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Charlotte Walker

@charlrwalker.bsky.social
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PhD student and research officer working across public health and psychology with a focus on food bank use. Trying to stay mentally well within academia charlottewalker.uk ORCID 0000-0003-2244-350X

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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
The inimitable Sarah Millican @sarahmillican.bsky.social started #JoinIn long ago (on that other social media platform we don't mention anymore) and it has spread to Bluesky. After years of dedication, Sarah passed the baton to the rest of us to keep this mutual Xmas support going. Thank you, Sarah!
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
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! Please share
#JoinIn on Christmas Day
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Rosemary Richings @rosemaryrichings.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Just launched a totally new freelance service: one-on-one support for #Disabled writers seeking support on navigating traditional publishing for the very first time who don't already have at least one traditionally published book: www.rosemaryrichings.com/disabledwrit...
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1-on-1 Accessible Mentorship for Disabled Writers
Get personalised, accessible guidance on how to get traditionally published. Support for disabled, neurodivergent, and first-time authors navigating the publishing world.
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 31/10/2025
Repealing the two-child limit in full is the most powerful policy lever the Government can pull to drive down child poverty rates. Read 'No half measures' now ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Could Katie Lam identify the London schools where "more than three-quarters of children don’t speak English to a serviceable school standard". Well done to @davehillonlondon.bsky.social for giving Lam + CPS the chance to substantiate this claim at the Tory fringe www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-ka...
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Dave Hill: Katie Lam should learn London's language
Recent comments about the capital's school children's English skills suggest the Tory MP from Kent must try harder
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Sarc-o'-Lantern @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Oh a small treat? Once a week? As society burns down around them? Good heavens where are my pearls
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Mihaela Filipescu @mfilipescu.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/10/28/w...
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What we get wrong about unpaid carers - Transforming Society
The UK’s failure to provide universal social care, despite the immense value of unpaid care, reflects a deep political neglect and lack of recognition for carers' needs and rights.
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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
If there were a general election held tomorrow, 39% of 18-24 year olds would vote @greenparty.org.uk The kids are alright. Join them. join.greenparty.org.uk
A YouGov poll of voting intentions of 18 to 24-year-olds, in which 39 per cent said they'd vote Green, 22 per cent Labour, 15 per cent LibDem, 10 per cent Reform and 7 per cent Tory.
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Dr. Gail Saltz @drgailsaltz.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
ChatGPT shares data on how many users exhibit psychosis or suicidal thoughts
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OpenAI shares data on ChatGPT users with suicidal thoughts, psychosis
The figure could mean potentially hundreds of thousands of users show signs of mental health distress weekly.
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Great training with @karenlumsden.bsky.social today looking at conducting challenging qualitative interviews. It’s made me want to do a few things differently when I collect my qual data. Do check out Karen’s courses! #PhDSky
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Dr Karen Lumsden (@karenlumsden.bsky.social)
Expert trainer in Qualitative Research. Coach & consultant.📕 Social scientist. ✏️ Autoethnographer. 📝 Dog mum. 🐶 For info on training & services visit: www.qualitativetraining.com
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Lauren @mental-health-harm.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Hi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx
A University of Lancashire poster, inviting people to participate in research.

Have you experienced harm from mental health services?

You are invited to take part in this study which is looking to identify and examine overlooked and lesser known forms of harm in UK mental health services. Taking part will involve completing an anonymous online survey, involving questions about your experiences of harm. This will take approximately 15-45 minutes to complete.

I am looking for individuals who are aged 18+, AND have experienced harm from mental health services within the UK from 2010 onward, OR are the carer/family member of someone who has experienced harm from mental health services within the UK from 2010 onward.

For more information, or to take part, please scan the QR code or go to this web address: https://tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx

Who Am I? My name is Lauren Langley and I am a PhD student at the University of Lancashire. I am Autistic and have lived experience of trauma and mental illness. As a mental health patient, I have experienced harm from mental health services. If you have any questions, please get in touch: llangley1@uclan.ac.uk (picture below of a white person with ginger hair, wearing a blue t-shirt) 

Further information, including FAQs, and Easy Read and downloadable versions of the questionnaire are available on the study website: www.hiddenharms.wordpress.com 

