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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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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 5h
Can recommend...I'm half way through Simon's memoir and it's a great read as well as a reminder of his long career of taking the fight to harmful industries
simonchapman.bsky.social Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 11d
8 of my books including new 50yr career memoir open access here simonchapman6.com/books/ 262,300 accessed by 17 Jan '26. #TobaccoControl #GunControl #Windfarms #Advocacy #PublicHealth #Scepticism #PublicHealthHeresies & much more.

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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · 1d
📢 New report

Alcohol marketing restrictions were meant to be in England’s 10 Year Health Plan.

Then they disappeared.

Our new report uses FOIs to show how alcohol industry lobbying targeted ministers and pressured government departments to kill the policy.

www.ias.org.uk/report/now-y...
Now you see it, now you don’t - Institute of Alcohol Studies
Now you see it, now you don’t: How alcohol industry interference made marketing restrictions disappear from the 10 Year Health Plan in England In July 2025, the UK Government published its 10 Year Hea...
www.ias.org.uk

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 1d
Me in 1983 on BBC TV on the civil disobedience graffiti movement BUGA UP www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVM7.... My new 425p 50yr memoir looks at highlights across tobacco & gun control, defending windfarms, some heretical critiques of unethical policies +much more ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/ha...
BUGA UP in Australia
YouTube video by Simon Chapman
www.youtube.com

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UCSF Industry Documents Library @ucsf-industrydocs.bsky.social · 3d
Could You Be the 2026 UCSF Library Artist in Residence?

UCSF Library Archives & Special Collections and Makers Lab are accepting proposals for the 7th annual UCSF Library Artist in Residence program. The 2026 residency will begin July 1st. #libraries #archives
www.library.ucsf.edu/news/could-y...
Could You Be the 2026 UCSF Library Artist in Residence? - UCSF Library
The UCSF Library is accepting applications for the 2026 UCSF Library Artist in Residence through March 25, 2026.
www.library.ucsf.edu

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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · 9d
A lovely tribute from Steve Parker.

When a tree in his yard died, Parker cut slices from the trunk that he then carved like vinyl. The oak records play bird song.

www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/stev...
an installation view of Steve Parker's tree record sculptures a tree ring sculpture by Steve Parker that features grooves cut into the surface like a vinyl record

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 10d
Great paper; similarities w other industries
"..half of research published in top journals has disclosable ties to industry...These trends do not arise from broad scientific engagement with industry, but rather from a select group of scientists who maintain long-lasting relationships with industry"

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 11d
Ever wonder what proportion of high profile social media research is tied to the tech industry?

New from me, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social and @carlbergstrom.com.

Thread tomorrow.

arxiv.org/abs/2601.11507
Industry Influence in High-Profile Social Media Research
To what extent is social media research independent from industry influence? Leveraging openly available data, we show that half of the research published in top journals has disclosable ties to indus...
arxiv.org

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 11d
8 of my books including new 50yr career memoir open access here simonchapman6.com/books/ 262,300 accessed by 17 Jan '26. #TobaccoControl #GunControl #Windfarms #Advocacy #PublicHealth #Scepticism #PublicHealthHeresies & much more.

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Alcohol Review @alcoholreview.bsky.social · 15d
"...as with e-cigarettes and reformulated foods, we should not take market-led solutions to public health problems at face value," write a group of prominent alcohol harm researchers in the BMJ.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
How should public health respond to rise of alcohol-free and low alcohol drinks?
John Holmes and colleagues argue for a precautionary approach that is guided by public health interests and considers both risks and benefits Sales of alcohol-free and low alcohol (nolo) drinks have ...
www.bmj.com

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Hannah @policyhannah.bsky.social · 16d
Wow, The Telegraph and Farage are really coming out to bat for... drink-driving 😶

I'd argue that, if your business model relies on people driving tipsy around country roads... it's not a good model.

archive.ph/uVJdY
2. Abandoning drink-drive law reforms. Labour's plan to reduce the drink-drive limit to 50mg of blood alcohol content risks being a "death knell" for rural pubs, according to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and others. Lowering the limit from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood risks making a single pint after work legally perilous, cutting off rural pubs that do not have reliable public transport or taxi services. The move would bring England and Wales in line with Scotland, where the limit was reduced to 50mg in 2014 in an attempt to reduce road deaths. However, after an initial fall, road deaths in Scotland have risen in the past four years, and were up 24% in 2024, according to HP Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland. A consultation is now under way, and while all signs point to the Government lowering the limit, resisting the urge to reduce it to as low as Scotland could offer a lifeline to rural pubs.

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The George Institute for Global Health @georgeinstitute.bsky.social · 17d
🚨Our new research has found that 1 in 5 alcohol products in Australia still lack mandatory pregnancy warning labels.

Despite the Aug 2023 deadline, thousands remain unlabelled.

Experts warn that alcohol at any stage of pregnancy can cause lifelong harm: bit.ly/4qeUGIR
Mums who drank during pregnancy call for universal alcohol warnings
New research shows thousands of alcohol products remain on Australian shelves without mandated pregnancy warning labels.
bit.ly

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Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 17d
We need more of this kind of work
The socioeconomic patterning of Great Britain's fast-food outlets and ... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The socioeconomic patterning of Great Britain's fast-food outlets and supermarkets: A repeated cross-sectional study of area-level deprivation and food outlet density from 2011 to 2024
Although previous research has demonstrated socioeconomic differences in the distribution of food outlets, no study to date has examined these pattern…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 18d
Duran
Talk
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Tyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social · 20d
Awesome article with tantalizing details about the Tom Verlaine archives. Includes a snippet of a solo acoustic "Marquee Moon" demo from 1974! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
Tom Verlaine Was a Mystery. His Archives Reveal More of His Story.
www.nytimes.com

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 24d
25 years after Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser returns...

@theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...

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Alcohol Review @alcoholreview.bsky.social · 24d
"We are much better informed today about the risks, and the message that any alcohol consumption carries a health risk is really starting to get through," says Mickael Naassila, the organiser of France's alcohol-free January initiative.
www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...
Dry January: cultural shift around alcohol, but political resistance remains
"Dry January", an initiative to encourage people to stop drinking during the month after the holidays, has had trouble picking up steam in France, where winemakers hold political and economic clout.…
www.rfi.fr

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Prof Amelia Lake @lakenutrition.bsky.social · 24d
Listen to @emmaboyland.bsky.social talk about the new junk food bans on #BBC today - listen at 1hr 52 into the programme.
Also on with Emma was Jonathon Bone from @nestauk.bsky.social
Brilliant discussion around the limitations as well as benefits.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Today - 05/01/2026 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 27d
Rare, and welcome positive messages in Nason's piece...I look forward too to more MPH podcasts in 2026
spidermaani.bsky.social Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 27d
I published a slightly different piece on Money Power Health to close out 2025. I called it “2025 in review: A Gangster’s Paradise”, an attempt to name a world where raw power is increasingly visible and rewarded, harm is externalised, and moral ambition worn down. open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...
2025 in review: A Gangsters Paradise
Some personal reflections and a note of hope
open.substack.com

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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 27d
I published a slightly different piece on Money Power Health to close out 2025. I called it “2025 in review: A Gangster’s Paradise”, an attempt to name a world where raw power is increasingly visible and rewarded, harm is externalised, and moral ambition worn down. open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...
2025 in review: A Gangsters Paradise
Some personal reflections and a note of hope
open.substack.com

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Riff Gaffer @riff.is.djing.fyi · 29d
there's nobody alive left in this version
We Didn't Start the Fire (Bardcore | Medieval/Renaissance Style Cover)
YouTube video by Hildegard von Blingin'
www.youtube.com

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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · Dec 30
VicHealth Is a Health Promotion Exemplar: Evidence Demands Bolstering Investment (Not Eroding It)

