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salwalk.bsky.social
@salwalk.bsky.social
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artist, gardener, retired GP, dreamer…..
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salwalk.bsky.social
There goes another landmark from way back … I always loved his version of ‘Me and Bobby Mcgee ‘
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Bob Weir obituary
One of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, brilliant guitarist and writer of many of the group’s key songs
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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paullewismoney.bsky.social
JustGiving makes 54% profit by automatically adding a ‘tip’ to every gift bit.ly/4jy7V59 as I have often reported here. You can set the ‘tip’ to zero but it’s a bit fiddly. It also keeps some of the gift aid and charges a fee to the charity. Best to give direct to charity
JustGiving faces investigation over claims donors are misled
The fundraising platform is accused of prompting supporters to add costly ‘tips’, helping deliver multimillion-pound returns to its US owner at donors’ expense
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January 10, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Women's work in embroidery globally can act as a powerful form of preserving culture, heritage and identity. Examples include Hausa (Northern Nigeria) left, Palestinian tatreez (top right), Kantha (Bangladesh, West Bengal) and Ukrainian Vyshyvanka #Womensart
Four images showing different styles of embroidery, one depicting animals, others with specific angular motifs and designs
January 10, 2026 at 8:55 AM
salwalk.bsky.social
Best thread of the year !
hannahbooth.bsky.social Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 10d
A tale of three norths in three photos

1️⃣ The pier at Berwick-upon-Tweed, where the rare triple alignment of the Three Norths (True North, Grid North, Magnetic North) left England in December 2025, drifting out into the North Sea.

📸 Lewis Clarke (CC BY-SA 2.0)
January 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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strategywoman.bsky.social
Slowly, the world steps into 2026.

The new year will be what we help make it.
January 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
The snowdrop is a messenger of the seasons, the darkest moment of winter has passed. It is a messenger of hope. #January1st #NewYearsDay

Mary Delany, Galanthus Nivalis, Single Snowdrop, 1777 #womensart
Collage resembling a white flower on green stalks against a black background
January 1, 2026 at 5:57 AM
salwalk.bsky.social
Great article “Just like you can be overweight and malnourished, you can also be thin and malnourished. “
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The WHO learned to love ‘anti-obesity’ jabs in 2025. I don’t fully agree, but I get it | Devi Sridhar
While GLP-1 drugs promise an easy fix, our bodies still need what they have always needed: healthy food and regular exercise, says chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, Prof De...
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:36 AM
salwalk.bsky.social
More important history
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Dagenham’s sewing machinists did not go on strike primarily for equal pay | Letters
Letter: Sarah Boston on the women who fought for and ultimately won recognition of the skill and value of their work
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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annieworsley.bsky.social
Always an honour and blessing to write for @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social
Happy reading 😊
caughtbytheriver.bsky.social Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · 19d
'Like grandchildren accumulating memories and absorbing knowledge, the croft is storing information for future years in the seed bank of soil.'

@annieworsley.bsky.social looks back over a year of nurturing child & croft www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/shad...
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Mary Delany (1700-1788), English artist used decoupage to make botanical 'Paper Mosaiks'.
Mistletoe, in certain folklore signifies fertility and has since been associated with #Christmas kisses #WomensArt 🎄
Artwork featuring a sprig of mistletoe, with green rounded leaves and white berries, against a black background
December 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Scotland based UK artist Joan Eardley (1921 – 1963) painting 'Winter Sea' in 1960 #WomensArt
Sepia like photograph of a woman painting at an easel in a field with long grass by the sea next to a washing line with two articles drying
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Winter Sea' 1960
by UK painter Joan Eardley #WomensArt ❄️
Semi abstract painting of a turbulent sea with white waves under a grey stormy sky
December 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
salwalk.bsky.social
The arguments are complex , but seems the government is showing little goodwill and taking a dangerous and obstructive approach to sorting out the resident drs’ dissatisfaction.
bmj.com The BMJ @bmj.com · 22d
Wes Streeting has proposed repurposing 1000 locally employed doctor (LED) posts into training numbers for resident doctors.

Converting these roles would almost certainly involve terminating existing LED contracts, writes @parthaskar.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Alone at Christmas? #joinin is always good.
writeforwellbeing.bsky.social Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 22d
This Christmas Day join us for #JoinIn on Bluesky. Just use or look for the #JoinIn hashtag. Lovely people coming together for chat and cheer - especially for those who may be alone or troubled at Christmas, or just looking for a bit of fellowship. See you there!
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#JoinIn on Christmas Day
December 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
salwalk.bsky.social
History thats important to remember www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘Pretty birds and silly moos’: the women behind the Sex Discrimination Act
In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth remembering
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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I've written this open letter to Keir Starmer &
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social because, though I am desperately worried about NHS patients over the next 5 days, I know this strike by resident doctors is a desperate act of last resort.

