Kat the cat sitter (she/her)💜🌈

Laughed so much it triggered an asthma attack 🤣 🤣

@saniyafatma1278 That is an absolutely perfect name for him!

The cat distribution centre has given me a hulk of a boy. I wasn't looking, I've just moved in, I've just separated and I'm busy learning to be single again. Then he appeared, I stroked him, then named him.. I have another heartbeat in my life. Yes hes been to the vets, no chip and not been neutered. Appointments booked for both. Meet Vincent, Vinny for short.

@eldradmvstlive She looks great, but nothing compared to this guy 30 years on

Over three decades apart is crazyyyy

As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications This should also be banned Influence is being bought in Govt Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy

@cam_cannon @Mr_Husky1 My kids also swapped the f for th! I think it may be because I was determined they didn't pronounce th as f, so they just thigured 😉 that rule always applied! Probably the best one was 'thingers'

@Mr_Husky1 Pictured: a KNITHE.

Admit it: Your kid mispronounced a word three years ago and now the whole family says it that way. What's the word in your house? (We still say 'pasketti' and I’m not stopping anytime soon.)

@Mr_Husky1 Not a mispronunciation, just a word he made up, but my brother called a VW Beetle a 'Miegelbing' in 1976 (approx). It is still a Miegelbing (miegel rhymes with eagle, but definitely has to be spelt the German way!)

I can no longer hold my tongue seeing the utter lies being spread about Britain, our history of migration, and how this country was built into what it is today. For those so deeply buried in fake news, manufactured outrage and billionaire‑funded propaganda, I’m going to lay out

@dontforgetchaos He's doing great, nobody has ever won the same war 12 times before! 😂

Wow. 12 times this week. Impressive.

@redheadranting Bopping someone with a wrapping paper tube & clicking tongs

Is there any human equivalent to cats and boxes? Is there something that as humans we simply cannot resist or are programmed to do without thought or consideration? All I can think of is drawing penises on fogged up windows.

@AzPetrich I did wonder of this was what 'the massive gift' from Iran was alluding to! (I know not a gift from them, but Mango's take on his own profiteering from it)

Oh, and another thing - The President of the United States is committing insider trading while manipulating the stock market and should be arrested immediately.

@DocEmUK I found out recently that referrals to specialists are now being basically scrapped! You have to email them- hopefully with everything the pt wants to tell them - then they tell you what to try next! Sounds like a worse deal for patients and GPs!

I’ve been doing this GP malarkey for nearly 20y now. It struck me today that the only way I can carry on practising the way I used to is if I do it at my own personal expense. It never used to be like this - there was enough time in the day for bereavement visits, wellbeing checks, proactive care, time with colleagues to discuss patients & build relationships. General practice today is decision making at the same speed as a shoot-em-up game. Today was just me for 55 same day requests for appointments, clinical supervision of three members of staff, medical student education, paramedic education and all routine needs for a population of 1250 patients. We’re fortunate to have personal lists - though the new contract doesn’t value the continuity at all - and that matters to me deeply. Leaving work at 7, I decided to pop in to a patient of mine that I’ve known for 14y. In their 80s, they’ve just had joint replacement surgery and are having a bit of a wobble. We had a chat, they felt better, we have a plan & I’ll check in next week. This is the kind of GP I want to be. My day would have been less frantic, I’d have eaten/urinated at a sensible time, and I’d would have been less snappy with the children whom I saw briefly before bed if there hadn’t been so much nonsense crowding my day: 25 mins on hold trying to get through to a specialist (and failing), an insurance company slyly demanding a conversation with me about a non-urgent issue because it saves them money, dealing with consequences of private tests not requested by me but with the inevitable ‘see your GP’ as disposition, missing discharge medication, delayed follow-up, inappropriate ‘GP to’ as the heart failure team have a waiting list - and much more. Commissioning gaps, poor clinical pathway planning, govt targets on access over quality, media perpetuation of entitlement over responsibility and disproportionate investment & expansion of specialists over general practice have caused this. This is not ‘part time’ GP working - as a partner that’s never a thing. This is expectations from everywhere without resourcing to match. We want to deliver the things we did 20y ago - that’s why we went into this. If you want your family doctor back then you need to support us - because we want to be that too. I’m a GP, but also a Mum, wife and daughter of aged parents. I can’t do this at my own expense any more, and nor should I have to. Arguments of laziness and greed always abound, but really what we need is a properly resourced service. Please stand with us - a fight is coming.

