Meri Koivusalo

@merikoivusalo.bsky.social

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Global health policy professor in Tampere University with interest in intersectoral work and social determinants of health.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14h

Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 12d

All 7 chapters of the @ipbes.net #NexusAssessment report are available to download!

This report, co-chaired by UKCEH's Prof Paula Harrison and with contributions by 165 experts from 57 countries, explores interconnections among biodiversity, water, food &health

www.ipbes.net/nexus-assess... 🧪

Front cover of The IPBES thematic assessment report on interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health, summary for policymakers

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 20d

Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/

AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…

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James Packard Love @jamielove.bsky.social · 21d

"Why this matters: No human author = no copyright. That means AI-only outputs can be freely copied by others, with no exclusive rights. This has implications for teams deploying generative AI in content, code, design, marketing or other content ....

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Thaler v. Perlmutter: SCOTUS petition tests the "human-only rule" for AI works

On October 9, 2025, Dr. Stephen Thaler asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether a work created entirely by artificial intelligence without a…

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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 23d

From Surveillance To Sedation: The Rise Of Blue Pill Capitalism

We are witnessing a disturbing evolution in digital capitalism—from harvesting our data to trapping us in algorithmic fantasies that profit from our isolation.

www.socialeurope.eu

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 23d

More on the attacks on Wikipedia and its editors: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive

The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.

www.theverge.com

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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 25d

BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:

cssn.org/news-researc...

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 26d

Paul Belcher’s starter pack on European public health

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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 27d

🦠 One in six bacterial infections is now resistant to #antibiotics.

Without stronger real-time surveillance the next #pandemic could already be brewing.🌍

@wellcometrust.bsky.social @unaids.org @gavi.org @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social @helenclarknz.bsky.social
#AMR #OneHealth #PandemicPreparedness

One In Six Bacterial Infections Is Antibiotic Resistant; Calls For Stronger Real-Time Pandemic Risk Surveillance - Health Policy Watch

There is an urgent need for a more comprehensive pandemic risk monitoring system that tracks threats and preparedness in real time, according to the

healthpolicy-watch.news

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27d

In the lead up to Election Day, Zohran Mamdani has engaged in a second primary of sorts, meeting quietly with New York City power brokers to consolidate support and box out his main rivals. Here’s the inside story of his rise. nyti.ms/3WCHy37

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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 27d

What does Europe's #environment 2025 mean for Europe?

Catch our first episode of our new EEA 🎙️ #podcast show Europe's Climate and Environment.

#europesenvironment2025

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Oct 12

Thankfully, some of yesterday's CDC firings have been rescinded.

But this should be a major scandal, not business as usual in this shitshow of an administration. It's either spectacular incompetence or an effort to make even politically untouchable positions feel precarious to those in them.

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · Oct 12

100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

www.statnews.com

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · Oct 12

That one is no surprise and I will be surprised if they are rehired

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Oct 12

An HHS source says admin also RIFed entire Office of Population Affairs last night.
“Not a single staff person to run our nation's family planning program or the evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. The Office of Adolescent Health which nested within OPA functionally ceases to exist”

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Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliitto @mllfi.bsky.social · Oct 10

MLL antoi ulkoministeriölle lausuntonsa taloudellisia, sosiaalisia ja sivistyksellisiä oikeuksia koskevan yleissopimuksen täytäntöönpanosta Suomessa. TSS-sopimuksen ja TSS-komitean suositusten toimeenpanossa on merkittäviä puutteita. #TSSsopimus #LapsenOikeudet
www.mll.fi/kannanotot-j...

MLL:n lausunto taloudellisia, sosiaalisia ja sivistyksellisiä oikeuksia koskevan kansainvälisen yleissopimuksen täytäntöönpanosta - Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliitto

Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliiton lausunto 9.10.2025 Ulkoministeriölle Suomen kahdeksas määräaikaisraportti taloudellisia, sosiaalisia ja sivistyksellisiä oikeuksia koskevan kansainvälisen yleissopimuk...

www.mll.fi

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Oct 7

French economist Gabriel Zucman says PM Sébastien Lecornu made a fatal mistake by not embracing his wealth tax.

