Cathy Bernal/Lintott
@cathybernal-1.bsky.social
RNLD, Senior Lecturer in medical education, walker & photographer of wildlife & landscapes. Other passions include conservation, social justice, liberal politics, neurodiversity, fiction, poetry, classical music, drama, cinema, travel, food and wine 😋.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/co...
Continuing support funding for community-led Neighbourhood Plans
Cancelling Neighbouhood Plan NP and technical support grants (via Locality) is a means to stop communities having the ability to foster community empowerment and self-help.
The loss of Neighbou...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/co...
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📣 The LeDeR report is delayed and we urge the government to treat this with urgency it deserves and release the critical report.
The LeDeR report looks into the failings of the healthcare system to provide the care people with a learning disability deserve.
The LeDeR report looks into the failings of the healthcare system to provide the care people with a learning disability deserve.
July 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📣 The LeDeR report is delayed and we urge the government to treat this with urgency it deserves and release the critical report.
The LeDeR report looks into the failings of the healthcare system to provide the care people with a learning disability deserve.
The LeDeR report looks into the failings of the healthcare system to provide the care people with a learning disability deserve.
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Two British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
May 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Two British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
Can anyone @kentwildlife.bsky.social, @ukbutterflies.bsky.social or @cprekent.bsky.social identify this beautiful little moth for me? Found on rough grassland in NE Kent. Thanks!
April 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Can anyone @kentwildlife.bsky.social, @ukbutterflies.bsky.social or @cprekent.bsky.social identify this beautiful little moth for me? Found on rough grassland in NE Kent. Thanks!
www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/2025/ke.... So proud! Congratulations to all.
Kent and Medway Medical School achieves full-accreditation
KMMS has been granted full accreditation by the General Medical Council, marking a major milestone ahead of the School’s first graduations this summer.
www.canterbury.ac.uk
April 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/2025/ke.... So proud! Congratulations to all.
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Autism isn’t one-size-fits-all. Each person is unique! By making misinformed assumptions, we miss getting to know the real individual.
This World Autism Acceptance Day, see us as individuals, not stereotypes: autistica.org.uk/get-involved...
This World Autism Acceptance Day, see us as individuals, not stereotypes: autistica.org.uk/get-involved...
April 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Autism isn’t one-size-fits-all. Each person is unique! By making misinformed assumptions, we miss getting to know the real individual.
This World Autism Acceptance Day, see us as individuals, not stereotypes: autistica.org.uk/get-involved...
This World Autism Acceptance Day, see us as individuals, not stereotypes: autistica.org.uk/get-involved...
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Our Comms and Policy team (featuring @mindtheflap.bsky.social) took a jolly to the shops today.
If you saw four people ecstatically cheering at an electronic billboard in Westfield Stratford, London, that was them!
Here's why they cheered at inanimate objects: www.autistica.org.uk/get-involved...
If you saw four people ecstatically cheering at an electronic billboard in Westfield Stratford, London, that was them!
Here's why they cheered at inanimate objects: www.autistica.org.uk/get-involved...
April 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Our Comms and Policy team (featuring @mindtheflap.bsky.social) took a jolly to the shops today.
If you saw four people ecstatically cheering at an electronic billboard in Westfield Stratford, London, that was them!
Here's why they cheered at inanimate objects: www.autistica.org.uk/get-involved...
If you saw four people ecstatically cheering at an electronic billboard in Westfield Stratford, London, that was them!
Here's why they cheered at inanimate objects: www.autistica.org.uk/get-involved...
The government’s new Planning and Infrastructure Bill could give businesses the green light to trash habitats and threaten wildlife. Say no to attacks on nature!
If you agree – join me and add your name with @friends-earth.bsky.social👇
foe.uk/tffac
If you agree – join me and add your name with @friends-earth.bsky.social👇
foe.uk/tffac
Stop the government’s plan threatening nature
Did you know big business could soon be allowed to wreck the environment and destroy nature? The new Planning and Infrastructure Bill could mean damaging projects get the green light so long as develo...
foe.uk
April 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The government’s new Planning and Infrastructure Bill could give businesses the green light to trash habitats and threaten wildlife. Say no to attacks on nature!
If you agree – join me and add your name with @friends-earth.bsky.social👇
foe.uk/tffac
If you agree – join me and add your name with @friends-earth.bsky.social👇
foe.uk/tffac
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National Grid has submitted the Development Consent Order for Sea Link. This project threatens Minster Marshes & Pegwell Bay. Renewable energy must not come at nature’s expense. The public must speak up before it’s too late.
www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/sealink...
www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/sealink...
March 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
National Grid has submitted the Development Consent Order for Sea Link. This project threatens Minster Marshes & Pegwell Bay. Renewable energy must not come at nature’s expense. The public must speak up before it’s too late.
www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/sealink...
www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/sealink...
