Thread 1/ People have contacted me about what is happening to sport for women & girls in schools and at grassroots level. Here is just one example....
For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help.
I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).
At some point, there will be a reckoning. And the 62 will have to explain what in the name of all that is holy meant that they needed to give a near instant right to someone *standing trial for rape* to require universal legal recognition that they are a woman.
I doubt he'll stand but if the Tory party put Boris Johnson back in charge I'm going to become one of those people that stands outside Parliament shouting all day.
@Timheming Always wanted to go to Kona. Finally earned a slot this summer. Checked the price of accommodation/flights/slot before awards. Unbelievable money. Didn’t take slot.
I think you've heard that Rab died yesterday morning.
I still don't understand what's happened; if this is real; why he'd be taken now - so healthy and happy.
He went into cardiac arrest while we were lying in bed. I tried and tried, and the paramedics... /1
Just plucked up the courage to look at this. 47, 10sessions, no PP. £5000 tax bill last year, £6000 this year and looking like £13000 next year. All on a hypothetical pension I may never see. What do you advise @HumzaYousaf ? Drop a diagnostic cancer session? #payingtowork
1/ BREAKING: @NHSEmployers have released the 22/23 version of the AA ready reckoner
https://t.co/jLC6CXcZYR
Reassuring this produces almost identical output to @TheBMA#CPIdisconnect tool released in May but only when *using same parameters* (below 9.4% Septemeber CPI)
Triathlon has become the first British sport to establish a new 'open' category in which transgender athletes will compete.
For athletes over the age of 12, competitive women's events will be reserved "for those who are female sex at birth".
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Did you know you can reduce your complication rate by 50% if you stop smoking more than 4 weeks before your operation? And 30-80% with daily exercise for the same period.
Don’t just wait on a waiting list, use the time to make your surgery more successful. #Anaesthesia2022
Guardian piece with 71-year-old Jo Schoonbroodt, who on Sunday ran a 2:54 marathon to become fastest septuagenarian in history. Found him fascinating on his training, diet, and life philosophy, while @sportprofbrewer talks about the science behind it all
https://t.co/KT1R7fns6I
"Be kind ✨" often appears on t-shirts for girls, whilst boys are "awesome 🦕", "fearless 🦖", "the boss 💪" etc.
Gender stereotypes for adults continue this, with women expected to show communal rather than agentic traits. (1/3)
I'll start taking the Greens seriously as a party when they stop making ridiculous claims about nuclear energy to support an position that works strongly against their stated goals.