Demographers —The PAA call for papers is now open! There are TWO qualitative sessions this year, including one that I’m organizing. If you do any qualitative demography or demography-adjacent work, please submit an extended abstract! paa_acgi.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT...

Well, it finally happened. I tried to scroll down on a piece of paper.

Veganized a recipe for sesame date banana cake 😋😁

🍸 Three #FlashFinding cocktail punches on #FoodSecurity in post-COVID India. Fast, evidence-based insights on how households coped & what this means for food systems and policy. 📽️ ✔️ youtube.com/shorts/Liq1U... ✔️ youtube.com/shorts/CSvdJ... ✔️ youtube.com/shorts/wL2hT... #Nutrition #India #COVID19

Covid-19 and Food Insecurity - Flash Finding#1 🍽️

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Disappointing how predictable it is that when I find a smart show I love that features a strong female cast, it almost universally gets cancelled within a season or two. I need at least one more season of We Are Lady Parts in my life. I know it ended in 2024, but I keep hoping for news of a reboot.

I keep hearing adverts on a US-based podcast for pet insurance that claims there are no out of network providers and I have to say, I hope it's false advertising. If not, it means you can literally get better healthcare for your pet than for yourself in America.

Every time I think JK Rowling can't get any more disgusting and hateful, she tops herself. What a malignant troll. www.snopes.com/fact-check/j...

JK Rowling deadnamed and posted 'upskirt' photo of trans woman on X

The wealthy author escalated a social media spat that resulted in posting a photo from a 2023 event at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London.

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Beautiful day 😁

Our 3rd #FlashFinding is out! It briefly summarises findings on the vital role India's Public Distribution System #PDS for families during #Covid. Led by @charu220.bsky.social, the paper is in @plos.org @ journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... www.youtube.com/shorts/wL2hT... #FoodInsecurity #India

Public Distribution System (PDS) & Support During COIVID-19 - Flash Finding #3 English🍽️

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Today, as I found myself singing along lyric for lyric, beat for beat to New Kids on the Block's The Right Stuff (which I hadn't heard in decades), I had a sudden insight into why my brain seems to have run out of capacity for storing new information...

Happy to share that our @foodequity.bsky.social team’s research on food insecurity and COVID-19 is now published as an opinion piece in Down to Earth Here’s a link to the article www.downtoearth.org.in/food/what-do... Research paper here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

‘What do you fall back on when income fails’: food insecurity, migration and COVID-19

“…his condition was so bad, he was ill, and he was not taken to the hospital (he passed away) … I used to sell snacks all day… and throughout the day, I used to

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📽️Flash Finding Series!! Flash Finding#2️⃣ - Food Management Strategies🍽️ 👉 Flash Finding#2 in English: youtube.com/shorts/CSvdJ... 👉 Flash Finding#2 in Hindi: youtube.com/shorts/PrBKU... 📌For further details: wp.lancs.ac.uk/foodequity/ #FoodSecurity #Covid19 #SocialInequality #FoodSecurity

Food Management Strategies - Flash Finding #2 🍽️

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If you missed the #ReproNorth participatory photography exhibition at the #Gregson in #Lancaster in May, good news: A selection of the boards will be on display in the downstairs bar through the end of July! #ReproductiveJustice #PAR #community Online gallery: www.repronorth.com/we-re-tellin...

Interested in #Co-Production but unsure where to start? Unclear on the diff btwn consultation & co-production? Check out @niftyfoxcreative.bsky.social's FREE #webinar on 13/07. I've had *amazing* experiences w/Nifty Fox, & I'm sure this will be an ace course. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Everyone says they're doing co-production. But are they really? In research and healthcare, co-production has become one of the most widely used terms around. But often, we're still doing consultatio...

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“There’s nothing wrong with abortion. You don’t have to justify it.” - @bookersquared.bsky.social The movement focuses on the hard cases. The wanted pregnancies. The health crises. But if you just don't want to have a kid, that's okay! New episode of B*tch, Listen. Out now.

Supremely annoyed by this question on childhood social class, part of diversity monitoring for a mentor on an NIHR funding app. Among other issues, I guess everyone grew up in only one household then? Children of divorce, care leavers, & others w/complex HH structures apparently just don't exist 🙄

Flash Finding #1 is now available in Hindi! By sharing our findings in Hindi, we hope to reach wider local audiences and reconnect with the people who generously contributed to our study. Their experiences continue to shape imp conversations abt COVID-19 and food security. youtu.be/JHKNTTzX-HM?...

