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Emma MacLennan

@emmamaclennan.bsky.social
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Director General, EASST, promoting safe and sustainable transport. Mother to our amazing son Alex Ward, lost to MND/ALS aged 31 in 2020. All messages are my personal opinions.

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David Ward @davidjward.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Great to visit Giannis & #MikisTheodorakis family home in Galatas #Chania today with @emmamaclennan.bsky.social. Now a beautiful national monument celebrating the life of a musician & activist who left an enormous musical legacy to Greece & the world. He died 4 years ago & is buried nearby.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Fabulous stuff on the depressing nature of anti-vax
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Measles cases are surging in Europe and the US. This is what the anti-vax conspiracy theory has brought us
Nearly 30 years after Andrew Wakefield’s discredited study linking the MMR vaccine and autism, we badly need an injection of rationality
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Emma MacLennan @emmamaclennan.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
How do you feel about an extra 14m deaths, including 4.5 m children? Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030 - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/06/2025
BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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EASST @easstransport.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
We are at #ITF25 in Leipzig this week representing the Eastern Partnership Road Safety Observatory 🇦🇲🇦🇿🇬🇪🇲🇩🇺🇦 So many interesting discussions and meetings. And great to be invited to join the panel on Leveraging Data for Transport Resilience. @emmamaclennan.bsky.social @davidjward.bsky.social
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David Ward @davidjward.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Privileged to attend HM King Charles’ garden party at Buckingham Palace today with @emmamaclennan.bsky.social Amused to chat with late John Smith’s 1992 Commons sparring partner ex Chancellor Lord Lamont. Great to meet also with fellow Tenterden residents Tim & Mary Monckton.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/04/2025
Experiments show that when bees are exposed to microplastic pollution, their memory gets so muddled they may forget the scents associated with sugary rewards. As a result, pollination may fail — which is bad news for flowers and crops.
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Microplastics may confuse bees and other insects, hurting pollination
Recent studies have shown that tiny pieces of plastics can make bees more susceptible to bacteria and viruses.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 15/04/2025
⚡️'First to suffer' — Russia singles out Poland, Baltics in threat to NATO. These countries have shown "high aggressiveness" towards Russia and are "constantly rattling their weapons," Russia's Foreign Intelligence Director Sergey Naryshkin said on April 15.
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'First to suffer' — Russia singles out Poland, Baltics in threat to NATO
These countries have shown "high aggressiveness" towards Russia and are "constantly rattling their weapons," Russia's Foreign Intelligence Director Sergey Naryshkin said on April 15.
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The Trump administration has removed protections on thousands of acres of land in Nevada and New Mexico. The administration hopes to encourage logging, oil, and mineral mining in the region. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/c...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12/04/2025
Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.
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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 07/04/2025
And there it is. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/…
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'US tariffs just like Brexit, and will make Americans weaker' - Canadian PM
Mark Carney says he has 'seen this movie before', and believes that the US economy is heading for a Brexit-style downturn.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 05/04/2025
💙 DC never disappoints. #handsoff
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Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Trump's tariffs: ➡️ Mark Zuckerberg lost $17.9 billion ➡️ Jeff Bezos lost $15.9 billion ➡️ Elon Musk lost $11 billion Despite losing $44.8 billion between them, this will not reduce the quality of life of any of them Yale estimates Trump's tariffs will cost the average American household $3,800
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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
UK Parliament report comes out in favour of 20mph limits as a norm for urban/village communities. In addition 28% casualty reduction after first 12 months of the Wales 20mph default and CIHT call for survivable national speed limits bit.ly/44bEUGw
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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
1/ 🧠 Exciting progress in Motor Neuron Disease (MND) research at UCL! Researchers are working on new treatments thanks to a £78 million investment. buff.ly/pXE5Mpw #BrainAwarenessWeek #UCLBrainSciences
Reads: Going from bench to bedside, from basic research to treatments that work for patients, is usually a very long process. Watching the pace of change now in MND research is remarkable. This has been a very difficult field to be in for so many years. It’s astonishing.
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Emma MacLennan @emmamaclennan.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Yesterday’s APPG on MND meeting was so useful and informative. Well done IanByrneMP, MND Association, UKMNDRI and MNDPatients for your hard work. Good to see MNDScotland and the Doddie Foundation too. Now the follow-up! 🙏
Ian Byrne MP chairing the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Motor Neurone Disease which yesterday discussed research. It was a virtual meeting, allowing people with MND and carers to attend too. Excellent discussions.
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Ceri Woolsgrove @ceriwoolsgrove.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
We @ecf.com co-sign a letter to EU Commission president @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu with 9 other EU organisations, calling on EU to reject US vehicle standards or "regulatory equivalence" in automotive trade negotiations www.ecf.com/en/news/ecf-...
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ECF co-sign letter to Commission President von der Leyen to reject US vehicle standards in trade negotiations
ECF co-sign letter to Commission President von der Leyen to reject US vehicle standards in trade negotiations
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 29/03/2025
Top FDA vaccine expert blasts RFK Jr. as he’s forced out
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Top FDA vaccine expert blasts RFK Jr. as he’s forced out
The news came days after a vaccine skeptic was tapped to lead a federal study on the links between autism and vaccines
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 25/03/2025
Europeans' belief in the importance of the EU has surged to record levels, according to a survey released yesterday. 74% now say their country benefits from being in 🇪🇺 - up from 50% in 2010. And the biggest reason is about security, *not* the economy. europa.eu/eurobaromete...
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 25/03/2025
£37bn a year. Let that sink in.
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New figures reveal Brexit costing UK business £37bn a year
Exclusive: Billions of pounds worth of lost business with other European Union countries prompts calls to re-enter customs union and single market
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ALS Advocacy @alsadvocacy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
www.cureus.com/articles/346...
