Walk in the woods - lovely day here :-)

Oh my goodness, it's true!

We’re looking for a venue partner who can help with physical space to support this open, community-driven, and free-to-attend event. 🗓️ When: A Saturday in Spring 2026 (Flexible) 👥 Size: 100-120 people 📍 Where: Accessible UK location, ideally Leeds Please get in touch! ukhealthcamp.com/venue

i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed” basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again. i feel that with my dad.

a lot of him flows through me, but there are so many sides of me that only my dad could bring out. a level of engagement and humor only he and i shared. i miss him today and always.

The Fiji coral spawning video has dropped. Son says this is the best spawning in 8 years. Coral normally spawns in the dark of night but this happy reef is so fecund it carries on spawning in the daylight! Give it a like on YouTube if you back marine conservation! youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...

My new plan for encouraging resident colleagues to document in the electronic patient record appropriately...

Sense.

This is a must-read. Reform’s base is still predominantly middle-class and its donors the wealthy. But it is rapidly evangelising working class voters.

Oasis in Dublin 📸 Saturday 16th of August #photography #streetphotography #stunday #dublin #Ireland

Dave, you trusted me when I told you all your woes are down to immigrants. I need you to trust me again - How do you mean? I need you to riot - But what if I get arrested? That will make you a patriot -But And I’ll write a column about how you’re misunderstood and I was right that riots were coming

Realising that McCartney was considered the 'elder statesman" at Live Aid....he was 43. Phil Collins was 34, Sting 33, Midge Ure 31, Sade 26.

Our Federation staff worked with the practice to recover it to a good standard, worked with our member practices to find new partners willing to take it over, and released it with its GMS status intact. It has since been CQC rated as Good. The GP partnership model is too important to fail. 11/

The very worst outcome of this neighbourhoods work would be for the Trusts or councils to suck them up to try to get to PCN staff and money. That should actively be planned against in any delivery plan. It would be destructive and result in poorer services all around. 9/

Health checks, again, by creating out of core hours capacity, we had the highest % uptake in London last year. Childhood imms/vaccs. We run weekend clinics to allow working parents the opportunity to bring them in when they're free rather than taking time off work. 6/

We've looked at what services people can't attend in core hours and provide them. For example, working age women requiring smear tests often cannot attend. We allow them the opportunity to get booked in anytime that suits them. Uptake in our borough is now the highest ever. 5/

Can't wait until my niece watches this - was brilliant :-)

Olivia Rodrigo appears to have got Robert Smith out just to make him play songs she loves and I'm 100% on board with this approach to being a headliner

A cheering read... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I saw this today. Outstanding.

Halo

After my #rectalcancer diagnosis I wasn't sure what the future of our family would be. Very happy to say there is (new) life after cancer. Baby girl born last week 💕 #bowelcancer #cancer

Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50? What are the important issues for you & your patients? We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...

Golden hour on Knockcree #lifeinthemournes Music : "Air à Danser" - Penguin Cafe Orchestra #djineodrone

Want to improve your day and feel better about yourself? Get some exercise. Also… sweating in London?? 🏃‍♂️🇬🇧☀️

#lifeinthemournes My walk with Bonny this evening :-) Video taken with #djinerodrone Music : Perpetuum Mobile (ft. The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) by Penguin Cafe

We got a #djineodrone today so having some fun :-) www.instagram.com/reel/DI7EzeQ... #lifeinthemournes

@jappleby123.bsky.social hello John - what's the best way of getting in touch with you these days? nice to see you over here!

I am grateful to @sojo.net for allowing me to reflect on Pope Francis as part of their memorial coverage. "In opposing “throwaway” culture, he not only warned us against throwing people aside; he argued that none of us deserve to be discarded." sojo.net/articles/opi...

Once widespread, smoking is now uncommon in Great Britain 🧵

Wordle 1,399 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 89/99 Luck 83/99 (from a few days ago... Didn't get today's at all!)

I bought 10$ of steel from you and you bought 3$ of wheat. That's unfair, so I will charge myself 7$ more on your steel to compensate. Sounds ridiculous, no?

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

You know you want to....

Thanks to my superb genomic cloning abilities I have resurrected the paleozoic Direbeagle! You may quake in awestruck fear now. Any time you're ready.

What to read to understand what is happening in the global economy? You won't get better than this from @annpettifor.bsky.social

Here is another doctor's take: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

This paper by Stanford researchers was done using data about patients in Wales using SAIL database - delighted to see the effects of the vaccine and that SAIL is being put to such good use

In <24 hours, Covid funding is DOGEd across HHS, CDC, NIH as if it and Long Covid didn't exist and there is no worry for future pandemics www.science.org/content/arti... www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... www.science.org/content/arti...

There’s always that one person in the group chat who communicates 50% in emoji. We made that person the National Security Adviser.

The Garron Noone thing is a real microcosm of what is wrong these days. Say anything on internet without evidence, believing you are the one truth, then become a victim and split the world with supporters and challengers. Rinse and repeat, while nothing changes for people who actually need help.

Nailed it

UK GP practices, who's interested in helping us pilot some training materials for improving patient safety in remote encounters (e.g. patients phoning in or sending e-requests and getting allocated to particular options such as GP callback, in-person appt etc)? Can offer free training to first five!

In years to come, we will look back on the years when gambling was tolerated/encouraged so much and we’ll wonder why we allowed it to happen. @felly500.bsky.social is one of the people I admire a great deal. Good to see his work in Sheffield paying off. From Jacqui Wise in the @bmj.com. #MedSky

And I love this extension of the prevention metaphor!

Top recommendation for your reading this weekend :-)

@shaneir.bsky.social didn't I make a great typo there 🤣

This is a great analysis. Would be really interesting in your thoughts.

@richard-lehman.bsky.social oh you are here! Just reading your wonderful paper www.bmj.com/content/388/...