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Lyndsey Withers

@lyndseywithers.bsky.social
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Retired scientist. European. On the left. Volunteer helping people find a way out of homelessness and have healthy lives. Gardening, art (seeing/doing), rock music. Views own.

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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Seen at #Morrisons petrol station Plymstock. The green flashes are back. What could possibly go wrong? #misfuelling
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Centre for Mental Health @centreformh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
People in parts of the UK are dying up to 18 years earlier than others. MPs vote on amendments to the Health Bill this week that could write action on health inequalities into law. Ask your MP back this, and to support the @healthequals.bsky.social campaign: act.healthequals.org.uk/page/152177/...
Text: Health should be a shared responsibility across all government departments so that it’s considered in every major policy decision – from housing and employment to transport and education.
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
First veggie lunch of the season entirely out of the garden (plus parmesan and butter not home grown).
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This beast sure is big (plate is 26cm diameter). It has kept me in bruschetta for a week but is as ugly as it is tasty. Plant breeders - a bit of work still needed here.
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
"And breathe ......" #Croatia #Zadar
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Underrated post - so true!
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
A date for the diary: on UN International Day of Peace, 21st September, 'Music Without Borders', a great lineup of live folk music and song, 2-8pm, Green Table Cafe, Dartington Hall, Totnes, TQ9 6EL. Free entry and parking. Donations and raffle in aid of: musicianswithoutborders.org
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Listening to @andyburnham.bsky.social closing @bylinefestival.bsky.social talking about truth, democracy, accountability, duty of candour and access to legal representation for victims of injustice. Inspiring.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Linda Mizum: 3 steps to better health (if you can) 1. Stand up regularly during the day, don't stay seated 2. Do a squat for a minute (affects insulin resistance) 3. Skin-to-skin contact, with someone else or just yourself (oxytocin stress relief) @bylinetimes.bsky.social @bylinefestival.bsky.social
photo of the stage at Byline Festival - Building a healthier country from the bottom up

Victor Adebowale, Linda Mizum, Deborah Christie, Stephen Colgrave
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Great discussion on 'Building a healthier country from the bottom up' at @bylinefestival.bsky.social. Early mention of the importance of @michaelmarmot.bsky.social's work on social determinants of health, including impacts of poverty and poor housing on quality of life and life expectancy.
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Inspiring @kateraworth.bsky.social talking about @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social at @bylinefestival.bsky.social. Meeting people's needs within the needs of the planet. Bravo @cornwallcouncil.bsky.social for embracing the concept of a healthy sustainable future. What about it @plymouthcc.bsky.social?
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
This tomato variety clearly isn't sold for its looks - should taste great!
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Oh the anticipation!
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
An enjoyable couple of hours spent today in All Saints Church Holbeton, arranging a mix of supermarket, hedgerow and garden flowers.
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Currently travelling to Kingsbridge in a #Stagecoach bus Co time machine!
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Oh, that is so relatable! Thanks @robinince.bsky.social‬
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
"Fun videos" - really? A new low.
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
What do patients think about the pressures that doctors (in this case resident anaesthetists) experience? See: associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Written as a commentary on: associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Wonderful news - can't wait to see it take shape.
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Happy International Women’s Day! Getting posies of spring flowers ready to take to @plymsouprun.bsky.social #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #plymouthsouprun
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The art of the dead-pan placard, pioneered by Father Ted, now doing sterling service in DC (courtesy ‪@jjindc.bsky.social‬)
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This is wonderful! #sciencerocks
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Has to be the most frustrating game of #nerdle for a long time! nerdlegame 1103 5/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Oh my! Sorcery .... Wordle 1,313 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Just wonderful 👇 Worth listening to all of the clip - even more powerful than the necessarily truncated quote.
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
How quickly another year passes! Flowers near the Norman font and in the Lady Chapel in All Saints' Church #Holbeton in memory of my mother who died 27 years ago this week.
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Just brilliant!
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Sometimes seeds germinate in the wormery. A while back, I saw what looked like courgette seedlings and thought "Ah - free courgettes this year". So much for my botanical ID skills. Not free courgettes but a free Christmas nectarine tree a few years later!
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
A couple of enjoyable hours spent in local churches: at All Saints Holbeton to help with the Christmas flowers, and at St Bartholomew's Yealmpton for the Christmas Tree Festival. The WI tree had a theme of 'Peace on Earth' with lots of doves made and decorated by WI members. My humble effort shown.
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
This thread 👇 "You'll notice that what I'm arguing for - because *all* evidence points this way - is properly funded primary health care - relationship-based, continuity over time, comprehensive." #healthequity, #deepend
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I've no words for how wrong this is ............
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
"There are an estimated 2.9m people in England with malnutrition. Hospital admissions resulting in nutrition-related diagnoses in England increased by more than 39% over the past decade. Malnourished children are being treated for scurvy, bow legs, rickets and heart murmurs."
eastangliabylines.co.uk
Who can afford longevity in a cost-of-living crisis?
We all need a healthy diet. So why are politicians normalising food banks and allowing malnutrition and associated illnesses to rise?
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
“Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see…”
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Another good account to follow if you like this sort of thing. Another post of this somewhere had a caption along the lines of: "Wow, just look at Stan's stick!"
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
So true!!! P.S. Follow this account for uplifting stuff.
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Re current IHT hoo-ha. Important points about relatively harsh treatment of "climate protesters who used similar tactics who are are doing time", and "fair-weather friends, protecting their vast wealth by piggybacking on to the farmers’ understandable anxieties". But what about supermarket profits?
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Watch this space - optimistically.
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Lyndsey Withers @lyndseywithers.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I grew up in the Midlands calling this a 'pikelet' but down here in Plymouth it's called a 'crumpet'. I assumed it was a regional thing but research on t'Internet is revealing. Best comment: "A crumpet has height and a fluffy internal texture. A pikelet is a hocky puck of misery and disappointment."
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