Francesca
Interests: academia; NHS: health research; frailty in OP; learning disability; Patient public involvement/engagement/exp. in research & NHS; Down’s syndrome; gardening; allotments;left politics; environment. Views entirely my own.
She/her. I have ADHD
- I’ve got a rotten cold but January is nearly over which reminded me of this Mnemonic from Brian Bilston which always makes me chuckle 🤭
- Reposted by FrancescaZack Polanski: Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake up call for Britain
- I've managed until 19Jan without moaning. Lift in our (campus) building has been broken since mid-Dec (fixed last wk) [arthritis in feet & knees v painful), then heating broke (now fixed). So finally just after a month I've come into campus. Photocopier is broken, and so is the laminator! ARGGHH.
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- magazine.unison.org.uk/2025/10/14/v... This case is absolutely appalling 😣 #Discrimination - the fact that Leicester appealed it twice is despicable and disturbing. The council tax payers of Leicester should be asking some hard questions.
- Today’s vibe 🤦🏻♀️
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- Just read my work emails. Someone has sent their personal promotion details and Cv to the whole School (twice). Oops ! As someone with ADHD I am paranoid about checking emails before I send them. Right person, too wordy, bla bla.
- Reposted by FrancescaSpain has imposed a permanent ban on the sale of weapons and ammunition to Israel as part of a package of measures aimed at "stopping the genocide" in Gaza.
- Absolutely bonkers. I hope he has been struck off? Because if he hasn’t by now this should be the last straw 🤬
- Been to work with our lovely group of adults with learning disabilities at Southampton mencap this morning. One of the groups was out washing cars in the car park so I got my car washed as well (which it badly needed😆). I gave them a tenner to get themselves a treat for after lunch 😎
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- A must see! Ann, is a real working class hero. She and Charlie brought up a beautiful family only to have their daughter ripped away from them💔. She stood up to the old boys’ club & establishment. An amazing portrayal - congrats to Sheridan, Daniel & all the incredible cast.
- I’ve had a brilliant first summer on my #allotment here’s a multi photo/post thread on my successes with a few uh oh’s along the way ! See alt text for descriptions
- Do you remember … 🎶
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... utterly heartbreaking 💔 and AVOIDABLE deaths
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- @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social PIP IS NOT AN IN WORK BENEFIT ! REPEAT…
- I think the heat has mucked up my IT today. My internet went down at home for the second day running, then I couldn't MFA with my new phone handset - finally sorted it with our fab IT team. I'm not amused with EE (I replaced by BTinternet with EE). It is not as reliable as it used to be either grrr
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- Top tip!
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- Reposted by FrancescaThe plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Francesca""It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy," said Simon..." www.wnep.com/article/news...
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- I'm having a totally surreal week. I tried to assist a mother by letting her know her car alarm was going off with her toddler w distressed in the front seat (yes she was in a forward facing car seat) who became verbally abusive and threatening(!) (I said nothing about the seat but it's illegal).
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- This is despicable 🤬 I spent a few years on carer’s allowance myself - it was not much but it helped me survive. Attacking carers and disabled people is vile.
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- Reposted by Francescastaging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...
- 1.4% pay offer, are you having a laugh? FGS 😵💫
- www.carersuk.org/news-and-cam... I would not describe it as reform either. It’s draconian, crude & cruel.
- #AllotmentsUK thought I’d pop some updates on my #allotment which I took over in January. Battle of the bindweed continues but very pleased with progress. Latest addition is sweetcorn and bespoke bird deterrent 😎
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- Does anyone else have a form of grief when much loved colleagues leave or retire? I’m bereft this year after several really lovely colleagues have left. 💔 I know this is life but since the pandemic it really affects me.
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- I’ve actually received an email from someone who said in not to many words… I’m too important to meet with you (my team ▶️my manager is a Professor and my colleague a SRF). This is what happens with centralisation of university services they become unfathomable, immovable and completely unhelpful
- I’m in the place where aggressive NHS signs go to die 🤣 #Phlebotomy #UHSNHS