Zucman: French government should’ve listened to me on wealth tax

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Seppo @sepponet.bsky.social · Sep 27

”Tässä ollaan tekemisessä aika perustavanlaatuisten asioiden kanssa”, Kujanpää sanoo Journalistille.

” #Elokuvasäätiö n leikkausuhassa on kysymys ideologisesta missiosta, ei rahasta.”

Kujanpää vertaa perussuomalaisten missiota Venäjään ja Unkariin.

Wille Rydmanin avustaja elokuvasäätiöstä: ”Säätiö edistää muuta kuin kansallista kulttuuriagendaa” - Journalisti

”Elokuvasäätiö itse tuntuu siis valitettavasti edistävän jotain ihan muuta kuin kansallista kulttuuriagendaa.” Näin kirjoitti kansanedustaja Wille Rydmanin (ps.) eduskunta-avustaja Tuulia...

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Médecins Sans Frontières @handle.invalid · Sep 26

“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.”

We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.

MSF forced to suspend activities amid Israeli offensive in Gaza City | MSF

The intense Israeli forces' offensive in Gaza City, Palestine, is putting our staff and patients at an unacceptable level of risk to continue our lifesaving activities.

www.msf.org

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · Sep 22

Today we joined the call for the #right to receive and provide #healthcare, for the right to live. Everywhere. #Gaza #Yemen #Sudan #Afghanistan #Ukraine #DRC #Syria #Haïti etc.
medicsonthemoveforwhatmatters.org @itmantwerp.bsky.social

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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · Sep 22

Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner!

“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”

Double harvest: Vertical solar panels and crops thrive side by side

Imagine a field where solar panels and crops coexist—with no trade-off. It sounds like science fiction, but that's precisely what researchers from Aarhus University have now documented in a full-scale...

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Otto Kyyrönen @ottokyyronen.bsky.social · Sep 22

VM:n muistiossa arvioidaan ensi vuonna tehtävien veromuutosten vaikutusta tulonjakoon.

Hallituksen veropäätökset lisäävät suurituloisimpien käytettävissä olevia tuloja eniten. Heidän kohdallaan lisäys on suurin suhteellisesti ja absoluuttisesti.

Sen sijaan pienituloisimman ryhmän tulot vähenevät.

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Toby Vogel 🇪🇺 @tobyvogel.bsky.social · Sep 22

Top headline game from The Guardian

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Sep 16

Remarkably blunt words from United Nations officials who just declared Israel is committing genocide:

"Gaza will be with me for the rest of my life."

"Netanyahu, like everything he says, is simply lying."

"The treatment of children, the amputation without anesthetic…That will haunt me forever."

BREAKING: UN Commission Concludes Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza

In an exclusive interview, Mehdi speaks with two of the UN commissioners behind the shocking new report, which lays out the evidence for the crime of crimes.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · Sep 4

The United States is now on the Civicus Monitor Watchlist.

A global list of countries where there is a serious decline in respect for civic freedoms.

The watchlist was updated in March 2025 and includes the US alongside the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Kenya, and Serbia.

DOJ actions

US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms

Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia

www.theguardian.com

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · Sep 4

#DRC: Health authorities have declared an outbreak of #Ebola Virus Disease in the Bulape health zone, Kasaï province.

As of Sept. 4, 28 suspected cases have been reported, with 16 fatalities, including 4 health workers.

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Once trusted experts are removed and advisory bodies are stacked, the results are predetermined. That isn’t reform. It is sabotage."

Susan Monarez WSJ op-ed www.wsj.com/opinion/robe...

Opinion | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me

I was fired after 29 days because I held the line and insisted on rigorous scientific review.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Sep 4

🚨 BREAKING: The EU Commission's Teresa Ribera has described Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide, the strongest condemnation yet to come out of Brussels.

Read the story: ow.ly/4SJs50WRcuP