Neil Chadborn
@neilchadborn.bsky.social
Researcher at University of Nottingham & NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands.
Interested in dementia, inequalities & digital #publichealthsky #gerontology
Interested in dementia, inequalities & digital #publichealthsky #gerontology
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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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Historian Rutger Bregman is a well-respected proponent of a universal basic income. The Guardian has called him “the Dutch wunderkind of new ideas.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Historian Rutger Bregman is a well-respected proponent of a universal basic income. The Guardian has called him “the Dutch wunderkind of new ideas.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.
Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
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November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Did you know Talking Climate isn’t just a newsletter? It’s also a podcast!
Thanks to the amazing Anne Cloud from Voice Over for the Planet, 32 weeks of episodes are already up and binge-ready.
Get your Good News, Not So Good News, and What You Can Do here ⬇️
Thanks to the amazing Anne Cloud from Voice Over for the Planet, 32 weeks of episodes are already up and binge-ready.
Get your Good News, Not So Good News, and What You Can Do here ⬇️
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Reform UK’s vow to scrap thousands of nature laws risks pushing Britain’s depleted countryside into irreversible decline, argues Stuart Spray
'Nigel Farage's Plan to Scrap Nature Protections Would Speed 'Demise' of UK Countryside'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Reform UK’s vow to scrap thousands of nature laws risks pushing Britain’s depleted countryside into irreversible decline, argues Stuart Spray
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The proposed expanded sugar tax is a great first step to protecting and improving the health of children.
It is crucial that we make the healthiest option the easiest option. Reducing the amount of sugar in our food and drink is a simple and effective way to achieve this.
https://ow.ly/fNYp50Xxy3N
It is crucial that we make the healthiest option the easiest option. Reducing the amount of sugar in our food and drink is a simple and effective way to achieve this.
https://ow.ly/fNYp50Xxy3N
Budget live updates: Packaged milkshakes and lattes to be included in sugar tax for first time in UK
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is also expected to raise the minimum wage when she delivers the Budget on Wednesday.
ow.ly
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The proposed expanded sugar tax is a great first step to protecting and improving the health of children.
It is crucial that we make the healthiest option the easiest option. Reducing the amount of sugar in our food and drink is a simple and effective way to achieve this.
https://ow.ly/fNYp50Xxy3N
It is crucial that we make the healthiest option the easiest option. Reducing the amount of sugar in our food and drink is a simple and effective way to achieve this.
https://ow.ly/fNYp50Xxy3N
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We're on to governance and so on, where there is essentially no teeth on anyone in this room, really. England's system in particular means they cannot tell VCs to tie their shoes.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We're on to governance and so on, where there is essentially no teeth on anyone in this room, really. England's system in particular means they cannot tell VCs to tie their shoes.
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Ah we now get our figure for 30 days of provable solvency, Lapworth walking us very slowly to her answer, which is "1" currently in the public domain.
BUT, FIFTY providers in the other two categories just below that. 30 small, 20 big.
That is so, so, so bad.
BUT, FIFTY providers in the other two categories just below that. 30 small, 20 big.
That is so, so, so bad.
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Ah we now get our figure for 30 days of provable solvency, Lapworth walking us very slowly to her answer, which is "1" currently in the public domain.
BUT, FIFTY providers in the other two categories just below that. 30 small, 20 big.
That is so, so, so bad.
BUT, FIFTY providers in the other two categories just below that. 30 small, 20 big.
That is so, so, so bad.
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Susan Lapworth literally admitting now that their "regulatory tools" are essentially pointless the closer a university gets to folding.
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Susan Lapworth literally admitting now that their "regulatory tools" are essentially pointless the closer a university gets to folding.
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I will say the committee's questions give me hope, these MPs at least do see the huge gaps and remarkable complacency here, and they are asking repeated questions which show exactly this. The OfS is currently having to admit they literally do not have the ability to help most if a lg uni goes.
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I will say the committee's questions give me hope, these MPs at least do see the huge gaps and remarkable complacency here, and they are asking repeated questions which show exactly this. The OfS is currently having to admit they literally do not have the ability to help most if a lg uni goes.
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This is great, Smith seems to think they can continue to "support research" in the middle of a compulsory rapid liquidation of a university. That is absolutely amazing levels of wishful thinking.
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is great, Smith seems to think they can continue to "support research" in the middle of a compulsory rapid liquidation of a university. That is absolutely amazing levels of wishful thinking.
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"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
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😮😮😮
Again: this dismantling and destabilising of UKHE is part of a plan tested first in Australia, then exported via consultants at KPMG & copied elsewhere calling for the ‘end of a golden age of higher education’
Whole thread worth reading, thank you @davehitchcock.bsky.social
Again: this dismantling and destabilising of UKHE is part of a plan tested first in Australia, then exported via consultants at KPMG & copied elsewhere calling for the ‘end of a golden age of higher education’
Whole thread worth reading, thank you @davehitchcock.bsky.social
here's your headline:
They (OfS) still expect 45% of ALL universities to report a deficit this academic year. They are not accounting for "significant variation" across the system (i.e. different types and sizes of institution).
They (OfS) still expect 45% of ALL universities to report a deficit this academic year. They are not accounting for "significant variation" across the system (i.e. different types and sizes of institution).
