@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #genderbasedviolence

Opinion | We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.

This is very powerful and disturbing as a an academic: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

The first much needed step towards better terms and conditions for GPs in NI.

🧵 Every year, an international survey, of how LGBTQ ppl are treated in Europe, is carried out.

This year, the UK has been marked out as the least tolerant country in NW Europe [ranked 22nd].

Significantly less tolerant than Ireland [14th], France [15th] or Germany[18th] [1]

Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S. The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

Israeli air strikes kill 40 in Gaza, say hospitals, as agencies warn of starvation As Israeli strikes hit southern Gaza, people across the Strip tell the BBC of their struggle to eat.

Our government is still arming Israel.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

Congratulations all! What a moment!

GPs in Northern Ireland 📣

❗ It's time to REJECT the government contract offer. Please vote online before 11 May using the link you have been emailed today.

Referendum is open to members AND non members.

MORE INFO: linktr.ee/bma_ni

#SaveGeneralPracticeNI

Sooo interesting on many fronts. Neuroimmune communication increases inflammation and lesion size, plus a potentially massive impact of the new migraine drugs #cgrpinhibitors #gepants #endometriosis

May's BJGP 'CANCER' issue: PSA testing, cancer in pregnancy, AI early detection of lung cancer, secondary care and ethnic disparities in diagnosis, and cancer recurrence. Plus, Lynch syndrome, and is NICE failing to prioritise environmentally sustainable health care?

bjgp.org/content/75/...

I’ve signed this letter. If you teach at a UK uni you come into contact with many trans students; they’re no different, apart from the higher barriers to inclusion they face. If you teach queer history, you know that gender diversity is a simple fact. We have to resist this harmful moral panic.

Thank you Rebecca! Getting there

Thank you Rebecca!

Recruitment poster: Share Your Experience: Contraception care for trans men and non-binary people. We are exploring and highlighting the unique experiences of trans men and non-binary individuals assigned female at birth regarding contraception access and side effects. Who can take part? We are looking for people who: identify as a trans man or non-binary person assigned female at birth, currently or have previously used hormonal contraception, are aged 18 or over, currently or have previously lived in the UK What does participation involve? We are inviting people to share their experiences with contraception through a small group conversation or an interview. All responses will remain strictly confidential and will be reported anonymously. For more information or to get involved, please contact: Jess Madden jmadden2@sheffield.ac.uk 07927 094 441

We are looking for trans men and non-binary people assigned female at birth to discuss their experiences of getting/using hormonal contraceptives.

Please contact Jess Madden if you are interested.
#research #trans #LGBTQ #contraception #focusgroup #AcademicSky #STEM

Off grid recovering from major surgery. So much news that is hard to manage but glad to see the @bsky.app community has still not gone the way of the one formerly known as twitter.

‘First-of-a-kind’ daily pill for endometriosis treatment approved for NHS in England Relugolix-estradiol-norethisterone can be taken at home, eliminating need for trips to clinics for injections

A little forward progress in women's health provision. Much more needed particularly in NI #womenshealth #endometriosis www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

📣Join us at the BJGP Research & Publishing Conference 2025 @ the Lowry Hotel, Manchester on Fri 21 March. Workshops, presentations, networking, and keynote speakers Kath Checkland and Rageshri Dhairyawan.

Programme: rcgp.my.site.com/s/lt-event?i...

Tickets:
rcgp.my.site.com/s/lt-event?i...
#BJGPRC

The Rest Is Politics on X: "🚨EMERGENCY LIVESTREAM🚨 Following the shocking scenes in the Oval Office, @campbellclaret and @RoryStewartUK will be going live at 8pm UK time to discuss what this means for Ukraine, the US, and the Western alliance. Link to the livestream is below. See you there. https://t.co/Z1b41sOK93" / X 🚨EMERGENCY LIVESTREAM🚨 Following the shocking scenes in the Oval Office, @campbellclaret and @RoryStewartUK will be going live at 8pm UK time to discuss what this means for Ukraine, the US, and the Western alliance. Link to the livestream is below. See you there. https://t.co/Z1b41sOK93

Please join me and Rory Stewart 8pm UK time for a @therestpolitics.bsky.social LIVESTREAM on the Trump Zelensky meeting and what it might mean for the future x.com/RestIsPoliti...

The case for women’s leadership in global health A new global evidence review on leadership outcomes bolsters advocacy for gender equality in the current context of backlash against rights and equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts, writes Jocalyn...

www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Countdown to #BJGPTop10 starts 29 January. Find out the Top 10 most read research published in 2024. #PrimaryCare bjgp.org

The Hidden Workload Study is live! St Georges University & @gppact.bsky.social are exploring often unseen work #clinicians do beyond patient consultations in #generalpractice. Join them in uncovering the hidden workload! 🩺 🔗 Learn more: http://gppact.org/the-hidden-workload-study

The Hidden Workload Study is live! St Georges University & @gppact.bsky.social are exploring often unseen work #clinicians do beyond patient consultations in #generalpractice. Join them in uncovering the hidden workload! 🩺

🔗 Learn more: gppact.org/the-hidden-w...

@georginaspcr.bsky.social

Husband left at 6.30 to get to work before red warning #GPoncall

Graphic from the website earth.nullschool.net visualising the high winds of storm Eowyn over Ireland and Great Britain.

Belfast in the firing line right now and for a few hours yet.

Image is a screenshot from earth.nullschool.net which provides great visualisations of weather events like this, and helps me understand the mechanics of them (i.e. makes them a bit less scary!).

#StormEowyn #WeatherSky

Crazy and scary winds here beside Belfast Lough. Surely this severity must be climate change 😥. Hope everyone can stay safe and cosy #stormeowyn
@profgerryg.bsky.social @janetlys.bsky.social @nigelhart.bsky.social

WHO comments on United States’ announcement of intent to withdraw The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the organization.

www.who.int/news/item/21...

Small signs of hope in the garden! 🌸

Getting back into this classic!

#AcademicSky

Mapping the effectiveness and risks of GLP-1 receptor agonists - Nature Medicine An atlas of the associations between the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) and 175 health outcomes reports the effectiveness and risks of GLP-1RAs compared with other antihyperglycemic medicat...

The latest from my team in Nature Medicine.

We comprehensively mapped the benefits and risks of GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1) (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound).

By @Biostayan, Taeyoung Choi and me

A 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Jen Rubin Interviews Ruth Ben-Ghiat Ruth Ben Ghiat a Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, Advisor to Protect Democracy, and the recipient of Guggenheim and other fellowships.

Expert @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social on authoritarianism.

open.substack.com/pub/contrari...