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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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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2h
It's only 3 weeks since the US invaded Venezuela, captured its president and appropriated its oil.

And yet it's barely been in the news for last week or two cos of all the other new shit.

What a world.

makes it hard for me & @sandylaping.bsky.social to stay on top of www.trumpactiontracker.info!
www.trumpactiontracker.info

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 2h
NEW: Weekend News Agents

Our special report from Minnesota

On the ground, inside Donald Trump’s new surveillance state. Where ICE watch citizens. And the citizens watch back. Where political authority is fraying with each passing day.

Listening now

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Special Report: Surveillance and snatch squads in Trump's new America
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 23/01/2026 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13h
NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week.

It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...
Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE
(RNS)— Hundreds of clergy from around the country gathered in Minneapolis to learn from Minnesota faith leaders how to protest against ICE enforcement. Then they took to the streets and helped block t...
religionnews.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13h
I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 13h
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14h
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.

ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.

the family is here legally.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol, John Horgan , and 6 more

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h
New: an FBI agent who took the routine step of investigating the ICE officer who shot Renee Good has resigned after FBI leadership discouraged the investigation
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Ben Barr , and 3 more

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 15h
"1 in 5 pupils are getting a SEND diagnosis..the vast majority then trip into the benefit system because they get child disability allowance allowance.'

This is completely false from Milburn. He's supposed to be reviewing this issue and he's just making things up. Inexcusable.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16h
That's weirdly given me faith in humanity #traitors

Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Calvin K. Lai, Gernot Wagner , and 4 more

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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 16h
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 16h
Where do you even buy a mens evening jumpsuit?

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Mark D. White, Christina Pagel , and 3 more

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17h
Easily thousands roaring "ICE out!"

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 18h
I set this out a week ago at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The new ICE Age
The implications of the transition to lawlessness as general policy
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

Reposted by Nandita Sharma, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller , and 5 more

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
JD Vance: "To our fellow Americans we say, you're never gonna find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen. But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life."

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 20h
instead of lashing out at "coups" and "plots" by Burnham, Streeting etc, have Team Starmer considered just... being less shit at governing?

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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 21h
Missed our webinar with the brilliant @chrischirp.bsky.social on Monday?

You can watch the recording online!

Dive into the data and analysis of Professor Pagel’s ‘Trump Action Tracker’ ⬇️
stoptrump.org.uk/trumps-dange...

Reposted by Naomi Klein, Charles W. Smith, Alan Richardson , and 9 more

atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Leigh Sparks, Christina Pagel

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 1d
This is so stupid and crazy it wouldn’t have passed muster in the Veep writer’s room. Also demonstrates that they’d be insane to share any real intel with Patel.

Reposted by Stefan Rahmstorf, Gavin A. Schmidt, Jonathan M. Gilligan , and 1 more

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d
“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.”

What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution
Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.
theprogressplaybook.com

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d
NEW: Trump withdraws Mark Carney’s invitation to the Board of Peace.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 1d
Stephen Miller understands that the criminal system is the most powerful on the state level, so he is going after local and state sovereignty.

Reposted by Lawrence Freedman, Michael Clarke, Steve Peers , and 7 more

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 1d
Death toll in Afghanistan when NATO answered the US’s call:
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."

Reposted by Margot C. Finn, Christina Pagel

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 1d
We’ve started publishing the outputs from our @britishacademy.bsky.social / @carnegieendowment.org programme on Global Dis(Order). You can find everything in one place here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/g...
Global (Dis)Order Evidence Hub
In this hub you will find collections of discussion papers commissioned by the British Academy and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on topics and themes relevant to the programme’s workstrea...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

Reposted by Steve Peers, Esther K. Choo, Adam Wellstead , and 5 more

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STAT @statnews.com · 1d
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, suggesting the public might want to reconsider the use of polio vaccines. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, questioning longstanding recommendations.
www.statnews.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
Trump says all the polls which show him with dismal ratings across the board including the new NYT/Siena poll is fake and he is suing them.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d
Latest UKHSA data out today shows that flu continues to drop (the peak is well and truly done), RSV has also clearly peaked and that covid levels remain low.

www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 1d
🚨🚨"Our American Dream is dead": European governments have reached a difficult conclusion: The Americans are the baddies now. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
‘Our American Dream is dead’: EU concedes Trump is not on its side
The crisis summit in Brussels goes ahead despite U.S. president’s about-face on Greenland tariff threats.
www.politico.eu

Reposted by Lawrence Freedman, Stephen M. Walt, Kori Schake , and 26 more

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."

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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 2d
I'll end on a goodbye...for coal.

The coal share across the EU fell to 9.2% in 2025. Ten years ago, coal made up a 25% of EU electricity generation.

19 EU countries now have less than 5% coal (and no, its not being swapped for gas).

Coal is on the way out...

Reposted by Silvia Secchi, Adrian Daub, Juan Moreno‐Cruz , and 5 more

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d
They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
discosaurus.bsky.social Disco @discosaurus.bsky.social · 2d
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
Kid in a hat and backpack, maybe 5, getting detained