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Jane Bernal @jane-bernal.bsky.social · 1d

As long as they continue to ban cis- men from that particular women only space. A million years ago, when I was a school-girl, there were often groups of them trying to peer over the fence.

Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – it's time to fight back.

Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive - add your name 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 7d

Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester

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Jim Blair 🇪🇺🇺🇦⚒️🪩🕴🏼 @jimgblair.bsky.social · Jun 18

There is an urgent need to maintain &increase the places for learning disability nursing - in order to enhance &save lives of pwld- to attract&keep this vital area of practice- no courses fees for students, a bursary&a golden hello

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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 6d

Greater Manchester Police confirm:

- Car was driven at public
- Driver then attacked people with knife
- Suspect wore a vest looking like explosive device
- Security staff at synagogue stopped attacker getting in

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 7d

HOPE not hate condemn the appalling, violent attack at a synagogue in Manchester which has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Our thoughts are with the Jewish community and all affected.

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Ramandeep Kaur @mumof3amigos.bsky.social · 6d

I had no idea that members of the Jewish community carried out security duty like this.

Stay safe.

And we should rally round to protect them too. Nobody should be afraid of entering their place of worship.

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 7d

My wife is supposed to be doing synagogue security duty on Saturday. It's terrifying.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

Manchester synagogue attack latest: police say suspect shot after four people injured by vehicle and stabbings

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Samantha Wathen @samanthajwathen.bsky.social · 9d

10000000000000000000 times this.

Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social · 9d

People thinking that Reform's suggestions of getting rid of legal immigrants will fix the NHS have no idea how much it will hurt healthcare. Immigrants & children of immigrants keep the NHS functioning. Same with social care.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 9d

A maternity hospital should be a place of hope and new beginnings. Yet in Gaza, that hope is clouded by stress and uncertainty. Even amid an offensive, hospitals should be protected.

We call for an immediate end to the violence and for concrete measures to protect civilians.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 9d

During the attacks, which continued throughout most of the night, a pregnant patient went into labour. She delivered under extremely stressful conditions and experienced postpartum complications. Both mother and baby are now stable.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 9d

Last night, Al-Helou hospital in #Gaza City, supported by MSF, sustained severe collateral damage from nearby attacks. This came despite multiple assurances from Israeli forces that the hospital was not in danger.

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Jane Bernal @jane-bernal.bsky.social · 10d

Wasteful. Migrants were among my teachers, my students, my colleagues, friends, neighbours. We would all be poorer if a few xenophobes drove them out or prevented their entry.

Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 10d

These are sad times for Britain when the dominant political and media narratives are normalising the notion that immigrants are second class citizens. It’s not only cruel and demeaning but also stupid and self-destructive & those promoting it do not wish the country well.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19d

Time to cast your Quick-vote: it does what it says on the tin.

National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 24d

Time to cast your vote – help shape the future of the National Trust ahead of our Annual General Meeting (AGM): buff.ly/kmcNfha

It’s your opportunity, as a member, to tell us what matters to you. Make sure you have your say before midnight on 31 Oct!

A landscape view of the Lake District, looking down a grassy slope to a large lake surrounded by lush woodland. A wide pathway leads up and down the undulating landscape and around the lake.

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 20d

Public health shouldn’t be centred around individual behaviour change. It should be focused on changing the wider commercial, social, environmental & ultimately political determinants of health. Behaviour change will naturally come when healthy behaviours are facilitated by those structural changes.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 24d

Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.

English Roundabouts

They’re making the roundabouts great again
by painting the flag of St George
to keep our circular road systems safe
from the dark, satanic hordes.

What do they want? Patriotic junctions!
When do they want them? Before it’s too late.
Good old-fashioned English roundabouts,
as decreed by Alfred the Great.

Behold the sacred intersection,
this blessed plot, this septic isle.
English roundabouts for English people,
draped in red and white and bile.

St George is cross, as well he may be –
whipped-up hate, he’s seen before.
Give way to the right, the road signs rage,
and the far right most of all.

Brian Bilston

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Jane Bernal @jane-bernal.bsky.social · 23d

Looking forward to seeing you st Falmouth Poly tomorrow.

Ben Aaronovitch @benaaronovitch.bsky.social · 24d

I appear to be heading west…

Picture of the Royal something something bridge.

Jane Bernal @jane-bernal.bsky.social · 24d

This looks interesting. Perhaps that is this year's CPD. It's getting g harder to fill i the 30 hrs 'Clinical' my Royal College insist on now I have retired from direct patient care.

