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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/09/2026
Hungry for connection? This is what we lose when we stop eating together | Shadi Khan Saif
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Hungry for connection? This is what we lose when we stop eating together | Shadi Khan Saif
Mealtimes offer a pause in the day for parents and children to sit together, listen to one another and trade stories
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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How will El Niño affect the weather in the UK?
This year's El Niño is expected to be the strongest in living memory and could lead to a range of impacts of the UK - including a stormy autumn.
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Selyst @selyst2023.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@hindshelen.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social @rubonist.bsky.social @mtthwhgn.bsky.social @nrh1992.bsky.social @hasisd.bsky.social @lordtoby.bsky.social link to free Bloomberg article on food security. #HT @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social for sharing
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I read this and thought of you @lucygobag.bsky.social “The reason foresight is scarce is …foresight has costs today & benefits tomorrow, and almost every system we’ve built – corporate, political, personal – is calibrated to reward the opposite trade.” flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/2026/08/02/t...
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The Cost of Seeing It Coming
The Cost of Seeing It Coming Every disaster has a paper trail. Somewhere in the archive there is a memo, a risk register, a slightly too-blunt email from an engineer, a report commissioned three ye…
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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How the deadly Nepal and Tibet flash flood unfolded – a visual guide
US Geological Survey says massive glacial collapse caused catastrophic flash floods in the Himalayan border region of Nepal ⁠and Tibet
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
UK to warn citizens to stock up on food amid threat from climate crisis and hostile states
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 25/08/2026
UN and Red Cross call for urgent rules on autonomous weapons
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UN and Red Cross call for urgent rules on autonomous weapons
‘We are now dangerously close to crossing a moral red line’
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Excellent flash flooding advice here www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Come What May - Lucy Easthope
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"We must rage against its cruelty, against the casual conversion of humiliation into entertainment, against the idea that because each blow can be defended in isolation no one bears responsibility for the beating" Poignant reflections by my colleague @iainoverton.bsky.social on Jason Arday's death:
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Jason Arday: We Must Rage – Rage Against the Journalism of Cruelty
The death of the academic shows the casual conversion of humiliation into entertainment by a media running on monetised hate and cruelty
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I am across the BBC Network today on local radio talking about all things readiness
Come What May - Lucy Easthope
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
independent.co.uk
Food shortages are already here – the government needs to tell us the truth
Britain’s food insecurity is no longer a distant threat but a growing national security risk. As climate change, conflict and fragile supply chains collide, the warnings from intelligence chiefs are b...
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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
[Thread] Professor Lucy Easthope is Visiting Professor of Social Justice and Bereavement in our department, the UK's leading expert on disaster recovery, and the author of 'When The Dust Settles: Searching for Hope After Disaster.' @lucygobag.bsky.social www.hachette.co.uk/titles/lucy-...
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When the Dust Settles
Lucy's new book Come What May: Life-changing Lessons for Building Resilience and Hope is OUT NOW The thrilling, unputdownable true story of a life lived a...
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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Thank you to @lucygobag.bsky.social for a powerful, brave and appropriately critical talk. The call to collective activism has been a theme of the Social Murder Festival, to shine a light on social murder and refuse to accept it. Thanks to @sarasiobhan.bsky.social and the team for the week's events.
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Lawyers to investigate claims of GB power grid cover-up over blackout risk
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Strong but necessary comment to @andyburnham.bsky.social from Lucy Easthope. Only a fool would ignore @lucygobag.bsky.social
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
www.economist.com/britain/2026...
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Death and dishonesty in British maternity hospitals
Yet another report paints a bleak picture
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Amanda Coleman @amandacomms.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Check out my latest article: Why do we not learn lessons? A review of last week's session with @lucygobag.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-do... via @LinkedIn
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Why do we not learn lessons? A review.
It was a Monday night where people from across the world joined to consider how to make the changes necessary to stop repeating the same mistakes in emergency and crisis response. Professor Lucy Easth...
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Amanda Coleman @amandacomms.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Thanks to everyone who joined me and @lucygobag.bsky.social for our webinar tonight. Lots of challenges but left with the power of a positive community. If you couldn't make it I will pull some of the points together and share in the next couple of days.
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
bbc.co.uk
‘When I turned around, nothing was left’: One father's search for family after Venezuela quakes - BBC News
Seconds after he left his apartment, an earthquake in Venezuela flattened the building. His wife and two sons were still inside. Now the father is searching through the rubble for any sign of them.
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
No doctor wants to have this conversation with a patient. For everyone’s sake, we must | Ranjana Srivastava
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Amanda Coleman @amandacomms.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Hosting tonight’s webinar with @lucygobag.bsky.social “Where did it all go wrong… and what can we do about it?” Talking crisis response, lessons learned & what we must never forget. Join us 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989203143...
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Where did it all go wrong...and what can we do about it?
Why are we in a cycle of repeating the same errors in crisis, disaster and emergency response and what can we do to break the cycle?
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-...
bbc.co.uk
Some antidepressants may make heatwave challenging
Some types of mental health medication may make it difficult for the body to regulate temperature.
