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Philip McMinn Mitchell

@hcluganda.bsky.social

Innovating from experience: 16yrs in East Africa, co-founding Hope Clinic Lukuli. Last 12yrs Global Fund, ICRC, Humanitarian, WHO/WHE & Gavi from Geneva. Same person on LinkedIn, same NGO on Twitter: HCLUganda.

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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?

27.11.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 18390    πŸ” 4619    πŸ’¬ 514    πŸ“Œ 161
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The OG Simon's Cat film!

26.11.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10408    πŸ” 1744    πŸ’¬ 227    πŸ“Œ 134
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Dr. Mary E. Walker: β€œClothes Make the (Wo)man” β€œIt is a shame that people who lead reforms in this world are not appreciated until after they are dead…”

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was born 193 years ago today: Nov. 26, 1832.

She was a doctor, Civil War surgeon, and women's dress reform advocate, but is best known as America's only female Medal of Honor recipient. Here's a great 2019 We're History article about her from author R.E. Fulton.

26.11.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 851    πŸ” 291    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 9

Now over 61,000 πŸš€

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Sign Up To Our Mailing List We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.

Keep up to date with the UK's biggest campaign to reverse the impact of Brexit:

26.11.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Flood Map: Water Level Elevation Map Flood Map shows the map of the area which could get flooded if the water level rises to a particular elevation. It may help flood risk assessment or flood management. Sea level rise map. Bathymetric m...

This is one of those cool things I feel like I should already have known about, but somehow didn't: a map that allows you to see how #coastlines would change with #sealevel rise or fall, at any scale from local to global. Also mildly terrifying, as such things tend to be. πŸ§ͺ

www.floodmap.net

26.11.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment

I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.

Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

25.11.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2668    πŸ” 1114    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 62

Watching Call My Bluff from 1975... and they're all smoking.

It's incredible

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Cramer: If you haven’t noticed, the president has been taking down some tariffs little by little, country by country. He is noticing the inflationary outcome of some of those specific tariffs.

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This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.

Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...

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And it looks, from the WhatsApp messages from Gill’s handler, as if Putin was impressed with Gill’s ability to recruit MEPs for TV interviews …. So he knew whose interests he was serving for money.

bsky.app/profile/otto...

24.11.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You don’t say…

24.11.2025 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 146    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

#endFTD being under-researched as distinct from Alzheimer's in where in the brain it is detected, the proteins to test for, and how it presents and progresses.

24.11.2025 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In honor of FTD Awareness Week 2025, the Penn FTD Center staff has put together a series of videos to share tips and information!

Genetic Counselor Laynie Dratch provides details on genetics in FTD.

Click on the link in our bio to watch now! #endFTD

24.09.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Laynie Dratch, ScM, CGC, Penn FTD Center Genetic Counselor, presented two posters at the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) Annual Conference in Seattle, WA.

Thank you for sharing your research, Laynie!

19.11.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This year, World FTD Awareness Week poses the question: β€œWhat If It’s FTD?”
AFTD (The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration) is the leading organization focused on helping people and families impacted by FTD and driving research for a cure. Learn more about them at theaftd.org. #endFTD

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One drop can tell a story. Discover how biosamples are powering FTD research and how you can help: ftdregistry.org/press/what-w...
#endFTD

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Kicking off our summer spotlight on cohorts and consortia with:

🧬 GENFI: Genetic Frontotemporal Dementia Initiative

GENFI follows individuals with a family history of FTD, including those who carry mutations in GRN, MAPT, or C9orf72.

🌍 46 sites across 15 countries
πŸ₯Ό Coordinated by UCL

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Clinical Trials | FPI Clinical Trials Presently, there are no approved disease-modifying treatments for FTD, though a number of clinical trials are underway.Β  These

For patients and families facing FTD (genetic and other) there is a great initiative focusing on PREVENTION of disease! This should be a widely known resource ! #endFTD #geneticcounseling #clinicaltrials #precisionmedicine #fuckFTD #science #genetics #research

12.01.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#endFTD being neglected as researchers have less funds than Alzheimer's cases.

24.11.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to Dr Richard Taylor for being awarded the Race Against Dementia Fellowship πŸ‘

πŸ”— Read more about the prestigious 5-year award and Richard's research into synapse resilience and neuroprotective mechanisms in healthy ageing and dementia: tinyurl.com/2s39mcma

20.11.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#endFTD being under reported and not explained as dementia that is identifiable in its symptoms and is not Alzheimer's. #RaceAgainstDementia please join BlueSky

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Differences in proteomic profiles are identified in the three main FTD mutations by #ARUKFunded Principle Research Fellow Aitana Sogorb-Esteve. #AAIC25 Mon298

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Podcast – Decoding Familial British Dementia - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER Aitana Sogorb Esteve hosts Charlie Arber & Sam Crawford discussing stem cell research and insights into rare familial British dementia and Race Against Dementia

Curious about rare dementias? Join Dr Aitana Sogorb-Esteve as she hosts Dr Charlie Arber & Sam Crawford from UCL, diving into familial British dementia. #Dementia #Research

pod.fo/e/279194

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Fuel for Discovery: Introducing the Race Against Dementia Ignition Fund YouTube video by Dementia Researcher

🧠 Going live in 15 minutes! Join us for a livestream with Race Against Dementia to explore the Ignition Fund, featuring tips from past awardees Dr David Koss and Dr Aitana Sogorb-Esteve. Don't miss it! Could this be the grant you need?

youtube.com/live/lM4wcxk...

13.06.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC

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Private Eye Christmas cards are now available to order.Β 

βœ… Each pack contains eight different designs and includes envelopes
βœ… Free UK delivery
βœ… While stock last

➑️ eyexmas.co.uk

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β€œIf you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire β€” that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”

Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget

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Brexit has left us economically weaker, more isolated, and in the position of taking rules instead of shaping them. To restore our prosperity and global influence through shared sovereignty, we need to #RejoinEU

21.11.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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What a shit show. Everyone could see this plan was written by the Kremlin. Adopted by Witkoff and Trump who demanded Ukraine accept it by this Thursday. After a firestorm of objections by Europe and Republican senators it appears Rubio wants to distance himself from it.

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