John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 24d

A date for your diary. The AGM of the Association of Narrative Practice in Health Care will feature some of the latest developments in teaching and learning "Conversations Inviting Change", including our online courses in the UK and Japan, the use of AI, and Educating Against Hatred.

Open to all.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 24d

The NHS is dying because successive governments are outsourcing everything, constantly reorganising everything, giving all work to the least skilled clinical possible, over working everyone and paying must less than other countries.

Streeting is adding to all this.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24d

NHS will die under Reform unless doctors stop striking and work with Labour, says Wes Streeting

Health secretary calls on doctors to embrace Labour’s plan to prevent Nigel Farage getting in to power and dismantling the health service Unless doctors stop striking and help Labour fix the damage inflicted by the Tories, the NHS will end up dying under a government led by Reform, Wes Streeting has warned. Speaking at a special meeting of the British Medical Association’s representative body on Sunday, the health secretary said hospitals and GP surgeries were “hanging by a thread” after more than a decade of neglect by the Conservatives. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Ruthi Brandt @ruthibrandt.bsky.social · 28d

Whaaat??

Yeah, this totally passed me by.

Why is this government being so shortsighted and stupid on so many issues. Again and again...

#SaveOurNHS

Keep Our NHS Public @keepournhspublic.bsky.social · Sep 8

Not enough people are talking about the fact that in a system already creaking under the weight of c100,000 vacancies, govt are looking to make ANOTHER 100K redundant, including frontline clinical staff.

Utter madness.

Read our piece here 👇

keepournhspublic.com/100000-nhs-j...

100,000 NHS JOB CUTS MUST BE STOPPED

Shockingly, more than 100,000 NHS staff are poised to lose their jobs as a consequence of the Government's '10 Year Plan' and 'financial reset'. The plan includes abolishing NHS England, halving Integ...

keepournhspublic.com

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Claire Goodwin-Fee @clairegoodwinfee.bsky.social · 28d

Please give this a watch if you love our NHS. .. it’s eye opening ❤️

Keep Our NHS Public @keepournhspublic.bsky.social · Sep 9

The NHS isn't an 'ecosystem' to be divvied up between private interests. It's OUR service & must remain THE NHS providing healthcare for all.

We won't let Alan Milburn, Streeting & this govt downgrade our NHS to just 1 provider amongst private companies.

Watch 👇👇👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWUj...

The NHS isn't an 'ecosystem' - it's a public health service

YouTube video by Keep Our NHS Public

www.youtube.com

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Jane Bernal @jane-bernal.bsky.social · 24d

While it's possible to imagine patient & public participation bodies with more clout than Healthwatch & Council Overview and Scrutiny, we seem to be seeing less, not more, representation for patients & the public in our NHS. We use it, we pay for it, we demand a aay in how it is designed & run.

Mark Gamsu @markgamsu.bsky.social · 25d

Local Healthwatch is under threat 🚨
Replacing independent watchdogs with apps + in-house consultation = weaker scrutiny, less trust, & lost voices.
It’s not too late to call for a rethink. @felly500.bsky.social @simonduffy.bsky.social @rozdavies.bsky.social
👉 wp.me/p1zwQG-GgG

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Jane Bernal @jane-bernal.bsky.social · 25d

I have now done it. As you say reasonably straightforward, though never underestimate the non-technitude of a non-techie. Need password, then go to account, privacy & settings, then deactivate.v

Matthew Terry @mjtplantbiology.bsky.social · 25d

You can just delete your account. I did it a while back and it's quite straight forward. You can also download all your tweets etc. by requesting an archive of your account before you delete it. help.x.com/en/managing-...

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Emma Darwin @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social · 25d

Of course, I should have said that it's entirely thanks to @melissaaddey.bsky.social's brilliant webinar @societyofauthors.bsky.social (and the inspiring example of her own trailers) that I had the faintest idea of how to make a book trailer - and I'm rather pleased with the result...

Emma Darwin @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social · 26d

My new novel The Bruegel Boy, is published on 6th November by Holland House Books. Here's a flavour of it:
Find out more here: www.emmadarwin.com/writingindex...

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Jane Bernal @jane-bernal.bsky.social · 25d

I have not used X for years. But my name may still be on the platform. Exactly how do I and the many other people who want to, decisively & permanently remove our names?

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 25d

Every UK organisation -governmental or not- should quit X right now. Actively using that platform is no longer justifiable by anything.

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Down's Syndrome Association @dsa-uk.bsky.social · 25d

Can you help improve the experiences of young people in intensive care? 🏥

If you'd like to get involved, please read the full details on this poster and head to their website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/clinical-operational-research-unit/optical-study

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