🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12

Scientists and healthcare workers have saved millions of lives throughout the pandemic and in return have received relentless attacks and harassment. If we don’t support those who work hard to protect us, what exactly do you think will happen next time there is a deadly global outbreak?

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This is an important role - National Data Guardian. Advises the health and care system so people’s information is kept safe and confidential, and is shared when appropriate to achieve better outcomes for patients. £63k for 3.5 days a week apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9039

UKRI are recruiting for a new Exec Chair for Research England (£160k-£170k). It is a crucial role including QR funding and the REF. I hope they get a great field. But I worry a bit. It's hard to find on their website (see link below) fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Working on climate & population? Keen to discuss future directions & methodological frontiers? Join 28-29 Jan in Bologna 🇮🇹 📩 Call for abstracts by 20 Sep! Organized with POPCLIMA project, @iussp.bsky.social Panel on Climate & Environmental Demography & @eaps.bsky.social Climate Demography.

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Population Dynamics in a Changing Climate – Future Directions for Climate Demography Organiser: University of Bologna (POPCLIMA – ERC Consolidator Grant), in...

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🇫🇮 New miscarriage care recommendations were published in Finland in May. A medical visit is recommended already after the 1st miscarriage (with escalation in case of multiple miscarriages) and they emphasise the need for empathetic care. More information (in Finnish): www.kaypahoito.fi/hoi50138

🎙️Hélène Malmanche of SOC-MISC was invited on "So Ovaires It" podcast on women's health (in French), with Dr Mégane Acheche (Besançon University Hospital), to talk about miscarriage.
 Thank you Amandine Mousset for the invitation!
 Airing in September. #Miscarriage #WomensHealth #ReproductiveHealth

This may seem trivial to some but these are fully conscious choices often made to ensure that those described don't get upset for having their politics named for what they are In turn, it prevents readers from fully appreciating the threat they pose

This article is a great example of the extent of mainstreaming of far- and extreme-right ideas Extreme right ideas (Pizzagate, remigration) are called "far-right" while far-right ideas are euphemised as "hard-right" or "populist" It is also a sign of abdication www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Liz Truss assembles host of rightwing speakers for UK’s first CPAC event in London

Keynote speakers included US influencer Jack Posobiec as former PM aims to gain influence among British right

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Reminder! There are alternatives to Substack! Which do not have its ethical problems! (My newsletter is on Ghost, which is fabulous, and Buttondown is among the others I've heard praised.) Thread--

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This kind of thing at Substack (including their Nazi problem and trans hate problem) are why my newsletter is at Ghost.org and always has been. Andrew Tate is a spectacularly vile human being accused of numerous violent crimes against women and hugely corrosive for young male minds.

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2

Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke has said that new pregnancy loss leave in Ireland will not differentiate between an abortion and miscarriage, ensuring those that need the support can access it. 📰 www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

As an academic, I have decided to pre-empt AI taking my job, so I am going to take ITS job! I am going to start hallucinating, lying to my students, and drinking 700,000 litres of water

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July 2027 Newsletter

We have now just concluded our Spring term events for 2026, and we will be taking a pause until Fall 2026. This is a longer newsletter than normal, since we will be recapping last academic year’s events, and starting to promote the ones we will have forthcoming! We still have a couple of openings for speakers for coming 2026-2027 academic year, so please let us know (email christina.pao@sc.edu) if you have any interest in sharing your work.

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Cabinet expected to approve five days’ paid pregnancy-loss leave for women who miscarry or have an abortion www.independent.ie/irish-news/p... #PLRG_PLACESproject @independent.ie

Cabinet expected to approve five days’ paid pregnancy-loss leave for women who miscarry or have an abortion

The Cabinet is expected to approve paid leave for women who miscarry before 23 weeks or have an abortion.

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did you know i am doing a dissertation on workplace leave use among full-time workers in the US who have experienced miscarriage? well now you do! and if you think you may be eligible, you can take a screener survey at go.uic.edu/leavestudy or scan the QR code. #reprosky #healthpolicy #miscarriage

@heinivaisanen.bsky.social will present results from cognitive interviews testing the quality of commonly used #miscarriage questions in French surveys on Thu 9 July at 10am in the MeSSH conference at the Campus Condorcet. See the full programme here: messh26.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/p...

"Being a refugee is itself a profound determinant of health, and no amount of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy can fully resolve the distress and anxiety caused by exclusion, financial instability, and insecurity" @lancetgh.bsky.social

We found that while the examined chronic health conditions increased the risk somewhat, financial precarity was not associated with miscarriage risk, except for late miscarriages, which may approach stillbirths in their risk profile. #miscarriage #France #SNDS #SocArxiv 2/2

📢 PREPRINT ALERT! A new preprint from the SOC-MISC team examines social and health risk factors for miscarriage using French administrative health data. Please see the post below for main results 👇 Preprint can be accessed here: osf.io/preprints/so... 1/2

The right takes academia seriously, and is pouring money into neutering it. Would be good to see left wing politicians taking academia equally seriously, and taking action to support it www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Dialogue is all the rage’: why is the right pouring millions into ‘civil discourse’ initiatives on US campuses?

Universities looking for a fix to relentless controversy are flocking to ‘civility’ initiatives. Critics say these efforts mask a darker project

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And no, it isn't "nannying neurotics" infecting our once great "resilient country" to share public health messaging highlighting the different signs to look out for for both heat exhaustion and heatstroke! "common sense" is NOT a substitute for public health messaging🙄 22/

🚨 New jobs! 🚨 We're looking for 2 Postdoctoral Research Fellows (1 quant, 1 qual), for a full-time, fixed-term position for up to 4 years! The Fellows will have full control over the nature/direction of their research while here 📝🌏 Deadline: 31 July 2026 🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

The recording for this excellent panel discussion is now available to view: youtu.be/X2feCepLSTs

FemQuant Event: Peer review panel discussion

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FemQuant@femquant.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are wrapping up the FemQuant 2025/26 events programme with a panel discussion on Navigating the Peer Review Process. Join us Tues 23 June 2026 to hear insights from editor, author, and reviewer perspectives. Sign up to receive the link on the day: femquant.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

Who is writing feminist bioethical perspectives on health topics around the globe right now? Ebola? War & health? Data centers and health? Mental health, social media, and national policies? The health ramifications of trillionaires? The World Cup, travel, and public health? We want it for the blog!

Elizabeth Lanphier@ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Blog Editors are always seeking new submissions. Here is a quick overview of: - who edits the blog - how to reach us - general post guidelines - examples of post types Please share with the feminist bioethicists in your life!

With the new leadership, I hope Labour moves to recognise that progressive voters are worth winning over. That those who feel the UK should stand for fairness & equity are not a fanatical fringe to be ignored or ridiculed but a trusted majority that can be mobilised to build a more hopeful future.

Until the left understands that "immigration" is a "concern" created in a top down manner to divert from other issues, it will continue to fight the (far)right on its turf This is what I explored here at length journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Populism, public opinion, and the mainstreaming of the far right: The ‘immigration issue’ and the construction of a reactionary ‘people’ - Aurelien Mondon, 2025

While mainstream elite actors with the ability to shape public discourse (politicians, academics, and the media) generally oppose far-right politics, it is wide...

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Peter Whitewood@pwhitewood.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Net migration has almost halved in a year.

Women on Web is facing online censorship across the globe. Read this report from the Open Observatory of Network Interference 'Abortion Access Denied: Investigating the Global Censorship of Women on Web' to find out more. ooni.org/post/2026-wo...