Mark Petticrew
@markpetticrew.bsky.social
Public Health, Commercial Determinants of Health, Professor at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
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Does your team require high quality qualitative research support?
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
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November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Does your team require high quality qualitative research support?
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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This is one of the major concerns regarding zero alcohol products: that they only benefit wealthier people because they're more expensive than standard alcohol.
Reducing alcohol deaths among the lowest socioeconomic groups has to be the priority, (🧵)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Reducing alcohol deaths among the lowest socioeconomic groups has to be the priority, (🧵)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Why are alcohol-free drinks so expensive? Some fake spirits cost over £25 a bottle!
In this new series, our money and consumer editor considers the often perplexing reasons items cost what they do. As a new report suggests booze-free booze can cost 25% more than the alcoholic equival...
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is one of the major concerns regarding zero alcohol products: that they only benefit wealthier people because they're more expensive than standard alcohol.
Reducing alcohol deaths among the lowest socioeconomic groups has to be the priority, (🧵)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Reducing alcohol deaths among the lowest socioeconomic groups has to be the priority, (🧵)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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OFFICIAL RELEASE: The documentary Unmasking Influence is now publicly available! Explore how powerful industries shape science, policy, and public health - and what must be done to prevent harm.
Watch the full film: edin.ac/43Gd2cC
@maizie333.bsky.social
#GlobalHealth #UnmaskingInfluence
Watch the full film: edin.ac/43Gd2cC
@maizie333.bsky.social
#GlobalHealth #UnmaskingInfluence
Unmasking Influence - Full Documentary Film
Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major public health crises we face today are largely driven by…
edin.ac
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
OFFICIAL RELEASE: The documentary Unmasking Influence is now publicly available! Explore how powerful industries shape science, policy, and public health - and what must be done to prevent harm.
Watch the full film: edin.ac/43Gd2cC
@maizie333.bsky.social
#GlobalHealth #UnmaskingInfluence
Watch the full film: edin.ac/43Gd2cC
@maizie333.bsky.social
#GlobalHealth #UnmaskingInfluence
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🎬 🍿 Official Film Release!
We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285
There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.
We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285
There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.
Unmasking Influence - The Official Trailer
This trailer is for a film called Unmasking Influence. Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major…
vimeo.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🎬 🍿 Official Film Release!
We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285
There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.
We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285
There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.
🎬 🍿 Official Film Release!
We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285
There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.
We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285
There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.
Unmasking Influence - The Official Trailer
This trailer is for a film called Unmasking Influence. Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major…
vimeo.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🎬 🍿 Official Film Release!
We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285
There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.
We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285
There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.
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Wow. Bill Gates Foundation donates millions to long time climate disinformer Bjorn Lomborg and Lomborg advises Gates on climate.
“Here’s the thing, Bill Gates: There’s no ‘patch’ for the climate crisis. And there is no way to reboot the planet if you crash it. The only safe and reliable way out when you find yourself in a climate hole is to stop digging—and burning—fossil fuels.” — @michaelemann.bsky.social
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
November 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Wow. Bill Gates Foundation donates millions to long time climate disinformer Bjorn Lomborg and Lomborg advises Gates on climate.
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Did you spot it?
This government wants to use a PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP for Neighbourhood Health Centres in its 10 year NHS plan
*Even though Private Finance Initiatives mean the NHS paying up to 27 x over for hospitals*
Take 1 minute to say no weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
This government wants to use a PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP for Neighbourhood Health Centres in its 10 year NHS plan
*Even though Private Finance Initiatives mean the NHS paying up to 27 x over for hospitals*
Take 1 minute to say no weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services | We Own It
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
July 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Did you spot it?
This government wants to use a PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP for Neighbourhood Health Centres in its 10 year NHS plan
*Even though Private Finance Initiatives mean the NHS paying up to 27 x over for hospitals*
Take 1 minute to say no weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
This government wants to use a PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP for Neighbourhood Health Centres in its 10 year NHS plan
*Even though Private Finance Initiatives mean the NHS paying up to 27 x over for hospitals*
Take 1 minute to say no weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
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Nafeez Ahmed unveils a network of tech tyrants and MAGA figureheads as they look to plant their flag on a brand new territory: The United Kingdom.
The Thiel Effect: How MAGA Is Making In-Roads Into Britain
www.bylinesupplement.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Nafeez Ahmed unveils a network of tech tyrants and MAGA figureheads as they look to plant their flag on a brand new territory: The United Kingdom.
