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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

🥰 Final reminder that tomorrow (Sunday) is the biggest action day ever in the history of the Green Party. ⏳ Mayor of Hackney & local council elections in May. 💚 First timers especially welcome - no experience necessary! See you tomorrow! 🎉👇🏼 actionnetwork.org/events/big-day-ou…

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Had such a fun day today at #OSFC looking at A level places for my son. He wants to do triple science so we visited the labs who had pulled out all the stops and rolled out the coolest experiments. Dissection, dry ice, colourful chemical stuff. Awesome!

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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Oxford people - there is another far right demo planned at the asylum hotel near the Kassam. To join a peaceful counter protest go to the Holiday Inn Express, Guelder Rd, at 11.30 on Sunday 5th October. Really important to have good numbers there. Last weekend we outnumbered them 4:1

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

These #crochet fingerless gloves made me doubt my ability to read and count to 2! Pattern is celtic weave fingerless gloves on ravelry. Great pattern - all issues entirely down to me!

Pink crocheted fingerless gloves with a basket weave pattern. The wearer’s nails are painted a shiny teal colour.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Doing some work for a uni course. It’s been a while since I last did this. Used to use EndNote. Now that’s prohibitively expensive. Can’t get Mendeley to work, trying to use Zotero. No templates available for the style I need to use so I think I’m going to have to do it manually. Feels like 1994!

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Fantastic! @newtus.bsky.social you will like this. I think there is an option for rude names as well!

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Cytosponge for #BarrettsOesophagus @ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social recruited to one of the trials for this. Less invasive option for testing and definitely preferred by patients.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Where is my storm? I was promised a storm ⛈️ that would make it feel less muggy. @chadweather.bsky.social do you think it’s coming any time soon, or am I just going to melt into a puddle? 😂

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

#CrossStitch This is what I’m working on today. Maggie the Messmaker. Beautiful big blocks of colour.

Partially done cross stitch piece. Maggie the Messmaker by Dimensions. Beige Aida fabric. The sewing machine part is mostly done and bits of the background are starting to come together.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

#Midwifery #ClinicalResearch #Neonatal Looks interesting. Will have to read full article on big screen. But as we take cord blood fairly routinely from at risk infants, why not test for this is useful. Seems like a large scale trial should be very doable.

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Clare Warrell @clarewarrell.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

📣 ID/HIV Job opportunity: ST3+ Infectious Diseases Clinical Fellow at University College London Hospital/Hospital for Tropical Diseases from September 2025. Deadline 1/7/25 www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Londo...

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Job vacancy: ST3 Clinical Fellow, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London | trac.jobs

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

#NHS #Midwifery I can see a huge amount of positives for this - mainly early identification of some rare, treatable conditions. But I have HUGE concerns about the level of informed #consent for this, especially as this consent will be by parents, not the individual being tested.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 21/06/2025

Don't ignore the elephant in the waiting room: You can't fix the NHS without fixing social care.

A big red elephant sat on top of a couple in an NHS waiting room. The image is captioned 'you can't ignore the social care crisis if you want to fix the NHS'.

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Viki Male @vikilovesfacs.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

🤰🏽 Emerging evidence suggests that decidual #macrophages are attractive targets in #PretermLabour 👩🏻‍🔬 But understanding how macrophage subsets differ in their origin, function and localisation will help us to do this better! 📃 Our forum on this is out now! #ReprodSky #ObGynSky #ImmunoSky #MedSky

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Decidual macrophages as therapeutic targets in preterm labour

The initiation of labour in humans remains poorly understood, although there is mounting evidence for a role for decidual macrophages. These may trigg…

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Research at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust @ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Really promising research into #leukaemia here - Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust supported this study at the Royal Oldham Hospital and Salford Royal www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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UK-wide drug trial hailed as a ‘milestone’ in leukaemia treatment

Combination of two targeted drugs found to produce better outcomes and was more tolerable than chemotherapy

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I have a big finish! I absolutely loved stitching some of those cats. Others, not so much. December, we are looking at you! Needs a good wash and iron but I’m impatient and wanted to share Kit by @hcrafts.com original artwork by Margaret Sherry

Completed cross stitch piece. Calendar cats by Heritage from art by Margaret Sherry. One cat for each month of the year all doing relevant activities. Eg October is sweeping leaves, august is sunbathing.
All cats are fluffy and cute illustrative style.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

#NHS #Midwifery Worked some bank shifts recently with some amazing colleagues. One shift in particular came away thinking - yep, we’ve done a really good job there. Often that doesn’t happen because if staffing and pressures etc. You feel that you could and should have done more. 1/?

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I used to really like the free pens. No one ever offered me several thousand pounds though. How can he be for the #NHS when he’s in the pocket of the private companies.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

It is tea time for the dog. I’m not sure why, but she feels the need to go and bark at the trees where the birds sit as soon as she realises it’s tea time or walk time. I don’t think the birds care really. They aren’t getting tea. Or a walk. But dog definitely feels they need to know.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

#IDM2025 #Midwifery #Maternity Happy International Day of the Midwife to all my colleagues all around the world.

