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Health data nerd @University of Liverpool. Involved in NIHR ARC NWC, GroundsWell, NHS SDE, Health Urban Places, IMAGO, probably others too.

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Exclusive: US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives Trump's administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. tech companies' handling of foreigners' data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters that such efforts could interfere with artificial intelligence-related services.

President Donald Trump's administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. tech companies' handling of foreigners' data. Experts say the move signals the Trump administration is reverting to a more confrontational approach as some foreign ...

TAT: [Foreign Policy]

25.02.2026 21:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 18 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Pentagon has given AI firm Anthropic an ultimatum to abandon its ethics rules for AI. If Antrhopic doesn't comply, Pete Hegseth has threatened to terminate Anthropicโ€™s contract with the Pentagon and designate it a supply chain risk. ... [link]

TAT: [Weakening Civil Rights | Suppressing Dissent]

25.02.2026 13:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Residential green and blue space effects on newborn health: findings from a retrospective longitudinal study in Wales The effects of green and blue spaces on newborn health are unclear with most studies using cross-sectional methods. Our retrospective longitudinal stuโ€ฆ

New study results - Residential green and blue space effects on newborn health
authors:
Rukun K.S. Khalaf, Roberto Villegas-Diaz, @ollybutters.bsky.social, Anna Head, Rebecca S. Geary, Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona, Sarah E. Rodgers
full paper: tinyurl.com/mr3526mx

17.02.2026 11:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Investigating health-related barriers to green space use, chronic health conditions and sociodemographic characteristics: a structural equation modelling approach Introduction Using green space improves health and well-being. However, there are many barriers to green space use, including poor health. Evidence is lacking on how health-related barriers to green s...

๐ŸŒณ Our new paper on the health-related barriers to using green space has been published in BMJ Public Health! ๐ŸŒณ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read the full paper here: bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/1/...

17.02.2026 10:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski demands ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelsonโ€™s role inโ€ฆ

Get Palantir out of the UK.

Protect our NHS.

Protect our country.

www.thenational.scot/news/2582860...

05.02.2026 13:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2816 ๐Ÿ” 921 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87 ๐Ÿ“Œ 50
GROVE: Governance for Household-Level Environment and Health Data - DARE UK

Brand new research project by the HIPR team: GROVE - Governance for Household-Level Environment and Health Data
A project to develop solutions for linking health and environmental data at household level to support prevention-focused research.
dareuk.org.uk/how-we-work/...

30.01.2026 10:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NHS England ยป Ethnicity Recording Improvement Plan - United Kingdom Introduction

NHS England ยป Ethnicity Recording Improvement Plan

https://www.europesays.com/uk/536786/

Introduction The NHS is committed to reducing healthcare inequalities and delivering equitable access, excellent experiences and optimal outcomesโ€ฆ#uk #news #uknews

30.10.2025 04:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Come work with us, we are the very definition of awesome.

09.07.2025 04:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Satellite Imagery for Prosperity, Wellbeing, and Sustainability Come join us to learn how satellite imagery can improve our lives, environment, and future sustainability!

As Imago ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ , we are organising our second stakeholder engagement workshop. This is an exciting opportunity to learn about the power of satellite imagery in shaping a better future! and contribute your views to shape our this new data service.

Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/satellite-...

04.03.2025 16:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Accessible Pushchair - Designability Designability has developed the first accessible pushchair for manual wheelchair users with mass manufacture in mind.

Anyone need an accessible pushchair? Applications open for UK families.
designability.org.uk/assistive-so...

21.01.2025 19:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 15 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Four Christmas trees, each in the style of a different chart, arranged in a two by two grid. Top left is a population pyramid, top right is a network graph, bottom left is a vertical Sankey, and bottom right is a scatter plot

Four Christmas trees, each in the style of a different chart, arranged in a two by two grid. Top left is a population pyramid, top right is a network graph, bottom left is a vertical Sankey, and bottom right is a scatter plot

I drew these for the #datafam holiday card exchange, but figured I'd share them for others to use too! Put them on your cards, gift tags, or anywhere that needs a little more #dataviz ๐Ÿ“Š

16.12.2024 03:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 385 ๐Ÿ” 85 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Rebecca Wilson on LinkedIn: #datashield #puma #metadata #publications #research #impact #interactiveโ€ฆ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐——?ย ย  This summer DataSHIELD undergraduate Kathryn Ward joined the DataSHIELD research project, University of Liverpool as aโ€ฆ

Who uses #DataSHIELD open source software for #FederatedAnalysis with #AutomatedSDC ? Over 180 data sites, across 5 continents, over 40 international research consortia. www.linkedin.com/posts/drbecc...

12.12.2024 13:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Printed circuit board Christmas tree with LEDs.

Printed circuit board Christmas tree with LEDs.

Got the Christmas tree up. Now I just need to program my tree, like a normal person. ๐ŸŒฒ

01.12.2024 09:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข What drives emergency admissions for multimorbid patients?
ARC NWC PhD student Sam Meredith uncovers how social factors like deprivation, gender, & lifestyle shape careโ€”and solutions.
๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/nn52udrv

22.11.2024 09:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software Dam, the consequences An academic journal has retracted two papers because it determined their authors used unlicensed software.โ€ฆ

Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software

14.11.2024 07:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Health Inequalities Policy Research Group (HIP-R) | Institute of Population Health | University of Liverpool xlinkedinUniversity of Liverpool on FacebookLivUni on InstagramLivUni on XLivUni on ...

We have 4 post-doctoral positions, working with linked data to improve public health and health services with www.liverpool.ac.uk/population-h... and www.liverpool.ac.uk/civic-health... #episky #econsky #AcademicSky @profbuchan.bsky.social

12.11.2024 16:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 32 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I almost tried to use your queue ID to see if I could hijack your session and jump the queue. Almost.

31.08.2024 13:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0