He almost convinced me his route to the Fields Medal was mundane

“Instead of writing about the radical right, [Goodwin] became part of it — and has increasingly said whatever he needs to get more subscribers to his Substack. It would be a laughable grift if he wasn’t playing with fire at the time of riots.” theneweuropean.co.uk/james-ball-mat…

Five years ago, I spoke to a former asylum seeker to the UK who - unable to work while waiting to be processed - decided to do some maths. Then he got the Field's Medal. thetimes.com/article/921a15…

I’ve decided to stop posting on this platform. The algorithm isn’t showing me many accounts I follow and is showing me ones I don’t want to see. I’m not paying to get my blue tick back so I suspect many of my followers don’t see me either. You can find me elsewhere

Guess I can’t put this off any longer. Yesterday was officially my last day, and my bio must be updated… After 15 amazing years, I am leaving UKHSA to start a 4-year Faculty of Public Health specialty training programme in public health. Pls indulge a short thread🧵

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Also found in microwave ovens, I assume.

I'll be at the The Other Place more until all *this* stuff blows over. It's nicer there.

It's a great place to be. Congratulations to all those who are now new students. Welcome.

Happy A-Levels results day to all!   If you are #GoingToOxford today our Senior Tutor Rebecca Bullard has a short message for you, and you can find out more about what happens next online: trinity.ox.ac.uk/news/level-res…   We can’t wait to welcome all our new freshers in October!

Did all the patients know that they were not seeing a doctor? And did they consent? This looks like very unsafe practice - and bizarre that a qualified doctor should be sitting in to learn from a PA

As we tackle #mpox as a public health emergency of international concern for the second time in 2 years, I want to convey 3 basic messages today on behalf of WHO/Europe. Message 1: mpox is not the “new #COVID”. Regardless of whether it’s mpox clade I, behind the ongoing

Looking forward to giving a joint talk at @theorsociety #OR66 with Dr Duncan Robertson on science advice in emergencies on 10th Sept!

We have a few remaining fully-funded industry sponsored studentships open to UK home students for an October start in EnerHy, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineering #Hydrogen Net Zero. Tax-free annual stipend of £19,237. Find out more ➡️ lboro.uk/447xD8X

A new short piece by me in the BMJ reflecting on the Module 1 report and how "emergency planning" needs to be incorporated into "everyday planning" bmj.com/content/386/bm…

(I'm appalled that a government body would not only buy a tax avoidance scheme, but then cause government money to be spent on both sides of litigation defending it.)

🚨 Grenfell Inquiry report 🚨 - "Complacent" govt "well aware" of risk of cladding disaster but failed to act - "Systematic dishonesty" by product manufacturers "very significant reason" for fire - "Chronic and systemic" fire safety failures by tower's social landlords

Sections on govt reject the evidence of Lord Eric Pickles and severely criticise the "profound" failure to act after the Lakanal House coroner's inquest in 2013 - which it links directly to the deregulatory agenda of govt insidehousing.co.uk/news/complacen…