Prof Nisreen Alwan

Why are people hashtagging ‘give to gain’ for #IWD2026 without clarifying who gives and who gains?
Women have been giving across time and history for the gain of the patriarchy, so no, this is not for us, thank you!

Thanks for sharing

What does it really mean to say Happy International Women’s Day beyond cliches, tick box exercises & marketing?
To me it means I’m with you my sisters in your struggles. I understand & empathise. I acknowledge our struggle as a source of both suffering & strength. We grow together. You’re not alone.

😍

Good morning ☀️
A thought for today:

Social media can be a negative place to be. We have no obligation to consume negativity but we can also regard bad news as an incentive for us to produce more kindness, compassion & love for ourselves and others.

Be a factory that transforms thorns to flowers.

So this news item in the @bmj.com is not widely reported elsewhere, is it?

Here’s another one 😍

I love taking photos of nature. I’m not necessarily very good at it but it gives me joy. Just the act of stoping and taking the time to take the photo makes a difference to my day. That pause to enjoy beauty and appreciate the opportunity to witness it, especially during tough times.

Not only hobbies :)

“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”

Vincent Van Gogh

🚨 NEW: The Greens have overtook Labour and are now polling in second place

➡️ Reform UK - 23%
🟢 Greens - 21%
🔴 Labour - 16%
🔵 Tories - 16%
🔸 Lib Dems - 14%

Via YouGov for The Times and Sky News

“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”

Howard Zinn

Thinking of my Iranian friends with families in Iran and also all the worried people in that region of the middle east. No matter which side you’re on, war always means fear & chaos to those experiencing it. My heart particularly goes out to the children hearing or fearing the bombs. Been there 😢

Our paper on Symptom Patterns, Recovery, and Impact of
#LongCovid is now published. This is follow up data over 1 yr. Note how the pattern of symptoms changes over time with most starting out as fluctuating pattern and more ending up with a constant symptom pattern.
academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

Reaching consensus on the definition of modifiable determinants of health: a Delphi study Introduction The term ‘modifiable risk factor’ and similar variations of the expression are common across health literature. Despite this, there is no universal definition for what would be modifiable...

Proud to have been one of only 4 non-UK voices to participate in this process.

I think I concur with the result? 😅

@nisreenalwan.bsky.social

bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/1/...

A thought for today☀️:

You trust someone and they betray you.
That’s not a mistake.
That’s learning in the school of life.
The goal is not to avoid living.
The goal is believing in your power to fully experience it.

What’s ‘family voting’ and ‘Sectarianism’ refer to here, I wonder?

Are they by any chance hinting to muslim men forcing the females in their households to vote for a white female plumber who belongs to a Party led by a gay Jewish man? 🤔

Thank you for the laughter this morning btw. I needed it 😂

Our paper on Symptom Patterns, Recovery, and Impact of
#LongCovid is now published. This is follow up data over 1 yr. Note how the pattern of symptoms changes over time with most starting out as fluctuating pattern and more ending up with a constant symptom pattern.
academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

I most definitely fear some of the other parties :(

So explain this to me please..
How come Reform voters ‘have legitimate concerns’ and Green voters are just dismissed as gullible?

The doubling down is so thoughtless

I’ve got nothing to fear from the Greens. I don’t recognise them as extreme. I recognise them as hopeful. But we’re in an era when daring to hope is regarded as unsettling, destabilising .. and maybe even extreme…

Index of Repression shows widespread institutional censorship of Palestine support The data backs up what we already knew: supporters of Palestine are systematically and institutionally silenced and censored

The data backs up what we already knew: supporters of Palestine are systematically and institutionally silenced and censored

Well well, who knew?
Appealing to togetherness rather than prejudice actually works in this country…

Comparing fuel pumps to electric vehicle public chargers

There are now almost twice as many public electric car charging points in the UK as there are petrol/diesel fuel pumps, a government analysis has found.

Obviously it's not a perfect like-for-like comparison given recharging/fuelling times, but symbolically important.

www.gov.uk/government/p...

As the analysis starts of the Gorton and Denton result, I wanted to flag some aspects that my experience yesterday suggests are being over or under-played

(Caveats - I went to Longsight, Gorton and Denton town centres and spoke to as many people as I could, but it was mostly during the working day)

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Once again Reform are spreading misinformation & smears, and the press & the media seem to repeat them.. its really important that the media.. take responsibility so when Reform or Farage says something they don't just keep repeating it"👏👏👏

Apologies to all of Hannah's customers!

Something exciting is happening. Be a part of it ⤵️

You know, reflecting on the two recent Reform by-election losses, you do wonder if their appeal among the British public is being hyped up by our dear media a bit?
And despite the hype they’re not winning.
Smoke and mirrors…

How so very drama queeny and snowflakey 😂