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Prof Christina Pagel
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Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/

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Christina Pagel FMedSci HonFFPH is a German-British mathematician and professor of operational research at University College London (UCL) within UCL's Clinical Operational Research Unit (CORU), which applies operational research, data analysis and mathematical modelling to topics in healthcare. She was Director of UCL CORU from 2017 to 2022 and is currently Vice President of the UK Operational Research Society. She also co-leads, alongside Rebecca Shipley, UCL's CHIMERA research hub which analyses data from critically ill hospital patients. .. more

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 6h
What is wrong with these people
sethcotlar.bsky.social Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 7h
The "War on Christmas" is coming from inside the house.

Get ready for the official government videos of Santa on Christmas Eve deploying cutting edge Palantir technology to distinguish between the children asleep in their beds who are naughty/deportable, and those who are nice and can stay.
ORARTMAy Department of Homeland Securi... is in North Pole. • Follow 2h • ••• X YOU'RE GOING HO HO HOME. POLICE POLICE POLICE CHRISTMAS

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 7h
The "War on Christmas" is coming from inside the house.

Get ready for the official government videos of Santa on Christmas Eve deploying cutting edge Palantir technology to distinguish between the children asleep in their beds who are naughty/deportable, and those who are nice and can stay.
ORARTMAy Department of Homeland Securi... is in North Pole. • Follow 2h • ••• X YOU'RE GOING HO HO HOME. POLICE POLICE POLICE CHRISTMAS

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 7h
They're going to kill a lot of people and a lot of those people are going to be kids.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11h
Yinke Bankola says he was 9 when the sixth form Dulwich school prefect Nigel Farage, aged 17, asked him where he was from, then told him "that's the way back to Africa".
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11h
"'Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’ with an accompanying hand gesture pointing towards a place far away."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 11h
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
the fifa peace prize trophy with zombie-like hands holding up a crumbling earth

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 11h
🚨🚨 Politically significant decision by @ec.europa.eu to impose a €120 million fine on Elon #Musk’s #X, the first-ever penalty issued under the EU’s flagship content moderation law, the Digital Services Act. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
EU slaps €120M fine on Elon Musk’s X, straining ties with US
US vice president says EU should not be ‘attacking American companies over garbage.’
www.politico.eu

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Ken Tegtmeyer, MD @pccmdoc.bsky.social · 11h
I took care of numerous kids with fulminant hepatitis B in the 90s before the switch to getting the first vaccine at birth. I don’t recall having one since. I do not miss caring for that disease.

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Deborah @deborah-c.bsky.social · 12h
The "particularly those in areas with higher air pollution" at the end hides a lot of what's going on here, of course.

People living in areas close to industrial sources and power stations, or in inner cities where vehicle pollution is most relevant, are predominantly BIPOC and/or poor. 1/

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12h
FIFA really is the most corrupt organisation in the world

www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Donald Trump awarded controversial Fifa Peace Prize at World Cup draw
The US president, who was beaten to the Nobel Peace Prize by Venezuelan democracy campaigner Maria Corina Machado, was presented with Fifa’s hastily arranged new award
www.independent.co.uk

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13h
PS here is the news story link
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s EPA moves to abandon tough standards for deadly soot pollution
EPA had previously said rule reducing fine particle matter from vehicles and industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year
www.theguardian.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13h
Sadism is the lifeblood of MAGA politics. Hard to overstate how disgusting and embarrassing for our country it is for the US Secretary of Defense to be doing this:

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reneedodson.bsky.social @reneedodson.bsky.social · 13h
When you gut the EPA (over 200 times his first round) it saves the polluters over 1 trillion a year in fines and compliance fees. That’s 1 trillion we don’t collect.

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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 13h
Thank you, Dr. Pagel, for drawing attention to this. Everyone talks about climate change, but not nearly enough are talking about air pollution. It's a major killer!

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13h
The US is rolling back standards on harmful soot particulates.

These under the radar actions will cause a lot more illness in the years to come.

youtube.com/shorts/wuIGF...
Why is air pollution is going to get worse NOW?
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 15h
I know cat, me too

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 16h
This really was one of the most heartbreaking articles I’ve read in a while. I don’t think people comprehend the scale of destruction wrought by this administration already, not even close
nymag.com/intelligence...
Doughnuts and Bullets: The Absurdity of Working for RFK Jr.
What happens when your new boss thinks you’re a child killer?
nymag.com

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17h
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
Update on this story from a month ago.

The winner of the first FIFA Peace Prize is …

Donald J. Trump. What a surprise.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 18h
They want England to be the England of their expectations and they cannot forgive us for not also wanting this.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 18h
This is a good piece and I agree with all of it. But I'd add that a lot of Americans on encountering Actually Existing England come down with a version of "Paris Syndrome" - a widely recognised phenomenon described as....

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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 19h
Why does Tucker Carlson hate Britain?

His garish fantasies about our country are starting to infect our own conservative movement

By @JonnElledge.bsky.social
Why does Tucker Carlson hate Britain?
His garish fantasies about our country are starting to infect our own conservative movement
www.newstatesman.com

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 20h
Ten years on the UK is still mostly talking to itself about EU relations (from NS Morning Call).

Let me know when any politicians start talking about far greater mobility / freedom of movement, because that will show them thinking about the other side.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 20h
Great to attend the annual Blackett Lecture and awards ceremony for the UK Operational Research Society this week!

Also pleased to announce that I will be President-Elect of the OR Society from January 2026 :-)

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Amber Dellar @amberdellar.bsky.social · 21h
Last week the Chancellor announced a central government takeover of special educational needs deficits.

I write about the potential impacts of this move on SEND reform, including on governance of the system, local innovation and trust
Central government’s takeover of SEND deficits raises the stakes for SEND reform | Institute for Government
At the budget the chancellor announced a significant change to SEND funding arrangements
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 21h
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:

The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.

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NPR @npr.org · 21h
Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia said they were pulling out of the contest after organizers decided to allow Israel to continue to compete, despite tensions over its conduct in Gaza. n.pr/3Mk77nV
At least 4 countries pull out of 2026 Eurovision contest over Israel's participation
Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia said they were pulling out of the contest after organizers decided to allow Israel to continue to compete, despite tensions over its conduct in Gaza.
n.pr

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · 23h
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 1d
🚨 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

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
Pete Hegseth * G @PeteHegseth X.com Your wish is our command, Andrew. Just sunk another narco boat. Andrew Kolvet • @AndrewKolvet • 3h Every new attack aimed at Pete Hegseth makes me want another narco drug boat blown up and sent to the bottom of the ocean. x.com/SenSchumer/sta...