Kat Arney
@katarney.bsky.social
Award-winning Storyteller of Science. PhD. Founder & Chief Creative Officer at First Create The Media for life science comms strategy & content https://firstcreatethemedia.com/ Views: mine. Book: https://www.rebelcellbook.com.
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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 7:17 AM
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
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The North America measles outbreak started at a Mennonite wedding in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada (close to my rural conservative hometown). Patient Zero was an unvaxxed English teacher working in Thailand. Measles is incredibly contagious—every unvaxxed person at the wedding was infected!
Opinion: How a single measles case became 5,000 – and the lessons not learned
It’s important not to lay blame, but to understand the virus’s epidemiology
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The North America measles outbreak started at a Mennonite wedding in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada (close to my rural conservative hometown). Patient Zero was an unvaxxed English teacher working in Thailand. Measles is incredibly contagious—every unvaxxed person at the wedding was infected!
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80 years after the Nobel Prize for penicillin, antimicrobial resistance is one of societies toughest challenges. GSK, the Fleming Initiative, and the @ineosoxford.bsky.social hosted leaders at the Royal Society of Medicine to advance the global response.
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
80 years after the Nobel Prize for penicillin, antimicrobial resistance is one of societies toughest challenges. GSK, the Fleming Initiative, and the @ineosoxford.bsky.social hosted leaders at the Royal Society of Medicine to advance the global response.
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This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
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ICYMI: So-called regenerative or wellness "peptides" could be the latest big scam. Their use is spreading like wildfire and it's unclear whether the current FDA will do more to lower risks here or under RFK Jr. just make it worse ipscell.com/2025/11/more...
More red flags on peptides even as softening of FDA oversight could happen soon under RFK Jr. - The Niche
Stem cell biologist discusses how Peptides are the next big scam unfolding now in the regenerative medicine and alternative medicine arenas.
ipscell.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
ICYMI: So-called regenerative or wellness "peptides" could be the latest big scam. Their use is spreading like wildfire and it's unclear whether the current FDA will do more to lower risks here or under RFK Jr. just make it worse ipscell.com/2025/11/more...
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This exchange between Hancock and Johnson on 7th March 2020 speaks volumes about that government’s pandemic leadership.
Hancock: This is a clarion call for you to lead.
Johnson: Ok, I’m off to the rugby.
Hancock: This is a clarion call for you to lead.
Johnson: Ok, I’m off to the rugby.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
This exchange between Hancock and Johnson on 7th March 2020 speaks volumes about that government’s pandemic leadership.
Hancock: This is a clarion call for you to lead.
Johnson: Ok, I’m off to the rugby.
Hancock: This is a clarion call for you to lead.
Johnson: Ok, I’m off to the rugby.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Here's an incredible performance of the Lupin III theme
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Here's an incredible performance of the Lupin III theme
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I’m trying to decide if I‘ve accidentally taken acid, or if it’s reality itself that’s breaking down.
Nicki Minaj is set to speak at the United Nations on behalf of the Trump administration.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I’m trying to decide if I‘ve accidentally taken acid, or if it’s reality itself that’s breaking down.
It's a unicycle with a stabiliser, right?
For those wondering how you get on and off a penny-farthing.
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
November 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It's a unicycle with a stabiliser, right?
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Me: "I need to name my military operation. Any ideas?"
My WhatsApp group of incredibly gay Dungeons and Dragons nerds:
My WhatsApp group of incredibly gay Dungeons and Dragons nerds:
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Me: "I need to name my military operation. Any ideas?"
My WhatsApp group of incredibly gay Dungeons and Dragons nerds:
My WhatsApp group of incredibly gay Dungeons and Dragons nerds:
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I’ve been circling around this idea for awhile but didn’t have the skill to summarize what others have now done extremely eloquently:
Proposing the concept of misinformation exposure as a social determinant of health.
Read on if you’re interested.
Proposing the concept of misinformation exposure as a social determinant of health.
Read on if you’re interested.
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I’ve been circling around this idea for awhile but didn’t have the skill to summarize what others have now done extremely eloquently:
Proposing the concept of misinformation exposure as a social determinant of health.
Read on if you’re interested.
Proposing the concept of misinformation exposure as a social determinant of health.
Read on if you’re interested.
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I was on Last Word, the Radio 4 obituary programme, trying to sum up Jim Watson’s near-century long life.
Last Word - James Watson, Pauline Collins, Judith Vidal-Hall, Dugald Ross - BBC Sounds
Matthew Bannister on a scientist, an actor, a journalist and a fossil hunter.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I was on Last Word, the Radio 4 obituary programme, trying to sum up Jim Watson’s near-century long life.
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If you’re going to have cameras everywhere and fine people for pouring coffee down the drain you can’t then let organised criminals dump hundreds of trucks full of waste in a 150m long disaster and be like “oh, sorry, didn’t see anything, not our problem.”
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you’re going to have cameras everywhere and fine people for pouring coffee down the drain you can’t then let organised criminals dump hundreds of trucks full of waste in a 150m long disaster and be like “oh, sorry, didn’t see anything, not our problem.”
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Prime example of why the contract between the public and the police is breaking down, regardless of long term crime trends. Thames Valley Police don’t even think it’s their job to investigate this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kidlington fly-tipping: Criminals dump mountain of waste in field
The enormous pile of rubbish is called an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Prime example of why the contract between the public and the police is breaking down, regardless of long term crime trends. Thames Valley Police don’t even think it’s their job to investigate this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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Machine embroidered lanscape artwork by Alison Holt, UK textile artist #WomensArt
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Machine embroidered lanscape artwork by Alison Holt, UK textile artist #WomensArt
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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Once again, if you wrote a story in which the jetsetting corrupt FBI chief took a government plane to the "Boondoggle Ranch" an editor would tell you to get a different job, because you're not cut out for writing believable stories.
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Once again, if you wrote a story in which the jetsetting corrupt FBI chief took a government plane to the "Boondoggle Ranch" an editor would tell you to get a different job, because you're not cut out for writing believable stories.
Making healthcare truly affordable (for the people who never get sick)
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Making healthcare truly affordable (for the people who never get sick)
Frankly amazed that any biology gets done at all tbh
The protein concentration in the cytoplasm is so high that the average protein has a water hydration shell with a thickness of only ≈ 10 water molecules separating it from the adjacent protein hydration shell.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Frankly amazed that any biology gets done at all tbh
Performative Outragemas seems to come earlier every year 🫠
It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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November 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Performative Outragemas seems to come earlier every year 🫠
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New York, London, Paris, Munich, everyone talk about, poppy music.
Off key #Respectival entertainment 👌
Off key #Respectival entertainment 👌
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
New York, London, Paris, Munich, everyone talk about, poppy music.
Off key #Respectival entertainment 👌
Off key #Respectival entertainment 👌