Dr Rebecca Linnett (she/her)
@rebeccalinnett.bsky.social
Senior Research Associate for Norwich Clinical Trials Unit. Interested in health, psychology, and clinical trial accessibility.
Bit of a methods geek.
Disabled | Socialist | Queer | Bread witch.
Views my own. Not a medical doctor.
Bit of a methods geek.
Disabled | Socialist | Queer | Bread witch.
Views my own. Not a medical doctor.
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Ok so I've got a lot of new academic followers and I need to warn you that my feed is about 15% academic stuff and 85% dogs, cats and bread making. I also like to see what people are knitting/crocheting. So basically I like knowing other academics but mostly for the non-academic stuff you post!
My wife has just broken the sellotape dispenser before any presents have been wrapped so I am afraid Christmas is cancelled
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My wife has just broken the sellotape dispenser before any presents have been wrapped so I am afraid Christmas is cancelled
Meal out (in a private room 😷) with my father-in-law for his 90th. Send good thoughts, this has the potential to be hard 😬
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Meal out (in a private room 😷) with my father-in-law for his 90th. Send good thoughts, this has the potential to be hard 😬
Today on #BeckyFM is I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner (apparently, I had to look it up).
Interesting choice for whatever part of my brain decides this, as I can't remember the last time I heard it. Also I've just got the one line on repeat because I don't actually know the rest of the song.
Interesting choice for whatever part of my brain decides this, as I can't remember the last time I heard it. Also I've just got the one line on repeat because I don't actually know the rest of the song.
This morning: the theme tune to Keeping Up Appearances
I have Cliff Richard in my head and I don't know what I've done to deserve this
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Today on #BeckyFM is I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner (apparently, I had to look it up).
Interesting choice for whatever part of my brain decides this, as I can't remember the last time I heard it. Also I've just got the one line on repeat because I don't actually know the rest of the song.
Interesting choice for whatever part of my brain decides this, as I can't remember the last time I heard it. Also I've just got the one line on repeat because I don't actually know the rest of the song.
How is it possible that every hospital I am under uses a different electronic platform to send letters, test results etc? Surely the NHS should just decide on a platform and everybody runs with it? No?
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
How is it possible that every hospital I am under uses a different electronic platform to send letters, test results etc? Surely the NHS should just decide on a platform and everybody runs with it? No?
Has anybody bought a tumble dryer recently and thought "wow I really like this tumble dryer that did not cost me more than, say, £400"?
Because if so I need your tumble dryer recommendations as ours has decided 15 years is enough years.
Because if so I need your tumble dryer recommendations as ours has decided 15 years is enough years.
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Has anybody bought a tumble dryer recently and thought "wow I really like this tumble dryer that did not cost me more than, say, £400"?
Because if so I need your tumble dryer recommendations as ours has decided 15 years is enough years.
Because if so I need your tumble dryer recommendations as ours has decided 15 years is enough years.
This morning: the theme tune to Keeping Up Appearances
I have Cliff Richard in my head and I don't know what I've done to deserve this
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This morning: the theme tune to Keeping Up Appearances
Agatha is being spayed in Dec so we've just bought some surgery suits so we can get her used to them. Day 1 was interesting... She ran around like a demon released from hell for about ten minutes and then after we took it off was v.subdued. Feel bad but don't think she'd like the cone alternative!
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Agatha is being spayed in Dec so we've just bought some surgery suits so we can get her used to them. Day 1 was interesting... She ran around like a demon released from hell for about ten minutes and then after we took it off was v.subdued. Feel bad but don't think she'd like the cone alternative!
I know you're not meant to judge, but I saw her running laps round the lounge earlier so I don't think she really needs that wheelchair 😅
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I know you're not meant to judge, but I saw her running laps round the lounge earlier so I don't think she really needs that wheelchair 😅
I have Cliff Richard in my head and I don't know what I've done to deserve this
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I have Cliff Richard in my head and I don't know what I've done to deserve this
Ok so made it to the opticians which is a good thing as a) my prescription is wrong so they're remaking my glasses but also b) they think I may have inflammation in one of my nerves so I'm being referred to the hospital. (Have no idea what that could be about, trying not to panic!)
Spent most of today feeling rubbish from a mast cell reaction and tomorrow I have to drag myself to the opticians for a re-test as my new glasses are very much not right. And I'm tired and it's cold and I just don't want to leave the house 😂
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ok so made it to the opticians which is a good thing as a) my prescription is wrong so they're remaking my glasses but also b) they think I may have inflammation in one of my nerves so I'm being referred to the hospital. (Have no idea what that could be about, trying not to panic!)
WTAF, I've just had an email from Facebook saying my account has been suspended for violating "Community Standards on cybersecurity". I've appealed but I literally have no idea what I'm meant to have done!? I'll be pissed off if I lose access as there's a lot of friends & memories on there.
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
WTAF, I've just had an email from Facebook saying my account has been suspended for violating "Community Standards on cybersecurity". I've appealed but I literally have no idea what I'm meant to have done!? I'll be pissed off if I lose access as there's a lot of friends & memories on there.
