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Neil Chadborn
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Researcher at University of Nottingham & NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands.
Interested in dementia, inequalities & digital
ORCID: 0000-0003-1368-7983
#publichealthsky #gerontology
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£240m. With no tender. Palantir.

I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.

Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.

Palantir out.
Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.

Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’

I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
February 10, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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A disabled student has claimed he should have been given more support after tight deadlines around his PhD submission led to him unintentionally overstaying his visa. Patrick Jack reports #EduSky #visas #PhDs
https://ow.ly/gFS050Yc6FB
‘Constant’ visa worries hampered student’s PhD submission
Sociologist accuses LSE of lack of support after tight thesis deadlines contributed to him overstaying visa, potentially jeopardising future in UK
ow.ly
February 10, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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Trumpian levels of dishonesty & distraction by Streeting.

Trying to divert attention away from the fact that, as Health Secretary, he gave our health data to dodgy US spy firm Palentir…

…which was represented by *Peter Mandelson’s* lobbying company.

Receipts: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
February 10, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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For anyone playing along at home my MSCA was declared ineligible because apparently I have been living in Greece, which is news to be (and frankly I would have liked very much).

So that’s the perfect end to my failed academic career.
February 9, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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Plenty of press coverage tonight for one of the most important papers I’ve been involved with… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AI chatbots give inaccurate medical advice says Oxford Uni study
It found people using AI for health reasons found it hard to identify what advice they should trust.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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Peter Sagar explores the realities of life in Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses and corruption following the takeover of Newcastle United by a Saudi Investment Fund | Peter Sagar
Life in Saudi Arabia: Part 28 January 2026
Peter Sagar explores the realities of life in Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses and corruption following the takeover of Newcastle United by a Saudi Investment Fund
northeastbylines.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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I am so glad people are catching on to this. No, a surveillance state isn't about finding your cute lost puppy. No one is building camera networks for that. Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos and the rest of the broligarchs are shooting their shot at a corporate techno state. www.ms.now/opinion/ring...
Opinion | Ring is using lost dogs to make the surveillance state adorable
The same technology the Amazon-owned company uses to find lost dogs could easily be turned against their owners.
www.ms.now
February 10, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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#ProjectAcorn update

Windowsill acorns send up a shoot
Outdoor ones still nothing visible
Fridge ones slowly developing roots
February 10, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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Children need their families. Refugee children are no different.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees
Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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As well as releasing our Catalogue of open research practices in AHSS (catalogue.morphss.work), the MORPHSS project has just published our first major report:

*Openness in the arts, humanities and social sciences: Documenting open research practices beyond STEM*
Openness in the arts, humanities and social sciences: Documenting open research practices beyond STEM (A MORPHSS Project Report)
Conceptual frameworks of 'Open Science' and their implementation by funders, journals, institutions and other organisations have been criticised on the grounds that they are tailored primarily to quan...
doi.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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Big news! @bma.org.uk now advising doctors not to engage with Palantir's NHS data platform! They say there must be a "complete break from Palantir technologies in the NHS", due to the company's track record, e.g. with ICE, and the risk to patient trust. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
February 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit

Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Short thread on our new paper. We use face mask efficacy research as a “stress test” for systematic review methods. We analysed 66 systematic reviews of face mask efficacy; they reached widely different conclusions (~half said they work, half said that evidence of efficacy was lacking). 1/
February 8, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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Abolish the Home Office
The Home Office now describes asylum seekers as "illegal immigrants [living in hotels]" with no reference to the reason that these people are in government-funded accommodation is that this government has taken & will process the asylum claim from them in 98-99% of cases of unauthorised entry.
February 8, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Absolutely shocking.
And the world just watches and does nothing.
February 8, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Please share! I am looking for participants with #dementia who have had an unplanned #hospitaladmission in the last 6 months to take part in an interview study. Thank you!

Please email Leanne.Hague@liverpool.ac.uk if you would like to take part

#DementiaCare #DementiaResearch
February 8, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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Today's quick update [Feb 7]:

- RSF drone strike on Alrahad Abu Dakna, North Kordofan (red); 1 child reported killed and 2 others injured.

- Clashes between SAF and RSF in Alsilik, Blue Nile State (blue).

#KeepEyesOnSudan
February 8, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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I've always considered the term "homeless" as disingenuous.

A home is a concept and can be anything.

These people aren't homeless, they're houseless.

What they need is a house.

And if you give them a house, their lives stabilise AND it's cheaper than just accepting houslessness.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
February 8, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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Yup, ICE are using medical data in the US.

Not even Labour can be trusted (especially Mahmood). People need to stop thinking the government is on their side
February 8, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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Concentration camps:

“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM