Steve Senior
@stevensenior.bsky.social
Consultant in Public Health. Recovering policy wonk. Lapsed neuroscientist. Ex-paper boy and former donut stand operator. Ultracrepidarian. Denizen of West Yorkshire. Opinions my own, re-posts are not endorsements.
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The power of Crufts compels you
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The power of Crufts compels you
I could give lots of answers but I'll stick with this one. First album I bought and still a favourite. Big, fun, dumb and clever at the same time. Not a wasted track. Had I stopped buying music there I'd have spent less time moping.
Which album had the biggest influence on you as a teenager?
Which album had the biggest influence on you as a teenager?
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I could give lots of answers but I'll stick with this one. First album I bought and still a favourite. Big, fun, dumb and clever at the same time. Not a wasted track. Had I stopped buying music there I'd have spent less time moping.
Which album had the biggest influence on you as a teenager?
Which album had the biggest influence on you as a teenager?
Seconded. Phenomenal album.
This one came out WAY, WAY after I was a kid but still one of my favorites and still had a very big influence on me. And still one of the greatest albums ever created.
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Seconded. Phenomenal album.
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Local government types: I am interested in examples of systems for sharing outputs from engagement exercises broadly across an organisation (or at least making them accessible and searchable) - does anyone know of good work in this space?
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Local government types: I am interested in examples of systems for sharing outputs from engagement exercises broadly across an organisation (or at least making them accessible and searchable) - does anyone know of good work in this space?
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Investors expect AI use to soar. That's not happening. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Investors expect AI use to soar. That's not happening. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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Frikkin amazing stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Frikkin amazing stuff.
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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...if we add up the cost of all the council worker hours wasted on failed applications for the "Treasury Happy Press Release Fund" type gimmicks, I suspect more often than not the net benefit to the country overall will be minimal or negative
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
...if we add up the cost of all the council worker hours wasted on failed applications for the "Treasury Happy Press Release Fund" type gimmicks, I suspect more often than not the net benefit to the country overall will be minimal or negative
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YOU MUST TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS TO HAVE STRENGTH TO WIN A RIGHTEOUS BATTLE.
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
YOU MUST TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS TO HAVE STRENGTH TO WIN A RIGHTEOUS BATTLE.
If this doesn't mean Monster Munch I'm out.
Drown your post-Budget sorrows with a relaxing cocktail infused with…WHAT THE HELL?!
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
If this doesn't mean Monster Munch I'm out.
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Heptonstall Museum, currently closed for restoration and neighbouring buildings illustrates perfectly the largely untouched nature of the village over centuries, which means that they have been preserved in a way that emphasises their individual historical and architectural styles.
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Heptonstall Museum, currently closed for restoration and neighbouring buildings illustrates perfectly the largely untouched nature of the village over centuries, which means that they have been preserved in a way that emphasises their individual historical and architectural styles.
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Every child deserves a good-quality, warm, and safe home.
But children across the UK are growing up with damp, cold and mould in their homes — putting their health on the line.
They shouldn’t need a hazmat suit to stay healthy at home. Help us call for real solutions. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
But children across the UK are growing up with damp, cold and mould in their homes — putting their health on the line.
They shouldn’t need a hazmat suit to stay healthy at home. Help us call for real solutions. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Every child deserves a good-quality, warm, and safe home.
But children across the UK are growing up with damp, cold and mould in their homes — putting their health on the line.
They shouldn’t need a hazmat suit to stay healthy at home. Help us call for real solutions. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
But children across the UK are growing up with damp, cold and mould in their homes — putting their health on the line.
They shouldn’t need a hazmat suit to stay healthy at home. Help us call for real solutions. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
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FACT OF THE DAY.
People who are on the fence about Teflon coated saucepans are known as agnonstic.
People who are on the fence about Teflon coated saucepans are known as agnonstic.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
FACT OF THE DAY.
