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Rachel Fraser

@rachelfraser.bsky.social
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Perinatal, parent-infant and couples psychologist. Loves Winnicott more than loves life itself. DrRachelFraser.com. Tha Gàidhlig (lapach) agam.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.
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Rachel Fraser @rachelfraser.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Peter Krykant has died aged only 48. His life was really important. He spoke truth to power and forced them into action- using his own time, his own money, his own pain. He saved lives. If you'd never heard of him, honour his life by taking the time to find out.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 15/05/2025
America is complicit in the slaughter of the Palestinian people. 2.2 million people are trapped. Disease is spreading. Children are starving to death. And we continue to provide U.S. military aid to Netanyahu.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 11/05/2025
Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development. Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system. Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.
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Suzanne Zeedyk @suzannezeedyk.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I am soooo delighted that such interest is already being expressed in this conversation event with Darren McGarvey. And we only announced it today! I think his book is innovative & novel & thoughtful and that the world needs it. #TraumaIndustrialComplex 14 May, 7pm thebowlbycentre.org.uk/cpd/
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Psychotherapy Continuing Personal Development
Psychotherapy Continuing Personal Development at the Bowlby Centre for psychotherapy training
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 08/04/2025
We were very sad to hear of the passing of Blondie drummer Clem Burke, who visited our #SummerScience Exhibition in 2023 with the Clem Burke Drumming Project to explore the physical and mental benefits of drumming. clemburkedrummingproject.org
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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
Full of people down 5th avenue, view from 39th Street.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/04/2025
UK parents with babies in neonatal care gain right to paid leave
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UK parents with babies in neonatal care gain right to paid leave
Measures hailed as lifeline for parents will allow people with sick babies to take up to 12 weeks’ leave Parents with children in neonatal care will gain a day-one right to paid leave and pay in a move hailed as “a lifeline for parents” with sick babies. From Sunday, the measures will allow eligible parents to take up to 12 weeks of leave and pay, on top of maternity and paternity leave. Continue reading...
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 28/03/2025
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
“At the moment, this will be the first Labour Government likely to oversee a significant rise in the number of children in poverty” Save the children UK This must be stopped
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Tristan Yates @tristansyates.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Why do we not remember being a baby? One idea is that the hippocampus, which is essential for episodic memory in adults, is too immature to form individual memories in infancy. We tested this using awake infant fMRI, new in @science.org #ScienceResearch www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Hippocampal encoding of memories in human infants
Humans lack memories for specific events from the first few years of life. We investigated the mechanistic basis of this infantile amnesia by scanning the brains of awake infants with functional magne...
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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Israel killed 174 Palestinian children over night, in just a few hours. Over the past year & a half, Israel's genocide has killed tens of thousands of Palestinian children. Not since the Rwandan genocide has anyone killed children at the rate Israel is murdering them.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/03/2025
‘Labour is deserting me’: disabled people fear impact of Pip changes
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‘Labour is deserting me’: disabled people fear impact of Pip changes
As the government weighs benefit cuts, many warn of impact on independence and employment
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Partick Thistle FC @partickthistle.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
FT' Queen's Park 0⃣ - 2⃣Partick Thistle Three points secured in style.😎 #QPFCvPTFC #WeAreThistle
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Jamie Daw @jamiedaw.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
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Hundreds of research grants at Columbia canceled following Trump edict, administrator says
The National Institutes of Health is terminating 232 grants for scientific research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, according to an email an administrator sent to faculty.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/03/2025
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
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James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
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Tom Hogg 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @tomhogg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Trump wrong again
A graphic from The Financial Times showing that European support for Ukraine is around 40% more than that from the United States.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/03/2025
