Kevin Fong

On the mathematics of Covid-19 and excess mortality in Sweden, and why their pandemic response might not have been quite as successful as first billed. Great Substack post from @adamjkucharski.bsky.social

Thanks @greavsie.bsky.social!

Wednesday is saved.

Air Ambulance - BBC Sounds Every second counts as the Air Ambulance crew try to save a life.

There’s a lot written about leadership & teamwork but the HEMS crews are one of the best examples, anywhere, of how to operate at the sharp end of practice.
Made this for BBC Radio 4 about the people who make it happen. 11am GMT today or find it here:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero' Samir Zitouni, 48, was injured while trying to protect passengers during the mass stabbing on Saturday.

Samir Zitouni, 48, remains in critical condition after the LNER rail employee heroically risked his life to save others from the attempts at murder on the Peterborough/Huntingdon train
news.sky.com/story/train-...

Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting

I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:

Cause for hope.

There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.

“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10

A timely book from @tomlevenson.bsky.social

Award for Best Science And Technology Podcast at the 2025 Independent Podcast Awards

Good morning, News from the UK is you are an award winner. 16 Sunsets won best Science And Technology Podcast last night 😀🎉

The good governor is right.

For more information, sadly not immediately available, I have a book on the history of vaccine rejection coming out next spring.

Early details here:

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/808113...

Promotional image for Can We Stop the Next Pandemic? featuring five speakers and logos for The Francis Crick Institute and BBC Studios.

NEW EPISODE: Are we prepared for the next pandemic?

Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about COVID-19 and whether we're ready for the next pandemic.

Listen on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSPandemic...

This week's guests are Tess Lambe‬, Wendy Barclay‬, @dremmacbw.bsky.social and @drkevinfong.bsky.social.

BBC Radio 4 - The Artificial Human, Why is AI erasing people? Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask if AI is erasing certain people from who we see online.

A really important episode on today's Artificial Human: Why is AI erasing people? Answer: it ain't just accidental bias. Find out what's happening and what we can do about it, with me and @drkevinfong.bsky.social by listening again on @bbcsounds.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The Artificial Human - Why is AI erasing people? - BBC Sounds Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask if AI is erasing certain people from who we see online.

“If you lived in a world that wasn’t built for you, you’d feel disabled too.”

Ever been erased by AI? Powerful stuff from Paralympic swimmer @JessSmith27 and @abran in this week’s #ArtificialHuman.

Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Did you just miss the first episode of the new #ArtificialHuman series from BBC Radio 4 with me and @drkevinfong.bsky.social - CAN AI MAKE ME FITTER? Go on, listen again on @bbcsounds.bsky.social : www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...

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

Statement from the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

"MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children"

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Great to hear that you enjoyed it, and your story. Sorry you missed Jim!

James Lovell & NASA’s Apollo 13 team: a masterclass in bearing the odds. I always try to bring the best lessons I learn back to my career in medicine. Wrote the last lines of script for #13minutestothemoon S2 in Spring 2020, after the UK’s 1st Covid wave. A kernel of hope. Thank you Jim. #AdAstra

Farewell & thanks for everything Captain James Lovell. Apollo 8 Command Module Pilot - arguably NASA’s boldest mission - Commander & survivor of the ill fated Apollo 13. I’ve met few people more inspiring or more generous with their legacy. God Speed, safe flight. #AdAstra #NASA

Stop this. Just… Stop it. Stop using "generative AI" for anything that might actually matter, and especially things that, if it gets them wrong, *Might Fucking Kill You.*

Why does this need to be said? Why is this not obvious??? Why is this not the default way of fucking operating?! What the FUCK.

There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.

What a moment! What an achievement. Wonderful way to watch them bring it home. Chloe Kelly & the indomitable #Lionesses #England #LatitudeFestival

16 Sunsets History Podcast · Fortnightly series ·

I grew up reading everything I could about Project Apollo. But I lived through the Shuttle program. #16Sunsets by the original #13MinutestotheMoon team: @andrewl-b.bsky.social, @scirad.bsky.social + @davejgiles.bsky.social
& @richardcourtice.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...

Thanks buddy!

Thanks Paul!

Bonus Episode: Chris Hadfield ‘Tilting the Wheel’ Podcast Episode · 16 Sunsets · S1 Bonus · 47m

Last one from the #16Sunsets team for a while. Great fun chatting to the incredible @Cmdr_Hadfield about space shuttle, life, the universe & intercepting Russian nuclear bombers. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...

Massive congratulations on this Mark!

50 years have passed since “Jaws” the movie was first released. Which scares me way more than any giant shark ever could.

East Croydon, right?