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Sadly you couldn’t make this up: Man aggressively interrupts women filming a report about creating safe spaces for women. A mother and daughter sharing their story on feeling unsafe had to stop as he became verbally aggressive, perfectly proving why such spaces are needed.

The 192 bus in Manchester... God bless it's twatted little heart. There's currently someone on it trying to score an E, at 1245 🤣 he's being very polite about it & tbh it being the 192 bus he stands a more than reasonable chance. He's now asking everyone for a Tetley teabag 🤪

Oh my.

Income from labour no longer affords young people the stability of owning their home. Inheritance will offer that some eventually, but that will also bring huge generational divides, as well as a lottery on which parents sell their homes for care costs.

Friendly reminder: Submit your abstracts for this special issue on #Queer #MedHums by Mon 16 Dec 2024! Co-edited with Benjamin Dalton and Maurice Nagington 🏳️‍🌈💃☮️

PrEP, the #HIV prevention drug, should be accessible beyond #sexualhealth clinics. We welcome the announcement from the Welsh Government of a pilot project to access PrEP in community pharmacies next year so more people can benefit from it. #Wales #Cymru pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/news/a…

The news coming out of Coventry 🤯 Fire&Rehire: numerous staff are pushed onto teaching-only contracts w/subsidiary. They're made to re-interview for roles that will increase teaching & move them onto a different pension scheme: from TPS to AVIVA (=lower employer contributions)

Staff pushed onto teaching-only contracts via subsidiary as Coventry University fires-and-rehires Senior management team at Coventry #university is 1 VC, 6 Pro VCs, 6 Deputy VCs, 1 People Officer, 1 CEO, 1 Provost, 1 Vice Provost VC's salary was ~ £393k in 2023 coventry.ac.uk/the-university…

New article led by dxmurphy from our Australian Research Council-funded project: Remaking Chemsex Event Networks in the Age of PrEP. It argues for ‘a more expansive account of chemsex beyond the binaries of licit & illicit drugs, therapeutic & recreational use’: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Most Great Western Railway intercity trains cancelled today. In northwest England, Northern has axed all trains on nine routes. “The underlying reason is train crew availability, in particular on Sundays which is contractually outside of the working week.” independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

Once a lying bastard, always a lying bastard.

The Health and Safety Executive in its reply to Uni of Birmingham's response to Birmingham UCU's complaint: 'I do not consider that your reply provides sufficient assurance that work-related stress is being suitably managed by the University'. 'we will be inspecting the University [..] in the new year'

Finished for the year

3 internal WB's raised concerns Nursing and Midwifery Council this year - 1 attempted to take his own life. Sam continued prof duty & spoke up . If our regulator treats their own this way - what chance do the rest of us have??!! Wes Streeting Karin Smyth Professional Standards Authority Charity Commission

Sandi is going where many celebrities dare not tread. Now, say what you will, she is a truly brave woman standing up to the school yard bullies like JK Rowling and Sharron Davies. Thank you Sandi, xx

As someone who has interminably come across abysmally in interviews, this actually feels like a strong performance