Dr Richard Ma PhD 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉🕺⚕️🩺🎓
@richard-ma.bsky.social
GP partner & trainer in London 🩺⚕️| NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, Bristol University🎓 @capcbristol.bsky.social | Bad triathlete🌟FABULOUS🌟 dancer🕺| Research: sexual reproductive health | HIV | LGBTQ | cis he/him/他 | Sussex Beacon Trustee @Richard_GP on 🐦
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the entirety of the british press talked themselves into believing this woman is trans based almost entirely on JK Rowling's judgement of the athlete's appearance.
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
the entirety of the british press talked themselves into believing this woman is trans based almost entirely on JK Rowling's judgement of the athlete's appearance.
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Webinar: The next @bnssgresearch.bsky.social webinar is on 'Optimising care services'.
📆9 Dec 2025
🕕12.30-1.30pm
🖱️Online
Speakers include @richard-ma.bsky.social on 'Exploring ways to deliver #PrimaryCare for older people living with HIV in general practice'.
Register: tinyurl.com/29pkrap2
#GPSky
📆9 Dec 2025
🕕12.30-1.30pm
🖱️Online
Speakers include @richard-ma.bsky.social on 'Exploring ways to deliver #PrimaryCare for older people living with HIV in general practice'.
Register: tinyurl.com/29pkrap2
#GPSky
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Webinar: The next @bnssgresearch.bsky.social webinar is on 'Optimising care services'.
📆9 Dec 2025
🕕12.30-1.30pm
🖱️Online
Speakers include @richard-ma.bsky.social on 'Exploring ways to deliver #PrimaryCare for older people living with HIV in general practice'.
Register: tinyurl.com/29pkrap2
#GPSky
📆9 Dec 2025
🕕12.30-1.30pm
🖱️Online
Speakers include @richard-ma.bsky.social on 'Exploring ways to deliver #PrimaryCare for older people living with HIV in general practice'.
Register: tinyurl.com/29pkrap2
#GPSky
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
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🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
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Zohran Mamdani in New York
Catherine Connolly in Ireland
Rob Jetten in the Netherlands
Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly
The rise of the far right is not inevitable.
If we work together, we can dare to hope.
Catherine Connolly in Ireland
Rob Jetten in the Netherlands
Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly
The rise of the far right is not inevitable.
If we work together, we can dare to hope.
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Zohran Mamdani in New York
Catherine Connolly in Ireland
Rob Jetten in the Netherlands
Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly
The rise of the far right is not inevitable.
If we work together, we can dare to hope.
Catherine Connolly in Ireland
Rob Jetten in the Netherlands
Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly
The rise of the far right is not inevitable.
If we work together, we can dare to hope.
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Federal immigration agents fanned out across Chicago and its North Shore suburbs on Halloween, chasing suspects through front yards, driving SUVs onto sidewalks and using chemical agents during confrontations with furious residents.
Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween
The state’s governor had called for a pause in the federal immigration crackdown over the Halloween weekend, citing concerns for children’s safety.
nyti.ms
November 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Federal immigration agents fanned out across Chicago and its North Shore suburbs on Halloween, chasing suspects through front yards, driving SUVs onto sidewalks and using chemical agents during confrontations with furious residents.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Sharing this a lot tonight - donated items in disaster only make things worse (pretty much without exception and anywhere in the world). There is a long history of this going very wrong particularly after hurricanes www.theguardian.com/books/2023/m...
The big idea: in a disaster, bad help can be worse than no help at all
Emergency relief must be about money, not well-intentioned donations of goods
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Sharing this a lot tonight - donated items in disaster only make things worse (pretty much without exception and anywhere in the world). There is a long history of this going very wrong particularly after hurricanes www.theguardian.com/books/2023/m...
I can't tell you how anxious I was leading up to today. An early start 7am on ward, many trains cancelled from Brighton last night thinking i might not make, then catastrophising about anaesthetic. Grateful to the staff at Whipps Cross Hospital they were brilliant. I felt really looked after.
Sampling the hospitality of Whipps Cross Hospital for a minor procedure today.
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I can't tell you how anxious I was leading up to today. An early start 7am on ward, many trains cancelled from Brighton last night thinking i might not make, then catastrophising about anaesthetic. Grateful to the staff at Whipps Cross Hospital they were brilliant. I felt really looked after.
I'm going home with a urinary catheter, eurgh 😐. Appointment for trial without catheter [TWOC] in a week.
At least i don't have to worry about finding a loo.
At least i don't have to worry about finding a loo.
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I'm going home with a urinary catheter, eurgh 😐. Appointment for trial without catheter [TWOC] in a week.
At least i don't have to worry about finding a loo.
At least i don't have to worry about finding a loo.
Sampling the hospitality of Whipps Cross Hospital for a minor procedure today.
October 31, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Sampling the hospitality of Whipps Cross Hospital for a minor procedure today.
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Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
Happy Halloween 🎃
#Wednesday #WednesdayAddams
#Halloween #bloodymarydance #wednesdayaddams #wednesdayaddamsdance
#DanceSky
#Wednesday #WednesdayAddams
#Halloween #bloodymarydance #wednesdayaddams #wednesdayaddamsdance
#DanceSky
October 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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"Idi Amin x 20" - this is Tory policy now.
Idi Amin deported 80,000 Asians from Uganda in 1972. So although the Conservatives want to propose the first mass deportation of legal migrants since Idi Amin - especially with the retrospective changes in ILR - Lam is proposing to deport 20 times as many people as Idi Amin.
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"Idi Amin x 20" - this is Tory policy now.
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How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
October 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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and another thing: he’s not mad. please don’t put it in the newspaper that he got mad.
October 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
and another thing: he’s not mad. please don’t put it in the newspaper that he got mad.
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Sorry you've been a victim of fake news.
I said this morning to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social that the Green Party had passed 123,000 members.
A couple of hours later it's out of date. @greenparty.org.uk have 126,000! 🎉🚀
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I said this morning to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social that the Green Party had passed 123,000 members.
A couple of hours later it's out of date. @greenparty.org.uk have 126,000! 🎉🚀
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Sorry you've been a victim of fake news.
I said this morning to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social that the Green Party had passed 123,000 members.
A couple of hours later it's out of date. @greenparty.org.uk have 126,000! 🎉🚀
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I said this morning to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social that the Green Party had passed 123,000 members.
A couple of hours later it's out of date. @greenparty.org.uk have 126,000! 🎉🚀
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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A story in three parts
October 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A story in three parts
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JD Vance, when your party is so full of shit you need two assholes.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
October 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
JD Vance, when your party is so full of shit you need two assholes.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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Israel has destroyed the "ceasefire" in hours.
It is murdering Palestinians, and maintaining its illegal siege.
Not a ceasefire.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-des...
It is murdering Palestinians, and maintaining its illegal siege.
Not a ceasefire.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-des...
Israel destroys ceasefire in hours
Today, Israel slaughtered Palestinians and resumed siege. Not a "ceasefire"
www.owenjones.news
October 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Israel has destroyed the "ceasefire" in hours.
It is murdering Palestinians, and maintaining its illegal siege.
Not a ceasefire.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-des...
It is murdering Palestinians, and maintaining its illegal siege.
Not a ceasefire.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-des...
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Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”