Derek Ward
@dward-bham.bsky.social
Professor of Public Health and Medical Education at the University of Birmingham, UK. Interested in public health, medical education and HTA. Atheist/humanist. He/Him.
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I always thought child s abuse was a red line...
I thought that was something we could all agree on, no matter our political differences.
That it would be enough for people to withdraw their support.
The fact that it’s not has been a brutal lesson to learn.
I thought that was something we could all agree on, no matter our political differences.
That it would be enough for people to withdraw their support.
The fact that it’s not has been a brutal lesson to learn.
January 17, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I always thought child s abuse was a red line...
I thought that was something we could all agree on, no matter our political differences.
That it would be enough for people to withdraw their support.
The fact that it’s not has been a brutal lesson to learn.
I thought that was something we could all agree on, no matter our political differences.
That it would be enough for people to withdraw their support.
The fact that it’s not has been a brutal lesson to learn.
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I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
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Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
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Millions of pounds’ worth of savings and health benefits are left unrealised in the NHS, our new study shows. The paper demonstrates how health systems could unlock huge benefits by implementing evidence-based treatments more effectively, using PReCePT as an example.
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/millions-in-...
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/millions-in-...
Millions in savings could be unlocked through better implementation of evidence-based treatments - ARC West
Millions of pounds’ worth of savings and health benefits are left unrealised in the NHS, a new study has shown. Published in Frontiers in Health Services, the paper demonstrates how health systems cou...
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Millions of pounds’ worth of savings and health benefits are left unrealised in the NHS, our new study shows. The paper demonstrates how health systems could unlock huge benefits by implementing evidence-based treatments more effectively, using PReCePT as an example.
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/millions-in-...
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/millions-in-...
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The MAGA asshole who shouted this after Renee Nicole Good was killed has resigned as CEO of his company.
"The storm is here … no one can stop what is coming. All you liberal, commie mother (expletive), keep your hands to yourself or you're going to get hurt today. We executed one of you yesterday.”
"The storm is here … no one can stop what is coming. All you liberal, commie mother (expletive), keep your hands to yourself or you're going to get hurt today. We executed one of you yesterday.”
Michigan CEO resigns after remarks at Minneapolis anti-ICE protest
A Michigan CEO has resigned after video showed him shouting, “We executed one of you” at anti‑ICE protesters in Minneapolis.
www.aol.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:13 PM
The MAGA asshole who shouted this after Renee Nicole Good was killed has resigned as CEO of his company.
"The storm is here … no one can stop what is coming. All you liberal, commie mother (expletive), keep your hands to yourself or you're going to get hurt today. We executed one of you yesterday.”
"The storm is here … no one can stop what is coming. All you liberal, commie mother (expletive), keep your hands to yourself or you're going to get hurt today. We executed one of you yesterday.”
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In a court filing, the FBI said it found no body cam footage, social media clips, or any surveillance video of the incident.
Portland Man Shot By Border Patrol Agent Charged With Assault—FBI Tells Court It Has Found No Video
In a court filing, the FBI said it found no body cam footage, social media clips, or any surveillance video of the incident.
www.forbes.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
In a court filing, the FBI said it found no body cam footage, social media clips, or any surveillance video of the incident.
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@emilythornberry.bsky.social "London was being described as dangerous and lawless."
"Those words have been used in relation to London. And it's gone up from 874 in 2008 to 258,444 by 2024."
"It seems on the face of it to be a kind of organised campaign to use those words in relation to London."
"Those words have been used in relation to London. And it's gone up from 874 in 2008 to 258,444 by 2024."
"It seems on the face of it to be a kind of organised campaign to use those words in relation to London."
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
@emilythornberry.bsky.social "London was being described as dangerous and lawless."
"Those words have been used in relation to London. And it's gone up from 874 in 2008 to 258,444 by 2024."
"It seems on the face of it to be a kind of organised campaign to use those words in relation to London."
"Those words have been used in relation to London. And it's gone up from 874 in 2008 to 258,444 by 2024."
"It seems on the face of it to be a kind of organised campaign to use those words in relation to London."
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The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f
Today is the Smithsonian's deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 11:54 AM
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f
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I am delighted to welcome Nadhim Zahawi to Reform UK. He will bring useful experience, such as claiming £6,000 to heat his stables and avoiding £3.7m tax by hiding £27m offshore and threatening to sue anyone who asked about it.
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
I am delighted to welcome Nadhim Zahawi to Reform UK. He will bring useful experience, such as claiming £6,000 to heat his stables and avoiding £3.7m tax by hiding £27m offshore and threatening to sue anyone who asked about it.