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Amanda Coleman @amandacomms.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
We keep saying we “learn lessons” from crises… So why do the same mistakes keep happening? Join me & @lucygobag.bsky.social on 29 June to explore why and what we must never forget. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989203143... #CrisisManagement #Leadership
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Where did it all go wrong...and what can we do about it?
Why are we in a cycle of repeating the same errors in crisis, disaster and emergency response and what can we do to break the cycle?
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Amanda Coleman @amandacomms.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Just two weeks before this session with me and @lucygobag.bsky.social looking at how we stop repeating mistakes in emergency and crisis response. Details below www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989203143...
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Where did it all go wrong...and what can we do about it?
Why are we in a cycle of repeating the same errors in crisis, disaster and emergency response and what can we do to break the cycle?
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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A decade after the global craze for Pokémon Go peaked, an AI company has been using billions of real-world images captured by millions of players to develop navigation technologies for delivery robots and possibly military drones arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/p...
arstechnica.com
Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses
The repurposing of Pokémon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny.
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Amanda Coleman @amandacomms.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
If you have been following some of the recent cases in the news this discussion may be of interest. @lucygobag.bsky.social and I will look about how we break the cycle of repeating the same problems. 29 June at 6.30pm online and free. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989203143...
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Where did it all go wrong...and what can we do about it?
Why are we in a cycle of repeating the same errors in crisis, disaster and emergency response and what can we do to break the cycle?
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Andrea James @healthreglawyer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
An interesting development arising from one of the paramedic reality TV programmes - sisters seeking injunction to stop Virgin Media TV using footage of their brother's "dead body as he lay on the floor of his flat during an ambulance call out" www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
independent.ie
Virgin Media TV has removed programme featuring man’s dead body from its player, High Court told
Virgin Media TV has removed from its streaming service an episode of a programme which is at the centre of a High Court dispute over the use of footage of a man’s dead body as he lay on the floorof hi...
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karenwhelan73.bsky.social @karenwhelan73.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
@lucygobag.bsky.social I’ve been listening to The Wargame and initially thought ‘what would Lucy Easthope advise?’ I was delighted to hear you join the podcast as an expert adviser 😁
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/c...
cbsnews.com
Camp Mystic health officer loses nursing license after deadly Texas flood killed 27 girls
Camp Mystic's chief health officer lost her nursing license after regulators cited emergency planning failures tied to the flood that killed 27 girls.
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I’m an Ebola expert – a nightmare scenario is increasingly likely
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Amanda Coleman @amandacomms.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
In a few weeks @lucygobag.bsky.social and I will be talking about something important - and that featured in The Swedish Art of Aging Well - continuing to repeat the same problems and issues year after year Register to join us here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989203143...
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Where did it all go wrong...and what can we do about it?
Why are we in a cycle of repeating the same errors in crisis, disaster and emergency response and what can we do to break the cycle?
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Prepare for imminent return of El Niño, UN warns
UN agency predicts phenomenon that supercharges weather extremes has 80% chance of forming before September
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
See you there
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Alice Porter @aliceporter.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
'Why don't women trust the NHS?' people still sometimes wonder
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
'Don't be too kind, she'll come back': Life inside maternity unit where mums were failed
BBC Panorama has seen documents and spoken to former midwives from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Gloucestershire nurse's plea over 'impersonal' property bags
Debbie Williams says she had to bring her mother's possessions home in a plastic bag after she died.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni: “If you do not know how to defend yourself, if you ask someone else to guarantee your security, you will pay for it in terms of autonomy, sovereignty, and the ability to defend your national interests. “Defence spending is the price of freedom…”
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
What are the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heatstroke?
Know the signs and what to do if someone is unwell in hot weather.
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Ebola virus outbreak poses massive challenges, warns nurse
Kate White says she is "extremely concerned about the inability to get resources" to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
It’s paperback day
Come What May - Lucy Easthope
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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Whatever you think of Jess Phillips that fourth paragraph is just unanswerable.
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Amanda Coleman @amandacomms.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
A busy start to the week. And sharing details of the latest webinar that @lucygobag.bsky.social and I are doing. It is on 29 June and details are below. It would be great if you could join us for the important discussion. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989203143...
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Where did it all go wrong...and what can we do about it?
Why are we in a cycle of repeating the same errors in crisis, disaster and emergency response and what can we do to break the cycle?
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The Hantavirus outbreak shows why we need a global approach to pandemic preparedness. Yet the Gov just cut ALL funding to the Global Pandemic Fund. A decision that makes Britain less safe. ⬇️Tell your MP to oppose this reckless decision ⬇️ actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
actionnetwork.org
Stop the cut to pandemic preparedness
Please use our template to write to your MP and demand they oppose cuts to pandemic preparedness. The government cannot turn its back on the promises it made us and expect us to stay silent. Acros...
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Believe Me review – this punchy, intelligent drama is a role model for other TV shows
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
It’s paperback week 🎉
Come What May by Lucy Easthope
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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Essential.
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lucygobag.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Tune in today www.economist.com/podcasts/202...
economist.com
Don’t Panic! (But be prepared)
Inside Britain’s (lack of) civil defence
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/05/2026
God, it really never gets old does it? He's just *brilliant*.
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