Frankie
@friswith-med.bsky.social
Doctor. Former chemist ⚗🧪 & process safety nerd. Northerner. Humanist. Dabbler in languages. History buff. Gamer. Geek. Death positive. 🧀 &🥂 She/her #MedSky
Well this is enraging, and deeply concerning. Anyone else think this is softening the ground for the Leng outcomes?
I will continue to admire the tenacity, commitment to principles & "ladder extension" of Prof Kar @parthaskar.bsky.social
PCP Edinburgh is about to see another influx
I will continue to admire the tenacity, commitment to principles & "ladder extension" of Prof Kar @parthaskar.bsky.social
PCP Edinburgh is about to see another influx
July 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Well this is enraging, and deeply concerning. Anyone else think this is softening the ground for the Leng outcomes?
I will continue to admire the tenacity, commitment to principles & "ladder extension" of Prof Kar @parthaskar.bsky.social
PCP Edinburgh is about to see another influx
I will continue to admire the tenacity, commitment to principles & "ladder extension" of Prof Kar @parthaskar.bsky.social
PCP Edinburgh is about to see another influx
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Kimmel nails this hoser.
June 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Kimmel nails this hoser.
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A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
Sen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie
Forcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide.
www.motherjones.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
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Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
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Honestly, I can't think of a more persuasive argument for striking than Streeting urging you not to strike
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting urges doctors to vote no in strike ballot
Resident doctors unhappy with 5.4% pay rise with union warning strikes in England could return.
www.bbc.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Honestly, I can't think of a more persuasive argument for striking than Streeting urging you not to strike
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Then, Sir Nick, LET IT DIE.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Then, Sir Nick, LET IT DIE.
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Doctors have ‘saved’ the Government, Taxpayer & NHS, over £10bn since 2008
If pay had increased in line with inflation
Annual saving for the public of £2bn in today’s money, or £1/week/taxpayer
Should Doctors & other #NHS staff subsidise the NHS or be paid fairly?
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
If pay had increased in line with inflation
Annual saving for the public of £2bn in today’s money, or £1/week/taxpayer
Should Doctors & other #NHS staff subsidise the NHS or be paid fairly?
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Doctors have ‘saved’ the Government, Taxpayer & NHS, over £10bn since 2008
If pay had increased in line with inflation
Annual saving for the public of £2bn in today’s money, or £1/week/taxpayer
Should Doctors & other #NHS staff subsidise the NHS or be paid fairly?
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
If pay had increased in line with inflation
Annual saving for the public of £2bn in today’s money, or £1/week/taxpayer
Should Doctors & other #NHS staff subsidise the NHS or be paid fairly?
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
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Putin suggested holding direct negotiations in Turkey on May 15.
President Zelenskyy with his team arrived in Turkey.
Putin is absent. Instead, he sent a non-representative delegation with no decision-making mandate.
Does Putin want to achieve peace and stop the war? The answer is obvious - no
President Zelenskyy with his team arrived in Turkey.
Putin is absent. Instead, he sent a non-representative delegation with no decision-making mandate.
Does Putin want to achieve peace and stop the war? The answer is obvious - no
May 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Putin suggested holding direct negotiations in Turkey on May 15.
President Zelenskyy with his team arrived in Turkey.
Putin is absent. Instead, he sent a non-representative delegation with no decision-making mandate.
Does Putin want to achieve peace and stop the war? The answer is obvious - no
President Zelenskyy with his team arrived in Turkey.
Putin is absent. Instead, he sent a non-representative delegation with no decision-making mandate.
Does Putin want to achieve peace and stop the war? The answer is obvious - no
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GOOD NEWS! Moderna’s combination COVID/influenza vaccine candidate mRNA-1083 has OUTPERFORMED the current standalone vaccines for BOTH viruses in a large (8000+) Phase III trial. A combination vaccine would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against COVID and influenza at the same time. 🧪🧵⬇️
May 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
GOOD NEWS! Moderna’s combination COVID/influenza vaccine candidate mRNA-1083 has OUTPERFORMED the current standalone vaccines for BOTH viruses in a large (8000+) Phase III trial. A combination vaccine would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against COVID and influenza at the same time. 🧪🧵⬇️
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I keep thinking “WOKE MARXIST POPE” to the tune of Pink Pony Club
May 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I keep thinking “WOKE MARXIST POPE” to the tune of Pink Pony Club
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As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe.
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
May 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe.
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
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Day 7 of posting some of our most popular articles, to help rebuild our following.
Here's another Jonathan Round classic, on #DKA
www.paediatricfoam.com/2017/02/diab...
Please share!
#medsky #pedsky #meded #paedsky #diabetes #T1DM
Here's another Jonathan Round classic, on #DKA
www.paediatricfoam.com/2017/02/diab...
Please share!
#medsky #pedsky #meded #paedsky #diabetes #T1DM
Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Principles behind Protocols
Dr Jonathan Round – PICU Consultant
www.paediatricfoam.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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We endured six months of submissions and process for the Treaty Principles Bill, a bill cabinet knew would never pass.
Yet the Govt gives just 12 hours for radical changes to pay equity laws that directly impact hundreds of thousands of workers, mostly women, & their families.
Yet the Govt gives just 12 hours for radical changes to pay equity laws that directly impact hundreds of thousands of workers, mostly women, & their families.
May 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We endured six months of submissions and process for the Treaty Principles Bill, a bill cabinet knew would never pass.
Yet the Govt gives just 12 hours for radical changes to pay equity laws that directly impact hundreds of thousands of workers, mostly women, & their families.
