@owenamwilliams.bsky.social
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🚨 NEW: One of the largest COVID-19 vaccine studies ever (28 MILLION people in France) just dropped.
Results?
• 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19
• 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality
• No increase in 4-year mortality
#BlueSky #MedSky #IDSky #SciSky #NewsSky #PedsSky #ObSky #NurseSky
Results?
• 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19
• 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality
• No increase in 4-year mortality
#BlueSky #MedSky #IDSky #SciSky #NewsSky #PedsSky #ObSky #NurseSky
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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This is really very good not least because, apart from its specific proposals, it actually articulates a coherent economic *strategy* - something which the UK hasn't had for a long time.
New essay out today by me and @acjsissons.bsky.social - ‘Getting Britain out of the hole: a plan for the economy’. You can read the whole thing here getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
Getting Britain out of the hole
A plan for the UK economy
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This is really very good not least because, apart from its specific proposals, it actually articulates a coherent economic *strategy* - something which the UK hasn't had for a long time.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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🚨BREAKING🚨
What Nathan Did Next: A Kremlin-Backed Forum on How to Subvert Western Democracy — and how Reform UK’s former Welsh Leader Nathan Gill fits in. 🧵 1/12
Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/17/w...
What Nathan Did Next: A Kremlin-Backed Forum on How to Subvert Western Democracy — and how Reform UK’s former Welsh Leader Nathan Gill fits in. 🧵 1/12
Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/17/w...
October 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨
What Nathan Did Next: A Kremlin-Backed Forum on How to Subvert Western Democracy — and how Reform UK’s former Welsh Leader Nathan Gill fits in. 🧵 1/12
Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/17/w...
What Nathan Did Next: A Kremlin-Backed Forum on How to Subvert Western Democracy — and how Reform UK’s former Welsh Leader Nathan Gill fits in. 🧵 1/12
Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/10/17/w...
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"The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something." Absolutely fantastic sketch by @roberthutton.co.uk. Every line is a banger:
Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting…
thecritic.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something." Absolutely fantastic sketch by @roberthutton.co.uk. Every line is a banger:
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Liverpool! Happening now!
We have an amazing panel at 4pm at @OpenEyeGallery with the brilliant & inimitable @carolvorders.bsky.social Stewart Lee & @& the entire @thenerve.news team on this our launch day!
It’s first come, first served for seats. See you there!! 👊👊👊
We have an amazing panel at 4pm at @OpenEyeGallery with the brilliant & inimitable @carolvorders.bsky.social Stewart Lee & @& the entire @thenerve.news team on this our launch day!
It’s first come, first served for seats. See you there!! 👊👊👊
September 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Liverpool! Happening now!
We have an amazing panel at 4pm at @OpenEyeGallery with the brilliant & inimitable @carolvorders.bsky.social Stewart Lee & @& the entire @thenerve.news team on this our launch day!
It’s first come, first served for seats. See you there!! 👊👊👊
We have an amazing panel at 4pm at @OpenEyeGallery with the brilliant & inimitable @carolvorders.bsky.social Stewart Lee & @& the entire @thenerve.news team on this our launch day!
It’s first come, first served for seats. See you there!! 👊👊👊
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Reform UK are pushing immigration hard as an issue in the Caerphilly by-election.
Just for context, Caerphilly has the THE LOWEST, immigration rate of all Wales' 22 councils.
97.1% of people there were born in the UK.
Only Cardiff and Newport have move that 10% born overseas.
Just for context, Caerphilly has the THE LOWEST, immigration rate of all Wales' 22 councils.
97.1% of people there were born in the UK.
Only Cardiff and Newport have move that 10% born overseas.
September 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Reform UK are pushing immigration hard as an issue in the Caerphilly by-election.
Just for context, Caerphilly has the THE LOWEST, immigration rate of all Wales' 22 councils.
97.1% of people there were born in the UK.
Only Cardiff and Newport have move that 10% born overseas.
Just for context, Caerphilly has the THE LOWEST, immigration rate of all Wales' 22 councils.
97.1% of people there were born in the UK.
Only Cardiff and Newport have move that 10% born overseas.
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4/ Specifically we need to win these by convincing enough people that
(a) That human rights law protects British people against an overmighty government
(b) That international treaties are how free countries cooperate against large dicatorships like Russia and china.
(a) That human rights law protects British people against an overmighty government
(b) That international treaties are how free countries cooperate against large dicatorships like Russia and china.
September 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
4/ Specifically we need to win these by convincing enough people that
(a) That human rights law protects British people against an overmighty government
(b) That international treaties are how free countries cooperate against large dicatorships like Russia and china.
(a) That human rights law protects British people against an overmighty government
(b) That international treaties are how free countries cooperate against large dicatorships like Russia and china.
