Just on Tom Addis Stanford and the AMA behaved badly - as most large organizations usually do. From en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_... with lessons for today. #MedSky #HistoryofMedicine

🎉 It’s our official birthday on Thursday 7 August! On the day, visit us at George IV Bridge, Edinburgh or Kelvin Hall, Glasgow to get your own copy of a special edition centenary comic created by Beano, especially for this occasion! #Beano #NLS100 #LoveLibraries #LibrariesAloud

An exciting day ahead at the @alportuk.bsky.social Alport Syndrome patient day in Nottingham. Here to learn from people how this kidney/ear/eye syndrome affects them & their families. 🧪🫘👂🏼👁️🧬

The Alport Workshop in Beijing in September is looking tremendous! Agenda to be added soon, but register now at tinyurl.com/5674vckz @alportuk.bsky.social @dannygale.bsky.social @rheaultm.bsky.social @rachellennon.bsky.social‬

Now in 2025, it seems the #NephJC changeover period is over. Almost all the top online voices in nephrology are using #Bluesky as their platform of choice to discuss the latest #science.

13 Blackfriars St, Edinburgh—currently eight flats (after modernisation); probably more in the 1870s, when it was built as working-class housing to replace the "rotten, ruinous old buildings" and the "congeries of dark and wretched lanes" of the area. Former residents include:

📢 Save the Date! The 2025 International Workshop on Alport Syndrome is in Beijing, China! 📅 Sept 4 – Patient Workshop 📅 Sept 5-7 – Scientific Workshop Connect, learn, and advance treatments! More details soon. 🔗 www.alportsyndromealliance.org #AlportSyndrome #GlobalWorkshop #SaveTheDate

ADPKD Risk calculator. This looks well done: halbritter-lab.github.io/adpkd-risk/

Quiz: Young man with 1 week of fever, headaches, nonproductive cough, 1 day of dyspnea. Within 36 hours, he had 1 episode of hemoptysis and worsening hypoxia requiring mechanical ventilation. https://bit.ly/4ka9Ts3 (FREE)

On the long flats north of the river An elder in a leather jacket Is hitchhiking to his daughter’s funeral (Les Murray) www.scottishmedicalhumanities.org/human/a-coun...

Two wonderful 50 year flashbacks to the early days of dialysis and transplantation (19974) vimeo.com/ukkidneyhist...

History of Renal Pathology Timeline historyofnephrology.blogspot.com/2017/01/time...

Congratulations to the Parker solar probe for setting a new record for 'worst job avoiding the sun' xkcd.com/3029/

Great case, but we now know you that some have the mutation with renal manifestations but minimal or no systemic features.

Great time to revisit the outstanding Alport workshop in Cyprus in March youtu.be/HnwKsDMms8A

So true xkcd.com/3022

Thankyou @AJKDonline for the opportunity to share my story “In a Few Words” @AJKDblog and providing a platform to advocate for kidney community in generating solutions to alleviate care giver fatigue for patients with ESRD. @ajkd.bsky.social @nkf-professionals.bsky.social

I think it's still early enough to do the greatest hits, so here's an updated version for 2024. Sorry if I satirized your life's work. Original by @xkcd.com. #Nephsky

The Grinch who stole Chr…eatinine Clearance 🎄 #NephSky

To celebrate the growing #medsky / #nephsky community, I will post one silly med/kidney cartoon every day for one month! d3: acanthocyte in the making