Angie Stone was a wise singer who deeply understood the power of love and lust
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Angie Stone was a wise singer who deeply understood the power of love and lust
The neo-soul artist, who has died aged 63, had years of experience by the time she became a star – and brought it to bear on a carnal, careworn catalogue
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Rachel Fraser @rachelfraser.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
#SeachainNaGàidhlig #WorldGaelicWeek Taking my cue from the "world" bit here on #LàAbairtNaGàidhlig Gaelic Phrase Day. Here's two for our friends across the loch. To be found in my favourite book, courtesy of @natlibscot.bsky.social digital.nls.uk/dcn6/7858/78... @sngaidhlig.bsky.social
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Seachdain na Gàidhlig (World Gaelic Week) @sngaidhlig.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Suas leis a’ Ghàidhlig! Tha ar cànan beò! Tha Ailean Cuimeanach a' gabhail pàirt ann an #LàAbairtNaGàidhlig 🍾 Feuch nach bi sibh go ma thàladh le deagh chèilidh! (Don't threaten me with a good time!) #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2025 #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #cleachdi #WorldGaelicWeek2025 #ScottishGaelic
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Dads Rock @dadsrockorg.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Glasgow Dads! We're back here on Saturday for more playgroup fun. Come meet other Dads and kids. It's free! 10am Maryhill Community Central Halls. @kaukabstewart.bsky.social
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Seachdain na Gàidhlig (World Gaelic Week) @sngaidhlig.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Tha Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2025 an seo! Thèid barrachd air 150 tachartas a chumail an t-seachdain seo a’ brosnachadh agus a’ moladh na Gàidhlig air feadh na h-Alba agus air feadh an t-soaghail, ann an Sasann, Canada, Argentina agus air loidhne! Tha sinn air bhioran gus am faic sinn dè a tha
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 24/02/2025
UofG, in partnership with @glasgowcc.bsky.social have launched Gaelic Connect, a digital platform connecting Glasgow's #Gaelic community. Find cèilidhs, learning groups & more at your fingertips. @sngaidhlig.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
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Mòr-ionad didseatach ùr an dòchas ceangal ri coimhearsnachd Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu
New digital hub hopes to connect Glasgow’s Gaelic  community
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Ardsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu -Glasgow Gaelic Secondary School @asgghlaschu.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
@sngaidhlig.bsky.social @emmabolger.bsky.social ❤️
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Partick Thistle FC @partickthistle.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
24/2/25 - 2/3/2025 ‘S e seachdain na Gàidhlig a th’ ann, rudeigin gle cudromach gu sinne aig Partick Thistle FC. Tha e cothrom a bhrosnachadh an cànan de Scottish Gàidhlig ann an Alba. ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/se...
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Rachel Fraser @rachelfraser.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Really useful bit of research this, lots of clinical and service-related implications and applications. Thanks @annamzhou.bsky.social and collaborators
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/02/2025
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. propub.li/43487Tj
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans: www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
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Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a right to the procedure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 14/02/2025
They're irresistible
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Nicola Canale @drnicolacanale.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Parents/caregivers in Wales. Can you please help us by completing this short survey.
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Nicola Canale @drnicolacanale.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Rhieni/gofalwyr yng Nghymru. Allwch chi sbario 5 munud i gwblhau plis?
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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Been chatting with some valued colleagues. Our shared perspective is that even the very best parenting interventions have only limited impact (at best) unless we pay attention to the family's social and economic context, adopt a trauma-focus, work relationally and flexibly, and implement well.
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@sherimadigan @sherimadigan.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
🚨Our multi-wave, multi-informant, multi-method, multi-generational study on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is now out in JCPP! We examine how maternal ACEs shape child socio-emotional & cognitive outcomes. w/ Andre Plamondon & Jenny Jenkins 👇 acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Dads Rock @dadsrockorg.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Can you help these researchers? They're looking for children aged between 2 - 7 to participate in a trial. It involves taking shoes home for 2 weeks and documenting any changes to gait and toe walking you'll receive a free pair upon completion of the trial. Find out more: newfoundhope.co.uk
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
What works best during early years to improve children’s outcomes? 1. Reducing poverty 2. Protection from harm 3. Parent-child relationships This new report adds to the evidence www.betterpurpose.co/early-childh...
