Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We were 1-0 up at HT tonight at home to Slovenia. Winning from that position shouldn't be hard. 100
Reposted by Ally BrownSTC @blobbystc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Lesson here afaict is you can’t just get rid of ‘the guy’ you need a plan to systematically dismantle and oppose the systems 1378
Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 03/10/2026You're right, but there's a huge movement among (left-liberal) dog trainers for non-hierarchical training methods which they claim are "evidence-based" and (I can confirm) are utterly useless when your dog is attacking you (that behaviour is then medicalised). I hope to write a book about it. 020
Reposted by Ally BrownBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026READ: If you haven’t seen this yet, please take a look. Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people from making rational judgements about driving. This study co-authored by @ianwalker.bsky.social looks at where this bias comes from & how it works. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 7278119
Reposted by Ally BrownCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11571762056
Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's also something Andy Burnham understands in relation to Greater Manchester. Greater Manchester is not Manchester. He has played a big part in creating this shared identity of GM from the ten council areas of GMCA (as I wrote about here: share.google/hBV5tY4X1F2N...)share.google Framing health inequalities to tell political stories: Devolution makes the difference | Journal of Critical Public Health 010
Reposted by Ally BrownDread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 27/09/2026AI propaganda is play for play the same as car dependency propaganda. Including "the cork is out of the bottle; it's integrated into everything now & it'd be too difficult & disruptive & expensive to change that." & if you fell for it with cars, that should show you there's a real danger it'll work. 112139
Reposted by Ally Brown@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 24/09/20261/ A slightly strange and lovely thing to be able to say, my book The Social Life of Justice is published tomorrow... www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... 53418
Reposted by Ally BrownMichael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Right, I’ve had enough of this now. We’ve got left of centre governments in Scotland and the UK. Every public body needs to be off X and finding appropriate alternatives, right now. 25819
Reposted by Ally BrownDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Chants of 'let them drown' sung by a child over a megaphone" surely must be the moment this UK Government realises that no form of appeasement or persuasion is going to solve this problem. Ban the platforms spreading the lies, proscribe the groups terrorising the country. Act now, for pity's sake. 520453
Reposted by Ally BrownBen Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026One day, our political parties will face reality and stop making farcical, unserious promises to voters -- promises which entrench the delusion that we can enjoy lower taxes and better public services without ever having to pay more, even amidst the crisis-strewn 2020s. But today is not that day. 13418
Reposted by Ally BrownSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm on the board of a charity than runs trips to Auschwitz for schoolchildren and it is amazing how some people behave there. Posing for selfies, eating snacks... mindblowing. 4022230
Reposted by Ally BrownNick Lester-Davis @quinlet.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Of the 29 pedestrians killed on the pavement, 28 were hit by cars and one by a mobility scooter. None were hit by bicycles or e-bikes. 1136
Reposted by Ally BrownHolly Thomas @holstat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"Wellness" offers an illusion of control you can buy with money. Those who confuse it with health are therefore led to believe that health outcomes are decided by a merit system that's linked to their identity as a successful/rich person. "I am better, so I am better." 162
Reposted by Ally BrownTaya Collyer @tayacollyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🥖 Fresh Sociology of Knowledge!🥖 tinyurl.com/bdfa2375 I interviewed 45 health researchers in 12 disciplines about 'good' research & interdisciplinary struggles. "Disciplinary difference" reflected different *kinds of knowledge*, pursued for different reasons, and judged by different criteria. 031
Reposted by Ally BrownEllie Harris @eleanorrrlouise.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Our research found that young people have incredibly low self-esteem. They believe that long term unemployment is more likely and success will be harder to find. They have lost faith in their futures and their own ability to change their outcomes. www.ippr.org/articles/bri...ippr.orgBritain’s broken social contract: Young people have lost faith in their future | IPPRFor much of the post-war period, Britain offered young people a basic promise: if you work hard and do the right things, you can expect greater security an 1154
Reposted by Ally BrownTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Easy to donate: rnli.org/support-us/g... 27834393
Reposted by Ally BrownAlly Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 24/06/2026My analysis of 2017-2022 policy docs from Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and the Scottish Government, showed a strong tendency for GMCA docs to emphasise the health disadvantages of GM residents c/w England; whereas SG almost never mentioned Scotland's health disadvantage c/w England's. Why? 101
Reposted by Ally BrownAlex Scott-Samuel @dralexss.bsky.social · 08/09/2026.@allybrown.bsky.social critiques "Manchesterism" and devolution through an equity lens   journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...journalhosting.ucalgary.ca Framing health inequalities to tell political stories: Devolution makes the difference | Journal of Critical Public Health 012
Reposted by Ally BrownHealth Promotion International @healthpromint.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Are we asking health literacy to explain too much? This paper introduces the concept of ‘health literacy reductionism’ and challenges the tendency to frame complex health communication problems as individual health literacy deficits. academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... 172
Reposted by Ally BrownRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Patricia Kingori’s work on the “shadow scholars” of Africa is fascinating: “One Kenyan writer told me he applied for a job at an Ivy League university. When the rejection came through, he wrote back to say thanks, then added: “Just so you know, I’ve written all these papers for your institutions””nature.comShadow scholars: inside Kenya’s multibillion-dollar fake-essay industrySociologist Patricia Kingori is helping to expose contract cheating by scholars in high-income countries. 2513227
Reposted by Ally BrownJournal of Critical Public Health @cphjournal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026New issue 3(3) published: check out latest research from leading scholars in critical #publichealth journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...journalhosting.ucalgary.ca Vol. 3 No. 3 (2026) | Journal of Critical Public Health 135
