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Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 2d

Vaccines at work 👇

Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 2d

HPV vaccination drives cervical cancer rates down in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people www.livescience.com/health/cance...

HPV vaccination drives cervical cancer rates down in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people

Researchers have found that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are highly effective at reducing cervical cancer-causing infections and can offer herd immunity, reinforcing previous research and highl...

www.livescience.com

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Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social · 4d

A serious contender for my favourite woman in Voices of Thunder! Anna Trapnel was a young woman who publicly criticised Oliver Cromwell. A thorn in the side of the authorities, she was accused of being a witch. Trapnel was a true radical, advocating for a fairer society for all. #earlymodern

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 5d

My heartbreak and horror at the killing and starvation of Gazans does not negate my total support and solidarity with my fellow jewish citizens across the UK against terror. The conflation on display by some politicians and media outlets over the last 24 hours is sickening.

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Dinah Roe @preraphsrule.bsky.social · 4d

"Mischaracterised by university leaders as financial ‘saving’, austerity is in truth vandalism."

Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 5d

As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.

UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance

by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…

moneyontheleft.org

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 5d

Important to remember that stories about children killed by vaccine-preventable diseases when they're too young to be vaccinated are, beneath that, stories about the loss of herd immunity.

This baby caught whooping cough from somebody. That somebody was probably old enough to be vaccinated.

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 5d

“A lot of times, you know, babies don’t cough; they just stop breathing,” warned Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney as he discussed Mississippi's first infant death from whooping cough in 13 years.

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 5d

Must read!! 👇

Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 5d

As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.

UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance

by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…

moneyontheleft.org

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 5d

Sorry but: fucking HELL

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 5d

Two victims in Manchester attack were shot by police on.ft.com/42KdNBd

Two victims in Manchester attack were shot by police

Greater Manchester police say one of those shot by officers has died

on.ft.com

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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 5d

Going to see my amazing little girl get a special mention at her school! They throw a little afternoon tea for the kids and their adults. Then later we're getting pizza for dinner 😀

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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 5d

I saw this on the kindle site today and did a double take I must say

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 6d

the marketing of this book is WILD once you see which Mitford it is

Book cover: the pursuit of laughter, essays, articles, reviews and diary of the most controversial Mitford sister. And it’s DIANA MOSLEY. Complete with a generic picture of a 1930s society belle’s face in pearls.

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MAREcus 👻/ 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 6d

When you are an “unrepentant” fascist and got married to a fascist at the home of Joseph Goebbels with Adolf Hitler as guest of honour you get a nice whimsical font

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 6d

the marketing of this book is WILD once you see which Mitford it is

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Jo (unfunded hobbyist) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · Jan 22

Now Costa Coffee needs to do State Papers Online

Richard Carr @richardcarr.bsky.social · Jan 15

This is both an incredibly niche thing but I think it should be more of a thing. Caffè Nero subscribes to the British Newspaper Archive so it’s all free on their wifi. There. I said it.

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Richard Carr @richardcarr.bsky.social · Jan 15

This is both an incredibly niche thing but I think it should be more of a thing. Caffè Nero subscribes to the British Newspaper Archive so it’s all free on their wifi. There. I said it.

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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 9d

I feel this so deeply, for myself and for so many others. The cumulative effect on this nation and its communities is staggering and completely unaccounted for by anyone in power.

Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 9d

It really is just relentless the constant dehumanisation in this country. Prove you deserve to be here. Prove you deserve to be cared for. Prove your gender. Prove you deserve to have human rights. Prove you deserve to stay after a whole decade. It just chisels away at your humanity

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 9d

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!

Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 7d

Whenever I see somebody online explaining the ways they know a kid is using ChatGPT to write a paper, I am sincerely glad I'm not a child anymore. Em dashes? Oxford commas? Enumerated lists? Complex contrasting sentences? I am a hyperlexic autistic and began writing like that in fourth grade.

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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 8d

I'm trying this pacing app just in case it really can predict when I'm headed for an energy crash/shutdown. Had a busy day yesterday and this morning the app says "Your body is moving away from its baseline. Rest today if you can." It's good to know I'm not imagining these ups and downs.

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Dr Leanne Bibby @leannemichelleb.bsky.social · 8d

Had a lovely virtual coffee yesterday with my buddy, another former academic who just got a job as a data analyst. Life is not bad sometimes.

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Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social · 8d

University senior leadership and employer body representatives (UCEA, UUK) should be in the media saying things like this every single day. Where are they?

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 8d

'University of Sussex leader Sasha Roseneil said she felt opposition to higher education was often grounded in an explicit rejection of the expansion of access that has taken place in recent decades.' 1/2

Universities victims of ‘relentless negativity campaign’

Sussex v-c says media attacks motivated by view that fewer people should obtain a degree

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 9d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Sylvia de Mars @sylviademars.me · 9d

I hope the rest of the world tells us to go fuck ourselves.

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 9d

Mahmood says she will introduce new conditions for indefinite leave to remain:

Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering