Rachel Julia

If by chance I talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father.

[Genevieve Gluck @MsGluck]

Strangulation during sex is now thought to be the second most common cause of stroke in women under 40.

This practice is clearly spreading due to the proliferation of violent pornography, yet still women are gaslit and told that porn is "just a fantasy."

[Pete @post_liberal]

Im not an anti-tech doomer but I fear the worst when it comes to driverless tech. So many working-class men without degrees in deindustrialised regions work in driving jobs. HGV drivers, taxi drivers, etc. What are they so supposed to do for work if driverless tech comes in?

[Sarasaurus 🎗️🇺🇦 @sheebadigeebies]

Same

[Rebecca Lowe @RMLLowe]

"There are far more independent bookshops now than in 2016 – 1,052 compared to 867."

[Jenny Lindsay @msjlindsay]

An observation I made in Hounded is how a great deal of the houndings I'd witnessed were, as Nicole Jones stated, an 'attack on competency.' Mediocre bureaucrats, wannabe writers, amateur-level embroidery artists, propagandist kids poets, rigidly minded academics: all responsible for trying to destroy more talented, curious, intelligent, and competent colleagues. And terrified managers and foolish short-termists let them.

[Holly Grayle @HollyGrayle]

Question for men: you can tell how uncomfortable she is, right? Like, you can read her facial expression and interpret her body language can't you?

[Matthew Syed @matthewsyed]

Huge admiration for @RachelReevesMP for having the guts to go into politics. A 100x braver than the armchair cowards on here. Crying doesn’t show “weakness”. Don’t agree with her policies but salute her courage, not least for going into the chamber while feeling miserable

[Rachel Julia @rachel__julia]

@janeclarejones Agreed. She's exemplary in these respects.

[Rachel Julia @rachel__julia]

It's bad form for anyone doing a home visit to refuse a cup of tea (or similar). This has been a public service announcement.

[James Treadwell @James_Treadwell]

I am of the view that unless it is the direct insightment of immediate crime, stay the hell away from policing words. If it offends you, fine. Deal with it. Let the police catch burglars, robbers and rapists. Odd that this now seems to be a rare view. https://t.co/el5VufYbpC

[Rachel Julia @rachel__julia]

@mar2vickers The Lib Dems are so utterly rubbish at this stuff. It reminds me of when they made Farron's position as leader untenable over privately-held beliefs deriving from his faith. Yet he was making religion (kinda) work with liberalism. This guy just wants to have it both ways.

[Rachel Julia @rachel__julia]

@_Chris_Coghlan Oh grow up!

[Rachel Julia @rachel__julia]

@_katedevlin @_Chris_Coghlan No it isn't. He's being a crybaby in public, about something he ought to have taken on the chin.

[Rachel Julia @rachel__julia]

@Rgt71Robert @_Chris_Coghlan Why? Coghlan should take this on the chin, rather than trying to have his Catholic cake and eat it.

[Rachel Julia @rachel__julia]

@_Chris_Coghlan Good for him.

[Rachel Julia @rachel__julia]

@Docstockk You might enjoy this:

https://t.co/bOnqHNQVDp

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Yes, funny how you never hear, ‘we’re so delighted - Tatiana got straight As, so now she’s trying to choose between law, medicine and prostitution! It’s her decision, of course, so we’re trying not to influence her, but Nigel and I both think she’d make a MARVELLOUS sex worker.’

[Dr Ruth Ann Harpur @drruthannharpur]

Read this thread if you want to understand why so many babies are dying preventable deaths in maternity care

➡️Midwifery focuses on facilitating "normal"/physiological birth
➡️Science based medicine is replaced with smelly oils
➡️Midwife knows little about managing hypertension but thinks she knows a lot about essential oils
➡️Well meaning and caring midwife advises woman to use clary sage
➡️Does not provide the urgent medical intervention required (there were clear risk factors here to get the baby out asap)
➡️Baby dies and Alice and her husband live with this grief for the rest of their lives

Until this ideological rot is utterly removed from maternity care (and it runs deep and pervades every part of it), babies will die and their families will live with the aftermath.

And I utterly agree with Alice we need a statutory inquiry into maternity services.

I also stand by an assertion I made previously that leaders in science based medicine and translational research from other branches of healthcare need to be approached and asked to scrutinise every aspect of maternity policy and practice to see whether it lines up with current evidence and to reeducate the entire maternity workforce.

[Rachel Julia @rachel__julia]

@suladoyle Stupidity masquerading as righteousness.

[Rachel Julia @rachel__julia]

@goinggodward It ought to be, perhaps! But I know parents who sabotage their children precisely to prevent this.