Tom Feilden
@tomfeilden.bsky.social
Assistant editor at the Today programme
I have to admit I was worried after a somewhat brutal cutback in February
May 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I have to admit I was worried after a somewhat brutal cutback in February
Woohoo! The fig lives!
May 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Woohoo! The fig lives!
Feels like that’s it. Spring from here on in…
February 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Feels like that’s it. Spring from here on in…
Been taking periodic pictures of this meadow as it changes over the year and posting them on X. Bluesky seems like a much more appropriate home. So here goes!
February 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Been taking periodic pictures of this meadow as it changes over the year and posting them on X. Bluesky seems like a much more appropriate home. So here goes!
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I was just on @BBCr4today talking about our OpenSAFELY platform, and how we protect the privacy of NHS GP records while supporting hundreds of researchers to do lifesaving work. You can see a 4 minute video explaining how the platform works here:
Docs.OpenSAFELY.Org
Docs.OpenSAFELY.Org
OpenSAFELY documentation
docs.opensafely.org
February 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I was just on @BBCr4today talking about our OpenSAFELY platform, and how we protect the privacy of NHS GP records while supporting hundreds of researchers to do lifesaving work. You can see a 4 minute video explaining how the platform works here:
Docs.OpenSAFELY.Org
Docs.OpenSAFELY.Org
If it was a drug side effect 1.3% would be considered 'common'.
Call me a pessimist but a 1.3per cent chance of being wiped out by the asteroid in 7 years time does not sound that small at all www.bbc.com/news/article...
YR4: the asteroid with a tiny chance of hitting Earth
The asteroid named YR4 has a 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
www.bbc.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
If it was a drug side effect 1.3% would be considered 'common'.
Talking to WWF's Rod Downie about this in about half an hour
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why scientists are counting tiny Antarctic krill from Space
Differences in seawater colour could reveal how tiny Antarctic creatures are faring in a warming world.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Talking to WWF's Rod Downie about this in about half an hour
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Been reading through the Government's new Land Use Consultation. Here's the juiciest bits I've seen so far!
An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1
An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1
January 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Been reading through the Government's new Land Use Consultation. Here's the juiciest bits I've seen so far!
An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1
An excellent, bold proposal to spare 9% of England's least-productive land for nature & carbon - restoring peat bogs & regenerating woods - & changes to ag land use over a further 10% /1
Reposted by Tom Feilden
It's been discovered that the Bennu asteroid had some of the vital components needed for life! 😮
Similar asteroids may have helped deliver the water and chemical building blocks that led to the evolution of life on Earth. 🌱
Find out more about this discovery 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Similar asteroids may have helped deliver the water and chemical building blocks that led to the evolution of life on Earth. 🌱
Find out more about this discovery 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Material necessary for life on Earth may have been delivered by asteroids like Bennu
Samples from the asteroid Bennu contain some of the ingredients needed for life to develop.
www.nhm.ac.uk
January 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It's been discovered that the Bennu asteroid had some of the vital components needed for life! 😮
Similar asteroids may have helped deliver the water and chemical building blocks that led to the evolution of life on Earth. 🌱
Find out more about this discovery 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Similar asteroids may have helped deliver the water and chemical building blocks that led to the evolution of life on Earth. 🌱
Find out more about this discovery 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
The individual is currently well and was admitted to a High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) unit.
January 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The individual is currently well and was admitted to a High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) unit.
Bird-to-human transmission of avian influenza is rare and has previously occurred only a small number of times in the UK.
The person acquired the infection on a farm, where they had close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds.
The person acquired the infection on a farm, where they had close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds.
January 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bird-to-human transmission of avian influenza is rare and has previously occurred only a small number of times in the UK.
The person acquired the infection on a farm, where they had close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds.
The person acquired the infection on a farm, where they had close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds.
A person in the West Midlands has contracted bird flu after "close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds"
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January 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A person in the West Midlands has contracted bird flu after "close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds"
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