Please read.
An Open Letter to Keir Starmer & Wes Streeting as NHS Resident Doctors Commence Their 5-day Strike 17/12/25 Dear both, In 2016, when junior doctors (as we were then called) went on strike against Jeremy Hunt’s reviled new contract, he deployed exactly the same tactics as you do today. He tried to divide and rule BMA leaders from their members, to turn public opinion against striking doctors, to smear us to the press at every opportunity. His favourite term of abuse was “militants”, though you favour words like “self-indulgent”, “irresponsible”, “dangerous”, “reckless,” “abandoning patients in their hour of greatest need.” Jeremy Hunt learned from his mistakes. He has spoken publicly about bitterly regretting his bullying tactics. You, on the other hand, appear to have learned nothing from 2016. You assume the worst of the young doctors out on strike today – that they care only about self-enrichment, that they don’t give a damn about their patients. You could not be more wrong. They hate striking, which is a desperate act of last resort. But what choice do they have? Today’s young doctors face something beyond ludicrous - the modern farce that is NHS doctor unemployment. You, Wes Streeting, the man responsible for NHS workforce planning, lead a system so broken that there are doctors today literally unable to find jobs in the NHS you claim to be rebuilding. What a travesty in a country so desperately short of psychiatrists, GPs, radiologists, acute medics and NHS doctors of every kind. You offer the creation of some (not enough) new training posts to striking doctors as though this is benevolent, gracious. Well it’s not. It is frankly grotesque to say, “I won’t pay you more, but I am willing to decrease (though not eradicate) the chances of you being unemployed next year.” Small wonder we’re losing resident doctors to Australia in droves. Every attack and smear you deploy against resident doctors over the next five days only exacerbates their despair. Slo…
December 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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"My day never really ends" — a day in the life of an emergency doctor in a Nigerian cholera treatment centre.

Donate to the #BMJAppeal to support MSF's work around the world.

www.bmj.com/content/391/...
December 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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newcastleuni.bsky.social
Our experts have been part of a new report that shows that arts & creativity are crucial for children’s wellbeing, but funding cuts have removed this lifeline for many children growing up in disadvantage and poor health.

Read more here. ⬇

https://bit.ly/4pWECvz

#WeAreNCL

A child's hand covered in multicolored paint touches a sheet of paper, creating vibrant streaks and patterns.
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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martinmckee.bsky.social
🧵1/ Flu is surging again, & patterns look uncomfortably familiar. The lesson from covid remains unchanged: individual responsibility isn’t enough. We need systemic measures that make protective behaviours easy. @profstevegriffin.bsky.social Stephen Reicher & I offer some thoughts @bmj.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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jackwallington.com
It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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kityates.bsky.social
Flu is surging. What can we do about it?

Layered protections—vaccination, isolation with liveable sick pay, and clean air—enabled by government and institutions.

BMJ Opinion by Stephen Reicher, @martinmckee.bsky.social & @profstevegriffin.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Vaccinate, isolate, ventilate: will we finally learn the lessons from covid this flu season?
With flu surging again, Stephen Reicher and colleagues draw on the experience of covid-19 to argue that predictable winter pressures demand more than individual responsibility, they also require syste...
www.bmj.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
salwalk.bsky.social
I agree
brownecfm.bsky.social Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 28d
This is a great piece from Lucy at Pandemic Pages Podcast drawing comparisons between masking during the 1918 - 1920 influenza pandemic and today. Strongly recommend!

pandemicpages.substack.com/p/the-case-for…
https://pandemicpages.substack.com/p/the-case-for…
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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guyshrubsole.bsky.social
NEW: Mapping England's Landscape Recovery projects

The Government refused to release maps of these groundbreaking projects to restore nature

So I had a go at mapping them myself

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whoownsengland.org/2025/12/10/m...
Mapping England’s Landscape Recovery Projects
This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Image: West Penwith, Cornwall – one of over 50 Landscape Recovery pilots. Since Brexit, the UK Government has been engaged in lengthy reforms of farm payments &…
whoownsengland.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
salwalk.bsky.social
This deal, ……. is “a catastrophe for all NHS patients “
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives | Aditya Chakrabortty
More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM