Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 17/03/2026Rotational Gravity xkcd.com/3220/ 143326371
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Mega #TheListereens #NephMadnessParty, complete with PopArt cake. Massive thanks to Sarah, Videsh, Shaza, Usama, and Qiang for their passionate arguments. Still can't get over the TeamCat mask! 001
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe Sarah Melville @sarahkmels.medsky.network · 11/03/2026lol, new meme for you & for #NephMadness 2026, 🤓😃😂 131
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Ok #NephMadness has truly set in. In our local battle, POCUS in AKI just beat Complement Inhibition in IgA nephropathy.media.tenor.coma picture of a minion with the words whaaat written on itALT: a picture of a minion with the words whaaat written on it 131
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Not sure how to make this week more Kidney! #UKKW2026 kicked off today, #NephMadness teaching session tomorrow, and #WKD on Thursday!media.tenor.comtwo red kidneys with arms and legs are standing next to each otherALT: two red kidneys with arms and legs are standing next to each other 021
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Looking forward to our second #NephMadness session tomorrow! Antonious Hanna presenting on POCUS.media.tenor.coma little girl wearing a top hat with the word hocus pocus on the bottom rightALT: a little girl wearing a top hat with the word hocus pocus on the bottom right 031
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe UK Kidney Association @ukkidney.org · 10/03/2026#UKKW26 is officially underway! Day 1 highlights include: 🧠 11:30–13:00 | Opening Plenary: Hypertension (Prof Ian Wilkinson), O’Donoghue Lecture (Prof Smeeta Sinha), Advanced Practice session (Paula McLaren) 💬 14:00–15:30 | Bridging the Gap: CKD & Primary Care Tag us/ follow #UKKW26 for updates! 042
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Complement inhibitors were our win for the IgA nephropathy #NephMadness bracket! Time for a new meme! 172
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Renal pictionary meets #NephMadness! Our first bracket party kicks off tomorrow with ... 122
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe JAMA @jama.com · 03/03/2026IgA nephropathy is the most common cause of immune-mediated glomerular disease worldwide. 📄 This Review summarizes the pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of primary IgA nephropathy in adults. ja.ma/47bIhht 054
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe Cristina Popa @nephroseeker.medsky.social · 01/03/2026It’s March 1st 🌸🌷… So, it’s #NephMadness time Here are the 8 topics competing tuis year 👇👇 Any favourites? ajkdblog.org/2026/03/01/w...ajkdblog.orgWelcome to #NephMadness 2026Our beautiful baby has grown into a moody, hormonal teen. That’s right, it’s year 14 of NephMadness! Whether this is your first time or you are a seasoned veteran, we have all the inf… 077
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Yay! The #NephMadness topics are out! ajkdblog.org/2026/03/01/w...ajkdblog.orgWelcome to #NephMadness 2026Our beautiful baby has grown into a moody, hormonal teen. That’s right, it’s year 14 of NephMadness! Whether this is your first time or you are a seasoned veteran, we have all the inf… 034
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe Brian Rifkin @brianrifkin.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Are you ready for #NephMadness baby? #NephSkymedia.tenor.comtwo men wearing headphones are sitting next to each other and one of them is saying madness babyALT: two men wearing headphones are sitting next to each other and one of them is saying madness baby 063
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe Tairāwhiti Doc @tairawhitidoc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Sunrise (with beach cat), Tuesday, 3 February, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️ 510317
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe American Journal of Kidney Diseases @ajkd.bsky.social · 15/01/2026#NephMadness 2026: Meet the Gamemakers bit.ly/3Nk10Ap 073
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Happy New Year from a freezing Greenwich 000
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 25/11/2025An announcement www.nephjc.com/news/2025/11... #NephJC @kidneyboy.bsky.social and moi hand over the @nephjc.bsky.social reigns to @nephroseeker.medsky.social & @brianrifkin.bsky.socialnephjc.comTaking the reigns — NephJCIn April 2014, Swapnil and I launched NephJC—and within weeks we were overwhelmed by the sheer work of running a twice-monthly, Twitter-based journal club. Fortunately, we also had a deep bench of fri... 85415
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe Matthew Sparks @nephrosparks.bsky.social · 06/11/2025The 2025 #NephMadness logo dropped #kidneywk ajkdblog.org/2025/11/06/n... 0125
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 26/07/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comImmigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrestVideo from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets 17634
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 12/07/2025apnews.com/article/uae-... Other places to hear Beethoven's Ninth include St Albans tonight!apnews.comA classical drive: Road rumble strips play Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in UAE emirate of FujairahA highway in Fujairah, UAE, now plays Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as cars drive over special rumble strips. 000
