David Shepherd
@davesheph.bsky.social
Husband, Father, ex NHS GP trainer & LCCCG Board, Genetics, Astronomy, CoE Reader & Lay Canon Kiteto Diocese 🇹🇿, Fair Trade, Tigers! Views my own (he/him)
Breaking: UK Amateur Astronomy for too long!
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Breaking: UK Amateur Astronomy for too long!
This is my attempt
September 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is my attempt
So if you aren't a racist / xenophobe but are a Red Roses supporter, how do you show it without intimidating those the right wish you to intimidate?
Here's a suggestion
#TakeBackControl of being English
Here's a suggestion
#TakeBackControl of being English
August 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
So if you aren't a racist / xenophobe but are a Red Roses supporter, how do you show it without intimidating those the right wish you to intimidate?
Here's a suggestion
#TakeBackControl of being English
Here's a suggestion
#TakeBackControl of being English
Stars did you say?
Cloudwilling we'll be doing SciFi IRL in our #Stargazing sessions
From which part of the sky will the Borg cube arrive in 2367?
From where did Ford Prefect run up UKs biggest phone bill?
Where did the marines in Alien go for R&R?
Cloudwilling we'll be doing SciFi IRL in our #Stargazing sessions
From which part of the sky will the Borg cube arrive in 2367?
From where did Ford Prefect run up UKs biggest phone bill?
Where did the marines in Alien go for R&R?
August 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Stars did you say?
Cloudwilling we'll be doing SciFi IRL in our #Stargazing sessions
From which part of the sky will the Borg cube arrive in 2367?
From where did Ford Prefect run up UKs biggest phone bill?
Where did the marines in Alien go for R&R?
Cloudwilling we'll be doing SciFi IRL in our #Stargazing sessions
From which part of the sky will the Borg cube arrive in 2367?
From where did Ford Prefect run up UKs biggest phone bill?
Where did the marines in Alien go for R&R?
The Hope kit just arrived
July 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The Hope kit just arrived
Wildflowers we planted coming on a treat
June 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Wildflowers we planted coming on a treat
Research into health inequality in LLR conference kicking off
#LLRHealthInequalities
#LLRHealthInequalities
June 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Research into health inequality in LLR conference kicking off
#LLRHealthInequalities
#LLRHealthInequalities
Elderly relative got a hospital letter with Schrödinger info & an appointment - one you both have & don't have
Info for you as attendee but also not for you, as you mustn't attend
This insanity results from target driving a service you also under-resource
Confused patient?
You bet!
Info for you as attendee but also not for you, as you mustn't attend
This insanity results from target driving a service you also under-resource
Confused patient?
You bet!
June 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Elderly relative got a hospital letter with Schrödinger info & an appointment - one you both have & don't have
Info for you as attendee but also not for you, as you mustn't attend
This insanity results from target driving a service you also under-resource
Confused patient?
You bet!
Info for you as attendee but also not for you, as you mustn't attend
This insanity results from target driving a service you also under-resource
Confused patient?
You bet!
Good luck!
Current view over Usk valley
Current view over Usk valley
June 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Good luck!
Current view over Usk valley
Current view over Usk valley
It starts when I've got the 🍅 flag flying
May 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It starts when I've got the 🍅 flag flying
Bluer still in Leicester, England!
March 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Bluer still in Leicester, England!
Best tonic ever for those winter fascism blues - volunteer for something amazingly positive! @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Best tonic ever for those winter fascism blues - volunteer for something amazingly positive! @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social
Look past neofascism there is still beauty in this world, even on a windscreen
January 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Look past neofascism there is still beauty in this world, even on a windscreen
Is now a good time to dig out some of the most useful medical textbooks I've ever read?
"They describe what a Dr can do if he/she cannot refer a patient" ...in the developing world
#NHSCrisis
"They describe what a Dr can do if he/she cannot refer a patient" ...in the developing world
#NHSCrisis
January 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Is now a good time to dig out some of the most useful medical textbooks I've ever read?
"They describe what a Dr can do if he/she cannot refer a patient" ...in the developing world
#NHSCrisis
"They describe what a Dr can do if he/she cannot refer a patient" ...in the developing world
#NHSCrisis
Successive tweets from my timeline
For them both to be true the goodness KCIII speaks of must be entirely privatised, 'community' be meaningless and a monarch stripped of his right to speak of the political reality his subjects face
This appears to be the case...
For them both to be true the goodness KCIII speaks of must be entirely privatised, 'community' be meaningless and a monarch stripped of his right to speak of the political reality his subjects face
This appears to be the case...
January 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Successive tweets from my timeline
For them both to be true the goodness KCIII speaks of must be entirely privatised, 'community' be meaningless and a monarch stripped of his right to speak of the political reality his subjects face
This appears to be the case...
For them both to be true the goodness KCIII speaks of must be entirely privatised, 'community' be meaningless and a monarch stripped of his right to speak of the political reality his subjects face
This appears to be the case...
Watching her now partial, fractured shell of personality grappling with impaired sensory input, random ideation and no coherent memories to interpret any of it
#dementia
#dementia
January 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Watching her now partial, fractured shell of personality grappling with impaired sensory input, random ideation and no coherent memories to interpret any of it
#dementia
#dementia
Bosham Harbour is as good a place for reflection as any other
January 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Bosham Harbour is as good a place for reflection as any other
If only this service had been available when our kids were at Uni!
We'd have saved a fortune out of term time
We'd have saved a fortune out of term time
January 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If only this service had been available when our kids were at Uni!
We'd have saved a fortune out of term time
We'd have saved a fortune out of term time
Testing the #Astrophotography on my new Pixel6a
Extraordinary!
Jupiter, Ganymede, Helvetios (1st sunlike star found to have a planet in 1995, Dimidium) and Andromeda galaxy in a light polluted hazy sky
Extraordinary!
Jupiter, Ganymede, Helvetios (1st sunlike star found to have a planet in 1995, Dimidium) and Andromeda galaxy in a light polluted hazy sky
January 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Testing the #Astrophotography on my new Pixel6a
Extraordinary!
Jupiter, Ganymede, Helvetios (1st sunlike star found to have a planet in 1995, Dimidium) and Andromeda galaxy in a light polluted hazy sky
Extraordinary!
Jupiter, Ganymede, Helvetios (1st sunlike star found to have a planet in 1995, Dimidium) and Andromeda galaxy in a light polluted hazy sky
And Abraham spoke to the Lord, "If there are but ten righteous @greenbelt wilt thou command the clouds to leave, so your people may see the wonders thy hand hast made?" #StarGazing #GBWakeUp
January 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
And Abraham spoke to the Lord, "If there are but ten righteous @greenbelt wilt thou command the clouds to leave, so your people may see the wonders thy hand hast made?" #StarGazing #GBWakeUp
Normal service about to be resumed @greenbelt !!!
Getting tomato flag out of the attic this am
So looking forward to it
#GBWakeUp #GreenbeltFestival
Getting tomato flag out of the attic this am
So looking forward to it
#GBWakeUp #GreenbeltFestival
January 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Normal service about to be resumed @greenbelt !!!
Getting tomato flag out of the attic this am
So looking forward to it
#GBWakeUp #GreenbeltFestival
Getting tomato flag out of the attic this am
So looking forward to it
#GBWakeUp #GreenbeltFestival