Surindar Dhesi
surin75.bsky.social
Surindar Dhesi
@surin75.bsky.social
Environmental health researcher, lecturer and practitioner. Interested in public health policy, inequalities, and protecting living and working conditions.
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Increasingly I feel that what once was considered the political mainstream in the U.K. has completely lost its moral compass. When did the question about concentration camps and mass deportations become one of practical feasibility?
August 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:

www.404media.co/teachers-are...
Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
www.404media.co
June 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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So true. For UK H&S regs too.
Every time some idiot trots out the nauseating "Health and Safety gone mad" I respond with "All H&S laws are the result of some mother begging a court to stop the same thing happening to another mother's son". (All other genders too of course)

@ewangibbs.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Hey hey, there's a funded PhD place going at the Institute for Transport Studies at Leeds - spread the word
phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2165...
INFUZE: Inclusive evaluation of mobility systems
Project opportunity - INFUZE: Inclusive evaluation of mobility systems at the University of Leeds
phd.leeds.ac.uk
April 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou
@imcdermott.bsky.social @drdon.bsky.social @francescagains.bsky.social @kreissl.bsky.social @surin75.bsky.social @drpmanc110.bsky.social @mwjtweet.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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KLAXON 🚨: Indie SAGE has come out of retirement to release a new short report standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the sciences!

DEI is not just the right thing to do, it *improves* the quality of the science. Please read and share.

independentsage.org/wp-content/u...

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March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Tariff-free joy flows from Canada to the world—receive this heartfelt and positive export from the land of resilience and love. 🍁🧡
(and forward the positive vibes)
March 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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A reminder that deregulation is hard - not just because of entrenched interests - but because regulation serves a purpose. The childish cut the red tape excitement does not even realise this. What does that mean? /1
February 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Take time to be kind to others & yourself. You never know what someone else is carrying & a little kindness can make a big difference.
@drdon.bsky.social @imcdermott.bsky.social @francescagains.bsky.social @mhoraggoff.bsky.social @neuro-observant.bsky.social @surin75.bsky.social @kreissl.bsky.social
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

Take the time to be kind - to others and to yourself. You never know what someone else is carrying, and a little kindness can make all the difference. 🧡

#kindness
February 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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1. Quick 🧵 on the change to policy that, on the face of it, bans refugees from ever acquiring British citizenship. @sonial77.bsky.social has published a short article on Free Movement:

freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...

And I've done a follow up on my Substack:

open.substack.com/pub/wewanted...
New change to Home Office policy permanently blocks refugees from citizenship
Change is bad in principle and breaches the Refugee Convention
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
January 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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"The more we view ourselves as self-made and self-sufficient, the less likely we are to care for the fate of those less fortunate than ourselves."
- Michael Sandel
January 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social

Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹

Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?

We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out

shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
December 5, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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Wow! What would happen if they all said no?
Need more recognition & support for ALL carers.

@drdon.bsky.social @drpmanc110.bsky.social @surin75.bsky.social @profdonnahall.bsky.social @benwealthy.bsky.social @lukemunford.bsky.social
Today is #CarersRightsDay – our #WomanoftheNorth report released this year shows that northern women contribute £10bn of unpaid care to the UK economy each year. This is £2bn a year more than if they provided the national average of unpaid care.
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/vast-inequal...
November 21, 2024 at 2:11 PM