Prof Christina Pagel
@chrischirp.bsky.social
Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
Kirsti, an architect - directly affected - on her MP not appearing to understand that protecting [only] care workers would mean forcing out vets, architects, chefs and many others (but perhaps unwittingly for most MPs + ministers who have not spotted this) bsky.app/profile/heri...
Kirsti M@heritage-meisie.bsky.social · yesterdayTrying to get a surgery with my MP to explain to her that the exemption for care workers won’t help me (she keeps sending me the same response saying she supports care workers) & am being ignored…I don’t think they understand in the slightest.
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Trump posted an altered image of himself and China's President Xi Ping in which he overlaid the words "only Trump" in German-style font and editied Chief Officer of Protocol Monica Crowley's face to look like his aide Natalie Harp. TAT: [Controlling information]
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here?
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Despite a court ruling issued earlier today that Trump must allow journalists access to the White House, CNN and MS Now journalists were denied access to the White House state dinner held in honor of the Chinese Preside... TAT: [Controlling information | Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
CNN and MS Now journalists denied access to White House state dinner despite court ruling
Officials deny entry even after federal judge rules Trump administration must grant banned journalists access
theguardian.com
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrongly identified 185 people on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens, state officials said this week, escalating concerns over the shoddy methodology the government is using to raise fear about non-citizen voting ahead of th... TAT: [Undermining democracy]
Nearly 200 people wrongly identified on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens
State election officials said they reviewed 185 records homeland security sent them and confirmed they were US citizens
theguardian.com
AI CEOs hiring AI lawyers and donating money to (human) politicians to lobby for AI rights. A frightening future prospect by Yuval Noah Harari.
💨Healthy Indoor Air in Schools France : 3 Priorities 1. We must make indoor air quality a fully integrated component of public health and prevention policies, particularly in schools and facilities serving the most vulnerable populations.
Despite a court ruling that the White House must reinstate access to press outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico, all three report still being denied access and have filed an emergency request for a hearing TAT: [Controlling information | Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
CNN, MS NOW and Politico go back to court after reporters were denied access to the White House despite judge’s order | CNN Politics
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England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d agoJacob Rees-Mogg, the most stereotypically Tory conservative man of the 21st Century, responded to Suella Braverman with a long-form video criticizing her position and rejecting a race-based theory of Englishness, and in response has been ratioed by the increasingly feral British online far-right.
Aminata Seck, 26, a student-athlete at Kentucky State University, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport while traveling with her school's basketball team. Since then the basketball... TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights]
KSU women's basketball player detained by ICE at Louisville airport | Exclusive
Aminata Seck, 26, a student-athlete at Kentucky State University, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport while traveling with her school's basketball team Aug. 7, said Sadiqa Reynolds, a lawyer helping coordinate Seck's case.
kentucky.com
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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But there is a gap: only 49% of UK adults are confident they could find free and independent advice if they needed help tomorrow. 51% of advice organisations responding to an AdviceUK survey have had to turn people away because they lacked capacity.
What does the UK public really think about free, independent advice? ▪️89% of UK adults say early advice stops problems getting worse. ▪️88% of people say everyone should have access to it. ▪️85% say it should be an essential local service. Our new national poll 👇 bit.ly/4d44EIF
The Trump administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory, and officials have not indicated when or whether the shots will become available. It’s the latest step by top officials to restrict vaccines in America – ... TAT: [Attacking science]
Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines
Administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory
theguardian.com
After barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, Trump told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that she “should not be here” covering him at the UN, despite CNN continuing to cover him using UN credentials. He subsequent... TAT: [Controlling information | Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
Trump rails against CNN’s Collins and media ‘sleazebags’ over UN presence
President Trump ripped CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday for covering him despite banning the network along with MS NOW and Politico from the White House. “You should not be here covering me,” …
thehill.com
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr) accepted $4 million in book advances and more than $270,000 in gifts over the past year from close allies who are working to advance his Make America Healthy Again agenda, according to his latest financial disclosure form. Ethics ... TAT: [Corruption]
RFK Jr. Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA
A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
nytimes.com
The difference between the performance of immigrants in England and Western Europe is staggering. (20 pts equals a year of learning.) I looked at this in detail in the post - it can't be explained away by language or relative advantage of different immigrant communities. There is a policy factor.
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 5d agoNew post out: England's schools are now the second highest performing in the world outside the far east, according to the OECD's PISA study. Is this because of policy? Attitude to technology? Cultural factors like immigration? And where can we still improve? samf.substack.com/p/why-englan...
In his UN General Assembly speech, Donald Trump said he was considering whether to “annihilate the Islamic Republic” of Iran, threatened other adversaries with US military power, and described the International Criminal Court as an “evil group” that ... TAT: [Foreign policy | Undermining democracy]
Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran to UN general assembly is stunning, even for him
US president may have upstaged the ghost of Soviet leader Khrushchev by musing destruction of fellow member state
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Donald Trump's latest financial disclosure shows more than 1,100 stock purchases and sales worth an estimated $79m–$270m in July 2026, including multimillion-dollar transactions in major technology companies. Although the White House says his portfolio i... TAT: [Corruption | Undermining democracy]
Trump made over 1,000 July stock trades worth up to $270m, filings reveal
President made more than 440 purchases and 700 sales despite voter anger over elected officials trading stocks
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that freed Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri, who was detained after advocating for Palestinian rights. A lower court found that Suri was likely to succeed in showing his de... TAT: [Nationalism | Suppressing dissent]
Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to allow detention of pro-Palestinian scholar
President Donald Trump's administration has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a decision that led to the release of a Georgetown University scholar who had advocated for Palestinian rights and opposed Israel's war in Gaza.
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Trump launches administration-controlled “Trump TV” after excluding critical news organisations — The White House launched a 24/7 YouTube channel featuring presidential speeches, announcements and selected administration material, shortly after Trump barred CNN, MS... TAT: [Controlling information]
‘Literally state-run TV’: Trump launches YouTube channel amid boycott by US networks
White House press coverage row continues while anchor-less channel of the administration’s ‘latest and greatest’ streams propaganda for the Maga faithful
theguardian.com
The US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its measles dashboard on Friday – but it’s still not counting four measles deaths in Pennsylvania, where the outbreak appears to be accelerating and cases are appearing in ways provi... TAT: [Attacking science | Controlling information]
Why the CDC is excluding measles deaths in Pennsylvania even as outbreak appears to be ‘accelerating’
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuses to count four measles deaths in the state though doctors are ‘seeing new forms’ of disease
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding thousands of detainees who are subject to final deportation orders. ICE removed those detainees from its online detainee locator s... TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Controlling information]
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers and relatives to find them.
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A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and wounded 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, a Venezuelan man in Austin,Texas, who was making a Door-Dash delivery. After being shot in the chest, he was taken to a hospital in Austin in a serious but stable co... TAT: [Nationalism]
ICE agent shoots and wounds Venezuelan man at traffic stop in Austin, Texas
Anti-ICE protesters gather and demand transparency at site where 28-year-old was shot in torso
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According to a special rapporteur for the United Nations human rights council concluded that the US military strikes on alleged drug trafficking vessels in the East Pacific and Caribbean likely "constituted crimes against humanity". The UN itself, a... TAT: [Foreign policy | Undermining democracy]
US strikes on alleged drug boats may constitute ‘crimes against humanity’, UN expert says
Dozens of US attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed more than 230 people since September 2025
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