Tom Witney
@twiterney.bsky.social
Chief superintendent for Miss David Mittens, Cats Protection Senior Cat of The Year
Medical sociologist at UCL interested in sexual health, HIV and relationships 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Running Hackney Half 2025 for Positive East 💟 https://bit.ly/TWHH2025
Medical sociologist at UCL interested in sexual health, HIV and relationships 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Running Hackney Half 2025 for Positive East 💟 https://bit.ly/TWHH2025
🚨Please share! We have just advertised four 3-year #PhD studentships in public health #funded by the Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infection - closing date 5 December 2025 #hpru #hprubbsti #nihr bbsti.hpru.nihr.ac.uk/research/opp...
Opportunities
bbsti.hpru.nihr.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨Please share! We have just advertised four 3-year #PhD studentships in public health #funded by the Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infection - closing date 5 December 2025 #hpru #hprubbsti #nihr bbsti.hpru.nihr.ac.uk/research/opp...
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Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
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Huge thanks to @qxmagazine.bsky.social for spotlighting Daisy Puller's WORLD AIDS DAY CABARET on the Thursday after next, 27 Nov
There's still tickets left, but they're selling like hotcakes, so get in there before it's too late! link.outsavvy.com/wadcabaret2025
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/dais...
There's still tickets left, but they're selling like hotcakes, so get in there before it's too late! link.outsavvy.com/wadcabaret2025
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/dais...
Daisy Puller's 5th Annual World AIDS Day Cabaret at One Ninety Four, London, on the 27 November 2025
Where can I find World AIDS Day Cabaret? Daisy Puller's 5th Annual World AIDS Day Cabaret at One Ninety Four, London, on 27th November 2025.
www.qxmagazine.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Huge thanks to @qxmagazine.bsky.social for spotlighting Daisy Puller's WORLD AIDS DAY CABARET on the Thursday after next, 27 Nov
There's still tickets left, but they're selling like hotcakes, so get in there before it's too late! link.outsavvy.com/wadcabaret2025
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/dais...
There's still tickets left, but they're selling like hotcakes, so get in there before it's too late! link.outsavvy.com/wadcabaret2025
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/dais...
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Some of us remember when Maitlis said that primary age school kids are having gender confirmation surgery. The BBC anti Trans bias goes back nearly a decade #BBCTransphobia
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Some of us remember when Maitlis said that primary age school kids are having gender confirmation surgery. The BBC anti Trans bias goes back nearly a decade #BBCTransphobia
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She seems to fly under the radar as a truly disgusting person so share this clip
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
She seems to fly under the radar as a truly disgusting person so share this clip
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Yes, they will.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
January 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Yes, they will.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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Wrong. You can't be a 'legend' and 'engaged in rank racism and sexism' at the same time.
It's so frustrating. This misconception is still alive and kicking in today's science circles. Those labelled as 'geniuses' should not be forgiven their awfulness to others.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
It's so frustrating. This misconception is still alive and kicking in today's science circles. Those labelled as 'geniuses' should not be forgiven their awfulness to others.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Wrong. You can't be a 'legend' and 'engaged in rank racism and sexism' at the same time.
It's so frustrating. This misconception is still alive and kicking in today's science circles. Those labelled as 'geniuses' should not be forgiven their awfulness to others.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
It's so frustrating. This misconception is still alive and kicking in today's science circles. Those labelled as 'geniuses' should not be forgiven their awfulness to others.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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🌈 Do you know anyone passionate about researching LGBTQ+ suicide, suicide prevention and suicide bereavement, experienced in qualitative methods, and looking for work?
Send them my way because I'm recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Send them my way because I'm recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Research Fellow (Rain within the Rainbow)
Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Rain Within the Rainbow) working on the Rain Within the Rainbow: Understanding LGBTQ+ suicide and suicide prevention in the UK through the life course project using qual...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🌈 Do you know anyone passionate about researching LGBTQ+ suicide, suicide prevention and suicide bereavement, experienced in qualitative methods, and looking for work?
