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john williams retweeted
I’ve read this and I still can’t quite believe they would ever be so stupid.
NEW: BBC will no longer have a dedicated education editor as part of proposal that will see 100 jobs go across BBC News.
School leaders call the plan “deeply regrettable” and ask for a rethink.
Education/Social affairs editor jobs being combined.
theguardian.com/media/2026/o…
Alzheimer’s Researchers Look at an Unusual Data Point: Head Shape
“Could the geometry of our brains increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease? It’s a provocative question, but one that some scientists are beginning to explore.”
nytimes.com/2026/10/22/scien… via @NYTimes
“Could the repeated mechanical stresses of everyday life, paired with the sag of gravity over a lifetime, create pressure points in the brain? And could that biomechanical wear and tear influence people’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease?”
“She begged Scholem not to become a “fanatic for truth”, not to let an “orgy of truth-telling” dissolve a friendship that had survived exile and war. “A human being,” she wrote, “is far more valuable than his opinions.”
lesson for us all.
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“To consider a fellow citizen who disagrees with us — even fundamentally — an enemy of humanity is not moral seriousness. It is how a shared world rips apart.”
john williams retweeted
is alas unhelpful; traced back to artlift.org/wp-content/uploa…, an uncontrolled referral study with no inclusion criteria not capable of showing causation. This is not to say that creativity and expression are not good. It is to say that overstating claims should be resisted
john williams retweeted
it was good to join @BBCFrontRow last night to talk about social prescribing. It's really important that we do not overpromise - and I have massive concerns about medicalising the need for normal human interactions. This claim in the press release from the Southbank Centre/
“the government is yet to set out a precise definition of what constitutes an innovation cluster, describing it as a “live conversation”. He said ministers planned to establish criteria to foster “nationally & internationally significant” hubs.”
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john williams retweeted
Some of us are old enough to remember this
A new maternity commissioner for England will be able to launch reviews and monitor progress - but not be able to make binding recommendations
That's according to letter from a minister seen by HSj
W/ @emilyltownsend
hsj.co.uk/policy-and-regulat…
john williams retweeted
Cannot see the point of a commissioner who is unable to make binding recommendations 😡
Breaking - Ministers have dropped plans to scrap a independent health investigations body following opposition in Parliament.
Letter from minister also reveals new maternity commissioner will not be able to make binding recommendations
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“judgment matters. Experience matters. The ability to listen, understand risk and distinguish political ambition from operational reality matters.
Burnham could not have understood the mess, and damage Streeting had done to the NHS”
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john williams retweeted
In the NHS, patients live with the life changing consequences of decisions long after the minister has left the building.
Now, with national defence at stake, surely we should ask…
Who holds ministers accountable for the decisions they leave behind?
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👏 A question they probably wouldn’t understand in Silicon Valley
“Human creativity isn’t about finding the answer to a specific question; often we don’t even know what the question is when we begin exploring.
What it does require is undistracted time.”
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“in recent years, Chinese pharma groups have been developing drugs that global pharma giants want to license and export.”
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“But the progress is clear. The first phase was learning to make drugs, then discovering them. Now Chinese drugmakers are capturing more of the global value those discoveries generate.”














