Maebh Ní Fhallúin
@maebhnif.bsky.social
Public health, environment, systems, policy, comms, intersections. Weathering the storm in Catalunya Nord. Mo thuairimí.
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The government admits profiteering is rife in children’s care and social care, yet it still wants private finance back in the NHS. This is an ideology where a few will profit while everyone else pays.
#NHSNotForProfit #EconomicJustice
#NHSNotForProfit #EconomicJustice
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The government admits profiteering is rife in children’s care and social care, yet it still wants private finance back in the NHS. This is an ideology where a few will profit while everyone else pays.
#NHSNotForProfit #EconomicJustice
#NHSNotForProfit #EconomicJustice
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Calling all civil society contacts 📣
The Belgian government has just slashed funding for NGOs. While climate NGOs are affected, those working on human rights and conflict are being severely impacted.
If you have contacts to potential funders, please get in touch so I can pass them on.
Thanks!
The Belgian government has just slashed funding for NGOs. While climate NGOs are affected, those working on human rights and conflict are being severely impacted.
If you have contacts to potential funders, please get in touch so I can pass them on.
Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Calling all civil society contacts 📣
The Belgian government has just slashed funding for NGOs. While climate NGOs are affected, those working on human rights and conflict are being severely impacted.
If you have contacts to potential funders, please get in touch so I can pass them on.
Thanks!
The Belgian government has just slashed funding for NGOs. While climate NGOs are affected, those working on human rights and conflict are being severely impacted.
If you have contacts to potential funders, please get in touch so I can pass them on.
Thanks!
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One of the biggest challenges in public health & environment-related fields is the miscommunication of population-scale results to the individual-level
This is often caused by the desire to formulate “action” relevant to people’s lives but ends up blaming individuals for things not in their control
This is often caused by the desire to formulate “action” relevant to people’s lives but ends up blaming individuals for things not in their control
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
One of the biggest challenges in public health & environment-related fields is the miscommunication of population-scale results to the individual-level
This is often caused by the desire to formulate “action” relevant to people’s lives but ends up blaming individuals for things not in their control
This is often caused by the desire to formulate “action” relevant to people’s lives but ends up blaming individuals for things not in their control
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French MPs introduce 'comprehensive' bill to tackle violence against women and children
French MPs introduce 'comprehensive' bill to tackle violence against women and children
The bill, backed by more than 100 lawmakers in the Assemblée Nationale, is the result of 10 months of work carried out with all political parties except the far right.
www.lemonde.fr
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
French MPs introduce 'comprehensive' bill to tackle violence against women and children
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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So what does two-tier care actually “solve”?
Not the bottleneck. Not wait times overall.
It mostly changes who waits and who can buy their way to the front – while public queues risk getting slower, not faster.
Not the bottleneck. Not wait times overall.
It mostly changes who waits and who can buy their way to the front – while public queues risk getting slower, not faster.
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So what does two-tier care actually “solve”?
Not the bottleneck. Not wait times overall.
It mostly changes who waits and who can buy their way to the front – while public queues risk getting slower, not faster.
Not the bottleneck. Not wait times overall.
It mostly changes who waits and who can buy their way to the front – while public queues risk getting slower, not faster.
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📊 The @who.int warns that AI in healthcare is accelerating faster than the laws that should protect patients.
🛑Experts say regulatory gaps could expose patients to serious risks.
✍️ @fargonaut.bsky.social
@ec.europa.eu @edri.bsky.social @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social @vdombrovskis.bsky.social
🛑Experts say regulatory gaps could expose patients to serious risks.
✍️ @fargonaut.bsky.social
@ec.europa.eu @edri.bsky.social @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social @vdombrovskis.bsky.social
European Commission Moves To Ease AI Rules As WHO Warns Of Patient Risks Due To Regulatory Vacuum - Health Policy Watch
Paradoxically, the WHO's urgent call for tighter AI regulation coincided with a far-reaching European Commission (EC) proposal Wednesday to loosen certain AI
healthpolicy-watch.news
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
📊 The @who.int warns that AI in healthcare is accelerating faster than the laws that should protect patients.