People who are on the fence about Teflon coated saucepans are known as agnonstic.
People who are on the fence about Teflon coated saucepans are known as agnonstic.
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YOUR ENEMIES LAMENT YOUR VERY EXISTENCE. DO YOU HAVE MEDICINE YOU NEED TO TAKE?
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
YOUR ENEMIES LAMENT YOUR VERY EXISTENCE. DO YOU HAVE MEDICINE YOU NEED TO TAKE?
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The difficult political and fiscal choices presented by this week's Budget reflect the economic consequences of failing to protect working-age health.
@davefinch.bsky.social argues that government must focus on the longer term action needed to build a healthier workforce⬇️
https://bit.ly/4okAqE5
@davefinch.bsky.social argues that government must focus on the longer term action needed to build a healthier workforce⬇️
https://bit.ly/4okAqE5
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The difficult political and fiscal choices presented by this week's Budget reflect the economic consequences of failing to protect working-age health.
@davefinch.bsky.social argues that government must focus on the longer term action needed to build a healthier workforce⬇️
https://bit.ly/4okAqE5
@davefinch.bsky.social argues that government must focus on the longer term action needed to build a healthier workforce⬇️
https://bit.ly/4okAqE5
I kept going "ooh, that looks interesting, can I do it?" And no-one said no.
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I kept going "ooh, that looks interesting, can I do it?" And no-one said no.
Unsolicited children's book recommendation: Bird and Bear books are great. I like how the moral is always: people are flawed and messy and you can be friends with them anyway.
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Unsolicited children's book recommendation: Bird and Bear books are great. I like how the moral is always: people are flawed and messy and you can be friends with them anyway.
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Some of those who work forces
Are the same who burn crosses
Some of those who work forces
Are the same who burn crosses
Are the same who burn crosses
Some of those who work forces
Are the same who burn crosses
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Some of those who work forces
Are the same who burn crosses
Some of those who work forces
Are the same who burn crosses
Are the same who burn crosses
Some of those who work forces
Are the same who burn crosses
I was high on a Molotov of cocktails
I was low on a hundred things
I was wrong to put my money where my mouth was
I was right about the whales and the dolphins
Whales and dolphins, whales and dolphins, yeah
I was low on a hundred things
I was wrong to put my money where my mouth was
I was right about the whales and the dolphins
Whales and dolphins, whales and dolphins, yeah
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I was high on a Molotov of cocktails
I was low on a hundred things
I was wrong to put my money where my mouth was
I was right about the whales and the dolphins
Whales and dolphins, whales and dolphins, yeah
I was low on a hundred things
I was wrong to put my money where my mouth was
I was right about the whales and the dolphins
Whales and dolphins, whales and dolphins, yeah
Do you have the time to listen to me whine?
About nothing and everything, all at once
I am one of those melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it
About nothing and everything, all at once
I am one of those melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it
Nothing compares
Nothing compares... 2 u
Nothing compares... 2 u
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Do you have the time to listen to me whine?
About nothing and everything, all at once
I am one of those melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it
About nothing and everything, all at once
I am one of those melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it
Lifehack: cook a Sunday roast on a Saturday making Saturday feel like Sunday so then when Sunday arrives it feels like a bonus.
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Lifehack: cook a Sunday roast on a Saturday making Saturday feel like Sunday so then when Sunday arrives it feels like a bonus.
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Pitch for Disarm to be considered a Christmas song because it's got bells.
When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Pitch for Disarm to be considered a Christmas song because it's got bells.
Anyone who's read me ranting about screening will know I'm all for thinking critically about health care. But there's a reason maternal mortality has more than halved in the last 40 years. There's a reason maternal mortality is used as a proxy for health care quality globally.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Anyone who's read me ranting about screening will know I'm all for thinking critically about health care. But there's a reason maternal mortality has more than halved in the last 40 years. There's a reason maternal mortality is used as a proxy for health care quality globally.