"Disinformation has become an industry, an outrage economy organized around a division dividend, which allows people to profit from division and poison."
@london.gov.uk at the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
youtu.be/8Zip3CoDwGo
A JAMA article published online April 20, 2026, titled "Eliminating Unnecessary Animal Testing" by Tracy Beth Høeg et al. It includes a timeline from Apr 2025 to Mar 2026 of FDA roadmap accomplishments to reduce animal testing, with milestones like "International alignment on text@1 strategy".
💬 Perspective: The FDA’s Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing advances #NewApproachMethodologies as alternatives to routine animal studies, reflecting scientific, ethical, and regulatory shifts in preclinical drug safety evaluation.
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Not sure if this is widely known about and I have missed it, but here's a link anyway:
www.gov.uk/government/c...
"..seeks views on the draft General Medical Council Order 2026, which would reform how the (GMC) regulates medical practitioners, physician associates and anaesthesia associates.."
Extremely disappointing to see @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social retweeting & endorsing the below without any commentary on WHY overseas trained doctors are 2.5 times more likely to get referred to the GMC. He's clearly uninformed about the GMC's own research into the huge role played by racism.
2/ It's essential to participate in the consultation, which is open now and will run until 23 June
"Reforming the General Medical Council legislative framework"
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Hopefully in the freezer and painlessly dispatched before boiling.
A culture that tolerates and elevates pseudoscience will be at odds with the health of its citizens.
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
Shame must change sides: fostering fairness and respect in medicine - @bjajournals.bsky.social
www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S000...
This is such a powerful article. Recently I was addressed by a male as 'Little Missy'. A little missy with 20+ years of training
Read it. Share it. Read it again.
9/11 And while some may argue, we have a workforce crisis and need more people, experience with nursing associates shows that adding less qualified people can make things more dangerous www.bmj.com/content/386/...
It's hard to make sense of all the multiple discourses about the NHS. I find myself sceptical a lot of the time- there's so much promotion of vested interests. The people I trust are those who step back & consider diverse forms of evidence, & who are committed to an inclusive, participatory process.
An unrushed conversation that enables us to hear each other & let our thinking unfold- if this was a medicine it'd be sold as a breakthrough!
But it's just a basic human way of being- that enables understanding, dignity, & inclusion. And our fast paced 'efficient' environment constantly stifles it.
Time & time again I see the negative impact of forcing things - forcing people - when they're not ready. And in contrast, I see the ease of giving things time to unfold naturally.
When are we gonna see how the relentless pressure on pace, & packing our schedules, is making us miserable & stressed?
A young deer sits asleep in a pile of autumn leaves, watched over by a blackbird. The text above the deer reads: Decision fatigue is perfectly normal when we’re grieving.
We make 35,000 decisions every single day ‼️
After Steve died, I was shattered and all that thinky time made my brain want to explode 🤯
For anyone grieving, try to create routines and habits that give your mind a break for a moment 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness #MentalHealth #Hope 🐦⬛
We do what we can, with the circumstances we are given. And it is enough.
Focusing too narrowly on NHS productivity only adds to a sense of slog & like being worked into the ground is our goal.
But supporting creativity, learning, trying new ways, even just having time to think or catch up with a colleague- these all matter in creating conditions for decent patient care.
Love this. 😻
Research shows for employees, “feeling respected” is 17.9 X more powerful a predictor of an organisation’s culture score than the average factor (& 2 X as strong as the 2nd most important factor, supportive leadership). Advice for leaders:
sloanreview.mit.edu/article/are-.... Graphic: Gaping Void
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I’m allowed to make a big deal out of the things that feel really big to me Art by let’s talk mental health Bright coloured letters on cream background
“When we push aside normal emotions to embrace false positivity, we lose our capacity to develop skills to deal with the world as it is, not as we wish it to be.” Susan David
Feel the feelings. 🧡
#kindness #emotions
Art by letstalkmentalhealth
What an absolutely brave, sincere, and compassionate message directly to Trump. Thank you to Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI4h...
More bravery shown by Bishop Budde to hold Trump to account in under 3 minutes than by most of the media, most politicians from US and around the world and by the elite in years
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Photo of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan standing in front of Piccadilly Lights that's featuring the following message: London is, and will always be, a place for everyone followed by the image of a heart.
I want to remind Londoners that our city is—and always will be—a place for everyone.
We’ll continue to celebrate London as the diverse, open and welcoming city it is.
To counter the “immigrants are stealing my jobs” rhetoric that I’m hearing painfully often in medical circles now…
Let facts be your friend.
An outline of a human with their brain and heart connected by hearts.
Very happy to share our 2024 transdisciplinary book Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees, which brings together academics, practitioners and refugees. It's open access so you can download the pdf for free or purchase a hard copy here: www.aupress.ca/books/120327...
This example couldn’t illustrate more effectively the costly, inefficient madness of swapping triage by highly trained & skilled GPs with a whole cacophony of unnecessary scans, radiation, appointments & bureaucracy.
If this is really Labour’s vision of the future NHS, it’s wildly misguided.
Take some time to get away from the world and all its demands on you!
I learned long ago it’s ok to be ok with where you are right now!
The world is full of “be better” “do better” “strive for more” “make it better”
It’s a journey and you need to fill your tank with selflove and being ok ❤️