Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 12/07/2025So the effect itself is nothing startling, but if we're getting the temps to create them in places that never have had such heat previously, that's climate breakdown Apparently there was one in coastal Cumbria recently, which is definitely 🤯 We're headed for almonds & apricots here again 010
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Radiant heating of the land causes a column of warm air which rises, taking light surface material with it, according to my personal Environmental Scientist @rarebrit.bsky.social 010
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 12/07/2025They're called hay devils. They didn't happen in my cooler northern latitudes, so I've never seen one. But my husband remembers them fondly from childhood in Sussex in the 70s/80s www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_de...en.wikipedia.orgDust devil - Wikipedia 110
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Well 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 010
Reposted by Frankie George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Kimmel nails this hoser. 482988391
Reposted by Frankie Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/06/2025A 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.motherjones.comSen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lieForcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide. 1448185686174
Reposted by Frankie Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Padilla: 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. 7903852113498
Reposted by Frankie Philip Lee @drphiliplee1.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Honestly, I can't think of a more persuasive argument for striking than Streeting urging you not to strike www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comStreeting urges doctors to vote no in strike ballotResident doctors unhappy with 5.4% pay rise with union warning strikes in England could return. 49719
Reposted by Frankie Lost in History, OBC 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇵🇦 @devonianmatthew.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Then, Sir Nick, LET IT DIE. 1133
Reposted by Frankie Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Doctors 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 23116
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 27/05/2025I love this. We need more of this sort of management in the NHS 010
Reposted by Frankie Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Putin 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 34761871936
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 12/05/2025The knock on to the NHS will be devastating We already struggle to discharge medically fit patients due to care shortages, making those shortages worse will block more beds Add to that the number who'll turn up at ED because they're not safe at home when care falls through & we're f*cked - frankly 020
Reposted by Frankie Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11/05/2025GOOD 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. 🧪🧵⬇️ 11773832066
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 11/05/2025We needed an XRMA attached to an SEM to find that silver lining - well done 👍🏻 000
Reposted by Frankie Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 08/05/2025I keep thinking “WOKE MARXIST POPE” to the tune of Pink Pony Club 662576414
Reposted by Frankie Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 08/05/2025As 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? 🧵 318114483002
Reposted by Frankie PaediatricFOAM.com @paediatricfoam.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Day 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 #T1DMpaediatricfoam.comDiabetic Ketoacidosis: Principles behind ProtocolsDr Jonathan Round – PICU Consultant 0177
Reposted by Frankie Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 06/05/2025We 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. 17366127
Reposted by Frankie Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter. They graded it. Bwahahaha. 21724493512892
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 06/05/2025We are, and we have the pharma base to do it 450 million people in the EU, plus UK & satellite nations who'd buy it 010
Reposted by Frankie Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Amid 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 3577463259
Reposted by Frankie Chris Worsham @chrisworsham.com · 06/05/2025John 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.beJohn NanceYouTube video by LMSOS 27316
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 06/05/2025The public think they're a quick fix. Got a cough? Must be a chest infection ➡️ abx Got a GI upset? Needs abx Got a simple UTI, no fever, flank pain or other 🚩? Too inconvenient to do self-care ➡️ abx Kid has a fever, must be bacterial... Pushing back is hard, but necessary for abx stewardship 000
Reposted by Frankie Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/05/2025GOOD 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. 🧪🧵⬇️ 11351231484
Reposted by Frankie Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Hey, UK Labour.... look at this..... ⬇️ *This* is how you win votes. Not attacking poor people. Not pandering to Reform. Making peoples lives *better*..... 1258
Reposted by Frankie Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/04/2025Telling 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. 631239352
Reposted by Frankie c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Just 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.reuters.comRobert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reportsU.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. 524121374489
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 01/05/2025It's how many there were in London in all of 2024. London has a population of 8.9 million, compared to Chicago's ~2.7 million (2020 census) So, from my PoV yes. Perhaps less so to someone from Cape Town (77 murders per day, pop 4.9 million) 020
Reposted by Frankie Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Dear Canada, Pierre Poilievre is Coming for Your Reproductive Rights vajenda.substack.com/p/dear-canad...vajenda.substack.comDear Canada, Pierre Poilievre is Coming for Your Reproductive RightsA letter to my fellow Canadians 42873467
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Dooey, Killem & Howe Though that's more like the name of their law firm... 020
Reposted by Frankie Craig Nikolic @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 22/04/2025Almost 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. 875
Reposted by Frankie Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Breast 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. 167167774635
Reposted by Frankie Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Once 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? 158130741895
Reposted by Frankie Data Against Fascism @dataagainstfascism.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Here 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 94316
Reposted by Frankie The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/04/2025Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting started | Jordana Timermantheguardian.comTrump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting started | Jordana TimermanNayib Bukele has shown how brutal control can be sustained not just through force, but by raising the cost of speaking out, says journalist Jordana Timerman 22364126
Reposted by Frankie Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 19/04/2025This is predictable, but so outrageous and disgusting. Kremlin-owned Trump is preparing to recognize Crimea as "Russian." Not only did Russia illegally annex Crimea, but they set up concentration camps I am so angry 🤬 Crimea is and will always be Ukrainian, no matter what Trump and his thugs say. 17510151
Reposted by Frankie Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 18/04/2025The Dallas ICE office is involved in a mass removal effort targeting nearly 200 people — many without removal orders — scheduled to be deported to El Salvador today. This is not just cruel – it is lawless. I refuse to stay quiet while families are being torn apart, and lives are being put at risk. 1051284859936
Reposted by Frankie WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 18/04/2025London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥 321362147673
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 19/04/2025A Brit doing the same. We're so worried for you, we see seriously fashy sh!t unfolding I was convinced he was dead, I'm incredibly relieved to see I was wrong. This is a great first step, but it's going to be a long road 020
Reposted by Frankie James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/04/2025It’s extraordinary that so much media still reports on Trump with the old, redundant tools of the trade. He lied about Ukraine, then he tried to extort Ukraine, and having failed he threatens to walk away from Ukraine. The idea that he was ever going to do anything unwelcome to Putin is ridiculous. 1083535758
Reposted by Frankie George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now. 9474503314357
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 15/04/2025My late Mam once came back from a two week holiday to find a letter giving her a week (since elapsed) to confirm she wished to remain on a waiting list It's shit 051
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Is this not a symptom of a wider problem with shifting education to being about exam scores and testing rather than learning as an end in itself The measurement has become the target 🎯 010
Frankie @friswith-med.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I don't speak Italian or Spanish. I don't speak Swedish or Norwegian I can read a menu in all of them, because I'm a Geordie who studied Latin (& speaks French) Cognates and context are seriously underrated IMO 030
Reposted by Frankie The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain... 216132405371