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Unpopular maybe, but we should firmly resist this kind of banal medicalization of cultural and aesthetic experience. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Picture of health: going to art galleries can improve wellbeing, study reveals
Viewing original works of art can relieve stress, cut heart disease risk and boost immune system, first study of its kind finds
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Unpopular maybe, but we should firmly resist this kind of banal medicalization of cultural and aesthetic experience. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Halloween artificial cobweb material:
It may be a bit of fake fun for you, but it's a very real and terrifying death for them.
It may be a bit of fake fun for you, but it's a very real and terrifying death for them.
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Halloween artificial cobweb material:
It may be a bit of fake fun for you, but it's a very real and terrifying death for them.
It may be a bit of fake fun for you, but it's a very real and terrifying death for them.
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Anyway, if you’re interested in reading about how the far right has begun to use LOTR and Tolkien, here is an interesting intro
newfascismsyllabus.com/contribution...
newfascismsyllabus.com/contribution...
How Frodo Baggins Resurrected Italy’s Far-Right Movement - The New Fascism Syllabus
This weblog article was originally written for Dr. Jennifer Evans’ upper-division seminar, “Populism and Authoritarianism in Contemporary Europe,” at Carleton University. To view more entries [...]
newfascismsyllabus.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Anyway, if you’re interested in reading about how the far right has begun to use LOTR and Tolkien, here is an interesting intro
newfascismsyllabus.com/contribution...
newfascismsyllabus.com/contribution...
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After January 6, 2021, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Comcast publicly pledged to stop donating to politicians who sought to undermine the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election.
In 2025, these companies have stopped worrying about democracy and are buying Trump a ballroom.
In 2025, these companies have stopped worrying about democracy and are buying Trump a ballroom.
These Corporations Stopped Worrying About Democracy and Bought Trump a Ballroom
It has been nearly five years since the 2020 presidential election, but President Trump continues to baselessly insist it was stolen.
popular.info
October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
After January 6, 2021, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Comcast publicly pledged to stop donating to politicians who sought to undermine the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election.
In 2025, these companies have stopped worrying about democracy and are buying Trump a ballroom.
In 2025, these companies have stopped worrying about democracy and are buying Trump a ballroom.
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Same storm different boats
hawksmoorpublishing.com/book/same-st...
@jasonstrelitz.bsky.social
Want to know how a public health team works in the middle of a pandemic? This is about as good a telling of the story as you'll find anywhere.
hawksmoorpublishing.com/book/same-st...
@jasonstrelitz.bsky.social
Want to know how a public health team works in the middle of a pandemic? This is about as good a telling of the story as you'll find anywhere.
October 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Same storm different boats
hawksmoorpublishing.com/book/same-st...
@jasonstrelitz.bsky.social
Want to know how a public health team works in the middle of a pandemic? This is about as good a telling of the story as you'll find anywhere.
hawksmoorpublishing.com/book/same-st...
@jasonstrelitz.bsky.social
Want to know how a public health team works in the middle of a pandemic? This is about as good a telling of the story as you'll find anywhere.
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Guardian articles in 24 hours:
“Saturday marks a decade since the World Health Organization in October 2015 declared processed meat to be carcinogenic to humans, putting it in the same category as tobacco and asbestos.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“Saturday marks a decade since the World Health Organization in October 2015 declared processed meat to be carcinogenic to humans, putting it in the same category as tobacco and asbestos.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK
Successive governments criticised for doing ‘virtually nothing’ to reduce risk in the decade since cancer link found
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Guardian articles in 24 hours:
“Saturday marks a decade since the World Health Organization in October 2015 declared processed meat to be carcinogenic to humans, putting it in the same category as tobacco and asbestos.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“Saturday marks a decade since the World Health Organization in October 2015 declared processed meat to be carcinogenic to humans, putting it in the same category as tobacco and asbestos.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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the mildest moment of pushback is worth something, it seems
Stewart Lee: How do all these rightwing astroturfers get on the airwaves? Doesn’t anyone Google them first?
