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Meri Koivusalo
@merikoivusalo.bsky.social
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Global health policy professor in Tampere University with interest in intersectoral work and social determinants of health.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 1d
Thankfully, some of yesterday's CDC firings have been rescinded.

But this should be a major scandal, not business as usual in this shitshow of an administration. It's either spectacular incompetence or an effort to make even politically untouchable positions feel precarious to those in them.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 1d
100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded
The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 1d
That one is no surprise and I will be surprised if they are rehired
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d
An HHS source says admin also RIFed entire Office of Population Affairs last night.
“Not a single staff person to run our nation's family planning program or the evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. The Office of Adolescent Health which nested within OPA functionally ceases to exist”
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Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliitto @mllfi.bsky.social · 3d
MLL antoi ulkoministeriölle lausuntonsa taloudellisia, sosiaalisia ja sivistyksellisiä oikeuksia koskevan yleissopimuksen täytäntöönpanosta Suomessa. TSS-sopimuksen ja TSS-komitean suositusten toimeenpanossa on merkittäviä puutteita. #TSSsopimus #LapsenOikeudet
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MLL:n lausunto taloudellisia, sosiaalisia ja sivistyksellisiä oikeuksia koskevan kansainvälisen yleissopimuksen täytäntöönpanosta - Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliitto
Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliiton lausunto 9.10.2025 Ulkoministeriölle Suomen kahdeksas määräaikaisraportti taloudellisia, sosiaalisia ja sivistyksellisiä oikeuksia koskevan kansainvälisen yleissopimuk...
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 6d
French economist Gabriel Zucman says PM Sébastien Lecornu made a fatal mistake by not embracing his wealth tax.
Zucman: French government should’ve listened to me on wealth tax
The popular economist says France’s 3 previous prime ministers ignored his proposal.
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Seppo @sepponet.bsky.social · 16d
”Tässä ollaan tekemisessä aika perustavanlaatuisten asioiden kanssa”, Kujanpää sanoo Journalistille.

” #Elokuvasäätiö n leikkausuhassa on kysymys ideologisesta missiosta, ei rahasta.”

Kujanpää vertaa perussuomalaisten missiota Venäjään ja Unkariin.
Wille Rydmanin avustaja elokuvasäätiöstä: ”Säätiö edistää muuta kuin kansallista kulttuuriagendaa”  - Journalisti
”Elokuvasäätiö itse tuntuu siis valitettavasti edistävän jotain ihan muuta kuin kansallista kulttuuriagendaa.”  Näin kirjoitti kansanedustaja Wille Rydmanin (ps.) eduskunta-avustaja Tuulia...
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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 16d
“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.”

We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.

MSF forced to suspend activities amid Israeli offensive in Gaza City | MSF
The intense Israeli forces' offensive in Gaza City, Palestine, is putting our staff and patients at an unacceptable level of risk to continue our lifesaving activities.
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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · 20d
Today we joined the call for the #right to receive and provide #healthcare, for the right to live. Everywhere. #Gaza #Yemen #Sudan #Afghanistan #Ukraine #DRC #Syria #Haïti etc.
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Robert Ferry @robertferry.bsky.social · 20d
Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner!

“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
Double harvest: Vertical solar panels and crops thrive side by side
Imagine a field where solar panels and crops coexist—with no trade-off. It sounds like science fiction, but that's precisely what researchers from Aarhus University have now documented in a full-scale...
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Otto Kyyrönen @ottokyyronen.bsky.social · 20d
VM:n muistiossa arvioidaan ensi vuonna tehtävien veromuutosten vaikutusta tulonjakoon.

Hallituksen veropäätökset lisäävät suurituloisimpien käytettävissä olevia tuloja eniten. Heidän kohdallaan lisäys on suurin suhteellisesti ja absoluuttisesti.

Sen sijaan pienituloisimman ryhmän tulot vähenevät.
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Toby Vogel 🇪🇺 @tobyvogel.bsky.social · 20d
Top headline game from The Guardian
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 26d
Remarkably blunt words from United Nations officials who just declared Israel is committing genocide:

"Gaza will be with me for the rest of my life."

"Netanyahu, like everything he says, is simply lying."

"The treatment of children, the amputation without anesthetic…That will haunt me forever."
BREAKING: UN Commission Concludes Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza
In an exclusive interview, Mehdi speaks with two of the UN commissioners behind the shocking new report, which lays out the evidence for the crime of crimes.
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5
Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · Sep 4
The United States is now on the Civicus Monitor Watchlist.

A global list of countries where there is a serious decline in respect for civic freedoms.

The watchlist was updated in March 2025 and includes the US alongside the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Kenya, and Serbia.

DOJ actions
US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · Sep 4
#DRC: Health authorities have declared an outbreak of #Ebola Virus Disease in the Bulape health zone, Kasaï province.

