Andrew Papanikitas
@gentlemedic.bsky.social
GP with interests in education, ethics, journalism and clinical communication. Deputy editor of BJGP. retweet not endorsement, opinions are own.
So here it is - the December @bjgp.bsky.social with bjgplife.com/yuletide/ fyi @rcgp.bsky.social @rcgpscotland.bsky.social @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social
A Yuletide mystery – BJGP Life
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December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
So here it is - the December @bjgp.bsky.social with bjgplife.com/yuletide/ fyi @rcgp.bsky.social @rcgpscotland.bsky.social @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social
A Yuletide mystery bjgplife.com/yuletide/ from @bjgp.bsky.social December edition FYI @euanlawson.social @timsenior.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @drtomround.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social
A Yuletide mystery – BJGP Life
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November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A Yuletide mystery bjgplife.com/yuletide/ from @bjgp.bsky.social December edition FYI @euanlawson.social @timsenior.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @drtomround.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social
Am looking forward to co-leading a workshop on creative writing and medicine tomorrow in Oxford
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Am looking forward to co-leading a workshop on creative writing and medicine tomorrow in Oxford
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Any uk taxpayer found an accessible explainer for Making Tax Digital? I actually watched the HMRC webinar which was a superb example of how to bore people stupid without giving them the information they need. Someone surely has cracked this?
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Any uk taxpayer found an accessible explainer for Making Tax Digital? I actually watched the HMRC webinar which was a superb example of how to bore people stupid without giving them the information they need. Someone surely has cracked this?
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Schrödinger’s consultation - a thing in general practice! @bjgp.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @euanlawson.social @drtomround.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @timsenior.bsky.social bjgplife.com/schrodingers...
Schrödinger’s consultation – BJGP Life
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November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Schrödinger’s consultation - a thing in general practice! @bjgp.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @euanlawson.social @drtomround.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @timsenior.bsky.social bjgplife.com/schrodingers...
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As the Budget looms, Labour is ignoring the most obvious cause of Britain's economic woes: Brexit. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As the Budget looms, Labour is ignoring the most obvious cause of Britain's economic woes: Brexit. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
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BREAKING: Reform UK's former Welsh leader and close Nigel Farage associate, Nathan Gill, sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for repeatedly taking bribes to spread pro-Russian propaganda
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
BREAKING: Reform UK's former Welsh leader and close Nigel Farage associate, Nathan Gill, sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for repeatedly taking bribes to spread pro-Russian propaganda
From Error to Ethics: Five essential lessons from teaching clinicians in trouble bjgplife.com/from-error-t... I am looking forward to hearing from the author directly at www.apothecaries.org a week today at the Osler and Selwyn lectures
From Error to Ethics: Five essential lessons from teaching clinicians in trouble – BJGP Life
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November 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
From Error to Ethics: Five essential lessons from teaching clinicians in trouble bjgplife.com/from-error-t... I am looking forward to hearing from the author directly at www.apothecaries.org a week today at the Osler and Selwyn lectures
A Doctor’s Bag for Tomorrow: Packed with Apps, AI and Good Old Fashioned Eye Contact bjgplife.com/a-doctors-me... from @bjgp.bsky.social fyi @euanlawson.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @drtomround.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social
A Doctor’s Bag for Tomorrow: Packed with Apps, AI and Good Old Fashioned Eye Contact – BJGP Life
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November 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
A Doctor’s Bag for Tomorrow: Packed with Apps, AI and Good Old Fashioned Eye Contact bjgplife.com/a-doctors-me... from @bjgp.bsky.social fyi @euanlawson.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @drtomround.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Need some reading while delayed in an airport today?
Climate change is adding more bumps to the friendly skies
New research in Weather & Climate Dynamics via @egu.eu: storms are becoming more intense, frequent, & shifting tracks, bringing stronger winds/turbulence, especially during 🛬 &🛫
Climate change is adding more bumps to the friendly skies
New research in Weather & Climate Dynamics via @egu.eu: storms are becoming more intense, frequent, & shifting tracks, bringing stronger winds/turbulence, especially during 🛬 &🛫
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Need some reading while delayed in an airport today?
Climate change is adding more bumps to the friendly skies
New research in Weather & Climate Dynamics via @egu.eu: storms are becoming more intense, frequent, & shifting tracks, bringing stronger winds/turbulence, especially during 🛬 &🛫
Climate change is adding more bumps to the friendly skies
New research in Weather & Climate Dynamics via @egu.eu: storms are becoming more intense, frequent, & shifting tracks, bringing stronger winds/turbulence, especially during 🛬 &🛫
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Yep. And to think that so many people think this man is some sort of hero is such a sign of our twisted times.
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Yep. And to think that so many people think this man is some sort of hero is such a sign of our twisted times.
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Incredible to deliver the Sydenham Lecture at the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries this week! Thank you @gentlemedic.bsky.social for the invite.
November 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Incredible to deliver the Sydenham Lecture at the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries this week! Thank you @gentlemedic.bsky.social for the invite.
FYI @bjgp.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @euanlawson.social @drtomround.bsky.social @timsenior.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social
This fantastic book arrived today written by Ben Hoban an Exeter GP it builds on his excellent articles in @bjgp.bsky.social . It comprises an excellent set of reflections discussions and short stories. Who knew that fun could also be Cpd? FYI @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social @bedsidereading.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This fantastic book arrived today written by Ben Hoban an Exeter GP it builds on his excellent articles in @bjgp.bsky.social . It comprises an excellent set of reflections discussions and short stories. Who knew that fun could also be Cpd? FYI @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social @bedsidereading.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This fantastic book arrived today written by Ben Hoban an Exeter GP it builds on his excellent articles in @bjgp.bsky.social . It comprises an excellent set of reflections discussions and short stories. Who knew that fun could also be Cpd? FYI @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social @bedsidereading.bsky.social
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
Two amazing medical authors discussing silencing of patients and meaning-making in medicine at the historic Apothecaries Hall on 28 October fyi @mja-uk.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social catalogue.apothecaries.org/product?cata...
Catalogue
catalogue.apothecaries.org
October 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Two amazing medical authors discussing silencing of patients and meaning-making in medicine at the historic Apothecaries Hall on 28 October fyi @mja-uk.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social catalogue.apothecaries.org/product?cata...
Catalogue
catalogue.apothecaries.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Two amazing medical authors discussing silencing of patients and meaning-making in medicine at the historic Apothecaries Hall on 28 October fyi @mja-uk.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social catalogue.apothecaries.org/product?cata...