Simon Collins
@simon28c.bsky.social
I am an academic Librarian in HE. Enjoy all things nature, including ornithology and walking.
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Breaking down some of the anti Vax stuff going at the CDC *before* this week's ACIP meeting on childhood vaccines.
Notably their "finding" on COVID vaccines and children and a recent appointment...
youtube.com/shorts/AR97l...
Notably their "finding" on COVID vaccines and children and a recent appointment...
youtube.com/shorts/AR97l...
Why the FDA memo on COVID vaccine risk is nothing to worry about
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Breaking down some of the anti Vax stuff going at the CDC *before* this week's ACIP meeting on childhood vaccines.
Notably their "finding" on COVID vaccines and children and a recent appointment...
youtube.com/shorts/AR97l...
Notably their "finding" on COVID vaccines and children and a recent appointment...
youtube.com/shorts/AR97l...
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Everyone in this country is descended from immigrants.
Every single last one of us.
And many, like Mr Farage, will have very recent migrant ancestors indeed and not even know about it.
Every single last one of us.
And many, like Mr Farage, will have very recent migrant ancestors indeed and not even know about it.
September 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Everyone in this country is descended from immigrants.
Every single last one of us.
And many, like Mr Farage, will have very recent migrant ancestors indeed and not even know about it.
Every single last one of us.
And many, like Mr Farage, will have very recent migrant ancestors indeed and not even know about it.
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ITV News at 10 - Reform are plugged again for the umpteenth time since May 1st as having ‘won’ English local elections. Yet Lib Dems & Greens who also had spectacular results don’t get a plug/never get a plug. WHY do we allow these one sided narratives?Sign now petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
May 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
ITV News at 10 - Reform are plugged again for the umpteenth time since May 1st as having ‘won’ English local elections. Yet Lib Dems & Greens who also had spectacular results don’t get a plug/never get a plug. WHY do we allow these one sided narratives?Sign now petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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An anniversary worth marking.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
An anniversary worth marking.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
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‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’
April 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’
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Oooph
April 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Oooph
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And there we have it.
And it will be extremely interesting to see whether and if so, how universities respond.
And it will be extremely interesting to see whether and if so, how universities respond.
British universities receiving US money are being asked by the Trump administration to fill out diversity surveys, report @matildamartin.bsky.social & @adampayne26.bsky.social
Surveys ask researchers at UK unis to confirm that projects they're working on are not DEI projects, PolHome understands
Surveys ask researchers at UK unis to confirm that projects they're working on are not DEI projects, PolHome understands
British Universities Receiving US Funding Asked By Trump To Fill Out Diversity Surveys
Universities receiving funding from the United States are being asked by the Donald Trump administration to fill out surveys on diversity, equity, ...
www.politicshome.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
And there we have it.
And it will be extremely interesting to see whether and if so, how universities respond.
And it will be extremely interesting to see whether and if so, how universities respond.
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THREAD
Today Altmetric is announcing a major development in collaboration with the Brain Occipital Lobe Learning Observation Centre Kalhausen-Strasbourg.
From today Altmetric will be able to determine what research paper you're thinking of, regardless of what you're actually writing/saying.
1/17
Today Altmetric is announcing a major development in collaboration with the Brain Occipital Lobe Learning Observation Centre Kalhausen-Strasbourg.
From today Altmetric will be able to determine what research paper you're thinking of, regardless of what you're actually writing/saying.
1/17
April 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
THREAD
Today Altmetric is announcing a major development in collaboration with the Brain Occipital Lobe Learning Observation Centre Kalhausen-Strasbourg.
From today Altmetric will be able to determine what research paper you're thinking of, regardless of what you're actually writing/saying.
1/17
Today Altmetric is announcing a major development in collaboration with the Brain Occipital Lobe Learning Observation Centre Kalhausen-Strasbourg.
From today Altmetric will be able to determine what research paper you're thinking of, regardless of what you're actually writing/saying.
1/17
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Ad seen in London
March 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Ad seen in London
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Sooo… Looks like this is happening tonight.
That counter is going to tick over 100,000 🔥
Keep signing —> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
That counter is going to tick over 100,000 🔥
Keep signing —> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
February 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sooo… Looks like this is happening tonight.
That counter is going to tick over 100,000 🔥
Keep signing —> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
That counter is going to tick over 100,000 🔥
Keep signing —> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Shocking racist views on the bus. Stop speaking in your language and speak in English. You are in England. Checked she was ok, she wasn't and told her she was welcome to speak any language.Told the bus driver but felt I didn't do enough as I had to get off. #overtracism #shocking
February 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Shocking racist views on the bus. Stop speaking in your language and speak in English. You are in England. Checked she was ok, she wasn't and told her she was welcome to speak any language.Told the bus driver but felt I didn't do enough as I had to get off. #overtracism #shocking
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🔥 FINALLY!
The BBC are finally doing the public education service on Brexit that they always should have.
Have a read. 👇👇
The BBC are finally doing the public education service on Brexit that they always should have.
Have a read. 👇👇
Five key impacts of Brexit five years on
The UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🔥 FINALLY!
The BBC are finally doing the public education service on Brexit that they always should have.
Have a read. 👇👇
The BBC are finally doing the public education service on Brexit that they always should have.
Have a read. 👇👇
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Donald Tusk is a true friend of Britain. His dream will one day come true.
January 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Donald Tusk is a true friend of Britain. His dream will one day come true.
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💥 It passes!! 💥
The Youth Mobility (EU Countries) Bill has just passed its first reading.
No opposition voiced by the govt. your thousands of emails stopped them shutting it down.
Well done @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social on a superb speech. 👏👏👏
The Youth Mobility (EU Countries) Bill has just passed its first reading.
No opposition voiced by the govt. your thousands of emails stopped them shutting it down.
Well done @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social on a superb speech. 👏👏👏
January 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
💥 It passes!! 💥
The Youth Mobility (EU Countries) Bill has just passed its first reading.
No opposition voiced by the govt. your thousands of emails stopped them shutting it down.
Well done @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social on a superb speech. 👏👏👏
The Youth Mobility (EU Countries) Bill has just passed its first reading.
No opposition voiced by the govt. your thousands of emails stopped them shutting it down.
Well done @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social on a superb speech. 👏👏👏
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Starmer’s comment in PMQs on that gloriously daft Truss libel threat:
January 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Starmer’s comment in PMQs on that gloriously daft Truss libel threat:
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He is not joking.
He does not have normal boundaries between fantasy and reality.
He is absolutely a danger to the sovereignty of allies.
He does not have normal boundaries between fantasy and reality.
He is absolutely a danger to the sovereignty of allies.
January 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
He is not joking.
He does not have normal boundaries between fantasy and reality.
He is absolutely a danger to the sovereignty of allies.
He does not have normal boundaries between fantasy and reality.
He is absolutely a danger to the sovereignty of allies.
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Telling that Starmer's response focused on the tweets about Jess Phillips rather than himself. Systems and policies matter, but never underestimate the importance of having a genuinely decent human being in charge.
January 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Telling that Starmer's response focused on the tweets about Jess Phillips rather than himself. Systems and policies matter, but never underestimate the importance of having a genuinely decent human being in charge.
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By far and away, my favourite thing about this spectacularly dumb post...
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
December 3, 2024 at 10:17 PM
By far and away, my favourite thing about this spectacularly dumb post...
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
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Good morning.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
November 14, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Good morning.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.