Send them my way because I'm recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Send them my way because I'm recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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i got 80%. bleak as shit, this, and a really good tool to illustrate the point
Well this is depressing and familiar >>
I scored 90% on Have I Got Phobia For You. Test yourself here www.higpfy.co.uk
I scored 90% on Have I Got Phobia For You. Test yourself here www.higpfy.co.uk
Have I Got Phobia For You
Bringing attention to the often harmful practices of our mainstream media. Thankfully the days of vile hostility against gay people are now more or less over, but, reading today’s newspapers, there’s ...
www.higpfy.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
i got 80%. bleak as shit, this, and a really good tool to illustrate the point
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academia be like
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
academia be like
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
goodlaw.social/ncfw
goodlaw.social/ncfw
‘Abject terror’: survey shows 84% of trans people feel Britain is unsafe
YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK
goodlaw.social
October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
goodlaw.social/ncfw
goodlaw.social/ncfw
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The ChatGPT subreddit is absolutely hilarious. LLMs just output statistically likely responses, and a statistically likely response to being asked to do some work is "I'll have that done by...". So apparently in some cases ChatGPT had just been telling users it'll get back to them later.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The ChatGPT subreddit is absolutely hilarious. LLMs just output statistically likely responses, and a statistically likely response to being asked to do some work is "I'll have that done by...". So apparently in some cases ChatGPT had just been telling users it'll get back to them later.
1/2
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Sure, turkey bacon manufacturer website, you can store files on my device. But only what's strictly necessary, ok?
October 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Sure, turkey bacon manufacturer website, you can store files on my device. But only what's strictly necessary, ok?
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I love living in a country where the law about what bathroom I can use is genuinely UNKNOWABLE, it’s like something from a Joseph Heller novel
This is 100% correct. Including as to the chaos the Gender Critical Ideological Movement so beloved of Labour has now descended into as their facade of respectability crumbles like the Berlin Wall.
www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...
www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...
Nobody Knows What UK Law on Toilet Access is
The lawlessness of the government's response to For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I love living in a country where the law about what bathroom I can use is genuinely UNKNOWABLE, it’s like something from a Joseph Heller novel
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I for one did not see this coming
October 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I for one did not see this coming
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This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life
February 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life
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this will kill people.
Just got a call from a lovely but very nervous Dr, who advised I wouldn't be routinely screened for breast cancer because I'm not indicated as being "biologically female" on the central NHS database and my biology wouldn't indicate I'm at risk.
My records have been altered, which is upsetting.
My records have been altered, which is upsetting.
October 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
this will kill people.
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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My heartbreak and horror at the killing and starvation of Gazans does not negate my total support and solidarity with my fellow jewish citizens across the UK against terror. The conflation on display by some politicians and media outlets over the last 24 hours is sickening.
October 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
My heartbreak and horror at the killing and starvation of Gazans does not negate my total support and solidarity with my fellow jewish citizens across the UK against terror. The conflation on display by some politicians and media outlets over the last 24 hours is sickening.
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The Hampstead ponds have REPEATEDLY voted to include trans women. But the officious pricks at Sex Matters don’t care what other women think and are forcing a public consultation anyway. Throw the ponds some support.
🚨 Consultation survey launched on whether trans people should be able to access Hampstead Heath ladies' pond following Supreme Court ruling
The consultation is open until 12:00 on Tuesday 25th November 2025.
(Survey link in next post)
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
The consultation is open until 12:00 on Tuesday 25th November 2025.
(Survey link in next post)
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Survey launched on trans access to Hampstead Heath ladies' pond
The ladies’ pond at Hampstead Heath currently admits biological women and transgender women
www.standard.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Hampstead ponds have REPEATEDLY voted to include trans women. But the officious pricks at Sex Matters don’t care what other women think and are forcing a public consultation anyway. Throw the ponds some support.
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He should have been expelled. This is way more than policing opinions.
- Inciting violence at far right rallies
- Interfering in government affairs
- Destroying health and science infrastructures
- Ensuring thousands will die
Abusers, excused and enabled by craven others, always grow in power.
- Inciting violence at far right rallies
- Interfering in government affairs
- Destroying health and science infrastructures
- Ensuring thousands will die
Abusers, excused and enabled by craven others, always grow in power.
"I am increasingly concerned over threats to the values that allow science to flourish." Read the full statement from the President of the Royal Society Sir Adrian Smith: royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...
A statement from the President of the Royal Society | Royal Society
A statement from the President of the Royal Society regarding threats to the values that allow science to flourish.
royalsociety.org
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
He should have been expelled. This is way more than policing opinions.
- Inciting violence at far right rallies
- Interfering in government affairs
- Destroying health and science infrastructures
- Ensuring thousands will die
Abusers, excused and enabled by craven others, always grow in power.
- Inciting violence at far right rallies
- Interfering in government affairs
- Destroying health and science infrastructures
- Ensuring thousands will die
Abusers, excused and enabled by craven others, always grow in power.