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Mark Petticrew

@markpetticrew.bsky.social
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Public Health, Commercial Determinants of Health, Professor at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

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DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fly Research & Conservation Virtual Symposium 21 Oct 2026 | 10:00 - 13:00 | Tickets £1 - £30 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981718540... Featuring the brilliant minds of: @flygirlnhm.bsky.social Erica McAlister @denisewawman.bsky.social Denise Wawman Ian McGowan Meghan Barrett @biologicalrecording.co.uk
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Fly Research and Conservation Virtual Symposium
Join us during Insect Week to explore some of the latest research and conservation projects about true flies (Diptera).
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Far right parties as extreme upward mobility for fringe weirdos, a common story
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Fruit to produce jet fuel: another greenwashing scam, directly from the fossil fuel industry, that will turn an area of Brazilian countryside the size of LA into a monoculture. 🧵
bloomberg.com
Jet Fuel Made From Tropical Fruit Gets $3 Billion Backing
A Brazilian company owned by Mubadala Capital plans to make sustainable aviation fuel out of macauba fruit, which grows on palm trees.
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Creepy Babies In Art @huntervaughan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Great journalism. Well needed exposure of next gen influencer Merchants of Doubt!
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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Jump to 50 seconds in and listen to the music they use. Trust me. Your flabber will have never been so gasted.
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
There are two quite different conversations going on about #climate adaptation at the moment. This piece, co-authored with @carolinelucas.bsky.social, gives an outline of each. Check it out. rupertsreads.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/08/2026
'human caused' feels like it just sort of emerges from the human body like an ooze, rather than a small number of highly influential political and corporate players actively decided to keep a dangerous fuel prominent in society when we could ditch it way faster than we are right now
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/08/2026
Maybe I'm wrong abt this feeling but "human-caused climate change" seems to have lost its political and physical relevance to decision making and policy So when an article mentions that phrase re wildfires, it's treated like an asteroid hurtling towards us that no one caused and no one can stop
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
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General Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia
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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Plastics sicken and kill! Study in The Lancet: Every stage of the plastic lifecycle harms human health including global warming, air pollution, cancer, and disease, with primary plastic production and plastic burning causing the greatest harm. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Global health burdens of plastics: a lifecycle assessment model from 2016 to 2040
Adverse health effects are associated with emissions throughout plastics lifecycles, particularly from production, though the non-disclosure of plastics chemical composition is severely limiting LCA c...
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Peter Byrne @pubmentalhealth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
@maizie333.bsky.social @markpetticrew.bsky.social How to fight targeted alcohol digital marketing
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/07/2026
1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.
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Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Really great paper on the intersection between colonialism and it's legacy, & vector -borne disease; and also the role of commercial determinants of health is discussed journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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Addressing historical biases and the limits of biomedical commodities in vector-borne disease control in Africa
In this essay, we describe efforts to curtail the spread of vector-borne infections and how these efforts are entangled in the causes and consequences of the destruction of life, and the ecosystems wh...
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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The BBC cancelling Winterwatch is such a shame, especially when we need to be connecting with nature more than ever. If we want people to protect our wildlife, we have to show them it! Add your name to ask the BBC to reconsider. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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Tell the BBC: Save Winterwatch!
The UK is losing its wildlife, and shows like Winterwatch are vital for connecting us to nature. The BBC's decision to cancel it makes no sense. Let's ask them to rethink this! Add your name here:
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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The BBC cancelling Winterwatch is such a shame, especially when we need to be connecting with nature more than ever. If we want people to protect our wildlife, we have to show them it! Add your name to ask the BBC to reconsider. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Tell the BBC: Save Winterwatch!
The UK is losing its wildlife, and shows like Winterwatch are vital for connecting us to nature. The BBC's decision to cancel it makes no sense. Let's ask them to rethink this! Add your name here:
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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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The Light Pours Out Of Me
Magazine · Real Life · Song · 1978
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David Sheridan @davidsheridan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 23 - Song by a band/artist whose name starts with W. Did they invent post-punk? Art punk? Whatever the answer, they burst out of the box with 3 masterpiece albums. youtu.be/I1ds5KfglWE?...
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Mannequin (2006 Remastered Version)
YouTube video by Wire - Topic
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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Application of tobacco control experience to alcohol consumption measures
Low- and middle-income countries face a rapidly escalating, alcohol-related public health crisis spanning cancer, injury, liver disease, mental health disorders and the complications of human immunode...
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
