Julie Waine
@jmw3cat.bsky.social
Mum of 3 football mad offspring. Saintsfc. Cat lady not childless. Work is paediatric liaison psychiatry with a side line in Med Ed. Outside I like getting outside, bit of running (slowly) Trying to make things better one starfish at a time. Ally 🏳️🌈she
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BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
BBC warns Russia is taking over World Service radio frequencies
Russian propaganda is filling the void where the BBC has closed World Service radio services due to cuts
inews.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
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NEW: Letters between author @katemossewriter.bsky.social and Afghan writer Parand provide insight into women's lives under gender apartheid ✍️
Brought to life with illustrations by Nina Krause and @christinalamb.bsky.social Cecilia Tombesi and myself @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
Brought to life with illustrations by Nina Krause and @christinalamb.bsky.social Cecilia Tombesi and myself @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
The Taliban letters: one woman writes in freedom, the other in fear
The bestselling British author Kate Mosse shares her inspiring email exchange with a brave female writer living under Afghanistan’s brutal regime
www.thetimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
NEW: Letters between author @katemossewriter.bsky.social and Afghan writer Parand provide insight into women's lives under gender apartheid ✍️
Brought to life with illustrations by Nina Krause and @christinalamb.bsky.social Cecilia Tombesi and myself @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
Brought to life with illustrations by Nina Krause and @christinalamb.bsky.social Cecilia Tombesi and myself @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
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Learn how to save a life👇
We’ll be at Brixton Fire Station today from 11am-3pm sharing life-saving CPR and defib skills
Come and join us if you’re in the area! Thanks for having us @londonfire.bsky.social 💚
📍 84 Gresham Road Brixton, SW9 7NP
We’ll be at Brixton Fire Station today from 11am-3pm sharing life-saving CPR and defib skills
Come and join us if you’re in the area! Thanks for having us @londonfire.bsky.social 💚
📍 84 Gresham Road Brixton, SW9 7NP
May 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Learn how to save a life👇
We’ll be at Brixton Fire Station today from 11am-3pm sharing life-saving CPR and defib skills
Come and join us if you’re in the area! Thanks for having us @londonfire.bsky.social 💚
📍 84 Gresham Road Brixton, SW9 7NP
We’ll be at Brixton Fire Station today from 11am-3pm sharing life-saving CPR and defib skills
Come and join us if you’re in the area! Thanks for having us @londonfire.bsky.social 💚
📍 84 Gresham Road Brixton, SW9 7NP
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The Dow is now headed for its worst April since 1932 -- the very worst year of the Great Depression.
April 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The Dow is now headed for its worst April since 1932 -- the very worst year of the Great Depression.
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The Norton Library edition of my translation of the Iliad, with stylish red cover, is now available. It has complete text, maps, notes, introduction and translator's note, and it's yours for under $10 (as are many other tempting Norton Library volumes). wwnorton.com/books/978132...
April 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Norton Library edition of my translation of the Iliad, with stylish red cover, is now available. It has complete text, maps, notes, introduction and translator's note, and it's yours for under $10 (as are many other tempting Norton Library volumes). wwnorton.com/books/978132...
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Big Larry is the street dog I rescued in Thailand 6 months ago.
Thin, scared and not quite all there in the head. But his life has transformed.
Today he arrived in his new home in England… (1/8) 🧵
Thin, scared and not quite all there in the head. But his life has transformed.
Today he arrived in his new home in England… (1/8) 🧵
April 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Big Larry is the street dog I rescued in Thailand 6 months ago.
Thin, scared and not quite all there in the head. But his life has transformed.
Today he arrived in his new home in England… (1/8) 🧵
Thin, scared and not quite all there in the head. But his life has transformed.
Today he arrived in his new home in England… (1/8) 🧵
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The Chancellor did not need to concentrate so much of her fiscal consolidation on welfare.
Extending the freeze in personal tax thresholds by just a single year would have saved almost as much (£3.9 billion in 2029-30) and would have been shared much more widely across 24 million households.
Extending the freeze in personal tax thresholds by just a single year would have saved almost as much (£3.9 billion in 2029-30) and would have been shared much more widely across 24 million households.
March 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Chancellor did not need to concentrate so much of her fiscal consolidation on welfare.
Extending the freeze in personal tax thresholds by just a single year would have saved almost as much (£3.9 billion in 2029-30) and would have been shared much more widely across 24 million households.
Extending the freeze in personal tax thresholds by just a single year would have saved almost as much (£3.9 billion in 2029-30) and would have been shared much more widely across 24 million households.
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it is BUCK WILD that they are just texting this shit to each other
March 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
it is BUCK WILD that they are just texting this shit to each other
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Today we repaired 14 hernias. Started on time, finished on time. Even stopped briefly for lunch. One operating theatre, no expensive technology.
