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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16h

This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.

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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 6h

As always, exceptional reporting from @melodyschreiber.com!!! HERE IS PHASE 1 OF THE PLAN: We have conversations open with Congress and internationally. SUFS is now an NGO based in Switzerland and our team is headed to Geneva next week. Meetings are scheduled! IN THE MEANTIME: WE NEED YOU.

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Rach FlowerSong @springrainbloom.bsky.social · 2h

The reprehensible plan to withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from infants in Guinea-Bissau was stopped once, and we need to stop it again. If you’re in the US, the first action item is to contact your members of congress. There are instructions in the thread below. Please consider using your voice.

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 11h

This is shameful. The controversial Guinea-Bissau truck RFKJr wants to fund has been given ahead. Now a life saving vaccine will be deliberately withheld from newborns in a country where hep B is endemic

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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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Tessa Munt MP 🔶 @tessamunt.bsky.social · 8h

Today, Lifeboat Saturday, I’d like to pay tribute to the many brave men and women who volunteer for the #RNLI, risking their lives to save others in grave danger. I’m appalled at the abuse and intimidation faced by RNLI crews in recent weeks. Let’s support and celebrate this incredible charity.

Tessa Munt MP with Marie Goldman MP and Sarah Gibson MP visiting the Brighton Lifeboat Station.

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

❓️Which of these three graphs shows an increase that the public most urgently needs to be informed about❓️ 1. FLU 2. COVID 3. RSV

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Those eligible are reminded to come forward for a free NHS flu, COVID-19 or RSV vaccination. Book now through your GP or online.

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🆕📊 The first #UKHSAVirusWatch graphs of the season are here, showing both flu & COVID-19 increasing, with possible signs of an early flu season. 🟢 Flu positivity rose to 6.5%, up from 5.0% the previous week

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Data: 06 October 2025 to 04 October 2026
Green line chart showing flu test positivity peaking during winter 2025/26, remaining low through spring and summer, then rising again ahead of winter 2026.
Source: SGSS, England only, 7-day rolling average.

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Craig Nikolic @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 09/10/2026

The flu season is properly here now. Go get your flu shots. If you’re NHS, just book it at your community pharmacy if you can’t get one via work.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Support the National Trust by voting for Council members by 11:59pm on 30 October 2026. Quickvote is convenient if you're short of time or worried about inadvertently voting for Restore Trust's Bonigala, Cristea, Goldman, Mealing or Omrani. In our often bad times, the Trust's doing good things.

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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There's still plenty of time to apply for this fantastic funded #PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948! Interested? Know someone great who should apply? Get in touch! #AcademicSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSR502/p...

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PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 at University of Strathclyde

Explore a PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 on jobs.ac.uk. Discover more PhD opportunities and apply today!

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Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The government's consultation on fireworks closes this week, so here is the link. I'm pretty sure there's also an email address for people who "cannot respond online" www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Fireworks and pyrotechnics in the UK

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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s time to make #MyRideOurRight a reality! This October, thousands will join glow rides calling for safer streets and cycle routes for women. We’re taking the message ‘Not Designed For Me’ to Downing Street. 👉 Add your name to our letter: action.cyclinguk.org/page/198980/petition/1

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day. A groovy kind of day all round.. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. UK only It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

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Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.

The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people

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SomersetWhovian 💙 🇺🇦 @clairecopperman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you like books and are in the UK, what are you waiting for? We're talking free books!!! #BuyAStrangerABook day. #Booksky 📚

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Winderful @winderful.uk · 27/09/2026

While you were sleeping, #windEnergy reached 47% of the National Grid's electricity demand. winderful.uk

The winderful.uk dashboard showing that wind is generating 11,226 MW. That's enough to put 7.6 heated blankets on every sheep in Wales

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Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 26/08/2026

A reminder: Friday 4 September. Concerned about road safety in Birmingham? Fed up with dangerous driving and want to see meaningful action? Join us in Victoria Square at 5pm. Let’s make sure Birmingham’s Road Safety Emergency doesn’t become just words on paper.

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Westerns UK @westerns.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Cities are places that people live, not cars

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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Never looked at it as an organised trafficking operation (but why would I if the press don't put all the pieces together?) I guess he's England's Epstein.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Some more compliant plug-in solar kits have been approved! There's now 20 approved devices. It was 7 when I wrote about it on Thursday. Hopefully many, many more to come to push down prices connect-direct.energynetworks.org/device-datab...

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ENA Connect Direct

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No One Above @nooneaboveorg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thank you @benjitoon.bsky.social @bylinesnetwork.co.uk: we couldn't be here without you. This edition will help us share this amazing work from Bylines, NOA and our incredible allies to all members of parliament. NOA is a grassroots, ground up, survivor-led campaign. We are so grateful. ♥️

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

One of the biggest lies politicians sell us is that work is the way out of poverty. Most people receiving benefits are IN WORK. We will never end this “cost of living crisis” until employers are made to pay people liveable wages rather than wages that are subsidised by taxpayers.

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Journalists need to stop describing these incidents in terms implying software has agency and intent. It does not. The people who created a faulty and dangerous product are the ones responsible for whatever happens, and must be held to account, with punitive financial penalties for damage done.

