#r4today Deeply disappointing to hear discussion of the high and rising flu cases in UK without any mention of precautions such as mask wearing, indoor air filtration and ventilation. Seems nothing was learned from Covid. Stupid.
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#r4today Deeply disappointing to hear discussion of the high and rising flu cases in UK without any mention of precautions such as mask wearing, indoor air filtration and ventilation. Seems nothing was learned from Covid. Stupid.
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FEW EASY AND IMMEDIATE COUNTERMEASURES????
Have these people never heard of N95s? Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes? HEPA filters? HVAC? ASHRAE 241? Upper room UV?
Oh, yeah: they're physicians. Useless for public health.
Get them the fuck out of the way and let engineers who KNOW HOW TO DO THIS do their JOB!
Have these people never heard of N95s? Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes? HEPA filters? HVAC? ASHRAE 241? Upper room UV?
Oh, yeah: they're physicians. Useless for public health.
Get them the fuck out of the way and let engineers who KNOW HOW TO DO THIS do their JOB!
Document from NHS England which basically says when there is another Pandemic we can’t be bothered to protect you, it’s too costly. We are on our own folks. H/T @catinthehat.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
FEW EASY AND IMMEDIATE COUNTERMEASURES????
Have these people never heard of N95s? Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes? HEPA filters? HVAC? ASHRAE 241? Upper room UV?
Oh, yeah: they're physicians. Useless for public health.
Get them the fuck out of the way and let engineers who KNOW HOW TO DO THIS do their JOB!
Have these people never heard of N95s? Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes? HEPA filters? HVAC? ASHRAE 241? Upper room UV?
Oh, yeah: they're physicians. Useless for public health.
Get them the fuck out of the way and let engineers who KNOW HOW TO DO THIS do their JOB!
humanists.uk/2025/10/02/c... consultation. Wonderful news! But yet more waiting for it to become law. What is the Government's issue with this?
Celebrations as UK Government announces legal humanist marriages, but law change some way away
The UK Government has announced that it will finally legally recognise humanist marriages in England and Wales, but only as part of wider marriage reform on which it has announced further consultation...
humanists.uk
October 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
humanists.uk/2025/10/02/c... consultation. Wonderful news! But yet more waiting for it to become law. What is the Government's issue with this?
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Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
September 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!
How can I be happy? Narrated by Stephen Fry, #Thatshumanism explores where meaning in life comes from – not a cosmic plan, but what we create through relationships, creativity, and the world around us. Watch the video: humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
That's humanism!
We've teamed up with our patron Stephen Fry, to explore humanist ideas about some of life’s big questions in four animated shorts.
humanists.uk
August 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
How can I be happy? Narrated by Stephen Fry, #Thatshumanism explores where meaning in life comes from – not a cosmic plan, but what we create through relationships, creativity, and the world around us. Watch the video: humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
humanists.uk/2025/06/13/a...
Congratulating Andrew Copson on his OBE. This is great news. Keep doing what you do, Andrew!
Congratulating Andrew Copson on his OBE. This is great news. Keep doing what you do, Andrew!
Andrew Copson awarded OBE in first-ever UK award for ‘Services to the Non-Religious’
Humanists UK’s Chief Executive Andrew Copson has been awarded an OBE for ‘services to the non-religious’ in the UK national honours announced today. This is the first time an award has been made for s...
humanists.uk
June 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
humanists.uk/2025/06/13/a...
Congratulating Andrew Copson on his OBE. This is great news. Keep doing what you do, Andrew!
Congratulating Andrew Copson on his OBE. This is great news. Keep doing what you do, Andrew!
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Public health policy changed after Dr John Snow realised that cholera was water-borne. We all now take it for granted that our tap water won't kill us. But why are we still prepared to breathe air containing pathogens?
Putting air filters in classrooms seems to reduce student sick days by more than 10 per cent.
