@nataliejane
Sociologist - Gender, health, climate, security & violence. Researching extreme environments from HIV, to conflict injury to climate disruption. Likes reading, running, animals, the beach & being outside. Manchester/Sheffield/Wales when I can.
The strikes on Iran show why quitting oil is more important than ever
Electrification + renewables = energy that isn’t shipped through chokepoints.
Decarbonisation is national security.
theconversation.com/the-strikes-...
Folks who are planning to do a social media research project: huge range of tools at this site!
(HT @anntics.bsky.social)
More about us as the research team from RAND Europe, Manchester Met, Kings College London and Combat Stress here - www.cobseo.org.uk/meet-the-res...
More about our approach, methods and the study here kcmhr.org/after-study-...
Text over military uniform reads - Are you an ex serviceman with genital or intimate scaring due to military operations? The AFTER study needs you.
Research poster about military conflict related genital injury advertising confidential online survey and/or interview. Scan the QR code to take part. Contact the study team afterstudy@kcl.ac.uk. £10 voucher for completing survey and £20 for interview available.
The AFTER study is the UK’s 1st large scale study to explore conflict genital injury in military men. Now seeking research participants. Funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Trust via the Scar Free Foundation. Findings will be used to develop evidence based support qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
That’s a powerful image. It’s raw emotion and devastation.
Corporations market intensively to children (including harmful products) because it is very lucrative 🤑 and creates lifetime consumers.
The WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission report recognized commercial marketing as a key threat to children’s health and wellbeing:
www.thelancet.com/commissions-...
The 457 soldiers that lost their lives and the 2000+ UK military and civilian’s wounded in action fighting after the US invoked Article 5, and all their families, might have something different to say about this.
This sounds great and is really relevant to some work we´ve been doing in Kenya. Ambulances, or the lack of them, and poor referral systems came up as a significant issue. I can’t make this today however, is it being recorded at all please or is there a way to get copies of any slides please? 🙏🏼
Midwives from the UK Ambulance Service will join the Transport & Referral Community of Practice webinar @lshtm.bsky.social this week to explore how we can improve emergency transport for mothers & newborns.
📆 Wednesday 21 January at 1pm.
Join 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Professor @orbenamy.bsky.social from @mrccbu.bsky.social will co-lead the world’s first major trial to test whether reducing social media use can improve teen mental health.
Find out more about the IRL Trial: https://bit.ly/4a2FZmB
#socialmedia #research
There are now at least 365 UK MPs with accounts on Bluesky – more than half (56%) of all MPs
🔴 This includes nearly 70% of Labour MPs
🔶 Nearly 90% of Lib Dem MPs
🟢 All the 4 Green MPs
🔵 But only 5% of Conservative MPs
➡️ No Reform MPs
Wild is putting things politely….
It’s hard to make sense of things currently. Is Trump just bonkers or 1, is this a well calculated strategic move to distract from other things? Or 2 a well calculated strategic move to divert military resources to other places. Or 3 a move to appease those who are not Europes allies?
Did you know that cold spells increase the risk of heart attacks? We investigate the reasons why the cold air has been scientifically associated with increased cardiovascular events. #HealthAndWeather
https://ow.ly/vBMz50XYgk3
Thanks for sharing. The different types of heat need more air time. As well as the impacts of heat in general not being felt equally, not all heat is the actually the same.
Interesting piece here calling for us to see climate change as climate instability as the weather oscillates between different extremes. Lots of other bits in here too that make this a worthwhile read from vegetation energy to adaptation.
weight recidivism is an awful term! You’d have thought we know better now not to use such language! All that work in public health tackling HIV stigma and we still see this sort of crap.
Part of the issue is how GLP-1s are used. Obesity can’t be fixed by a jab it needs holistic care eg mental health support for psychological factors & behavioural patterns alongside dietary & cooking education. Instead people are given the jab & that’s it, the same issues resurface once they stop it
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
Environmental crime is no longer a niche issue.
From the UNFCCC & UNTOC to governments & Interpol, a global push is forming to tackle illegal deforestation, mining & wildlife trafficking — with calls to lock enforcement & financing into climate & biodiversity deals.
** Views are the author’s.
@drrdynamics.bsky.social does excellent work on no natural disasters
Wall Street banks are earning more from green projects than from fossil fuels for the 4th consecutive year.
Perhaps someone should tell Trump…
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Beau the labrador saved David Howarth’s life by barking for help after the man suffered a cardiac arrest on a Dorset beach
I was thinking this exact same thing as I was reading this thread!
Such good advice! So simple and won’t take long for worthier side to engage with - thanks for sharing
My mum rang me to tell me that water coming into the house. When we got into the house the next day, I found her body floating in the water; the #flood had come in a torrent in less than 2 minutes from ankle to waist height www.theguardian.com/environment/... #ClimateEmergency #flooding #COP30
It's that time again! Since 2018 Dr. Katy Peplin has hosted a month of free resources for academics called AcWriMo - styled after National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo in November each year... 🧵
