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Dr Katie Larner (she/her)

@larnerllama

Cat mum. Dr in clinical anatomy and bioarch. Ex-anatomy/forensic anthropology lecturer. Currently a senior medical writer working in healthcare comms and med ed - interested in improving public health policy and access to healthcare. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

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Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name We use cookies where necessary to allow us to understand how people interact with our website and content, so that we can continue to improve our service.

Men who abuse their power are the real threat to women, not trans people.

If you're a woman and you agree, sign the petition to show your support for the trans community. πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ”½
https://goodlaw.social/wu1u

21.09.2025 12:00 πŸ‘ 156 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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31.05.2025 10:31 πŸ‘ 10068 πŸ” 1453 πŸ’¬ 161 πŸ“Œ 70

I didn’t know that! I may have to look into alternatives. (I had noticed the demotions aspect, and not a new fan of the new β€˜max’ plan)

31.05.2025 21:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Started with learning Italian and practicing my German. Now onto learning Japanese! Here’s hoping I get to practice it in country at some stage…

31.05.2025 20:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral position in Population Genetics at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala University Postdoctoral position in Population Genetics at the Center for the Human Past, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University

We have a postdoc position in Human Population Genetics available at the Center for the Human Past. Closing date 31 Jan. Please circulate and apply! More info and application available here:

www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

15.01.2025 11:02 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Lindisfarne, 793 AD.

14.01.2025 02:48 πŸ‘ 1810 πŸ” 401 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 8
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Not going to pretend to be surprised about this because I wrote a book about January 6. But yesβ€”if you were wonderingβ€”the most malevolent criminal in US political history is about to be POTUS in 6 days. It's an unimaginable situation, essentially a living nightmare, and very few fully comprehend it.

14.01.2025 06:25 πŸ‘ 7362 πŸ” 2189 πŸ’¬ 266 πŸ“Œ 107
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You've got to hand it to Elon Musk - getting 71% of British people to agree on anything is impressive

13.01.2025 17:48 πŸ‘ 3670 πŸ” 690 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 46
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Meanwhile in the other place

06.01.2025 11:14 πŸ‘ 650 πŸ” 216 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 16
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This sums it up, yes.

22.12.2024 00:40 πŸ‘ 50899 πŸ” 9653 πŸ’¬ 710 πŸ“Œ 417

I’m being told by some people that β€˜we’ll never have a healthcare system like the US’. Why do you think this?

Think tanks are aggressively pushing the case to dismantle the NHS model, and private healthcare is expanding rapidly, as politicians neglect the NHS. This is how things collapse 🚨

16.12.2024 11:42 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 6
Table 3. Number of images/illustrations/photos containing male and female figures and female figures.

Table 3. Number of images/illustrations/photos containing male and female figures and female figures.

Table 4. Number of images/illustrations/photos and names in text Containing male and female role models.

Table 4. Number of images/illustrations/photos and names in text Containing male and female role models.

Table 5. Number of images/illustrations/photos containing elements that improve the image of males and females.

Table 5. Number of images/illustrations/photos containing elements that improve the image of males and females.

Table 6. Number of male and female pronouns in the text.

Table 6. Number of male and female pronouns in the text.

Male Bias in Science and Ways to Counter it: Gender Imbalance of Images in a Science Textbook in Irish Secondary Education.
Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/os...
Published article: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#EducationalResearch #ITeachPhysics #EduSky #AcademicSky

15.12.2024 17:47 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
Person in a green hoody holding a tabby cat in their arms, standing next to a Christmas tree. The cat is wide eyed and has a bauble in its front paws. The cat is clearly plotting destruction of the tree.

Person in a green hoody holding a tabby cat in their arms, standing next to a Christmas tree. The cat is wide eyed and has a bauble in its front paws. The cat is clearly plotting destruction of the tree.

Introduced our cat to higher up the Christmas tree. The look of wonder and mischief in her eyes as she saw all the baubles she could steal.

16.12.2024 10:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#MedskyπŸ§ͺ #IDSky #immunoSky Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is mainly treated with anti-tuberculosis drugs. Globally, tuberculosis remains a major public health threat & is the second biggest #infectiousdisease killer after #COVID19 pandemic

16.12.2024 03:39 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A map that shows life expectancy rates across the UK. Life expectancy is lower in Scotland (it is lowest in Scotland) and the North of England than in London and the South of England. This map uses data from ONS life expectancy for local areas of Great Britain 2021-23 and ONS life expectancy in Northern Ireland 2021-23.

A map that shows life expectancy rates across the UK. Life expectancy is lower in Scotland (it is lowest in Scotland) and the North of England than in London and the South of England. This map uses data from ONS life expectancy for local areas of Great Britain 2021-23 and ONS life expectancy in Northern Ireland 2021-23.

