Julia
@welliesnseaweed.bsky.social
Interested in people, it’s as simple and as complicated as that!
(Decided to leave X. Also on Instagram @Welliesnseaweed & Mastodon: [email protected])
(Decided to leave X. Also on Instagram @Welliesnseaweed & Mastodon: [email protected])
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Julia
@welliesnseaweed.bsky.social
· Jan 1
Happy New Year! This year will mark ten years since my cancer diagnosis. Nearly 18 months of treatments, some really tough but it was an aggressive G3 tumour so I needed them. I’m so thankful for medical science, research etc and incredibly thankful to be here, living life to the full!
I’ve had 4 hospital referrals in the last year and it’s really annoying me that way hospitals use nurse practitioners to do an initial assessment (eg take medical history) to fulfill their waiting list timeframes.
September 23, 2026 at 12:22 PM
I’ve had 4 hospital referrals in the last year and it’s really annoying me that way hospitals use nurse practitioners to do an initial assessment (eg take medical history) to fulfill their waiting list timeframes.
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April 18, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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The best camera is the one you have with you.
Expensive kit can be fun, but an interesting subject and good light are the most important aspects of photography.
It was raining, so this was taken with my Olympus waterproof compact camera.
This has been my most liked photo of 2026.
Expensive kit can be fun, but an interesting subject and good light are the most important aspects of photography.
It was raining, so this was taken with my Olympus waterproof compact camera.
This has been my most liked photo of 2026.
It stopped raining long enough for me to watch the sun set.
This is just after the sun dropped below the horizon.
Night, all.
TG7 #photography
This is just after the sun dropped below the horizon.
Night, all.
TG7 #photography
April 18, 2026 at 7:29 AM
The best camera is the one you have with you.
Expensive kit can be fun, but an interesting subject and good light are the most important aspects of photography.
It was raining, so this was taken with my Olympus waterproof compact camera.
This has been my most liked photo of 2026.
Expensive kit can be fun, but an interesting subject and good light are the most important aspects of photography.
It was raining, so this was taken with my Olympus waterproof compact camera.
This has been my most liked photo of 2026.
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9th anniversary of the Grenfell fire is approaching. 72 people died, thousands more scarred.
Main causes remain unaddressed.
Lust for higher profits
Unaccountable corporate power
Performance related executive pay
Failure of regulators
Indifference of govts to the cry of the people
Nothing changed.
Main causes remain unaddressed.
Lust for higher profits
Unaccountable corporate power
Performance related executive pay
Failure of regulators
Indifference of govts to the cry of the people
Nothing changed.
Successive governments have failed to learn lessons of Grenfell Tragedy
The conditions that facilitated the tragedy remain unchecked
leftfootforward.org
April 18, 2026 at 6:46 AM
9th anniversary of the Grenfell fire is approaching. 72 people died, thousands more scarred.
Main causes remain unaddressed.
Lust for higher profits
Unaccountable corporate power
Performance related executive pay
Failure of regulators
Indifference of govts to the cry of the people
Nothing changed.
Main causes remain unaddressed.
Lust for higher profits
Unaccountable corporate power
Performance related executive pay
Failure of regulators
Indifference of govts to the cry of the people
Nothing changed.
I’ve had a couple of surgeries recently under local anaesthetic. During the first one I was in pain and needed more half way through. With the second one I asked for an additional anaesthetic and it made all the difference BUT I was offered lorezapam because they thought I was an anxious person>
April 18, 2026 at 7:39 AM
I’ve had a couple of surgeries recently under local anaesthetic. During the first one I was in pain and needed more half way through. With the second one I asked for an additional anaesthetic and it made all the difference BUT I was offered lorezapam because they thought I was an anxious person>
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Here’s the truth, writes Jenny Riddell-Carpenter: the only reason a Farage-led majority is even conceivable is First Past the Post. Disproportionate systems distort outcomes – & amplify extremes. Fair votes aren’t a luxury. They’re democratic self-defence.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/el...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/el...
February 19, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Here’s the truth, writes Jenny Riddell-Carpenter: the only reason a Farage-led majority is even conceivable is First Past the Post. Disproportionate systems distort outcomes – & amplify extremes. Fair votes aren’t a luxury. They’re democratic self-defence.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/el...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/el...