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I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
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An important thread. What is Reform UK up to? ~AA
August 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
An important thread. What is Reform UK up to? ~AA
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1/11 History Reclaimed is still trying to invalidate the Church of England’s Project Spire reparative justice investment fund on historical grounds, with letters to the TLS and this rebuttal of the work of historians who examined the Church's complicity in slave-trading:
July 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
1/11 History Reclaimed is still trying to invalidate the Church of England’s Project Spire reparative justice investment fund on historical grounds, with letters to the TLS and this rebuttal of the work of historians who examined the Church's complicity in slave-trading:
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Debate around the ECHR would be more honest if everyone acknowledged that (i) the Court's 'living tree' interpretative approach was fixed by the early 1990s; (ii) the UK along with every other state kept renewing the optional jurisdiction of the Court while that case-law was developing, until...
June 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Debate around the ECHR would be more honest if everyone acknowledged that (i) the Court's 'living tree' interpretative approach was fixed by the early 1990s; (ii) the UK along with every other state kept renewing the optional jurisdiction of the Court while that case-law was developing, until...
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America's descent into suppression of dissent 🧵
I've been tracking Trump's actions since Jan and have included 93 actions that I consider to suppress dissent.
They fall into 4 domains and their use is quite different over time. 1/16
I've been tracking Trump's actions since Jan and have included 93 actions that I consider to suppress dissent.
They fall into 4 domains and their use is quite different over time. 1/16
June 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
America's descent into suppression of dissent 🧵
I've been tracking Trump's actions since Jan and have included 93 actions that I consider to suppress dissent.
They fall into 4 domains and their use is quite different over time. 1/16
I've been tracking Trump's actions since Jan and have included 93 actions that I consider to suppress dissent.
They fall into 4 domains and their use is quite different over time. 1/16
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Reform UK has claimed they can cut loads of taxes by axing Net Zero policies
they have based their claims on an old IfG report which said NZ would cost £45bn a year
but IfG was explicit that most of those costs were on private indidivuals/companies - not state spending
www.ft.com/content/8b5f...
they have based their claims on an old IfG report which said NZ would cost £45bn a year
but IfG was explicit that most of those costs were on private indidivuals/companies - not state spending
www.ft.com/content/8b5f...
June 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reform UK has claimed they can cut loads of taxes by axing Net Zero policies
they have based their claims on an old IfG report which said NZ would cost £45bn a year
but IfG was explicit that most of those costs were on private indidivuals/companies - not state spending
www.ft.com/content/8b5f...
they have based their claims on an old IfG report which said NZ would cost £45bn a year
but IfG was explicit that most of those costs were on private indidivuals/companies - not state spending
www.ft.com/content/8b5f...
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The case for using "global majority" by institutions should be rejected unless + until it can be shown
- most people understand what it means (most don't)
- most people it is about would like it used (most don't)
I find it a deeply incoherent fiction + a highly regressive term in some many ways
- most people understand what it means (most don't)
- most people it is about would like it used (most don't)
I find it a deeply incoherent fiction + a highly regressive term in some many ways
May 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The case for using "global majority" by institutions should be rejected unless + until it can be shown
- most people understand what it means (most don't)
- most people it is about would like it used (most don't)
I find it a deeply incoherent fiction + a highly regressive term in some many ways
- most people understand what it means (most don't)
- most people it is about would like it used (most don't)
I find it a deeply incoherent fiction + a highly regressive term in some many ways
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hey lovelies, I finally got around to publicly sharing my compilation of big tech energy and emissions data. I'll be using it in articles, posts etc but it's yours too, free to use (w/ attribution is nice)
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
May 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
hey lovelies, I finally got around to publicly sharing my compilation of big tech energy and emissions data. I'll be using it in articles, posts etc but it's yours too, free to use (w/ attribution is nice)
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
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In normal times, the drop in UK exports since the pandemic and Brexit — and how they’ve been holding back GDP growth — would have been a major economic story.
May 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
In normal times, the drop in UK exports since the pandemic and Brexit — and how they’ve been holding back GDP growth — would have been a major economic story.
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I'm liking the look of Anara anara.com/new. Do any academics use it? Individual or team (shared workspace)? Thanks for tips!
#academicsky
#academicsky
Anara | Faster research
Anara is an AI research assistant that helps you quickly find insights in research papers so you can write literature reviews faster. Join 1M+ academics using Anara to speed up their work.
anara.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I'm liking the look of Anara anara.com/new. Do any academics use it? Individual or team (shared workspace)? Thanks for tips!
#academicsky
#academicsky
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This chart from Immigration White Paper illustrates quality of government's underlying "analysis."