From Aston Villa to George Abaraonye, every time the culture wars flare up, there’s a ‘concerned citizen’ from a previously unheard-of pressure group popping up. A little scepticism is needed
www.thenerve.news
October 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
the mildest moment of pushback is worth something, it seems
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Governments in 21 countries have sued the tobacco industry for the health costs of smoking - and only two have seen any money
New story from @maria-perez.bsky.social breaks down how the tobacco industry has avoided paying up
New story from @maria-perez.bsky.social breaks down how the tobacco industry has avoided paying up
why-most-countries-never-got-a-tobacco-settlement
Governments in the U.S. and Canada went to court and got tobacco companies to pay for smoking-related diseases. Many other lawsuits have failed.
www.theexamination.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Governments in 21 countries have sued the tobacco industry for the health costs of smoking - and only two have seen any money
New story from @maria-perez.bsky.social breaks down how the tobacco industry has avoided paying up
New story from @maria-perez.bsky.social breaks down how the tobacco industry has avoided paying up
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Incredible thread 👏👏👏
HIVE MIND: What's the greatest panto poster you've ever seen? Comment below.
October 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Incredible thread 👏👏👏
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Serious questions for the Wellcome Trust and Wellcome Leap to answer here.
Allocating $50m to microbiome pseudoscience is bad enough.
But things get alarmingly murky when you notice that the Program Director is working on commercial microbiomics products.
Allocating $50m to microbiome pseudoscience is bad enough.
But things get alarmingly murky when you notice that the Program Director is working on commercial microbiomics products.
New blogpost on my concerns about Wellcome LEAP new $50m program on autism/microbiome links. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-le...
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
A LEAP into the future, or off a cliff: Wellcome LEAP's new $50M program
A few days ago, I saw this post on LinkedIn: How does the gut microbiome shape early brain development? That’s what FORM, a new $50 million...
deevybee.blogspot.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Serious questions for the Wellcome Trust and Wellcome Leap to answer here.
Allocating $50m to microbiome pseudoscience is bad enough.
But things get alarmingly murky when you notice that the Program Director is working on commercial microbiomics products.
Allocating $50m to microbiome pseudoscience is bad enough.
But things get alarmingly murky when you notice that the Program Director is working on commercial microbiomics products.
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Nearly half of UK garden space is paved over, RHS study finds
Nearly half of UK garden space is paved over, RHS study finds
Homeowners urged to use more robust planting and permeable materials to help mitigate flood risk
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Nearly half of UK garden space is paved over, RHS study finds
Excellent new study of UPF narratives:
"...opposition to the UPF concept is highly driven by a small group of academics, many with direct or indirect financial ties to UPF producers"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@kat-lauber.bsky.social @ambervandenakker.bsky.social Rachel Barry, Jeff Collin
"...opposition to the UPF concept is highly driven by a small group of academics, many with direct or indirect financial ties to UPF producers"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@kat-lauber.bsky.social @ambervandenakker.bsky.social Rachel Barry, Jeff Collin
www.tandfonline.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Excellent new study of UPF narratives:
"...opposition to the UPF concept is highly driven by a small group of academics, many with direct or indirect financial ties to UPF producers"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@kat-lauber.bsky.social @ambervandenakker.bsky.social Rachel Barry, Jeff Collin
"...opposition to the UPF concept is highly driven by a small group of academics, many with direct or indirect financial ties to UPF producers"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@kat-lauber.bsky.social @ambervandenakker.bsky.social Rachel Barry, Jeff Collin
www.tandfonline.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Excellent new study of UPF narratives:
"...opposition to the UPF concept is highly driven by a small group of academics, many with direct or indirect financial ties to UPF producers"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@kat-lauber.bsky.social @ambervandenakker.bsky.social Rachel Barry, Jeff Collin
"...opposition to the UPF concept is highly driven by a small group of academics, many with direct or indirect financial ties to UPF producers"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@kat-lauber.bsky.social @ambervandenakker.bsky.social Rachel Barry, Jeff Collin
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I suggest the word "killstock" instead of "livestock" where the intention is killing.
October 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I suggest the word "killstock" instead of "livestock" where the intention is killing.
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Good journalism tracking the concerted far-right organising behind “Operation Raise the Colours”*
*the name given by the fash to all those fucking flags popping up everywhere all of a sudden
*the name given by the fash to all those fucking flags popping up everywhere all of a sudden
Union Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an “army of patriots.”
But the truth is very different.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
But the truth is very different.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...
‘Operation Raise the Colours’ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists – HOPE not hate
Union Jacks and the crosses of St George have begun to appear on lampposts up and down the UK in recent days. Much of the...
hopenothate.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Good journalism tracking the concerted far-right organising behind “Operation Raise the Colours”*
*the name given by the fash to all those fucking flags popping up everywhere all of a sudden
*the name given by the fash to all those fucking flags popping up everywhere all of a sudden