Laura RNC

This should be a warning to anyone who thinks the gross abuses by ICE in the US couldn’t happen here. Former Reform MP reports charity rowing team (including ex Royal Marine) as possible “illegal” migrants. In US it’s enough to look Hispanic. Here all that may be needed is to be in a boat.

Image showing information on the BC2 (Basel Computational Biology Conference) from 8-10 Sept 2025. Says: "Tutorial: build a microbial genomic sequence database with Loculus - Register now. 8 Sept 2025 - Biozentrum, Basel. Early bird until 30 June 2025"

Interested to learn about how to run your own Loculus (the database code behind @pathoplexus.org)? 🤔🖥️

Sign up for the Loculus Tutorial on Mon 8 Sept at BC2 Conference (@sib.swiss‬) in Basel, run by @chaoranchen.de & Anya Parker! 🧬

Register: www.bc2.ch/registration...

#bioinformatics #openScience

i remember stripping the bark from a lot of branches

one time i bored holes into a stick & jammed marbles in there to make -

a wizard staff

and nothing bad happened i was a very responsible knife-having child

a happy ending

when i was a kid i convinced my dad i should have a knife

i wanted to whittle with it - i think i read a book where a character did that

i was 9? it was the year my dad spent weekends clearing out the wooded lot where he would put our new house

i plead my case and my dad agreed!

i was precocious, know this

a green booklet shaped like a knife against a background of wood planks

the green booklet is now opened to showcase the pages which flip out like a pocket knife blade

greetings i have made another zine, this is about how i got my hands on a knife at age ~9 (individual pages in the replies) #internationalzinemonth #minizinejuly2025

Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world - Nature Climate Change Literature produced inconsistent findings regarding the links between extreme weather events and climate policy support across regions, populations and events. This global study offers a holistic asse...

New paper: What increases people’s support for policy responses to #climate #change? ✊
We find: It’s not necessarily firsthand experience of extreme weather events. Instead, it’s whether people think that these events are linked to climate change. Here is the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🔎

Hey, these guys need money to continue their fight for patient safety. Link below.

First map of human brain mitochondria is ‘groundbreaking’ achievement Nature - Hundreds of cubes of human brain tissue help scientists to chart the energy-making capabilities of various brain regions.

Scientists have created the first map of mitochondria throughout the entire brain

https://go.nature.com/4c8CLNM

The functional role of interpersonal dehumanization and associated brain networks

Review by Lasana T. Harris & Naira Delgado

Web: go.nature.com/42lh9up
PDF: rdcu.be/efO4D

Listen to @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social discuss the latest evidence on the use of Physician Associates in the NHS on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme - she's very clear!

youtu.be/IWNw6nfnN3o

Role of Physician and Anaesthetic Associates in UK healthcare challenged in largest ever review A new study has found little evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthetists associates (AAs) in the UK, raising critical questions about the rapid expansio...

NEW: Study finds little evidence supporting the safety & efficacy of Physician & Anaesthetic Associates in the NHS.

From @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social, the largest ever UK review raises critical questions about the rapid expansion of these roles.

#NHS #WorkForce @bmj.com

Systematic reviews of non-RCT evidence: building dry stone walls To bake good cookies, start with good cookie dough. To use a different metaphor, to build a brick wall, take a large collection of bricks—all the same size and in perfect shape—and line them up neatly...

In the excitement over our new review of PAs, I forgot to tell you about the OTHER paper published in BMJ today, my commentary on the challenges of doing systematic reviews of evidence when there's no RCTs and most of the primary studies were unique and non-standardised.🧪
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Exclusive: U.S. CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links.

Unfucking believable as CDC is suddenly launching a study into exploring possible links with MMR and autism. I wonder who might have initiated this? 🤔 to be clear There is NO link and this has already been debunked in massive studies 🧪🧵

RFK Jr. questions antidepressants for kids. What do we actually know about SSRIs? - Poynter A new federal review puts kids’ psychiatric meds under scrutiny, but experts say RFK Jr.’s claims about SSRIs are misleading and unsupported.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thrust psychiatric medications and their use among children into the national spotlight.

