @alzheimereurope.bsky.social see more info www.childhooddementia.org

Childhood Dementia Initiative

Urgently disrupting the impact of childhood dementia. Childhood Dementia Initiative exists to find answers and better ways to research and treat the 70+ disorders that lead to childhood dementia. Thro...

www.childhooddementia.org

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 2d

Plenary on different types of dementia. Yolande Pijnenburg Fronto-temporal disease first symptom is loss of social cognition - but we find it difficult to describe this. FTD may also be seen with Amyotrophic Lateral Syndrome

Woman standing on stage presenting a slide on different dementias

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 2d

If you missed my poster you can read about our work with diverse communities in this blog - there’s also a link to YouTube film of our community members talking about their involvement in #DementiaResearch #35AEC arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/reflect...

Reflections from DEMFEST 2025: community voices in dementia research

In this blog, Dr Neil Chadborn – a dementia researcher at the University of Nottingham with NIHR ARC East Midlands – reflects on recent community e

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