Devi Sagar
@devirsagar.bsky.social
Research manager. Talking about caring, research, palliative and end of life care, grief & bereavement, being a sib of an adult with LD and other stuff in between.
Opinions are my own. (She/her)
Opinions are my own. (She/her)
Pinned
Devi Sagar
@devirsagar.bsky.social
· Jun 19
Devi’s mid life crisis fundraiser for Marie Curie
Help Devi Sagar raise money to support Marie Curie
www.justgiving.com
I am not someone who identifies as athletic. But when has that stopped me?
I’m at it again, I’ve bought a wetsuit, am open water swimming & also doing some running (not in a wetsuit) to raise money for @mariecurieuk.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/page/devi-sa...
I’m at it again, I’ve bought a wetsuit, am open water swimming & also doing some running (not in a wetsuit) to raise money for @mariecurieuk.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/page/devi-sa...
Reposted by Devi Sagar
Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
Reposted by Devi Sagar
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) in pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism @jama.com @ki.se
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
jamanetwork.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) in pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism @jama.com @ki.se
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by Devi Sagar
If those on ILR pay the same taxes as you and me over a certain number of years, they absolutely should be able to claim benefits and the state pension.
October 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
If those on ILR pay the same taxes as you and me over a certain number of years, they absolutely should be able to claim benefits and the state pension.
Reposted by Devi Sagar
Anyone interested in learning about why journals make a proactive effort to increase women's participation in the peer review process should take the time look at some actual evidence about why this is needed. Ditto journalists covering such a story. Do some reporting! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Women are credited less in science than men - Nature
The difference between the number of men and women listed as authors on scientific papers and inventors on patents is at least partly attributable to unacknowledged contributions by women scientists.
www.nature.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Anyone interested in learning about why journals make a proactive effort to increase women's participation in the peer review process should take the time look at some actual evidence about why this is needed. Ditto journalists covering such a story. Do some reporting! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Devi Sagar
I just want to make this *abundantly clear*.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I just want to make this *abundantly clear*.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
Reposted by Devi Sagar
The Farage Factor.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The Farage Factor.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
If people are talking about removing the right to remain of “legal” migrants who have lived and worked (and paid tax) here, then they don’t believe that anyone “not from here” can “integrate”.
Thank you do it going to my TED talk.
Thank you do it going to my TED talk.
October 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
If people are talking about removing the right to remain of “legal” migrants who have lived and worked (and paid tax) here, then they don’t believe that anyone “not from here” can “integrate”.
Thank you do it going to my TED talk.
Thank you do it going to my TED talk.
Short exercise intervention may help *male* teens with ADHD.
*The control group (n = 37) consisted of 98 % males, with a mean age of 14.38 years (SD = 1.80), whereas the intervention group (n = 45) comprised 96 % males and had a mean age of 14.10 years (SD = 1.50).
*The control group (n = 37) consisted of 98 % males, with a mean age of 14.38 years (SD = 1.80), whereas the intervention group (n = 45) comprised 96 % males and had a mean age of 14.10 years (SD = 1.50).
Short exercise intervention helps teens with ADHD manage stress
Short exercise intervention helps teens with ADHD manage stress
Researchers found that just three weeks of moderate-to-vigorous exercise reduced stress levels and increased cortisol in teens with ADHD. The findings provide evidence that physical activity may temporarily improve emotional regulation in adolescents facing challenges with attention and impulsivity.
www.psypost.org
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Short exercise intervention may help *male* teens with ADHD.
*The control group (n = 37) consisted of 98 % males, with a mean age of 14.38 years (SD = 1.80), whereas the intervention group (n = 45) comprised 96 % males and had a mean age of 14.10 years (SD = 1.50).
*The control group (n = 37) consisted of 98 % males, with a mean age of 14.38 years (SD = 1.80), whereas the intervention group (n = 45) comprised 96 % males and had a mean age of 14.10 years (SD = 1.50).
Reposted by Devi Sagar
Your regular reminder that any kind of racist message always travels faster and reaches more people than a half-hearted apology issued days later.
The true target audience doesn't care about the apology and keeps celebrating the original message.
The true target audience doesn't care about the apology and keeps celebrating the original message.
October 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Your regular reminder that any kind of racist message always travels faster and reaches more people than a half-hearted apology issued days later.
The true target audience doesn't care about the apology and keeps celebrating the original message.
The true target audience doesn't care about the apology and keeps celebrating the original message.
Reposted by Devi Sagar
If Pochin doesn't lose the whip - and she should - then Farage's party will be happy to have a racist on its benches.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform UK MP says seeing adverts 'full of Black people' drives her 'mad'
Sarah Pochin was responding to a question about whether her party will do anything about the 'representation of demographics in TV adverts', and claimed white people were 'demonised'
www.mirror.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If Pochin doesn't lose the whip - and she should - then Farage's party will be happy to have a racist on its benches.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reposted by Devi Sagar
In 2008 our financial institutions collapsed under their weight of their incompetence and avarice. Rather than sending the people responsible to jail we bailed them out with taxpayer money and made massive spending cuts to pay for it.
And we’ve NEVER recovered.
And we’ve NEVER recovered.
Bonuses on Wall Street are expected to break records this year as big bank profits soar.
Bubbles are everywhere - from tech stocks, to corporate bonds - and the banks are profiting.
But they won't be the ones to pay when the crash finally comes.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
Bubbles are everywhere - from tech stocks, to corporate bonds - and the banks are profiting.
