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Hannah
@policyhannah.bsky.social
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Policy, research, and public affairs in population health.

Passionate about social, economic, health, and disability justice.

💚 Socialist 🌹 trade unionist ✊ metalhead 🤘 (she/her)
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greenparty.org.uk
Something the Government want you to forget...
February 19, 2026 at 6:25 PM
policyhannah.bsky.social
After some unwelcome visitors on Wednesday night, Warwick has already managed to remove all the flags from its lamp posts 👏
February 20, 2026 at 11:45 AM
policyhannah.bsky.social
Lauren Hart's vocals are sounding like a good fit for Arch Enemy. Buzzing for some new music 🤘 #MetalSky

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ARCH ENEMY - To The Last Breath (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Arch Enemy
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February 20, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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thomasgermain.bsky.social
I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point.

I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion

People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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bma.org.uk
On Saturday 28 March we’re encouraging our members to join the Together Alliance march in central London.

The Together Alliance is a coalition of civil society organisations representing more than seven million people, standing together against division and racism.
bma-mail.org.uk/p/7IPW-BKF/t...
February 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
policyhannah.bsky.social
New Gaerea single is beaut 🖤❄️ #MetalSky

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GAEREA - Nomad (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Century Media Records
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February 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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chairmanmoet.bsky.social
Imagine being one of Reform's 8 MPs and not being invited into a cabinet that lacks a health, defence or foreign affairs shadow
jaheale.bsky.social James Heale @jaheale.bsky.social · 3d
Reform’s new shadow cabinet team:

Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
February 17, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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goodlawproject.org
Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.
Orbán’s pay cheques: Reform candidate fuelled by profits from Russian oil
The Reform candidate at this month’s byelection claims he wants to put Britain first, but is he still on the payroll of Viktor Orbán’s far-right propaganda unit?
goodlaw.social
February 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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danweir.bsky.social
Oh absolutely not, nope, nope. No.
lukaszolejnik.bsky.social Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 6d
Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
February 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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alexvont.bsky.social
A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
Who should have the MMR vaccine The MMR vaccine is recommended for adults and children born on or before 31 December 2019 who did not have the MMR vaccine when they were younger. It's especially important to make sure you're vaccinated if: you're a child, teenager or young adult you could become pregnant you're travelling to, or living in, a country where there is a higher risk of getting measles, mumps or rubella you're a healthcare worker you were born between 1970 and 1990 (as you may not have been vaccinated against all 3 infections) Your GP surgery should be able to tell you which vaccinations you've already had. If you were born before 1970 and have not had measles, mumps or rubella (german measles) or the vaccines that protect against these diseases, you can ask your GP surgery for the MMR vaccine.
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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snellarthur.bsky.social
“Penalise” those women who don’t have enough babies. FFS
bladeofthes.bsky.social BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4d
As a woman would you really vote for this, Reform commanding Women what to do with their own bodies.
February 16, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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jonathanstegall.bsky.social
Five years ago @ashoncrawley.bsky.social posted a thing about care that feels really timely again. www.facebook.com/ashon/posts/...
a facebook post from Ashon Crawley on February 13, 2021. It reads: i am sympathetic to folks that say *the* reason why the black panther party of self defense was a threat was because of the breakfast program. i am also sympathetic to the folks that say that is too reductive, that they were more than a breakfast progrum.* i think it’s in the middle: the BPP was a threat because they practiced care. and care showed up *as* a breakfast program, yes, but also as health clinics, as armed defense, as reading groups. care work as political organizing. care as the grounds for its emergence. care. one reason i’ve focused on care in my own work for years now is because black feminist thought informs my own, and black queer critique. and because care is often considered the antithesis of “serious things” and i’m just fundamentally against this. if care is soft or frilly or whatever, we need to have a preferential option for softness. care is something white supremacist capitalist patriarchy cannot give nor withhold, even when it tries to privatize care as an industry that is primarily about making money and exploiting workers. care is not private property, it only exists when it is shared. care is the antithesis and alternative to white supremacy, to riff on cedric robinson, because it must be. but it is so much more. it exceeds the logic of reactive response to practices of violence. it precedes the violence and political economy of extraction and exploitation. care, even if soft, ain’t easy. it takes courage. and conviction. and clarity. (i’m a former preacher, so the alliteration is a throwback lol.) you only have care when you share it. and sharing it is difficult precisely because the political economy of racial capitalism wants us to privatize and hoard what we consider it to be. care. let it flower and bloom. selah. 🌸💕
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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sexabolition.blog
We're told all the time there's no fucking magic money tree to invest in public spending and yet these pricks are throwing away money hand over fist on actively making everything worse, hurting free speech, expanding genocide, fucking our healthcare and privacy.
February 13, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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carolinelucas.bsky.social
BREAKING⚡️The High Court has just ruled that the government's draconian ban of Palestine Action was unlawful. This is a massive blow to the Home Office’s authoritarian approach. They need to stop criminalising people protesting a genocide and start ending the UK's complicity
February 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
Wow!

Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.

This is a *big* legal win.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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policyhannah.bsky.social
The Government consultation on 'earned settlement' closes at midnight tonight. It takes ~10 minutes to respond to.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

@praxisprojects.bsky.social have a useful resource to help respond to the consultation 👇

www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
Consultation — Praxis for Migrants and Refugees
www.praxis.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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katedes.bsky.social
Do please respond to this consultation and push back on the government's sickening proposals to fuck up the security of our colleagues, neighbours carers and friends. Closes tonight. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
February 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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polphilpod.bsky.social
pure elite capture - the uk just folded to a hardline anti-trans campaign pushed by a tiny number of people

www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
policyhannah.bsky.social
The Government consultation on 'earned settlement' closes at midnight tonight. It takes ~10 minutes to respond to.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

@praxisprojects.bsky.social have a useful resource to help respond to the consultation 👇

www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
Consultation — Praxis for Migrants and Refugees
www.praxis.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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bma.org.uk
In the UK, around 56% of daily energy intake now comes from ultra processed foods.

This is just one of many worrying statistics from our new report on poor diets, and its health impacts. Read more about the report, and our recommendations for change:
www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
Crucial action is needed to improve our food environment
Government must progress and expand policies to address poor diet and access to healthy food in this country, writes David Strain
www.bma.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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lisastampnitzky.bsky.social
I just completed this consultation. I’m disgusted at the extreme and punitive changes being proposed and I am also incensed at the grossly punitive and divisive way the consultation itself is structured /-/ questions focus either on how much should we further punish migrants,
ncecire.bsky.social Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 29d
The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
Guidance for responding to 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement' consultation
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
policyhannah.bsky.social
The Government consolation on 'Earned Settlement' closes tonight at midnight.

If you have 10 minutes, I'd encourage you to fill it out and challenge plans which would make settlement harder for people, undermine integration, and punish refugees 👇

www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
February 11, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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amnestyuk.bsky.social
Wes Streeting is right… Israel is committing war crimes against Palestinians.

What is damning is that @wesstreeting-mp.bsky.social is part of a government that has continued business as usual with Israel despite its war crimes and genocide in Gaza.
Wes Streeting is right...
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
policyhannah.bsky.social
This tweet reads exactly like a teenage girl's 2009 Facebook post 💀
adamrutherford.bsky.social Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 12d
Breaking news: man who could end world hunger and make serious roads into contesting climate change but instead chooses to make porn-AI accessible and cheerlead for fascists can’t work out why he’s not happy. 🧐
Elon Musk having a big public crywank
February 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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owenjones.bsky.social
Wes Streeting has admitted that Israel is committing war crimes.

In doing so, he has admitted that his government has broken the law.

The government is legally obliged not to sell combat aircraft components to states committing war crimes.
Wes Streeting privately said Israel committing war crimes, backed sanctions on 'rogue state'
The British health secretary privately admitted last year that the Israeli government 'talks the language of ethnic cleansing'
www.middleeasteye.net
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM