Dr Hilary Joyce ⚕️
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ObGyn & Fertility specialist for a lifetime
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Plus Advocacy
But wait there’s more
(To be continued. Maybe)
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Pinned
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And also, because wow, here's a picture of the wash basins in the loos at the centre of my local market. It's the small things sometimes, but they matter.
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
And also, because wow, here's a picture of the wash basins in the loos at the centre of my local market. It's the small things sometimes, but they matter.
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Book 13/30. No One is Talking About This. Patricia Lockwood. A sublime whirlwind and emotional carnival ride, every page an adventure in language. It's an intimate portrait of love, the internet & grief. Nothing in the known world is the same once Lockwood turns her gaze upon it.
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Book 13/30. No One is Talking About This. Patricia Lockwood. A sublime whirlwind and emotional carnival ride, every page an adventure in language. It's an intimate portrait of love, the internet & grief. Nothing in the known world is the same once Lockwood turns her gaze upon it.
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I the ER, sometimes, it is the little things....like a piece of clothing....and your gut instinct....lol.
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I the ER, sometimes, it is the little things....like a piece of clothing....and your gut instinct....lol.
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This is Christmas cake.
The end.
The end.
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This is Christmas cake.
The end.
The end.
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The Sydney Opera House in 6 easy pieces!
Discover the city as you have never seen it - get your #publicsydneypuzzle for this holiday season at #Uro Bookshops, #kinokuniya or on line
Discover the city as you have never seen it - get your #publicsydneypuzzle for this holiday season at #Uro Bookshops, #kinokuniya or on line
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Sydney Opera House in 6 easy pieces!
Discover the city as you have never seen it - get your #publicsydneypuzzle for this holiday season at #Uro Bookshops, #kinokuniya or on line
Discover the city as you have never seen it - get your #publicsydneypuzzle for this holiday season at #Uro Bookshops, #kinokuniya or on line
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Doing some research and this paper - written in 2008 - turned up.
I’m debating updating it but wonder how easy that would be as transparency has definitely not improved. Suspect these findings still hold true.
Comments?
I’m debating updating it but wonder how easy that would be as transparency has definitely not improved. Suspect these findings still hold true.
Comments?
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Doing some research and this paper - written in 2008 - turned up.
I’m debating updating it but wonder how easy that would be as transparency has definitely not improved. Suspect these findings still hold true.
Comments?
I’m debating updating it but wonder how easy that would be as transparency has definitely not improved. Suspect these findings still hold true.
Comments?
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KFC bánh mì is the Dannii Minogue of chicken sandwiches.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
KFC’s bánh mì has its name but not its nature. Who is this sandwich for?
I’ve eaten bánh mì at birthdays and picnics, at temples and cemeteries. But my first from the multinational food chain will likely be my last
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 AM
KFC bánh mì is the Dannii Minogue of chicken sandwiches.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
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Book lovers. Life lovers! Forthwith I shall post a book a day, books I’ve read this year. Books I’ve loved & have intrigued me, changed me, occasionally books I’ve wondered if I could marry. Maybe books YOU might love. And remember, dearests of the world, how GREAT books make for Christmas presents
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Book lovers. Life lovers! Forthwith I shall post a book a day, books I’ve read this year. Books I’ve loved & have intrigued me, changed me, occasionally books I’ve wondered if I could marry. Maybe books YOU might love. And remember, dearests of the world, how GREAT books make for Christmas presents
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It may not be much, but it’s a start!
#HomeGarden
#HomeGarden
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It may not be much, but it’s a start!
#HomeGarden
#HomeGarden
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Visited Alotau yesterday. Toured the women’s health sections of the hospital. The midwives do an amazing job with low staffing and limited resources (1 midwife often caring for 4-5 women in labour). Alotau is the only hospital in Milne Bay Province that has a population of 700,000.
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Visited Alotau yesterday. Toured the women’s health sections of the hospital. The midwives do an amazing job with low staffing and limited resources (1 midwife often caring for 4-5 women in labour). Alotau is the only hospital in Milne Bay Province that has a population of 700,000.