Yet the Govt gives just 12 hours for radical changes to pay equity laws that directly impact hundreds of thousands of workers, mostly women, & their families.
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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
May 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
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Amid all the other news, it's easy to become inured to the basic facts here. Öztürk:
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
Now from Öztürk’s ACLU lawyer Esha Bhandari:
“Rümeysa Öztürk’s case is unprecedented and shocking. She has been held behind bars for six weeks while her health deteriorates for writing an op-ed.”
“Rümeysa Öztürk’s case is unprecedented and shocking. She has been held behind bars for six weeks while her health deteriorates for writing an op-ed.”
May 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Amid all the other news, it's easy to become inured to the basic facts here. Öztürk:
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
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John Nance, an aviation safety safety expert who has spent a lot of time working to bring that safety culture into health care, tells the story of the 1977 Tenerife disaster like no other. So many lessons for medicine that are still yet to permeate
youtu.be/5qDaIK9-HH8?...
youtu.be/5qDaIK9-HH8?...
John Nance
YouTube video by LMSOS
youtu.be
May 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
John Nance, an aviation safety safety expert who has spent a lot of time working to bring that safety culture into health care, tells the story of the 1977 Tenerife disaster like no other. So many lessons for medicine that are still yet to permeate
youtu.be/5qDaIK9-HH8?...
youtu.be/5qDaIK9-HH8?...
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of New Mexico have developed a tau-targeting vaccine that could help PREVENT the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. In preclinical trials, the vaccine REDUCED pTau, IMPROVED memory AND motor function, and REDUCED brain atrophy with NO major side effects. 🧪🧵⬇️
May 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of New Mexico have developed a tau-targeting vaccine that could help PREVENT the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. In preclinical trials, the vaccine REDUCED pTau, IMPROVED memory AND motor function, and REDUCED brain atrophy with NO major side effects. 🧪🧵⬇️
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Hey, UK Labour.... look at this..... ⬇️
*This* is how you win votes.
Not attacking poor people.
Not pandering to Reform.
Making peoples lives *better*.....
*This* is how you win votes.
Not attacking poor people.
Not pandering to Reform.
Making peoples lives *better*.....
May 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Hey, UK Labour.... look at this..... ⬇️
*This* is how you win votes.
Not attacking poor people.
Not pandering to Reform.
Making peoples lives *better*.....
*This* is how you win votes.
Not attacking poor people.
Not pandering to Reform.
Making peoples lives *better*.....
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Telling people to “do your own research” when in reality it means embracing disinformation from uncredentialed wellness grifters trying to peddle non-proven alternatives, and ignoring decades of rigorous peer-reviewed work from scientific experts, will kill people.
April 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Telling people to “do your own research” when in reality it means embracing disinformation from uncredentialed wellness grifters trying to peddle non-proven alternatives, and ignoring decades of rigorous peer-reviewed work from scientific experts, will kill people.
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Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
www.reuters.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
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Dear Canada, Pierre Poilievre is Coming for Your Reproductive Rights vajenda.substack.com/p/dear-canad...
Dear Canada, Pierre Poilievre is Coming for Your Reproductive Rights
A letter to my fellow Canadians
vajenda.substack.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Dear Canada, Pierre Poilievre is Coming for Your Reproductive Rights vajenda.substack.com/p/dear-canad...
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Almost every area of England is seeing fewer patients in general practice F2F as a % than 2019. That is true.
But…
Every area in England is offering more F2F appts than 2019.
There are more F2F appts being offered than ever.
Don’t go blaming GP access for the faults of whole NHS capacity.
But…
Every area in England is offering more F2F appts than 2019.
There are more F2F appts being offered than ever.
Don’t go blaming GP access for the faults of whole NHS capacity.
Patient satisfaction with GP services in England has collapsed, research finds
Patient satisfaction with GP services in England has collapsed, research finds
Exclusive: Family doctors have switched to providing far fewer in-person appointments
* GPs in poor parts of England are paid £5,500 less a year than in wealthy areas, study finds
Patients’ satisfaction with GP services has collapsed in recent years as family doctors have switched to providing far fewer face-to-face appointments, new research has revealed.
The proportion of patients seeing a GP in person has plummeted from more than four-fifths (80.7%) in 2019 to just under two-thirds (66.2%) last year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Almost every area of England is seeing fewer patients in general practice F2F as a % than 2019. That is true.
But…
Every area in England is offering more F2F appts than 2019.
There are more F2F appts being offered than ever.
Don’t go blaming GP access for the faults of whole NHS capacity.
But…
Every area in England is offering more F2F appts than 2019.
There are more F2F appts being offered than ever.
Don’t go blaming GP access for the faults of whole NHS capacity.
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Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
April 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
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Once again, I was left to wonder: was Pete Hegseth signal chatting military attack plans to everyone but me??
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
April 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Once again, I was left to wonder: was Pete Hegseth signal chatting military attack plans to everyone but me??
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
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Here is a Beta Version of the ICE Flights Tracker. There is much to do to improve it but we wanted to get it out there. Court Districts are available per request. This will evolve to become more user friendly. Pairs well with @jjindc.bsky.social's BlueSky account public.tableau.com/views/ICEFli...
public.tableau.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Here is a Beta Version of the ICE Flights Tracker. There is much to do to improve it but we wanted to get it out there. Court Districts are available per request. This will evolve to become more user friendly. Pairs well with @jjindc.bsky.social's BlueSky account public.tableau.com/views/ICEFli...