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Dr Shawn Walker

@midwifedrshawn.bsky.social
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Clinical Academic Midwife. Consultant, Teacher & Researcher. Breech Specialist ❤️🍑. Available for short-term clinical research visits (up to 3mos) to support your team to build newer, safer breech birth skills. makingbirthsafer.optibreech.uk/cour…

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Hellrosser @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Matron for Midwife-Led Care at the Royal London Hospital. Come join our team. Exciting times ahead: Midwife-led outpatient IOL, research into biodynamic interventions in labour, implementation of OptiBreech Collaborative Care across the largest Trust in the UK. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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Barts Health NHS Trust hiring Maternity Matron, Midwife Led Care in London, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 12:58:06 PM. We are looking for a dynamic and Senior Midwifery Manager for Midwifery Led Care (Band 8A) Royal…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Please support newly qualified midwife Rebecca Taylor to develop her research proposal by participating in this short survey about professional awareness of paternal postnatal depression. form.jotform.com/260114782786...
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
The attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney today was a vile act of antisemitic terror. I mourn those who were murdered and will be keeping their families, the Jewish community, and the Chabad movement in my prayers. May the memories of all those killed be a blessing.

While we are still waiting for all the facts to emerge, what we already know is devastating. At least 11 dead, including Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who held deep ties to Crown Heights. At least 29 injured. Another Jewish community plunged into mourning and loss, a holiday of light so painfully reduced to a day of darkness. This attack is merely the latest, most horrifying iteration in a growing pattern of violence targeted at Jewish people across the world. Too many no longer feel safe to be themselves, to express their faith publicly, to worship in their synagogues without armed security stationed outside. What happened at Bondi is what many Jewish people fear will happen in their communities too.

