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Maternal paracetamol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy and risk of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring: umbrella review of systematic reviews Objective To assess the quality, biases, and validity of evidence on maternal paracetamol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorder (referred to as autism) and atte...

🧪 🧪 New Published Review Shows Studies Linking Autism and Tylenol Are False -- The current evidence base is insufficient to definitively link in utero exposure to paracetamol with autism and ADHD in childhood.

www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Keir Starmer: "Every child should have the opportunity to develop passions that enrich their lives and learn skills needed for a successful career.

The curriculum will reflect this: raising standards in subjects like Maths and English, whilst recognising the importance of creative subjects."

Pioneering housing solutions – Oasis NOLO Access to safe, affordable housing is one of the most enduring problems in local neighbourhoods. Countless households are stuck in temporary, overcrowded, or overpriced accommodation.

According to the BBC , a record number of people died whilst homeless last year — over 1,600.

We want to change this story. But we need your help. Learn more here: https://oasisnolo.org/priorities/pioneering-housing-solutions/ #NOLO

Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.

Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.

The Nuns on the Run story needs to be rolling all day. I want live nun tracking. Drone footage. Background on each nun. Nun memes. Nun merch.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f... Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...

My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson

Well worth a read

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Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.

I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.

Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.

Botanical garden with the wording "In an age of performative cruelty, kindness is punk as fuck. Be punk as fuck." imposed in white over the floral images.

Take care of yourselves, people, and never miss an opportunity to be radically kind when you can.

It feeds the soul and you never know who is hanging on to that last thread. #KindnessCounts #DoSomeGood

Reform’s polling lead is astonishingly brittle.

The headline numbers may look impressive, but the underlying data reveals a fundamental weakness.

4 major headaches for Farage:

The ever-eloquent @rafaelbehr.bsky.social pointedly refusing to mince his words on what Farage has done for us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

GOP = Genital Obsession Party

A beagle looks expectantly at a generic chocolate bar with grooves cut into it being held in a human hand. Behind the beagle, who is standing on his hind legs, is an orange and white tile floor. Stock photo from a website.

Let's talk about why dogs can't eat chocolate.

I'm going to try to impart a sense of proportionality here.

Chocolate toxicosis is rare & is fatal in only a tiny percentage of cases. If your dog eats a small amount of milk chocolate, they'll probably be fine.

The problem are methylxanthines...

Word of the day is ‘erumpent’ (17th century), which describes buds and blossom that are bursting forth with vigour. Can also be used of energetic humans.

Ask your MP to attend my Water Bill debate After years of bill hikes, shareholder pay-outs, and pollution, it couldn't be clearer that privatisation has created a crisis in our water system. We can't leave the future of this critical natio...

Great news! @labourlewis.bsky.social's Water Bill will have its first debate on 28th March.

This is our unmissable chance to put public ownership of water back on the table.

Ask your MP to be there and back the Bill: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Cartoon: two men standing looking at an armchair. One is saying "Rubbish!". Caption: Armchair Critics

Armchair critics

If you like my cartoons I can draw one for you for a very reasonable fee. They're not prints, I draw each one to order. Which is nice.

www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

Figured I would put this out there.

TransGENIC mice are NOT TransGENDER mice.

TransGENIC refers to an organism or cell whose genome has been genetically altered.

We use them to model human diseases & develop new treatments.

This is yet another attempt to push anti-trans & anti-science rhetoric.

THIS IS HUGE! For the FIRST time ever, researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have successfully discovered a molecular switch that can actually REVERT cancer cells BACK TO NORMAL by capturing the critical transition state before full cancer development. 🧪🧵⬇️

EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in drug-resistant bacteria: zinc- OR a lack thereof. Depriving bacteria of certain nutrients can cause important physiological changes, rendering them VULNERABLE to antibiotics, INCLUDING those they once resisted! Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

hate it when the promos for new Poirot adaptations are like “THIS ISN’T YOUR GRANDMA’S AGATHA CHRISTIE.” I like my grandma’s Agatha Christie??

Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social

Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home

If autistic me is looking at your shoes or behind you when I'm talking to you it means I'm paying attention to what you're saying.

I'm not ignoring you.

I don't want to mask my autism, I want to flourish and radiate passion and love and live like a soul personified.

I'm so tired of it.

Neil Gaiman claiming autism.

Musk claiming autism.

Autism doesn't make you do terrible, terrible things.

Stop. Blaming. Autism.

It was the same for me - finally diagnosed at the end of 2023.

tweet asking for your "most millennial complaint"

the internet was better when it was on a computer in your house and didn't consume our whole lives. time passed more slowly before there were endless distractions. you had space to read, space to think, space to grow bored and create something.