Folarin Oyebolu

Research Associate @Haem_Match @MRC_BSU.
Metaheuristics | Simulation | ML.
YIMBY retweeter.
Opinions are my evil twin's.

[Kane Emerson @KaneEmerson]

Cambridge requires 1% of building investment to be spent on art, including any council housing project.

It drives up the cost to build, and the benefit isn't clear.

3 examples of the public art 👇

[Megan McArdle @asymmetricinfo]

The fact that Europeans built hospitals without AC is truly mystifying to me. We can argue about whether it's good/necessary in homes, I suppose, but the people in hospitals are the most likely to die of heat stroke!

[Michael Hill @Michael_J_Hil]

During this interview, @luceliataranto claims air conditioning can create urban heat island effects of 10 to 12°C.

That is not supported by the modelling literature for outdoor air temperatures. Studies of widespread AC use usually find outdoor air-temperature effects in the low single digits, often around 0.5 to 2°C, with larger effects possible in small areas of specific streets.

A recent UK study found widespread heat-pump cooling would raise local temperatures in an idealised London neighbourhood by about 0.12°C. The same study found heat pumps used for heating could lower local winter temperatures by about 0.16°C.

Yet no one spreads misinformation that heat pumps will make it 10 to 12°C colder outside during a cold snap. We all recognise that during a cold snap big rises in temperature in people's homes are far more important than tiny decreases in temperature on the street.

That same logic applies to cooling. During extreme heat, significant cooling inside homes, hospitals and care settings matter far more than small changes in outdoor street temperature.

@Channel4News should correct this. Misinformation about the outdoor impact of cooling risks misleading vulnerable people into not using a technology that could save their lives during the current heatwave.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

And today my hopeless plea is that every politician should be required to write a hundred lines on a blackboard: "Injecting more cash into the property market does not make houses more affordable".

[Sickle Cell Society @SickleCellUK]

☀️A red heat health alert has been issued for parts of England this week.
Hot weather can increase the risk of dehydration, which may trigger a #sicklecell crisis. Stay hydrated, keep cool and listen to your body. More information can be on our website https://t.co/gWrMQDBsTR

[Jay Foreman @jayforeman]

Oh my!! Well, this is absolutely wonderful! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who bought a copy and helped send the Map Men book number 1!

[NIHR Clinical Research Facility: Sheffield @CRFSheffield]

Today, we’re celebrating #Red4Research❤️

A huge thank you to all our patients, participants, and staff who make research possible every day.🌟

Want to #BePartOfResearch?
Find out how: https://t.co/2pyGICl8fD

#NIHR #BePartOfResearch #ClinicalResearch #ResearchMatters #Sheffield

[Sickle Cell Society @SickleCellUK]

💃💙 As part of #WorldSickleCellDay2026, Isabelle Prempeh shares an uplifting message with the sickle cell community about finding an outlet that helps you breathe, feel fulfilled and pursue your passions.🔗 https://t.co/I7bcnwdZlZ
#YoungVoicesRising #OwnYourHealth

[Sickle Cell Society @SickleCellUK]

🩸 Today is #WorldSickleCellDay2026. This year's theme, #YoungVoicesRising, celebrates the strength and experiences of young people living with sickle cell.
Around 19,000 people live with sickle cell in the UK. Together, let's ensure every voice is heard. #OwnYourHealth

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

It’s been one weekend but so far the World Cup is following the pattern of every previous World Cup and Olympics: tons of negative stories about infrastructure, costs, people not buying tickets etc and then it starts and it’s amazing

[Sam Dumitriu @Sam_Dumitriu]

I agree with @mattyglesias.

[cowboy postbop @cowboy_postbop]

not to make one of my hobbyhorses bigger than it is but one of the side reasons I want YIMBYism to succeed is to help blunt all of the stupid cultural ideas that are downstream of “new residents ruin a neighborhood”

[Sickle Cell Society @SickleCellUK]

🎨 Join us for Workshop 1: All About Me – the first in our Sickle Cell Hope Creative Art Workshop Series.

📅 13 June | ⏰ 1–5pm
📍 Bay20 Community Centre, Ladbroke Grove

🎟️ Free tickets:
https://t.co/LF53jiTHwE

#SickleCell #CreativeWorkshop #CommunityArts

[Josh Barro @jbarro]

The amazing thing is the Underground already extends into the green belt, and English people react like you said you want to exterminate puppies if you propose to build homes on literal farms that are walking distance from rapid transit stations.

[Anya Martin @AnyaM8_]

What an insane story. Yet again, byzantine systems working directly against the outcomes they're supposedly trying to achieve

[Anya Martin @AnyaM8_]

"Compensate for the environmental impact"... It's clean energy! The environmental impact is positive!!!!! What are we doing here

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Labor market policy in the UK is insane.

@ATabarrok has the best explanation of how perverse the "Equality Act" is:

[Tom Chivers @TomChivers]

How can stuff like this get written? Imagine it for any other good! “Affordability is driving the chocolate price spike, not a cocoa bean shortage. We just need to designate some beans as special cheap beans to bring prices down” https://t.co/XCNkYbrOG6

[National Institute for Health and Care Research @NIHRresearch]

To mark our 20th anniversary, we’ve brought together the voices of 3 people who have led the NIHR - from its founding vision, through global challenges, to new digital frontiers.

Watch @UKAMREnvoy, @CMO_England and Professor @LucyChappell2 reflect on 20 years of transforming the UK health and care research landscape.

Watch their interviews here ➡️ https://t.co/wsQFI48ckO

[Folarin Oyebolu @fboyebolu]

@wight1984 Without any evidence to back this up, I would posit that the benefits of kids learning more/better is larger than the benefits of kids becoming more robust to distraction(s)?