In Oct 2023, I was asked by the The BMJ to write a piece on decolonization. I said I'd focus on Gaza. They agreed. I was in daily touch with @GhassanAbuSitta as he relayed a genocide unfolding from the OR in Gaza. I wrote up his words & contextualized. BMJ refused to publish.

Short 🧵. There are too many instances of rape as a weapon of war. I cannot however think of another instance where rapists are explicitly glorified as heroes by the regime, press and society (as in the case of Israel)

"I think colonialism gets a bad rap" Wild exchange with an Israeli far right settler activist, hoping to move into Gaza, and for all Palestinians to be pushed out We met Arielle at a tent camp close to the Erez border crossing

Olle ten Cate Jen Williams 🇦🇺👩🏽‍⚕️ Great suggestion by Holly A Caretta-Weyer - if a colleague approaches you with ‘informal feedback’ on a learner you request a timeout and suggest that it needs to be documented - if it’s not documented it didn’t happen #AMEE2024 TRANSPARENCY is a must for all!

Dear GMC I agree with this decision What one asks for is this thing called...consistency Not different outcomes based on ethnicity Please do kindly consider the other case in the SAME trust with consistency Regards PSK

Carol Vorderman, "Around 75% of people said they get their news online, compared to 50% who said they get it from television, and just 14% print" "So why are we still doing the newspaper reviews, morning, noon and night, and not social media reviews?" "Interest in news in the

Gone. In the name of progress, I suppose. As long as they bring O’Rorke down as well 😬

😂😅 ... the replies are wicked too ....

If you have a lumpectomy, (standard DCIS treatment for that #breastcancer) & go around telling people that it was “alternative treatments” that cured you, you are… …*checks notes* a liar, and likely part responsible for some future avoidable cancer deaths as well as

“Doctors shouldn’t be involved in politics” 👋 ER doc here to say I’ll stop being involved in politics when thoughts/prayers are able to fix bullet holes

Israeli economist Shir Hever says Israel’s genocidal war has bankrupted its economy and destroyed the country’s future… - 46,000 businesses have gone bankrupt and up to 60,000 will close by years end - Foreign investment has dropped 60% - There is NO Tourism - Education

Elon Musk just shadow banned Mehdi Hasan. Unreal.

The most important factor in high-functioning organizations is TRUST. - James Laughlin James Laughlin

The 5 signs of tribalism in an organization. - James Laughlin at the Health NZ - Waitematā SMO dinner (WRAM = world revolves around me)

In contrast, the NZ #Covid19 inquiry has morphed into one that seeks to question vaccines, the (successful) effort of isolating us from Covid when we were most vulnerable, and how to get private companies involved.

Truly extraordinarily powerful interview of Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister of France, on Gaza. I can't stress enough how rare it is to hear a former French PM speak like this. He says France "no longer has a voice on the international scene", because (among other

i setup a fake dog food company last month, bought purina at the pet store, and paid laura loomer $100 for this post

Every time I hear “they were a product of their time,” to justify racism, I think to this piece by Barbarity vs Civilisation by René Georges Hermann-Paul. Clearly “the time” (1899) had anti-racist sentiment, too. “The era” is no excuse.

It’s Out! The final part of Our Abdominal wall Blocks Series. Join Jeff Gadsden & I for some for #RegionalAnaesthesia #RegionalAnesthesia Fun on #BILIH #BlockItLikeItsHot Shoutouts Dr Nav Sidhu Kariem Hesham Elsharkawy MD, MBA Nadia Hernandez, MD, FASA Ki Jinn Chin Jon Bailey MD MSc FRCPC EDRA 🇨🇦🧗🏄‍♂️ Evan Yates

Team #anaesthesia at Iron Maiden Auckland