Neil Chadborn
@neilchadborn.bsky.social
Researcher at University of Nottingham & NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands.
Interested in dementia, inequalities & digital #publichealthsky #gerontology
Interested in dementia, inequalities & digital #publichealthsky #gerontology
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🔴 NEW - Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
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The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
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Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
An influential Labour peer has been criticised for being the star speaker at the UK’s main climate science denial group, which says carbon emissions are a “benefit to the planet”. Lord Maurice Glasman...
www.desmog.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🔴 NEW - Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
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The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
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There is one more post to be written here, about how AI is now often an austerity technology, inserted into a human process to compensate for the fact that there is just not enough time and money, and many workers are expected to do more and more with less and less.
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
There is one more post to be written here, about how AI is now often an austerity technology, inserted into a human process to compensate for the fact that there is just not enough time and money, and many workers are expected to do more and more with less and less.
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And as a rough comparison:
Hinkley Point C:
- estimate now up to £35bn+
- 6 million homes
- proposed 2008, ready approx 2030
Dogger Bank Wind Farm:
- sub £10bn
- 6 million homes
- proposed 2008, already producing power
Hinkley Point C:
- estimate now up to £35bn+
- 6 million homes
- proposed 2008, ready approx 2030
Dogger Bank Wind Farm:
- sub £10bn
- 6 million homes
- proposed 2008, already producing power
So it's now news Hinkley Point C will be really expensive?
FFS, I & others were trying to tell people this over a decade ago, before contracts were signed
But the nuclear-political establishment thought they knew better
They didn't. Not for the first time
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
FFS, I & others were trying to tell people this over a decade ago, before contracts were signed
But the nuclear-political establishment thought they knew better
They didn't. Not for the first time
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
And as a rough comparison:
Hinkley Point C:
- estimate now up to £35bn+
- 6 million homes
- proposed 2008, ready approx 2030
Dogger Bank Wind Farm:
- sub £10bn
- 6 million homes
- proposed 2008, already producing power
Hinkley Point C:
- estimate now up to £35bn+
- 6 million homes
- proposed 2008, ready approx 2030
Dogger Bank Wind Farm:
- sub £10bn
- 6 million homes
- proposed 2008, already producing power
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Israeli forces kill two Palestinians after they appeared to surrender
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians after they appeared to surrender
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians after they appeared to surrender
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians after they appeared to surrender
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2. I will never forget being at Nuffield Trust Health Policy Summit in February 2020 when Hancock, Stevens and Whitty were all on the platform
The assembled health journalists were only allowed one question on Covid (not an NT decision!)
And all three played down the serious threat coming our way
The assembled health journalists were only allowed one question on Covid (not an NT decision!)
And all three played down the serious threat coming our way
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
2. I will never forget being at Nuffield Trust Health Policy Summit in February 2020 when Hancock, Stevens and Whitty were all on the platform
The assembled health journalists were only allowed one question on Covid (not an NT decision!)
And all three played down the serious threat coming our way
The assembled health journalists were only allowed one question on Covid (not an NT decision!)
And all three played down the serious threat coming our way
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Two things really struck me in what is a very good article
1. *Why* did we shift from always having a CMO who is a trained public health doctor to appointing ones who are not?
2. What did SE Asian nations do so much better than the West/UK did &why did we ignore lessons (and ignore WHO too)
1. *Why* did we shift from always having a CMO who is a trained public health doctor to appointing ones who are not?
2. What did SE Asian nations do so much better than the West/UK did &why did we ignore lessons (and ignore WHO too)
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Two things really struck me in what is a very good article
1. *Why* did we shift from always having a CMO who is a trained public health doctor to appointing ones who are not?
2. What did SE Asian nations do so much better than the West/UK did &why did we ignore lessons (and ignore WHO too)
1. *Why* did we shift from always having a CMO who is a trained public health doctor to appointing ones who are not?