🛑Experts say regulatory gaps could expose patients to serious risks.
✍️ @fargonaut.bsky.social
@ec.europa.eu @edri.bsky.social @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social @vdombrovskis.bsky.social
🛑Experts say regulatory gaps could expose patients to serious risks.
✍️ @fargonaut.bsky.social
@ec.europa.eu @edri.bsky.social @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social @vdombrovskis.bsky.social
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quelle fucking surprise
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
quelle fucking surprise
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EU commission president von der Leyen said today the EU isn't fighting fossil fuels, only the *emissions* from fossil fuels
total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions
even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them
#COP30
total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions
even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them
#COP30
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
EU commission president von der Leyen said today the EU isn't fighting fossil fuels, only the *emissions* from fossil fuels
total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions
even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them
#COP30
total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions
even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them
#COP30
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🎧 The Seven Stages of Housing Crisis Grief (no paywall) podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
..my chat about housing, cheese sandwiches & Charles Stewart Parnell with podcaster @tonygroves.bsky.social
(intro is Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, her full interview here www.patreon.com/posts/patron...)
..my chat about housing, cheese sandwiches & Charles Stewart Parnell with podcaster @tonygroves.bsky.social
(intro is Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, her full interview here www.patreon.com/posts/patron...)
The Seven Stages of Housing Crisis Grief
Podcast Episode · The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack · 21/11/2025 · 36m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🎧 The Seven Stages of Housing Crisis Grief (no paywall) podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
..my chat about housing, cheese sandwiches & Charles Stewart Parnell with podcaster @tonygroves.bsky.social
(intro is Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, her full interview here www.patreon.com/posts/patron...)
..my chat about housing, cheese sandwiches & Charles Stewart Parnell with podcaster @tonygroves.bsky.social
(intro is Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, her full interview here www.patreon.com/posts/patron...)
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The dying voice of #CivilSociety in EU policymaking
“The commission claims it wants civil society to be a partner in policymaking. But it shies away from defending NGOs against recent political attacks and fails to secure the stable funding that they need to survive"
euobserver.com/eu-political...
“The commission claims it wants civil society to be a partner in policymaking. But it shies away from defending NGOs against recent political attacks and fails to secure the stable funding that they need to survive"
euobserver.com/eu-political...
The EU's so-called Civil Society Strategy: a band-aid on a gaping wound
The EU Commission’s new Civil Society Strategy, promised by Ursula von der Leyen in 2024, aims to protect civic space, strengthen participation, and secure funding for NGOs. On paper, it sounds promis...
euobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The dying voice of #CivilSociety in EU policymaking
“The commission claims it wants civil society to be a partner in policymaking. But it shies away from defending NGOs against recent political attacks and fails to secure the stable funding that they need to survive"
euobserver.com/eu-political...
“The commission claims it wants civil society to be a partner in policymaking. But it shies away from defending NGOs against recent political attacks and fails to secure the stable funding that they need to survive"
euobserver.com/eu-political...
'ChatGPT is nothing more than a “souped-up autocomplete”.
(It) does not draw its info from a carefully curated database of facts. It has no way of selecting the most reliable sources, references, or evidence. It cannot evaluate.'
Book review: The AI Con...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
(It) does not draw its info from a carefully curated database of facts. It has no way of selecting the most reliable sources, references, or evidence. It cannot evaluate.'
Book review: The AI Con...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
'ChatGPT is nothing more than a “souped-up autocomplete”.
(It) does not draw its info from a carefully curated database of facts. It has no way of selecting the most reliable sources, references, or evidence. It cannot evaluate.'
Book review: The AI Con...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
(It) does not draw its info from a carefully curated database of facts. It has no way of selecting the most reliable sources, references, or evidence. It cannot evaluate.'
Book review: The AI Con...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
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The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
The document also has stinging criticism of a “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then prime minister actively embraced – in which the loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
"The electoral future of a low-growth country like Britain doesn’t lie in promising voters that with some magic trick you can drive up GDP, but in accepting that the arguments that lie ahead are about the distribution of resources."
