We're back after lunch for the last session, welcomed back by @ndzitina.bsky.social, chair for this afternoon #BFConf She's had us all on our feet applauding the Baby Friendly team, & ourselves for the work that we do 👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽👏🏼👏🏻 You can see some of Ernestine's work here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs8C...

Illiyin's talk was so moving and powerful. We all have lots of work to do here!

Welcome back after the break. Next up is @drnaomidowibclc.bsky.social speaking about “It’s Not Thrush!”: Challenging the Candida Narrative Naomi is a GP, IBCLC and founding member of MiLC - Medics' Lactation Community #BFConf

Next up we are hearing from @philbakernz.bsky.social on The political economy of infant and young child feeding: confronting corporate power, overcoming structural barriers, and accelerating progress #BFConf

Good morning from Day 2 of the @unicef-uk.bsky.social Baby Friendly Initiative Annual Conference in Telford. @vicky-thomas.bsky.social welcomed us back to this very special conference, describing it as a combination of an academic symposium, a hen party and a therapy session 😄 #BFConf

Back from the break for the last session of the day with Britta Stordal speaking about how Breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer, a call for action in high income countries with low rates of breastfeeding #BFConf

Next Yafa Ajweh and Reem Al Soufi of the Gaza Infant Nutrition Alliance (GINA) will be speaking about S-upporting, protecting & sustaining breastfeeding in conflict zones Al Soufi begins by speaking about how bf her daughter in October 2023 moved her to work to support other parents #BFConf

Welcome back after lunch. Vicky Sibson of @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social is chairing this afternoon's session. Karen Read is speaking now about 10 years of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Neonatal Standards #BFConf

Welcome back to the 2025 Baby Friendly Conference #BFConf. We're hearing now from @aaloysius.bsky.social who is speaking now about what supports mothers of very preterm babies to start & continue breastmilk feeding in neonatal units

Now morning chair @profamcf.bsky.social is introducing Anna Byrom from @all4maternity.bsky.social whose talk is called From Ravines to Relationships:
Building bridges with Baby Friendly

Good morning from the 2025 Baby Friendly Conference in Telford. Philip Goodwin, head of @unicef-uk.bsky.social is welcoming everyone to the largest ever #BFConf Goodwin: Globally UNICEF is looking to strengthen systems that protect children globally. We must ensure children's rights are upheld

I'm looking forward to being back in-person at Baby Friendly and helping people follow along! #BFConf

From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

CHT co-founder Tristan Harris returns to "The Daily Show" for an incisive conversation about the reckless AI path we're on, driven by the race to achieve market dominance: "This is an insane way to roll out a technology." Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo

You gotta give ‘em hop.

History rhymes, and we can learn from the cadence.

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans people, and the queer community, deserve a regulator that stands up for their rights - free from interference or political bias. https://www.wearequeeraf.com/freedom-of-information-request-uncovers-gender-critical-bias-within-ehrc/

Good afternoon from the APPG on Infant Feeding and Inequalities chaired by @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social. Today we're hearing from @helengray.bsky.social about the 2024 WBTi report Action on feeding babies in the UK, a follow up from the first, baseline report from 2016 #APPGIFI

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

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When I DM’d Kate Nash on Instagram I did not expect this! Thank you.Thank you. I’m in floods of tears. Kate Nash is a legend. Please spread our message and help make the world a safer place for trans people, for women, for all of us. Sign the @nionwomen.bsky.social letter change.org/NION_Women

The EHRC is meant to protect everyone’s rights. But internal documents reveal a different story: repeated meetings with anti-trans lobbyists, legal bias, and secret coordination. We filed the FOI. Here’s what we found. tacc.org.uk/2025/07/01/f...

I have also emailed but please attend this debate as my MP @sarahbool.bsky.social. Infant feeding support and policies and funding to protect breastfeeding are important to me

As part of RSE Day, we’re featuring an insightful guest post from college student Lola, who shares her thoughts on the lack of education around breastfeeding in schools — and what she believes needs to change. Read it here: www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/rse-day-2025... #EducationSky #RSEDay

The takeaway is not that electoral politics will fix everything. We know it won’t. Obviously. The takeaway is that people will show up if you give them hope & a way forward. And that, my friends, can & must look like a lot of things right now.

We love this photo! Thanks for sharing with us 🥰 "We had a wonderful time at #CardiffPride & were given these wearable balloon tentacles after the parade! As we were wearing them around the event, when the boys wanted some 'yonk' - we obviously had to capture the moment & what a fantastic memory!"

👮‍♂️ The government will back an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill bill, that will upgrade hate crimes towards queer and disability people to an "aggravated offence", increasing sentences 🧵 👇

The clearest image of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft.

I will also email, but please attend this meeting @sarahbool.bsky.social as my MP. Supporting infant feeding and reducing inequalities is important to me. I will be joining online.

I have also emailed but please attend as my MP, @sarahbool.bsky.social! Infant feeding and equitable access to support, free from commercial influence, is important to me #APPGIFI

We've got a secret a̶d̶m̶i̶r̶e̶r̶ donor! And they're generously doubling donations made between now and Valentine's Day. 💖 DONATE HERE: localgiving.org/charity/obs 💖

Why is the British Journal of Midwifery still being sponsored by the commercial milk formula industry. It’s a clear conflict of interest. See our comments here:

Blue Origin is proceeding with another launch attempt for New Glenn on Thursday. The three-hour launch window remains unchanged, opening at 1:00 a.m. ET on January 16th. Reporting for @SuperclusterHQ

Not to mention, we have the 7th flight test of Starship tomorrow. The launch is scheduled for 4:00 PM CT (2200 UTC) from Starbase, Texas. SpaceX is planning to catch the Super Heavy booster again with the tower's chopsticks and splash down the ship in the Indian Ocean. 📷: SpaceX

Woooooaaaaah! 🤯🤯🤯🤩🤩🤩

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With data and flight learnings as our primary payload, Starship’s sixth flight test once again delivered → https://t.co/oIFc3u9laE https://t.co/O6ZKThQRr6