@chrischirp.bsky.social
Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
The Science, Innovation & Tech committee have written the most amazing letter to DSIT/UKRI/STFC:
"What is clear is that, despite your assertions to the contrary... widespread cuts have been proposed before adequate consultation with those affected was undertaken. This is wholly unacceptable" 💪🔭⚛️🧪
Goodhart’s law never dies:
“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure".
In this case measuring the proportion of research active staff has encouraged behaviour where the non research active are no longer classified as staff.
one of the finest analysts on this website
6 ways the Trump administration undermined the rule of law last week
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“She’s the exception, I am the rule.”
Such articulate cutting through of the nonsense around puberty blockers and eg Keira Bell’s detransitioning from Stephanie Lynnette on GMB this morning. It is also a refreshing relief to see a trans person actually being allowed to speak for once!
The Trump administration will give government attorneys expanded power to initiate legal guardianship for veterans “unable to make their own health care decisions.” This could force homeless veterans and those at risk of homelessness into involuntaty institutional c...
TAT: [Weakening civil rights]
Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday unveiled legislation to remove Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the use of mifepristone to end pregnancies, a bill that has quickly gained the support of major anti-abortion groups.
TAT: [Weakening civil rights | Attacking science]
Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into $63 million private companies pledged to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library, asking what happened to the money. ABC, Meta, Paramount and X each committed millions of dollars to the project through legal settlem...
TAT: [Corruption]
The Defense Department has barred press photographers from briefings on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran after they published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed “unflattering,”
TAT: [Controlling information | Undermining democracy]
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) warned in a report that Trump's racist hate speech, anti-immigration agenda and actions of ICE were fostering grave human rights violations.
TAT: [Weakening civil rights]
A judge ruled that three prosecutors who were picked by the Trump administration to lead the New Jersey attorney general's office following the disqualification of his first pick Alina Habba, were also appointed unlawfully by bypassing congressional approval.
TAT: [Undermining democracy]
The right-wing campus group Turning Point USA announced a partnership with Republican-led Arkansas to help expand its reach further into high school campuses. Several Republican states (Oklahoma, Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Montana and Nebraska) already have such partne...
TAT: [Attacking education]
Retsef Levi, a member of the US health department’s vaccine advisory committee (ACIP) who has been tasked to review COVID-19 vaccine safety, failed to meet basic scientific standards in his own research and called them the “most failing medical product in the history of ...
TAT: [Attacking science]
🚨Publication Day!🚨
#Elemental is out now!
And since everyone loves a dog video here’s Peggy singing.*
*Prize of a signed book for first person to tell me what she’s singing along to.
Trump threatened to hit Iran "20 times harder" if oil flow was halted through the Strait of Hormuz, a key transit route. He further wrote on Truth Social: “Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be b...
TAT: [Foreign policy]
Trump renewed his threat he would refuse to sign any legislation until Congress passes strict voting restrictions via the SAVE act. He made the threats during a Republican Party retreat at his golf club
TAT: [Undermining democracy]
A golf club company backed by the sons of Donald Trump is merging with drone manufacturer Powerus. Drones have become a major procurement priority for the Pentagon
TAT: [Corruption]
University of Oxford is recruiting women who have had keyhole surgery for pelvic pain to understand their experiences!
They are also recruiting health care providers.
If this is of interest check it out...
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(Reuters) - U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
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I ask because I assume Iran can do math as well as me and if they know 'global economic catastrophe in roughly 40 days' that's a big incentive to hold out for 41 days if they can.
And I suspect they can.
It is extremely difficult to construct a practical case against this position. Net Zero is now as much about patriotism as it is about climate change.
Perfectly obvious he first became aware of them after the bombing started.
Installment #1287348 of "never underestimate Ukraine"
I guess all those people on X who claimed it was an Iranian missile and Bellingcat had lied about it being a Tomahawk are rushing to correct themselves - U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...
we dare you to find a museum more ready
This cannot be real.
To reiterate:
Having been fired as US Ambassador, Peter Mandelson asked for HALF A MILLION POUNDS as a severance settment
Jonathan Powell raised concerns about Mandelson's reputation directly with Morgan McSweeney, who said the "issues had been addressed”.
PM's national security adviser later said he didn't remember being in any meetings about the appt, which he had found to be “unusual” and “weirdly rushed”.
BREAKING: Major escalation in Iran conflict.
Iranian military command says it will target US banks and financial institutions in the Middle East.
🚨It tells civilians to keep a distance of 1km from all US banks in the region.
[SOURCE: REUTERS]
Email from Peter Mandelson to Jonathan Powell in 2002, pushing for Tony Blair to meet his friend Jeffrey Epstein, insisting that "he is safe"