Shaun Keegan
@shaunkeegan.bsky.social
Infectious disease epidemiologist @lshtm.bsky.social
Mathematical modeller, stats for epidemiology, AMR & vaccine development.
Also occasional rants about football and whoever Liverpool FC are playing.
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Mathematical modeller, stats for epidemiology, AMR & vaccine development.
Also occasional rants about football and whoever Liverpool FC are playing.
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This was a Budget born of political and intellectual weakness, not strength
Labour has to realise that moving the pieces on the board is not e enough. Affluence is essential for social democracy. And there isn't a plan to create it.
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Labour has to realise that moving the pieces on the board is not e enough. Affluence is essential for social democracy. And there isn't a plan to create it.
Latest from me 👇
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A budget born of weakness, not of strength
Labour needs affluence to remake society. Yet it seems curiously uninterested in creating it.
substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This was a Budget born of political and intellectual weakness, not strength
Labour has to realise that moving the pieces on the board is not e enough. Affluence is essential for social democracy. And there isn't a plan to create it.
Latest from me 👇
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Labour has to realise that moving the pieces on the board is not e enough. Affluence is essential for social democracy. And there isn't a plan to create it.
Latest from me 👇
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The biggest problem with this for Labour is it shows the Cabinet is very London centric in outlook.
Of course they won’t have foreseen this problem, because if your constituency is in a city you do not have to drive.
It will only further support for more populist parties.
Of course they won’t have foreseen this problem, because if your constituency is in a city you do not have to drive.
It will only further support for more populist parties.
Rachel Reeves is asked about how the 3p a mile electric vehicle charge will work for new cars, when they don't have to have an MOT for 3 years. So who will monitor the mileage in order to calculate the tax owed during that period?
Reeves doesn't know.
Reeves doesn't know.
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The biggest problem with this for Labour is it shows the Cabinet is very London centric in outlook.
Of course they won’t have foreseen this problem, because if your constituency is in a city you do not have to drive.
It will only further support for more populist parties.
Of course they won’t have foreseen this problem, because if your constituency is in a city you do not have to drive.
It will only further support for more populist parties.
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Our infographic shows the number of hospitalisations and positive tests compared to last week for each virus. If you want even more detail, read the full report below. 🔎
🔗 www.gov.uk/government/s...
🔗 www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Our infographic shows the number of hospitalisations and positive tests compared to last week for each virus. If you want even more detail, read the full report below. 🔎
🔗 www.gov.uk/government/s...
🔗 www.gov.uk/government/s...
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🆕 #UKHSAVirusWatch: The latest flu, COVID-19 and RSV data from our weekly winter surveillance report.
🟢 Flu activity has increased this week following a dip in recent weeks. Outbreaks in care homes and schools have also increased.
🟢 Flu activity has increased this week following a dip in recent weeks. Outbreaks in care homes and schools have also increased.
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🆕 #UKHSAVirusWatch: The latest flu, COVID-19 and RSV data from our weekly winter surveillance report.
🟢 Flu activity has increased this week following a dip in recent weeks. Outbreaks in care homes and schools have also increased.
🟢 Flu activity has increased this week following a dip in recent weeks. Outbreaks in care homes and schools have also increased.
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The bigotry towards people who are transgender is not incidental.
It was and is a central plank of the Labour Party to gain and retain power. This is who our government is and every LGBT person should never forget this.
The bigotry towards people who are transgender is not incidental.
It was and is a central plank of the Labour Party to gain and retain power. This is who our government is and every LGBT person should never forget this.
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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The bigotry towards people who are transgender is not incidental.
It was and is a central plank of the Labour Party to gain and retain power. This is who our government is and every LGBT person should never forget this.
The bigotry towards people who are transgender is not incidental.
It was and is a central plank of the Labour Party to gain and retain power. This is who our government is and every LGBT person should never forget this.
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Perhaps the key moment came as Geissler suggested that if your child came out to you as trans your natural response would be to hug them and try to protect them, and Cunningham responded by talking about people wanting to amputate their legs. It was an extraordinarily heartless and selfish response.
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Perhaps the key moment came as Geissler suggested that if your child came out to you as trans your natural response would be to hug them and try to protect them, and Cunningham responded by talking about people wanting to amputate their legs. It was an extraordinarily heartless and selfish response.
Look in the mirror, Kier. You run the most anti-LGBTQ+ government since Thatcher’s.
"[...] the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK"
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Look in the mirror, Kier. You run the most anti-LGBTQ+ government since Thatcher’s.
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“I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us”
Says the straight man who approvingly visited anti-LGBT+ churches, brought anti-LGBT+ lobbyists into the heart of his own government, and still refuses to deliver a conversion-therapy abuse ban
Says the straight man who approvingly visited anti-LGBT+ churches, brought anti-LGBT+ lobbyists into the heart of his own government, and still refuses to deliver a conversion-therapy abuse ban
"[...] the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK"
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us”
Says the straight man who approvingly visited anti-LGBT+ churches, brought anti-LGBT+ lobbyists into the heart of his own government, and still refuses to deliver a conversion-therapy abuse ban
Says the straight man who approvingly visited anti-LGBT+ churches, brought anti-LGBT+ lobbyists into the heart of his own government, and still refuses to deliver a conversion-therapy abuse ban
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How can it cost >2000$ to publish in Scientific Reports (by @springernature.com ) and such a paper gets through?
Check out the pub peer comments, the Fig 1 might be just the beginning..
