Kirsty Collins

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Article reads: Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

This will annoy all the right people, no notes

The leader of the Catholic church said there was 'no room for indifference or resignation', just days after the US president described climate change as a 'con job' on.ft.com/4ntNEyx

two men shoveling a pile of money in front of a fire ALT: two men shoveling a pile of money in front of a fire

OpenAI spent more on marketing and equity options for its employees than it made in revenue in the first half of 2025. 🎉 on.ft.com/46wGkwc

The current war on science, and who’s behind it A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar write a book.

"The current war on science, and who’s behind it -- A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar/write a book" | A nice review of #ScienceUnderSiege by Diana Gitig for @arstechnica.com: arstechnica.com/science/2025...

I don’t know about you, but I’m still sort of processing that the US president stood up in the UN and declared that London is about to be under Sharia law, and the response has been “actually, that won’t happen” rather than “Jesus, that is insane.”

Doubtless preliminary and early days, but this sounds very exciting indeed.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Such a wonderful triumph for medical science www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet

UK medicine regulator confirms there is no evidence paracetamol causes autism in children www.gov.uk/government/n...

Climate Change More Than Tripled Heath Deaths in Europe Climate change more than tripled heat deaths in European cities this summer. A new and sobering scientific study quantifies the death toll behind extreme heat made worse by greenhouse gas emissions. You can read and share a full version of this story on Bloomberg.com.

Climate change was responsible for over two thirds of the 24,400 heat deaths estimated in Europe this summer, according to a new report. Read more in today's Green Daily newsletter

Why is AI struggling to discover new drugs? A generation of start-ups have failed to live up to the hype. Executives are now betting that more powerful tools will crack the complexities of human biology

Damn, if only someone had predicted this.
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“Tabloids tell us Connolly is lovely, ordinary, caring, a great Mum. But she wasn’t punished for any of that. She was punished for telling a mob it's okay to set fire to hotels full of people she sees as lesser. That she did it between a cuppa and walking the dog, makes it more chilling, not less.”

How pubs won Gen Z over Karaoke, singalongs, games of pool, themed nights — younger patrons are being drawn in by a host of entertainment on offer

How pubs won Gen Z over on.ft.com/3HO9Vrj | opinion

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RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted — the journal said no In a rare move for a US public official, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr called for a Danish paper finding no link between aluminium in vaccines and disease to be retracted.

The claim that aluminium in vaccines causes autism has been debunked “again and again”

go.nature.com/4mY7OQQ

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you rarely encounter a perfect intro..........but when you do

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How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.

Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires.

Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”

By @robwdavis.bsky.social

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