What do we actually know about SSRIs?

Here’s a primer and what they are, how they work, if they’re addictive and more, from @politifact.bsky.social:

www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...

The UK's record on child poverty is pretty terrible.

Based on before-housing-cost thresholds, only Greece had worse rates among European countries in 2018.

10 Things to Know About Medicaid | KFF At the start of 2025, many issues are at play that will affect Medicaid coverage, financing, and access to care. While Medicaid was not discussed much on the campaign trail, Congress may consider big ...

Wanna cut Medicaid? It covers 39% of kids, 80% of kids in poverty, 16% of adults, half of adults in poverty, 25% of adults w/disabilities, 41% of births, 50% of kids w/special health care needs, 5 of 8 in nursing homes, 29% of non-elderly adults w/ mental illness, & 40% of non-elderly adults w/HIV.

Don't let anyone tell you that there is no protest happening. Our latest Crowd Counting Consortium data update is now available. February saw thousands of events. 50501 days of action, immigration-related protests & Tesla takeovers were key spikes in activity. dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm....

Repatriation of British soldiers at Wootton Bassett (now Royal Wootton Bassett)

"20,000 troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years"

🌡 New on @ourworldindata.org:

We added global temperature anomaly charts *coloured by El Nino / La Nina periods*.

Today's "cool" years are warmer than "warm" years of the past.

[New article and charts by my colleague Veronika Samborska and I: ourworldindata.org/global-tempe... ]

No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t suppress your immune system—here's the science A recent preprint filled with fundamental scientific flaws is fueling anti-vaccine disinformation.

No, COVID-19 vaccines aren’t causing immunosuppression.

A preprint has been wildly misinterpreted.

•No correction for prior COVID-19.
•No assessment of T cell exhaustion.
•No differences in CD4 T cells.
•EBV reactivation wasn’t detected.

Read my analysis:

news.immunologic.org/p/no-covid-1...

Signs on McDonalds

McDonald's is overturning council attempts to prevent new fast food outlets by claiming they will encourage healthier lifestyles, reveals a BMJ investigation.

It shows the firm has won planning appeals in some of the most deprived areas of England
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

I’ll be on MSNBC at around 8:45 with @jenpsaki.msnbc.com talking Musk.

Groundbreaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in Uganda

In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.🧵

WHO is supporting the Ugandan health authorities to respond through
• Risk assessment and investigation.
• Operational, financial and technical support
• Facilitating access to candidate vaccines and therapeutics
bit.ly/40J3N9g

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Sudan Ebola virus disease belongs to the same family as Ebola virus disease.

In the absence of licensed vaccines and therapeutics, the risk of potential serious public health impact is high.

Early supportive patient care and treatment may increase the chance of survival from severe disease.

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Sudan Ebolavirus disease

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On 30 January 2025, the Ministry of Health of #Uganda declared an outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease following confirmation from 3 national reference laboratories.

As of 30 January 2025, 45 contacts have been identified, incl. 34 healthcare workers & 11 family members bit.ly/40J3N9g

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Child-friendly planning and design: insights and experiences from European cities - Town and Country Planning Association Many European cities are embracing child-friendly planning and urban design and this webinar will explore four case studies from Spain, Slovakia, Albania and Germany that offer insight, inspiration an...

Be inspired and learn how to create child-friendly planning and urban design in our free webinar on 13 February.
Explore case studies from Spain, Slovakia, Albania and Germany.
Register: www.tcpa.org.uk/event/child-friendly-planning-and-design-insights-and-experiences-from-european-cities/

‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct.

‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research
A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Disability and poverty often go together.

On top of this, many #autistic people are only able to eat certain foods because of sensory aspects. These might also be more expensive.

It’s important to consider these factors rather than blaming or shaming people for their dietary “choices”

#autism