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Caroline Ritchie

@nanonanu.bsky.social
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Semi-retired psychiatrist, full-time carer. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ADHD etc. Love comedy, all kinds of music (percussion!), neuroscience, shoes, mobiles (dangly ones), alebrijes, Edinburgh Festivals, dancing, overdressing, stopping to smell the flowers.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
"Countries that relied only on the normal tools (voting, suing, legislating) climbed back to democracy seven percent of the time... But! Countries that added a civil resistance movement on top of that... climbed back fifty-one percent of the time."
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Why Just Voting Isn’t Enough to Stop a Dictator
Three reasons to remember we are the only guardrails we have.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Two clear & colossal threats: 1) Palantir (especially under the US CLOUD Act 2018) and 2) the UK-US pharmaceutical deal of Dec 2025 where UK govt, without scrutiny, changed NHS pricing rules at Trump’s behest. Both must go. #NHS #Burnham #Palantir #Trump
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UK must end US interference in NHS
YouTube video by Scientists for EU
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Hanging out at the Royal Concert Hall with Weegies of a certain age again. #lastchancetosee(probably)
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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A Scooby doo meme of fred pulling the mask off a ghost labeled unexpected happiness and motivation and revealing if to be hypomania
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Vanta black is made from carbon nanotubes, and absorbs something like 99.965% of all the light falling on it. It creates a sense of total absence, with no hint of the topography of the surface it's on. Is it suspended in space? Painted on the wall? Flat or concave?
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Kay @gothwhoreofbabylon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Green and Black Cross are offering trans-specific know your rights protest training this Friday. The link to sign up is here, and I’d appreciate it if you could share this widely.
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Trans-Specific Know Your Rights Training – 12th June, 6.30pm-8.30pm (ONLINE) | Green and Black Cross
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
New research from Yale and Johns Hopkins identifies microvascular endotheliopathy (inflammation and damage to small blood vessels) as a primary driver of long COVID brain fog. The study indicates that vascular damage from the initial infection leads to long-term neuroinflammation.
healthrising.org
Inflamed Blood Vessels Appear to be Causing Brain Fog in Long COVID - Health Rising
Yale researchers find that inflamed blood vessels are associated with cognitive declines in long COVID.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/04/2026
One of the most enraging aspects of [waves hands] all this is that the assholes dismantling America's government *do not understand it*. They are stupid, incurious people who've spent their lives marinating in RW agitprop. They have no idea what they are destroying.
thehandbasket.co
Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book
Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"
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Tristan Stewart-Robertson @srtristan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
A bit like the Russians, if there's a war, you're one of the ones who started and fed it. So you can end your "special military operation" against trans people any time you like.
Jenny Lindsay: one year on from supreme court victory, I'm still hoping for an end to 'gender wars'
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Fred: Hey Shaggy have you seen Velma? Shaggy: It wasn't me! Fred: What?? Shaggy: It wasn't me! Fred: Guys, I think we picked up the wrong Shaggy again. Shaggy: Mr Lover Lover Mmmm
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I can’t decide whether the current US administration knows exactly what it is doing in this respect or not.
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Many people think that a scientific consensus is a large group of scientists who all agree that something is true. In reality, it’s a large body of scientific studies that all agree with and support each other. The agreement is a by-product of the consistent evidence.
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I was beginning to think that the people writing about this thread to the Trump administration’s agenda were fantasists. Silly me.
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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Science-based humour.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just going to leave this here
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fredolives.bsky.social @fredolives.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/01/2026
You know Alex Pretti & Renee Good—the 2 white people ICE killed. ICE has also killed Keith Porter, a Black man, Parady La, a Cambodian man, & 5 Latinos—Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos. 9 TOTAL. ABOLISH ICE.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23/01/2026
WHO removing Us Flag
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A law passed in the USA means that all new cars will have 'killswitches' built into them. Technically they are only supposed to be used by law enforcement if you are 'impaired'. But what do you think ICE will do with this power?
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
Screenshot from STAT article that says


"What we're going to have is a real-world experience of when unvaccinated people get measles," he said. "What is the new incidence of hospitalization? What's the incidence of death?"