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
PubPeer: pubpeer.com/publications...
Check out the pub peer comments, the Fig 1 might be just the beginning..
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
PubPeer: pubpeer.com/publications...
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
How can it cost >2000$ to publish in Scientific Reports (by @springernature.com ) and such a paper gets through?
Check out the pub peer comments, the Fig 1 might be just the beginning..
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
PubPeer: pubpeer.com/publications...
Check out the pub peer comments, the Fig 1 might be just the beginning..
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
PubPeer: pubpeer.com/publications...
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Nature Sci Rep publishes incoherent AI slop. eLife publishes a paper which the reviewers didn't agree with, making all the comments and responses public with thoughtful commentary. One of these journals got delisted by Web of Science for quality concerns from not doing peer review. Guess which one?
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Nature Sci Rep publishes incoherent AI slop. eLife publishes a paper which the reviewers didn't agree with, making all the comments and responses public with thoughtful commentary. One of these journals got delisted by Web of Science for quality concerns from not doing peer review. Guess which one?
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Because that worked out well for the last lot …
The sheer cowardice from the leadership is utterly staggering.
The sheer cowardice from the leadership is utterly staggering.
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the government’s new trade deals will boost growth, after the Office for Budget Responsibility snubbed a request to count them in its growth forecast.
Reeves insists trade deals will grow economy despite snub by budget watchdog
The OBR refused the chancellor’s request to count the agreements in its growth forecast
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Because that worked out well for the last lot …
The sheer cowardice from the leadership is utterly staggering.
The sheer cowardice from the leadership is utterly staggering.
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This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
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What did I tell you?
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What did I tell you?
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this is an early christmas present for the more fun kinds of conspiracy theorists
I'm going with either the Ark of the Covenant or a Betamax VCR.
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
this is an early christmas present for the more fun kinds of conspiracy theorists
The most unrealistic thing about Grey’s Anatomy is how many spaces are available in the hospital car park
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The most unrealistic thing about Grey’s Anatomy is how many spaces are available in the hospital car park
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
I felt a bit embarrassed to be a Liverpool fan tonight when Virgil tried to claim “oh I was fouled”. Fuck off
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I felt a bit embarrassed to be a Liverpool fan tonight when Virgil tried to claim “oh I was fouled”. Fuck off
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The UK again shows they've lost touch with decency and humanity when it comes to trans women as a judge declared Graham Linehan not guilty of harrassment after he harrassed a trans minor and broke her phone.
Apparently the victim didn't seem distressed enough.
More here from @alyssaur.bsky.social:
Apparently the victim didn't seem distressed enough.
More here from @alyssaur.bsky.social:
Linehan Inexplicably Cleared of Harassment, Must Pay for Broken Phone — Assigned
After repeatedly directing hundreds of thousands of rabid bigots to attack a trans minor, Graham Linehan was somehow excused of any wrongdoing. Besides breaking her phone.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The UK again shows they've lost touch with decency and humanity when it comes to trans women as a judge declared Graham Linehan not guilty of harrassment after he harrassed a trans minor and broke her phone.
Apparently the victim didn't seem distressed enough.
More here from @alyssaur.bsky.social:
Apparently the victim didn't seem distressed enough.
More here from @alyssaur.bsky.social:
Slot man, you're killing me. Wearing the Liverpool red to cheer on the team feels like more personal masochism than support for a serious team, managed by a serious man with a serious plan. OUR BEST PLAYER PLAYING OUT OF POSITION, AGAIN #LFC
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Slot man, you're killing me. Wearing the Liverpool red to cheer on the team feels like more personal masochism than support for a serious team, managed by a serious man with a serious plan. OUR BEST PLAYER PLAYING OUT OF POSITION, AGAIN #LFC
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Anas when a re-elected SNP government gets an extra £820m
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Anas when a re-elected SNP government gets an extra £820m
Young people desperately trying to save more for a pension they wont get from the state being fucked by the chancellor today. A budget for pensioners, by Thatcherite ideals
Millions of savers and investors to face higher tax bills after Reeves’s budget
Millions of savers and investors to face higher tax bills after Reeves’s budget
Chancellor unveils measures that will affect Isas, pensions, and income from dividends, property and savings interest
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Young people desperately trying to save more for a pension they wont get from the state being fucked by the chancellor today. A budget for pensioners, by Thatcherite ideals
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#TodayInQueerHistory
November 26 (1943)
Notorious, yet discreet, lesbian & sewing machine heiress, Winnaretta Singer dies. She enjoyed a lavender marriage with Prince Edmond de Polignac, with whom she shared a love of music. Before her death, she arranged concerts to raise funds for the red cross.
November 26 (1943)
Notorious, yet discreet, lesbian & sewing machine heiress, Winnaretta Singer dies. She enjoyed a lavender marriage with Prince Edmond de Polignac, with whom she shared a love of music. Before her death, she arranged concerts to raise funds for the red cross.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 26 (1943)
Notorious, yet discreet, lesbian & sewing machine heiress, Winnaretta Singer dies. She enjoyed a lavender marriage with Prince Edmond de Polignac, with whom she shared a love of music. Before her death, she arranged concerts to raise funds for the red cross.
November 26 (1943)
Notorious, yet discreet, lesbian & sewing machine heiress, Winnaretta Singer dies. She enjoyed a lavender marriage with Prince Edmond de Polignac, with whom she shared a love of music. Before her death, she arranged concerts to raise funds for the red cross.