On Bondi Beach today, as men with long guns targeted innocents, another man ran towards the gunfire and disarmed a shooter. Tonight, as Jewish New Yorkers light menorahs and usher in a first night of Hanukkah clouded by grief, let us look to his example and confront hatred with the urgency and action it demands. When I am Mayor, I will work every day to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe—on our streets, our subways, at shul, in every moment of every day. Let this be a purpose shared by every New Yorker, and let us banish this horrific violence to the past.
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Today I added a new section about how length of pregnancy affects risks when planning a vaginal breech birth. FREE collection of informational resources for women considering their options with a breech presenting baby. Please do share. makingbirthsafer.optibreech.uk/course/breec...
Slide depicting a midwife explaining the increased risk of stillbirth or neonatal death after 39 weeks of pregnancy.
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Next physiological breech birth study day at Kingston Hospital on 19 December! Learn advanced breech skills with Emma Spillane. www.eventbrite.com/cc/physiolog...
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Physiological Breech Birth Study Days
Face-to-face physiological breech birth study days that come with free access to our on-line training materials for more learning. If you don't see one listed in your area, organise one: https://breec...
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it.  August 2019. 415ppm CO2"
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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Natasha & Sophie | Independent Midwives in Kent on Instagram: "Yesterday we left the seaside to spend the afternoon deep in breech refresher training in London with Shawn Walker of @optibreech 🍑 Bre...
22 likes, 2 comments - junomidwives on November 22, 2025: "Yesterday we left the seaside to spend the afternoon deep in breech refresher training in London with Shawn Walker of @optibreech 🍑 Breech ...
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Optimal Mode of Delivery for Individuals With Low-Risk Term Breech Presentation pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40609093/ Although term vaginal breech delivery was associated with slightly higher odds of the composite adverse neonatal outcome compared with cesarean delivery, the absolute risk remains low.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Final data from the OptiBreech cohort now available: openresearch.nihr.ac.uk//articles/3-... From Cornwall to Oldham, 199 planned vaginal breech births supported across two studies, with one serious adverse neonatal outcome (0.5%), one tenth the adverse outcome rate in the Term Breech Trial (5.0%).
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NIHR Open Research Article: How safe is it to plan a vaginal breech birth with OptiBreech collaborative care?: analysis of cumulative data within the OptiBreech Multiple Trials Cohort.
Read the latest article version by Shawn Walker, Sabrina Das, Kate Stringer, Emma Spillane, Amy Meadowcroft, Siân Davies, Jacana Bresson, Alice Hodder, Jasmine Kang, The OptiBreech Collaborative...
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Half-day physiological breech birth study day, Friday 21/11, 13:30 - 17:00. Reviews of recent cases, clinical decision-making, hands-on simulations, research update and plans for future research. www.eventbrite.com/e/physiologi...
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Physiological Breech Birth Half Day -- Royal London
Half day update for clinical skills trainers, obstetricians and midwives. Recent case review, video-based simulations, and hands-on practice
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“A republic, if you can keep it.” @silverliningunited.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Authoritarians call resistance “insurrection.” It’s the warped logic of an abuser calling healthy boundaries as “hateful” or “harmful.” They see others as extensions of themselves, and tools for their own agenda. We are justified in our autonomy and agency. Its the American way. Stand Strong 💪 🇺🇸
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The Royal London are advertising for a Saving Babies Lives midwife. www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/jobs?ref=Lin...
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Job vacancies at Barts Heath NHS Trust
Job vacancies at Barts Heath NHS Trust
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Spud Lovr @spudlovr.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
My favorite #Wisconsin #NoKings sign/flag from today. #wipolitics
Image of an large cat walking on top of a long snake, with caption OH LAWD HE TREADIN'
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Ilanit (illy) @imanor.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco #nokings
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
CATO Institute Director of Immigration Studies
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 08/06/2025
The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle. Don't give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple. Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Still LA, ICE is gathered again to start another operation after tear gassing civilians for hours at Paramount. A massive ICE presence stands across the street from civilians. This is live right now.
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Current mood.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 02/04/2025
After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
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Brian Trainor @briantrainor.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I’m tired after giving a 2 hr lecture but @booker.senate.gov gave 24+ hrs of content, just wow
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
AOC: One thing I love about Arizonans is that you all have shown that if a US Senator isn’t fighting hard enough for you, you’re not afraid to replace her with one who will.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Have you watched this yet? If you can, make some time to watch it -- you'll be glad you did.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️ STARTING TOMORROW. Nevada. Arizona. Colorado. You, me, and Bernie. Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙 See you there 💪🏽🌞
Fight the Oligarchy Rally Poster with event details for: Las Vegas, NV, Tempe, AZ, Greeley, CO, Denver, CO, and Tucson, AZ
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Tesla has been kicked out of the Vancouver auto show on the eve of the event. Elon Musk’s company will no longer be an exhibitor and all references to Tesla have been removed from the show’s website. #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakedown www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Tesla removed from Vancouver Auto Show
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
MeidasTouch BURIES Joe Rogan And Other Right-Wing Podcasts – Again. The MeidasTouch Podcast reigns supreme as podcast leader in total downloads and views with a staggering 141% audience surge.
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MeidasTouch BURIES Joe Rogan And Other Right-Wing Podcasts – Again
The MeidasTouch Podcast reigns supreme as podcast leader in total downloads and views with a staggering 141% audience surge.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Pentagon has been ordering the removal of web site references to General Colin Powell and the Tuskegee Airmen and one of the flag-raisers at Iwo Jima as part of a crackdown on DEI. Have you no shame Pete Hegseth?(hat tip to Task and Purpose, WaPo for reporting) youtube.com/shorts/0HJpe...
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Pentagon removes web references to Colin Powell and others as part of DEI purge. Have you no shame?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/03/2025
Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants. History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well. 🧵
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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Intraventricular hemorrhage prevalence rose in Korean VLBW infants over a decade, with surgical interventions linked to poorer neurodevelopmental outcomes. @world-j-pediatr.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Long-term outcomes of very low birth weight infants with intraventricular hemorrhage: a nationwide population study from 2011 to 2019 - World Journal of Pediatrics
Background Advancements in neonatal care have increased preterm infant survival but paradoxically raised intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) rates. This study explores IVH prevalence and long-term outco...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
Rep. Jasmine CrockettRep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezGov. JB PritzkerGov. Tim Walz
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 15/03/2025
1. I am one of your low vision Michigan constituents. Please use alt txt. 2. Your vote is not in the best interest of Michiganders, which is why you’re justifying it. I remember when you ran with Obama in ‘08 for your first term. I voted for you & I couldn’t be more disappointed right now.
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Make the Road NY @maketheroadny.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
🪦 New Yorkers are in front of the New York Stock Exchange for a mass die-in to symbolize how these devastating cuts will destroy families & take lives. Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions. Congress: #StopTheCuts!
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
OMG. I have loved Elvira since I was 10 years old ❤️❤️❤️
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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I used to have a running thread on twitter listing cover versions of songs that are better than the originals, gonna relitigate the issue here and number one on the list is either the Me First and the Gimme Gimmes or the Toots and the Maytals versions of "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
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alexandra @aliemalie.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Yes, it is an endorsement. Yes, when the government is fascist you SHUT IT DOWN, lick your wounds and start over based on the fundamental rules of America: democracy and freedom. You have voted against America. Families are already suffering. You have enabled a fascist to use them as pawns.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being.➡️ www.youtube.com/@americanmed...
The American Medical Association has a youtube page; they are doing daily updates on bird flu and other outbreaks since the CDC isn't allowed to.
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Congratulations to @schumer.senate.gov and the others who just played into the hands of an insane dictator who just said it's illegal for cnn and msnbc to criticize him
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LunaLuvgood2020 @lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Imagine bragging about controlling your wife and disregarding her wishes & feelings, on national television.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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Dr Shawn Walker @midwifedrshawn.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Please could you all wake up and FOLLOW THE WOMEN WITH A PLAN.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.
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