A person in Labour is leaning against a midwife wearing scrubs. The midwife is supporting them physically and emotionally.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

#Maternity #Midwifery Interesting. Wonder if same holds true for all pregnancies, not just those in SLE. Could be particularly relevant in UK a where most people have low vit D.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Found this #fabric at Dalston Mill. Will have to get some. Need to make scrubs for work. Or at least a theatre hat. Or maybe a dress as well. #sewing #midwifery

Cream cotton fabric with multi coloured abstract vulvas on it. Quite awesome.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

My wonderful daughter turned 18 yesterday. I have permission to post this photo (and not the other silly ones!). We shopped and she had a Pina Colada. Much to her disappointment she was not asked for her ID. Probably because I paid and I certainly do not look 18! 😂😂

Girl with long blonde/brown hair is smiling. She’s wearing a White Fox top and has a cocktail on the table in front of her. She’s now 18!

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

#MedSky #NurseSky #Midwifery I sutured a perineum today, and I had one of those saddle stools to sit on. Normally I sit on the side of the bed, but not today. Why are they that shape? My anatomy is clearly an entirely different shape because I couldn’t get out of the car when I got home!

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I have news! The post I have been seconded to has been made permanent, and I got the job. 😁 Oncology Research Team Lead Very happy!! #CancerResearch #ClinicalResearch

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I don’t think I’m a huge fan of Macron but this is beautiful.

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

to really take your research to the next level, it is important to build interdisciplinary teams #collaboration #scientificinterfaces

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

This looks really promising I think. Will be watching with interest.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

So today I learned that I am not as clever as a crow. 😂 The ‘quick’ instruction panicked me a bit so I just picked a random shape. The wrong one apparently. But this pretty much represents how the rest of my day went as well 😂😂

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024. This isn't due to luck or skill. Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

A Christmas ornament from #VictoriaSampler photo as usual doesn’t really do the colours justice. I really like this one. Very elegant. Started by my friend Pat before she died, and I completed it. Hope I’ve done a good job for you Pat ❤️ #CrossStitch #Hardanger #CutWork

Cross stitch and hardanger ornament. White cut work in the centre with wrapped bars and doves eyes.

Red and green rose motifs in each corner and a gold cross stitched border.

Most of the cut work was done by a very dear friend before she died. I completed the piece and I hope I’ve done her justice.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Does there ever come a point where your brain is so full of stuff that it can’t take on any more stuff - no matter how small the new stuff is? Because I think I might now be at that point! Wish I could offload some of the useless stuff to make room for important stuff.

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

This is huge - and wonderful news if we are approaching an effective treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

#Caturday This is Millie. A true princess cat. She is currently asleep on a double bed with a a mattress with integrated topper, plus additional memory foam topper, then a duvet, a blanket, then her cat bed, with an extra cushion in it. Anything less is not acceptable to her.

Ginger and white cat curled up and sleeping soundly in a grey cat bed.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I’m about to go visit my daughter’s workplace (bar/restaurant), with my husband, while she’s on shift. At her request. Apparently it’s my Mother’s Day present. She’s 17. Husband and I are absolutely bricking it. If we breathe wrong, she will not forgive us for at least a month. 😬😬😬

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I probably shouldn’t like this - but I do!!

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Several years ago I used to clench/grind my teeth. Especially when I was annoyed. Now I seem to have replaced that habit with biting the inside of my lip. This hurts, so I have no idea why I keep doing it. Need to move on to nail biting or something.

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Is there an etiquette for Teams channels? Can I just add people to a channel without asking them first or would that be rude? I think it’s a helpful thing I’m adding them to (but I suppose they might not agree!)

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Stitching and a brew while my boys do the shopping! Perfect. #Coffee #CrossStitch

A large soya latte in a Costa coffee cup, next to a small cross stitch kit (Beyond Cross Stitch by Victoria Sampler 1-8).

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Rachel the Research Midwife @racheln76.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

My husband has agreed to try to take some of the ‘mental load’ from me. So today he came to ask me which table we should sit at in the cafe because that was too much of a decision for him. 🙄😂😂

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

It is costing you £20bn a year NOT to nationalise the water companies, and it is going to go up nearly 10% EVERY YEAR. All that money is stolen out of the UK to foreign tax havens. This is the cost that you cannot afford.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

How justice 'works'.

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ICR-CTSU @icr-ctsu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Data from our CHHiP trial was used in this combined analysis investigating radiotherapy for #ProstateCancer. Looking at 5,880 participants' data from 7 studies confirmed that prostate radiotherapy could be safely given over 4 weeks, rather than 7. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Hypofractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer (HYDRA): an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised trials in the MARCAP consortium

Trials comparing moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy (MHFRT) to conventionally-fractionated radiotherapy (CFRT) for prostate cancer have varied c…

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Matt Smith @mattsmeeth.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Today is World Down Syndrome Day. We've recently updated one of our i-Learn modules and renamed it :-) "Down syndrome: Care and considerations". Check it out here: www.ilearn.rcm.org.uk/course/view.... @rcm.org.uk #ilearn #elearning #learntech #rcm #midwife #msw #downsyndrome #WorldDownSyndromeDay

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