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Early Childhood Outcomes Report | Better Purpose
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ZERO TO THREE @zerotothree.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Medicaid is a lifeline to babies, children and their families and covers 2 in 5 of all US births and 40% of all children. Urge your Members of Congress to #ThinkBabies and protect Medicaid. #HandsOffMedicaid
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Great to see research of father/non-birthing partners and the parent-infant relationship. Study of 312 partners shows if they find the birth traumatising & develop PTSD symptoms, they are more likely to experience the baby as "intrusive" later on bit.ly/42FCoYz
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Potentially traumatic childbirth experience, childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and the parent-infant relationship in non-birthing parents - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Non-birthing parents are typically present for the birth of their infants. Evidence suggests that some non-birthing parents may experience witnessing childbirth as traumatic, with some goin...
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ZERO TO THREE @zerotothree.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Economic security is one of the strongest predictors of long term well-being. Too many families with young children lack the financial security needed to thrive, with high poverty levels putting them at a greater risk of chronic stress and poor health. www.zerotothree.org/issue-areas/...
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Economic Security
Explore our work on economic security to support families and children. Learn about our initiatives to improve financial stability for early childhood.
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Ardsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu -Glasgow Gaelic Secondary School @asgghlaschu.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Step back in time with a screening from the Cinema Sgire collection - a unique archive of Gaelic community films produced in the Outer Hebrides during the 1970s and 1980s. 📆 6:15-7:30pm, 26 February 📍Kelvin Hall, Glasgow 🎟️ Free Part of #SeachdainNaGaidhlig #WorldGaelicWeek
A screenshot from a Cinema Sgire film, preserved in the National Library of Scotland’s Moving Image Archive.
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Dads Rock @dadsrockorg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Come work for us! - Join the best team. We're looking for a Dads worker in Dundee. full details below: goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...
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Family Worker with Dads Rock – Goodmoves
Responsible to: CEO We’re looking for a part time family worker to come join our team! You’ll be working alongside Dads and families in Dundee to support them. You’ll be supporting Dads and fam...
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
We very much welcome the Royal Foundation’s Centre for Early Childhood launching this new framework for lifelong health. At the heart of it, “knowing ourselves”, a product of ‘becoming known’ by our parents, carers & others through attuned relationships. centreforearlychildhood.org/our-work/res...
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The Shaping Us Framework - CFEC
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I’m sad to learn that my law school classmate, Kiah Duggins, died in the DC plane crash last night. Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer and aspiring legal scholar. I hope you’ll read about her work and the causes she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below. What an immense loss
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 27/01/2025
Today marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. This anniversary is a time to remember the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust. It’s also a moment to reflect on the strength and courage of those who survived and continue to share their stories.
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Dads Rock @dadsrockorg.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Delighted to receive an amazing £5000 from local supporter and McDonald's Franchisee for Gorgie, Princes Street, Chesser and Galashiels. Graham popped across the road today to meet some of the team - Rachel, Andy, Lisa, Ryan and Thomas - and present us with this huge cheque 🙌
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Rachel Fraser @rachelfraser.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
www.bbc.com/news/article... 58 of those children were babies under the age of one. If you're not thinking about poverty, you're not thinking about infant mental health.
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Temporary housing linked to deaths of at least 74 children
Official data show that 58 of those children were babies under the age of one.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, everything that led to the Holocaust is in danger of being forgotten. The Nazis channeled the demands of oligarchs, scapegoated minorities and replaced democracy with a new imperium. Those politics are returning. #NeverForget #NeverAgain
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Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
But if the cause be not good, the king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make, when all those legs and arms and heads, chopped off in battle, shall join together at the the latter day and cry all, 'We died at such a place' Coming in April
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