Katie Knight
@katieknight.bsky.social
PEM consultant. RCPCH #climatechange working group. Founder/lead editor @paediatricfoam, co-founder @womenspeakersHC. Feminist. She/her
#medsky
#medsky
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Something extraordinary is happening.
+6000 new members in ONE SINGLE day.
@greenparty.org.uk just hit 130,000 members and rising!!!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
+6000 new members in ONE SINGLE day.
@greenparty.org.uk just hit 130,000 members and rising!!!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Something extraordinary is happening.
+6000 new members in ONE SINGLE day.
@greenparty.org.uk just hit 130,000 members and rising!!!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
+6000 new members in ONE SINGLE day.
@greenparty.org.uk just hit 130,000 members and rising!!!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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September 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Mark the date: an incredible landmark as #solar power becomes EU's number one source of electricity in June 2025. Everything is impossible – until it's done.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Solar tops EU power mix for first time in June, Ember says
Solar power was the European Union's largest source of electricity for the first time in June, overtaking nuclear and wind while coal's contribution fell to an all-time low, data from energy think tank Ember showed on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Mark the date: an incredible landmark as #solar power becomes EU's number one source of electricity in June 2025. Everything is impossible – until it's done.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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If you need to cleanse your feed, here's what's going right:
📉 Norway halved ppl experiencing homelessness (RtbC)
✈️ 8 nations to tax 1% flyers to help developing nations (FC)
🦦 Giant river otters re-released into Argentina’s (Mongabay)
Community win: silver_lavender99 started a neighbor garden
📉 Norway halved ppl experiencing homelessness (RtbC)
✈️ 8 nations to tax 1% flyers to help developing nations (FC)
🦦 Giant river otters re-released into Argentina’s (Mongabay)
Community win: silver_lavender99 started a neighbor garden
July 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If you need to cleanse your feed, here's what's going right:
📉 Norway halved ppl experiencing homelessness (RtbC)
✈️ 8 nations to tax 1% flyers to help developing nations (FC)
🦦 Giant river otters re-released into Argentina’s (Mongabay)
Community win: silver_lavender99 started a neighbor garden
📉 Norway halved ppl experiencing homelessness (RtbC)
✈️ 8 nations to tax 1% flyers to help developing nations (FC)
🦦 Giant river otters re-released into Argentina’s (Mongabay)
Community win: silver_lavender99 started a neighbor garden
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If we don't contest this full-frontal assault on our freedom, far worse will come.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Palestine Action isn’t a danger to British democracy – but Yvette Cooper is | George Monbiot
The home secretary is apparently an admirer of the suffragettes. I have no doubt that if they were active today she would proscribe them, too, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If we don't contest this full-frontal assault on our freedom, far worse will come.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Good to inject a touch of humor in anti-#ICE protests. iCE fishing…
June 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Good to inject a touch of humor in anti-#ICE protests. iCE fishing…
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this is gold 🤣. the political clarity is unmatched. i need the daily digest.
June 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
this is gold 🤣. the political clarity is unmatched. i need the daily digest.
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www.paediatricfoam.com/2023/12/lgbt...
How can we best support LGBTQ parents within paediatric care?
#LGBT #LGBTQ #pride #pridemonth
#foamed #pedsky #paedsky #ukpaedsky
How can we best support LGBTQ parents within paediatric care?
#LGBT #LGBTQ #pride #pridemonth
#foamed #pedsky #paedsky #ukpaedsky
Supporting LGBTQ+ parents within paediatric care
Understanding and supporting LGBTQ+ parents within paediatric care Dr Ilana Levene & Dr Rhiannon Furr Safiyah has come to paediatric outpatients with her mothers. She has a heart murmur and the…
www.paediatricfoam.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
www.paediatricfoam.com/2023/12/lgbt...
How can we best support LGBTQ parents within paediatric care?
#LGBT #LGBTQ #pride #pridemonth
#foamed #pedsky #paedsky #ukpaedsky
How can we best support LGBTQ parents within paediatric care?
