Sherrill Stroschein 💙

Reader in Politics, UCL. But these are my own views, tweeting in personal capacity. Retweeting not an endorsement. More Politics things in the butterfly place.

[Sherrill Stroschein 💙 @sstroschein2]

Denial is not a strategy.

[Hiroshi Yasuda (保田浩志) @Yash25571056]

The currently spreading new variant of SARS-CoV-2 is PJ.2.1, which has over 25 spike protein mutations. PJ.2.1 has demonstrated unusually strong binding to human cells compared to previous variants (e.g., JN.1). These changes may help this variant to spread further among people, although no one cares.

[Phil Hoyeck @PAHoyeck]

Something like this happened to me recently and it is thoroughly depressing.

[Scott Colom @scott_colom]

THANK YOU, MISSISSIPPI! This victory belongs to all of us and I am honored to be your new senator-elect.

[21group @21percentgroup]

"Office for Students says institutions should return to exams & in-person presentations"

Vivas are expensive in staff time - universities are cutting

Vivas bring their own biases - examiner subjectivity, students’ confidence & communication style

https://t.co/earPzIeMfz

[Sky News @SkyNews]

"I honestly don't think I'll work in telly again", comedian Lucy Beaumont tells @CathyNewman after revealing that she spoke to journalists about David Walliams' behaviour. Watch the full interview at the link in the comments.

[Daniel P. Aldrich urbanists.social/web/@dpaldrich @DanielPAldrich]

We need to stop focusing on individuals (prepping, insurance) and the state (early warning, physical mitigation efforts) and ensure that we center #socialcapital - the ties that bind us - in disaster thinking
https://t.co/Sq5Z6l2kYG

[M.S @MalaakSafa]

I hate to be the one who has to tell you this, but you’re *supposed* to care about other people in a functioning society.

[Jo @cfs_jo]

Thanks to @KSchnickelfritz for sending me this. Always admired Lucy but now…wow.

[Ewan Morrison @MrEwanMorrison]

Link: AI Addiction
The overuse of AI and the negative effects it can have on mental health have led researchers to investigate the addictive potential of artificial intelligence.
https://t.co/TB82NkrdHi

[Ewan Morrison @MrEwanMorrison]

AI addiction is now a recognised psycho-social problem. Here are some of its symptoms.
The link below is to an addiction centre offering diagnosis & treatment options.
AI addiction impacts most on children & people with pre-existing mental health problems.

[University of Nottingham UCU branch @UoNUCU]

Well when you put it like that...

#UoN #UCU UoNUCU #UniversityOfNottingham #StopTheCuts #SaveHE

[Prognostic Chats @PrognosticChats]

Knowingly allowing Covid +ve patients to attend chemotherapy treatment areas is negligence & incredibly dangerous practice.

Yet that’s what’s happening.

[Emily Johnson (is on Mastadon and Bsky) @emily_rj]

As a Palliative patient, I will die on the hill that Palliative and Hospice patients are worthy of protection from avoidable infections wrecking remaining quality of life because clinicians don’t mask

It’s no longer just an idiom, with so many nosocomial infections fatalities

[Tom Celica™ @thetomcelica]

Now that Ohio, Georgia, and Texas went blue, they MUST open 1000s of polling stations all over their states.
No more day trips and long lines on voting day.
End that shit.

[SlenderSherbet @SlenderSherbet]

"Don't come back here with your bullshit"

Me, coming back with my bullshit:

[Steven Seegel 🇺🇦 @stevenseegel.bsky.social @steven_seegel]

This is real change, people.

[Vivian @suchnerve]

Mind you I haven’t been sick in nearly 7 years, despite going to parties and traveling, because masks really do work

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

shocked, shocked to discover this

[The Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation UK @CRFoundationUK]

In a small Oslo pilot study, portable HEPA air cleaners cut fine particle (PM2.5) levels in classrooms by about 29%. It measured particles, not illness, and larger trials are needed. Filtration forms one layer.
#CleanAir #IndoorAirQuality
https://t.co/NNgwTEY6QG

[21group @21percentgroup]

UK universities, once the envy of the world, are being dismantled through government indifference & chronic underfunding

Jobs destroyed, departments closed, world-class research threatened

Our intellectual, cultural & economic future is being trashed

https://t.co/y2zGeyKFjj