But they won't be the ones to pay when the crash finally comes.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
What I Read this Week
Booming bank profits, the race for critical minerals, and how climate breakdown is driving inflation.
graceblakeley.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In 2008 our financial institutions collapsed under their weight of their incompetence and avarice. Rather than sending the people responsible to jail we bailed them out with taxpayer money and made massive spending cuts to pay for it.
And we’ve NEVER recovered.
And we’ve NEVER recovered.
Reposted by Devi Sagar
A rise in racist attacks over recent years has led one man to set up a new anti-racism monitoring service - RADAR | Daniel J Thomas
@djournothomas.bsky.social
@djournothomas.bsky.social
Putting racism on the RADAR: a new anti-racism service
A rise in racist attacks over recent years has led one man to set up a new anti-racism monitoring service - RADAR
centralbylines.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A rise in racist attacks over recent years has led one man to set up a new anti-racism monitoring service - RADAR | Daniel J Thomas
@djournothomas.bsky.social
@djournothomas.bsky.social
Reposted by Devi Sagar
A rise in racist attacks over recent years has led one man to set up a new anti-racism monitoring service - RADAR | Daniel J Thomas
@djournothomas.bsky.social
@djournothomas.bsky.social
Putting racism on the RADAR: a new anti-racism service
A rise in racist attacks over recent years has led one man to set up a new anti-racism monitoring service - RADAR
centralbylines.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A rise in racist attacks over recent years has led one man to set up a new anti-racism monitoring service - RADAR | Daniel J Thomas
@djournothomas.bsky.social
@djournothomas.bsky.social
Reposted by Devi Sagar
So it would seem the best way to beat Reform, is to actually challenge Reform. On their rhetoric, their policies and their values.
Who could have guessed 🤷🏼♀️
Who could have guessed 🤷🏼♀️
October 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
So it would seem the best way to beat Reform, is to actually challenge Reform. On their rhetoric, their policies and their values.
Who could have guessed 🤷🏼♀️
Who could have guessed 🤷🏼♀️
Reposted by Devi Sagar
Spotify is doubling down on decision to run ICE ads ‼️
Help us spread the word to #BoycottSpotify | boycottspotify.com
Help us spread the word to #BoycottSpotify | boycottspotify.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Spotify is doubling down on decision to run ICE ads ‼️
Help us spread the word to #BoycottSpotify | boycottspotify.com
Help us spread the word to #BoycottSpotify | boycottspotify.com
Reposted by Devi Sagar
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Reposted by Devi Sagar
RIP to a truly compassionate physician, an incredible scholar, and most importantly, a true gentleman. Dr. Bartlett was one of a kind, and the world is a little emptier today. His legacy in what he taught so many students, residents, and fellows will live on obits.mlive.com/us/obituarie...
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
RIP to a truly compassionate physician, an incredible scholar, and most importantly, a true gentleman. Dr. Bartlett was one of a kind, and the world is a little emptier today. His legacy in what he taught so many students, residents, and fellows will live on obits.mlive.com/us/obituarie...
Reposted by Devi Sagar
"People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to ‘go home’. This is their home.” - @eddavey.libdems.org.uk on Conservative proposals to strip people of indefinite leave to remain & deport them
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported
Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to ‘go home’. This is their home.” - @eddavey.libdems.org.uk on Conservative proposals to strip people of indefinite leave to remain & deport them
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Devi Sagar
5 million of them are about research
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
5 million of them are about research
Universities are so important to our communities. Not only do they provide higher education and research, they also support local communities, provide employment for thousands of people and boost local economies.
UK Universities cut 12,000 jobs, more on the way.
40% of Unis in financial crisis.
Major exporter destroyed by successive govts
Obstacles for foreign students.
Low fees in England, lack of govt funding.
£267bn student debt.
Home student numbers down.
How will the UK compete with other nations?
40% of Unis in financial crisis.
Major exporter destroyed by successive govts
Obstacles for foreign students.
Low fees in England, lack of govt funding.
£267bn student debt.
Home student numbers down.
How will the UK compete with other nations?
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Universities are so important to our communities. Not only do they provide higher education and research, they also support local communities, provide employment for thousands of people and boost local economies.
Reposted by Devi Sagar
#Oliverscampaign
Today on #WorldMentalHealthDay2025
I will be presenting Oliver's story, the importance of reasonable adjustments & the rollout of his training to MindMapFocus at their conference this morning
Today on #WorldMentalHealthDay2025
I will be presenting Oliver's story, the importance of reasonable adjustments & the rollout of his training to MindMapFocus at their conference this morning
October 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
#Oliverscampaign
Today on #WorldMentalHealthDay2025
I will be presenting Oliver's story, the importance of reasonable adjustments & the rollout of his training to MindMapFocus at their conference this morning
Today on #WorldMentalHealthDay2025
I will be presenting Oliver's story, the importance of reasonable adjustments & the rollout of his training to MindMapFocus at their conference this morning
Reposted by Devi Sagar
“You can’t blame austerity on one hand, but then say it’s the immigrants. The immigrants haven’t caused austerity.”
Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT
Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT
October 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“You can’t blame austerity on one hand, but then say it’s the immigrants. The immigrants haven’t caused austerity.”
Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT
Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT
Reposted by Devi Sagar
Reposted by Devi Sagar
"Universities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests."
Make no mistake. Our university sector is in trouble.
Make no mistake. Our university sector is in trouble.
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"Universities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests."
Make no mistake. Our university sector is in trouble.
Make no mistake. Our university sector is in trouble.
Reposted by Devi Sagar