James Smith, Rob Moodie, Carmel Williams, Glen Ramos, Katherine Trebeck, Caterina Giorgi, Melinda Edmunds, Gemma Crawford

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
VicHealth Is a Health Promotion Exemplar: Evidence Demands Bolstering Investment (Not Eroding It)
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · Dec 30
They knew: Declassified files prove Stormont understood Lough Neagh’s pollution decades ago – but then made it worse. Stormont explicitly knew that intensive agriculture was killing our waterways, but then used public money to encourage more factory farms.
They knew: Declassified files prove Stormont understood Lough Neagh’s pollution decades ago – but then made it worse
Stormont officials knew about the chronic pollution of Lough Neagh decades ago - and also knew that it largely stemmed from intensive agriculture, declassified files prove.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Kate Ardern@KateAlvanley @ardernkate.bsky.social · Dec 30
Many very well deserved congratulations to my friends & colleagues @felly500.bsky.social OBE & Alice Wiseman MBE in the #NewYearsHonours @adphuk.bsky.social plus work of social care colleagues recognised & @bevcraig.bsky.social OBE 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Dec 30
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.

Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.

They admitted it.

slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
For more stories like this, like Slate on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
slate.com

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Dec 28
Analysis of BBC Question Time concludes “The findings reflect growing concerns about the role of sources on televised panels for broadcasters globally and a media agenda led by the radical right that is shaping the nature of political debate”
eicathomefinn.bsky.social Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Dec 28
'This approach raises concerns about an over-reliance on journalists and pundits from right-wing media, especially those who are regular contributors to the political magazine The Spectator.' 2/2

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · Dec 26
Make a Bond movie academic (UK version...)

Diamonds Are For-REF-er

REF and Let Die

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Dec 19
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects' Christmas, above.
www.openculture.com

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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · Dec 19
Moving beyond individual choice: why public health language matters – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/moving-beyon...
By Mark Robinson, Mark Chenery and James Smith
Moving beyond individual choice: why public health language matters
Introduction by Croakey: As we head into the season for New Year's resolutions, we will begin to see advertising, media
www.croakey.org

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Clearyb @clearyb.bsky.social · Dec 17
#OTD in 1890 Bram Stoker published Gibbet Hill in a Christmas supplement of the Daily Express (Dublin). This long-lost story is published by the Rotunda Foundation in aid of the Charlotte Stoker Fund, supporting research on preventable hearing loss in newborns. This fund is already making an impact
Shot of masthead of Daily Express Wednesday Dec 17, 1890 Gibbet Hill [All Rights Reserved] by Bram Stoker is underneath. Shot of advert from Daily Express Jan 1, 1891 Gibbet Hill by Bram Stoker is among a list of specially commissioned articles. . OUR SUPPLEMENT. WITE the Danx Expans of the 176h was issued a Supplement of eight pages, making a paper of 112 columns for one penny. Copies can bejhad at this office and at all newsagents. Every article was specially written for this num-ber, and amongst them will be found the following:— A STEP IN ASTRONOMY, BY SIE ROBERT BALL. A VISIT TO IONA, BY M. C. F. DERMOT BYRNE, BY PROFESSOB G. F. ARM- STRONG. WATCHWORDS OF CRITICISM, BY PRo- FESSOR TYRRELL. GEORGE MEREDITH, By PROPESSOR DOWDEN. EARLY LETTERS OF CHARLES LEVER (Now for the first time published), By W. J. FITZPATRICK. THE SLIM MAN, BY TEE REY CANON CAR-AN IRISH SAGA. BY STANDISI O'GRADY. GIBBETT HILL, BY BRAM STOKER. HOW TO READ A NEWSPAPER. B G. F. SHAW, S.E.T.G.D. THE OLD ROUTE TO HOLYHEAD. BY CHARLES MILLS. CUTCHERLY YARNS. BY E. S. RoBERTSON.

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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · Dec 14
Repurposes his compressed air bolt gun, for blowing up kids party balloons