Reposted by Ally BrownSaloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 05/09/2026This is interesting. You get assigned to being born at a random place and time in history, to see what a typical person's life might have been like then. Unfortunately I was born in 1403 in the valley of Mexico and died at age 4 from dysentery.anyhumanever.comAny Human EverOne life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived. 54547189
Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 03/09/2026www.maptap.gg September 3 100🎯 96🔥 98🔥 100🎯 100🎯 Final score: 992 😎 my best ever!maptap.gg🎯MapTap Daily Geography GamePlay MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers. 000
Reposted by Ally BrownRob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy. 26035391066
Reposted by Ally BrownAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This isn't new or anything, but I don't think I've ever seen it put quite so delightfully:blogs.lse.ac.ukUniversities rarely use research evidence in their decision-making, so why do they expect anyone else to? - LSE ImpactDespite universities’ important role as evidence-producing organisations, they rarely draw upon research evidence for internal decision making, why? 17426
Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Aye, this is exactly what's driven one of my Polish friends who's been here for years to apply for citizenship. She's seen exactly what Reform & the Tories have said and realises she's no longer secure here. 150
Reposted by Ally BrownCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/08/2026If you just happened to pick this week to start yelling about the importance of academic freedom, I sure hope you did more than watch silently for the past 18 months as the Trump administration assaulted everything from mRNA vaccine research to gender studies to the very idea of having universities. 152092441
Reposted by Ally BrownNick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026As Hopkinson put it: “The question for pro-pollution campaigners is ‘why do you hate children?’” www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comLondon’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them 0165
Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 22/08/2026As this new opinion piece suggests, "symptom" implies a causal disease, and is undefined (so poor exam results in primary school can become a 'symptom'). bsky.app/profile/grgu... 000
Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Thanks! Will likely cite this in a book chapter I'm writing rn 🙂 010
Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Why is the Mounjaro manufacturer spending so much money "raising awareness" that obesity "is a disease"? 🤔 Reminds me of the APA campaign slogan "depression is a flaw of chemistry, not of character". It's neither! It's social, it's economic and it's political! 100
Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Good example of how diagnosis implies disease, which promotes drug use, even in the absence of medical mechanisms. A diagnosis converts "poor exam results", in primary school, into a medical symptom, justifying treatment by daily amphetamines. 101
Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 20/08/2026There is a social model of (mental) health too, which also highlights external factors rather than 'medical' issues, especially in MH where no medical tests exist, and given long history of psychiatric malpractice. Point is not to discount hardship, but to question whether it is medical. 000
Reposted by Ally BrownWill Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 18/08/2026'What is diagnosis For?' - Nikolas Rose, 2013 nikolasrose.com/wp-content/u...nikolasrose.com 3113
Reposted by Ally BrownScottish Health Equity Research Unit @scothealtheq.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In a briefing out today, we make 7 recommendations towards building a prevention-focused nation through Public Sector Reform, based on our work over the last few years. Read it here: buff.ly/UWV1fZL 001
Reposted by Ally BrownDes Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 18/08/2026<literally thousands of social and historical studies precisely explaning a phenomenon> Psychiatrists: no one understands this phenomenon 🤷 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comRising number of people seeking ADHD diagnosis without treatment, say expertsPsychiatrists in Channel 4 documentary argue it is more a ‘social construct’ than a medical condition 1134
Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Sorry but this is completely wrong. There is a libertarian medicalisation critique (Szasz) and there are sociological medicalisation critiques (Zola, Foucault , Goffman, Conrad) and they are totally different. Please, read about Mad Studies or read any history of psychiatry (Grob, Scull, M Smith). 100
Ally Brown @allybrown.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The most royal of Royal We's in there 😆 that is hilarious 000
Reposted by Ally BrownMarita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Why Evidence Is Not Enough: Power, Politics, and a Strategy Shift for Public Health Jonathan Heller onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comWhy Evidence Is Not Enough: Power, Politics, and a Strategy Shift for Public HealthPolicy Points Public health has lost political influence because of a mismatch between the forms of power primarily deployed in this field—knowledge and moral authority—and the forms of power tha... 081
Reposted by Ally BrownKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet. 17455922065
Reposted by Ally BrownStephen H. Jones @stphnhwrdjns.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Good god. This was, at best, an HR issue that merited a few lines on p.27 of the local news. Shame on everyone who stuck it in the national headlines for three fucking weeks. 15311
Reposted by Ally BrownPeter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 14/04/2026My favourite moment of @nataliaortega.bsky.social's talk was when she said you can find a nutrition meta analysis to support whatever argument you want to make about diet and health! 1176
Reposted by Ally BrownMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:nature.comNIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policyUS biomedical agency no longer considers policymakers as ‘mission relevant’, leaving dozens of grants in limbo. 19526385
Reposted by Ally BrownAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The continued political silence over the spread of these anti-migrant, anti-refugee pogroms in the UK is a disgrace. This one has been going on for three nights in a row now and the Home Secretary and Prime Minister haven't said a single word about it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comNorfolk police arrest two men after officers injured during unrest over asylum plansHomes of people believed to be asylum seekers attacked during two nights of violence in Thetford 13623071011
Reposted by Ally BrownInstitute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 07/08/2026The Conservatives are capitalising on a real sense of unfairness around housing, but they are directing that anger at the wrong people. Britain’s housing shortage is not caused by migrants in social housing. This is a discriminatory response to a housing supply problem. 1/5 164