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David Oliver

@mancunianmedic.bsky.social

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NHS Acute Hosp Dr 36 y. GER/GIM. Ex DH Nat Clin Dir. Lapsed Academic. Policy Think Tanker. Ex BGS/RCP Pres/VP Med Journalism. Byline: @BMJ_latest. Columns: health press newspapers. @mjauk Manc-in-South. MCFC. Craic, Schlock, Sharing, Learning, Friends

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 1d

At last, their true colours are revealed.

'Creature' flushed down toilet causes blockage - can you guess what it is?

A sewer crew in Sheffield got a 'despicable' surprise when clearing a blocked drain.

metro.co.uk

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 1d

“He even went for a carvery on the third day” has finished me.

Barnsley man in hospital after three-day cola bottles binge

Nathan Rimmington ate his way through 3kg of sweets - and doctors were shocked he survived.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 4h

ah
i did not about the Zebra symbol
although I'd say having an expert understanding of the specific and different profile of Long Covid effects in people with EDS is way beyond my own expertise &would be a pretty specialised field
I do see loads of people with autonomic neuropathy from other causes

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 2d

NEW: The BMJ Collection on Women’s Health Innovation, developed w/ @gatesfoundation.bsky.social is now live
www.bmj.com/collections/...

@jocalynclark.bsky.social is in Berlin this week for the Gates Foundation Innovation Equity Forum & #WHS2025 to highlight the Collection’s insights #GlobalHealth

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 2d

The Trump administration and its allies have taken several steps to ensure that medical schools in the US dismantle all diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

It is patients who will be the victims of this, write @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 11h

But what about all the waste they told us about? What about all the savings DOGE was going to find? What about the promises to cut council tax?
It's almost as if they were just making shit up to fool people, like they did with Brexit.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 10h

You wouldn't believe the number of morons on Twitter pretending that a temporary exhibition of vinyl stickers at Canterbury Cathedral is permanent graffiti, just so they can feel outraged. Then JD Vance joins in, because clearly this is an international crisis.

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 22h

Shit yes.

Using a swearword in your Google search can stop the AI answer. But should you?

Artificial intelligence is more than Trump deepfakes of Tilly the actor. It’s used in smartphones, customer service, healthcare – even legal cases. Is it possible to avoid?

www.theguardian.com

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 9h

Don’t you just hate it when you order a ghost girl holding a teddy bear, and Asda sends you a ghost girl with a spinning head? (Give yer man a break, he does this for Alder Hey hospital)

Dad's £2,500 Halloween display on hold after Asda 'mix-up'

He has decorated his home to raise funds for Alder Hey Children's Hospital

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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F.L. Everett @fliceverett.bsky.social · 21h

Just crying at S3 episode 2 of Blue Lights. God it's good.

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F.L. Everett @fliceverett.bsky.social · 19h

Good to see Alan Carr's got a side-hustle.

William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 21h

My first concern, of course, is that this may not lend itself to high-end streetwear.

defence-blog.com/wescom-defen...

Wescom Defence develops next-gen multispectral camouflage

Wescom Defence will unveil its new ATMIS Multispectral Camouflage (ATMIS MSC) portfolio at DSEI 2025 in London, introducing a next-generation concealment system designed to give armed forces a tactica...

defence-blog.com

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 7h

"I find trained experts the least trustworthy" is precisely what you said

Well I don't!

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 7h

it is the relentless (and generally anonymous) extreme right wing/white supremacist/nationalist stuff that is getting very tedious

David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 8h

that does not make the case for having people with no relevant training or qualifications or experience building the bridges instead

David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 8h

Mark Urban was very good in the Sunday Times today going through all the points in the plan and the risks and logistical barriers

David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 8h

I will let you know hot it tastes
they had around 20 types of apple on sale yesterday at £2.50 for a big bag
We have loads on our own garden though
Just wanted to try a different variety

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 8h

but because it has taken me a decade to build up a good amount of followers and followees and because i do some external work stuff alongside my clinical day job it is still a platform with far more reach than Blue Sky and far more accounts that i follow

But there is plenty of toxicity there

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 8h

it is really bad

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 8h

Cos of trip to National Trust property yesterday and buying some of their heritage apples from own orchard

I thought i would have a go at one of the recipes from one of their excellent recipe books

"Orchard Figgy Cake"

It is looking a bit "rustic" and "finesse" or "precision" have never been me

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 8h

experts may not always get things right
but are our best chance

do you want your major tunnel or bridge built by a trained experienced civil engineer or a DIY bloke?

Your trauma surgery carried out by a qualified trauma surgeon or someone who read up about bones?

Your plane flown by an amateur?

David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 9h

you also get the phenomenon of middle class people performatively telling us that they "never watch the TV" (or the BBC) or never read newspapers (like it is some kind of virtue) or
"Much prefer the Oval Ball Game to football" like it is some kind of virtue

David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 9h

i don't know anything about equine Covid

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 9h

and now we have politicians who want to interfere with the independence of the judiciary

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