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Christine Morgan @bookwormchris.bsky.social · 42m

The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

My newly launched report on how we can safeguard the independence of our important scientific and evidence-generating institutions - not least so they can hold government to account

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4h

Reminder there are 1.53m unemployed people in the UK.

There are 0.11m jobs, and most of these are part time.

They are screaming at people to get jobs that don't exist.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

The Trump Action Tracker is a British academic’s answer to Trump “flooding the zone” with anti-democratic and anti- rule of law behaviours.

It’s a one-stop-shop for logging thd lot. And the neta-analysis of what is happening is very enlightening… darkly.

See TrumpActionTracker.info

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 5h

SCIE, in partnership with The Access Group, is stepping forward to help lead the sector drive to define national standards of care.

Together, we are hosting roundtables in October and November to co-produce a framework that will support consistency, personalisation and quality across the country.

Towards a National Care Service - SCIE

SCIE, in partnership with The Access Group, is stepping forward to lead the sector drive to define national standards of care and shape the government’s reforms.

www.scie.org.uk

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 1d

I find it funny when people ask if I've biked somewhere. Because to me they are asking "You chose to ride your bike through the woods instead of getting in your rage box, accidentally attempting some murders and causing climate change while traversing an aberration of asphalt? Why?"

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Just in case you are curious - and my God you should be - about the dude Wes Streeting and others are handing loads of public data contracts to. 👇

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

"This surveillance supersystem," Thiel wrote, could act as “a political framework that operates outside the checks and balances of representative democracy as described in high school textbooks.” www.wired.com/story/the-re...

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 1d

Jurn Verschraegen talks about Belgian policy on end of life care and euthanasia for people with advanced stage #dementia - but warns about risk of debating on TV because ‘you’re in a can’; he has spoken to parliament - and says debate should be calm & dignified #35AEC

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Prof. Elaine Hunter @elaineahp.bsky.social · 2d

& two posters are shared all day today at #35AEC showcasing connecting people connecting support (our AHP policy in Scotland) being delivered @alzscot.bsky.social

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Dr Anna Volkmer @annavolkmer.bsky.social · 2d

The parallel session on Rare Dementias #35AEC @alzheimereurope.bsky.social yesterday included lots of awareness raising of childhood dementia & the primary progressive aphasia @ppaphasiaawareness.bsky.social FYI PPA awareness day 2026 will be 10th April! speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awarenes...

Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) Awareness Day | 4th April 2025

Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) Awareness Day is an event to raise awareness of the condition and the work of the International Speech and Language Therapy / Pathology Primary Progressive Aphasia Ne...

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Michael Neokleous @mikneo.bsky.social · 1d

Last day of #35AEC - POS16-05. Come chat with me and play with the music jamming companion

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 1d

Claire Fyve - For everyone at this conference, please remember that dementia occurs across the lifespan - children get dementia too #35AEC @alzheimereurope.bsky.social

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 1d

Claire Fyve tells us about her son’s condition Nieman-Picks disease. Known as “childhood Alzheimer’s”. It’s the first time childhood dementia has been presented at Alzheimer Europe Conference #35AEC @alzheimereurope.bsky.social see more info www.childhooddementia.org

Childhood Dementia Initiative

Urgently disrupting the impact of childhood dementia. Childhood Dementia Initiative exists to find answers and better ways to research and treat the 70+ disorders that lead to childhood dementia. Thro...

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 1d

Plenary on different types of dementia. Yolande Pijnenburg Fronto-temporal disease first symptom is loss of social cognition - but we find it difficult to describe this. FTD may also be seen with Amyotrophic Lateral Syndrome

Woman standing on stage presenting a slide on different dementias

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 1d

If you missed my poster you can read about our work with diverse communities in this blog - there’s also a link to YouTube film of our community members talking about their involvement in #DementiaResearch #35AEC arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/reflect...

Reflections from DEMFEST 2025: community voices in dementia research

In this blog, Dr Neil Chadborn – a dementia researcher at the University of Nottingham with NIHR ARC East Midlands – reflects on recent community e

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 1d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 2d

New diagnostics, treatments, and prevention interventions mark a decisive turning point for dementia. WDC Executive Director Lenny Shallcross is opening our session to discuss how advocacy must evolve as science advances. It's a key moment for our field. #35AEC

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The World Dementia Council @worlddementia.bsky.social · 2d

At #35AEC @richardangell.bsky.social from the Terence Higgins Trust made a powerful point in our session: "Not acting on Alzheimer’s is the ultimate economic" failure. The global cost of dementia is a clear call to action for governments to invest in diagnostics and treatments.

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Sonja Cecchetti @sonja-cecchetti.bsky.social · 1d

I look forward to presenting our work, POS14-28, which are the results of a new scoping review on #EyeTracking and mild cognitive impairment, #MCI, tomorrow, Wednesday 8 October, from 10:00 to 15:45, at the EX GAM Foyer on the first floor of the @alzheimereurope.bsky.social.

#35AEC #Research

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 2d

We like an umbrella in a schematic diagram in #DementiaResearch - Myrra Vernooij-Dassen brings together diverse things that make up social health #35AEC @alzheimereurope.bsky.social

Woman standing at a lectern giving a presentation on social health in dementia

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 2d

Esme Moniz-Cook presents 25years of collaborative research in InterDem - one of first outputs was guidebook of psychosocial interventions for #dementia #35AEC #Bologna www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/...

Woman presents slides behind lecturn. Psycho-social support for dementia

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 3d

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Academic Audio Transcription Ltd @aat-transcribes.bsky.social · 3d

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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 2d

Megan Rose Readman presenting about her research on dementia village in NorthWest England. Facilitated by North West Coast Living Lab @alzheimereurope.bsky.social #35AEC

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Jane Callaghan @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social · 2d

Social constructionism destabilises essential identity entirely. Failing to grasp this really is the root of much of the "debate" on this issue.

I am not so much who i am as the performances and stories i weave myself from and in, all within the social narratives and performances around me

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nickyrvs.bsky.social @nickyrvs.bsky.social · 2d

A letter from the Scottish Universities Jewish Staff Network, signed by over a hundred people including rabbis, published in the Herald today: archive.ph/BRTCY

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