@MartMichaelis

Professor of Molecular Medicine (he/him), University of Kent, all opinions are my own...

Joined November 2016
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Nurder Koch
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Ein einziger Privatjet-Flug verursacht im Schnitt fast so viel CO₂ wie ein Mensch weltweit in einem ganzen Jahr. Während uns Verzicht gepredigt wird, verheizen Superreiche mit ihren Luxusjets das Klima und investieren Milliarden in klimaschädliche Industrien. Die Klimakrise ist Klassenkampf von oben. Die Reichen verursachen einen unverhältnismäßigen Teil der Schäden, die Allgemeinheit trägt die Folgen. Die einen zerstören mit ihrem Luxus das Klima. Die anderen sollen mit ihrem Verzicht die Welt retten.
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Brave New World. A very worthwhile read. I agree that "we should direct our efforts toward making better societies rather than making better people." #Eugenics theguardian.com/news/ng-inte…

Would you pay to have the ‘best baby’? Liberal eugenics and the troubling quest for human perfection

For decades the idea of eugenics has been taboo. Now it is returning in a new commercial guise

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#Windenergie ist eine riesige Chance für strukturschwache ländliche Gemeinden. Die #AfD lehnt die #Windenergie ab. Sie möchte nicht, dass es den Menschen in Deutschland gut geht! ➡️
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Billionaires in California are spending $333 million to wage a war. Against what? Homelessness? No. Cancer? No. Child poverty? No. They’re waging war against a 5% billionaire wealth tax. They’d rather poor kids with cancer die than pay a little more in taxes. That is obscene.
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Only the company that exploits Jackdaw and its share holders will benefit from this. The British public will not. The gas will be sold at international markets. Why not doing it the Norwegian way and use the profits for a sovereign wealth fund? #Democracy bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq4g…

Jackdaw: Will it cut energy bills and how much gas will it provide?

BBC Verify looks at what the Jackdaw decision means for your bills, energy security and the environment.

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The profits (not the taxes on them) should go into a green transition fund... #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Economy #capitalism theguardian.com/environment/…

Rosebank oilfield would not breach UK emission targets, say government insiders

Emissions from exported oil would not count against carbon budget, insiders say – reasoning likely to draw dismay from climate campaigners

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I am puzzled, why people worry more about the rich than about the poor. The poor need support. People, who can, should be proud of being able to support their less fortunate peer citizens and their country. #democracy #Economy #capitalism theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Why won't MPs tax the rich? We asked them – and their answers gave us hope | Faiza Shaheen

Even most Reform voters are in favour of a tax on the super-wealthy. Yet the first budget of the Burnham era looks set to dodge the issue, says Faiza Shaheen, executive director of Tax Reform UK

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Klimaschutz ist überlebenswichtig, wird aber nur dann erfolgreich sein, wenn er sozial gerecht gestaltet wird. Wie das geht, noch dazu zu geringeren Kosten als bisherige Maßnahmen: taz.de/!6225031

Klimafreundlich und sozial passt zusammen

Mit 5 gezielten Maßnahmen wären finanzielle Entlastung und weniger Emissionen möglich - zu überschaubaren Kosten, zeigt eine Studie

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"Wer die Nachfrage nach Elektroautos ausbremst, verliert die industrielle Größe, die Erfahrung und die Innovationskraft, die auf den Märkten der Zukunft entscheiden." - PIKs @jrockstrom, Felix Creutzig & Kai Niebert/DNR zum Verbrennerkompromiss von 🇩🇪&🇫🇷: background.tagesspiegel.de/v…
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Stark numbers, a worthwhile reading. The super-rich are destroying our planet and democracy. If you think that destroying our livelihoods for money is a good idea, you are suffering from some kind of Stockholm syndrome. #economy #democracy #capitalism theguardian.com/environment/…

Super-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis, report finds

Oxfam says investing by rich in disaster recovery widens inequality and gives incentive to delay climate action

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„Die Grundlagen unseres Wohlstands werden durch den Verlust der Biodiversität & ungebremsten Klimawandel unterminiert“, so PIK-Direktor Edenhofer. Kooperation sei entscheidend, um die Abhängigkeit von fossilen Energien zu vermindern. radioeins.de/programm/sendun…

PIK-Studie: Warum Klimapolitik auch Wirtschaftspolitik ist

Während die Welt laut UN auf eine Erwärmung von 2,8 Grad Celsius zusteuert, untersucht eine neue Studie des Potsdam-Instituts für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK) die wirtschaftlichen Folgen von Klimapol...

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The first known death from Shamonda virus. We are actively creating the conditions that facilitate the transmission of new pathogens to humans... nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

First person infected with rare Shamonda virus: what we know

Nature - Infectious-disease researchers say the risk of the livestock pathogen moving between people is low.

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He really exists. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…

He wants to clean up the city and banish high prices. But who is ‘London’s Batman’?

The caped crusader is paying for hospital parking fines, giving out fuel to drivers – and sponsoring the return of cut-price Freddo bars

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A stark example of indifference, ignorance, incompetence, recklessness, and a lack of accountability resulting in the failure of authorities. Unfortunately, lessons do never seem to be learnt... #politics #democracy #Accountability theguardian.com/commentisfre…

At Aberfan, I saw fathers digging for their missing children. And the lessons society should have...

Each of those 144 deaths was entirely avoidable, but nobody was held to account. We still don’t know how to get justice for ordinary people, says journalist John Humphrys

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People who love their nation and their peer citizens should be pleased to be able to give something to the societies that enabled them to be successful. Besides, how is it possible that his effective tax rate is below 1%? #economy #democracy #snowflake bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cky8…

Meta strikes deal to stop Mark Zuckerberg leaving California over billionaire tax

The Meta boss had said he would exit the state over a wealth tax that has not yet come into force.

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I am sure that someone with $950,000,000 can be as happy as someone with $1,000,000,000. #economy #economics #democracy #capitalism bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck4g…

Are California voters about to impose 'world's first' tax on billionaires?

Voters are about to decide if the mega-rich among them should hand over billions of dollars to pay for improvements to healthcare.

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We need to be realistic about what we do not know and cannot know... Usually, a lack of information is a reason to be cautious, like, for example, when you are approaching a blind bend... #Ebola #Bundibugyo #health #disease theguardian.com/world/2026/o…

Ebola patient in Nigeria did not visit DR Congo, escalating concern over spread of virus

Switzerland says patient is wife of Swiss diplomat and believed to have contracted virus while travelling in Uganda

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Proper taxation would be a much better and democratic option. #Democracy #capitalism nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

How tech billionaires are disrupting biomedical science

Nature - Money from the world’s increasingly prosperous technology entrepreneurs has been flooding into biomedical research. Is it changing how science is done?

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Why do we not establish a more robust infrastructure and more robust supply chains? Because we do not have our priorities in order. It is about money, not about peoples' welfare... #economy #economics #capitalism bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwd0…

Streeting: Prepare for supply chain disruption from cyber or climate emergencies

The defence secretary says the UK needs to be ready for scenarios including impact to essential supply chains.

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Of course, it will not. Putting the profits into a public pension and/or green transition fund would... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq4g…

Jackdaw: Will it cut energy bills and how much gas will it provide?

BBC Verify looks at what the Jackdaw decision means for your bills, energy security and the environment.

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