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
😮😮😮
Again: this dismantling and destabilising of UKHE is part of a plan tested first in Australia, then exported via consultants at KPMG & copied elsewhere calling for the ‘end of a golden age of higher education’
Whole thread worth reading, thank you @davehitchcock.bsky.social
Again: this dismantling and destabilising of UKHE is part of a plan tested first in Australia, then exported via consultants at KPMG & copied elsewhere calling for the ‘end of a golden age of higher education’
Whole thread worth reading, thank you @davehitchcock.bsky.social
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There is absolutely no logic to this country's approach to foreign languages. Or indeed languages of the UK beyond standard English, but hey
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
There is absolutely no logic to this country's approach to foreign languages. Or indeed languages of the UK beyond standard English, but hey
Protesting cuts to modern languages (at an international university) - we have campuses in China & Malaysia, but we’re not going to teach languages in future - someone make sense of management decisions..?!?
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Protesting cuts to modern languages (at an international university) - we have campuses in China & Malaysia, but we’re not going to teach languages in future - someone make sense of management decisions..?!?
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Students at Nottingham University have started a petition to protest the closing of Theology and Religion degrees.
Please sign. c.org/CcRCq5hJfz
Please sign. c.org/CcRCq5hJfz
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of undergraduate Theology & Religion at the University of Nottingham
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November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Students at Nottingham University have started a petition to protest the closing of Theology and Religion degrees.
Please sign. c.org/CcRCq5hJfz
Please sign. c.org/CcRCq5hJfz
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@uonucu.bsky.social Maria in Mental Health Nursing speaks to protest against University of #Nottingham cutting #Nursing #MentalHealth #Children #HealthPromotion
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
@uonucu.bsky.social Maria in Mental Health Nursing speaks to protest against University of #Nottingham cutting #Nursing #MentalHealth #Children #HealthPromotion
Solidarity between unions at University of #Nottingham protesting about cutting courses in music, languages, nursing, #PublicHealth and many others
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Solidarity between unions at University of #Nottingham protesting about cutting courses in music, languages, nursing, #PublicHealth and many others
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This BBC article gets right to the heart of my rants about modern media. The vast majority of big MAGA accounts were fake yet they’ve managed to find a handful of small Democrat fake accounts and given them equal merit. Fake Scot indie - yes. No mention of fake Reform or ‘English Patriot’ at all.
How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This BBC article gets right to the heart of my rants about modern media. The vast majority of big MAGA accounts were fake yet they’ve managed to find a handful of small Democrat fake accounts and given them equal merit. Fake Scot indie - yes. No mention of fake Reform or ‘English Patriot’ at all.
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“The younger generation is the most ecologically informed ever."
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
“The younger generation is the most ecologically informed ever."
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
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Looking for Christmas presents? My colleague Nick Black has just published his second medical novel/biography, this time on Thomas Wakely, founder of the Lancet. Highly recommended
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Bare-knuckle Surgeon
Bare-knuckle Surgeon eBook : Black, Nick: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Looking for Christmas presents? My colleague Nick Black has just published his second medical novel/biography, this time on Thomas Wakely, founder of the Lancet. Highly recommended
amzn.eu/d/dthy3Q7
amzn.eu/d/dthy3Q7
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Stony Brook University launched a Library AI Steering Committee 📚 library.stonybrook.edu/2025/11/18/s...
Stony Brook University Libraries Launches New AI Steering Committee | Stony Brook University Libraries
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November 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Stony Brook University launched a Library AI Steering Committee 📚 library.stonybrook.edu/2025/11/18/s...
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Astonishing answer! The job of the BBC is to faithfully report the news, not try to appeal to those inclined to support Reform.
BBC Chair Samir Shah and Robbie Gibb asked to explain why they drew up a plan, as revealed by Byline Times, to win back the "trust" of Reform voters, but haven't made similar plans for voters of any other party.
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Astonishing answer! The job of the BBC is to faithfully report the news, not try to appeal to those inclined to support Reform.
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Gosh. I haven’t heard such a damning indictment of a journalist in a long time. If anyone was in any doubt that Mason is a Tory shill, that doubt can now be dismissed.
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Gosh. I haven’t heard such a damning indictment of a journalist in a long time. If anyone was in any doubt that Mason is a Tory shill, that doubt can now be dismissed.
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🆕 Electronic Health Records to Test Multimorbidity Influences to Plasma Biomarker Interpretation for Alzheimer’s Disease
@medrxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint co-authored by PARC Research Associates Marina Serper & Corey T. McMillan et al.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.16.25333799
#ADRD
@medrxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint co-authored by PARC Research Associates Marina Serper & Corey T. McMillan et al.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.16.25333799
#ADRD
Electronic health records to test multimorbidity influences to plasma biomarker interpretation for Alzheimer’s disease
Objective Plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology are frequently tested in specialized research settings, limiting generalizability of findings. Using electronic health records and ban...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🆕 Electronic Health Records to Test Multimorbidity Influences to Plasma Biomarker Interpretation for Alzheimer’s Disease
@medrxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint co-authored by PARC Research Associates Marina Serper & Corey T. McMillan et al.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.16.25333799
#ADRD
@medrxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint co-authored by PARC Research Associates Marina Serper & Corey T. McMillan et al.
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.16.25333799
#ADRD