Emma Vardy
@emmavardy2.bsky.social
Physician. Honorary Professor of Geriatric Medicine. Delirium. Dementia. Quality improvement. Book lover. Northerner. Mum to daughter with PKU.
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New blog post💥
Hear from Linda Clare, Director of DeNPRU Exeter, on living alone with dementia as an inequality.
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Hear from Linda Clare, Director of DeNPRU Exeter, on living alone with dementia as an inequality.
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February 16, 2026 at 10:09 AM
New blog post💥
Hear from Linda Clare, Director of DeNPRU Exeter, on living alone with dementia as an inequality.
🔗 shorturl.at/YYbXv
Hear from Linda Clare, Director of DeNPRU Exeter, on living alone with dementia as an inequality.
🔗 shorturl.at/YYbXv
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If you are in or near Aberdeen, this is an exhibition featuring ten important Scottish modernist paintings. It draws on research we have funded, & celebrates both the 50th anniversary of the collection as well as the 200th anniversary of @royalscottishacad.bsky.social
www.abdn.ac.uk/collections/...
www.abdn.ac.uk/collections/...
Aberdeen Artworlds: The Linklater Collection
The new exhibition from University Collections is Aberdeen Artworlds, marking 50 years of the Linklater Collection of works by some of the most important Scottish artists of the 20th century.
www.abdn.ac.uk
February 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
If you are in or near Aberdeen, this is an exhibition featuring ten important Scottish modernist paintings. It draws on research we have funded, & celebrates both the 50th anniversary of the collection as well as the 200th anniversary of @royalscottishacad.bsky.social
www.abdn.ac.uk/collections/...
www.abdn.ac.uk/collections/...
Fully agree with comment about reducing screen based homework. It undermines attempts as parent to reduce screen time. Reasons screen time should be minimised in children helpfully articulated in article. Speaking of which I need to regulate my own screentime better!
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Fully agree with comment about reducing screen based homework. It undermines attempts as parent to reduce screen time. Reasons screen time should be minimised in children helpfully articulated in article. Speaking of which I need to regulate my own screentime better!
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P.S. What shocked me to the core recently was hearing from a young woman who'd been out with girlfriends to a club. A man walked past her and as he did she felt the spike of a needle go into her upper arm. She quickly became disorientated. Luckily her friends surrounded her like a hive of bees 1/2
February 15, 2026 at 9:09 PM
P.S. What shocked me to the core recently was hearing from a young woman who'd been out with girlfriends to a club. A man walked past her and as he did she felt the spike of a needle go into her upper arm. She quickly became disorientated. Luckily her friends surrounded her like a hive of bees 1/2
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February 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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This is awesome. Hope to see some of them competing in Hawaiʻi in the future.
VIDEO: 🇸🇳 Surfing entices Senegalese girls back to school
Senegal's primary school completion rate was just 60% for girls and 55% for boys in 2022, according to the UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa
Senegal's primary school completion rate was just 60% for girls and 55% for boys in 2022, according to the UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa
February 15, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This is awesome. Hope to see some of them competing in Hawaiʻi in the future.
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‘We almost lost you in the night’ - the life-threatening rise of measles in the UK
‘We almost lost you in the night’ - the life-threatening rise of measles in the UK
It is one of the most infectious diseases around, and can cause blindness and hearing loss – and can also be fatal. Why are cases now soaring and what can be done about it?
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
‘We almost lost you in the night’ - the life-threatening rise of measles in the UK
Allotments got bit out of hand. However progress today with gooseberry bushes planted and some kindly gifted raspberry canes planted. Onions sets to get planted later this week. As well as some clearing and covering.
February 15, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Allotments got bit out of hand. However progress today with gooseberry bushes planted and some kindly gifted raspberry canes planted. Onions sets to get planted later this week. As well as some clearing and covering.
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Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
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When I see a spider on the ceiling
February 15, 2026 at 2:35 AM
When I see a spider on the ceiling
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My favorite photos from the Olympics are of this Italian figure skater Daniel Grassl. He looks absolutely insane in so many of them. It's great.
February 15, 2026 at 2:22 AM
My favorite photos from the Olympics are of this Italian figure skater Daniel Grassl. He looks absolutely insane in so many of them. It's great.
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Tread Softly, painting by Peak District artist Clare Allan. Kinder Scout from Mellor Road, New Mills.
February 15, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Tread Softly, painting by Peak District artist Clare Allan. Kinder Scout from Mellor Road, New Mills.
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As it’s Half Term - let’s do a #SundayMorningBookChat in honour of #TheYearOfReading I am writing a monthly blog with recommendations, teacher tips and genre spotlight. This month its murder mystery… what are your favourites? Heres the blog to check out. tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/t...
The Year of Reading – February
As we have now embarked on ‘The Year of Reading’ for 2026, I felt compelled to add something (hopefully of value) to the conversation each month. A mixture of recommendations, genre foc…
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February 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM
As it’s Half Term - let’s do a #SundayMorningBookChat in honour of #TheYearOfReading I am writing a monthly blog with recommendations, teacher tips and genre spotlight. This month its murder mystery… what are your favourites? Heres the blog to check out. tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/t...
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I have fallen down a YT rabbit hole of watching people sew their own bike bags. This maker has tattooed cm and half cm markings on her hand. (A sewing teacher recommended using a pen to mark frequently used lengths on a hand or arm but tattoos are next level)
February 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I have fallen down a YT rabbit hole of watching people sew their own bike bags. This maker has tattooed cm and half cm markings on her hand. (A sewing teacher recommended using a pen to mark frequently used lengths on a hand or arm but tattoos are next level)
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
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14/ Mildred Fay Jefferson, MD
- first Black woman to graduate from @harvard.edu
- first Black woman to graduate in surgery from Harvard Medical School
- first Black woman to become a member of Boston Surgical Society
#BlackHistoryMonth #bhm
- first Black woman to graduate from @harvard.edu
- first Black woman to graduate in surgery from Harvard Medical School
- first Black woman to become a member of Boston Surgical Society
#BlackHistoryMonth #bhm
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
14/ Mildred Fay Jefferson, MD
- first Black woman to graduate from @harvard.edu
- first Black woman to graduate in surgery from Harvard Medical School
- first Black woman to become a member of Boston Surgical Society
#BlackHistoryMonth #bhm
- first Black woman to graduate from @harvard.edu
- first Black woman to graduate in surgery from Harvard Medical School
- first Black woman to become a member of Boston Surgical Society
#BlackHistoryMonth #bhm
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My brother Garry has dementia and is currently lost somewhere in the Chester area. If anyone should spot him please call the police on 999. We'd appreciate reposts. @shitchester.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
My brother Garry has dementia and is currently lost somewhere in the Chester area. If anyone should spot him please call the police on 999. We'd appreciate reposts. @shitchester.bsky.social
First episode of Derry Girls. Came to this WAY too late! So funny..
February 14, 2026 at 8:19 PM
First episode of Derry Girls. Came to this WAY too late! So funny..
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Happy Birthday to Frederick Douglass who didn’t know his birthday because he was born into slavery so he chose February 14 as his birthday.
February 14, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Happy Birthday to Frederick Douglass who didn’t know his birthday because he was born into slavery so he chose February 14 as his birthday.
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Health officials are racing to contain a growing measles outbreak in London, which has struck down dozens of young children and affected 7 schools and a nursery.
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
London measles outbreak: more than 60 children infected
Cases are spreading between children in Enfield as the virus exploits low MMR vaccination rates, medical experts say
www.thetimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Health officials are racing to contain a growing measles outbreak in London, which has struck down dozens of young children and affected 7 schools and a nursery.
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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‘I cut out one little house at a time’: the trucker who spent decades building a tiny replica of NYC
‘I cut out one little house at a time’: the trucker who spent decades building a tiny replica of NYC
Queens-born Joe Macken’s hyperrealistic model, made with wood, cardboard and glue, is now on view at the Museum of the City of New York
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
‘I cut out one little house at a time’: the trucker who spent decades building a tiny replica of NYC
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'Boy With Dove' by Anthony Padgett, 2025, in Weston Park, Sheffield. He was installed on the 75th anniversary of Pablo Picasso's participation in the 1950 World Peace Conference in Sheffield, and sits appropriately outside the world-renowned Sheffield Children's Hospital.
February 13, 2026 at 7:59 AM
'Boy With Dove' by Anthony Padgett, 2025, in Weston Park, Sheffield. He was installed on the 75th anniversary of Pablo Picasso's participation in the 1950 World Peace Conference in Sheffield, and sits appropriately outside the world-renowned Sheffield Children's Hospital.
Love it when BBC6 music introduces me to a new musician. Today it was harpist Brandee Younger really doing something special. You may be interested @trishaelliott.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hp...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hp...
Brandee Younger: "Gadabout Season" (In-Studio)
YouTube video by New Sounds
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February 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Love it when BBC6 music introduces me to a new musician. Today it was harpist Brandee Younger really doing something special. You may be interested @trishaelliott.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hp...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hp...
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My spouse (a H.S. teacher) had to attend a professional development day yesterday dedicated to integrating AI in the classroom. In an auditorium full of people from the entire district, he asked the following question:
February 14, 2026 at 1:35 PM
My spouse (a H.S. teacher) had to attend a professional development day yesterday dedicated to integrating AI in the classroom. In an auditorium full of people from the entire district, he asked the following question: