Martin Michaelis (he/him)
@martmichaelis.bsky.social
Academic researcher working on cancer, viruses, and meta-research in the life sciences. Opinions are my own.
More than 20 people is clearly not "one person’s word against another". However, the question is whether his (potential) voters care... Do they? Are racist comments affecting politicians chances these days? #PoliSky
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
More than 20 people is clearly not "one person’s word against another". However, the question is whether his (potential) voters care... Do they? Are racist comments affecting politicians chances these days? #PoliSky
#Childbirth is one of the biggest dangers for #mother and #child. Medical progress has made t much safer. However, only when you make use of modern medicine. If not, you return to the odds of stone age. #healthcare #MedSky 🧪
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
#Childbirth is one of the biggest dangers for #mother and #child. Medical progress has made t much safer. However, only when you make use of modern medicine. If not, you return to the odds of stone age. #healthcare #MedSky 🧪
The most powerful man on the planet should be very cautious with his words. Power come with responsibility, at least it should...
Outrage after Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’
US president roundly decried for Truth Social post after lawmakers told military personnel to refuse illegal orders
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The most powerful man on the planet should be very cautious with his words. Power come with responsibility, at least it should...
It should not be necessary to balance human lives and the #economy. A virus is a natural power, the economy is not. We should set up the economy in a way that it serves us and not the other way around. #COVID19 #pandemic #capitalism #Covid #CovidInquiry #MedSky #PoliSky #EconSky 🧪
The private notes and secret documents that tell the inside story of the UK's Covid response
The Covid inquiry is set to publish its second set of findings looking in detail at the huge political decisions that had to be made in 2020.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It should not be necessary to balance human lives and the #economy. A virus is a natural power, the economy is not. We should set up the economy in a way that it serves us and not the other way around. #COVID19 #pandemic #capitalism #Covid #CovidInquiry #MedSky #PoliSky #EconSky 🧪
"UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry", but concludes that the vaccine rollout was a success. I think, the most important lesson is that we were poorly prepared and need to learn from this.
#COVID19 #CovidInquiry #Covid #MedSky #PoliSky 🧪
#COVID19 #CovidInquiry #Covid #MedSky #PoliSky 🧪
Covid inquiry: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more deaths
Report on government decision-making says delays cost 23,000 lives in the first wave in England.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry", but concludes that the vaccine rollout was a success. I think, the most important lesson is that we were poorly prepared and need to learn from this.
#COVID19 #CovidInquiry #Covid #MedSky #PoliSky 🧪
#COVID19 #CovidInquiry #Covid #MedSky #PoliSky 🧪
Another example showing the limits of the market approach, bursting bubbles causing devastation by destroying values that never existed. These are not natural powers, they are human-made catastrophes... #economy #economics #capitalism #EconSky #PoliSky
Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Another example showing the limits of the market approach, bursting bubbles causing devastation by destroying values that never existed. These are not natural powers, they are human-made catastrophes... #economy #economics #capitalism #EconSky #PoliSky
What is happening to our morale compass? Independently of this, what concrete problems that we are suffering from is this going to solve? Global warming? Cost of living crisis? Economic growth? Wars? Inequality? #PoliSky
Shabhana Mahmood announces overhaul of 'unfair' asylum system
Under the plans, refugee status will become temporary and new capped
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
What is happening to our morale compass? Independently of this, what concrete problems that we are suffering from is this going to solve? Global warming? Cost of living crisis? Economic growth? Wars? Inequality? #PoliSky
Bad things never happen in silence. They depend on the silence of those who know and who condone unacceptable behaviour for reasons that are difficult to fathom...
Jeffrey Epstein’s emails reveal a disdain for morality among the elite | Moira Donegan
Epstein paints Trump as someone he knew intimately. But the documents also reveal how many powerful men confided in him
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Bad things never happen in silence. They depend on the silence of those who know and who condone unacceptable behaviour for reasons that are difficult to fathom...