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 02/07/2025Nephrologists deported Grants defunded NIDDK folded into National Institute of body parts AHRQ demolished Now this… When are our organizations going to speak up? #NephSky 194
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 10/07/2025‘It is hard to imagine any president dismantling it’ Sad, but true words @judith-levine.bsky.social On the ICE expansion as the US becomes a thug-state, in @theguardian.com. Libertarians rejoice /s www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIce is about to become the biggest police force in the US | Judith LevineTrump’s budget bill is creating a colossus with more resources than many national militaries 161
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe The BMA @bma.org.uk · 07/07/2025Today marks 20 years since the 7/7 bombings struck London. On that day, 52 people were killed, with many more injured. We remember all those who lost their lives and were – and continue to be – impacted by the events of that day. www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi... 2115
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Happy solstice! Amazing swim with black squirrels keeping watch! 010
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 14/06/2025St Albans giants waiting for next week's parade! 000
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Looking forward to a fab evening of Vivaldi, Purcell and Haydn! 000
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Feels close. Hopefully will rain soon. Amazed that crops can grown in such dry soil. 000
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe St Albans International Organ Festival @organfestival.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Exhilarating music, inspirational performers – celebrating the organ and so much more. The 33rd St Albans International Organ Festival and Competitions will take place from 7 to 19 July 2025. organfestival.com/the-festival/ 122
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Just made it for the evening chorus and sunset! 020
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe geddescc.bsky.social @geddescc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025KFRE underestimates risk in people with CKD and frailty journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...journals.lww.comFrailty in Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease and... : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrologyaim was to validate KFRE by frailty status and assess whether model performance could be improved by using cystatin based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations and to assess the impact... 042
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe St Albans Cathedral @stalbanscathedral.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Hear music that was made to soar — in a space built to carry it. Listen and feel Vivaldi, Haydn & Purcell echoing through the nave of St Albans Cathedral with the brilliant St Albans Bach Choir on Saturday 14 June, 7.30pm. 🎟️https://bit.ly/4k0BrQf ~ @stalbansbachchoir.bsky.social #Summer #Music 184
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe Kidney Care UK @kidneycareuk.bsky.social · 18/05/2025❗Registration is now open for the Young Adult Kidney Group annual residential weekend! This free event is for young people aged 18-30 who have a kidney condition. Find out more & sign up for 2025 here 👇👉 kidneycareuk.org/get-support/... Registration closes on Thurs 26 June 023
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 13/05/2025What would the kidney sound like, expressed as orchestral music? Fascinating programme about the Organ Symphony, which "brings to life the stories of five people and their relationship with one of their vital organs." loftusmedia.co.uk/project/the-... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukIlluminated - The Organ Symphony - BBC SoundsFive peoples' stories about their relationship with an internal organ - set to music. 000
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081 5865978420440
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 23/04/2025The ASIs have arrived www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Aldosterone synthase inhibitors - first one to finish the phase 3 line #Lorundrostat #Hypertensionnejm.orgLorundrostat Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension | NEJMAldosterone dysregulation contributes to hypertension. Lorundrostat is an aldosterone synthase inhibitor, but data on its efficacy and safety in patients with hypertension are limited. In this mult... 33727
Laura Ratcliffe @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Tried to look something up on Israel Penn International Transplant Tumour Registry (www.ipittwww.ipittr.uc.edu/Home.cfm) and got a 404. If anyone has the new link, would be v grateful. #NephSkyipittr.uc.edu 100
Reposted by Laura Ratcliffe American Journal of Kidney Diseases @ajkd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025#NephMadness 2025: The Winners bit.ly/NM25Winnersbit.ly#NephMadness 2025: The WinnersNephMadness 2025 brought us the both the most competitive matchups and brackets in our illustrious history. Team CAR-T for Autoimmune Diseases from the CAR-T for Kidney Disease Region was eventual… 183