@cathrynb.bsky.social
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'ChatGPT is nothing more than a “souped-up autocomplete”.
(It) does not draw its info from a carefully curated database of facts. It has no way of selecting the most reliable sources, references, or evidence. It cannot evaluate.'
Book review: The AI Con...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
(It) does not draw its info from a carefully curated database of facts. It has no way of selecting the most reliable sources, references, or evidence. It cannot evaluate.'
Book review: The AI Con...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
'ChatGPT is nothing more than a “souped-up autocomplete”.
(It) does not draw its info from a carefully curated database of facts. It has no way of selecting the most reliable sources, references, or evidence. It cannot evaluate.'
Book review: The AI Con...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
(It) does not draw its info from a carefully curated database of facts. It has no way of selecting the most reliable sources, references, or evidence. It cannot evaluate.'
Book review: The AI Con...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Maths Puzzles for Conspiracy Theorists.
One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions.
One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions.
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Maths Puzzles for Conspiracy Theorists.
One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions.
One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions.
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cannot stress this enough
The government knowingly putting false information in the label of a drug is crossing a Rubicon that should not be taken lightly
Trump: FDA will be updating label of existing drug
September 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
cannot stress this enough
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Just in case it finally disappears, the CDC page I've been obsessively refreshing for months is currently still there, confirming that vaccines do not cause autism
Autism and Vaccines
Answers to common questions about vaccine safety and autism.
www.cdc.gov
September 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Just in case it finally disappears, the CDC page I've been obsessively refreshing for months is currently still there, confirming that vaccines do not cause autism
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Pharmacies should be at the heart of #HIV prevention by raising awareness of and offering #PrEP - a pill that stops HIV transmission. 💊
Recommendations have been published in a new @policybristol.bsky.social briefing.
📰News: tinyurl.com/ywu9xre5
📄Policy briefing: tinyurl.com/5n6bhzj3
Recommendations have been published in a new @policybristol.bsky.social briefing.
📰News: tinyurl.com/ywu9xre5
📄Policy briefing: tinyurl.com/5n6bhzj3
Pharmacies could play key role in ending new HIV transmissions: new policy briefing
Community pharmacies should be at the heart of HIV prevention efforts by raising awareness of and providing access to PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), according to a new policy briefing from the University of Bristol. PrEP is a pill that prevents HIV transmission.
tinyurl.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Pharmacies should be at the heart of #HIV prevention by raising awareness of and offering #PrEP - a pill that stops HIV transmission. 💊
Recommendations have been published in a new @policybristol.bsky.social briefing.
📰News: tinyurl.com/ywu9xre5
📄Policy briefing: tinyurl.com/5n6bhzj3
Recommendations have been published in a new @policybristol.bsky.social briefing.
📰News: tinyurl.com/ywu9xre5
📄Policy briefing: tinyurl.com/5n6bhzj3
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This book by @kjcharleswriter.com is utterly, sweetly, impressively delightful!
A 1920s MM romance between a detective fighting corruption and a hot graphologist (handwriting analyst), who is also a post-war amputee.
They’re so cute!! 📚💙 📚❤️ 📚🏳️🌈 📚♿️
A 1920s MM romance between a detective fighting corruption and a hot graphologist (handwriting analyst), who is also a post-war amputee.
They’re so cute!! 📚💙 📚❤️ 📚🏳️🌈 📚♿️
September 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This book by @kjcharleswriter.com is utterly, sweetly, impressively delightful!
A 1920s MM romance between a detective fighting corruption and a hot graphologist (handwriting analyst), who is also a post-war amputee.
They’re so cute!! 📚💙 📚❤️ 📚🏳️🌈 📚♿️
A 1920s MM romance between a detective fighting corruption and a hot graphologist (handwriting analyst), who is also a post-war amputee.
They’re so cute!! 📚💙 📚❤️ 📚🏳️🌈 📚♿️
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This may ruffle some feathers with Starmerite partisans, but at some point the silence from Downing Street becomes so deafening that the logical conclusion is that Starmer agrees with the ethnonationalists running amok
The onus is on Downing Street to prove otherwise and show leadership
The onus is on Downing Street to prove otherwise and show leadership
Starmer as it happens hasn't made a public speech outside chamber since mid-July. Hard to think of a PM who has made so little use of the normative power of his office. Unlike eg Cameron who really did think No 10 had the capacity and obligation to attempt to frame debate on all manner of issues
When Ted Heath sacked Enoch Powell he was acting in the face of a majority in favour. Harold Wilson backed him up and called the speech “evil”. Long past time for Keir and Kemi to do the same.
September 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This may ruffle some feathers with Starmerite partisans, but at some point the silence from Downing Street becomes so deafening that the logical conclusion is that Starmer agrees with the ethnonationalists running amok
The onus is on Downing Street to prove otherwise and show leadership
The onus is on Downing Street to prove otherwise and show leadership
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Such a shame that Rule Britannia has been hijacked by the roundabout painters and hotel botherers. #LastNightOfTheProms
September 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Such a shame that Rule Britannia has been hijacked by the roundabout painters and hotel botherers. #LastNightOfTheProms
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Some will say this escalated quickly.
Those who've had their eyes open and ears listening will tell you, this is just the beginning.
Those who've had their eyes open and ears listening will tell you, this is just the beginning.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Some will say this escalated quickly.
Those who've had their eyes open and ears listening will tell you, this is just the beginning.
Those who've had their eyes open and ears listening will tell you, this is just the beginning.
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National mental health director Claire Murdoch resigns with immediate effect claiming political pressure for a new person...her resignation letter....👀
September 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
National mental health director Claire Murdoch resigns with immediate effect claiming political pressure for a new person...her resignation letter....👀
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🦴 Fragility fractures in older adults can be life-changing.
💡 Hip fractures = up to 40% mortality in 1 year.
Join our webinar (Part 1 of 2) to explore:
🔹 Bone health
🔹 Post-fracture care
🔹 The pharmacist’s role in prevention
🎯 For all pharmacists
🔗
💡 Hip fractures = up to 40% mortality in 1 year.
Join our webinar (Part 1 of 2) to explore:
🔹 Bone health
🔹 Post-fracture care
🔹 The pharmacist’s role in prevention
🎯 For all pharmacists
🔗
Fragility fractures: Pharmacy’s role in prevention and care - UKCPA
Fragility fractures, often caused by minimal trauma, are common in older adults and can lead to long-term health decline. Hip fractures, in particular, raise
ukclinicalpharmacy.org
September 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🦴 Fragility fractures in older adults can be life-changing.
💡 Hip fractures = up to 40% mortality in 1 year.
Join our webinar (Part 1 of 2) to explore:
🔹 Bone health
🔹 Post-fracture care
🔹 The pharmacist’s role in prevention
🎯 For all pharmacists
🔗
💡 Hip fractures = up to 40% mortality in 1 year.
Join our webinar (Part 1 of 2) to explore:
🔹 Bone health
🔹 Post-fracture care
🔹 The pharmacist’s role in prevention
🎯 For all pharmacists
🔗
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Years too late. Incredible that the GMC - whose entire raison d'être is upholding professional standards in UK medicine - has allowed Aseem Malhotra to spew out his toxic, dangerous, anti-scientific disinformation for so long.
Regulatory failure at its worst.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Regulatory failure at its worst.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
GMC examines doctor’s Reform speech linking vaccines to royal family cancer
Medical bodies and prime minister condemn Aseem Malhotra’s ‘pseudo-science’ remarks at party conference
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Years too late. Incredible that the GMC - whose entire raison d'être is upholding professional standards in UK medicine - has allowed Aseem Malhotra to spew out his toxic, dangerous, anti-scientific disinformation for so long.
Regulatory failure at its worst.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Regulatory failure at its worst.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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For anyone who needs respite from the news, I highly recommend Taskmaster, an extremely silly long-running UK show in which five comedians compete at absurd tasks. Low-stress, high-pleasure, lots of laughs, utterly disconnected from reality. As your doctor, I hereby prescribe one episode minimum.
Series 1, Episode 1 - 'Melon buffet.' | Full Episode | Taskmaster
YouTube video by Taskmaster
www.youtube.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
For anyone who needs respite from the news, I highly recommend Taskmaster, an extremely silly long-running UK show in which five comedians compete at absurd tasks. Low-stress, high-pleasure, lots of laughs, utterly disconnected from reality. As your doctor, I hereby prescribe one episode minimum.
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Worth reading the full article - it's not 100% rubbish but it's only leading to small gains in very specific tasks, and for some things it's slower and also produces worse results. So perhaps the billions in productivity gains are not just over the horizon. Awkward.
September 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Worth reading the full article - it's not 100% rubbish but it's only leading to small gains in very specific tasks, and for some things it's slower and also produces worse results. So perhaps the billions in productivity gains are not just over the horizon. Awkward.
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Ho ho ho hoooo!
This is just too delicious.
This is just too delicious.
September 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Ho ho ho hoooo!
This is just too delicious.
This is just too delicious.
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In a hundred years, if we survive to write about it, historians will look back on this period as a snake oil boom for AI while fascism burned everything down.
About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.
AI stethoscope can detect heart issues in 15 seconds, UK doctors find
About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.
l.euronews.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In a hundred years, if we survive to write about it, historians will look back on this period as a snake oil boom for AI while fascism burned everything down.
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The Labour party right now:
September 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The Labour party right now:
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It's disappointing that the government's plan to get people moving is focused around "Go for a jog" rather than, as the evidence suggests, building environments that encourage everyday incidental exercise: the ability to walk to amenities
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/388...
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/388...
Streeting’s bid to get Britain off the couch and save NHS £10bn
Health Secretary’s Get Britain Moving campaign could be undermined by difficulty to walk in some areas
liveapp.inews.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
It's disappointing that the government's plan to get people moving is focused around "Go for a jog" rather than, as the evidence suggests, building environments that encourage everyday incidental exercise: the ability to walk to amenities
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/388...
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/388...
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Derek @dieworkwear.bsky.social yrs ago you helped settle the biggest debate in medicine when you ruled that scrubs should be untucked. Thought you might appreciate this full circle, as today my professional body the European Society of Cardiology hosted someone at conference that you might recognise
September 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Derek @dieworkwear.bsky.social yrs ago you helped settle the biggest debate in medicine when you ruled that scrubs should be untucked. Thought you might appreciate this full circle, as today my professional body the European Society of Cardiology hosted someone at conference that you might recognise
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Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."
September 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."
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This is just sad. We’ve posted about this before. Now here is what is going down.
The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.
The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.
August 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is just sad. We’ve posted about this before. Now here is what is going down.
The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.
The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.
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