Dr Dave Clements
@davecl.bsky.social
Astrophysicist at Imperial College London. Works with space missions like Herschel and Planck, on extragalactic astronomy, observational cosmology and astrobiology. Ask about phosphine on Venus! Also writes science fiction. Not speaking for anybody
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This makes me even more rageful that a friend just had to pay $800 because her insurance denied coverage of her 19 year old's HPV vaccine, claiming that it is no longer recommended. Appeals were denied. I can only assume RFK Jr had something to do with this???
This is wonderful news, and also means it’s time for me to beat the drum I always do when HPV vaccines make the news:
They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.
They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This makes me even more rageful that a friend just had to pay $800 because her insurance denied coverage of her 19 year old's HPV vaccine, claiming that it is no longer recommended. Appeals were denied. I can only assume RFK Jr had something to do with this???
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Pleased to report that, after we intimated we would sue it, Ofcom has changed course and will look again at whether TalkTV is complying with the Broadcasting Code.
We are also now starting to look with our lawyers at the BBC's whitewashing of trans existence. goodlaw.social/vfq2
We are also now starting to look with our lawyers at the BBC's whitewashing of trans existence. goodlaw.social/vfq2
TalkTV: Ofcom bows to pressure | Good Law Project
We said we’d sue over Ofcom’s decision to dismiss 22,000 complaints about transphobia on TalkTV – now the regulator has caved.
goodlaw.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Pleased to report that, after we intimated we would sue it, Ofcom has changed course and will look again at whether TalkTV is complying with the Broadcasting Code.
We are also now starting to look with our lawyers at the BBC's whitewashing of trans existence. goodlaw.social/vfq2
We are also now starting to look with our lawyers at the BBC's whitewashing of trans existence. goodlaw.social/vfq2
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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All the Right Wing apologists are cheering the fall in UK immigration announced today while missing what could be a huge problem - 99% of emigrants are under the age of 35. That’s a big brain drain.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
All the Right Wing apologists are cheering the fall in UK immigration announced today while missing what could be a huge problem - 99% of emigrants are under the age of 35. That’s a big brain drain.
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
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A symbolic denounement to the British empire: after centuries of plunder produced little more than a mostly-calm island with modest social benefits, the state is left to plunder at home from the pockets of asylum seekers, extracting a last morsel of flesh from those with nothing while fleeing hell.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A symbolic denounement to the British empire: after centuries of plunder produced little more than a mostly-calm island with modest social benefits, the state is left to plunder at home from the pockets of asylum seekers, extracting a last morsel of flesh from those with nothing while fleeing hell.
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Imperial College management crying poor .... while splashing £2bn on buildings
They cook the numbers, cut real pay & call it ‘benchmarking’
Maybe try respecting the people who keep the place running instead of gaslighting them
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1426...
They cook the numbers, cut real pay & call it ‘benchmarking’
Maybe try respecting the people who keep the place running instead of gaslighting them
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1426...
4 days of strikes begin tomorrow at Imperial College London over real terms pay cuts
Imperial College London staff will down tools tomorrow in a fight for a fair pay award, the University and College Union (UCU) confirmed today
www.ucu.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Imperial College management crying poor .... while splashing £2bn on buildings
They cook the numbers, cut real pay & call it ‘benchmarking’
Maybe try respecting the people who keep the place running instead of gaslighting them
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1426...
They cook the numbers, cut real pay & call it ‘benchmarking’
Maybe try respecting the people who keep the place running instead of gaslighting them
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1426...
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The CEOs of health insurance company’s don’t worry about medical care.
They make billions of dollars while Americans receive letters informing them their premiums are tripling
They don’t care if people die.
UnitedHealth is dropping millions of seniors in an effort to restore “swagger”.
They make billions of dollars while Americans receive letters informing them their premiums are tripling
They don’t care if people die.
UnitedHealth is dropping millions of seniors in an effort to restore “swagger”.
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The CEOs of health insurance company’s don’t worry about medical care.
They make billions of dollars while Americans receive letters informing them their premiums are tripling
They don’t care if people die.
UnitedHealth is dropping millions of seniors in an effort to restore “swagger”.
They make billions of dollars while Americans receive letters informing them their premiums are tripling
They don’t care if people die.
UnitedHealth is dropping millions of seniors in an effort to restore “swagger”.
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“It’s only fair that you pay back the costs of going to university because you’ll get a better paid job at the end of it … but we’re going to make you pay back those costs even if you get a job at near minimum wage because we’d otherwise have to tax millionaires.”
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
“It’s only fair that you pay back the costs of going to university because you’ll get a better paid job at the end of it … but we’re going to make you pay back those costs even if you get a job at near minimum wage because we’d otherwise have to tax millionaires.”
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Solidarity to staff at Imperial College currently taking industrial action over pay.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1426...
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1426...
4 days of strikes begin tomorrow at Imperial College London over real terms pay cuts
Imperial College London staff will down tools tomorrow in a fight for a fair pay award, the University and College Union (UCU) confirmed today
www.ucu.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Solidarity to staff at Imperial College currently taking industrial action over pay.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1426...
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1426...
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this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
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The Trump administration has joined the war on HIV/AIDS, on the side of HIV/AIDS.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The Trump administration has joined the war on HIV/AIDS, on the side of HIV/AIDS.
