This account is largely politics, work and West Ham and not a great deal of overlap. Views are my own.
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Tom Addison retweeted
24 Jul 2024
A 2°C increase in global temperatures will result in a 370% increase in annual heat-related deaths.
That’s why researchers around the world are working hard to test and develop solutions to help communities adapt to extreme heat.
But research alone is not enough… [5/6]
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Tom Addison retweeted
24 Jul 2024
While everyone is at risk of the health impacts of extreme heat, some people are more vulnerable.
This includes pregnant people, infants, adults over 65 and people with underlying health conditions.
There are also several systemic factors that can increase the risk… [3/6]
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22 Jul 2024
This is a pretty stark illustration of where modern football has ended up. For a 'working class sport', owners are bleeding their loyal fanbases dry.
PS If you don't like The Marriage of Figaro you can always go and watch La Traviata - not quite the same with team loyalty...
22 Jul 2024
Remember the old line about football becoming as expensive as opera? You can watch The Marriage of Figaro at the Royal Opera House in September for just 12 quid (a three-and-a-half hour show). In fact, half of the (10) price bands are cheaper than or equal to watching WHU vs MC.
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15 Jul 2024
Isnt science amazing: ‘Scientists have discovered that by replacing the missing DNA with strands from modern day descendants and then culturing the hybrid genetic sequence in their eggs, it may now be possible to create a theme park off the coast of Costa Rica’.
15 Jul 2024
DNA may turn out be more resilient than palaeontologists ever imagined econ.st/3zDtkXI 👇
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Tom Addison retweeted
14 Jul 2024
It wasn’t to be… but more importantly, if you are a victim of domestic abuse tonight, call the following number:
0808 2000 247
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4 Jul 2024
Will be absolutely fascinating to see how the Conservatives become more 'conservative' if that's the lesson learnt. Leadsom wants to understand voters' concerns about 'woke' but probably hasn't considered that they also want taxpayer services they can actually use
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Tom Addison retweeted
3 Aug 2022
You can sense the palpable despair of most of the broadsheet punditry as it dawns on them that Liz Truss is in all likelihood going to be Prime Minister and will probably go on to smash Keir Starmer in the general election.
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Tom Addison retweeted
3 Jul 2024
Today the Petition has had 8,751 signatures & if you're one well done! The Club has somewhere in the region of 52,000 ST's yet the response is just 17%? The standard fan base is being eroded, don't think this won't happen to you, it will, if you don't sign now don't moan then ⚒
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Tom Addison retweeted
Got to laugh at all the #westham on this thread bitching about the Q to buy the shirt
Turkeys voting 4 Xmas
Can’t give their money quick enuf
#saveourconcessions
Show some solidarity
Cos when u need it and old age comes to most of us there won’t be any1 to help
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Tom Addison retweeted
18 Jun 2024
Last week we brought together 150 people from across research, policy & climate science to launch a consensus statement 'A Roadmap for Global #HeatResilience' to save lives and protect health in the face of #climatechange. #Consensus4Heat
Get involved ➡️ buff.ly/3VlAsz6
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17 Jun 2024
This article could have been written about the 'shitification' of the live sporting experience at-large. Ever bigger stadiums dropped on the outskirts of cities with no consideration of how the people who make the atmosphere navigate the whole experience
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Tom Addison retweeted
13 Jun 2024
West Ham fans petition against season ticket price rises and changes to concessions.
hammersunited.com/petition-a…
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12 Jun 2024
I haven't seen the 'Sky TV' interview so I don't have the context but one of my favourite conversations is asking people not born in the UK about their interaction with the class system. They give infinite examples of finding it both inpregnable and baffling
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12 Jun 2024
Another key straw in the Conservatives' '2019 Electoral coalition KerPlunk' withdraws its support
11 Jun 2024
i think your wardrobe proves this is not true
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7 Jun 2024
Nearly every statistic on this image challenges my assumptions about voting preferences more than any piece of peer reviewed political science ever could
7 Jun 2024
🎶🍻 One last call for alcohol, so finish your whiskey or beer...
📊 It's Friday and we've got another hard-hitting piece of polling for you.
Do Labour voters prefer wine or lager? Which party's supporters love a cocktail? And who's saying they want a whiskey this summer? 🌞😎
ALT Infographic showing results for 'which drink do voters want this summer?' broken down by political party.
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Tom Addison retweeted
22 May 2024
Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay is greeted with rapturous applause as he returns to the Commons for the first time after suffering a life-threatening episode of sepsis
bbc.in/4bNc6Vz
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22 May 2024
There's not a lot to add to this other than Craig Mackinlay and his family have been so brave and I wish nothing but the best for them
21 May 2024
“They had turned black, they were like a plastic.”
Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay speaks to the BBC about losing his hands and feet to sepsis. bbc.in/3yuxErA
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22 May 2024
A General Election
Over Summer
With stubbornly high inflation
And no BoE rate cut
And more boat crossings
And I've organised an event in Parliament for 3 weeks prior?
May I not see it?
22 May 2024
There is Cabinet meeting this afternoon and lots of talk in Whitehall that announcement will come after
Silence from the centre
Some say July 4. But intriguing suggestion from some that the date set may be after the summer. Or even reshuffle
But something is definitely up
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Tom Addison retweeted
15 May 2024
Two-thirds of people with Crohn's or Colitis believe that having IBD has negatively impacted their careers.
46% have left a job because of their IBD..
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