As of Sept. 4, 28 suspected cases have been reported, with 16 fatalities, including 4 health workers.
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · Sep 4
"Once trusted experts are removed and advisory bodies are stacked, the results are predetermined. That isn’t reform. It is sabotage."

Susan Monarez WSJ op-ed www.wsj.com/opinion/robe...
Opinion | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me
I was fired after 29 days because I held the line and insisted on rigorous scientific review.
www.wsj.com
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politico.eu
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Sep 4
🚨 BREAKING: The EU Commission's Teresa Ribera has described Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide, the strongest condemnation yet to come out of Brussels.

Read the story: ow.ly/4SJs50WRcuP
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Vox @vox.com · Sep 4
Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
www.vox.com/health/46008...
Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
Kennedy wants to “Make America Healthy Again” — but doesn’t want you to see a report that could do just that.
www.vox.com
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Ellen 't Hoen @ellenthoen.bsky.social · Sep 4
Not sure that this will do a great deal for increasing confidence in vaccines. www.statnews.com/2025/09/03/p...
Pfizer’s CEO defends Covid vaccines, suggests Trump may deserve a Nobel Peace Prize
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla defended the development of Covid vaccines and suggested President Trump may deserve a Nobel Peace Prize because of Operation Warp Speed.
www.statnews.com
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 3
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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EUHEALTHGOV @euhealthgov.bsky.social · Sep 3
Our final panel at #UACES2025 considered the balance between health and other EU policies - ethics, trade, alcohol brand marketing, and AI.

Many thanks to Juan Collado Perez Llantada, @merikoivusalo.bsky.social, Jaydon Souter, and Phil Ryan!
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · Sep 3
More than 1,000 HHS staff call on RFK Jr. to resign thehill.com/policy/healt...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 28
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Aug 28
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Washington, DC under military occupation in last August 2025, with banners proclaiming the absolute power of the primus inter pares
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Transnational Flows @transnationalflows.bsky.social · Aug 27
@lyndagilby.bsky.social presented her latest work with @merikoivusalo.bsky.social at the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · Aug 26
Reuters: Trump administration weighs sanctions on officials implementing EU tech law
Reuters: Trump administration weighs sanctions on officials implementing EU tech law
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials ...
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · Aug 26
PhD Research Fellowship in Political Science #ECPRMemberJobs
📅 4 years
🏫 @statsvitenskap.bsky.social
⌛ Monday 1 September
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#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
PhD Research Fellowship in Political Science (4 years) (282479) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD Research Fellowship in Political Science (4 years) (282479), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, September 1, 2025
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SOSTE Suomen sosiaali ja terveys ry @soste.bsky.social · Aug 14
Sosiaali- ja terveysjärjestöiltä leikkaaminen tulee yhteiskunnalle kalliiksi.

SOSTEn laskelman mukaan 1 euro sote-järjestöille kohdennettuja valtionavustuksia säästää julkisen sektorin kustannuksia yli 1,4 euroa.

Leikkauksille on vaihtoehtoja. 👇

#budjettiriihi
Budjettiriihi: 100 miljoonan lisäleikkaus romuttaisi sote-järjestöjen työn – leikkauksille on vaihtoehtoja - Soste
Hallituksen budjettiriihessä 1.–2.9. päätetään ensi vuoden talousarviosta. Viime viikolla valtiovarainministeri Riikka Purra ehdotti, että sosiaali- ja terveysjärjestöjen valtionavustuksista leikattai...
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · Aug 11
Japan - Key structural issues to be addressed for the PABS system @who.int @unitaidngos.bsky.social apps.who.int/gb/igwg/pdf_...
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · Aug 11
Despite the fact that vaccines have saved millions of lives and RFK Jr made promises that he was not anti-vaccine when he was confirmed as HHS and pledged to maintain vaccines and science integrity he is systematically going back on that promise #ImmunoSky 🧪🧵
How RFK Jr is systematically undermining vaccines around the world
Vaccines saved 154 million lives. But as fear of disease fades, so does protection – raising the chilling prospect of a return to the pre-vaccine era.
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Lauri Finér @laurifinest.bsky.social · Aug 6
🧵Yritystukien karsimista esitetään jälleen sopeutuskeinoksi. Konkreettisia esityksiä on kuitenkin vähemmän. Ketjussa oma karsittavien yritystukien top5. Konkretia on olennaista, sillä monilla yritystuilla on perusteltu syy ja viime vuosina painotus on siirtynyt uudistaviin mm. T&K-tukiin. 1/
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FEANTSA @feantsa.bsky.social · Jul 31
🚨 Job alert!

FEANTSA is hiring a Health Policy Assistant to support advocacy & research on health inequalities and #homelessness.

Apply before 10 September!

🔗 www.feantsa.org/en/about-us/...
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