Target reached many thanks to all who've contributed but open for final donations until after Sunday's Kiltwalk and there is no limit to the resources of which Edinburgh Women's Aid can make good and sadly necessary use.

#UniteToFight2024 New Subtitles 🇪🇸 Prof. Akiko Iwasaki Prof. Akiko Iwasaki's talk on the 'Immunology of Post-Acute Infection Syndromes' now also with Spanish subtitles: youtu.be/ZeesZPBluJY Huge thanks to Annette for the transcript & Ona Albizu for the translation!

Why everyone needs to stop joking that they're "a little bit OCD" newscientist.com/article/mg2633…

Waiting for start of ⁦Kiltwalk⁩ at Musselburgh and looking forward to walking along the sea and the length of Edinburgh North and Keith constituency constituency before turning of to Murrayfield for ⁦Edinburgh Women's Aid⁩

I spoke to British Society of Lifestyle Medicine doctors working in Scotland about how a different approach to medicine is making patients 'happier and healthier' #BSLM24👇 'The results are extraordinary': Could this 'common sense' approach save the NHS? heraldscotland.com/news/24571270.… heraldscotland.com/news/24571270.…

On to the Water of Leith section of ⁦Kiltwalk⁩ now heading for Victoria Park and the Ferry Road path and on to Murrayfield what a wonderful route on a wonderful day for ⁦Edinburgh Women's Aid⁩

We need an end to journalism that reinforces victim-blaming, harmful stereotypes and social attitudes that tolerate rape. There is no excuse for this: journalists and editors must do better. Must read by Yvonne Roberts on how responsible reporting helps drive change ⤵️

Left: US Presidential candidate Donald Trump on his Truth Social site, "I hate Taylor Swift" Right: Taylor Swift, "Haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate.. I'm just gonna shake shake shake shake shake.. Shake it off.. Shake it off"

Good morning — Here’s a look at today’s front page of The Herald. Click the links below 👇 to see our top stories (1/4) Subscribe here for exclusive access: heraldscotland.com/subscribe and #BuyAPaper

Bit of stuck record on this but why don't people see econ strategy is 1997 revisited not 2010?Public finances in worse state now(to that extent more justification for tight control of expenditure that's not capital)but so many similarities as I well remember some explained below.

Agree with below and borrowing for investment should certainly be facilitated by fiscal rules.But most current controversies are about current expenditure,especially £22bn in year deficit that wasn't known about,and action to deal with that is unavoidable. ft.com/content/a8fcf2…

Is Labour's real mission higher economic growth or lower government borrowing? My column on why Keir Starmer has a month to decide. newstatesman.com/politics/labou…

⚡ ICYMI ⚡  ❗ Today we, IPPR Scotland and @fifeGingerbread released a report on the #childmaintenanceservice, revealing several catastrophic failings. ➡️ Read more here: opfs.org.uk/get-involved/n… #TransformingChildMaintenance

There's been a lot said about Grangemouth recently based on poor understanding🧵 These 3 untrue harmful claims are prevalent: - Closure is because of green policies. - Closure is to save jobs in England. - The workers are anti-transition and just want to refine oil forever.

This is a really cool paper that shows reduction of RNA viral load in #SARSCoV2 vaccinated individuals when infected across different vaccines in the early acute disease phase. We investigates the same question a while ago ... academic.oup.com/jid/advance-ar…

Each of the six Booker novels does something unique theguardian.com/books/2024/sep…

Fair comment below. Many emphasise big indy majority among young but tend to think decisive factor will be how successful or otherwise the Labour Government is over next five years. Certainly no accident that indy support took off following end of LabGov in 2010.

1/5 📢 New research by OPFS, IPPR Scotland + Fife Gingerbread concludes part 1 of the #TransformingChildMaintenance project. Findings:  ☹️ Widespread dissatisfaction  ⚖️ Inconsistent enforcement  ⚠️ Safety risks for abuse survivors & more. ➡️ opfs.org.uk/TCMreport

We're hiring a Children and Young People (CYP) Support Worker to join the Edinburgh Women's Aid team! An application pack and further details can be found here: buff.ly/3ZrbfEz

Ridiculously beautiful today along the Water of Leith and in Victoria Park in a blaze of Autumn sunshine.