Striking shapes and textures near the South Swale reserve at the weekend
February 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Striking shapes and textures near the South Swale reserve at the weekend
Serenity passing all understanding on the Swale this morning
January 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Serenity passing all understanding on the Swale this morning
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/shell-l... Excellent news from Greenpeace. Well done, all.
Breaking: Shell backs down in its lawsuit against Greenpeace
We showed Shell that their bully tactics won’t intimidate us – and now they’ve backed down and settled out of court.
www.greenpeace.org.uk
December 11, 2024 at 6:30 AM
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/shell-l... Excellent news from Greenpeace. Well done, all.
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Powerful new report from Amnesty International finds Israel has perpetrated 3 acts against Palestinians in Gaza which are prohibited under genocide convention.
A full ban on UK arms sales is essential to prevent further complicity @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
A full ban on UK arms sales is essential to prevent further complicity @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide, Amnesty International report finds
Human rights group says Israel ‘brazenly, continuously and with total impunity … unleashed hell’ on strip’s 2.3m population
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Powerful new report from Amnesty International finds Israel has perpetrated 3 acts against Palestinians in Gaza which are prohibited under genocide convention.
A full ban on UK arms sales is essential to prevent further complicity @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
A full ban on UK arms sales is essential to prevent further complicity @amnestyuk.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
If you're concerned about the future of social care - esp following the Budget - please consider signing this letter & RT providersunite.co.uk#signup_letter @jimgblair.bsky.social @autisticsociety.bsky.social @mencap.bsky.social
#ProvidersUnite – Campaign for Change
providersunite.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM
If you're concerned about the future of social care - esp following the Budget - please consider signing this letter & RT providersunite.co.uk#signup_letter @jimgblair.bsky.social @autisticsociety.bsky.social @mencap.bsky.social
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Oooh yes! Although on 11/12/24 @autisticdoc.bsky.social & I will be speaking in Brighton at the RCPsych NDPSIG winter conference
I’ll be presenting my research on autistic psychiatrists, our recent paper plus the next phase of the project - why they don’t disclose
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
I’ll be presenting my research on autistic psychiatrists, our recent paper plus the next phase of the project - why they don’t disclose
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
Thinking Differently: The Royal College of Psychiatrists Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry Special Interest Group Winter Conference
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
November 20, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Oooh yes! Although on 11/12/24 @autisticdoc.bsky.social & I will be speaking in Brighton at the RCPsych NDPSIG winter conference
I’ll be presenting my research on autistic psychiatrists, our recent paper plus the next phase of the project - why they don’t disclose
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
I’ll be presenting my research on autistic psychiatrists, our recent paper plus the next phase of the project - why they don’t disclose
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
Please consider supporting East Kent Mencap’s Star Appeal to spread some festiveccheer! www.eastkentmencap.co.uk/donate/
Donate - East Kent Mencap
We need your help to support people with a learning disability in East Kent. Give a donation now and make a positive difference.
www.eastkentmencap.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Please consider supporting East Kent Mencap’s Star Appeal to spread some festiveccheer! www.eastkentmencap.co.uk/donate/
Autumn colours and textures remindof the beauty of decay
November 20, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Autumn colours and textures remindof the beauty of decay
Interested in med ed & neurodiversity? Please consider joining our nascent Special Interest Group. Initial meeting 11/12/24. Contact cathy.bernal@kmms.ac.uk for details & RT widely! Thanks. @autisticdoc.bsky.social @autisticdoctor.bsky.social @craeioe.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Interested in med ed & neurodiversity? Please consider joining our nascent Special Interest Group. Initial meeting 11/12/24. Contact cathy.bernal@kmms.ac.uk for details & RT widely! Thanks. @autisticdoc.bsky.social @autisticdoctor.bsky.social @craeioe.bsky.social
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The River Wye is dying—& the River Severn is going the same way.
Blistered fish, algal blooms, sewage fungus sludging the riverbed.
The only good news is the response: a “volunteer army” of citizen scientists & activists rising up to protect & heal the river.
👇💪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Blistered fish, algal blooms, sewage fungus sludging the riverbed.
The only good news is the response: a “volunteer army” of citizen scientists & activists rising up to protect & heal the river.
👇💪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The sores on the fish are nasty’: what’s behind the changes in the River Severn?
Faced with a dearth of data on the impact of local mega farms, volunteers have shown sewage pollution has soared
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:38 PM
The River Wye is dying—& the River Severn is going the same way.
Blistered fish, algal blooms, sewage fungus sludging the riverbed.
The only good news is the response: a “volunteer army” of citizen scientists & activists rising up to protect & heal the river.
👇💪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Blistered fish, algal blooms, sewage fungus sludging the riverbed.
The only good news is the response: a “volunteer army” of citizen scientists & activists rising up to protect & heal the river.
👇💪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...