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Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
August 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
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It's almost as if years of relentless media saturation bombing of flat-out lies, demonisation and blaming don't help the public to understand what is actually happening.
January 10, 2026 at 4:40 PM
It's almost as if years of relentless media saturation bombing of flat-out lies, demonisation and blaming don't help the public to understand what is actually happening.
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“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
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Time for everyone to follow their (or all) local pro-EU group.
2016 is going to be a huge year for the rejoin campaign. 🙌
2016 is going to be a huge year for the rejoin campaign. 🙌
January 11, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Time for everyone to follow their (or all) local pro-EU group.
2016 is going to be a huge year for the rejoin campaign. 🙌
2016 is going to be a huge year for the rejoin campaign. 🙌
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This is the second time in three months a DHS agent called a US citizen a "bitch" as he shot her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
January 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is the second time in three months a DHS agent called a US citizen a "bitch" as he shot her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
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🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
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I just left the Venezuela briefing.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I just left the Venezuela briefing.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
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Electric Road right of way update: Campaigners are now looking for people aged 55+ who used the Bulstake Path or the Electric Road before 2000, (ideally before 1980), even if they no longer live in Oxford, in order to establish evidence of regular use of the paths for at least 20 years before 2000.
Campaigners are seeking statements from anyone who has walked Electric Road, the path from Osney Mead to South Hinksey. The path is not yet formally a public right of way, meaning access could be withdrawn at any time; the campaign aims to apply for it to become one.
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Electric Road right of way update: Campaigners are now looking for people aged 55+ who used the Bulstake Path or the Electric Road before 2000, (ideally before 1980), even if they no longer live in Oxford, in order to establish evidence of regular use of the paths for at least 20 years before 2000.
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The outcome of any democratic election depends not just on how voters cast their ballot…
…but also how the electoral system processes them.
By Professor Sir John Curtice
…but also how the electoral system processes them.
By Professor Sir John Curtice
Why the electoral system matters – Holyrood election 2026
The outcome of any democratic election depends on how voters cast their ballot, yet the electoral system shapes the result too
bylines.scot
January 6, 2026 at 1:18 PM
The outcome of any democratic election depends not just on how voters cast their ballot…
…but also how the electoral system processes them.
By Professor Sir John Curtice
…but also how the electoral system processes them.
By Professor Sir John Curtice
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
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How can we improve people's health in 2026? Speak to them, says Tracy Daszkiewicz.
This month on the podcast we're joined by Greg Fell @adphuk.bsky.social and Tracy Daszkiewicz @fphuk.bsky.social to talk about their hopes and fears for the year.
🎧 Listen now: shows.acast.com/rsph-present...
This month on the podcast we're joined by Greg Fell @adphuk.bsky.social and Tracy Daszkiewicz @fphuk.bsky.social to talk about their hopes and fears for the year.
🎧 Listen now: shows.acast.com/rsph-present...
RSPH Presents: Spread the Health
Listen to episodes and learn more about RSPH Presents: Spread the Health. From government policies to the air we breathe, the high streets we shop on, the food on our plates, and the places we live…
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January 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
How can we improve people's health in 2026? Speak to them, says Tracy Daszkiewicz.
This month on the podcast we're joined by Greg Fell @adphuk.bsky.social and Tracy Daszkiewicz @fphuk.bsky.social to talk about their hopes and fears for the year.
🎧 Listen now: shows.acast.com/rsph-present...
This month on the podcast we're joined by Greg Fell @adphuk.bsky.social and Tracy Daszkiewicz @fphuk.bsky.social to talk about their hopes and fears for the year.
🎧 Listen now: shows.acast.com/rsph-present...
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Our online course 'Introducing humanism: non-religious approaches to life' led by writer, broadcaster, and humanist Sandi Toksvig, is now available and free to access for everyone. Learn something new in 2026, and start learning with Sandi today.
courses.understandinghumanism.org.uk/courses/intr...
courses.understandinghumanism.org.uk/courses/intr...
Introducing Humanism: non-religious approaches to life, with Sandi Toksvig
Click here to start the course Learn about how humanists approach life’s big questions Humanism is a non-religious, ethical world view shared by millions of people around the world. Humanists believe ...
courses.understandinghumanism.org.uk
January 6, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Our online course 'Introducing humanism: non-religious approaches to life' led by writer, broadcaster, and humanist Sandi Toksvig, is now available and free to access for everyone. Learn something new in 2026, and start learning with Sandi today.
courses.understandinghumanism.org.uk/courses/intr...
courses.understandinghumanism.org.uk/courses/intr...
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One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.