#Postgrowth
#Postgrowth
What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty
What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty
Imposing a 1% levy on the super-rich isn’t a policy, it’s pantomime. Tackling inequality in Britain will require much more far-reaching changes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"The electoral future of a low-growth country like Britain doesn’t lie in promising voters that with some magic trick you can drive up GDP, but in accepting that the arguments that lie ahead are about the distribution of resources."
#Postgrowth
#Postgrowth
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Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
"There is a very strong consensus on one point - we need to move beyond GDP as a measure of progress.
The difficult step is not about indicators, it’s about how we re-examine production & consumption
A dashboard of wellbeing indicators... will not do."
#postgrowth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbWy...
The difficult step is not about indicators, it’s about how we re-examine production & consumption
A dashboard of wellbeing indicators... will not do."
#postgrowth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbWy...
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"There is a very strong consensus on one point - we need to move beyond GDP as a measure of progress.
The difficult step is not about indicators, it’s about how we re-examine production & consumption
A dashboard of wellbeing indicators... will not do."
#postgrowth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbWy...
The difficult step is not about indicators, it’s about how we re-examine production & consumption
A dashboard of wellbeing indicators... will not do."
#postgrowth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbWy...
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
Combatting poverty beyond growth, video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbWy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbWy...
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Combatting poverty beyond growth, video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbWy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbWy...
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💸 Over $56B in tax is lost to cheating multinationals & under-taxed extreme wealth as Day 7 of #COP30 & #UNTaxConvention begins. A green, just future is possible when tax serves people, economies, and the planet not the super-rich. #Tax4ClimateFinance 🔗 bit.ly/4hTU0VZ
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
💸 Over $56B in tax is lost to cheating multinationals & under-taxed extreme wealth as Day 7 of #COP30 & #UNTaxConvention begins. A green, just future is possible when tax serves people, economies, and the planet not the super-rich. #Tax4ClimateFinance 🔗 bit.ly/4hTU0VZ
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A few more details about Michael Prescott, the corporate lobbyist behind the “BBC bias” memo 👇🏻👇🏻
‘BBC bias’ memo was written by American pharma lobbyist
A guest post from Sam Bright.
jujuliagrace.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A few more details about Michael Prescott, the corporate lobbyist behind the “BBC bias” memo 👇🏻👇🏻
"This also describes the BBC’s understanding of “impartiality”. While it no longer provides a platform for outright climate denial, almost every day it breaks its own editorial guidelines by hosting Tufton Street junktanks (which often argue against enviro action) without revealing who funds them."
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"This also describes the BBC’s understanding of “impartiality”. While it no longer provides a platform for outright climate denial, almost every day it breaks its own editorial guidelines by hosting Tufton Street junktanks (which often argue against enviro action) without revealing who funds them."
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Do the same with fire departments: abolish them and give people the proceeds to protect themselves from fires. Fire fighters just sit around most of the day anyway. They’re leaches on society.
Reader: the actual solution is to make all insurance public rather than private, not to abolish it.
Reader: the actual solution is to make all insurance public rather than private, not to abolish it.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Do the same with fire departments: abolish them and give people the proceeds to protect themselves from fires. Fire fighters just sit around most of the day anyway. They’re leaches on society.
Reader: the actual solution is to make all insurance public rather than private, not to abolish it.
Reader: the actual solution is to make all insurance public rather than private, not to abolish it.
"Alongside its flagship solar power course, Barefoot College International offers programmes for women in tailoring, beekeeping and sustainable agriculture. Every woman who completes a program is trained in general health knowledge that they are expected to take back to their villages."
Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ are trained as technicians to help light up communities #energy #transition #solar www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ bring electricity to remote communities
Replacing smoky lamps with solar energy, local women are helping light homes and protect communities.
www.euronews.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"Alongside its flagship solar power course, Barefoot College International offers programmes for women in tailoring, beekeeping and sustainable agriculture. Every woman who completes a program is trained in general health knowledge that they are expected to take back to their villages."
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$170,000 a minute: Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
1/7
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
1/7
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
$170,000 a minute: Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
1/7
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
1/7
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...