Brilliant to see this from National Institute for Health and Care Research, and even better to see the research on continence produced by myself and my awesome colleagues at Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory (University of West London) highlighted in it

The Beta Band should have been bigger than Radiohead

OH MY GOD x.com/RuthaShutt9300…

It is pretty well-established in the pol. sci literature that Donald Trump is a nationalist populist with authoritarian tendencies. But is he a fascist? The answer is: somewhat. Two elements are of importance here, the Schmittian view of politics and the use of force against

'Hey, remember that insurance you bought but have never used? Just to say it's going to cost twice as much now (unless you remember your password, cancel the renewal and then waste an afternoon finding exactly the same service all over again). We value your peace of mind'

I've been paying our local buskers for years to avoid this, but finally a fucking bagpiper has arrived on the high street to ruin everyone's day

Convinced UK inflation is being mostly driven by insane vinyl prices in Oxfam

So an alright one, a good one and then just randomly bringing back Darth Vader, Jar Jar Binks and an AI Christopher Lee for the final one? theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/…

How has a bunch of ultras getting their arses handed to them taken over the news cycle in an election week?

Another reminder that one day I really have to write up my paper on soup and NHS care outcomes theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Slowly moving over to the other site but it really feels like unpacking after a house move

Must say I preferred the world when the worst a mad entrepreneur could do was invent a weird little car and give kids an affordable introduction to computers.

This is one of those things that sounds like a good idea until all of the NHS trusts are suddenly only focussed on whatever the performance targets are that month rather than actually solving complex issues theguardian.com/politics/live/…

I'm just a fairly successful professional wondering why I feel guilty buying cooking oil

Thursday

Sorry Netflix, but that's just made me want to dig my Rocky Balboa DVD out from the attic

Victoria Atkins prepares to address farming protests

Hot Dog, Jumping Frog...

Fully prepared for this to be hated or ignored, but I am ridiculously proud of this little paper on using Rhythmanalysis to understand the clashes between dementia and care in hospital, and in Social Sceince and Medicine of all places sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Have you ever wanted to use an obscure marxist sociological theory to hide your screaming and shouting about how hospitals fail people living with dementia, with a focus on permissions for going to the toilet? Well I did, and I'm stupidly proud of it. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…