2. What did SE Asian nations do so much better than the West/UK did &why did we ignore lessons (and ignore WHO too)
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within 2 weeks of that story i was looking after one of the first fatal cases (when we had totally inadequate testing capacity or PPE) and for the next 3 years, my 28 bed ward was the "all covid" ward through every pandemic peak
Some mismatch between lived experience& reassurances form officialdom
Some mismatch between lived experience& reassurances form officialdom
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
within 2 weeks of that story i was looking after one of the first fatal cases (when we had totally inadequate testing capacity or PPE) and for the next 3 years, my 28 bed ward was the "all covid" ward through every pandemic peak
Some mismatch between lived experience& reassurances form officialdom
Some mismatch between lived experience& reassurances form officialdom
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Beautiful photo essay about the Pearly Queens and kings of London
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Pearly kings and queens of London in their 150th year – photo essay
Photographer Owen Harvey explores belonging and identity in his work, and as the pearlies reach a major milestone, he decided to capture their traditions and discuss their future
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Beautiful photo essay about the Pearly Queens and kings of London
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Very well worth a read … I agree with the need for an urgent review of the remit, role, function and membership of SAGE 👇
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Very well worth a read … I agree with the need for an urgent review of the remit, role, function and membership of SAGE 👇
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
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Yet again Sheffield University management are forcing sheffielducu.bsky.social members out on strike f/ Monday to protect staff jobs, student educ, + research progress which are under threat by major (and financially unnecessary) change management processes.
Another university has to be possible!
Another university has to be possible!
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Yet again Sheffield University management are forcing sheffielducu.bsky.social members out on strike f/ Monday to protect staff jobs, student educ, + research progress which are under threat by major (and financially unnecessary) change management processes.
Another university has to be possible!
Another university has to be possible!
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This year in Essex, Wivenhoe Town Council and the Biodiversity Group are looking at what individuals can do in the urban environment...
How to help nature thrive in your neighbourhood
As COP30 debates how to save the planet’s biodiversity, here are some ideas to try in your garden and community to help local wildlife
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This year in Essex, Wivenhoe Town Council and the Biodiversity Group are looking at what individuals can do in the urban environment...
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Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
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UK govt ditches flagship policy from the workers’ rights bill.
Removes the right to protection from unfair dismissal from the first day of employment, introduces a six-month threshold.
Victory for bosses, Tories and LibDems.
Insecurity for workers.
Removes the right to protection from unfair dismissal from the first day of employment, introduces a six-month threshold.
Victory for bosses, Tories and LibDems.
Insecurity for workers.
Government to ditch day-one unfair dismissal policy from workers’ rights bill
Flagship Labour plan to be replaced with six-month threshold after Peter Kyle vows to not let businesses ‘lose’ under new law
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
UK govt ditches flagship policy from the workers’ rights bill.
Removes the right to protection from unfair dismissal from the first day of employment, introduces a six-month threshold.
Victory for bosses, Tories and LibDems.
Insecurity for workers.
Removes the right to protection from unfair dismissal from the first day of employment, introduces a six-month threshold.
Victory for bosses, Tories and LibDems.
Insecurity for workers.
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You know when Apple needs a password for a new device you type it but it goes NOPE type it again STILL NOPE so you must change it which requires your first pet's death certificate then you try the new one and it STILL doesn't work then the OLD ONE WORKS and you smash up your house? No? Just me then.
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
You know when Apple needs a password for a new device you type it but it goes NOPE type it again STILL NOPE so you must change it which requires your first pet's death certificate then you try the new one and it STILL doesn't work then the OLD ONE WORKS and you smash up your house? No? Just me then.
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These aren’t competing “products” on a marketplace of degrees but distinct ways of orienting ourselves in the world. We need all three. Reducing education to only the technical interest is impoverishing, what Habermas would call a classic case of "instrumental rationality colonizing the lifeworld."
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
These aren’t competing “products” on a marketplace of degrees but distinct ways of orienting ourselves in the world. We need all three. Reducing education to only the technical interest is impoverishing, what Habermas would call a classic case of "instrumental rationality colonizing the lifeworld."
