Matthias Eberl
@eberlmat.bsky.social
Professor of Translational Immunology • Infection & Immunity • Public Involvement and Engagement • Scientist and migrant • Superbugs
Pinned
Matthias Eberl
@eberlmat.bsky.social
· Dec 29
"And the best thing about the polio vaccine is that it even protects people who don't believe in it."
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
A reminder that going through a checklist of questions and letting politicians deliver soundbites and spew nonsense unchallenged is not an interview, it's a stage.
a man in a red shirt is sitting at a desk with a dell laptop and the word journalism written on it
ALT: a man in a red shirt is sitting at a desk with a dell laptop and the word journalism written on it
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A reminder that going through a checklist of questions and letting politicians deliver soundbites and spew nonsense unchallenged is not an interview, it's a stage.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
A reminder that going through a checklist of questions and letting politicians deliver soundbites and spew nonsense unchallenged is not an interview, it's a stage.
a man in a red shirt is sitting at a desk with a dell laptop and the word journalism written on it
ALT: a man in a red shirt is sitting at a desk with a dell laptop and the word journalism written on it
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A reminder that going through a checklist of questions and letting politicians deliver soundbites and spew nonsense unchallenged is not an interview, it's a stage.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
The polar opposite of a magnet is a minuet, not everybody knows that.
Magnetism was the historical period dominated by Charle Magne, not everybody knows that.
Magnets are made in Magnesia, not everybody knows that.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The polar opposite of a magnet is a minuet, not everybody knows that.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
Magnetism was the historical period dominated by Charle Magne, not everybody knows that.
Magnets are made in Magnesia, not everybody knows that.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Magnetism was the historical period dominated by Charle Magne, not everybody knows that.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
Magnetism was the historical period dominated by Charle Magne, not everybody knows that.
Magnets are made in Magnesia, not everybody knows that.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Magnetism was the historical period dominated by Charle Magne, not everybody knows that.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
In the meantime maybe the UK government could abandon their presence on social media platforms that are run by people who call for 'the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die' and claim that 'civil war is inevitable'.
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
In the meantime maybe the UK government could abandon their presence on social media platforms that are run by people who call for 'the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die' and claim that 'civil war is inevitable'.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
Most of the print media is owned billionaires, who have used their papers to distract people from the real causes of social problems by instead focusing public anger towards immigrants and minorities.
Now the billionaire owners of social media giants are doing a similar thing with their algorithms.
Now the billionaire owners of social media giants are doing a similar thing with their algorithms.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Most of the print media is owned billionaires, who have used their papers to distract people from the real causes of social problems by instead focusing public anger towards immigrants and minorities.
Now the billionaire owners of social media giants are doing a similar thing with their algorithms.
Now the billionaire owners of social media giants are doing a similar thing with their algorithms.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
Wait, what?
Looking forward to seeing what a "similar, balancing programme" looks like next time the BBC covers WW2, the monarchy and the wonders of the solar system.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Looking forward to seeing what a "similar, balancing programme" looks like next time the BBC covers WW2, the monarchy and the wonders of the solar system.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wait, what?
Looking forward to seeing what a "similar, balancing programme" looks like next time the BBC covers WW2, the monarchy and the wonders of the solar system.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Looking forward to seeing what a "similar, balancing programme" looks like next time the BBC covers WW2, the monarchy and the wonders of the solar system.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In the meantime maybe the UK government could abandon their presence on social media platforms that are run by people who call for 'the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die' and claim that 'civil war is inevitable'.
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
In the meantime maybe the UK government could abandon their presence on social media platforms that are run by people who call for 'the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die' and claim that 'civil war is inevitable'.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
"Paracetamol is the safest medication to use in pregnancy, and has been used by the majority of pregnant women globally for several decades without any impact on autism and ADHD."
No link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, review finds
Wide-ranging review finds no convincing connection after Trump said women should ‘fight like hell’ to avoid painkiller
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
"Paracetamol is the safest medication to use in pregnancy, and has been used by the majority of pregnant women globally for several decades without any impact on autism and ADHD."
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
1
CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
6
HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
8
CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
9
CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
10
HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
11
HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
"Paracetamol is the safest medication to use in pregnancy, and has been used by the majority of pregnant women globally for several decades without any impact on autism and ADHD."
No link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, review finds
Wide-ranging review finds no convincing connection after Trump said women should ‘fight like hell’ to avoid painkiller
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
"Paracetamol is the safest medication to use in pregnancy, and has been used by the majority of pregnant women globally for several decades without any impact on autism and ADHD."
Wait, what?
Looking forward to seeing what a "similar, balancing programme" looks like next time the BBC covers WW2, the monarchy and the wonders of the solar system.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Looking forward to seeing what a "similar, balancing programme" looks like next time the BBC covers WW2, the monarchy and the wonders of the solar system.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wait, what?
Looking forward to seeing what a "similar, balancing programme" looks like next time the BBC covers WW2, the monarchy and the wonders of the solar system.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Looking forward to seeing what a "similar, balancing programme" looks like next time the BBC covers WW2, the monarchy and the wonders of the solar system.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Matthias Eberl
Update on the reaction by UK politicians and the media to Elon Musk's call for 'the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die' and his claim that 'civil war is inevitable'.
a dirt road going through a desert with a mountain in the background
ALT: a dirt road going through a desert with a mountain in the background
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Update on the reaction by UK politicians and the media to Elon Musk's call for 'the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die' and his claim that 'civil war is inevitable'.
Update on the reaction by UK politicians and the media to Elon Musk's call for 'the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die' and his claim that 'civil war is inevitable'.
a dirt road going through a desert with a mountain in the background
ALT: a dirt road going through a desert with a mountain in the background
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Update on the reaction by UK politicians and the media to Elon Musk's call for 'the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die' and his claim that 'civil war is inevitable'.