Air filters in classrooms reduce sick days by more than 10 per cent
Putting air filters in classrooms seems to boost student attendance, which may be due to them reducing levels of air pollution, pollen, pathogens or all three
www.newscientist.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Public health policy changed after Dr John Snow realised that cholera was water-borne. We all now take it for granted that our tap water won't kill us. But why are we still prepared to breathe air containing pathogens?
Public health policy changed after Dr John Snow realised that cholera was water-borne. We all now take it for granted that our tap water won't kill us. But why are we still prepared to breathe air containing pathogens?
Putting air filters in classrooms seems to reduce student sick days by more than 10 per cent.
Air filters in classrooms reduce sick days by more than 10 per cent
Putting air filters in classrooms seems to boost student attendance, which may be due to them reducing levels of air pollution, pollen, pathogens or all three
www.newscientist.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Public health policy changed after Dr John Snow realised that cholera was water-borne. We all now take it for granted that our tap water won't kill us. But why are we still prepared to breathe air containing pathogens?
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We have a responsibility to ensure those most clinically vulnerable in society aren't unnecessarily exposed to infection.
Whether NHS IPC will admit their mistakes or not, aerosol transmission IS inherent for SARS2 and other diseases.
Please sign 👇
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Whether NHS IPC will admit their mistakes or not, aerosol transmission IS inherent for SARS2 and other diseases.
Please sign 👇
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings
We want the Government to set new rules on air quality and infection control in health and social care settings, to prevent and control airborne infections, with new ventilation and filtration require...
petition.parliament.uk
April 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We have a responsibility to ensure those most clinically vulnerable in society aren't unnecessarily exposed to infection.
Whether NHS IPC will admit their mistakes or not, aerosol transmission IS inherent for SARS2 and other diseases.
Please sign 👇
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Whether NHS IPC will admit their mistakes or not, aerosol transmission IS inherent for SARS2 and other diseases.
Please sign 👇
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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👇 This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like 👇
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social with a powerful talk on broligarchy & authoritarianism.
Can't even pick a quote, because every other sentence is worth a quotation.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social with a powerful talk on broligarchy & authoritarianism.
Can't even pick a quote, because every other sentence is worth a quotation.
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
👇 This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like 👇
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social with a powerful talk on broligarchy & authoritarianism.
Can't even pick a quote, because every other sentence is worth a quotation.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social with a powerful talk on broligarchy & authoritarianism.
Can't even pick a quote, because every other sentence is worth a quotation.
youtube.com/watch?v=uYAd...
This inspirational speech on the Rule of Law by Richard Hermer, Attorney-General, offers a glimmer of hope when we need it most.
This inspirational speech on the Rule of Law by Richard Hermer, Attorney-General, offers a glimmer of hope when we need it most.
Bingham Lecture 2024 : The Rule of Law in an Age of Populism
YouTube video by Bingham Centre
youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=uYAd...
This inspirational speech on the Rule of Law by Richard Hermer, Attorney-General, offers a glimmer of hope when we need it most.
This inspirational speech on the Rule of Law by Richard Hermer, Attorney-General, offers a glimmer of hope when we need it most.
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty"
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism.
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism.
March 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty"
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism.
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism.
So true!
Why sofas in pubs need to be banned
theneuroscienceofeve...
Had a busy and distracting week, so it's made me go all totalitarian about a personal bugbear.
This is absolutely a hill I will die on, make no mistake about that.
#Pubs #Socialising #Psychology #Sofas
theneuroscienceofeve...
Had a busy and distracting week, so it's made me go all totalitarian about a personal bugbear.
This is absolutely a hill I will die on, make no mistake about that.
#Pubs #Socialising #Psychology #Sofas
March 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
So true!
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"Why did the UK leave it so late?
Five years down the line, many people, particularly those who became unwell or who lost relatives in the first wave, still have questions about the timing of the decision."
My latest substack.
open.substack.com/pu...
Five years down the line, many people, particularly those who became unwell or who lost relatives in the first wave, still have questions about the timing of the decision."
My latest substack.
open.substack.com/pu...
March 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"Why did the UK leave it so late?
