Michael Chen-Xu
@mchenxu.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Cambridge & SpR in Rheumatology/G(I)M丨🥝 in 🇬🇧丨Interests in immunology, health equity, epi丨All views my own | retweets ≠ endorsement
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New post just out:
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
On the edge
My week in the NHS
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
New post just out:
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
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This is such a good corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "working-age welfare spending is exploding/out-of-control" narrative that more & more people seem to see as an incontrovertible fact www.ft.com/content/ee67...
October 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is such a good corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "working-age welfare spending is exploding/out-of-control" narrative that more & more people seem to see as an incontrovertible fact www.ft.com/content/ee67...
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The haters and losers hope everyone has a great weekend.
May 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters and losers hope everyone has a great weekend.
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I've done a U-Turn. Think this argument is persuasive on why Donald Trump should not have a state visit.
April 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I've done a U-Turn. Think this argument is persuasive on why Donald Trump should not have a state visit.
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Trump’s expulsions are jaw-droppingly cruel. But they’re part of an American tradition | Steven Hahn
Trump’s expulsions are jaw-droppingly cruel. But they’re part of an American tradition | Steven Hahn
Since colonial times, self-designated ‘communities’ have used expulsions to address supposed threats. It helps to explain how easy it has been for Trump to win support
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Trump’s expulsions are jaw-droppingly cruel. But they’re part of an American tradition | Steven Hahn
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There are only two options here: either Trump is the worst negotiator on earth who tanked the US economy or he played everyone in a pump and dump scheme while tanking the US economy. Now he has given himself 90 days to manipulate the markets again.
April 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
There are only two options here: either Trump is the worst negotiator on earth who tanked the US economy or he played everyone in a pump and dump scheme while tanking the US economy. Now he has given himself 90 days to manipulate the markets again.
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Americans were told reciprocal tariffs would be simple. But where did those numbers come from? Read FT Alphaville’s take on the method to the Trump administration’s madness: www.ft.com/content/e025...
April 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Americans were told reciprocal tariffs would be simple. But where did those numbers come from? Read FT Alphaville’s take on the method to the Trump administration’s madness: www.ft.com/content/e025...
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No one has more fun in financial journalism than us at @alphaville.ft.com. No one. on.ft.com/4iNNMXi
Just some slides from today’s BoA fund manager survey
Interposed with photos of Donald Trump playing golf
on.ft.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No one has more fun in financial journalism than us at @alphaville.ft.com. No one. on.ft.com/4iNNMXi
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Very useful explainer.
There are so many reasons university endowments can't make up for the dramatic cuts the Trump administration has planned for science.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
No, University Endowments Can’t Replace Federal Science Funding
How Endowments Actually Work
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Very useful explainer.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A dramatic sky over Coldham’s Common, Cambridge
December 15, 2024 at 4:19 PM
A dramatic sky over Coldham’s Common, Cambridge