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Nature @nature.com · 21/01/2026
Undiagnosed girls with ADHD face higher risks of bad outcomes than boys do, ranging from relationship issues to eating disorders and self-harm go.nature.com/3NWUIH2
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Why ADHD goes undiagnosed in girls
Differences in how the condition presents in girls, and co-occurring psychiatric conditions, make detection more difficult.
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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Ashley Carter @ashleycarter.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Disneyland Handcrafted, a new documentary from Leslie Iwerks, begins streaming Jan. 22 on Disney+ and Disney's YouTube channel. The documentary uses rare archival footage to give viewers an inside look at the creation of Disneyland.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/01/2026
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Sit with discomfort
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Yet another incident that does nothing to reduce antisemitism.
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Tom Rodebaugh @drrodebaugh.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Clinical folks, what's your best recommendation for someone trying to get better at Socratic questioning/dialogue? I went looking and found that even when authors said it was super important, they talked about it quite abstractly. Where's the how to? Please repost!
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
The world is a dangerous place for intersex people, and new research shows that many feel it’s getting worse | Jennie Kermode
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On Intersex Awareness Day, thousands feel unsafe to live openly
The world is a dangerous place for intersex people, and new research shows that many feel it’s getting worse
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Well, well, well.
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Richer than Croesus plus poisonous ideology gets you this. The terrifying thing is that these people are now able to buy anything or anyone.
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Picturesque, family friendly Millport with its delightful Victorian promenade inundated with washed-up sex toys. Get ‘em before they’re gone (many dishwasher safe)! www.thenational.scot/news/2552366...
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Locals bemused as dozens of sex toys wash up on Scottish beach
Dozens of sex toys have washed up on a beach in Millport ...
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Be like Jane.
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
This is really sad. Conservationist Dame Jane Goodall dies aged 91 www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Conservationist Dame Jane Doodall dies aged 91
Dr Goodall was a world-leading expert on chimpanzees and a renowned conservationist.
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
And I’m certain that he’ll still expect to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for all the wars that he has brought to an end (I’ll be amazed if Hamas accept the terms of his Gaza “deal”).
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Interesting piece. This paragraph in particular contains information of which I was not previously aware. www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/30/t...
A screenshot of a paragraph of text from a longer article: “And the change in rules and norms that allow CEO pay to explode also allowed for top end pay to rise in other contexts. Longer and stronger patent and copyright monopolies made many STEM workers millionaires or even billionaires. The abuse of bankruptcy laws by private equity companies, also created many millionaires and billionaires. This is a mix of wages and profits, since the private equity partners who get the big bucks are ostensibly working for their money. The bloated financial sector more generally has also made for many big paychecks.”
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
“He cherry-picked and misrepresented study results…” How very Andrew Wakefield of him! www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Harvard’s Public Health Dean Was Paid $150,000 to Testify Tylenol Causes Autism | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard School of Public Health Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli received at least $150,000 to testify against Tylenol’s manufacturer in 2023 — two years before he published research used by the Trump admini...
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Deazaguanylation - snappy. Does what it says on the tin but.
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Immigration and potholes - two surefire ways to con the Great British public into surrendering their civil liberties. #whatfreshhellisthis www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Public backs ‘super ID card’ which could be used to report potholes
Ministers have recently said they are considering introducing a form of digital ID for adults in Britain
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
So this is coming up and it would be great if people could get behind it! comedy.army
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Comedy Army
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 24/09/2025
Researchers have discovered a new biological process they've called 'interstasis', which keeps groups of proteins in check, preventing excessive build up and protecting the cell from potential harm. www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
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Better together: researchers discover how cells keep groups of proteins in check
Researchers have discovered a new biological process that they’ve called ‘interstasis’, a way for cells to promote the equilibrium of functionally-related proteins, preventing too many from accumulati...
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Interesting.
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
In a world sorely in need of illumination, a light has gone out. Goodbye my friend. We will not see your like again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Optimo DJ JD Twitch dies after being diagnosed with brain tumour - BBC News
Keith McIvor was one half of the duo who ran Optimo Espacio at Glasgow's Sub Club between between 1997 and 2010.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore. So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism. From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved: guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...
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Ten things you can do to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism
I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.
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Caroline Ritchie @nanonanu.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
This seems like good advice the way things are going but actually pretty complicated for those of us of a certain vintage. How do you sign up for this stuff without using traceable personal details? Burner phone for 3 factor verification etc? Make up the rest?
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