In a rare editorial, NEJM editors push back on Trump’s growing political interference in science. Good to see this published ⬇️ #OMB
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The OMB and the Politicization of Science | NEJM
The Editors highlight three aspects of OMB’s recently proposed rule changes as particularly striking: that decisions on research funding would be made by political appointees, that funding could be...
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Gambling blights local communities. Our new paper, led by @blythejenny.bsky.social w/ @markpetticrew.bsky.social , reports on the formidable barriers those in local government in London face in tackling gambling harms @london.gov.uk www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The right’s culture war over prostate cancer screening is damaging trust in medicine | Polly Toynbee
The decision not to test all men and only screen the most at risk, including black men, is fact-based. Yet it’s been called ‘two tier’ – and labelled as misandry, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Cracking paper by Myles Balfe, UCC, in the June issue of J Public Health: ‘The evils are uncontrolled’: Marx’s Capital as a form of witnessing for child public health academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/a...
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
As ever, a great rundown of corporate manoeuvring to prevent an EU ban on PFAS forever chemicals, from @corporateeurope.org Thank you for referencing our work, we really appreciate it 🙏
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Oil + gas drilling is permitted in many Marine 'Protected' Areas in the UK, as illustrated in our Watershed Pollution Map, below. Bottom trawl fishing is allowed in many MPAs. All of which begs the question - what's 'protected' about a Marine Protected Area? share.google/LiNhOTjTO4hY... 1/4
Watershed Pollution Map showing Marine Protected Areas oil + gas licenses + pipelines, UK
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
STUDY: “Reframing obesity as the result of government policy (& lack thereof) shaped by industry influence will logically meet great resistance because it reorients policymakers to address unhealthy food environments lobbied for by multinational food companies…” co-written by @grantennis.bsky.social
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Harms of Framing Obesity as a Disease of Individuals
This Viewpoint examines how framing obesity as an individual disease that should be treated may impact addressing the larger systemic- and policy-driven roots of the problem that could be addressed to...
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 28/04/2026
This is because Goblins exist. We constantly forget about the Little Folk. Our whole society is set up not to notice Them. AI doesn't understand this and constantly tries to warn us of Their presence. shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/11...
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
“[O]ne can hardly imagine a more nihilistic and disturbing message to send than turning public health policy over, in part, to someone who has dedicated much of their career to maximizing the consumption of inherently unhealthy products,” Jeff Hauser… said via email.” @profgoldberg.bsky.social
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Former tobacco executive joins CDC senior leadership, raising concerns over industry influence
Naming a former Imperial Brands executive for a CDC job is the latest example, advocates say, of tobacco industry influence in Trump administration.
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Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 22/04/2026
In just TWO DAYS... BHATTACHARYA GETS A "FIRESIDE CHAT" on FRIDAY at the NATIONAL ACADEMIES so we can hear him talk about RESEARCH INTEGRITY. The SAME WEEK he stops 🛑 CDC from publishing research. I cannot WAIT to discover if there will be any chance for the audience to ask him about this.
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Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Follow us and check out tobaccotactics.org to find out more about the tactics and activities of companies such as BAT. www.bath.ac.uk/research-gro... ash.org.uk
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Tobacco Tactics
Tobacco Tactics is the essential source for rigorous research on the tobacco industry. Want to stay one-step ahead of Big Tobacco? Stay in touch with Tobacco Tactics
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Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The board of British American Tobacco, one of the most powerful and profitable #TobaccoCompanies in the world, met in London yesterday. They had a lot to say about their business and @tcrgbath.bsky.social & @ashorguk.bsky.social were there to hear it.
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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The gap between what we know about commercial forces and health - and what we're doing about it - is large. LHGP's Nason Maani and Sandro Galea's new book, A Healthier Profit @oxunipress.bsky.social sets out to close it. Available for pre-order now ahead of its 2027 launch.
A Healthier Profit: The cost of business as usual and the case for health. Nason Maani, Sandro Galea
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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Civil society is essential public health infrastructure that Europe cannot afford to lose url: academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...
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Civil society is essential public health infrastructure that Europe cannot afford to lose
Civil society is fundamental to democracy—and to public health. Civil society organisations (CSOs) (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/glossary/civ
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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We are offering a unique opportunity for #PublicHealth registrars to contribute to the @lhgp.bsky.social research consortium. Full details here: www.phiuk.org/news/lhgp-na... Deadline for applications: 9 am, Tuesday 28 April.
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LHGP placement opportunity for public health speciality registrars
LHGP placement opportunity for public health speciality registrars
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Annual Reviews @annualreviews.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🎉 The 2026 volume of the Annual Review of Public Health is now online. Most downloaded article is "The Politics and Profit of Disinformation in Public Health" arevie.ws/4e9Npa8 @spidermaani.bsky.social @kristinakim.bsky.social May van Schalkwyk @markpetticrew.bsky.social @marcozenone.bsky.social
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Tyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Neil did a little busking earlier that day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5WA...
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Neil Young The Old Laughing Lady 1976 incognito in Glasgow