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themusingsofspu.com/blog/ my new blog is up & it’s all about the UK Government’s #NationalCancerPlan #DepartOfHealthAndSocialCare @lizoriordan.bsky.social @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social
The Musings of Spu
A blog about my adventures as a disabled person & then getting diagnosed with Breast Cancer
themusingsofspu.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
themusingsofspu.com/blog/ my new blog is up & it’s all about the UK Government’s #NationalCancerPlan #DepartOfHealthAndSocialCare @lizoriordan.bsky.social @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social
Anyone know why we don’t sell Bisolvon (bromhexine) in the UK for bad coughs? I bought some a couple of years ago abroad and it’s so effective compared to the OTC remedies available in the UK …
February 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Anyone know why we don’t sell Bisolvon (bromhexine) in the UK for bad coughs? I bought some a couple of years ago abroad and it’s so effective compared to the OTC remedies available in the UK …
Happy New Year! This year will mark ten years since my cancer diagnosis. Nearly 18 months of treatments, some really tough but it was an aggressive G3 tumour so I needed them. I’m so thankful for medical science, research etc and incredibly thankful to be here, living life to the full!
January 1, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Happy New Year! This year will mark ten years since my cancer diagnosis. Nearly 18 months of treatments, some really tough but it was an aggressive G3 tumour so I needed them. I’m so thankful for medical science, research etc and incredibly thankful to be here, living life to the full!
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The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of a Charlotte church's Nativity scene.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit | CNN
As Nativity scenes depicting ICE draw attention and outrage, faith leaders are grappling with politics in religion and urging a closer reading of the Christmas story.
www.cnn.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
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Pamela Grace, artist and printmaker based in south western Scotland #WomensArt
October 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Pamela Grace, artist and printmaker based in south western Scotland #WomensArt
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My latest blog has just gone live - themusingsofspu.com/blog/
This one’s about managing current side effects & a new section - ‘Explainers.’ @lizoriordan.bsky.social @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social
This one’s about managing current side effects & a new section - ‘Explainers.’ @lizoriordan.bsky.social @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social
The Musings of Spu
A blog about my adventures as a disabled person & then getting diagnosed with Breast Cancer
themusingsofspu.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My latest blog has just gone live - themusingsofspu.com/blog/
This one’s about managing current side effects & a new section - ‘Explainers.’ @lizoriordan.bsky.social @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social
This one’s about managing current side effects & a new section - ‘Explainers.’ @lizoriordan.bsky.social @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social
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Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
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themusingsofspu.com/blog/
Hello, my new blog post - ‘The heat is on’ has just been published on my blogsite. Enjoy! @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @lizoriordan.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social
Hello, my new blog post - ‘The heat is on’ has just been published on my blogsite. Enjoy! @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @lizoriordan.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social
The Musings of Spu
A blog about my adventures as a disabled person & then getting diagnosed with Breast Cancer
themusingsofspu.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
themusingsofspu.com/blog/
Hello, my new blog post - ‘The heat is on’ has just been published on my blogsite. Enjoy! @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @lizoriordan.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social
Hello, my new blog post - ‘The heat is on’ has just been published on my blogsite. Enjoy! @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @lizoriordan.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social
You are welcome! @itsmotherswork.bsky.social
Garden ❤️
Would love to see this covered in a climbing plant or similar.
Thank you @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social !
Would love to see this covered in a climbing plant or similar.
Thank you @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social !
@itsmotherswork.bsky.social seen at a nursery, reminded me of you!
August 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
You are welcome! @itsmotherswork.bsky.social
@itsmotherswork.bsky.social seen at a nursery, reminded me of you!
August 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@itsmotherswork.bsky.social seen at a nursery, reminded me of you!
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And there it is. Mark Twain was right.
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes!"
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes!"
Empirical support for the idea that misinformation online spreads further, faster, and deeper than the truth: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
May 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
And there it is. Mark Twain was right.
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes!"
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes!"
