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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

We’ll find out when food prices go up, as they already have done owing to climate impacts…

Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 1d

Officials in Downing Street have blocked publication of a report warning that the collapse of tropical rainforests could push up food prices in British supermarkets.

Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices

Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration

www.thetimes.com

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First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing analysis. Thank you. Some progress is encouraging but we can’t lose sight of blind spots. While there have been some commitments on food and feeding in the early years there’s still a way to go. #BabyBlindSpot

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · 1d

📢 Is the government doing enough to improve the food system?

As the dust settles on party conferences we examine the evidence using 5️⃣ key markers.

Find out here: ➡️ bit.ly/4oeLHX4
@labouruk.bsky.social

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder that basing funding on graduate income incentivises unis to close courses like nursing (too poorly paid), and to discriminate against female students and most minority ethnic groups (whose earnings on graduation are lower than white men).

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d

'Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce plans to cut the number of UK university places by about 100,000 annually by reintroducing student number controls.' 1/3

Badenoch’s number caps plan would cut 100,000 university places

Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ‘debt trap degrees’ and pledge more money for apprenticeships

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Helen Gray @helengray.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! And install separate cycle parking for hire bikes so that all the public cycle hoops aren’t blocked by heavy Lime bikes!

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 2d

They can afford to make them safer

Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 2d

Lime’s UK revenue from renting out e-bikes and scooters hit £111m last year. www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-is-ea...

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The John Snow Society @johnsnowsociety.bsky.social · 2d

TODAY is the #PumphandleLecture at 5.30pm in the John Snow Theatre and online at the @LSHTM
Keynote by Professor Cesar Victora:
"From local insights to global impact: Four decades of child health and nutrition epidemiology in Pelotas, Brazil"
johnsnowsociety.org/2025/10/03/2...

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 3d

We need a large and loud response from the scientific community, or publishing at Wiley journals is going to come to a complete standstill. And since Wiley is the main alternative to Elsevier, there really aren't many options. Yet another industry has leaned into AI only to be utterly enshittified.

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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · Aug 8

The alcohol, gambling and junk food industries have no place providing educational materials to schools.

58 leading academics and orgs have urged Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to follow Ireland’s lead in removing these materials from classrooms.

As Prof Chris van Tulleken states:

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Rob Pollard @robpollard45.bsky.social · 4d

Planting the trees is great. I see lots of cities doing that.

What I often don’t see is cities spending the money to take care of them—watering, pruning, etc. I’d love to hear more stories about how that happens (e.g., budget; staffing)

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5d

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.

Just the start.

Common sense.

Paris before and after street transformation

New urban forest planted in front of Paris City Hall

A Paris “School Street” where cars are removed and people space/tree planting are added

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 15d

First the internet, now the world, has been overrun by anti-intellectual liars. How the hell do we fight back?

One step at a time. Speak the truth about science and history

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Helen Gray @helengray.bsky.social · 7d

And @missyforwi.bsky.social in Wisconsin !!

Helen Gray @helengray.bsky.social · 10d

Our libraries in #Wandsworth have left the interlibrary loan scheme! They claim that it is “cheaper to just get requested books on Amazon” but I haven’t seen any evidence of that…

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Helen Gray @helengray.bsky.social · 12d

So good to see this work - I was definitely one of those who left the field as there were just no practical ways to combine family and fieldwork. I’m so impressed with today’s generation! #PregnantInTheField

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 13d

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#openaccess✅

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

www.cambridge.org

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 23d

Rise of dangerous health information in UK risks 'lost generation'

LSHTM experts warn false or misleading health information on social media, apps, & AI tools risks "reversing decades of progress", call for new network to fight back.

@lshtmcepr.bsky.social

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 15d

Maternal Grief-Writing as Transformative Practice

Sabina Dosani & Emily Tammam

doi.org/10.1080/1448...

#RecurrentMiscarriage #ChildLoss

Maternal Grief-Writing as Transformative Practice

This collaborative essay explores maternal grief-writing as a transformative act of reaching across profound gaps of loss, silence, and understanding. Emily Tammam, a lived-experience communicator ...

doi.org

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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 15d

🎥 Missed the UN SDG Media Zone session on climate disinformation?

Watch the replay to learn how false narratives threaten climate action and why strengthening information integrity matters now more than ever.

buff.ly/0ERAI5u

Strengthening Information Integrity for Climate Action - SDG Media Zone, 80th Session of the UN General Assembly

Deliberate and coordinated disinformation campaigns are hindering global progress on climate change, ranging from outright denial to greenwashing to harassment of climate scientists and activists.…

webtv.un.org

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 21d

Health #misinformation on social media could lead to ‘sicker UK’

In the Independent Liam Smeeth & Adam Kucharski warn false & misleading health information on social media, apps & AI tools risks generation unsure where to turn for trustworthy health advice.

www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Health misinformation on social media could lead to a ‘sicker UK’, experts warn

Experts at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are calling for universities, health organisations, charities to join a new network aimed at fighting misinformation

www.independent.co.uk

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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 23d

Fossil-fueled warming once again killed tens of thousands in Europe this summer. Scientists the rising heat and death tolls show the limits of adaptation.

Human-Caused Warming Tripled the Death Toll of European Heat Waves This Summer, New Report Shows - Inside Climate News

Public health researchers struggle to track the accelerating pace of global warming impacts.

insideclimatenews.org

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UNICEF USA @unicefusa.org · 29d

✅ Marketing restrictions
✅ Clear packaging labels
✅ Access to affordable nutritious foods
✅ Healthy school environments

We know how to prevent obesity in children. Now we need to act faster to prevent continued violations of children’s rights to #nutrition and health. #FixMyFood #research

UNICEF Reports Worldwide Surge in Childhood Overweight and Obesity

Obesity exceeds underweight for the first time among school-age children and adolescents globally.

www.unicefusa.org

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Helen Gray @helengray.bsky.social · 23d

Swift bricks are not enough - we also need to protect more green space so that insects can thrive - swifts eat thousands every day!
It’s no good putting in a swift brick and then laying down plastic grass!

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 23d

What if there were a technology that could help to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, air pollution & environmental degradation, while improving health, reducing social inequality & boosting economic growth?

Train travel turns 200 & needs renewed attention
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Make trains great again — for the sake of people and the planet

As railways enter their third century of service, research must support their renaissance for more-sustainable travel that supports human development.

www.nature.com

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Helen Gray @helengray.bsky.social · 24d

@flintdibble.bsky.social this may interest you - recording available later

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Helen Gray @helengray.bsky.social · 24d

Amazing lineup for #Misinformation event at @lshtm.bsky.social today!

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · Sep 8

Missed out on a ticket for LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED?

Our event is proving so popular we’ve released EXTRA online tickets so more people can learn how to fight dangerous health #misinformation!

Get your ticket👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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