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Mark Petticrew
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Public Health, Commercial Determinants of Health, Professor at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

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Rosaleen O’Brien @drrosaleenobrien.bsky.social · 12h
Does your team require high quality qualitative research support?

I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · 3d
This is one of the major concerns regarding zero alcohol products: that they only benefit wealthier people because they're more expensive than standard alcohol.

Reducing alcohol deaths among the lowest socioeconomic groups has to be the priority, (🧵)

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Why are alcohol-free drinks so expensive? Some fake spirits cost over £25 a bottle!
In this new series, our money and consumer editor considers the often perplexing reasons items cost what they do. As a new report suggests booze-free booze can cost 25% more than the alcoholic equival...
www.theguardian.com

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 5d
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:

www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 7d
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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 7d
3/ #Unmasking Influence
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@ias.org.uk @lshtm.bsky.social @marcozenone.bsky.social @who.int @spidermaani.bsky.social

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 7d
2/Our deepest thanks to the inspirational interviewees and the film’s director & editor John Kelly at Wildfire Collective

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 7d
🎬 🍿 Official Film Release!
We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285
There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.
Unmasking Influence - The Official Trailer
This trailer is for a film called Unmasking Influence. Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major…
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Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention @edinuni-cpsp.bsky.social · 7d
OFFICIAL RELEASE: The documentary Unmasking Influence is now publicly available! Explore how powerful industries shape science, policy, and public health - and what must be done to prevent harm.
Watch the full film: edin.ac/43Gd2cC
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#GlobalHealth #UnmaskingInfluence
Unmasking Influence - Full Documentary Film
Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major public health crises we face today are largely driven by…
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10d
“Here’s the thing, Bill Gates: There’s no ‘patch’ for the climate crisis. And there is no way to reboot the planet if you crash it. The only safe and reliable way out when you find yourself in a climate hole is to stop digging—and burning—fossil fuels.” — @michaelemann.bsky.social
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 12d
Anyway, if you’re interested in reading about how the far right has begun to use LOTR and Tolkien, here is an interesting intro

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How Frodo Baggins Resurrected Italy’s Far-Right Movement - The New Fascism Syllabus
This weblog article was originally written for Dr. Jennifer Evans’ upper-division seminar, “Populism and Authoritarianism in Contemporary Europe,” at Carleton University. To view more entries [...]
newfascismsyllabus.com

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 12d
Unpopular maybe, but we should firmly resist this kind of banal medicalization of cultural and aesthetic experience. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Picture of health: going to art galleries can improve wellbeing, study reveals
Viewing original works of art can relieve stress, cut heart disease risk and boost immune system, first study of its kind finds
www.theguardian.com

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LadyFluffyOrca 📎 🇵🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 12d
Halloween artificial cobweb material:
It may be a bit of fake fun for you, but it's a very real and terrifying death for them.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 13d
Nafeez Ahmed unveils a network of tech tyrants and MAGA figureheads as they look to plant their flag on a brand new territory: The United Kingdom.
The Thiel Effect: How MAGA Is Making In-Roads Into Britain
www.bylinesupplement.com

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13d
After January 6, 2021, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Comcast publicly pledged to stop donating to politicians who sought to undermine the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election.

In 2025, these companies have stopped worrying about democracy and are buying Trump a ballroom.
These Corporations Stopped Worrying About Democracy and Bought Trump a Ballroom
It has been nearly five years since the 2020 presidential election, but President Trump continues to baselessly insist it was stolen.
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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 14d
Same storm different boats

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Want to know how a public health team works in the middle of a pandemic? This is about as good a telling of the story as you'll find anywhere.

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 14d
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families

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Alice Kadri @alicekadri.bsky.social · 16d
Guardian articles in 24 hours:
“Saturday marks a decade since the World Health Organization in October 2015 declared processed meat to be carcinogenic to humans, putting it in the same category as tobacco and asbestos.”

