Rebecca Sanders 💙 🇺🇦

Molecular biologist and rare disease patient advocate

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Billy Bragg, "Nigel Farage also said in the interview giving the impression that he doesn't trust scientists"

"He later said in the interview why he believed sharia law was coming to Britain, he said he'd been told by a taxi driver"

"So Nigel Farage was willing to believe a Muslim taxi driver in Buckinghamshire, rather than believe the scientific establishment?"

"Nigel Farage wants to be prime minister? You must be joking"

Richard Tice, "We've already got 80 sharia courts in the UK"

Billy Bragg, "There are also Jewish courts as well, thats part of their religion. We as a tolerant nation accept that"

"To demonise, particularly the Muslims, is the sort of thing we worry about Reform UK"

[Lipodystrophy UK @LipodystrophyUk]

Kicking off #ECLip2025 in Paris! #Lipodystrophy #RareDisease #Research #PatientAdvocacy

[Rebecca Sanders 💙 🇺🇦 @Becky_Sanders_]

Waiting to see Anastacia! Woop woop. Takes me back to my Uni days. Richard Wassall our theme tune in the 00’ies! With Casey McQuillen as warm up act. 😊🕺🎶🎤🤩🤠❤️🎸💃🪩

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?"

Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England, wrote this magnificent response:

"A few things spring to mind.

Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem.

For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace - all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.

So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing - not once, ever.

I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility - for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.

But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is - his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.

And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults - he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface.

Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront.

Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul.

And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist.

Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that.

He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat.

He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully.

That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.

There are unspoken rules to this stuff - the Queensberry rules of basic decency - and he breaks them all. He punches downwards - which a gentleman should, would, could never do - and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless - and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority - perhaps a third - of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
* Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.
* You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.

After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid.

He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart.

In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws - he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish:

'My God… what… have… I… created?

If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set."

[Rebecca Sanders 💙 🇺🇦 @Becky_Sanders_]

It arrived! Looking forward to reading this debut novel by my friend Miranda Schmidt! 📚#SupportAuthors #BuyBooks #ReadBooks #SupportTheArts #literature #LoveToRead

[Lipodystrophy UK @LipodystrophyUk]

Today is #WorldLipodystrophyDay2025. #Lipodystrophy encompases a group of rare conditions characterised by a loss of #AdiposeTissue, causing severe #MetabolicComplications. You can find out more at https://t.co/dKLtqaoJBE
#TreatmentEquity #PatientVoice #StrongerTogether #WLD2025

[Rebecca Sanders 💙 🇺🇦 @Becky_Sanders_]

Happy International Women’s Day 2025.This year’s theme, #AccelerateAction, calls for action that can unlock equal rights,power&opportunities for all&a future where no1 is left behind.Central to this vision is empowering the next generation as catalysts for lasting change #IWD2025

[Lipodystrophy UK @LipodystrophyUk]

I celebrated #RareDiseaseDay2025 in #ZebraStyle! Some wonderful colleagues joined me in bringing some joy& #Awareness to the office. We had great fun prancing about & entertaining the team! More importantly, we're helping #RaiseAwareness of #RareDisease, including #Lipodystrophy.

[Rebecca Sanders 💙 🇺🇦 @Becky_Sanders_]

#ShowYourStripes #Care4Rare #Lipodystrophy #StrongerTogether #RareDiseaseDay #RaisingAwareness #PatientVoice @LipodystrophyUk @MedicsForRare @rarediseaseday

[Rebecca Sanders 💙 🇺🇦 @Becky_Sanders_]

#ShowYourStripes #Care4Rare #Lipodystrophy #StrongerTogether #RareDiseaseDay #RaisingAwareness #PatientVoice @LipodystrophyUk

[Rare Disease Day @rarediseaseday]

💜🌍 Today is Rare Disease Day! 🌍💜

Together, we stand with the 300 million people worldwide living with rare diseases. In uniting on this day we can raise awareness, advocate for change, and promote a more equitable future! ⚖️

Learn more: https://t.co/AUKfGZJLJB

[Lipodystrophy UK @LipodystrophyUk]

Ready to represent, here at the “Connecting the Dots” first Oxford Rare Disease Student Conference 2025. #RaisingAwareness with the next generation of Clinicians and Researchers at @magdalenoxford #PatientVoice #RareDisease #Lipodystrophy

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

Trump 2 .0: A New World Order
He's back. And this time he means business.
If only the left had got their house in order...

[Rebecca Sanders 💙 🇺🇦 @Becky_Sanders_]

Delighted to be starting my beautiful new calendar, from @DanSantillo - giving me a little piece of home every day. #GowerPeninsula #SouthWalesCoast #Beach #GoodForTheSoul #Nightscapes

[Rebecca Sanders 💙 🇺🇦 @Becky_Sanders_]

OMG @philippa_east I saw this in a shop and was so excited! Your review on the cover of another book 😉 #awesome #author

[Lipodystrophy UK @LipodystrophyUk]

And that’s a wrap! Heading home. Fantastic meeting with some real progress made. Watch this space… #Lipodystrophy #RareDisease #PatientAdvocacy #PatientVoice

[Lipodystrophy UK @LipodystrophyUk]

Ready for day 2! #Lipodystrophy #GlobalLeadersForum #PatientVoice #RareDisease #PatientAdvocacy #LipoSistersOnTour

[Lipodystrophy UK @LipodystrophyUk]

Kick off day one of the Global Lipodystrophy Leaders Forum #StrongerTogether #PatientVoice #GlobalAlliance #patientadvocacy

[Lipodystrophy UK @LipodystrophyUk]

Ready to represent! Flying towards the next Lipodystrophy Global Leaders Meeting where we’ll be discussing all things #Lipodystrophy and how we can make the biggest impact for #patients. #PatientAdvocacy #PatientVoice #GlobalAlliance #StrongerTogether #LipoSistersOnTour

[Rebecca Sanders 💙 🇺🇦 @Becky_Sanders_]

Just nominated my favourite charity 💜😉
There is the option to nominate ⁦⁦⁦@LipodystrophyUk⁩, then other charities too if you have lots of favourites! Took me a few seconds 🤗 Please support us and share 😊
https://t.co/PDjM3OyNfk