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Harry Rutter
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Prof of Global Public Health, University of Bath. European.
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Hello @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social - can you please urgently ensure that the pedestrian crossing traffic lights at the A420/A34 roundabout are fixed before someone gets killed by a driver without the decency to stop - as I very nearly was yesterday on my way to Wytham Woods.
Screenshot of email from FixMyStreet with title “New FixMyStreet updates on report: 'Pedestrian crossing not working at A34/A420 roundabout'” showing two new reports reiterating the same point
July 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Hi there @financialtimes.com - I think you should know that the HTSI team seem to have staged a coup and taken over the main paper…
Screenshot of FT article with headline “Non-dom exodus hits London market for butlers” and subheading “Demand for high-end domestic staff has fallen since the Budget ended tax loophole for wealthy UK residents”
July 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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@yougov.co.uk - please tell Jonathan Olley that if he wants to send me spam email he should probably address it to 'Harry', rather than '[First Name]'...
Screenshot of part of an email from Jonathan Olley at YouGov that opens with 'Hi [First Name]'
May 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Excellent @who.int webinar launching their impressive new toolkit for promoting walking and cycling.
www.who.int/publications...

Great to hear mention of the WHO HEAT tool during the discussion.
www.who.int/tools/heat-f...
Screenshot showing Prof Fiona Bull from WHO describing the seven policy action areas in the toolkit: 1. Integrate walking and cycling into all relevant policies Embed walking and cycling objectives across transport, health, environment, education, and tourism policies. Establish clear, measurable targets and crossgovernment coordination mechanisms. 2. Provide safe and connected walking and cycling networks Develop well-connected, well-maintained infrastructure that links homes to key destinations (e.g. schools, transit, workplaces). Integrate green spaces and apply inclusive and sustainable urban design principles. 3. Design inclusive and safe streets for all Use human-centred design principles to create streets that accommodate all users, including pedestrians and cyclists of all ages and abilities. Implement safe system approach to improve road safety including best practice legislation to reduce speed limits where necessary. 4. Improve safe road user behaviour Enforce speed limits, tackle distracted and impaired driving, and promote safe use by all road users. 5. Protect and prioritize walking and cycling Create, maintain and protect allocation of road space to walking and cycling, implement pedestrian zones, and enforce parking regulations. 6. Facilitate integrated transport options Ensure walking and cycling are part of a seamless transport experience through integration with public transport and shared mobility services. 7. Promote and incentivize walking and cycling Create a culture of walking and cycling through communication campaigns, events, financial incentives, and workplace and school programmes.
May 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Actually @financialtimes.com the court was just doing its job. How about an honest headline like: “racist French politician rightly finds her political career in jeopardy as just desserts for her criminal actions”?
Screenshot of Financial Times website saying: “Explainer. French court leaves Marine Le Pen's political career on the brink Far-right leader has limited legal options as ruling fires starting gun on race to succeed Emmanuel Macron”
April 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Photo showing partial solar eclipse
March 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Thank you for putting out this statement.

You might want to redo the image on the link page - David seems to have assumed Luke's identity...
Photo showing the Health Equity North Academic Co-Directors: Professor David Taylor-Robinson, Professor Clare Bambra, Dr Luke Munford, and Professor Kate Pickett. However, Luke Munford's name has been placed under David Taylor-Robinson's photo, as well as under his own!
March 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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"In the US from 1930s-80s, income tax for high earners was around 80%. This period was one of enormous prosperity for Americans...Reagan cut top-rate taxes in 1986. From 1990-2020, economic growth halved compared with 1950–90. Cutting taxes does not kick-start growth"

@richardhorton1.bsky.social
Screenshot of Richard Horton's Offline column in The Lancet 1 Feb 2025. Entitled 'Offline: The journey towards equality' it discusses the lessons of Thomas Piketty's 2024 book, 'Nature, Culture, and Inequality', which "provides at least a glimmer of hope in otherwise overwhelming times: our world is getting progressively more equal."
January 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L...
Screenshot of the ’controversies’ section of the Wikipedia page on James Lyons-Weiler. It includes the text “His Wordpress blog, Science, Public Health Policy and the Law claims to be a scientific journal, with an advisory board consisting of three other prominent anti-vaccine personalities.”
January 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Hey Ed Miliband, what happened to “we owe it to future generations not just to have good environmental principles but to act on them”(Miliband E, 2018)?

If this isn’t a resigning matter, what is?
Screenshot of Financial Times story entitled “Ed Miliband says he will not resign over Heathrow’s third runway”
January 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Back cover of the Eraserhead soundtrack LP featuring the text ‘in Heaven everything is fine’
January 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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This evening’s listening…
Photo of an LP of the Eraserhead film soundtrack
January 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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We're looking for an experienced post-doc to join us at the Centre for 21st Century Public Health at Bath, working to develop your own and the Centre's research activities:
- full time
- permanent
- start at £46,485
- closing date 5 Jan
- interviews 17 Jan

www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
Screenshot from job at web page saying: About the role As an experienced post-doctoral researcher, you will work in close collaboration with the Centre’s Director of Research and academic members to assist in developing and delivering our research strategy. This will include developing your own and the centre’s research profiles and enhancing international links through interdisciplinary research collaborations that focus on the Centre’s key thematic areas. You will be supported to advance your own work with the aim that you become a research leader in the field and help establish the centre as a leading player in public health research. You will play a key role in developing grant proposals for the Centre and supporting early career researchers, including line management responsibility for research associates and the potential for PhD supervision."
December 11, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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17 Smarties
Screenshot of part of Getty Images instructions for the photo request, stating: - The images must depict the correct level of product consumption and healthy portion guidance. - Proper amount of the product to be visualised according to the correct serving for example, 17 smarties is the maximum. If showing in a cup, it is a maximum of 17 in a transparent cup. If sorting on table, can have a couple piles of product, but in total should be 17 and no more in view.
November 23, 2024 at 9:59 AM
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Full details on the Getty Images website include:

'Child must not be overweight' [sic]
'17 smarties is the maximum'
'No negative faces'
'No sedentary behaviour – e.g. not whilst playing video games or watching TV. Must be active with parent. Reinforce balanced and active lifestyle'
Screenshot of text from Getty Images website providing details of request for photos of children and parents eating Smarties Screenshot of text from Getty Images website providing details of request for photos of children and parents eating Smarties Screenshot of text from Getty Images website providing details of request for photos of children and parents eating Smarties Screenshot of text from Getty Images website providing details of request for photos of children and parents eating Smarties
November 23, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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No - it's a call for people to submit photos to Getty Images for use in ad campaigns by Nestlé.
Screenshot of licensing terms for submitted photos from Getty Images website
November 23, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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Quick, quick - you've only got until 8 December to submit photos of 'Children And Parents Enjoying Recommended Portion Of Smarties' to Getty Images.

Presumably this is part of Nestlé 'helping to educate kids about healthy lifestyles'...
www.nestle.com/nutrition-he...
Screenshot from Getty Images email calling for photos of 'Children And Parents Enjoying Recommended Portion Of Smarties'
November 23, 2024 at 9:16 AM
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November 18, 2024 at 9:21 PM