Richie Stafford
@richiestafford.bsky.social
Prevention is better than cure. Primum non nocere. Unvetted economic migrant living in Dublin.
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#CADrugsUse - Sat 30 Sept - Karen O'Connor & Richie Stafford
YouTube video by Citizens' Assembly
youtu.be
Great interest in the #CAonDrugUse at last weeks EU Council HDG meeting. Here is a link to my presentation on drug prevention - youtu.be/b6bDkVvVxes?...
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Exceptionally interesting paper from John and team
Underscores one more reason why alcohol price matters to consumtion & eventually harm
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Underscores one more reason why alcohol price matters to consumtion & eventually harm
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Examining changes in the prevalence of cost‐motivated alcohol reduction attempts in the context of a cost‐of‐living crisis and alcohol duty reforms: A population survey of risky drinkers in Great Britain, 2021–2024
Background and aims Affordability of alcohol is a key driver of consumption. The cost-of-living crisis in Great Britain has been putting pressure on household budgets since late 2021. In addition, t...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Exceptionally interesting paper from John and team
Underscores one more reason why alcohol price matters to consumtion & eventually harm
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Underscores one more reason why alcohol price matters to consumtion & eventually harm
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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On Monday, WHO’s staff residence in Deir al-Balah, #Gaza, was hit by projectiles and damaged by fire while our personnel and their families were inside.
Male colleagues were detained, stripped to their underwear, handcuffed & blindfolded.
🔊 Hear what happened on the ground. #NotATarget
Male colleagues were detained, stripped to their underwear, handcuffed & blindfolded.
🔊 Hear what happened on the ground. #NotATarget
July 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
On Monday, WHO’s staff residence in Deir al-Balah, #Gaza, was hit by projectiles and damaged by fire while our personnel and their families were inside.
Male colleagues were detained, stripped to their underwear, handcuffed & blindfolded.
🔊 Hear what happened on the ground. #NotATarget
Male colleagues were detained, stripped to their underwear, handcuffed & blindfolded.
🔊 Hear what happened on the ground. #NotATarget
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Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.
Inside a Gaza hospital: A British surgeon on what he's witnessing firsthand
Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.
n.pr
July 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.
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🧵Solidarity with Francesca Albanese.
She is facing a barrage of lies and smears + the Trump Admin is calling on the UN to fire her.
Why? Because there is simply no arguing with her devastating new report on the companies profiting from genocide.
Stay tuned for our interview on @zeteo.com.
She is facing a barrage of lies and smears + the Trump Admin is calling on the UN to fire her.
Why? Because there is simply no arguing with her devastating new report on the companies profiting from genocide.
Stay tuned for our interview on @zeteo.com.
July 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🧵Solidarity with Francesca Albanese.
She is facing a barrage of lies and smears + the Trump Admin is calling on the UN to fire her.
Why? Because there is simply no arguing with her devastating new report on the companies profiting from genocide.
Stay tuned for our interview on @zeteo.com.
She is facing a barrage of lies and smears + the Trump Admin is calling on the UN to fire her.
Why? Because there is simply no arguing with her devastating new report on the companies profiting from genocide.
Stay tuned for our interview on @zeteo.com.
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IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza.
Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
June 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza.
Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.
Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...
www.tpr.org
June 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.
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US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire
US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire
The 14 other members of the 15-nation council voted in favor of the resolution, which also called on Israel to lift all restrictions on the delivery of aid to the
www.thestar.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire
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Complete and open disregard for international law.
No sanctions.
No sanctions.
May 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Complete and open disregard for international law.
No sanctions.
No sanctions.
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Free online courses from Harvard University
“American Government: Constitutional Foundations
“U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy”
“We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy”
👏
@harvard.edu
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
“American Government: Constitutional Foundations
“U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy”
“We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy”
👏
@harvard.edu
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
Government | Harvard University
Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.
pll.harvard.edu
May 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Free online courses from Harvard University
“American Government: Constitutional Foundations
“U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy”
“We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy”
👏
@harvard.edu
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
“American Government: Constitutional Foundations
“U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy”
“We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy”
👏
@harvard.edu
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
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Naturally.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Slot machine firms target UK’s poorest areas and channel funds to billionaires
Exclusive: Politicians including Andy Burnham call for councils to be given powers to stop new sites opening
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Naturally.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Maybe boycott the singing competition platforming propaganda by a state committing an ongoing genocide, perhaps. A little proposal for the bare minimum. Something to consider.
May 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Maybe boycott the singing competition platforming propaganda by a state committing an ongoing genocide, perhaps. A little proposal for the bare minimum. Something to consider.