Today's ONS stats illustrate the devastating impacts of poverty on life expectancy.

Most areas across Great Britain have experienced a fall in life expectancy. πŸ“’

With some of the most deprived areas having the lowest expectancy. 1/3

04.12.2024 11:24 πŸ‘ 178 πŸ” 126 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 38
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Vaccines against cancer are becoming a reality.

I wonder if the antivaxers will cry about these too...

medicine.washu.edu/news/vaccine...

26.11.2024 20:07 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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Hundreds of potentially toxic road runoff outfalls polluting England’s rivers Exclusive: No regulator is monitoring scale of impact of dangerous chemicals on wildlife or public health

Our article on road runoff pollution in @guardian featuring the very lovely Jo Bradley of Stormwater Shepherds

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

23.11.2024 19:02 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Framing matters. It’s not a β€œrefugee crisis”, it’s a humanitarian crisis. Refugees don’t create the problem, inhumanity does.

05.11.2024 15:31 πŸ‘ 328 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

oh no poor little Jeremy, not the unsparing criticism

26.11.2024 19:19 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Hey friends,

I made my first starter pack! You can’t go wrong following these 150 fun and smart science communicators. For some reason there’s no men in there? Weird.

Please don’t be mad if you’re not on there β€” I ran out of slots even though many are still missing 😬

go.bsky.app/JKv3BWU

17.10.2024 06:42 πŸ‘ 713 πŸ” 330 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 34
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How to Apply and Funding Opportunities Details of the application process and funding opportunities.

There is still time to apply for a funded PhD at UCL but funding deadlines are approaching fast.

I am keen to supervise students on Palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoecology, ZooMS, stable isotopes, radiocarbon dating projects. Get in touch soon!

www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/...

21.11.2024 13:41 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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Scientists as political advocates Science, both teaching and doing, is under attack. The recent US presidential election of a person and platform with anti-science bias exemplifies this. The study of climate processes and patterns and...

Scientists should stop arguing about whether science is political and get on with defending science against increasingly powerful attacks on it, which, yes, means scientists should be political advocates πŸ”₯πŸ”₯
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

22.11.2024 08:52 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4
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University job cuts to β€˜hit 10,000 by year end’ despite fee rise English fee rise does little to relieve pressure on institutions, with increased staff costs likely to swallow additional funding

"Sector leaders expected more than 100 of the UK’s 140-odd universities to be making redundancies by the start of 2025, in what has been described as a β€œcataclysmic” situation where β€œeverything is on the table”."

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

21.11.2024 10:45 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 30

Absolutely nothing more depressing than clicking β€œRead the full article here” only to be redirected to a β€œLog in via your institution”. Inaccessible science helps no one.

19.11.2024 13:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Hospitalized AECOPDs Secondary to SARS-CoV-2 versus Other Respiratory Viruses To compare clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD)s secondary to SARS-CoV-2 versus other respiratory viruses amongst a highly vaccinated populatio...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

19.11.2024 09:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AO Trauma Courseβ€”Managing Pediatric Fractures

Chairpersons:
David Emery (United Kingdom), Anna Clarke (United Kingdom)

Advanced Course

πŸ—“ February 12–13, 2025
πŸ“ Leeds, United Kingdom
πŸ”Š English

Register now
aofnd.my.site.com/evt/s/evt-even…

18.11.2024 22:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey health reporters! I made a starter pack for journalists and bloggers covering health care policy. Please let me know who else belongs on this list!

(I do not belong on this list but can’t figure out how to take myself off 🫣)

go.bsky.app/4BnB6v9

17.11.2024 17:36 πŸ‘ 169 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 8
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Global Health 2050: The Path to Halving Premature Death by Mid-Century During this event, the authors of the Global Health 2050 report will discuss the path to strengthening health systems to deliver key interventions targeting priority conditions, mobilizing financing, ...

The world is on fire

Amidst the challenges, there's at least one domain where great progress is possible: driving down premature death

We just published a Lancet report on cutting premature death in half by 2050

Join us on Thurs Nov 21, 11.30am-1pm ET, to hear more

www.cgdev.org/event/global...

18.11.2024 16:11 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

ICYMI our starter pack of Clarke Award winning & shortlisted authors on Bluesky πŸ¦‹πŸš€

go.bsky.app/NSxJh7L

List very much a work in progress, and HAL is updating as we go.

18.11.2024 08:37 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Doctors warn of β€˜massive’ winter crisis in UK’s overstretched A&E departments Royal College of Emergency Medicine warns of β€˜unacceptable risk’ posed by lack of funding to NHS

Emergency doctors have sounded the alarm over an approaching winter crisis that they say is already putting patients in overstretched A&E departments at risk
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

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