This looks like a great initiative...
Tailwinds
Successful people acknowledging how luck has helped them along the way
fairnessfoundation.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This looks like a great initiative...
Yes, life is not fair, but we can make it fairer, if we want. However, this requires that we acknowledge and address inequalities and inequities. Our democracy may depend on this. #meritocracy #capitalism #democracy #PoliSky #EconSky
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer
I have been fortunate, and I know it. Now I’d like more successful people to admit that meritocracy is a myth, says Julian Richer, founder of Richer Sounds
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yes, life is not fair, but we can make it fairer, if we want. However, this requires that we acknowledge and address inequalities and inequities. Our democracy may depend on this. #meritocracy #capitalism #democracy #PoliSky #EconSky
Die #AfD setzt LehrerInnen unter Druck. Da kann man sich vorstellen, was passieren würde, wenn sie an der Macht wäre. Dazu stellt sich die Frage, warum sie etwas gegen eine Kampage gegen #Faschismus hat, wenn sie sich nicht als faschistisch betrachtet. 1/2
Lehrer im Fokus - wie die AfD bundesweit Pädagogen unter Druck setzt
AfD-Funktionäre wollen an die Lehrpläne in den Schulen herangehen. Schon jetzt setzt die Partei bundesweit Pädagogen unter Druck, denen sie Indoktrination vorwirft, wie eine Kontraste-Recherche zeigt....
www.tagesschau.de
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Die #AfD setzt LehrerInnen unter Druck. Da kann man sich vorstellen, was passieren würde, wenn sie an der Macht wäre. Dazu stellt sich die Frage, warum sie etwas gegen eine Kampage gegen #Faschismus hat, wenn sie sich nicht als faschistisch betrachtet. 1/2
Another example demonstrating that the market approach does not sort out all issues, in particular not in the healthcare sector... #capitalism #economy #healthcare #MedSky 🧪 #PoliSky #EconSky
Hospitals knew a heart device led to more patients' deaths - but they kept using it
Almost half of patients given a heart pump, after the NHS had raised concerns about it, died soon after.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Another example demonstrating that the market approach does not sort out all issues, in particular not in the healthcare sector... #capitalism #economy #healthcare #MedSky 🧪 #PoliSky #EconSky
9. November, eigenartiger Tag in der deutschen Geschichte...
Niedeckens BAP - KRISTALLNACHT
YouTube video by Demotapes
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November 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
9. November, eigenartiger Tag in der deutschen Geschichte...
Wenn Menschen in Ausbildung nach Afghanistan abgeschoben werden, muss man sich schon fragen, was aus unserem moralischen Kompass geworden ist, aus unserer Vorstellung von Menschenrechten, deren Schutz ein integraler Bestandteil unserer Demokratie ist...
Abschiebungen nach Afghanistan: In Deutschland ohne Perspektive
Die deutsche Bundesregierung will bald schon mit regelmäßigen Abschiebeflügen nach Afghanistan starten - trotz der Taliban-Herrschaft. Damit trifft sie auch Menschen, die sich hier schon gut integrier...
www.tagesschau.de
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Wenn Menschen in Ausbildung nach Afghanistan abgeschoben werden, muss man sich schon fragen, was aus unserem moralischen Kompass geworden ist, aus unserer Vorstellung von Menschenrechten, deren Schutz ein integraler Bestandteil unserer Demokratie ist...
"These findings...support the public health strategy of COVID-19 vaccination in children and young people to mitigate the more frequent and persistent risks associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection." #COVID19 #Vaccination #vaccine #vaccines #MedSky 🧪
Vascular and inflammatory diseases after COVID-19 infection and vaccination in children and young people in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study using linked electronic health recor...
