I felt pretty darn good about this press release on Iger and Disney. indivisible.org/statements/i...

#LaytownRaces @carlhorsley.bsky.social @matt13.bsky.social @siriwiig.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social

#StormySkies @carlhorsley.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social @siriwiig.bsky.social @matt13.bsky.social @davidjgrant.bsky.social

This is one of those situations when I don’t want to hit the “heart” button because I don’t know what it means. I refer to the local Organ Procurement group as vultures.

It should be a matter of national shame that we now spend more on maternity litigation than the total cost of running maternity services.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u... @carlhorsley.bsky.social @matt13.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202... "everyone in Ireland fell into a vat of Guinness, got drunk and needs to sober up" is 10/10 persuasive diplomacy.

“The best arguments in the world won’t change a single person’s point of view. The only thing that can do that is a good story. stories are a kind of benevolent Trojan horse. You let them in, and they add complication, allowing you to understand a thing and its opposite are true at the same time.”

OpenAI’s o3 reasoning model to correctly solve 85.5 per cent of the NEJM cases. That compared with about 20 per cent by experienced human doctors, #AIDiagnosis via @financialtimes.com

me: there's no way this day could possibly get any better Ireland:

It feels like the dark ages are creeping up on us. #Diphtheria www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Definitely time to reup this

@juliangough.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/Futurology...

Probably the best reaction by anyone just learning about the 36-hour B-2 missions.

Two letters to @economist.com on #HighReliability this week. Is this a record? @carlhorsley.bsky.social @matt13.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social @siriwiig.bsky.social

“Every administration is trying to build the plane as it flies. This may be the first adminstration that is yanking random pieces out of the engine, and chucking them out of the cargo bay in mid air.”

Oh dear. Not the kind of story ireland wants to see on page 1 of the @wsj.com

A question for delegates attending #HEPS2025 If the HFE community was allowed to focus on only one “thing” to improve healthcare, what would that one thing be? And you aren’t allowed to say education. @heps2025.bsky.social @peterlachman.bsky.social @carlhorsley.bsky.social

Did Bob Wears ever utter anything other than profound wisdom? @heps2025.bsky.social @carlhorsley.bsky.social @matt13.bsky.social @heps2025.bsky.social

A great read with lessons for pitfalls to avoid when #healthcare meets #HFE #HEPS2025 @heps2025.bsky.social @kencatchpole.bsky.social @peterlachman.bsky.social @eidin.bsky.social

Great intro to #HFE at #HEPS2025 from Liam and Angela. @peterlachman.bsky.social @carlhorsley.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social

#Vaccines #idiots www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...

Thank you- was an honour to receive the award

Ask the right questions for AI says Nick MacDonald @heps2025.bsky.social #HEPS2025

@carlhorsley.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social @aoifedb.bsky.social @marieward1.bsky.social @eidin.bsky.social @siriwiig.bsky.social

Dr Stavros Prineas talking about Stephen Bolsin at #HEPS2025 @heps2025.bsky.social

Greta talk on the history of #Safety and #Anesthesia at #HEPS2025 @heps2025.bsky.social @carlhorsley.bsky.social @siriwiig.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social

Great talk - need to repeat it !

#MindfulGovernance a new concept to me; @heps2025.bsky.social #HEPS2025 @carlhorsley.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social @siriwiig.bsky.social

Great talk with Ken Catchpole, not just slaughtering sacred cows, but skewering them. #HEPS2025 @heps2025.bsky.social @carlhorsley.bsky.social @matt13.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social

Learning about what constitutes a fall @heps2025.bsky.social 22 Definitions; who knew? And look at all the measures! #HEPS2025

@heps2025.bsky.social Great talk from Paul Bowie about how to improve learning #HEPS2025 @carlhorsley.bsky.social @mattscanlan.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social @siriwiig.bsky.social

Great panel on patient work and use of AI - how can it empower people to take control over health #HEPS2025 @peterlachman.bsky.social

And we are off ! First day of the healthcare ergonomics and patient safety conference in TCD . Excitement overload ! @heps2025.bsky.social @peterlachman.bsky.social

Workshops underway #HEPS2025 @peterlachman.bsky.social

Paul Bowie on investigation of incidents #HEPS2025 Https://learn.nhs.scot/82261

this guy gets it

I have a deal proposal for the NATO summit: America's military keeps defending Europe, Europe's generals teach the US Army how to pull off a military parade that doesn't look like a bunch of off-time cadets who don't want to be there.

Someone has a sense of humor.

Noice

Time for some wonder and awe, brought to you courtesy of scientists! @carlhorsley.bsky.social @matt13.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social @mirmulcahy.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

US aid cuts may put 1 million lives at risk. www.cgdev.org/blog/million...

“A guilty system recognises no innocents” Iain M banks

"Ethics, decency, and morality are the real soldiers." Kiran Bedi

Dependence on protection by tariffs and laws to 'buy American' only encourages incompetence" [in management]. W Edwards Deming. HT John Seddon on Twitter

Today is a day for confirming one iron rule of politics. Horrible people are also horrible to each other.