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Implications of Mutant SOD1 on RNA Processing and Interferon Responses in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Omics Data Analysis
Introduction: Cytoplasmic inclusions are observed in motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) associated with the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase mutation (mtSOD1). Although these inclusions ar...
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ProjectEDWARD @projectedward.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Day 83/365 Make today the first day in your journey to safer road use. #ProjectEDWARD
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!
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Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/03/2025
Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks… “The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government. 🧵
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/03/2025
I wrote this in July 2016 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22/03/2025
Journalists are trying to understand Trump’s irrational behavior, and are generally unwilling to consider the possibility that it's not some grand strategy, but a madman with increasingly diminished mental faculties.
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There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane.
His defenders try to apply reason to his erratic, nonsensical decisions. That’s a fool’s errand—but fools abound in this administration.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The Trump administration just shut down a food safety committee to prevent bacteria in baby formula. They are also threatening to fire employees who prevent deli meat from being infected with Listeria and applesauce from being laced with lead.
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Food Safety Jeopardized by Onslaught of Funding and Staff Cuts
The Trump administration halted some food testing and shut down a committee studying bacteria in infant formula. Earlier funding cutbacks under the Biden administration now threaten state labs and ins...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Trump's USDA will roll back safety regulations to “streamline” meat processing. This will boost corporate profits at the expense of worker health and food safety. Last year's listeria outbreak tied to Boar's Head killed 10 people. We need more regulation, not less. Hello?
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
New substack, on @trevorcousins.bsky.social and @aylwyn-scally.bsky.social's brilliant new paper on the origin of Homo sapiens. arutherford.substack.com/p/human-evol...
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Human evolution: a one-million-year clusterf**k
A new incredibly subtle and elegant analysis of our living genomes reveals yet another major piece in the jigsaw of human evolution, completely hidden until now.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/03/2025
The case for boycotting the United States | Robert Reich
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The case for boycotting the United States | Robert Reich
If you are considering a trip to the US, please reconsider. Why reward Donald Trump’s America with your tourist dollars?
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Ursula von der Leyen in Copenhagen: "To all the people of Greenland – and of Denmark as a whole – I want to be very clear that Europe will always stand for sovereignty and territorial integrity."
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Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
People will die because of this.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Three years ago,on March 16, 2022,Russian aviation dropped two 500-kg bombs on Mariupol Drama Theater.The building served as a shelter for civilians at the time 📹a survivor of the strike,12 year old Sasha Kuznetsov, shares his memories (the video is from 2022).Russian strike killed his mom that day
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 17/03/2025
The anti-vax movement thrives on 'zombie' arguments – claims long debunked but endlessly repeated. Wakefield’s fraudulent autism study still fuels fear, despite overwhelming evidence against it. @guychapman.bsky.social reports
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Vaccines and autism: an anti-vaccine ‘zombie argument’
The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launch a new study to see if vaccines cause ASD. But that's already been done?
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Owen @albiwan.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I can’t recommend this enough. Relevant for any period in human history but absolutely vital for 2025. The epilogue is a call-to-arms for us all. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/03/2025
Russia and China have e been waging a propaganda war against democracy. Trump just surrendered www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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The New Propaganda War
Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.
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David Ward @davidjward.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Great to have participated with @emmamaclennan.bsky.social at the World Bank/WRI #TTDC2025 in Washington this week. Despite nearby chaos & disruption clear pathways for sustainable transport discussed involving equity, diversity & action on climate change. Strong focus on road injury prevention too
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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
It's good to see Isle of Man in the process of setting a 20mph limit as a norm for town and village streets. Wales has done it, Scotland is doing it, 61 English Highway Authorities already do it, Ireland is planning 30kmh. #20splenty where people are.
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Isle of Man 20mph speed limits: A town-by-village breakdown of the changes
Here’s how the blanket 20mph zone rollout could impact your area
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Oh. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK food and drink exports to the EU down 34% since Brexit
Food and Drink Federation say businesses are struggling to deal with added ‘complexity and bureaucracy’
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
So, I am not suggesting we all go ACT UP on the Trump Administration but the level of mobilization right now is anemic at best. Time to turn the heat up. My latest for @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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We Need to Turn Our Outrage Way Up
This is no time to sit idly by. People's lives are at stake. We have to put our bodies on the line.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
"We don't want to be Americans - we want to be Greenlanders!"
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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 12/03/2025
Congestion pricing is working even better than anticipated: traffic is down, even outside the zone. "Where are those trips going? One possibility is more of these drivers are ditching the car for the train more than the MTA forecasted." Huge news today in @nyc.streetsblog.org:
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Data: Congestion Pricing is Not Rerouting Traffic to Other Boroughs - Streetsblog New York City
Traffic on four outerborough bridges dropped in February — defying MTA forecasts for increased traffic outside the congestion relief zone.
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Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org · 10/03/2025
“The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar, in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle, is actually the right to destroy the city.” - Lewis Mumford
An illustration showing the impact of parking requirements on land use. From left to right, the image depicts a gradient of increasing parking mandates: 'No Parking Required' allows for dense, walkable development; '1 Space per 500 Square Feet' introduces some parking; '1 Space per 250 Square Feet' adds more parking lots; and '1 Space per 100 Square Feet' results in sprawling, car-centric infrastructure with large parking lots dominating the landscape. The logo 'PRN' and 'PARKING REFORM NETWORK' are visible at the bottom.
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Nancy 🌎🦋🇺🇦 @nancyworld.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I think this is Steve Liesman, economist at CNBC. MAN, he's such a breath of fresh air! Honest and smart, can explain the national and international economic consequences of Trumps nutf*ckery. (Trying to swear less.) Ohmygod, more more more!!!
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Epic idea
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