Trisha Elliott
Interested in life in general & people in particular.
Living in Edinburgh, now enjoying a non clinical role, but still a doctor at heart.
Posting about medicine, health, social inequalities, sport, politics, Scotland, sustainability, veggie food & cats.
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottI forgot I actually have four MORE ways you can follow Talking Climate. Talking Climate is also an audio podcast, read by the amazing Anne Cloud. Subscribe on: YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCHf... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/583MdhA... BuzzSprout: talkingclimate.buzzsprout.com And Apple:
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottPeople will continue to cycle in the rain if you provide the infrastructure to make it safe and comfortable for them to do so. The greenery alongside cuts the risk of flooding, as well as improving the look of the street.
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- Reposted by Trisha ElliottIt's often in the feeding of people & animals, in rural outposts, or observing nature anywhere, the winds of change are felt first. Comments like 'this is one of the most important articles I've read on here recently' could apply to any of @environment.theguardian.com Country Diaries, most days.
- This is great! Thank you for sharing it @ytsrik.bsky.social!
- It’s a slightly dreich day today, but that’s not going to stop me sharing photos from the bus window! Here’s Edinburgh Castle from the top deck of the no 29 @lothianbuses.bsky.social! (With a little help from the Waterlogue app…) 1/n
- And here’s the no 31 going in the opposite direction past the Scott Monument. Tagging @lothianbuses.bsky.social. 2/n
- The good people of Edinburgh here going about their business in this picture from North Bridge looking back to the castle and the Scott Monument… The Waterlogue app picks out the blue of the parapet, even on a dull day! 3/n
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View full threadAnd finally, the Queens Hall! I’ve performed there! It’s very lovely… 6/n
- Celebrating World Cancer Day and counting my many blessings. I am fortunate to live in a part of the world where we have excellent healthcare and I am supported by a collection of absolutely fabulous family, friends and colleagues! Many others are not so fortunate. #WorldCancerDay #Scotland
- I’d like to say an enormous thank you to everyone who has supported my fundraising so far! After five months of being on the “other side” of healthcare, I’m taking the chance to give something back, via the @nhslothcharity.bsky.social, for staff & other patients. www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
- Celebrating #WorldCancerDay today and counting my many blessings…
- I’d like to say an enormous thank you to everyone who has supported my fundraising so far! After five months of being on the “other side” of healthcare, I’m taking the chance to give something back, via the @nhslothcharity.bsky.social, for staff & other patients. www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottA Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Minneapolis is really a recognition of people power and it’s the first time a whole city has been put forward for the prize.
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- More of this in Virginia Giuffre’s book…
- From 2019: Jeffrey Epstein liked to describe himself as a “science philanthropist,” and academics liked to take his money. As more of Epstein’s enablers are uncovered, it’s worth asking why it was so easy for him to infiltrate science in the first place. Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottTomorrow's front page 📰 King Charles 'must face questions' as Andrew reported to police over trafficking allegations
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottAnd now for some good news. A 13 year old has been hailed as a hero after swimming through rough water for four hours to get help for his mum and two siblings who had been swept out to sea on a paddle-board. After raising the alarm, his family was found 14km off shore. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottA heavily redacted cartoon. My @smh cartoon.
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottIt's fascinating that medics are making the effort to switch to anaesthetics with less greenhouse effect while people are driving alone in SUVs
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottA correction for the ages (from The Guardian's review of 'Melania'):
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottAre female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars? These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research. So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
- We’ve booked our tickets! Have you? @trontheatre.bsky.social
- I’d like to say an enormous thank you to everyone who has supported my fundraising so far! After five months of being on the “other side” of healthcare, I’m taking the chance to give something back, via the @nhslothcharity.bsky.social, for staff & other patients. www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottI don't know about that, but I will say that great wealth is like the One Ring: Often the person with it thinks they are wielding it, but ultimately it wields them, and for its own ends, not theirs. It takes a strong person to resist its temptations, and that sort of person is not likely to seek it.
