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Matthew Sparks @nephrosparks.bsky.social · 2d

The 2025 #NephMadness logo dropped

#kidneywk

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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · Aug 10

Sunday sunshine

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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · Aug 5

Beautiful moon!

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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hollyhocks

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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · Jul 26

Hollyhocks, first draft!

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Jul 26

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest

Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets

www.theguardian.com

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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · Jul 20

Hollyhocks reaching for the sky!

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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · Jul 12

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Other places to hear Beethoven's Ninth include St Albans tonight!

A classical drive: Road rumble strips play Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in UAE emirate of Fujairah

A highway in Fujairah, UAE, now plays Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as cars drive over special rumble strips.

apnews.com

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · Jul 2

Nephrologists deported
Grants defunded
NIDDK folded into National Institute of body parts
AHRQ demolished
Now this…

When are our organizations going to speak up?

#NephSky

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · Jul 10

‘It is hard to imagine any president dismantling it’

Sad, but true words

@judith-levine.bsky.social
On the ICE expansion as the US becomes a thug-state, in @theguardian.com.

Libertarians rejoice /s

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ice is about to become the biggest police force in the US | Judith Levine

Trump’s budget bill is creating a colossus with more resources than many national militaries

www.theguardian.com

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · Jul 7

Today marks 20 years since the 7/7 bombings struck London.

On that day, 52 people were killed, with many more injured.

We remember all those who lost their lives and were – and continue to be – impacted by the events of that day.
www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

BMA members and staff are joined by members of the emergency services for a memorial event, 20 years after the 7/7 bombings.

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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy solstice! Amazing swim with black squirrels keeping watch!

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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · Jun 20

Peonies in bloom

Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · Jun 14

St Albans giants waiting for next week's parade!

Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · Jun 14

Looking forward to a fab evening of Vivaldi, Purcell and Haydn!

Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · Jun 13

Feels close. Hopefully will rain soon. Amazed that crops can grown in such dry soil.

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St Albans International Organ Festival @organfestival.bsky.social · May 17

Exhilarating music, inspirational performers – celebrating the organ and so much more. The 33rd St Albans International Organ Festival and Competitions will take place from 7 to 19 July 2025. organfestival.com/the-festival/

Creative collage showing St Albans Cathedral with trees in the foreground

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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · Jun 1

Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · May 29

Just made it for the evening chorus and sunset!

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geddescc.bsky.social @geddescc.bsky.social · May 29

KFRE underestimates risk in people with CKD and frailty

journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...

Frailty in Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease and... : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

aim was to validate KFRE by frailty status and assess whether model performance could be improved by using cystatin based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations and to assess the impact...

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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · May 26

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St Albans Cathedral @stalbanscathedral.bsky.social · May 20

Hear music that was made to soar — in a space built to carry it.
Listen and feel Vivaldi, Haydn & Purcell echoing through the nave of St Albans Cathedral with the brilliant St Albans Bach Choir on Saturday 14 June, 7.30pm.
🎟️https://bit.ly/4k0BrQf
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@stalbansbachchoir.bsky.social
#Summer #Music

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Kidney Care UK @kidneycareuk.bsky.social · May 18

❗Registration is now open for the Young Adult Kidney Group annual residential weekend! This free event is for young people aged 18-30 who have a kidney condition.

Find out more & sign up for 2025 here 👇👉 kidneycareuk.org/get-support/...

Registration closes on Thurs 26 June

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Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · May 13

What would the kidney sound like, expressed as orchestral music?

Fascinating programme about the Organ Symphony, which "brings to life the stories of five people and their relationship with one of their vital organs."

loftusmedia.co.uk/project/the-...

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Illuminated - The Organ Symphony - BBC Sounds

Five peoples' stories about their relationship with an internal organ - set to music.

www.bbc.co.uk

Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · May 12

Glorious full moon this evening