Shaun Keegan
@shaunkeegan.bsky.social
Infectious disease epidemiologist @lshtm.bsky.social
Mathematical modeller, stats for epidemiology, AMR & vaccine development.
Also occasional rants about football and whoever Liverpool FC are playing.
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Mathematical modeller, stats for epidemiology, AMR & vaccine development.
Also occasional rants about football and whoever Liverpool FC are playing.
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"Coronation": the latest thinking on how to overcome the fact the Labour membership would never choose Wesley.
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
"Coronation": the latest thinking on how to overcome the fact the Labour membership would never choose Wesley.
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So Keir Starmer he of former human rights lawyer and Director of Public Prosecutions fame made supportive comments for Glinner a publicly violent and abusive transphobe after he previously gave no shits about murdered trans schoolgirl Brianna Ghey? It can't be more obvious how bigoted Starmer is.
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
So Keir Starmer he of former human rights lawyer and Director of Public Prosecutions fame made supportive comments for Glinner a publicly violent and abusive transphobe after he previously gave no shits about murdered trans schoolgirl Brianna Ghey? It can't be more obvious how bigoted Starmer is.
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A probability matrix is not conscious. For fucks sake.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A probability matrix is not conscious. For fucks sake.
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"The US government will not be commemorating World AIDS day this year".
Silence = Death
There are 1.1 million people living with HIV in the United States, 40 million globally
Silence = Death
There are 1.1 million people living with HIV in the United States, 40 million globally
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"The US government will not be commemorating World AIDS day this year".
Silence = Death
There are 1.1 million people living with HIV in the United States, 40 million globally
Silence = Death
There are 1.1 million people living with HIV in the United States, 40 million globally
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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The trans issue is particularly instructive because you can actually see how the spike in anti-trans newspaper articles significantly anticipated any shift in public polling. It very much started in the U.K. as an elite obsession.
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The trans issue is particularly instructive because you can actually see how the spike in anti-trans newspaper articles significantly anticipated any shift in public polling. It very much started in the U.K. as an elite obsession.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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World AIDS Day is on Dec. 1.
Since 2004, global deaths have been in decline due to greater access to diagnostics, treatment & prevention.
This hard-won progress is now at risk due to major cuts to global public health.
We can't afford to go backward.
Since 2004, global deaths have been in decline due to greater access to diagnostics, treatment & prevention.
This hard-won progress is now at risk due to major cuts to global public health.
We can't afford to go backward.
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
World AIDS Day is on Dec. 1.
Since 2004, global deaths have been in decline due to greater access to diagnostics, treatment & prevention.
This hard-won progress is now at risk due to major cuts to global public health.
We can't afford to go backward.
Since 2004, global deaths have been in decline due to greater access to diagnostics, treatment & prevention.
This hard-won progress is now at risk due to major cuts to global public health.
We can't afford to go backward.
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CDC website has been scrubbed of all mentions of "mpox" with everything replaced by "monkeypox," even renaming linked articles in EID.
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
CDC website has been scrubbed of all mentions of "mpox" with everything replaced by "monkeypox," even renaming linked articles in EID.
I’d be an utterly terrible parent. Frank needs some dermatological support (which he’ll likely not find pleasant) and I’ve already negotiated away 3 days worth of raw steak chunks. He normally only gets one for a vet trip @cr-wford.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I’d be an utterly terrible parent. Frank needs some dermatological support (which he’ll likely not find pleasant) and I’ve already negotiated away 3 days worth of raw steak chunks. He normally only gets one for a vet trip @cr-wford.bsky.social
I’m dubious about her commitment, given the leaked plans to rinse Higher Education in the UK by taxing foreign student fees. Given chronic underfunding, that’s a rare lifeline to British universities. It’s a tough time for the sector and not a time to push more institutions into hardship
We were delighted to open the Innovation for Growth Summit this afternoon with a few words from Chancellor Rachel Reeves on the government’s ambitions for research and innovation
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#InnovationForGrowth
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I’m dubious about her commitment, given the leaked plans to rinse Higher Education in the UK by taxing foreign student fees. Given chronic underfunding, that’s a rare lifeline to British universities. It’s a tough time for the sector and not a time to push more institutions into hardship
I cannot summarise how angry this makes me without going over the top. These people are the lowest of the low, the cruelest of the cruel. They don’t want to protect children, they want to be racist openly, using children as a shield. A shame on my hometown
www.thenational.scot/news/2564569...
www.thenational.scot/news/2564569...
Protesters pledge weekly disruption at Glasgow school over mums' English classes
Glasgow City Council is set for a long-running stand-off with protesters targeting a local primary over English classes for pupils’ mums
www.thenational.scot
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I cannot summarise how angry this makes me without going over the top. These people are the lowest of the low, the cruelest of the cruel. They don’t want to protect children, they want to be racist openly, using children as a shield. A shame on my hometown
www.thenational.scot/news/2564569...
www.thenational.scot/news/2564569...
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Anyone who can look at the current underfunded state of UK universities and think there's half a billion quid you can take out of the sector without doing catastrophic damage is just not fit for office.
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Anyone who can look at the current underfunded state of UK universities and think there's half a billion quid you can take out of the sector without doing catastrophic damage is just not fit for office.
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They remain the only government in my lifetime without a theory of how economic growth happens and a determination that it definitely not be through universities, immigration, high skilled services, tax simplification, trade relations etc
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
They remain the only government in my lifetime without a theory of how economic growth happens and a determination that it definitely not be through universities, immigration, high skilled services, tax simplification, trade relations etc
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Does this count as neutral language from the BBC regarding last year's national insurance increase?🤔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Does this count as neutral language from the BBC regarding last year's national insurance increase?🤔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org and Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org - two of our APPG supporters - are holding a free webinar on 'Working together to address the barriers for disabled scientists'.
Next Tuesday, free to attend! >>
Next Tuesday, free to attend! >>
Join us for a live webinar with @royalsociety.org to see how we can make science more accessible for everyone.
Hear from members of our Inclusion and Diversity Committee and watch a panel of invited speakers discuss improving inclusion in STEM.
Save the date and the link: rsc.li/4o5uCht
#ChemSky
Hear from members of our Inclusion and Diversity Committee and watch a panel of invited speakers discuss improving inclusion in STEM.
Save the date and the link: rsc.li/4o5uCht
#ChemSky
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Royal Society @royalsociety.org and Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org - two of our APPG supporters - are holding a free webinar on 'Working together to address the barriers for disabled scientists'.
Next Tuesday, free to attend! >>
Next Tuesday, free to attend! >>
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Join us for a live webinar with @royalsociety.org to see how we can make science more accessible for everyone.
Hear from members of our Inclusion and Diversity Committee and watch a panel of invited speakers discuss improving inclusion in STEM.
Save the date and the link: rsc.li/4o5uCht
#ChemSky
Hear from members of our Inclusion and Diversity Committee and watch a panel of invited speakers discuss improving inclusion in STEM.
Save the date and the link: rsc.li/4o5uCht
#ChemSky
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Join us for a live webinar with @royalsociety.org to see how we can make science more accessible for everyone.
Hear from members of our Inclusion and Diversity Committee and watch a panel of invited speakers discuss improving inclusion in STEM.
Save the date and the link: rsc.li/4o5uCht
#ChemSky
Hear from members of our Inclusion and Diversity Committee and watch a panel of invited speakers discuss improving inclusion in STEM.
Save the date and the link: rsc.li/4o5uCht
#ChemSky
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I love to take my views on feminism and "gender ideology" from the professional Woody Allen defender.
"gender ideology is anti-gravity nonsense that only the desperate, the deluded and the double-dealing grifters still believe": just in case you were still wondering quite how consumed with hatred are Hadley Freeman and The Sunday Times.
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I love to take my views on feminism and "gender ideology" from the professional Woody Allen defender.
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Hi yes I am Labour I will implement a tax laser targeted at a highly successful British export industry that overwhelmingly supports me
November 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Hi yes I am Labour I will implement a tax laser targeted at a highly successful British export industry that overwhelmingly supports me
Does she know how much higher education contributes to the economy compared to most other sectors? This on top of ridiculous fees, and Brexit are going to squeeze the life out of it. But it’s an easy sell, as opposed to taxing the ultra wealthy. The sector needs support, not to be picked clean
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Does she know how much higher education contributes to the economy compared to most other sectors? This on top of ridiculous fees, and Brexit are going to squeeze the life out of it. But it’s an easy sell, as opposed to taxing the ultra wealthy. The sector needs support, not to be picked clean
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DOGE didn't achieve its stated objective, nor its actual objectives.
It has, however, according to The Lancet, set the stage to kill more people by 2030 than the Nazis did in the Holocaust, through USAID cuts alone.
"Bye bye"? We've barely begun to register its impact.
It has, however, according to The Lancet, set the stage to kill more people by 2030 than the Nazis did in the Holocaust, through USAID cuts alone.
"Bye bye"? We've barely begun to register its impact.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
DOGE didn't achieve its stated objective, nor its actual objectives.
It has, however, according to The Lancet, set the stage to kill more people by 2030 than the Nazis did in the Holocaust, through USAID cuts alone.
"Bye bye"? We've barely begun to register its impact.
It has, however, according to The Lancet, set the stage to kill more people by 2030 than the Nazis did in the Holocaust, through USAID cuts alone.
"Bye bye"? We've barely begun to register its impact.
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These of course are the sorts of account that get boosted under Musk’s X. If you’re still on the platform for engagement, you are a mug.
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
These of course are the sorts of account that get boosted under Musk’s X. If you’re still on the platform for engagement, you are a mug.
Was just a wee bit foggy yesterday
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Was just a wee bit foggy yesterday
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