@MonkEmma Some of the old packaging was gorgeous. Can we at least blame Muslims for that changing? If not, then maybe Kier Starmer's govt? 😉

🧵And we're off, ladies and gentlemen! It's "they're banning the word EASTER" week. Regular as clockwork... So here comes a history lesson and media lesson all rolled into one thread! PS, I can't believe there's no easter egg emoji? This was the best I could do - 🗿🥚 🤣 I digress! 1/19

@MonkEmma This is actually a great idea!

Second aside... No, Cadbury's did not make a Halal Eid Egg and stock it in Asda in Stoke! It was Satire, which worked so well that Full Fact had to do an official fact check! People really will believe any old nonsense! 16/

Here it is, my annual reminder: don't spray spring dandelions with roundup. One flower can be visited by 100+ bees, and your chemical bullshit will kill all of them. If you hate dandelions so much, just pull them. Or leave them alone. It's not like they're going to shank you as you walk by.

@StevenFryerz9 Incredible photo! I've never seen an adder, though I've definitely been in areas they inhabit. Maybe I should start going closer to their bedtime?

"Fangtastic" Every now and then you get an image that just wows yourself, found another adder on my way to photograph Dippers and as it was basking in the sun it yawned 😮 couldn't believe my luck, all day I've being saying to myself "I can't believe I've just got that shot"

@dontforgetchaos My local page, under a comment someone made about the sky looking nice

Oh the Chemtrail nuts are out in force today. Go on, learn a bit of physics, chemistry & a smattering of metrology. I dare you.

@1StevieKilner Funnily enough, I was just thinking about how I need a photo of a cat called Gerald, and that it would be perfect if he was directing wheelbarrow work

If anyone would like to see a photo of a cat called Gerald taking charge of Saturday morning wheelbarrow duties, this is your lucky day. #Caturday

@MadelaineLucyH My daughter's best friends are Muslim. They don't expect her to fast when they are, but she does her best to eat before/after seeing them when poss. She's learnt lots from them & they've learnt from her about Catholic traditions from primary school (confession surprised them!)

My best friend is Muslim, and she has been fasting. I’m not a Muslim, and I don’t. We joke about it. She’s going to a white CoE funeral, and calls me to ask what the norms are and what to wear and say. This summer, I’ll be going to a family wedding with her and asking the same. Because that’s integration. That’s how you build a society that works. We don’t all have to be the same. We just need to have policies that allow for proper mixing and insight.

OK, I am bored with this lie now. Here are the facts. - Abortion remains illegal after 24 weeks gestation except in certain rare and exceptional circumstances - Supplying pills to terminate a pregnancy remains illegal after 10 weeks gestation - Abortion still requires two doctors' signatures to be performed legally - Women seeking terminations must still meet one of the criteria set out in the 1967 Abortion Act - Forced abortion remains a crime - Anyone, including medical professionals, who helps a woman obtain an abortion outside the law is liable for prosecution. In short, "abortion up to birth" HAS NOT been legalised. What the new law does is prevent women from being criminalised for ending their own pregnancies without medical help - a hugely risky practice that women only do if they are desperate. Parliament recognises that these women need care and support, not draconian punishment. Importantly, the new law also protects women who have suffered late miscarriages or stillbirths from being prosecuted for their loss and potentially spending years in jail for what is a tragedy, not a crime. bills.parliament.uk/publications/5…

@Frances_Coppola Thank you. This was something I wanted to look into, to find the truth behind the headline, but just haven't had the chance or mental energy!