Five years down the line, many people, particularly those who became unwell or who lost relatives in the first wave, still have questions about the timing of the decision."
My latest substack.
open.substack.com/pu...
Five years down the line, many people, particularly those who became unwell or who lost relatives in the first wave, still have questions about the timing of the decision."
My latest substack.
open.substack.com/pu...
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Boris Johnson’s million-pound Daily Mail gig continues to be farcical. A recent column, confidently praising Trump’s Ukraine stance, was swiftly pulled after Trump and JD Vance launched a scathing attack on Zelensky.
Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/news
Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/news
Private Eye | Boris Johnson
: Boris spiked
THE Daily Mail's star signing Boris Johnson continues to earn every penny of his million-pound fee.
www.private-eye.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Boris Johnson’s million-pound Daily Mail gig continues to be farcical. A recent column, confidently praising Trump’s Ukraine stance, was swiftly pulled after Trump and JD Vance launched a scathing attack on Zelensky.
Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/news
Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/news
Glad to see the BBC has since back tracked on its deeply biased headline.
March 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Glad to see the BBC has since back tracked on its deeply biased headline.
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NEW: Former BBC Scotland editor Sarah Smith has been criticised for her saying Volodymyr Zelenskyy will need to 'eat a pretty hefty portion of humble pie' after enraging' Donald Trump
Sarah Smith criticised over 'humble pie' Zelenskyy comments following Trump clash
FORMER BBC Scotland editor Sarah Smith has been criticised for her saying Volodymyr Zelenskyy will need to “eat a pretty hefty portion of humble…
www.thenational.scot
March 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW: Former BBC Scotland editor Sarah Smith has been criticised for her saying Volodymyr Zelenskyy will need to 'eat a pretty hefty portion of humble pie' after enraging' Donald Trump
Curiosity and skepticism are more important than ever. But this critter sure looks cute!
February 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Curiosity and skepticism are more important than ever. But this critter sure looks cute!
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Thanks to the more than *1100* members of the scientific community who have signed the letter to insist that the Royal Society remains true to values that we all hold dear but that Musk FRS has ridden roughshod over.
Please keep signing & sharing.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please keep signing & sharing.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values
If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...
docs.google.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Thanks to the more than *1100* members of the scientific community who have signed the letter to insist that the Royal Society remains true to values that we all hold dear but that Musk FRS has ridden roughshod over.
Please keep signing & sharing.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please keep signing & sharing.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Let's celebrate #DarwinDay by reminding ourselves that everyone has moments when they feel worse for wear.
Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell in 1861:
"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything."
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-L...
So, hang in there, #academicsky!
🧪
Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell in 1861:
"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything."
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-L...
So, hang in there, #academicsky!
🧪
February 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Let's celebrate #DarwinDay by reminding ourselves that everyone has moments when they feel worse for wear.
Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell in 1861:
"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything."
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-L...
So, hang in there, #academicsky!
🧪
Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell in 1861:
"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything."
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-L...
So, hang in there, #academicsky!
🧪
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If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
NO Nigel Farage - the vaccine rollout was not helped by Brexit
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
February 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
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⚠️ BREAKING NEWS: Leaked Docs Confirm Labour Party Infiltrated By Conservative Party.
👇🏻 Please like and share this latest #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/K5z37gjAx8Q?...
👇🏻 Please like and share this latest #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/K5z37gjAx8Q?...
Labour "Taken Over" By Tories - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
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January 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
⚠️ BREAKING NEWS: Leaked Docs Confirm Labour Party Infiltrated By Conservative Party.
👇🏻 Please like and share this latest #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/K5z37gjAx8Q?...
👇🏻 Please like and share this latest #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/K5z37gjAx8Q?...
I thought we'd hit rock bottom with the recommendation to inject bleach to cure covid, but this...
The President of the United States of America...
Talking about helicopters.
Talking about helicopters.
January 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I thought we'd hit rock bottom with the recommendation to inject bleach to cure covid, but this...