Children and young people have higher risks of rare vascular and inflammatory diseases
up to 12 months after a first COVID-19 diagnosis and higher risk of rare myocarditis
or pericarditis up to 4 week...
www.thelancet.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"These findings...support the public health strategy of COVID-19 vaccination in children and young people to mitigate the more frequent and persistent risks associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection." #COVID19 #Vaccination #vaccine #vaccines #MedSky 🧪
"When you make it difficult to separate opinions from facts, it becomes a lot easier to manipulate people." #democracy #PoliSky
Trump and his media buddies are taking the muddling of reality to a whole new level | Arwa Mahdawi
How scared should we be by Trump’s heavily edited appearance on a US news programme this weekend, and Elon Musk’s Grokipedia, asks Arwa Mahdawi
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"When you make it difficult to separate opinions from facts, it becomes a lot easier to manipulate people." #democracy #PoliSky
Life is often very complicated, but physical activity and #exercise turn repeatedly and reliably out to be beneficial under virtual all circumstances, including Alzheimer's disease. #health #Alzheimers 🧪 #MedSky
Physical activity as a modifiable risk factor in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Medicine
In cognitively normal older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s dementia, physical inactivity was associated with faster tau protein buildup and cognitive decline.
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Life is often very complicated, but physical activity and #exercise turn repeatedly and reliably out to be beneficial under virtual all circumstances, including Alzheimer's disease. #health #Alzheimers 🧪 #MedSky
An escalation...
Tracking the ICE tactics used in Trump's mass deportation drive
BBC Verify has gathered more than 70 videos to track how President Trump's illegal immigration crackdown has unfolded so far.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
An escalation...
Future generations will not look back fondly on us... #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #PoliSky 🧪 #EconSky
World leaders, remember that future generations will judge you. At Cop30, you can define how | Gordon Brown
Keir Starmer is taking the lead on tackling the climate crisis. With the US backing away, now is the moment when other nations must step up, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Future generations will not look back fondly on us... #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #PoliSky 🧪 #EconSky
If #FreeSpeech means anything, the same rules have to apply to everyone. Personally, I do not see the appeal in using the right of free speech as a right to offend others. Meaningful exchange requires respect and courtesy. Who would be keen to interact with someone, who insults them? #PoliSky
If the right really wants free speech in universities, why is it so obsessed with discrediting students? | Jason Okundaye
The media loves to manufacture outrage about what students get up to – and to discipline those who dare challenge conservatives, says Jason Okundaye, a Guardian assistant newsletter editor
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
If #FreeSpeech means anything, the same rules have to apply to everyone. Personally, I do not see the appeal in using the right of free speech as a right to offend others. Meaningful exchange requires respect and courtesy. Who would be keen to interact with someone, who insults them? #PoliSky
A scary question... Why are people not concerned about the threats to our democracies? #democracy #DemocracyUnderThreat #DemocracyMatters
What would you do if democracy was being dismantled before your eyes? Whatever you’re doing right now | Andy Beckett
In California, daily life under Trump is marked by sporadic resistance and avoidance. Neither will defeat the autocrats, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A scary question... Why are people not concerned about the threats to our democracies? #democracy #DemocracyUnderThreat #DemocracyMatters
“...But every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud adopts, as a last resource, pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and glad to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority." Arthur Schopenhauer
#PoliSky
#PoliSky
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“...But every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud adopts, as a last resource, pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and glad to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority." Arthur Schopenhauer
#PoliSky
#PoliSky
#ToughTimes, #PseudoSolutions, #SimpleSolutions, #nationalism, #jingoism, #Hate, #Xenophobia, #Othering... Anyone noticing the similarities? What could possibly go wrong?
#PoliSky
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#PoliSky
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BBC Radio 4 - Nazis: The Road to Power
The rise of fascism and the cult of the leader, in a Germany shattered by defeat.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#ToughTimes, #PseudoSolutions, #SimpleSolutions, #nationalism, #jingoism, #Hate, #Xenophobia, #Othering... Anyone noticing the similarities? What could possibly go wrong?
#PoliSky
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#PoliSky
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...