#LGBT #LGBTQ #pride #pridemonth
#foamed #pedsky #paedsky #ukpaedsky
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christ, what a day to be an immigrant cursed with the ability to read
May 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
christ, what a day to be an immigrant cursed with the ability to read
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(1/3) The world has been watching Gaza in horror for the last 19 months. 55000 people killed. 70% of them children. 117,792 people injured. The highest number of paediatric amputees anywhere in the world.
May 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
(1/3) The world has been watching Gaza in horror for the last 19 months. 55000 people killed. 70% of them children. 117,792 people injured. The highest number of paediatric amputees anywhere in the world.
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Since privitisation of water in England.
Profits extracted in dividends:
£78,200,000,000
Average water bill price risen above inflation:
40%
Spot the connection 👀
Profits extracted in dividends:
£78,200,000,000
Average water bill price risen above inflation:
40%
Spot the connection 👀
England's water firms have paid out an astonishing £78,200,000,000 in dividends since privitisation - with 70% of investors currently being from overseas - Ian Overton in the @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Yet our bills go up? Why do we allow this con?!
Nationalise water now!
Yet our bills go up? Why do we allow this con?!
Nationalise water now!
May 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Since privitisation of water in England.
Profits extracted in dividends:
£78,200,000,000
Average water bill price risen above inflation:
40%
Spot the connection 👀
Profits extracted in dividends:
£78,200,000,000
Average water bill price risen above inflation:
40%
Spot the connection 👀
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🚨🚈Take 1 minute to add your name: weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Demand that the government fully nationalise our railway.
Demand that the government fully nationalise our railway.
April 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚨🚈Take 1 minute to add your name: weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Demand that the government fully nationalise our railway.
Demand that the government fully nationalise our railway.
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At this juncture I’d like to point out:
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
April 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
At this juncture I’d like to point out:
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
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Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
April 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
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“If taking back control of steel can get MPs into work on a Saturday, why not mail, rail, energy and water?
Government has proven it can act decisively if it needs to. It's time to put these industries in service of the British public.” @cathobbs.bsky.social 🔥
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Government has proven it can act decisively if it needs to. It's time to put these industries in service of the British public.” @cathobbs.bsky.social 🔥
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
'British Steel crisis highlights UK risk of foreign ownership in key sectors'
MPs have long had concerns about the amount of Chinese investment in the UK's critical infrastructure.
www.express.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“If taking back control of steel can get MPs into work on a Saturday, why not mail, rail, energy and water?
Government has proven it can act decisively if it needs to. It's time to put these industries in service of the British public.” @cathobbs.bsky.social 🔥
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Government has proven it can act decisively if it needs to. It's time to put these industries in service of the British public.” @cathobbs.bsky.social 🔥
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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Pertussis cases are up 1500% since 2021 due to declining vaccinations & there were at least a dozen deaths in the US last year.
Over 700 cases & multiple measles deaths already this year.
These are preventable diseases that no one should get let alone die from.
Over 700 cases & multiple measles deaths already this year.
These are preventable diseases that no one should get let alone die from.
April 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Pertussis cases are up 1500% since 2021 due to declining vaccinations & there were at least a dozen deaths in the US last year.
Over 700 cases & multiple measles deaths already this year.
These are preventable diseases that no one should get let alone die from.
Over 700 cases & multiple measles deaths already this year.
These are preventable diseases that no one should get let alone die from.
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"What we're seeing is the failure of privatisation. We're seeing a prioritisation of dividend returns over the long-term environmental protection of places like Windermere"
Spot on @savewindermere.bsky.social 👏🏾
Regulation has failed. We need public ownership NOW!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Spot on @savewindermere.bsky.social 👏🏾
Regulation has failed. We need public ownership NOW!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Record number of illegal sewage spills in Windermere last year
Campaigners identified 140 illegal spill days into the beauty spot in 2024
www.bbc.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 8:14 AM
"What we're seeing is the failure of privatisation. We're seeing a prioritisation of dividend returns over the long-term environmental protection of places like Windermere"
Spot on @savewindermere.bsky.social 👏🏾
Regulation has failed. We need public ownership NOW!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Spot on @savewindermere.bsky.social 👏🏾
Regulation has failed. We need public ownership NOW!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If you live within the St Ann's ward and are eligible to vote in the upcoming by-election on April 10th then please make sure that you are actually *registered* to vote before the end of tomorrow (March 25th) - link to check or sign up is www.gov.uk/register-to-...
