Jane Paxton
@jaykaypee.bsky.social
Bathonian Biochemist. Let’s get back with the EU. DCAction charity trustee supporting people living with Telomere Biology Disorders.
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3D reconstruction of human liver tissue at cellular resolution
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
February 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
3D reconstruction of human liver tissue at cellular resolution
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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FDA reverses course, agrees to review Moderna’s flu vaccine www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/f... via @statnews.com
FDA reverses course, agrees to review Moderna’s flu vaccine
The FDA reversed course and told Moderna it would review its application for a new flu vaccine, the company announced Wednesday.
www.statnews.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM
FDA reverses course, agrees to review Moderna’s flu vaccine www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/f... via @statnews.com
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Reform incapable of putting forward anybody to be foreign or defence secretary
And the four cabinet ministers proposed are utterly inadequate and pernicious
Anybody contemplating this bunch as our next government should read this with horror
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And the four cabinet ministers proposed are utterly inadequate and pernicious
Anybody contemplating this bunch as our next government should read this with horror
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage assumes Anne Robinson role in political remake of The Weakest Link
Reform UK leader snaps at reporters as he tries to maintain control over announcement of shadow cabinet
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Reform incapable of putting forward anybody to be foreign or defence secretary
And the four cabinet ministers proposed are utterly inadequate and pernicious
Anybody contemplating this bunch as our next government should read this with horror
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And the four cabinet ministers proposed are utterly inadequate and pernicious
Anybody contemplating this bunch as our next government should read this with horror
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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“.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus …
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”
February 18, 2026 at 12:25 AM
“.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus …
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”
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Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in EU. Its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell 88% between 1990 & 2023, so each euro’s worth of economic activity heats planet 10 times less. Emissions have plunged by 75%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions?
Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in EU. Its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell 88% between 1990 & 2023, so each euro’s worth of economic activity heats planet 10 times less. Emissions have plunged by 75%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Farage has announced his Shadow Cabinet, with no Health Secretary.
Presumably because if he becomes Prime Minister, there’ll be no NHS.
Presumably because if he becomes Prime Minister, there’ll be no NHS.
February 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Farage has announced his Shadow Cabinet, with no Health Secretary.
Presumably because if he becomes Prime Minister, there’ll be no NHS.
Presumably because if he becomes Prime Minister, there’ll be no NHS.
Of course not. The press in the UK is hopelessly biased.
any chance of an outlet picking up on these whoppers
You've appointed Tories to your top team. Why should people believe your party is any different?
Farage: "These were two people who were ministers, but frankly weren't ministers for very long".
Suella Braverman was a minister for over 4 years.
Robert Jenrick was a minister for almost 5 years.
Farage: "These were two people who were ministers, but frankly weren't ministers for very long".
Suella Braverman was a minister for over 4 years.
Robert Jenrick was a minister for almost 5 years.
February 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Of course not. The press in the UK is hopelessly biased.
Why does Farage and Reform get all the air time and not The Lib Dems and Greens? It’s outrageous.
February 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Why does Farage and Reform get all the air time and not The Lib Dems and Greens? It’s outrageous.
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To understand the catastrophic turn in U.S. health policy, follow the money paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-the-ka...
How the Kakistocracy Became a Quackistocracy
Corruption is a germ’s best friend
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM
To understand the catastrophic turn in U.S. health policy, follow the money paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-the-ka...
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At this very moment both the BBC News and Sky News channels are yet again showing a live speech by Nigel Farage. When will they start showing every speech by @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk live as well?
February 17, 2026 at 11:34 AM
At this very moment both the BBC News and Sky News channels are yet again showing a live speech by Nigel Farage. When will they start showing every speech by @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk live as well?
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Giving Braverman the education brief is quite a choice for Reform. I was on an education commission with her once before she went completely mad and she knew absolutely nothing at all.
February 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Giving Braverman the education brief is quite a choice for Reform. I was on an education commission with her once before she went completely mad and she knew absolutely nothing at all.
