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James Tapper

@jamestapper.bsky.social

Journalist at The Observer / observer.co.uk I write about science, health and other things.

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James Tapper@jamestapper.bsky.social · 2w ago

Up to about 13.1m* people in the UK - nearly one in five of us - could be permanently exiled by the Home Secretary if she believes it is "conducive to the public good". @samirashackle.bsky.social's story makes it clear that we don't have any effective right of appeal.

Andrew Purcell@andrewpurcell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Posting this excellent article by @samirashackle.bsky.social again. We almost *never* hear from people who have been stripped of citizenship and their families, because the toxic media backlash against 'ISIS brides' makes it hard for them to speak safely. These unjust, secretive powers ruin lives.

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 4w ago

Really interesting on how far we can engineer serendipity for science - eg in how buildings are designed. ‘“Just placing people from different disciplines together is often insufficient,” Krauss said. Researchers needed a common problem, not just a common space.’ observer.co.uk/news/science...

The science of serendipity | The Observer

Chance encounters have been behind some of science’s greatest discoveries, from penicillin to gene-editing tools. Could we create more?

observer.co.uk

The Observer@theobserveruk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

How Richard Dawkins evolved into a novelist James Tapper writes that The Selfish Gene writer has begun a Jurassic Park-stye tale about bringing Homo erectus back from extinction – but the wider scientific community isn’t sure it’s wise… https://bit.ly/4xftduF

How Richard Dawkins evolved into a novelist | The Observer

The Selfish Gene writer has begun a Jurassic Park-stye tale about bringing Homo erectus back from extinction – but the wider scientific community isn’t sure it’s wise…

bit.ly

Hannah Harris Green@whatsitlike.me · 2mo ago

When I was a kid, I ❤️ Lunchables, although they didn’t taste great. But I got to squeeze chocolate frosting onto a “pizza!” For a kid, what could be cooler? Philip Morris was using the same psychological techniques to hook kids on ultra processed foods it did for adults w cigarettes. My latest.

Big tobacco uses cigarette playbook to help sell ultra-processed foods, journal reveals

New issue of the American Journal of Public Health focuses on parallels between marketing for cigarettes and UPFs

theguardian.com

Chaminda Jayanetti@cjayanetti.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NEW: More than 160,000 private renters on low incomes face rent shortfalls worth up to hundreds or even thousands of pounds a year due to Labour’s housing benefit cuts Greater Manchester and the West Midlands are particularly badly hit By me, for the Big Issue: www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

'Terrified of rent increase': How housing benefit cuts hit renters

The government froze local housing allowance, which effectively meant a real-terms cut to housing benefit. This is what it means for renters

bigissue.com

Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company - Quidnet REIT. From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't. A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings:

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Tim Harford@timharford.ft.com · 4mo ago

On 26 April, I plan to be on the start line of the London Marathon. I’m in my fifties, I’ve only been running for a few years, and this will be my first marathon. I’m doing it to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT).

James Tapper@jamestapper.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The teenagers have friends round so we’ve been banished upstairs, and both have colds so going out is, er, out. There’s an old TV, but the remote is awol. There’s only one option: terrestrial TV.