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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Aug 20

Underrated post - so true!

Raj LB @rajlb.bsky.social · Aug 20

Sometimes, I cut articles into pieces and have somebody hide them about the house so I can simulate reading a local news website.

Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Aug 13

A date for the diary: on UN International Day of Peace, 21st September, 'Music Without Borders', a great lineup of live folk music and song, 2-8pm, Green Table Cafe, Dartington Hall, Totnes, TQ9 6EL. Free entry and parking. Donations and raffle in aid of: musicianswithoutborders.org

Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Jul 13

Listening to @andyburnham.bsky.social closing @bylinefestival.bsky.social talking about truth, democracy, accountability, duty of candour and access to legal representation for victims of injustice. Inspiring.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Jul 13

Linda Mizum: 3 steps to better health (if you can)
1. Stand up regularly during the day, don't stay seated
2. Do a squat for a minute (affects insulin resistance)
3. Skin-to-skin contact, with someone else or just yourself (oxytocin stress relief)
@bylinetimes.bsky.social @bylinefestival.bsky.social

photo of the stage at Byline Festival - Building a healthier country from the bottom up

Victor Adebowale, Linda Mizum, Deborah Christie, Stephen Colgrave

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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Jul 13

Great discussion on 'Building a healthier country from the bottom up' at @bylinefestival.bsky.social. Early mention of the importance of @michaelmarmot.bsky.social's work on social determinants of health, including impacts of poverty and poor housing on quality of life and life expectancy.

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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Jul 11

Inspiring @kateraworth.bsky.social talking about @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social at @bylinefestival.bsky.social. Meeting people's needs within the needs of the planet. Bravo @cornwallcouncil.bsky.social for embracing the concept of a healthy sustainable future. What about it @plymouthcc.bsky.social?

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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thank you @robinince.bsky.social. A masterpiece of inspiring authenticity.

Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Jun 10

This tomato variety clearly isn't sold for its looks - should taste great!

Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · May 29

Oh the anticipation!

Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · May 15

An enjoyable couple of hours spent today in All Saints Church Holbeton, arranging a mix of supermarket, hedgerow and garden flowers.

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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Apr 18

Currently travelling to Kingsbridge in a #Stagecoach bus Co time machine!

Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Mar 21

Just subscribed to support @mrhenrymorris.bsky.social - a brilliant source of laughs, information and inspiration.

Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Mar 20

Oh, that is so relatable! Thanks @robinince.bsky.social‬

Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Mar 20

One of the many things I can thank @jamieandlion.bsky.social for is that now I know my neurodivergent mind, my senses are not perpetually searching for threat , they are finding fascination and patterns EVERYWHERE #glasgow

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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Mar 19

"Fun videos" - really? A new low.

Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · Mar 17

People might think that fascism will only come packaged in scowls and enraged expressions, but it often comes delivered with a smile.

Just as Leavitt grinned ear to ear after she said "fun videos."

Karoline Leavitt smiling widely after she said fun videos

Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Mar 18

What do patients think about the pressures that doctors (in this case resident anaesthetists) experience? See:
associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Written as a commentary on:
associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Mar 14

Wonderful news - can't wait to see it take shape.

John Hamblin @johnhamblin.bsky.social · Mar 14

Really excited to see this coming to Plymouth, it will be well used and loved by everyone.

Ben Jameson @inclusiongp.bsky.social · Mar 14

Here's the space that will be transformed by the gift of the RHS Chelsea garden- supporting #inclusionhealth in Plymouth- and we're keeping the blossom! @johnhamblin.bsky.social @naloxoneplym.bsky.social @pathwayuk.bsky.social @uhpnhs.bsky.social

Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy International Women’s Day!
Getting posies of spring flowers ready to take to @plymsouprun.bsky.social

#IWD #InternationalWomensDay #plymouthsouprun

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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Feb 17

The art of the dead-pan placard, pioneered by Father Ted, now doing sterling service in DC (courtesy ‪@jjindc.bsky.social‬)

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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Feb 10

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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Feb 7

This is wonderful!
#sciencerocks

Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · Feb 7

Hardly new info, but BSky should know:

Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.

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A clam with a spring attached to the shell. The spring has a magnet placed above a sensor.

Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Jan 26

Has to be the most frustrating game of #nerdle for a long time!

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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Jan 22

Oh my! Sorcery ....

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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Jan 21

Just wonderful 👇
Worth listening to all of the clip - even more powerful than the necessarily truncated quote.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 21

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Jan 18

How quickly another year passes! Flowers near the Norman font and in the Lady Chapel in All Saints' Church #Holbeton in memory of my mother who died 27 years ago this week.

Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · Jan 12

These days, I diligently reject cookies. It takes time but now have fewer intrusions from ads/spam/scams. What's in it for them? I view favourably sites making it easy to reject all. Those taking me on a long journey through the numerous 'legitimate interests' out there, go on my mental black list.

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