Last list for a while as all extra sessions to reduce waiting lists have been stopped for now due to lack of money. #nhs #waitinglists
Last list for a while as all extra sessions to reduce waiting lists have been stopped for now due to lack of money. #nhs #waitinglists
March 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Today we repaired 14 hernias. Started on time, finished on time. Even stopped briefly for lunch. One operating theatre, no expensive technology.
Last list for a while as all extra sessions to reduce waiting lists have been stopped for now due to lack of money. #nhs #waitinglists
Last list for a while as all extra sessions to reduce waiting lists have been stopped for now due to lack of money. #nhs #waitinglists
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Gabe and Mjolnir need a new home, can you help?
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Gabe and Mjolnir need a new home, can you help?
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.
Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵
Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
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💔 NEW: A hospital at the centre of the largest NHS maternity scandal let a baby's body decompose so badly it had to be 'triple bagged' for the funeral - midwives then "mocked" the dad, replaying a phone call he'd made months b4 at a "leadership away day" www.thetimes.com/article/82a2... 1/2
‘After my baby died, NHS colleagues mocked me’
A doctor who worked at the scandal-hit Nottingham University Hospitals Trust fought for the truth — and learnt his daughter’s body was left to decompose
www.thetimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
💔 NEW: A hospital at the centre of the largest NHS maternity scandal let a baby's body decompose so badly it had to be 'triple bagged' for the funeral - midwives then "mocked" the dad, replaying a phone call he'd made months b4 at a "leadership away day" www.thetimes.com/article/82a2... 1/2
Mabel remains unimpressed by the noise from America and will not be submitting 5 bullet points summarising this weeks work to anyone.
February 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Mabel remains unimpressed by the noise from America and will not be submitting 5 bullet points summarising this weeks work to anyone.
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It would appear that our son is entertaining fellow travellers on the London Underground….
(I don’t think these are even his pipes!)
#Scotland
#ScotlandRugby
#MusicSky
(I don’t think these are even his pipes!)
#Scotland
#ScotlandRugby
#MusicSky
February 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It would appear that our son is entertaining fellow travellers on the London Underground….
(I don’t think these are even his pipes!)
#Scotland
#ScotlandRugby
#MusicSky
(I don’t think these are even his pipes!)
#Scotland
#ScotlandRugby
#MusicSky
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Part 1 of our podcast on Bipolar disorder in young people
Part 1 of our podcast on Bipolar disorder in young people
Children's Mental Health: Listen Up: Bipolar Disorder (Part 1)
Podcast Episode · The Royal College of Psychiatrists Podcast · 16/12/2024 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:33 PM
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Part 1 of our podcast on Bipolar disorder in young people
Part 1 of our podcast on Bipolar disorder in young people
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Although Sussex Bylines doesn't "officially" cover Hampshire as yet - we hope to do so in the future - we already have a number of people based in the county writing for us. We'd love to recruit more editors and writers from Hampshire. Interested? Do get in touch - editor@sussexbylines.co.uk
Although Sussex Bylines doesn't "officially" cover Hampshire as yet - we hope to do so in the future - we already have a number of people based in the county writing for us. We'd love to recruit more editors and writers from Hampshire. Interested? Do get in touch - editor@sussexbylines.co.uk
January 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Although Sussex Bylines doesn't "officially" cover Hampshire as yet - we hope to do so in the future - we already have a number of people based in the county writing for us. We'd love to recruit more editors and writers from Hampshire. Interested? Do get in touch - editor@sussexbylines.co.uk
Although Sussex Bylines doesn't "officially" cover Hampshire as yet - we hope to do so in the future - we already have a number of people based in the county writing for us. We'd love to recruit more editors and writers from Hampshire. Interested? Do get in touch - editor@sussexbylines.co.uk
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Professionals, please read this super important piece on #Oxevision, watch the short but important video and, ideally, consider retweeting and follow
@StopOxevision
’s tweet. It’s a scandal that is incredibly important to us as patients and we need the professional community to get it🙏.
@StopOxevision
’s tweet. It’s a scandal that is incredibly important to us as patients and we need the professional community to get it🙏.
“[Patients have] been sleeping on the floor of the bathroom. They've been sleeping under a desk or out in communal areas- just because they're too afraid of the camera… that can relate to fears or trauma around surveillance”
Read the article above on why we want to #StopOxevision
#MadSky #MadPsy
Read the article above on why we want to #StopOxevision
#MadSky #MadPsy
January 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Professionals, please read this super important piece on #Oxevision, watch the short but important video and, ideally, consider retweeting and follow
@StopOxevision
’s tweet. It’s a scandal that is incredibly important to us as patients and we need the professional community to get it🙏.
