Jamilla Hussain

One of the best things about being a consultant is the camaraderie from my consultant colleagues

It’s why it’s the dream job

Hope all is well over there Asan (good move!)

Crazy to have to type this out, but if something crazy ever happens to me via the state, I don’t want people to “remain calm” or “wait for justice to be served.”

Do what’s RIGHT. Send me some company.

Horrific in the Lords debates on assisted dying today.

Lord Falconer: “Choice is the key thing. Your financial position might be an element in what makes you reach a decision.”

No. It is not a free choice if financial considerations push you towards ending your own life.

BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.

Today, it’s not your vote that determines whether the government brutalizes you or sends officers to your door. It’s your neighbors’ vote.

If you’re ok with this happening to Minnesotans, don’t get comfortable. You won’t be exempt for long.

In the end, a lawless administration comes for everyone.

Great idea! Let us know if it works
Counter movement needed

Harriet: I am a former criminal barrister, the author of several psychological thrillers *turns to camera* which are available at all good bookshops or online.

#TheTraitors

So just to get this clear: Fiona, who WAS A TRAITOR, outed Rachel as a traitor, and still everyone’s going “oh no it can’t be Rachel”? #TheTraitors

😂

@independentsage.bsky.social

Parents urged to vaccinate children as flu cases rise Flu season has come early and cases are rising among children, NHS England says.

I get that decision making re:when/what vaccines to give each yr is complex&about weighing up risk

But as a parent w a poorly asthmatic kid-who couldn’t get the vaccine earlier despite trying,this is😩

Parents urged to vaccinate children over half-term as flu cases rise www.bbc.com/news/article...

If you don’t frequently see families with kids traveling to destinations by bike, your bike network isn’t safe enough (&/or your zoning forces sprawl & car dependency).

The release of hostages and prisoners shows that even in the worst circumstances, change is possible. The bombs must stop, and guns must stay silent. Aid and food must flow freely.

The suffering is immense.

We must work together, across all divides, for lasting and fair peace.

It's possible.

Massive news for Leeds.

Tom Cruise, Taylor Swift, David Beckham, Barack Obama, Kylie Jenner, and Justin Bieber may all not be coming to your city on Monday... but I am .. and I promise not to sing.

So come along if you're free.

trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-eve...

I just keep thinking how very Big Bang Theory this is 😂

I think this is hugely important. I have done a lot of research on religion and politics for my book (about 🇬🇧) and I cannot overstate the difference between the pundits and politicians who talk aggressively
about "cultural Christianity“ and the people you meet when you actually go to church.

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

As many parents will tell you, the earlier you set the boundaries (whilst recognising the big feelings are real), the better … for the little person and family unit as a whole

#nobelpeaceprize

ENGLAND COVID data latest source via @ukhsa.bsky.social

3,049 Cases
7 days to 1 Oct 2025
🆙19.0%

87 Deaths
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙3.6%

2,077 Patients admitted to hospital
7 days to 30 Sep 2025
🆙9.7%

Virus tests positivity
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙2.2%

ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

We've seen how a Trump administration has taken over scientific bodies, so independent research is suppressed if its findings aren't what he wants, and outputs just become govt propaganda. Could the same thing happen here, if a future PM wanted to do the same? Important analysis ⬇️

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

What percentage of the health research funding pot do you think goes on methods and meta science?

Around 2% (if you add together all mention of research design and methodologies across all areas from research.hscni.net/sites/defaul...)

Just 2% spent on the part that underpins EVERYTHING we do.

Best day of my @nihr.bsky.social fellowship so far today

Time spent with social scientists and methodologists doing excellent work and pushing us to think hard

Thanks team @bcqr.bsky.social

@laurasheard.bsky.social

A gentle warning from Carl Sagan

This - as any historian who has studied the subject of immigration knows - is what always happens over time & there is no reason to believe it will not continue. The only enemies of this benign process are those that highlight & seek to profit from division.

Does she also think that walking through a community and seeing no black or Asian faces means that integration has failed?

😂

Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?

A chilling read as a UK citizen

I hope our health leaders don’t wait until this stage to speak out &realise their role now is a lot different to their recent predecessors

I don’t envy them- but public health depends on it

“we know that politics are complicated. But this is bigger than politics.”