Even the most hardcore tidal Thames swimmers are reluctantly cancelling their swims this weekend due to poo.

What a damn shame.

A stunning weekend. The river water beaconing. This isn’t how it was mean to be. Something needs to be done.

inews.co.uk/news/river-tha…

Falls cost taxpayers a fortune. Half of older people die within a year after a fall. So, at a time of ICS’s, Palantir and impressively-validated “FallTech”, why the hell don’t we print out the “Fall List” and figure out how to reduce their chances of an injury, thereby saving the…

Ducklings! There’s nothing like fluffy new life to lift the spirits.

Hats off to Georgia Harrison for powerful testimony today.

Less so to Keily Blair, Chief Executive Officer of OnlyFans, who deserves a prize for sheer gall of defending the platform that made so much money out from revenge porn without her consent.

committees.parliament.uk/committee/328/…

Urgh!
What are HOPE not hate thinking?
Touring with Corbyn-ista Billy Bragg.
Not the person I’d have sing at my birthday if I was a credible anti-extremism outfit.

Science shapes people’s lives, from understanding the world around us to tackling problems such as climate change and pandemics. That’s why we’re supporting amendments to the Media Bill being debated in @UKhouseoflords to protect science on TV. Lord Bethell Rosie Boycott

Welcome, Andy, to the life of a PEP. Where your bank feels obliged to assume the worse about you. Total pain in the backside.

I am hopeful about the government’s plans for a “national conversation” about smartphone use by children. If you agree and want to give them a nudge, you can write to your MP through this handy tool.

Smartphone Free Childhood

smartphonefreechildhood.eaction.org.uk/mp-letter/

Age verification and accountability will play essential role in new rules. But fines of £18 million are not enough to hold big tech to account. Stopping their services is the only way to regulate. Great work on Online Safety Act implementation. Now stop children accessing porn.

Protecting science against misinformation is critical for sensible decision-making and to avoid wasteful distraction. That’s why I have supported these amendments. You can read them here..

bills.parliament.uk/bills/3505/sta…

Blanket refusal by most Big Tech (eg Meta TikTok UK etc) to provide meaningful access to their data and algorithms to validated researchers makes sensible policy making impossible and is a profound restriction on the democratic process. I have tried to legislate, but the…

Touching moment to talk with Bill Browder at Milken Institute about Vladimir Kara Murza, his Pulitzer and cruel imprisonment.

#FreeVladimir Vladimir Kara-Murza

WorkWell scheme helps people return to work - smart for people and economy.🎯
But the framing sucks.
Either people are sick, or 'it's a sicknote culture'. Which?🧐
And if they're sick, why not fix the causes? Not just (expensively) treat the disease?🤷‍♂️

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

Honored to join Bill Ready,Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Kenneth Cole,Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD & Jacob Ward in a talk on digital media and mental health at #MIGlobal . We have a responsibility and opportunity to design a digital world that centers well-being! milkeninstitute.org/panel/15589/di…

Happy and Glorious 👑

One year ago the world watched the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

God Save The King.

📷 Getty Images

Hannah Dreier The New York Times Sarah Stillman The New Yorker Sarah Conway City Bureau Invisible Institute Reuters The Washington Post Katie Engelhart NYT Magazine Congratulations to Vladimir Kara-Murza and The Washington Post. #Pulitzer #FreeVladimir

The mood on phones in 🇺🇸 is changing very quickly. 👇

“People want government to act because they feel outgunned.”

Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD explains to Milken Institute why the City of New York is taking on Big Tech to protect children from both online harms and “too much phones”.

governor.ny.gov/news/governor-….

Wonderful early morning jet-lag-jog round Beverly Hills. Massive vitamin D boost. And set up for a big day at the Milken Institute Conference on health and prevention

Conclusion? What an open minded, tolerant and unprejudiced country we are. With some exceptions…