When you’ve been through #cancer treatments, every time you hear of someone else with a diagnosis you feel it. Sending love and prayers to Joe Biden and his loved ones and all the other #cancer ‘havers’ ‘survivors’ and ‘thrivers’ out there and their loved ones … with lots of #fellowfeeling. #cansky
May 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
When you’ve been through #cancer treatments, every time you hear of someone else with a diagnosis you feel it. Sending love and prayers to Joe Biden and his loved ones and all the other #cancer ‘havers’ ‘survivors’ and ‘thrivers’ out there and their loved ones … with lots of #fellowfeeling. #cansky
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themusingsofspu.com/blog/ May’s blog is written by Kate Fox. As with most of us who are disabled & then get diagnosed with #BreastCancer they have quite a story to tell. @breastcancernow.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social
The Musings of Spu
A blog about my adventures as a disabled person & then getting diagnosed with Breast Cancer
themusingsofspu.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
themusingsofspu.com/blog/ May’s blog is written by Kate Fox. As with most of us who are disabled & then get diagnosed with #BreastCancer they have quite a story to tell. @breastcancernow.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social
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Very helpful article in the light of Supreme Court etc
Scientific but not beyond this non scientist's comprehension.
Scientific but not beyond this non scientist's comprehension.
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Very helpful article in the light of Supreme Court etc
Scientific but not beyond this non scientist's comprehension.
Scientific but not beyond this non scientist's comprehension.
Here’s a short blog post about some therapy I undertook (is that the right word in this context?) nearly three years ago. I drafted it a while back & wasn’t sure whether or not to share but decided it might help others welliesandseaweed.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/o...
‘Okay’ for now
A couple of years ago I spent some time working through my feelings and thoughts with a therapist. There are different types of counselling and therapy. I had previously had a short course of couns…
welliesandseaweed.wordpress.com
April 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Here’s a short blog post about some therapy I undertook (is that the right word in this context?) nearly three years ago. I drafted it a while back & wasn’t sure whether or not to share but decided it might help others welliesandseaweed.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/o...
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Here’s a wee story about my brother that I shared a few years ago over on another social media site.
It’s about how we used to play with Lego together. Iain couldn’t squeeze the pieces together, so I was his “Lego Squeezer”.
#NationalSiblingsDay
familystories21.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/l...
It’s about how we used to play with Lego together. Iain couldn’t squeeze the pieces together, so I was his “Lego Squeezer”.
#NationalSiblingsDay
familystories21.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/l...
Lego games!
Here’s a random memory about my wee brother, Iain. We played a lot together with Lego. Two particular games were making houses, where families of marbles lived and also making vehicles for them to …
familystories21.wordpress.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Here’s a wee story about my brother that I shared a few years ago over on another social media site.
It’s about how we used to play with Lego together. Iain couldn’t squeeze the pieces together, so I was his “Lego Squeezer”.
#NationalSiblingsDay
familystories21.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/l...
It’s about how we used to play with Lego together. Iain couldn’t squeeze the pieces together, so I was his “Lego Squeezer”.
#NationalSiblingsDay
familystories21.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/l...
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Bravo @libbysallnow.bsky.social
Libby Sallnow: the gentle disruptor - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Libby Sallnow: the gentle disruptor - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Libby Sallnow: the gentle disruptor
Libby Sallnow is Associate Professor in Palliative Care in the Marie Curie Palliative
Care Research Department at University College London, UK, and a consultant at the
Central and North West London N...
www.thelancet.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Bravo @libbysallnow.bsky.social
Libby Sallnow: the gentle disruptor - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Libby Sallnow: the gentle disruptor - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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themusingsofspu.com/blog/
My new blog post is up & it’s all about how I am now, 5 years after being diagnosed with #BreastCancer @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social #BreastCancerAndDisabledPeople
My new blog post is up & it’s all about how I am now, 5 years after being diagnosed with #BreastCancer @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social #BreastCancerAndDisabledPeople
The Musings of Spu
A blog about my adventures as a disabled person & then getting diagnosed with Breast Cancer
themusingsofspu.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
themusingsofspu.com/blog/
My new blog post is up & it’s all about how I am now, 5 years after being diagnosed with #BreastCancer @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social #BreastCancerAndDisabledPeople
My new blog post is up & it’s all about how I am now, 5 years after being diagnosed with #BreastCancer @breastcancernow.bsky.social @breastcancerchatww.bsky.social @welliesnseaweed.bsky.social @thankscancer.bsky.social #BreastCancerAndDisabledPeople