Prof Nisreen Alwan
Professor of Public Health MBE
Southampton, UK
Posts are my own personal views not those of any organisation.
Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
Peace of mind can be measured by the speed in which we turn the assumptions we make to questions.
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- I refuse to accept the labelling of science as ‘left-wing’. Not only because I think this is largely aimed at discrediting facts as opinions, but also -for any insider- it’s so untrue. The echelons of science are too traditional, hierarchical & club-based to qualify for any sort of progressive left.
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- It’s very painful to see the mainstreaming of truth-telling as division-stirring. The line of questioning is so horrendous I could hardly bear to finish watching this short clip but I’m glad I did manage to get to Zack’s sharp answer.
- 1/ This pause is obviously concerning to researchers & universities & I’d like to specifically register the point that if the reason of ‘aligning with national priorities’ means more policy-driven & less free ideas-driven research then this move is of even more concern. www.msn.com/en-in/politi...
- Lots to unpack in this episode with @krishgm.bsky.social interviewing @mehdirhasan.bsky.social but I’d particularly like to commend Mehdi for plainly pointing out the more prevalent institutional racism in the UK as apposed to the US, even during these dark times. open.spotify.com/episode/31fk...
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- How to change the world from your little place in it? *** Speak about your passions a little. Do what you’re scared of a little. Challenge your tribe a little. Pause before you react a little. Believe that everyone is struggling a little. Spread hope a little. Love yourself at least a little.
- I don’t know how anyone can still pretend that what’s happening in America is normal.
- Reposted by Prof Nisreen AlwanIn 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25M to 42M users, we took actions to keep it welcoming, using proactive design to reduce toxic content by 79%. Our 2025 Transparency Report shares how we're building a safer platform while keeping a transparent and human-centered approach: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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- ‘Self-report’ is mindlessly stigmatised in quantitative health research in the pursuit of ‘objectivity’ so I wrote a piece reflecting on our need to do better. Interested to hear your views about this too. journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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- Ah the good old pitching public health against ‘individual freedom’. Deadcatting who’s actually the biggest threat to America’s freedoms.
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- The Mark Carney speech at Davos is a remarkable admission that the ‘club’ rules that have always been grossly unfair on those outside it are not working anymore to the advantage of many of its members. Hard to disagree but the solution is not a new club.
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- “The system’s power comes not from its truth, but from everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true.” From Mark Carney’s speech at Davos. globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
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- Good morning. What is normal is no more. This is dystopian and it is our reality: news.sky.com/story/politi...
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- It’s not embarrassing for the world. It’s extremely pathetic for those involved including the Nobel committee.
- Trade Union Congress report: One of seven women (14%) have lost their job - or felt forced to leave their job - due to expecting a child or becoming a parent. Over one in five women (21%) who have or are expecting a child also report unfair treatment at work. www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-num...
- This is sad but they are justified to be scared. apple.news/A0HBo1UoXTIG...
- “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” Thich Nhat Hanh
- Good morning ☀️ “Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” Sylvia Plath
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- In case it needs to be said: GenAI is not ‘free speech’. It’s technology that needs regulation like any other. Also in case it needs to be said: scientific tools can be used for evil. Science itself is neutral but it can be applied immorally. We knew all of that before we stopped thinking!
- Let’s hope this is the final exodus wave from the horrendous site. Welcome, perseverers. Here is better!
- According to this FT article, Sir Paul Nurse says: “I’m afraid there’s many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances.” The ‘but’ in this quote says it all… So don’t blame us when we lose faith in institutions that regard integrity as irrelevant to designating scientific greatness.
- A truly horrifying read.
- "Nations have lost their freedom while preparing to defend it, and if we in this country confuse dissent with disloyalty, we deny the right to be wrong." Edward R Murrows
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- Five wildly underrated food ingredients that can lift dishes so so high: 1. Chickpeas 2. Lentils 3. Bulgur 4. Black beans 5. Sundried tomato paste There you go!
- What the MSM may or may not realise is that the intense fear they are displaying of the Greens is a good sign for those of us frustrated by their destructive role in the decline of the UK as a prosperous and fair country.
- From Joy Harjo’s Fear Poem: 1/ “I release you, my beautiful and terrible Fear. I release you. You were my beloved and hated twin, but now, I don’t know you as myself.”
- Good morning. Sharing quote of the day for those who need to hear it: “As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” Rumi
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- Reposted by Prof Nisreen AlwanYes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
- Reposted by Prof Nisreen AlwanHe should, at the very least, give her the FIFA Peace Prize so she’s not empty handed.
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- Unless you’re in a totally ‘safe’ environment, as a woman in leadership you can’t afford to display an ignorant, oblivious or even a ‘not sure’ attitude. It gets interpreted as incompetence rather than cute humility which is the common interpretation if a male leader does that. Am I right?