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Very true! As Habermas argued in "Knowledge and Human Interests" modern knowledge stems from three different interests:
– technical (prediction, control → STEM, markets)
– practical (understanding meaning → humanities)
– emancipatory (critical reflection → critical social sciences, critical theory)
– technical (prediction, control → STEM, markets)
– practical (understanding meaning → humanities)
– emancipatory (critical reflection → critical social sciences, critical theory)
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Very true! As Habermas argued in "Knowledge and Human Interests" modern knowledge stems from three different interests:
– technical (prediction, control → STEM, markets)
– practical (understanding meaning → humanities)
– emancipatory (critical reflection → critical social sciences, critical theory)
– technical (prediction, control → STEM, markets)
– practical (understanding meaning → humanities)
– emancipatory (critical reflection → critical social sciences, critical theory)
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In sum, calling for university curricula to “adapt to the market” is not neutral reform. It’s a normative position that privileges one cognitive interest over the others.
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In sum, calling for university curricula to “adapt to the market” is not neutral reform. It’s a normative position that privileges one cognitive interest over the others.
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Jonathan Portes uses the line "the most openly corrupt president..." about Trump on live TV, to balance the censoring of yesterday's Reith Lecture.
#R4Today #PoliticsLive #WATO
#R4Today #PoliticsLive #WATO
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Jonathan Portes uses the line "the most openly corrupt president..." about Trump on live TV, to balance the censoring of yesterday's Reith Lecture.
#R4Today #PoliticsLive #WATO
#R4Today #PoliticsLive #WATO
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The important bit about this story - in reality the only important bit because nothing here is new - is that it delivers to an audience previously unaware of it a truth about the BBC's relationship to power: craven. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The important bit about this story - in reality the only important bit because nothing here is new - is that it delivers to an audience previously unaware of it a truth about the BBC's relationship to power: craven. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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NEW: BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
BBC News article & Media Show prevented from repeating Rutger Bregman’s corruption allegation in its coverage… of whether the BBC censored his speech!
BBC/Trump fallout continues
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC News article & Media Show prevented from repeating Rutger Bregman’s corruption allegation in its coverage… of whether the BBC censored his speech!
BBC/Trump fallout continues
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
NEW: BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
BBC News article & Media Show prevented from repeating Rutger Bregman’s corruption allegation in its coverage… of whether the BBC censored his speech!
BBC/Trump fallout continues
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC News article & Media Show prevented from repeating Rutger Bregman’s corruption allegation in its coverage… of whether the BBC censored his speech!
BBC/Trump fallout continues
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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I enjoyed the 3ep. David quietly set out a long arc, pegged with individual characters to colour the whole. Its useful to be shown our past in different ways. Sticking fingers in ears & determinedly not listening, does nothing to help society with mature reflective learning.
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I enjoyed the 3ep. David quietly set out a long arc, pegged with individual characters to colour the whole. Its useful to be shown our past in different ways. Sticking fingers in ears & determinedly not listening, does nothing to help society with mature reflective learning.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Are you studying for a doctorate at a UK university via a programme that is wholly or mostly online? If so, please take part in an anonymous, 10 min survey about the impacts of online doctoral study on wellbeing and share the link lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....
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📝New article! ✨Working with an advisory group to share power to shape intergenerational climate debate, challenge climate stereotypes & spark creativity - collage, walking, comic futures & a workshop dice-game 🎲Huge thanks to collaborators! 🙌 #ClimateResearch www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
📝New article! ✨Working with an advisory group to share power to shape intergenerational climate debate, challenge climate stereotypes & spark creativity - collage, walking, comic futures & a workshop dice-game 🎲Huge thanks to collaborators! 🙌 #ClimateResearch www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New guidance 'says that whenever a trader gives information about a product and its price, that is usually an “invitation to purchase” – and at that point the consumer must be given a realistic, meaningful and attainable total price'. Applies across UK HEIs; in England, regulator will be OfS.
Universities now need to be much clearer about the total cost of a course
As maximum fees increase for English undergraduates, Jim Dickinson explores how new price transparency rules under consumer law change the rules on what universities must tell students about the cost ...
wonkhe.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
New guidance 'says that whenever a trader gives information about a product and its price, that is usually an “invitation to purchase” – and at that point the consumer must be given a realistic, meaningful and attainable total price'. Applies across UK HEIs; in England, regulator will be OfS.