Never forgotten. RVT punter and music legend; Freddie Mercury died on this day in 1991.

"gender ideology is anti-gravity nonsense that only the desperate, the deluded and the double-dealing grifters still believe": just in case you were still wondering quite how consumed with hatred are Hadley Freeman and The Sunday Times.

So there was alot of vote rigging. In other words, they cheated. Interesting how they're still allowed to participate in spite of that. Maybe the key sponsor Moroccan Oil from the same country perhaps? bbc.com/news/article...

A great investigative piece by @translucent.org.uk brilliant work. translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...

Hey folx. A colleague asked what textbooks people use these days for human physiology and reproductive health. My student days were literally from the last century 😅but I remember learning so much from this book as an SHO, I even read it on the tube to work! What's yours? #MedSky #GPSky #AcademicSky

Good thing I planned to go away days after submitting my grant application just to forget about it and give myself a treat!

It was a wee bit cold but went out running for the first time in nearly 4 weeks - to mark the end of a rather challenging month. Hopefully things get better from now.

Transgender Day of Remembrance - 20 November TDoR is to honour & remember transgender individuals who have lost their lives due to violence, discrimination, and hatred. A stark reminder of the challenges & disproportionate violence that trans people face in many parts of the world. 🌈 #TransAlly

I am both RELIEVED & EXHAUSTED!😮‍💨 Stayed up until midnight every day for nearly 2 weeks, including clinic days, getting cabin fever. I was so pleased to have been shortlisted to Stage 2. I have done all I can, hope I have done enough to convince NIHR! #AcademicSky #NIHR #GPSky #HIVSky #ResearchSky

the entirety of the british press talked themselves into believing this woman is trans based almost entirely on JK Rowling's judgement of the athlete's appearance.

Webinar: The next @bnssgresearch.bsky.social webinar is on 'Optimising care services'. 📆9 Dec 2025 🕕12.30-1.30pm 🖱️Online Speakers include @richard-ma.bsky.social on 'Exploring ways to deliver #PrimaryCare for older people living with HIV in general practice'. Register: tinyurl.com/29pkrap2 #GPSky

Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England. And they're marked by St George's flags www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....

🏊‍♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision. In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019. Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts. 1/5

Zohran Mamdani in New York Catherine Connolly in Ireland Rob Jetten in the Netherlands Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly The rise of the far right is not inevitable. If we work together, we can dare to hope.

Federal immigration agents fanned out across Chicago and its North Shore suburbs on Halloween, chasing suspects through front yards, driving SUVs onto sidewalks and using chemical agents during confrontations with furious residents.

Fun fun fun at the Forth Bridge tonight! #GlowForth #Supernova #ForthBridge #RunSky

Sharing this a lot tonight - donated items in disaster only make things worse (pretty much without exception and anywhere in the world). There is a long history of this going very wrong particularly after hurricanes www.theguardian.com/books/2023/m...

I can't tell you how anxious I was leading up to today. An early start 7am on ward, many trains cancelled from Brighton last night thinking i might not make, then catastrophising about anaesthetic. Grateful to the staff at Whipps Cross Hospital they were brilliant. I felt really looked after.

I'm going home with a urinary catheter, eurgh 😐. Appointment for trial without catheter [TWOC] in a week. At least i don't have to worry about finding a loo.

Sampling the hospitality of Whipps Cross Hospital for a minor procedure today.

Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.

It's almost Halloween but I am already dead inside revising an ethics application. 👻🎃💀 #AcademicSky

Happy Halloween 🎃 #Wednesday #WednesdayAddams #Halloween #bloodymarydance #wednesdayaddams #wednesdayaddamsdance #DanceSky

"Idi Amin x 20" - this is Tory policy now.

How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?

Started going to commercial dance lessons in Brighton #DanceSky

and another thing: he’s not mad. please don’t put it in the newspaper that he got mad.

Sorry you've been a victim of fake news. I said this morning to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social that the Green Party had passed 123,000 members. A couple of hours later it's out of date. @greenparty.org.uk have 126,000! 🎉🚀 Join.greenparty.org.uk

A story in three parts

JD Vance, when your party is so full of shit you need two assholes. #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

Israel has destroyed the "ceasefire" in hours. It is murdering Palestinians, and maintaining its illegal siege. Not a ceasefire. New post 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/israel-des...

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

The first reports of what would eventually be called AIDS and its causative agent identified as HIV were published in the MMWR in 1981 alerting health care and public health systems across the country. A tremendous loss for public health.

31-year-old David Noutch, white British has been charged with racially aggravated assault, threatening with a bladed article in a public place and assault by beating. It was a White man attacking Non-White people. Where is the apology from this hateful racist?

"Laura found an NHS Dr in Brighton who helped support her daughter for 6 months. Laura described it as ‘six months of support bliss’ before NHS ICB Sussex (Integrated Care Board) began investigating them." northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable, coroner rules https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/09/nhs-wait-times-trans-girl-suicide/?utm_content=1760127601&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Finally arrived in Brighton from Newport despite a missing taxi, and then half the train was missing. Thank goodness Gatwick Express behaved. Hope everyone had a great time at #RCGPAC25 Loved seeing everyone again and catching up. Learnt lots including more ceilidh! #RCGPAC25 ##MedSky #GPSky

Great to be at #RCGPAC25 in #Newport, #Wales. Looking forward to learning and networking with fellow GPs. Speaking tomorrow on my experience of being a bereaved parent - join me in room 1D at 10.10am for that session.

#RCGPAC25 I couldn’t agree more Kindness in Healthcare It is the role of leaders to systematically challenge unkindness in healthcare - step up rather than walk-by

Value-based healthcare. Equitable, sustainable and transparent use of the available resources to achieve better outcomes and experiences for every person. Prof Sally Lewis explains that our improvement activities need to respond to changing health needs (using data). @salski.bsky.social at #RCGPAC

So proud to have won an RCGP Daffodils Standards Award in the ‘Addressing Inequalities in End of Life’ category. Bryony and I have been awarded this for our work to develop and publish ‘When a child dies - a Framework for General Practice’. @MarieCurieEOLC @rcgp @NHSCandM @RCGPAC #rcgpac

A Fortunate Woman. Great to see Polly Morland and @drrowenachristmas.bsky.social on the main stage at #RCGPAC discussing a fascinating literary endeavour and bestseller. A doctor in a rural area with a love for the job and clear connection to her community.

Huge congratulations to Annie McCauley winning poster #rcgpac @nihrspcr.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social @dclovesgp.bsky.social

Challenges to quality in contemporary hybrid general practice. Research paper of the year noted the context of: infrastructure not fit for purpose, technostress, workforce pressures with GPs seeing the most complex patients. There are unintended effects. presented by @oohgpwales.bsky.social #RCGPAC

I'm here for all the dolls 🏳️‍⚧️ #RCGPAC #RCGPAC25 #RCGPAC2025 #PrideRCGP #TransRightsAreHumanRights

I think our session on Effective Consultations for Gender Identity and Sexuality went well. It was a Q&A based on three clinical scenarios in general practice. I'm an "accidental specialist" in the care of trans people. 😊 #RCGPAC25 #RCGPAC2025 #RCGPAC

I'll be standing here for a while ... #RCGPAC25 #RCGPAC #MedSky #GPSky