Ben Barr
@benjaminbarr.bsky.social
Professor in Applied Public Health Research. Head WHO collaborating centre for policy research on the determinants of health equity.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/population-health/staff/benjamin-barr/ . Was once an anthropologist, maybe I still am.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/population-health/staff/benjamin-barr/ . Was once an anthropologist, maybe I still am.
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NIH Director Accepts Award From Anti-Vax Dark Money Group Founded By Accused Sexual Harasser
Jay Bhattacharya reunited with his old ally Jeffrey Tucker weeks after the political operative was revealed to have faced a sexual harassment scandal.
www.importantcontext.news
January 14, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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On the one hand, it's on Fox, it's bullshit, & I'm repeating myself.
On the other, short of the Furies themselves, the most terrifying women in the ancient Greek world were the maenads, & Fox just put the idea of maenads in the streets of America out into the aether like it's nothing.
On the other, short of the Furies themselves, the most terrifying women in the ancient Greek world were the maenads, & Fox just put the idea of maenads in the streets of America out into the aether like it's nothing.
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
On the one hand, it's on Fox, it's bullshit, & I'm repeating myself.
On the other, short of the Furies themselves, the most terrifying women in the ancient Greek world were the maenads, & Fox just put the idea of maenads in the streets of America out into the aether like it's nothing.
On the other, short of the Furies themselves, the most terrifying women in the ancient Greek world were the maenads, & Fox just put the idea of maenads in the streets of America out into the aether like it's nothing.
Reposted by Ben Barr
if America flipped a switch our military would shut down instantly
our government, NHS, police, banks, supermarkets all run on American based cloud services
our government, NHS, police, banks, supermarkets all run on American based cloud services
January 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
if America flipped a switch our military would shut down instantly
our government, NHS, police, banks, supermarkets all run on American based cloud services
our government, NHS, police, banks, supermarkets all run on American based cloud services