#GetGreensElected
#GetGreensElected
Register to vote
Register to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.
www.gov.uk
March 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If you live within the St Ann's ward and are eligible to vote in the upcoming by-election on April 10th then please make sure that you are actually *registered* to vote before the end of tomorrow (March 25th) - link to check or sign up is www.gov.uk/register-to-...
#GetGreensElected
#GetGreensElected
Tax. The. Rich
They say the welfare budget has ballooned so much there is a genuine fear that it will not command public support for much longer. They have no choice, spending wise, to prioritise defence. They want to prioritise the NHS. The huge additional borrowing costs for anything else must be taken seriously
March 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Tax. The. Rich
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"…doctors had been turned into "factory workers" in an effort to deliver ever-increasing productivity."
A NHS doctor dies by suicide every 3 weeks.
A nurse attempts suicide daily.
Who cares for the carers?
The lonely death of Dr
Jagdip Sidhu
www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
A NHS doctor dies by suicide every 3 weeks.
A nurse attempts suicide daily.
Who cares for the carers?
The lonely death of Dr
Jagdip Sidhu
www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
The lonely death of Dr Jagdip Sidhu
He was a rising star of the NHS. Could his work have contributed to his death?
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"…doctors had been turned into "factory workers" in an effort to deliver ever-increasing productivity."
A NHS doctor dies by suicide every 3 weeks.
A nurse attempts suicide daily.
Who cares for the carers?
The lonely death of Dr
Jagdip Sidhu
www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
A NHS doctor dies by suicide every 3 weeks.
A nurse attempts suicide daily.
Who cares for the carers?
The lonely death of Dr
Jagdip Sidhu
www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
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#Thames #Water is on the brink of collapse.
Treasury officials are planning for what comes next.
We’ve written to the government to urge them to meet us to discuss public ownership.
82% of us want this solution. The time is now!
weownit.org.uk/news/treasur...
Treasury officials are planning for what comes next.
We’ve written to the government to urge them to meet us to discuss public ownership.
82% of us want this solution. The time is now!
weownit.org.uk/news/treasur...
Treasury plans for Thames Water collapse - our letter to government calling for public ownership | We Own It
As the government plans for the imminent collapse of Thames Water, we have written to the Chancellor and Environment Secretary to urge them to meet with us to discuss public ownership.
weownit.org.uk
March 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
#Thames #Water is on the brink of collapse.
Treasury officials are planning for what comes next.
We’ve written to the government to urge them to meet us to discuss public ownership.
82% of us want this solution. The time is now!
weownit.org.uk/news/treasur...
Treasury officials are planning for what comes next.
We’ve written to the government to urge them to meet us to discuss public ownership.
82% of us want this solution. The time is now!
weownit.org.uk/news/treasur...
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"free/cheap university tuition is an unaffordable luxury"
*Meanwhile the Home office spending actual taxpayers money considering putting a wave machine in the channel to deter small boats*
*Meanwhile the Home office spending actual taxpayers money considering putting a wave machine in the channel to deter small boats*
March 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"free/cheap university tuition is an unaffordable luxury"
*Meanwhile the Home office spending actual taxpayers money considering putting a wave machine in the channel to deter small boats*
*Meanwhile the Home office spending actual taxpayers money considering putting a wave machine in the channel to deter small boats*
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A timely moment to remember that Donald Trump dodged the draft & JD Vance wondered a few short years ago whether he would turn out to be 'America's Hitler'...
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A timely moment to remember that Donald Trump dodged the draft & JD Vance wondered a few short years ago whether he would turn out to be 'America's Hitler'...