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- Reposted by Trisha ElliottNothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
- Reform UK says it would re-impose two-child benefit cap for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
- New shoes day! I’m not going out running today, but enjoying wearing them around the house. They feel very bouncy! I’m singing “The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers” to myself as I go. Putting the “fun” into “fundraising” for @nhslothcharity.bsky.social! Link: www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottWhy isn't this a major news story?
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottSpain will seek to ban social media for under-16s to protect them from harmful content such as pornography and violence, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said, in the latest such move by governments.
- Reposted by Trisha Elliott“Medicare is, to me, one of the most extraordinary moral achievements of modern Australia. Not because it is perfect, it isn’t. Not because it is untouched by politics, it isn’t. But because it encodes a simple premise – your life has value independent of your wealth.” theaimn.net/the-day-my-m...
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottAlso, these vehicles are not accessible for wheelchair users, and we know from experience that where inaccessible vehicles flood the market, with big money behind them, accessible ones get squeezed out, making it hard for some people to travel at all.
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- Reposted by Trisha Elliott‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how #climatecrisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk - As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions #flooding 2/2 www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottThe focus on powerful men contained in the latest release of the Epstein files 'completely eclipses' the understanding of the impact on victims of sexual violence, an expert has said
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- Reposted by Trisha ElliottPhysics and astronomy researchers in the United Kingdom have reacted with alarm to news that key government funding for particle physics, nuclear physics, and astronomy will be slashed by 30%. scim.ag/46cn06Q
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- Reposted by Trisha ElliottNew Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson secretly advising JPMorgan’s CEO on how to fight Labour’s 2009 bankers’ bonus tax - even suggesting he “mildly threaten” the Chancellor. Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time. A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottHere's the context: When Mandelson was Business Minister, Epstein wrote asking him to make only the cash portion (ie not equity etc) of bankers’ bonuses taxable. Mandelson's answer: “Trying hard to amend as I explained to Jes last night. Treasury digging in but I am on case.”
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottNiagara Falls has partially frozen due to extreme low temperatures and heavy snow. The striking scenes at one of the world's most popular tourist destinations have attracted extra visitors who travelled to the US-Canada border in frigid conditions to witness the spectacle.
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottPlease please vaccinate your child against measles. This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
- UKHSA responds to the confirmation from @WHO that the UK has lost its measles elimination status. Read more from WHO here: bit.ly/3YZuOFa
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- Reposted by Trisha ElliottControversial opinions: 1) Creating good-paying public sector jobs is good, actually. 2) Cutting taxes on the wealthy and subsidizing corporations so they will create low-paying jobs* is not so good, actually. (* Mostly they just reinvest in the market, hide funds offshore, or buy another yacht)
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottAt this point, is it just easier and quicker to publish lists of which powerful people do NOT appear in the Epstein files?
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- So there’s a link between being healthy and doing a variety of different exercises… But in which direction is the causality? From the @newscientist.com. www.newscientist.com/article/2512...
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottWe thought we could address big social problems by steering individual behaviour. But "nudging" people doesn't work, say behavioural scientists Nick Chater and George Loewenstein
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottWhether it be singing, dancing or crafting, engaging in the arts is good for our health, and we're beginning to understand how this behaviour affects our biology
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottWe thought we could address big social problems by steering individual behaviour. But "nudging" people doesn't work, say behavioural scientists Nick Chater and George Loewenstein
- Cheese scones!
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottI don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re under absolutely no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you choose to spend the entire weekend drinking tea, reading books, and eating a scandalous amount of croissants.
- Am I unusual in doing my tax returns as a summer activity?
- Reposted by Trisha ElliottAndrew replies saying he is unable to meet as he is in Geneva, Switzerland, but would be “delighted to see her”. He later asks what information about himself Epstein has given to the woman. Epstein replies: “She 26, russian, clevere [sic] beautiful, trustworthy.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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- Reposted by Trisha ElliottVery good piece by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com.... The US under Trump 2.0 has shifted towards authoritarianism as record speed but unlike other examples (e.g. Putin, Orban) it's happened by bypassing institutions rather than permanently corrupting them... www.ft.com/content/b474...
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