YouTube video by Peter Silie
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ClientEarth Europe @clienteartheur.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Leather is a deforestation driver. We’ve joined NGOs calling on the Commission not to exclude leather from the EU Deforestation Regulation. Removing it would allow products linked to deforestation into the EU market. Strong laws must be based on scientific evidence, not industry lobbying.
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 01/04/2026
Corporations are writing EU law. We need to: ✊ defend ethical standards ✊ stop corporate capture ✊ drop all rigged consultation methods that allow corporate lobbyists to dominate ✊ a broad based campaign to defend and expand the protection of the public interest corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/w...
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This is what corporate capture looks like! | Corporate Europe Observatory
Where do the EU deregulation laws come from? From extensive talks between the European Commission and business groups, often in opaque new types of dialogue, according to the report “This is what corp...
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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Missed our Business of #Health #Misinformation #webinar? Watch it now on YouTube. With 79% of the UK on social media and 22% getting health information there (rising to 40% among Gen Z), the stakes around misinformation have never been higher. youtu.be/j3CRlSeHZio @spidermaani.bsky.social
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The Business of Health Misinformation - Local Health and Global Profits webinar
YouTube video by Population Health Improvement UK
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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We are asking members of the public to help build a new interactive website that charts the history of tobacco, alcohol and gambling sponsorship in British sport. Find items in your attic and get involved today! Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/2z665s64
Carling F.A. Partnership coaster
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STOA @epstoa.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Up to 90% of disease risks are linked to environment rather than genetics alone 🔴Taking place now: #STOA study author Prof Roel Vermeulen presents progress made & future perspectives of #exposome research at @sant.europarl.europa.eu 📺 Watch: link.europa.eu/FbjtjD Study: europa.eu/!FxtWrk
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Human exposome research: Potential, limitations and public policy implications | Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) | European Parliament
Human exposome research: Potential, limitations and public policy implications
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BHF Policy @bhfpolicy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
10 years ago today the UK Govt announced the Soft Drinks Industry Levy – a mandatory tax on sugar in soft drinks for manufacturers. 🥤 In a new blog, BHF Policy Officer Zoe Rostas reflects on the Levy's successes and what we can learn from it as the Govt looks to 'end the obesity epidemic.’ 🍎🎯
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Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
When people ask me what cinema can be, I merely show them this. And I say. This, THIS is cinema.
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Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham
YouTube video by seacaptainjoe
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Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
www.desmog.com/2019/08/07/a...
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Announcing DeSmog's Koch Network Database
The Koch Network Database is a new resource library built by DeSmog to assist journalists, academic researchers, and the public to learn more about the backgrounds of individuals and organizations ass...
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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Important piece on 'evidential landscaping', conflicts of interest and limitations in the evidence base, in research on digital technologies and health
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Health Promotion International @healthpromint.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🔔 NEW   Calling for a more coherent policy response to driving harm   ✍️ Kate Gray, Grant Ennis, Greg Fell   OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daag026
Similar to the consensus that there being ‘no safe lower limit’ to alcohol consumption, there is no ‘harmless’ level of driving. To reduce driving harm, driving itself needs to be reduced both by creating a built environment conducive to other modes and by reducing the incentives for driving. Harm is harm, and driving harm needs to be considered alongside the other big commercial killers of our age.
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Grant Ennis @grantennis.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
@felly500.bsky.social @ianwalker.bsky.social @activetowns.bsky.social @davidzipper.bsky.social @wesmars.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @carltonreid.com @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social @sethlaj.bsky.social @reenamahajan.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social @markpetticrew.bsky.social
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Rob Phair @robphair.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
#alcohol #PublicHealth
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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
BREAKING: Reform’s Gorton and Denton by-election candidate advises Tory peer Lord Toby Young, who has advocated for “progressive eugenics” and is in a business partnership with the editor of a reconstituted Nazi eugenics platform - by me via @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/02/24/r...
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Reform's Matt Goodwin Advises Conservative Peer Linked to Relaunched Nazi Race Science Platform
Reform's Gorton and Denton by-election candidate advises Toby Young, who has advocated for "progressive eugenics" and has ties to the front publication for a reconstituted Nazi eugenics foundation
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Yves Jeanrenaud @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I made an app. play.google.com/store/apps/d... Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby. I hope it's useful for someone. Nearby Glasses's open source, free and rather simple github.com/yjeanrenaud/... It's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making
A screenshot of an Android app. Text:

▲ Nearby Glasses

Smart Glasses are probably nearby
Device: Unknown
RSSI: -42 dBm
Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E)
Company: Meta Platforms, Inc.

This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning.

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