Ethical Approval No: BAHSS2 01118
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Good morning. Off to campus for a morning’s postgraduate researcher development training, followed by a visit to the library. Last week I was late due to a highly unwise decision to take a different bus. Sticking with the number 4 today! Wearing fancy trainers in an attempt to feel perky
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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Christ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Good morning and happy Monday! My week holds a mixture of postgraduate researcher training, work on my methods chapter, work on a paper on the findings of my previous research, and data collection at the foodbank. Busy busy! Have a great week #PhDSky
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Chris B. @tenderchris.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Please kill me
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
But we were told “legitimate concerns“ wasn’t code for hating Black people
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Ben Goldsborough MP @bengoldsborough.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
A Reform UK MP admits to spending her time counting people with different skin colours. It’s beyond disgraceful. Enough is enough: this ethno-nationalist obsession is infecting British politics and it has to stop.
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Adam Fare 🖤🤍💜 @adamfare1996.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
No, the Greens aren't "enabling Reform" Labour and "Centrism" is doing and has done that. This follows all historical precedent too. Pandering to hate only ever results in hate. Failing to give hope only enables far-right shift. (I’m in the UK before US folk pounce on this…)
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
We’ve had an absolutely super week with my wonderful stepdaughters and their babies visiting but it’s been tricky being Nain (grandma) while multitasking on PhD and research officer job. Next time they come, which sadly won’t be until Feb, I’m going to take the week off and just enjoy their company
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Just attended my first EDI working group for the school of psychology. The whole school is being moved from one building to another so there was lots of discussion about how this is being handled/communicated and how students’ EDI needs will be met. It’s a big project
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Almost 60,000 women have signed this petition by @nionwomen.bsky.social women to say that the transphobes do not speak for them. Meanwhile the Daily Express front-pages seven transphobes, falsely claiming that they “represent women”. If they do not represent you. Please sign. notinourname.org.uk
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EXPRESS
BACKING BRITAIN FOR 125 YEARS
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EXCLUSIVE 'Magnificent Seven' Darlington nurses continue their female-only spaces fight
FOR THE SAFETY AND DIGNITY OF EVERY WOMAN AND GIRLY
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Off to collect my first survey data at the food bank! Very excited. The opportunity only came up this morning and I jumped at it. The manager is going to print off all the information sheets and questionnaires for me so I just need to turn up with my coloured pens #PhDSky #PhDChat
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I've just discovered there's a chip shop in Llangynwyd called 'Frying Nemo' 😭
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Despite the early hit singles, Paul Hardcastle's career has not been nearly as successful as that of his brother Paul Bouncycastle.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.
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Recovery in the Bin @ritb.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
This government hates disabled people. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Reeves plots £1bn cut to Motability scheme for disability benefit claimants cars
The scheme provides cars and tax breaks to more than 800,000 users
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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 17/10/2025
Peafowl are some of the largest birds that can fly. In fact, the chicks have all of their feathers when they emerge and are capable of flight roughly one week after hatching. They are also known for their aggressive disposition, so we'd be careful with the insults.
In response to a video of peacocks flying, one user quote tweets "THESE IDIOTS CAN FLY???"
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Working, working, working on my research methods chapter, and then I’ve suddenly thought… hang on, maybe this bit belongs in my introduction…? #PhDSky
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Sophie Hall @sophlouisehall.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Why have we been letting Celia Imrie waste away acting as other people when she should clearly have her own chat show or simply allow us to have a live feed of her 247 #celebritytraitors
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Who’s testing teenagers’ sperm count? 😱
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Rachel @rrowanolive.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Our article on young people and carers’ decision making on Olanzapine in anorexia is out! #QualitativeResearch #EatingDisorders link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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What does taking olanzapine mean to young people with anorexia nervosa and their families? Findings from the OPEN feasibility trial - Journal of Eating Disorders
Background Olanzapine is a second-generation antipsychotic medication often prescribed for young people with Anorexia Nervosa (AN), though supporting evidence is limited. The OPEN feasibility trial of...
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Blah blah ontology blah blah epistemology blah blah axiology blah blah big words in this methodology chapter, peeps
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
I’ve been tinkering around reading and taking notes for my research methods chapter for my first study. There’s so much to cover: my reasons for choosing mixed methods research, the opportunities and challenges of this approach, the benefits of incorporating knowledge co-creation…! #PhDSky
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Doug B @flip89db.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
#completethehaiga 120 #haiga #haiku Drawing by Josiah @lessethereal.bsky.social
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Just seen a man in the street here wearing a knitted Halloween jester’s hat, it was dark khaki and instead of bells it had eyeballs on the “tentacles”. Made me and the other passers by smile
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I’ve stopped for the evening. I think I’ve done about as much on this paper as I can and I need my manager to take a look at it. I’m pie-eyed with it all and lack of sleep is beginning to bite. I just need to review it in hard copy and check my references tomorrow. Nearly there!! #PhDSky
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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Anyone else with a late #ADHD diagnosis end up going off the deep end afterwards and getting way more disorganised? I do think it's partly hormones, but also partly 'well, this is just the way I am, I'm just shit, no point trying to be anything else'. Be good to hear from you xx
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
About to start mind mapping my research methods chapter for my first study #PhDSky #PhDChat
The tools of my stationery lover trade: a blank flip chart pad, a collection of colourful felt tips and post it notes in yellow, pink, orange and yellow. It’s all on a grey carpet… I guess I could buy a flip chart stand but I quite like kneeling on the floor and getting really physical with the materials
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Happy Monday, happy new week. I’m just doing some housework but while I wait for dawn so I can go for a run. I know lots of people run in the dark with a head torch but I’ve not plucked up the courage to do this (and I’m worried about unseen dog poo on the pavement!). Have a great day!
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Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Cat is gently snoring in my lap. I’m in an awkward position and my left foot has gone to sleep but obviously I can’t move
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UK Prime Minister, Some Say Sinister @joemuggs.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Modest proposal: BBC BRING BACK 'TOMORROW'S WORLD'. Science, tech, environment reporting are woeful currently. Something that blasts excitement about what a golden age we're in of discovery (vaccines, computing, space exploration etc etc) but can also be a trojan horse for warnings on climate etc
the presenters of 1980s Tomorrow's World
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SilverSeamSS @silverseamss.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
An old piece that I finished years ago! Barbara Ana Design Crowded House! #crossstitch #barbaraanadesign #halloween #witch
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
every night my father goes outside to yell at this porcupine to stop eating his apple tree, and every night this porcupine makes eye contact with my father as it continues to eat his apple tree
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 13/10/2025
look at this absolute robber baron
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Haunted Museum Wanderer @museum-wanderer.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Cat selfie.
A very close up pic of a black cat, showing one ear and some whiskers.
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