Helen Gray
@helengray.bsky.social
Research student @LSHTM. @wbtiuk Steering Group #Breastfeeding #PolicyMatters #IYCFE #FoodSecurity. IBCLC and mum of three. Also anthropology, archaeology, human evolution, messing about in boats, #ActiveTravel and #ClimateEmergency
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If we don’t fix the climate, pollution, and nature crises, we can’t fix anything. They are already actively amplifying poverty, hunger, and division. They are what stand between all of us, regardless of geography or ideology, and the better future we all seek. That's why I'm convinced that ...
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If we don’t fix the climate, pollution, and nature crises, we can’t fix anything. They are already actively amplifying poverty, hunger, and division. They are what stand between all of us, regardless of geography or ideology, and the better future we all seek. That's why I'm convinced that ...
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My point is that it doesn't have to be that way. We are nowhere near maxing out investment in & implementation of sol'ns that benefit people, health, climate and nature at the same time. This is what we should be prioritizing, sol'ns with the greatest number of wins for people + the planet together.
Will biodiversity actions yield healthy places? A systematic review of human health outcomes associated with biodiversity‐focused urban greening
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My point is that it doesn't have to be that way. We are nowhere near maxing out investment in & implementation of sol'ns that benefit people, health, climate and nature at the same time. This is what we should be prioritizing, sol'ns with the greatest number of wins for people + the planet together.
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If you take the time to read the whole Gates memo (which I did), the bulk of the content was mostly solid and encouraging. Really!
It was the FRAME that was off--very off, from the first line.
And when your framing is off, then how you make decisions and set priorities is off. THAT'S the problem.
It was the FRAME that was off--very off, from the first line.
And when your framing is off, then how you make decisions and set priorities is off. THAT'S the problem.
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you take the time to read the whole Gates memo (which I did), the bulk of the content was mostly solid and encouraging. Really!
It was the FRAME that was off--very off, from the first line.
And when your framing is off, then how you make decisions and set priorities is off. THAT'S the problem.
It was the FRAME that was off--very off, from the first line.
And when your framing is off, then how you make decisions and set priorities is off. THAT'S the problem.
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Dale Spender's study in 1980 found when women made up about 17% of a room, men assessed the gender balance as equal. And when women spoke 30% of the time, men assessed that women dominated the conversation
I think about this in relation to so much these days
I think about this in relation to so much these days
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Dale Spender's study in 1980 found when women made up about 17% of a room, men assessed the gender balance as equal. And when women spoke 30% of the time, men assessed that women dominated the conversation
I think about this in relation to so much these days
I think about this in relation to so much these days
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The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
The system is broken, so why are we not more concerned?
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) – the detectorist-facing branch of archaeology – whic…
bigbookoftorcs.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
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Protected cycle lanes =/= Painted lines
Physical separation between cyclists, pedestrians and motorists key to safer streets, research shows
The study also found that bad behaviour is the biggest contributing factor towards streets hostile to walking and wheeling
road.cc
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Protected cycle lanes =/= Painted lines
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London parents: ever wondered how many pupils are driven to your primary school? Now you can find out! Simply type the school’s name into our first-of-its-kind data dashboard - link below
#solvetheschoolrun
👉https://www.solvetheschoolrun.org/schooltraveldata
#solvetheschoolrun
👉https://www.solvetheschoolrun.org/schooltraveldata
School Run Data | Solve the School Run
View our interactive dashboard and explore data on the school run in your London area.
www.solvetheschoolrun.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
London parents: ever wondered how many pupils are driven to your primary school? Now you can find out! Simply type the school’s name into our first-of-its-kind data dashboard - link below
#solvetheschoolrun
👉https://www.solvetheschoolrun.org/schooltraveldata
#solvetheschoolrun
👉https://www.solvetheschoolrun.org/schooltraveldata
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Folks, see the details local journalists post about breaking news events when verifiable info is limited. ⤵️
Name of agency. Location. Time. Source. Context about local area and confirmation by local Rapid Response group.
Stop sharing accounts that solely post "Holy Sh*t, ICE!" with dramatic video.
Name of agency. Location. Time. Source. Context about local area and confirmation by local Rapid Response group.
Stop sharing accounts that solely post "Holy Sh*t, ICE!" with dramatic video.
Border Patrol is terrorizing Gage Park this morning (video from Facebook, 55th & California reportedly 9:40am). SWRR reports agents are highly active and were also seen at the Pulaski orange line again: instagram.com/p/DPtwEY7DhTy
October 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Folks, see the details local journalists post about breaking news events when verifiable info is limited. ⤵️
Name of agency. Location. Time. Source. Context about local area and confirmation by local Rapid Response group.
Stop sharing accounts that solely post "Holy Sh*t, ICE!" with dramatic video.
Name of agency. Location. Time. Source. Context about local area and confirmation by local Rapid Response group.
Stop sharing accounts that solely post "Holy Sh*t, ICE!" with dramatic video.
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We’ll find out when food prices go up, as they already have done owing to climate impacts…
Officials in Downing Street have blocked publication of a report warning that the collapse of tropical rainforests could push up food prices in British supermarkets.
Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices
Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration
www.thetimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We’ll find out when food prices go up, as they already have done owing to climate impacts…
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Amazing analysis. Thank you. Some progress is encouraging but we can’t lose sight of blind spots. While there have been some commitments on food and feeding in the early years there’s still a way to go. #BabyBlindSpot
October 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Amazing analysis. Thank you. Some progress is encouraging but we can’t lose sight of blind spots. While there have been some commitments on food and feeding in the early years there’s still a way to go. #BabyBlindSpot
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📢 Is the government doing enough to improve the food system?
As the dust settles on party conferences we examine the evidence using 5️⃣ key markers.
Find out here: ➡️ bit.ly/4oeLHX4
@labouruk.bsky.social
As the dust settles on party conferences we examine the evidence using 5️⃣ key markers.
Find out here: ➡️ bit.ly/4oeLHX4
@labouruk.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
📢 Is the government doing enough to improve the food system?
As the dust settles on party conferences we examine the evidence using 5️⃣ key markers.
Find out here: ➡️ bit.ly/4oeLHX4
@labouruk.bsky.social
As the dust settles on party conferences we examine the evidence using 5️⃣ key markers.
Find out here: ➡️ bit.ly/4oeLHX4
@labouruk.bsky.social
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Reminder that basing funding on graduate income incentivises unis to close courses like nursing (too poorly paid), and to discriminate against female students and most minority ethnic groups (whose earnings on graduation are lower than white men).
'Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce plans to cut the number of UK university places by about 100,000 annually by reintroducing student number controls.' 1/3
Badenoch’s number caps plan would cut 100,000 university places
Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ‘debt trap degrees’ and pledge more money for apprenticeships
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Reminder that basing funding on graduate income incentivises unis to close courses like nursing (too poorly paid), and to discriminate against female students and most minority ethnic groups (whose earnings on graduation are lower than white men).
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They can afford to make them safer
Lime’s UK revenue from renting out e-bikes and scooters hit £111m last year. www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-is-ea...
October 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
They can afford to make them safer
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TODAY is the #PumphandleLecture at 5.30pm in the John Snow Theatre and online at the @LSHTM
Keynote by Professor Cesar Victora:
"From local insights to global impact: Four decades of child health and nutrition epidemiology in Pelotas, Brazil"
johnsnowsociety.org/2025/10/03/2...
Keynote by Professor Cesar Victora:
"From local insights to global impact: Four decades of child health and nutrition epidemiology in Pelotas, Brazil"
johnsnowsociety.org/2025/10/03/2...
October 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
TODAY is the #PumphandleLecture at 5.30pm in the John Snow Theatre and online at the @LSHTM
Keynote by Professor Cesar Victora:
"From local insights to global impact: Four decades of child health and nutrition epidemiology in Pelotas, Brazil"
johnsnowsociety.org/2025/10/03/2...
Keynote by Professor Cesar Victora:
"From local insights to global impact: Four decades of child health and nutrition epidemiology in Pelotas, Brazil"
johnsnowsociety.org/2025/10/03/2...
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We need a large and loud response from the scientific community, or publishing at Wiley journals is going to come to a complete standstill. And since Wiley is the main alternative to Elsevier, there really aren't many options. Yet another industry has leaned into AI only to be utterly enshittified.
October 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We need a large and loud response from the scientific community, or publishing at Wiley journals is going to come to a complete standstill. And since Wiley is the main alternative to Elsevier, there really aren't many options. Yet another industry has leaned into AI only to be utterly enshittified.
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The alcohol, gambling and junk food industries have no place providing educational materials to schools.
58 leading academics and orgs have urged Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to follow Ireland’s lead in removing these materials from classrooms.
As Prof Chris van Tulleken states:
58 leading academics and orgs have urged Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to follow Ireland’s lead in removing these materials from classrooms.
As Prof Chris van Tulleken states:
August 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The alcohol, gambling and junk food industries have no place providing educational materials to schools.
58 leading academics and orgs have urged Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to follow Ireland’s lead in removing these materials from classrooms.
As Prof Chris van Tulleken states:
58 leading academics and orgs have urged Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to follow Ireland’s lead in removing these materials from classrooms.
As Prof Chris van Tulleken states:
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Planting the trees is great. I see lots of cities doing that.
What I often don’t see is cities spending the money to take care of them—watering, pruning, etc. I’d love to hear more stories about how that happens (e.g., budget; staffing)
What I often don’t see is cities spending the money to take care of them—watering, pruning, etc. I’d love to hear more stories about how that happens (e.g., budget; staffing)
October 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Planting the trees is great. I see lots of cities doing that.
What I often don’t see is cities spending the money to take care of them—watering, pruning, etc. I’d love to hear more stories about how that happens (e.g., budget; staffing)
What I often don’t see is cities spending the money to take care of them—watering, pruning, etc. I’d love to hear more stories about how that happens (e.g., budget; staffing)
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According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.
Just the start.
Common sense.
Just the start.
Common sense.
October 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.
Just the start.
Common sense.
Just the start.
Common sense.
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First the internet, now the world, has been overrun by anti-intellectual liars. How the hell do we fight back?
One step at a time. Speak the truth about science and history
One step at a time. Speak the truth about science and history
September 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
First the internet, now the world, has been overrun by anti-intellectual liars. How the hell do we fight back?
One step at a time. Speak the truth about science and history
One step at a time. Speak the truth about science and history
So good to see this work - I was definitely one of those who left the field as there were just no practical ways to combine family and fieldwork. I’m so impressed with today’s generation! #PregnantInTheField
New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#openaccess✅
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#openaccess✅
Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core
Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology
www.cambridge.org
September 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
So good to see this work - I was definitely one of those who left the field as there were just no practical ways to combine family and fieldwork. I’m so impressed with today’s generation! #PregnantInTheField
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Rise of dangerous health information in UK risks 'lost generation'
LSHTM experts warn false or misleading health information on social media, apps, & AI tools risks "reversing decades of progress", call for new network to fight back.
@lshtmcepr.bsky.social
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
LSHTM experts warn false or misleading health information on social media, apps, & AI tools risks "reversing decades of progress", call for new network to fight back.
@lshtmcepr.bsky.social
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
September 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Rise of dangerous health information in UK risks 'lost generation'
LSHTM experts warn false or misleading health information on social media, apps, & AI tools risks "reversing decades of progress", call for new network to fight back.
@lshtmcepr.bsky.social
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
LSHTM experts warn false or misleading health information on social media, apps, & AI tools risks "reversing decades of progress", call for new network to fight back.
@lshtmcepr.bsky.social
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
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Maternal Grief-Writing as Transformative Practice
Sabina Dosani & Emily Tammam
doi.org/10.1080/1448...
#RecurrentMiscarriage #ChildLoss
Sabina Dosani & Emily Tammam
doi.org/10.1080/1448...
#RecurrentMiscarriage #ChildLoss
Maternal Grief-Writing as Transformative Practice
This collaborative essay explores maternal grief-writing as a transformative act of reaching across profound gaps of loss, silence, and understanding. Emily Tammam, a lived-experience communicator ...
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Maternal Grief-Writing as Transformative Practice
Sabina Dosani & Emily Tammam
doi.org/10.1080/1448...
#RecurrentMiscarriage #ChildLoss
Sabina Dosani & Emily Tammam
doi.org/10.1080/1448...
#RecurrentMiscarriage #ChildLoss
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🎥 Missed the UN SDG Media Zone session on climate disinformation?
Watch the replay to learn how false narratives threaten climate action and why strengthening information integrity matters now more than ever.
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Watch the replay to learn how false narratives threaten climate action and why strengthening information integrity matters now more than ever.
buff.ly/0ERAI5u
Strengthening Information Integrity for Climate Action - SDG Media Zone, 80th Session of the UN General Assembly
Deliberate and coordinated disinformation campaigns are hindering global progress on climate change, ranging from outright denial to greenwashing to harassment of climate scientists and activists.…
webtv.un.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🎥 Missed the UN SDG Media Zone session on climate disinformation?
Watch the replay to learn how false narratives threaten climate action and why strengthening information integrity matters now more than ever.
buff.ly/0ERAI5u
Watch the replay to learn how false narratives threaten climate action and why strengthening information integrity matters now more than ever.
buff.ly/0ERAI5u
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Health #misinformation on social media could lead to ‘sicker UK’
In the Independent Liam Smeeth & Adam Kucharski warn false & misleading health information on social media, apps & AI tools risks generation unsure where to turn for trustworthy health advice.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
In the Independent Liam Smeeth & Adam Kucharski warn false & misleading health information on social media, apps & AI tools risks generation unsure where to turn for trustworthy health advice.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Health misinformation on social media could lead to a ‘sicker UK’, experts warn
Experts at The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are calling for universities, health organisations, charities to join a new network aimed at fighting misinformation
www.independent.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Health #misinformation on social media could lead to ‘sicker UK’
In the Independent Liam Smeeth & Adam Kucharski warn false & misleading health information on social media, apps & AI tools risks generation unsure where to turn for trustworthy health advice.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
In the Independent Liam Smeeth & Adam Kucharski warn false & misleading health information on social media, apps & AI tools risks generation unsure where to turn for trustworthy health advice.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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Fossil-fueled warming once again killed tens of thousands in Europe this summer. Scientists the rising heat and death tolls show the limits of adaptation.
Human-Caused Warming Tripled the Death Toll of European Heat Waves This Summer, New Report Shows - Inside Climate News
Public health researchers struggle to track the accelerating pace of global warming impacts.
insideclimatenews.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Fossil-fueled warming once again killed tens of thousands in Europe this summer. Scientists the rising heat and death tolls show the limits of adaptation.