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@MwLayla
@midwifelayla.bsky.social
Registered Midwife/NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow @OxPrimaryCare. Researching HT in pregnancy, inequalities, planetary health, commercial determinants 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
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A reporter asks Trudeau about Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly’s characterization of the current U.S. situation which she called a "psychodrama."

"How would you characterize it?"

Trudeau, speaking for a weary nation, “Thursday."
March 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Absolutely!
🍁 Calling all Canadians!

BIG NEWS - we’ve just launched European Movement Canada 🇨🇦 🇪🇺

…to rapidly build much closer relations between Canada & Europe on all fronts.

Sign up interest here —> europeanmovement.eu/publication-...

My TikTok video on it here —> vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeRmhEa/

Please share!
March 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate
Sign the Petition
Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News
actionstorm.org
February 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Reposted by @MwLayla
Might global warming have effects on those that have yet to be born?
#NeoSky #MedSky
Escalating heat 🥵 exposure poses a major threat to maternal and neonatal health.

A new key systematic review and meta-analysis of heat exposure impacts on maternal, fetal and neonatal health was just published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Medicine last month.

⤵️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 11, 2024 at 12:29 PM
This is horrifying
This is a nightmare. Imagine being accused of drug abuse because your newborn tests positive for drugs that were administered by physicians during labor.
December 11, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Reposted by @MwLayla
Sharing this just out from myself and @chrischirp.bsky.social asking about the JCVI decision to drop eligibility for the COVID vaccine in pregnancy from next year. 🧪 🧵
The UK is no longer offering COVID vaccines to pregnant women – here’s why that might be a bad idea
From spring 2025, pregnant women will no longer be eligible for free COVID vaccines in the UK.
theconversation.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Reposted by @MwLayla
The Northeast is Burning (Paywall-free link)
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/o...
Opinion | Ladies and Gentlemen, the Northeast Is Burning
We are being reminded the hard way that we share this world. Smoke knows no boundaries, and neither does fire.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Reposted by @MwLayla
Ever wondered where British TV news channels find all these young guests with near identical hard-right libertarian views?

Well it turns out a lot of them are being pushed out by specialist 'talent agencies' backed by pro-Trump billionaires

bylinetimes.com/2024/10/08/t...
The Pro-Trump Money Pushing Libertarian 'Young Voices' on British TV
Talent agencies funded by right-wing American fossil fuel billionaires are helping to funnel hard right views onto our TV screens
bylinetimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Reposted by @MwLayla
🔴Revealed: Trump Campaigns Received $45m from Tufton Street Donors

A transatlantic “web of dark money” ties UK think tank donors to Donald Trump and US Republicans

bylinetimes.com/2024/11/04/r...
Revealed: Trump Campaigns Received $45m from Tufton Street Donors
A transatlantic “web of dark money” ties UK think tank donors to Donald Trump and US Republicans
bylinetimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Reposted by @MwLayla
Austrian Airlines suddenly looks more attractive
This was Austrian Airlines' final post over on the Twitter.
November 14, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by @MwLayla
Me in Byline Times…

Trump’s election in the US now exposes the geopolitical weakness of a Brexited UK.

We’ll enter an existential battle as to whether to roll in with Trump or the EU. Trying to navigate the middle ground is a fool’s errand.

We must choose the EU.

bylinetimes.com/2024/11/15/d...
'Donald Trump's Election Means Reversing Brexit Is Now More Urgent Than Ever'
For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team, argues Mike Galsworthy
bylinetimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Mine is 19 now and at university. I still revere the doctors, midwives, nurses and support staff who kept her alive and kept me going at the darkest times.
It's almost #WorldPrematurityDay

Every preemie is a story of strength, courage, and tiny miracles.

Together, we celebrate their resilience and honour their journey.

#TinyButmighty #NeoSky
November 15, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Reposted by @MwLayla
I am a cervical cancer survivor. It changed my life in profound ways, and I can’t recommend it.

There is a vaccine now to prevent this cancer. Every day I’m grateful it exists, even if it was too late for me.

I take it personally that RFK Jr. claims that this vaccine causes cancer.
November 15, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Reposted by @MwLayla
How a second Trump presidency is likely to threaten abortion rights and women’s healthcare globally
How a second Trump presidency is likely to threaten abortion rights and women’s healthcare globally
Restrictions on US aid is likely to drive up illegal abortions and maternal deaths.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2024 at 6:13 PM
If you have any anti-vaxxers in your life you might want to show them this - a chilling example of just how dangerous RFK Jr is.
November 15, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Reposted by @MwLayla
We've put together an #Epidemiology / #EpiSky starter pack with some of our members & friends! Please share!

TESTIMONIALS
'The original data scientists' - @miguelhernan.bsky.social
'The new rock stars' - @nytimes.com
'A science of high importance' - @natureportfolio.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/K6DXCGi
November 12, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Reposted by @MwLayla
Also useful for commercial determinants of health people!
I’ve put together a starter pack for the growing tobacco control community here. Enjoy, and please let me know if you want to join or recommend others - i know there’s many I’ve missed! go.bsky.app/NuhMfmW
November 13, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Excellent!
November 13, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Hello, I'm another escapee from Musk polluted X and Bluesky novice. Canadian/Brit, midwife/public health researcher focusing on pregnancy hypertension/CV disease, health inequalities, planetary health and commercial determinants. Concerned about current state of geo-politics, media, and the planet.
November 12, 2024 at 10:25 AM