Spent most of today feeling rubbish from a mast cell reaction and tomorrow I have to drag myself to the opticians for a re-test as my new glasses are very much not right. And I'm tired and it's cold and I just don't want to leave the house 😂
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Spent most of today feeling rubbish from a mast cell reaction and tomorrow I have to drag myself to the opticians for a re-test as my new glasses are very much not right. And I'm tired and it's cold and I just don't want to leave the house 😂
Oh good lord my cat photo from yesterday has escaped my corner of the internet and it's A Lot.
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Oh good lord my cat photo from yesterday has escaped my corner of the internet and it's A Lot.
I feel like I might be too tired for Christmas? Everyone seems to have their tree up and I'm still surrounded by Halloween decor and up to my eyes in Christmas lists and just generally am wondering how one turns this all around in time 🙈😂
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I feel like I might be too tired for Christmas? Everyone seems to have their tree up and I'm still surrounded by Halloween decor and up to my eyes in Christmas lists and just generally am wondering how one turns this all around in time 🙈😂
Book 44 of 2025
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Sutanto
Started: 09/11/25
Finished: 16/11/25
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5
I absolutely love Vera & was so glad when the author wrote a sequel as the 1st book was meant to be standalone. This was everything I'd hoped for, I hope there's more!
💙📚
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Sutanto
Started: 09/11/25
Finished: 16/11/25
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5
I absolutely love Vera & was so glad when the author wrote a sequel as the 1st book was meant to be standalone. This was everything I'd hoped for, I hope there's more!
💙📚
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Book 44 of 2025
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Sutanto
Started: 09/11/25
Finished: 16/11/25
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5
I absolutely love Vera & was so glad when the author wrote a sequel as the 1st book was meant to be standalone. This was everything I'd hoped for, I hope there's more!
💙📚
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Sutanto
Started: 09/11/25
Finished: 16/11/25
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5
I absolutely love Vera & was so glad when the author wrote a sequel as the 1st book was meant to be standalone. This was everything I'd hoped for, I hope there's more!
💙📚
Just a smol creature warming her beans before the fire and plotting her next acts of chaos and destruction
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Just a smol creature warming her beans before the fire and plotting her next acts of chaos and destruction
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Linnett (she/her)
If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
Accidentally went to church in too many layers and nearly passed out. (In my defence who expects a Victorian building in November to be well-heated; this is not a common phenomenon in the Church of England! 😆)
November 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Accidentally went to church in too many layers and nearly passed out. (In my defence who expects a Victorian building in November to be well-heated; this is not a common phenomenon in the Church of England! 😆)
I know dunnocks are generally ground feeders but do they go in trees/on bird tables too? We have a small brown bird that keeps showing up but this morning was going into the tree and onto the bird table. Not a sparrow. If they don't, what could it be?
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I know dunnocks are generally ground feeders but do they go in trees/on bird tables too? We have a small brown bird that keeps showing up but this morning was going into the tree and onto the bird table. Not a sparrow. If they don't, what could it be?
All vehicles should be limited to 80mph (excluding emergency vehicles obviously). There's no reason for anyone to be doing more than that, it would be easy to implement and it would save a lot of lives.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
All vehicles should be limited to 80mph (excluding emergency vehicles obviously). There's no reason for anyone to be doing more than that, it would be easy to implement and it would save a lot of lives.
Oh frabjous day; there's a sticker inside with the serial number on it 😃 Also I've spent a long time defrosting the sodding thing with a hairdryer (felt like one of those H&S videos where you have to say all the things they're doing that are unsafe) so lunch is via Uber Eats.
Defrosting the freezer (always a joy). One of the drawers is cracked and needs replacing there is no brand or model number on the 3 sides we can get at and pulling it out is not easy. So that'll be duct tape I guess!
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Oh frabjous day; there's a sticker inside with the serial number on it 😃 Also I've spent a long time defrosting the sodding thing with a hairdryer (felt like one of those H&S videos where you have to say all the things they're doing that are unsafe) so lunch is via Uber Eats.
Defrosting the freezer (always a joy). One of the drawers is cracked and needs replacing there is no brand or model number on the 3 sides we can get at and pulling it out is not easy. So that'll be duct tape I guess!
November 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Defrosting the freezer (always a joy). One of the drawers is cracked and needs replacing there is no brand or model number on the 3 sides we can get at and pulling it out is not easy. So that'll be duct tape I guess!
Follow-up:
Me: Sweetie... Did *I* leave eight Yorkshire puddings on the draining board!?
Wife: No, that was me!
There's no hope for this house.
Me: Sweetie... Did *I* leave eight Yorkshire puddings on the draining board!?
Wife: No, that was me!
There's no hope for this house.
This afternoon I found a teaspoon in my cardigan pocket. I have no idea when this occurred or what possible reason I can have had for doing that but I guess it made sense at the time?
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Follow-up:
Me: Sweetie... Did *I* leave eight Yorkshire puddings on the draining board!?
Wife: No, that was me!
There's no hope for this house.
Me: Sweetie... Did *I* leave eight Yorkshire puddings on the draining board!?
Wife: No, that was me!
There's no hope for this house.
This afternoon I found a teaspoon in my cardigan pocket. I have no idea when this occurred or what possible reason I can have had for doing that but I guess it made sense at the time?
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This afternoon I found a teaspoon in my cardigan pocket. I have no idea when this occurred or what possible reason I can have had for doing that but I guess it made sense at the time?
Due to who I am as a person I am very early but at least the getting here went smoothly!
November 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Due to who I am as a person I am very early but at least the getting here went smoothly!