@StopOxevision
’s tweet. It’s a scandal that is incredibly important to us as patients and we need the professional community to get it🙏.
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2012-2022 saw a 65% increase in children admitted with mental health concerns.
There has been over 500% increase in admissions for CYP with eating disorders in the same time period.
This is THE health crisis of our time, and it is barely making the news.
#KidsMH
www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...
There has been over 500% increase in admissions for CYP with eating disorders in the same time period.
This is THE health crisis of our time, and it is barely making the news.
#KidsMH
www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...
Soaring mental health admissions for children leaving acute services under immense pressure
There was a 65% increase in the number of children and young people being admitted to general acute medical wards in hospitals in England because of a mental health concern between 2012 and 2022.
www.rcpch.ac.uk
January 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
2012-2022 saw a 65% increase in children admitted with mental health concerns.
There has been over 500% increase in admissions for CYP with eating disorders in the same time period.
This is THE health crisis of our time, and it is barely making the news.
#KidsMH
www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...
There has been over 500% increase in admissions for CYP with eating disorders in the same time period.
This is THE health crisis of our time, and it is barely making the news.
#KidsMH
www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Last thing- I can’t pick up any locum shifts (even if I wanted to) due to tax rules/tapers
It’s really sad to not be able to help the dept and support the team, but I can’t afford to pay to work🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
#scraptheTaper
It’s really sad to not be able to help the dept and support the team, but I can’t afford to pay to work🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
#scraptheTaper
January 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Last thing- I can’t pick up any locum shifts (even if I wanted to) due to tax rules/tapers
It’s really sad to not be able to help the dept and support the team, but I can’t afford to pay to work🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
#scraptheTaper
It’s really sad to not be able to help the dept and support the team, but I can’t afford to pay to work🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
#scraptheTaper
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Nothing says 'the continued relevance of monarchy' quite like a billionaire, English, unelected king, dressed up as a Scottish laird, turning up at a food bank in a helicopter
The optics of King Charles visiting a foodbank wearing his best Scottish landed gentry outfit are absolutely atrocious.
January 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Nothing says 'the continued relevance of monarchy' quite like a billionaire, English, unelected king, dressed up as a Scottish laird, turning up at a food bank in a helicopter
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You CAN help people with severe mental illness to stop smoking
• Mental health generally improves when we stop smoking
• Support for people with severe mental illness must be person-centred & individualised
• Above all, we need to believe in the people we are supporting
youtu.be/YxDIDeJzYAM?...
• Mental health generally improves when we stop smoking
• Support for people with severe mental illness must be person-centred & individualised
• Above all, we need to believe in the people we are supporting
youtu.be/YxDIDeJzYAM?...
Smoking and mental health: a video for health and social care professionals
YouTube video by Mental Elf
youtu.be
January 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
You CAN help people with severe mental illness to stop smoking
• Mental health generally improves when we stop smoking
• Support for people with severe mental illness must be person-centred & individualised
• Above all, we need to believe in the people we are supporting
youtu.be/YxDIDeJzYAM?...
• Mental health generally improves when we stop smoking
• Support for people with severe mental illness must be person-centred & individualised
• Above all, we need to believe in the people we are supporting
youtu.be/YxDIDeJzYAM?...
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“There must be a point where we go beyond analysis and accept that this is a serious problem that needs urgent political action.”
RCEM's President responds to ONS research concluding patients who wait in A&E for more than two hours are exposed to an increasing risk of death - tinyurl.com/5fkpp4b6
RCEM's President responds to ONS research concluding patients who wait in A&E for more than two hours are exposed to an increasing risk of death - tinyurl.com/5fkpp4b6
January 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“There must be a point where we go beyond analysis and accept that this is a serious problem that needs urgent political action.”
RCEM's President responds to ONS research concluding patients who wait in A&E for more than two hours are exposed to an increasing risk of death - tinyurl.com/5fkpp4b6
RCEM's President responds to ONS research concluding patients who wait in A&E for more than two hours are exposed to an increasing risk of death - tinyurl.com/5fkpp4b6
Excellent stuff, really well presented and rings true from the day job 👇
Wrote a thing about Tony Blair jumping on the ‘mental ill health is just snowflakery’ bandwagon- open.substack.com/pub/tashthin...
Inbox | Substack
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January 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Excellent stuff, really well presented and rings true from the day job 👇
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We’ve been mental elfed!
Amanda Sabo and @louiselasala.bsky.social summarise this systematic review and meta-analysis in JAMA Pediatrics, by Luisa Fassi, Kirsten Thomas, Douglas A. Parry, Amelia Leyland-Craggs, @tamsinford.bsky.social, @orbenamy.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We’ve been mental elfed!