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Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev drew up the “US Peace Plan” months ago. It was a Russian operation against Ukraine and Europe and Trump and his team of losers went along with it.
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.press
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev drew up the “US Peace Plan” months ago. It was a Russian operation against Ukraine and Europe and Trump and his team of losers went along with it.
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"There is no ongoing funding for longer term follow-up of the existing cohort studies."
Read that again.
There are no long-term cohort (longitudinal) studies for Long Covid in the UK.
That is a shocking omission. UK Government / medical research bodies should be ashamed.
Read that again.
There are no long-term cohort (longitudinal) studies for Long Covid in the UK.
That is a shocking omission. UK Government / medical research bodies should be ashamed.
This paragraph from Brightling and Evans' report is very concerning.
The government stopped the long-term follow-up of cohort studies in 2021. 🤦
The government stopped the long-term follow-up of cohort studies in 2021. 🤦
![5.10. It is our opinion, shared with many of the participants of the National Long Covid research group, that there has been a lack of progression in research funding from mid-2021. Further discussion of current and future research, along with potential gaps are described in M3. Overall, there is no ongoing funding for longer term follow-up of the existing cohort studies [Routen A 2022], the CIS [Covid Infection Survey] through ONS was stopped in March 2023, and no precision medicine studies were funded including no funding for mechanistic studies as part of Stimulate-lCP. The latter means that Stimulate-I GP may not be able to identify any variability in response to treatments that would inform next steps. There remains a substantial number of people suffering from Long Covid and there remain unanswered questions about causes, diagnostic tests and any specific treatments. In contrast, the UK's early response to Long Covid during the pandemic in terms of research was better than compared with other countries for example the National Institute of Health Recover initiative started in February 2021 (albeit a sizeable investment of over $1 billion) with awards being made in summer 2021 and 2022 [recovercovid.org] The crisis we faced due to acute Covid has subsided and correctly health priorities have been reset to address other acute and long-term conditions. However, Long Covid is now amongst these important long-term conditions and requires support commensurate to the scale of the problem i.e., research funding should be similar to other long-term conditions with a similar burden of symptoms and impact on quality of life.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:idf6m3amxguxiftesf7y24hd/bafkreifcehvjcyhnwfgsmyefbsm22u3ef6ef2jwxz3yrlegfqwqxchds3y@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"There is no ongoing funding for longer term follow-up of the existing cohort studies."
Read that again.
There are no long-term cohort (longitudinal) studies for Long Covid in the UK.
That is a shocking omission. UK Government / medical research bodies should be ashamed.
Read that again.
There are no long-term cohort (longitudinal) studies for Long Covid in the UK.
That is a shocking omission. UK Government / medical research bodies should be ashamed.
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Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
Steve Witkoff helped Russia derail Ukraine’s access to Tomahawk missiles. He tipped off the Kremlin about Zelensky’s U.S. visit, giving Moscow time to arrange a call that convinced Trump to block the deal. Witkoff actively works against Ukraine’s defense, in coordination with Putin’s regime.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
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In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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Freezing fuel duty and a promise of £9bn for a new motorway tunnel under the Thames. But no Bakerloo Line extension for London. Really a cracking Budget for continuing to prop-up driving at the expense of public transport...
Climate emergency? What climate emergency?
Climate emergency? What climate emergency?
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Freezing fuel duty and a promise of £9bn for a new motorway tunnel under the Thames. But no Bakerloo Line extension for London. Really a cracking Budget for continuing to prop-up driving at the expense of public transport...
Climate emergency? What climate emergency?
Climate emergency? What climate emergency?
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OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity
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three people buying a book we didn't really have on our radar at my old bookstore was instant "order more, face it out, somebody on staff read it and write a talker for it" territory
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
three people buying a book we didn't really have on our radar at my old bookstore was instant "order more, face it out, somebody on staff read it and write a talker for it" territory
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🧵1️⃣ It’s UK Budget Day - so here’s a budget #RachelReeves hasn’t announced: a proper Long Covid Budget. We've estimated the real economic burden of Long Covid at £12-15 BILLION A YEAR.
At a £ a minute that puts us back in 26,500 BC - the Late Upper Paleolithic 😳
#Budget2026
At a £ a minute that puts us back in 26,500 BC - the Late Upper Paleolithic 😳
#Budget2026
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🧵1️⃣ It’s UK Budget Day - so here’s a budget #RachelReeves hasn’t announced: a proper Long Covid Budget. We've estimated the real economic burden of Long Covid at £12-15 BILLION A YEAR.
At a £ a minute that puts us back in 26,500 BC - the Late Upper Paleolithic 😳
#Budget2026
At a £ a minute that puts us back in 26,500 BC - the Late Upper Paleolithic 😳
#Budget2026
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NEW Have archaeologists identified the largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain? Survey at Brusselstown Ring, one of the largest hillforts in Ireland, found evidence for potentially hundreds of occupied roundhouses!
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
NEW Have archaeologists identified the largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain? Survey at Brusselstown Ring, one of the largest hillforts in Ireland, found evidence for potentially hundreds of occupied roundhouses!
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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Oooh
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Oooh
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...