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The SNP @snp.org · 28/08/2026

Scotland’s future should be decided by the people who live here. A draft Independence Referendum Bill has now been published, setting out the question and who would have a vote. Now Westminster must transfer the powers and let Scotland choose its own future.

Close-up of a referendum ballot asking if Scotland should be independent, with 'YES' marked and text about a draft Referendum Bill.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Let’s get hard copies of survivor testimony to MPs!! Victims of the Al Fayed trafficking network have not got justice yet, despite vast evidence. This is our own Epstein scandal. This 85-page Bylines Gazette was written by the survivors and supporting experts. Let’s make sure MP get a copy! 👇👇

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Where is justice? Survivors voices in parliament

Put survivors’ testimony about Mohamed Al-Fayed in front of MPs – securing an inquiry, breaking down barriers and holding power to account.

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Royal College of Physicians @rcphysicians.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Time is running out! Don’t miss your chance to enter the Med+ 2026 resident doctor abstract competition. Submit an abstract: www5.shocklogic.com/scripts/jmevent…

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The Royal College of Surgeons of England @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New NHS data shows only 40% of adults in England were seen by an NHS dentist in the 24 months to March 2026. For children, four in ten did not see an NHS dentist in the last year. More action is needed to improve access to care. ow.ly/ZiJq50ZG8aE

A child wearing protective glasses is receiving dental treatment from two masked dentists in a clinic.

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geckofundraising.bsky.social @geckofundraising.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Up to £80,000 for Scottish charities and companies to fund heat pumps, solar PV, battery storage or insulation in community buildings, covering up to 80% of costs. Deadline: end of October 2026, or earlier if funds run out.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's plug-in solar day! You can now buy your own balcony/garden solar set-ups in GB (not NI) and install them without an electrician, provided the devices are 'compliant'. Let me know if anyone here is planning to do it and how you get on

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Winderful @winderful.uk · 27/08/2026

While you were sleeping, #windEnergy reached 49% of the National Grid's electricity demand. winderful.uk

The winderful.uk dashboard showing that wind is generating 9,759 MW. That's enough for 5,421,667 kettles!

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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We’re offering FOUR charity places for next year's @londonmarathon.bsky.social which takes place on 24 and 25 April. Apply by 1 October and you could soon be running for safer, healthier and more walkable streets for everyone. Find out more: www.livingstreets.org.uk/londonmara…

A graphic with the TCS London Marathon logos and a photograph of a woman wearing a red sports vest and other runners competing in the London Marathon.

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Applications now open for our Leverhulme *funded PhD studentship* on Rethinking Epidemic Models: Integrating Human Behaviour and Psychology Based at @sussex.ac.uk & working with colleagues at Northeastern University London Utrecht University/RIVM Please share! www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

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Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org · 26/08/2026

This study on e-bikes shows that e-bikes lower barriers to cycling and help engage less active or mobility-limited folks. One more bike on the street beats none. One more person on a bike is better than none. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42486466/

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's Wednesday! It's "Buy A Stranger a Book" day! Today, to celebrate & honour Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, i'll give out 5 books FOR FREE. If there's a book you want let me know. If YOU want to #buyastrangerabook too, get in touch! www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only.

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Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.

The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people

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Jayne W @jaynewheeler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Hi @biggreenbooks.bsky.social. I would also like to do this please. #DollyParton

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

MORE #buyastrangerabook action, right here. And more Dolly Parton love! @jaynewheeler.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, in celebration of Dolly's Imagination Library. So, if there's a book you're after, let us know! UK only.

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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Useful diagram to show what racist pseudoscientists & their apologists fail to understand.

African
European
Asian
A Essentialist concept of race.
B Population concept of race.
C Actual pattern of genetic diversitv.
Figure 2 The essentialist and population concepts of race contrasted with the actual patterns of genetic variation (simplified to three geographic categories). Based on the work of Dr.
Jeffrey Long at the University of Michigan and depictions created by the Race-Are We So Different? project of the American Anthropological Association.

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Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 26/08/2026

Any politician serious about protecting the citizens of Birmingham will support 20mph to reduce the number of crashes and their severity. Given someone is killed every fortnight on our city's streets, those opposed should set out how many Brummies they deem it acceptable to die.

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

another great thing about Jack White’s gig is that it’s phone free - all phones sealed in a pouch you keep with you - and just being able to watch the show without the glare of screens was like time-travel

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Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...

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Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University

We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 25/08/2026

After more than ten years living, working and paying taxes in Britain, I still feel expected to prove that I belong. Labour is normalising that insecurity. Reform is weaponising it. Together, they are making this country more and more hostile for migrants and naturalised citizens.

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British Citizenship (Terms and Conditions Apply)

Labour is making migrants earn their place, while Reform is deciding that even citizenship is enough. We’re heading for trouble.

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 24/08/2026

Thames Water's creditors say a new Board would "fix the foundations" of the failing utility. Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, more like. The only thing that will fix the foundations of England's water industry is public ownership. 1/2

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Royal College of Anaesthetists @rcoanews.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Are you passionate about improving care for older adults? Join the National Chronic Subdural Data Hub (nCSDH) & collaborate with researchers to tackle chronic subdural haematoma (cSDH). Supported by RCoA Centre for Research & Improvement. Get involved 👉 ow.ly/s8kY50ZARwO

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