Keep the cat pics still coming though 😀

He went slowly blind and his eyes were removed when the pressure/inflammation couldn’t be controlled - he could still detect light/dark for a while. Inoperable cataracts with underlying uveitis (idiopathic) & detached retina. The 2nd eye had a sarcoma found on the biopsy after removal

Ginger cat in a harness sat on the grass

Ginger cat in a harness sat on the grass

Rufus was the most ridiculously independent cat who spent more time outside than in. Since he went fully blind he lost all his confidence and turned himself into an inside cat.
He took to a harness instantly and I’m so pleased I can help expand his world again 💙
#caturday

Don’t forget Danger

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Les Misérables Epilogue Scene Performed at the White House Governors Ball by the US Army Chorus YouTube video by The DailyFAFO

Did not have the US army choir leading the revolution on my 2025 bingo card but here we are 🙌

youtu.be/pIQh_5dZUwI

📢 Call for submissions for a journal special edition on men with long-term conditions for Trends in Urology & Men’s Health

Deadline: Fri 1st August

I’m guest editor for this so do get in touch with any questions!

#menshealth #gender
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📢 Call for submissions for a journal special edition on men with long-term conditions for Trends in Urology & Men’s Health

Deadline: Fri 1st August

I’m guest editor for this so do get in touch with any questions!

#menshealth #gender
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Letter written to Wes Streeting (p1) - available as text at the link

Letter written to Wes Streeting (p2) - available as text at the link

We’ve written to Wes Streeting today urging him not to abandon women’s health hubs:

“to improve health outcomes we need a strategic, gendered approach to both women’s and men’s health. They are complementary, not antagonistic”

Read more here: www.menshealthforum.org.uk/news/dont-ab...

a man sitting in front of a microphone with the word gimme on the screen ALT: a man sitting in front of a microphone with the word gimme on the screen

I'm on the hunt for things to cover in Research Digest once again.

If you're a UK-based psychologist and have published something nifty in the past 6 months or so, link me! I'd love to have a read.

Familia puertorriqueña habría sido llevada a centro de detención en Milwaukee Hermana de una de las detenidas alega que los arrestaron por hablar español.

A three-year old, his mother, and his grandmother were speaking Spanish while shopping in Milwaukee. They’re U.S. citizens from Puerto Rico but were taken by ICE. Once in detention, the mother was able to produce ID and birth certificates proving citizenship:

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Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.

I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

Letter reading, "Dear agency employees, We are taking steps to close all agency DEIA offices and end all DEIA-related contracts in accordance with President Trump’s executive orders titled Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions. These programs divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars, and resulted in shameful discrimination. We are aware of efforts by some in government to disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language. If you are aware of a change in any contract description or personnel position description since November 5, 2024 to obscure the connection between the contract and DEIA or similar ideologies, please report all facts and circumstances to DEIAtruth@opm.gov within 10 days. There will be no adverse consequences for timely reporting this information. However, failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Janet Petro"

Here's an e-mail that just went out to NASA agency wide. 🔭

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

Danish MEP Anders Vistisen addressing Trump: “let me put it in words you might understand…” 🔥👏 👏 👏

Sexual Health, Pleasure, Justice, and Well‐Being in People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Scoping Review Protocol Introduction Sexual health, pleasure, justice (equity in sexual rights and experiences), and well-being are crucial determinants of health and life quality, yet often overlooked in the rheumatic and...

First co-author publication of 2025 out now and available here open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Protocol for a scoping literature review on all things sex for people with RMDs. Looking forward to working with this great team on such an important under-researched topic

Very much enjoying Americans responding to the TikTok ban by joining the fully Chinese app Red Note at such a rate it’s the top trending app in the states 💜

Happy gotcha day to this menace. He’s come a very long way from the terrified boy we had to trap because he wouldn’t come near anyone 8 years ago 💜

Palladian bridge at Prior park in the distance surrounded in mist, reeds in the foreground

Palladian bridge at Prior park on a misty day

Visited Mum for her birthday today - Prior Park looking beautiful in the mist

Oh no! How did you manage to do that?! Hope you recover quickly and pleased you got good care!

Quali researchers!
Submission closes tomorrow 👇

Ginger cat with no eyes on a teal sofa. Head on his paw ‘looking’ at the camera

The way cats go from fast asleep elsewhere to in the spot you just got up from in 0.1 seconds 😏
I guess it’s his spot now
(he’s awake here he just doesn’t have eyes)

Advent calendar showing daily log-in rewards for dead by daylight

Never too old for an advent calendar 😃

“With the greatest respect…” (from the UK 🥰)

Rainbow in residential street

It can’t rain all the time 🌈

Haha good call! Thank you! 🥰

Pile of books: Of saints and miracles: Manuel Astor The time of cherries: Montserrat Roig Orbital: Samantha Harvey The empusium: Olga Tokarczuk Bunny: Mona Awad Life after life: Kate Atkinson The trunk: Kim Ryeo-Ryeong Butter: Adam Yuzuki

I was feeling a bit sad so obviously I went feral in @waterstones.bsky.social 😃 (in my defence the top two were gifts)
Now I have a whole week off to read 🥰 Where do I start?

Can I be added please?

Unfortunately it’s a link to the bird app but here we are - after many years of campaigning from the men’s sector the government have now committed to producing a men’s health strategy, which we’ll contribute to developing 🎉🥂🍾

#menshealth #mentalhealth

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