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Lisa Thom

@agathacrispie.bsky.social

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Publishing Support Analyst @ Consonance. MSc Translational Health Sciences. Well-meaning expert amateur. Patient and a11y advocate. Haver of autoimmune conditions. Story lover, fond of code & tabletop games. Wrangler of cats. she/her

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Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · 1d

An excellent module. One I think all healthcare researchers, clinicians and policymakers would learn a lot from, though I do suppose I am pretty biased ☺️

Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 1d

Our MSc module 'Patients, Citizens and the Politics of Evidence' runs from 8-12 December @ox.ac.uk. Open to stand-alone students as a freestanding short course. #healthpolicy

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Patients, Citizens and the Politics of Evidence

Examining the role of patients and citizens in providing evidence for health care research

lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk

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Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · 10d

Finding it increasingly difficult to navigate various social medias without being triggered by certain types of posts that cause really negative, unhelpful thought patterns for me but hit a new low today when I managed to get got by sodding LinkedIn of all places

Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · 26d

Special distaste for people trying to sell me things also trying to teach me how to fill in online forms as if I have never used the internet before. That’ll be a hard pass from me on your business, thanks

Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · Sep 11

Gave Rocket some egg as a treat and he is now running around the house with joy like a madman. For some reason they left this part out of the Mog books.

Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · Sep 10

When my blood disorder increases my clotting ability so much that i don’t even bleed when i manage to accidentally stab my hand with a knife

Screenshot from The Simpsons. Mr Burns is in casual, hospital appropriate clothes looking pleased. Smithers is with him looking concerned. Text on the image reads: “Indestructable.”

Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hey guys great news one of them told me “stop worrying” so guess I’m cured now

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Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · Sep 8

Stress of tradesmen in the house is amazing. I'm anxious before they arrive about whether they'll show up and then immediately anxious once they arrive about how long until they leave. Wonder what not living in a constant state of fight or flight feels like, guess I'll never know.

Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · Sep 4

Recovering from a rubbish day by going to the local park and appreciating all the dogs having the best time

Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · Aug 27

Noticed that the Katabasis hardback is cheaper on Amazon than the Kindle edition. I’ve heard all sorts of justifications over the years for why ebooks shouldn’t be priced cheaper than print but I’ve yet to hear one for why an ebook should cost *more* than its physical counterpart 🤔

Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · Aug 22

There is nothing quite so humbling to one’s ego as the professionally taken academic photograph, my word

Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · Aug 8

Is this a deliberate act of subterfuge on the part of the marketing team so we all let “This is Beyond” slide as a slogan?

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · Aug 3

i remain much more concerned about what humans will do to each other with AI than I am about what AI itself will do to humans

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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · Jul 30

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

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Michell C Clark @michellcclark.bsky.social · Jun 16

Without proper nuance, "self-care" rhetoric shifts blame for systemic problems onto individual people. You can't meditate your way out of medical debt. Positive thinking won't raise the minimum wage. Sometimes the most caring thing you can do is get angry at the right systems.

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Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · Jul 8

Variables I didn’t foresee when buying our new coffee machine: the cat sitting in my latte and subsequently me having to brush latte out of his fur

Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · Jun 30

Worked out last night that since randomly joining Cat in a Flat a few years ago I have now met over 20 local cats in my area and all of them have been excellent. Would recommend.

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Let the Right Hon In @danhon.com · Jun 28

Our cat Biscuit had his grooming appt today and they sent us his report card but I think I'm just going to use it as my bio

Screenshot of a report:

TEMPERAMENT
Expressed some opinions and told lots of stories
Nervous and benefitted from lots of reassurance
Wiggly

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Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · Jun 17

It’s the simple pleasures in life of singing immigrant song as a duet with your screaming cat in the morning when he wants his wet food

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Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · Jun 13

Put the laundry on and went to sit under a tree in the park around the corner from new place because that is a thing I can do now

A park with lush green grass and large green trees underneath a clear blue sky

Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · Jun 11

Moved into our new house at last. Wonder when the feeling that it’s a trick will fade away and I’ll stop feeling like any moment the real owners are going to show up and chase me out with a broom.

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Skye2K 🫒 Uncaged Edition™ @goodbye.bsky.social · May 31

I forget who I heard it from but the essence of conservatism is "Couldn't be me." I could never get disabled, I could never be injured on the job, I won't be arrested, I won't be deported.

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Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · May 30

Genuinely reduced to making phone calls to these people saying “I don’t plan on doing anything, just tell me which set of solicitors I need to hate most”

Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · May 29

Past 4pm on the day of our house exchange and the conveyancers casually drop an email asking us if we have a spare £30k to make up a deposit shortfall elsewhere in the chain. Pardon me while I just go get my infinite money chequebook???

Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · May 25

For someone who lives in the same three outfits I have far too many clothes in my wardrobe. Moving is eye opening.

Lisa Thom @agathacrispie.bsky.social · May 20

For reference medical professionals, if you are explaining a medical procedure to the patient that they may or may not need in the future, it is not particularly helpful to describe it saying “it might be painful, it might not”. That also describes literally every human experience.