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A rainy morning in Ilkley, Yorkshire. So snuggled up at Betty’s Tea Rooms with avocado toast and the awesome Elif Shafak’s There are Rivers in the Sky.
September 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A rainy morning in Ilkley, Yorkshire. So snuggled up at Betty’s Tea Rooms with avocado toast and the awesome Elif Shafak’s There are Rivers in the Sky.
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Nurse: can you please tell that previa to try not to bleed overnight?
Me: gentle parenting does not work for the placenta.
Me: gentle parenting does not work for the placenta.
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Nurse: can you please tell that previa to try not to bleed overnight?
Me: gentle parenting does not work for the placenta.
Me: gentle parenting does not work for the placenta.
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I get the feeling that and here I struggle with the appropriate metaphor…
The wheels have come off
The brakes have failed
The pot is boiling over
All bets are off
It feels like the chaos is spreading and there don’t seem to be any limiting factors anymore
Except, there are
There is us
Yes us
The wheels have come off
The brakes have failed
The pot is boiling over
All bets are off
It feels like the chaos is spreading and there don’t seem to be any limiting factors anymore
Except, there are
There is us
Yes us
a woman is holding a cup of coffee and asking us
Alt: a woman is holding a cup of coffee and asking us
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I get the feeling that and here I struggle with the appropriate metaphor…
The wheels have come off
The brakes have failed
The pot is boiling over
All bets are off
It feels like the chaos is spreading and there don’t seem to be any limiting factors anymore
Except, there are
There is us
Yes us
The wheels have come off
The brakes have failed
The pot is boiling over
All bets are off
It feels like the chaos is spreading and there don’t seem to be any limiting factors anymore
Except, there are
There is us
Yes us
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It's so frustrating that no one wants books
I have so many I have to get rid of!
Anyone want to pick these up from Coffs Harbour..?
I have so many I have to get rid of!
Anyone want to pick these up from Coffs Harbour..?
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's so frustrating that no one wants books
I have so many I have to get rid of!
Anyone want to pick these up from Coffs Harbour..?
I have so many I have to get rid of!
Anyone want to pick these up from Coffs Harbour..?
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High-status professions attract strong candidates because they offer prestige, structured advancement, competitive remuneration, and societal recognition. In contrast, early childhood education has too often been treated as an auxiliary service" #childcare #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
You can’t regulate your way to quality early childhood education
Recent safety failures have triggered tighter regulation in early childhood education and care. But compliance alone cannot deliver quality. Real reform begins with professionalising the workforce.
johnmenadue.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
High-status professions attract strong candidates because they offer prestige, structured advancement, competitive remuneration, and societal recognition. In contrast, early childhood education has too often been treated as an auxiliary service" #childcare #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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I’ve been reading from The Bible again….
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I’ve been reading from The Bible again….
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Sharing again because... 👀
This frieze from Fulton County, Georgia shows "Medicine's battle with Death." Note the rod with two snakes. Many mistake it for the Rod of Asclepius (the traditional symbol of healing). However, this is the Caduceus, symbol of commerce. A common error in the USA.
This frieze from Fulton County, Georgia shows "Medicine's battle with Death." Note the rod with two snakes. Many mistake it for the Rod of Asclepius (the traditional symbol of healing). However, this is the Caduceus, symbol of commerce. A common error in the USA.
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sharing again because... 👀
This frieze from Fulton County, Georgia shows "Medicine's battle with Death." Note the rod with two snakes. Many mistake it for the Rod of Asclepius (the traditional symbol of healing). However, this is the Caduceus, symbol of commerce. A common error in the USA.
This frieze from Fulton County, Georgia shows "Medicine's battle with Death." Note the rod with two snakes. Many mistake it for the Rod of Asclepius (the traditional symbol of healing). However, this is the Caduceus, symbol of commerce. A common error in the USA.