1. Numbers are completely wrong (in fact non-EU employment in health/care rose by over 100K).
2. Doesn't say what time period this is.
3. Footnote to source says data is from OECD (it's from HMRC)
1. Numbers are completely wrong (in fact non-EU employment in health/care rose by over 100K).
2. Doesn't say what time period this is.
3. Footnote to source says data is from OECD (it's from HMRC)
May 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This chart from Immigration White Paper illustrates quality of government's underlying "analysis."
1. Numbers are completely wrong (in fact non-EU employment in health/care rose by over 100K).
2. Doesn't say what time period this is.
3. Footnote to source says data is from OECD (it's from HMRC)
1. Numbers are completely wrong (in fact non-EU employment in health/care rose by over 100K).
2. Doesn't say what time period this is.
3. Footnote to source says data is from OECD (it's from HMRC)
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Long thread on how Brexitism started and evolved over 75 years, drawing from Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon's 'Continental Drift'.
Global Britain, Free Trade, Cakeism, Federalism, anti-federalism, EEA, Winston Churchill, Empire, 52-48 referendums, Enoch Powell, 1975, Thatcher.... It's all here. /1
Global Britain, Free Trade, Cakeism, Federalism, anti-federalism, EEA, Winston Churchill, Empire, 52-48 referendums, Enoch Powell, 1975, Thatcher.... It's all here. /1
November 10, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Long thread on how Brexitism started and evolved over 75 years, drawing from Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon's 'Continental Drift'.
Global Britain, Free Trade, Cakeism, Federalism, anti-federalism, EEA, Winston Churchill, Empire, 52-48 referendums, Enoch Powell, 1975, Thatcher.... It's all here. /1
Global Britain, Free Trade, Cakeism, Federalism, anti-federalism, EEA, Winston Churchill, Empire, 52-48 referendums, Enoch Powell, 1975, Thatcher.... It's all here. /1
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Vance's Easter visit to Rome clogged its streets with a 40-vehicle entourage. He also demanded the Coliseum be closed so he and his family could tour it alone. Tourists who properly booked slots in advance got screwed.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
JD Vance and his forty 4x4s visit the Vatican during trip to Rome
The US vice-president, a self-styled ‘baby Catholic’ who was baptised in 2019, and his family met senior officials from the Catholic Church
www.thetimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Vance's Easter visit to Rome clogged its streets with a 40-vehicle entourage. He also demanded the Coliseum be closed so he and his family could tour it alone. Tourists who properly booked slots in advance got screwed.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
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My paper “Accounting for Slavery” presents a new database of state-level GDP divided into 15 sectors for every census year in the US from 1839 to 1899.
I then use this new database to make a few gentle interventions in the slavery debates. 1/19
I then use this new database to make a few gentle interventions in the slavery debates. 1/19
April 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
My paper “Accounting for Slavery” presents a new database of state-level GDP divided into 15 sectors for every census year in the US from 1839 to 1899.
I then use this new database to make a few gentle interventions in the slavery debates. 1/19
I then use this new database to make a few gentle interventions in the slavery debates. 1/19
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Seeing as it is #AutismAcceptanceMonth, I thought I would share a thread, in no particular order, of some of my favourite books related to being neurodivergent, in particular the books which have helped me in some way, shape, or form. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Seeing as it is #AutismAcceptanceMonth, I thought I would share a thread, in no particular order, of some of my favourite books related to being neurodivergent, in particular the books which have helped me in some way, shape, or form. 1/
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Curious about using artificial intelligence to boost your research? Here are the programs you shouldn’t miss
https://go.nature.com/4ls2K7a
https://go.nature.com/4ls2K7a
AI for research: the ultimate guide to choosing the right tool
Nature - Curious about using artificial intelligence to boost your research? Here are the programs you shouldn’t miss.
go.nature.com
April 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Curious about using artificial intelligence to boost your research? Here are the programs you shouldn’t miss
https://go.nature.com/4ls2K7a
https://go.nature.com/4ls2K7a
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The Telegraph recently ran a headline:
"More than one million foreigners claiming benefits."
Sounds shocking, right?
But what does it actually mean?
Let’s have a look!
🧵1/13 (1/1)
"More than one million foreigners claiming benefits."
Sounds shocking, right?
But what does it actually mean?
Let’s have a look!
🧵1/13 (1/1)
March 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The Telegraph recently ran a headline:
"More than one million foreigners claiming benefits."
Sounds shocking, right?
But what does it actually mean?
Let’s have a look!
🧵1/13 (1/1)
"More than one million foreigners claiming benefits."
Sounds shocking, right?
But what does it actually mean?
Let’s have a look!
🧵1/13 (1/1)