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Reform no longer the favourites to win next election
Whisper it quietly, but the wheels may have fallen off for Reform
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Whisper it quietly, but the wheels may have fallen off for Reform
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Reform no longer the favourites to win next election
Reform UK is no longer the bookmakers’ favourites to win the most seats at the next general election, it has been revealed.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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the loss of the World Service would be a tragedy and huge lost of soft power for Britain
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
the loss of the World Service would be a tragedy and huge lost of soft power for Britain
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The fact that Lyse Douchet's salary is lower than Mason's or Kuenssberg's shames the BBC.
February 15, 2026 at 7:04 AM
The fact that Lyse Douchet's salary is lower than Mason's or Kuenssberg's shames the BBC.
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"We are deliberately walking away from the most advanced form of one of the most effective public health measures available to the human race, and instead we are investigated older technologies that happen to involve the administration’s friends"
Indeed.
www.science.org/content/blog...
Indeed.
www.science.org/content/blog...
An mRNA Refusal to File
www.science.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
"We are deliberately walking away from the most advanced form of one of the most effective public health measures available to the human race, and instead we are investigated older technologies that happen to involve the administration’s friends"
Indeed.
www.science.org/content/blog...
Indeed.
www.science.org/content/blog...
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You know what helps make the streets safer? Paying your taxes
Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.
February 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
You know what helps make the streets safer? Paying your taxes
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"As a survivor of sexual abuse which began when I was a young gymnast on the Olympic pathway in Australia, I know how this trauma can scar you for life".
If you are an athlete based in the UK experiencing sexual abuse please do get in touch via our confidential channels so we can help.
If you are an athlete based in the UK experiencing sexual abuse please do get in touch via our confidential channels so we can help.
Sexual misconduct is rife in elite sport – women are paying the price | Good Law Project
When 88% of women in sport say they’ve been the target of sexual misconduct, it’s time to stop that tidal wave of trauma at source
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February 12, 2026 at 11:30 AM
"As a survivor of sexual abuse which began when I was a young gymnast on the Olympic pathway in Australia, I know how this trauma can scar you for life".
If you are an athlete based in the UK experiencing sexual abuse please do get in touch via our confidential channels so we can help.
If you are an athlete based in the UK experiencing sexual abuse please do get in touch via our confidential channels so we can help.
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This is really encouraging. It's not too late to stop this.
70 parliamentarians have written to the Home Office saying the settlement proposals are unfair & need a significant rethink
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM
This is really encouraging. It's not too late to stop this.
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Incredibly proud to be chairing this editorial board. I mean, just look at it. Actually a bit ridiculous how impressive it is.
We’re super excited to announce a new Editorial Board for @newhumanist.bsky.social, bringing together some of the UK’s most prominent thinkers in science, politics, the arts, and philosophy. A bright future for humanist publishing 🧵
humanists.uk/2026/02/11/l...
humanists.uk/2026/02/11/l...
Leading voices in journalism, science, and culture join New Humanist Editorial Board
Humanists UK has announced a new Editorial Board for New Humanist magazine, bringing together some of the UK’s most prominent thinkers in science, politics, the arts, and philosophy.
humanists.uk
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Incredibly proud to be chairing this editorial board. I mean, just look at it. Actually a bit ridiculous how impressive it is.
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We don’t have a functioning democracy when the people who lied to our faces to ‘get Brexit done’ are never held to account for the damage they’ve caused… and, worse still, are rewarded for life, for cynically or moronically selling our country out.
They deserve nothing but our contempt. Forever.
They deserve nothing but our contempt. Forever.
Toby Young, Matthew Elliott, Daniel Moylan, Claire Fox, Daniel Hannan, Michael Gove, Therese Coffey (a Brexit convert), Paul Goodman, John Moynihan, Ruth Lea, Stewart Jackson, Michael Hintze, Charles Moore, David Frost, Theo Agnew; & now John Redwood.
Rewarded for the Brexit calamity with peerages.
Rewarded for the Brexit calamity with peerages.
Ex Tory MP John Redwood has been made a peer, as Lord Redwood on 31 January, and was formally introduced in the Lords on Tuesday
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
We don’t have a functioning democracy when the people who lied to our faces to ‘get Brexit done’ are never held to account for the damage they’ve caused… and, worse still, are rewarded for life, for cynically or moronically selling our country out.
They deserve nothing but our contempt. Forever.
They deserve nothing but our contempt. Forever.
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I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
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#R4Today
Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
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February 11, 2026 at 7:05 AM
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today