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Book 11/30 The Cost of Living. Deborah Levy. Levy reaches out from her own Republic of Writing, giving us a book written in a garden shed with leaves and silence, gracing us with what it means to create, to write, to risk everything, to love and to lose, like an expired marriage vow. Supreme.
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Book 11/30 The Cost of Living. Deborah Levy. Levy reaches out from her own Republic of Writing, giving us a book written in a garden shed with leaves and silence, gracing us with what it means to create, to write, to risk everything, to love and to lose, like an expired marriage vow. Supreme.
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Victorian Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 28 Nov 2025
From 16 Nov – 22 Nov 2025
🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.2% (+0.8%)
🔹COVID: 515 (+9%)
🔹Influenza A: 2,283 (+26%)
🔹Influenza B: 41 (+24%)
🔹RSV: 171 (-11%)
Source: health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
From 16 Nov – 22 Nov 2025
🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.2% (+0.8%)
🔹COVID: 515 (+9%)
🔹Influenza A: 2,283 (+26%)
🔹Influenza B: 41 (+24%)
🔹RSV: 171 (-11%)
Source: health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Victorian Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 28 Nov 2025
From 16 Nov – 22 Nov 2025
🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.2% (+0.8%)
🔹COVID: 515 (+9%)
🔹Influenza A: 2,283 (+26%)
🔹Influenza B: 41 (+24%)
🔹RSV: 171 (-11%)
Source: health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
From 16 Nov – 22 Nov 2025
🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.2% (+0.8%)
🔹COVID: 515 (+9%)
🔹Influenza A: 2,283 (+26%)
🔹Influenza B: 41 (+24%)
🔹RSV: 171 (-11%)
Source: health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
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Last few weeks it’s been purple rain- not it’s red rain- looking up on my walk today (31 degrees it was intense) 🥰
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Last few weeks it’s been purple rain- not it’s red rain- looking up on my walk today (31 degrees it was intense) 🥰
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First look at the new Parkville train station
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
First look at the new Parkville train station
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Any typos spotted in this post would like to thank all the amazing people that came to their book birthday party. The typos made sure there were sensible cheese and cracker snacks on show at their party but it was DEFINITELY the kiwi dip, the chips and the fairy bread that disappeared first.
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Any typos spotted in this post would like to thank all the amazing people that came to their book birthday party. The typos made sure there were sensible cheese and cracker snacks on show at their party but it was DEFINITELY the kiwi dip, the chips and the fairy bread that disappeared first.
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Here are some pictures from before all the people arrived and our party. We got 70 people turning up on a rainy day in a city that is notorious for everyone staying home at the first hint of a sprinkle. It was a simply wonderful evening. (More in alt text)
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Here are some pictures from before all the people arrived and our party. We got 70 people turning up on a rainy day in a city that is notorious for everyone staying home at the first hint of a sprinkle. It was a simply wonderful evening. (More in alt text)
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at my new job i now get to turn my phone off after 5pm and there is no expectation of performing after hours work unless i am specifically on-call as contracted in my schedule. i cannot overstate how much the certainty of “you don’t have to worry about this right now” has improved my mental health
Ok I actually read the article and I’m even more pissed off lol fuck this! Fuck all of it!
!["You might be [at your kid's] soccer game, but you happen to look at a few emails," Morris says. Maybe you're chatting with your boss via text while waiting for an appointment, or tying up a few loose ends at work before you put the kids to bed.
That doesn't necessarily mean you're a workaholic who lacks boundaries — rather, you find ways to combine your personal and professional duties that work for you, instead of being strict and inflexible with your time.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:of56nmyuqzvjta7qlf7gwht6/bafkreigk5xa3xal7ymzlb7nm5uwn7aygagemqo3cxhduwjhzjvv5sqg5ba@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
at my new job i now get to turn my phone off after 5pm and there is no expectation of performing after hours work unless i am specifically on-call as contracted in my schedule. i cannot overstate how much the certainty of “you don’t have to worry about this right now” has improved my mental health