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Elon Musk’s cavalcade of clown colleges have exposed just how dangerous his platform and AI can be.
He’s the best warning against himself.
He’s the best warning against himself.
Why did Grok suddenly start talking about “white genocide in South Africa” even if asked about baseball or cute dogs?
Because someone at Musk’s xAi deliberately did this, and we only found out because they were clumsy.
My piece on the real dangers of AI.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...
Because someone at Musk’s xAi deliberately did this, and we only found out because they were clumsy.
My piece on the real dangers of AI.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...
May 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Elon Musk’s cavalcade of clown colleges have exposed just how dangerous his platform and AI can be.
He’s the best warning against himself.
He’s the best warning against himself.
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High-income countries could have longer healthy life expectancies, but this full potential is shortened by respiratory cancers, drug use disorders, and other non-fatal health issues.
🌍💔
🔗 bit.ly/437wz4w
🌍💔
🔗 bit.ly/437wz4w
May 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
High-income countries could have longer healthy life expectancies, but this full potential is shortened by respiratory cancers, drug use disorders, and other non-fatal health issues.
🌍💔
🔗 bit.ly/437wz4w
🌍💔
🔗 bit.ly/437wz4w
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Low emission zones are successful in cutting air pollution, studies find
- "We found significant improvements in respiratory health and mental wellbeing, as well as an 18.5% reduction in the likelihood of taking sick leave"
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- "We found significant improvements in respiratory health and mental wellbeing, as well as an 18.5% reduction in the likelihood of taking sick leave"
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Low emission zones are successful in cutting air pollution, study finds
Team in Belgium find improvement in air quality after launch of traffic measures in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Low emission zones are successful in cutting air pollution, studies find
- "We found significant improvements in respiratory health and mental wellbeing, as well as an 18.5% reduction in the likelihood of taking sick leave"
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- "We found significant improvements in respiratory health and mental wellbeing, as well as an 18.5% reduction in the likelihood of taking sick leave"
Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.
wck.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
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Today, the International Court of Justice began a 5-day hearing into Israel’s breaches of its legal obligations through its denial of food and aid to the Gaza Strip. The hearing takes place 8 weeks into Israel’s total blockade of ALL humanitarian aid and supplies to Gaza. (1/7)
April 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Today, the International Court of Justice began a 5-day hearing into Israel’s breaches of its legal obligations through its denial of food and aid to the Gaza Strip. The hearing takes place 8 weeks into Israel’s total blockade of ALL humanitarian aid and supplies to Gaza. (1/7)
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Super interesting insights about a famous study!
Been seeing people sharing a certain someone's TED talk recently. So I wrote this about what Rat Park actually found, why it's an important study, but it's really important not to sensationalise what it found for that 'truthy' soundbite.
After Rat Park
Or why everything you think you know about addiction might be a little more nuanced than some would give you credit for
open.substack.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Super interesting insights about a famous study!
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“Youssef!… I pray for you.”
The Pope held regular calls with the parish in Gaza - even during his lengthy period of illness.
(This video from January)
The Pope held regular calls with the parish in Gaza - even during his lengthy period of illness.
(This video from January)
April 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
“Youssef!… I pray for you.”
The Pope held regular calls with the parish in Gaza - even during his lengthy period of illness.
(This video from January)
The Pope held regular calls with the parish in Gaza - even during his lengthy period of illness.
(This video from January)
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
April 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Shocked I am, shocked
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
A recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online
Shocked I am, shocked
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
A recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Shocked I am, shocked
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
A recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online
Shocked I am, shocked
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
A recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online
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Video obtained by my colleague Farnaz Fassihi shows how the IDF deliberately attacked, over several minutes, a convoy of ambulances and other emergency vehicles in #Gaza. #Israel wrongly claimed that the vehicles drove without emergency signals and headlights. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of the incident, which described the vehicles as “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency ...
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Video obtained by my colleague Farnaz Fassihi shows how the IDF deliberately attacked, over several minutes, a convoy of ambulances and other emergency vehicles in #Gaza. #Israel wrongly claimed that the vehicles drove without emergency signals and headlights. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
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Fantastic graphic from the WSJ. Trump just increased the price of a iPhone by nearly 60 percent. Obviously completely unsustainable so won’t be sustained. An American Liz Truss moment
April 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Fantastic graphic from the WSJ. Trump just increased the price of a iPhone by nearly 60 percent. Obviously completely unsustainable so won’t be sustained. An American Liz Truss moment