Covid-19 Flash Finding#1 Hindi

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We're already gaining momentum and attracting media attention. A strong reminder of just how significant this topic is❗ 🗞️Outlook India👇 www.outlookindia.com/healthcare-s... 🗞️Medical Xpress👇 medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06... #FoodSecurity #Covid19 #SocialInequality

Skipping Meals, Selling Assets, Returning Home: How Vulnerable Indian Families Battled The Covid-19 Crisis, Study Finds | Outlook India

An IIT Kanpur-Lancaster study highlights the severe food insecurity and hardships faced by vulnerable Indian households during COVID-19, underscoring the urgent need for robust social safety nets.

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📽️Flash Finding Series!! Findings from our latest publication on 'Diverse coping strategies for food insecurity' led by Dr @charu220.bsky.social. 🍽️Flash Finding#1️⃣ www.youtube.com/shorts/Liq1U... 📌For further details: wp.lancs.ac.uk/foodequity/ #FoodSecurity #Covid19 #SocialInequality

@charu220.bsky.social, lead author of @foodequity.bsky.social's latest paper, has done a brilliant job summarising our headline finding in a short video: www.youtube.com/shorts/Liq1U... #OpenAccess here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #FoodInsecurity #Covid19 #India #QualitativeResearch

Covid-19 and Food Insecurity - Flash Finding#1 🍽️

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Nothing quite like shopping for a Father's Day card to confirm that gross gender stereotypes of men as the hands-off, 'fun', and perhaps a bit incompetent parent are alive and well.

📢 Hot Off the Press: latest publication in PLOS ONE 🟢🍽️Paper title: Diverse coping strategies for food insecurity: A qualitative study of economically precarious households in India in the context of COVID-19 📌For further details: wp.lancs.ac.uk/foodequity/ #FoodSecurity #Covid19 #SocialInequality

Our findings align with FAO's report, which found that potatoes are a key fallback option for households facing economic precarity. www.fao.org/newsroom/fao... #InternationalDayOfPotato

Africa’s potato potential: The path to food security and resilience

Potatoes offer a scalable, climate-adaptable, and nutritionally dense solution for Africa, where potato production has surged.

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Looking back at an ooooold playlist (*cough*imported CD*cough*) a friend made for me. Had named one of the tracks 'ehehaecanyouseedelp' so clearly I had a good grasp on the lyrics... nonetheless, knew exactly what song it was when I saw this so I guess fair play? (5 points to name that tune)

Harder to drink your coffee when it makes such a worries face at you. Not impossible, though.

Learning to say what I need & not feel awkward--or, even worse, to power through & suffer--has been a constant battle learning to live w/a #disability. Yet much easier since I received a diagnosis. Think a lot abt Conrad's #Medicalization of Society & the harms when medicine mediates legitimacy.

Two upcoming online events from #Lancaster uni #CFJ staff that promise to be thought-provoking and interesting: A talk on young men, #masculinities and #SocialCare research by Andrea Waling (Tues 26th 4pm) A book launch for Prof @karenb-2.bsky.social's book about infant removals (10th June 5pm)

📊 Polling released today shows three in four people support calls for a Good Food Bill. Britain's food system is failing households, farmers and the economy and we know how to fix it! Here’s how: foodfoundation.org.uk/news/polling...

🚨Very excited for Dr @charu220.bsky.social's talk on What a ‘Good Mother’ Eats: food choices, sacrifices, and the politics of provisioning in India at 📅14 May 26 ⌛12.30–2.00pm 📌Online Signup here👇 wp.lancs.ac.uk/foodequity/ #FoodInsecurity #FoodJustice #SocialInequalities #Motherhood #CRIPACC

Trump bragging that he didn't finish reading the peace proposal from Iran is like a traffic light bragging that it turned red. As though it's a surprise that he's averse to reading when he can't even get to the end of a sentence on the teleprompter before getting distracted by something shiny.

WTAF?!?!?!?!

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R. Souissi@rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Tennessee's Senate Bill 1868 (SB 1868), which recently passed both the House and Senate as of May 2026, allows the state's Department of Children’s Services (DCS) to place certain foster children in juvenile detention centers—even if they have not been charged with or convicted of a crime