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK
Successive governments criticised for doing ‘virtually nothing’ to reduce risk in the decade since cancer link found
www.theguardian.com

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drive-in-radio.bsky.social @drive-in-radio.bsky.social · 17d
the mildest moment of pushback is worth something, it seems
Stewart Lee: How do all these rightwing astroturfers get on the airwaves? Doesn’t anyone Google them first?
From Aston Villa to George Abaraonye, every time the culture wars flare up, there’s a ‘concerned citizen’ from a previously unheard-of pressure group popping up. A little scepticism is needed
www.thenerve.news

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Sasha Chavkin @sashachavkin.bsky.social · 19d
Governments in 21 countries have sued the tobacco industry for the health costs of smoking - and only two have seen any money

New story from @maria-perez.bsky.social breaks down how the tobacco industry has avoided paying up
why-most-countries-never-got-a-tobacco-settlement
Governments in the U.S. and Canada went to court and got tobacco companies to pay for smoking-related diseases. Many other lawsuits have failed.
www.theexamination.org

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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 20d
HIVE MIND: What's the greatest panto poster you've ever seen? Comment below.

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 21d
Nearly half of UK garden space is paved over, RHS study finds
Nearly half of UK garden space is paved over, RHS study finds
Homeowners urged to use more robust planting and permeable materials to help mitigate flood risk
www.theguardian.com

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 21d
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markpetticrew.bsky.social Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 21d
Excellent new study of UPF narratives:
"...opposition to the UPF concept is highly driven by a small group of academics, many with direct or indirect financial ties to UPF producers"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@kat-lauber.bsky.social @ambervandenakker.bsky.social Rachel Barry, Jeff Collin
www.tandfonline.com

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 21d
(Couldn't find all the bsky handles asim on the phone... will check later. Anyway, one of those great studies I wish I'd done) Of interest to
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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 21d
Excellent new study of UPF narratives:
"...opposition to the UPF concept is highly driven by a small group of academics, many with direct or indirect financial ties to UPF producers"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@kat-lauber.bsky.social @ambervandenakker.bsky.social Rachel Barry, Jeff Collin
www.tandfonline.com

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 21d
New blogpost on my concerns about Wellcome LEAP new $50m program on autism/microbiome links. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-le...
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
A LEAP into the future, or off a cliff: Wellcome LEAP's new $50M program
A few days ago, I saw this post on LinkedIn: How does the gut microbiome shape early brain development? That’s what FORM, a new $50 million...
deevybee.blogspot.com

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 22d
Along with its problematic definition of academic freedom, it seems there are also concerns over the regulation of the act by the Office for Students. Univ Sussex is challenging the process which resulted in its huge fine and no action has been taken against Bible Colleges, tho they breach the act
jamesrball.com James Ball @jamesrball.com · 23d
I wrote on the UK’s new policy of enforced free speech at universities, how it’s being enforced, and whether government-mandated “free speech” can ever be anything of the sort. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/fre...
The assault on academic freedom
Is the universities regulator protecting free expression, or are some beliefs more protected than others?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 22d
Good. There is nothing positive about betting shops in communities

journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Betfred says all its shops may close if Reeves hikes gambling tax
The company's co-founder says it would be forced to close all its sites, putting 7,500 jobs at risk, if gambling taxes go up.
www.bbc.co.uk

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 23d
I wrote on the UK’s new policy of enforced free speech at universities, how it’s being enforced, and whether government-mandated “free speech” can ever be anything of the sort. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/fre...
The assault on academic freedom
Is the universities regulator protecting free expression, or are some beliefs more protected than others?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 28d
On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, here's our paper analysing her (and Denis') efforts on behalf of the tobacco industry:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Fag Lady, revisited: Margaret Thatcher's efforts on behalf of the tobacco industry
The death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has offered many opportunities to reappraise her career. However it is not widely known t…
www.sciencedirect.com