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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · 18d

This is an extraordinary breakthrough. Anyone who's been close to Huntingtons knows what a debilitating and cruel condition it can be. Incredible achievement

BBC News - Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Sep 2

Very much in the middle of a rock and roll "mid-life crisis" 🤣 🤣 🤣

#RockAndRoll #TikTok #midlife

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TikTok - Make Your Day

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Siobhan @nhsactivistrn.bsky.social · Aug 24

Happy #socialistsunday 😊

Do you believe in the promise made by our NHS that all will be cared for from cradle to grave?
Then I ask you to support those of us trying to make sure that promise will be kept for generations to come.

We should be following eachother

Have a great Sunday ✊️ please 🔄

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Aug 23

It made twitter basically unusable... Hope it doesn't happen here

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Aug 23

Has anyone had bots on here? Getting messages from accounts with no posts and no followers. Seems like they're using AI to be more sophisticated. Be careful out there 🤣🤣🤣

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Siobhan @nhsactivistrn.bsky.social · May 26

Help me boost my Bluesky account

Im a Nurse activist in the UK fighting for pay restoration and better conditions for NHS workers.

Give me a follow, I follow back ALL legit accounts

Holler if I've missed you

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is so true. Can see it play out in real time in family and friends. A very real impact of social media feeding us constant clips of awful things

Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Aug 12

Was reminded of Bentham’s argument that fear of crime can be a worse harm than crime itself. Everyone can be affected by fear of crime but relatively few people experience serious crime. And fear of crime can easily be manipulated for nefarious purposes.

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jul 23

Interesting I may be going against grian but I'm not all for more integration. I think it has potential to water down mental health nursing. I did one year both 2 years specifically mental health. I still think mental health nursing should be its own specific field (obvs I'm very biased 🤣)

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jul 22

Do you know why this is? Is it that people tend to work in MH first (as HCAs) OR perhaps the removal of bursary meant a lot of students go via apprenticeships. Not sure what it means for the future

John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jul 22

Just my local one. Agree about the MH nursing being diluted. Still think it's very sad that mental health nursing may not even be a thing soon

John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jul 21

@nhsmillion.bsky.social
@nhsactivistrn.bsky.social
@alisonleary1.bsky.social
@leannehpatrick.bsky.social

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jul 21

Was at local University and was struck by stat that 80% of this doing mental health nursing are over 31. Does anyone know why young people don't want to become nurses? Specifically MH Nurses?

#mentalhealth #NHS #studentnurse #RCN

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jul 15

Can see this becoming a bigger problem in the future. There are so many AI chat services available and not all are being regulated. Is AI able to recognise if a person using the service is experiencing psychosis. Could have very serious implications

futurism.com/commitment-j...

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"

People experiencing "ChatGPT psychosis" are being involuntarily committed to mental hospitals and jailed following AI mental health crises.

futurism.com

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jul 15

@thementalelf.bsky.social @mentalhealthcop.bsky.social

John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jul 15

Can see this becoming a bigger problem in the future. There are so many AI chat services available and not all are being regulated. Is AI able to recognise if a person using the service is experiencing psychosis. Could have very serious implications

futurism.com/commitment-j...

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"

People experiencing "ChatGPT psychosis" are being involuntarily committed to mental hospitals and jailed following AI mental health crises.

futurism.com

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Prof Rhonda Wilson RN CMHN PhD @rhondawilsonmhn.bsky.social · Jun 25

@soniamartinrn.bsky.social Hi you might be interested to join colleagues in Barcelona? drrhondawilson.com/blog/f/call-...

Call to Action for all Mental Health Nursing Leaders: Barcelona

Mental Health Nursing Priorities – International Mental Health Nursing Leaders’ Summit

drrhondawilson.com

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jun 17

The NHS. Obviously flawed but still the greatest human achievement since the pyramids. We should shout about it everyday. It's incredible.

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jun 17

The NHS. Obviously flawed but still the greatest human achievement since the pyramids. We should shout about it everyday. It's incredible.

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jun 11

Sad to hear about Brian Wilson but what a legacy. You can hear his music in so many modern artists. This sounds like Nirvana before Nirvana

#beachboys #BrianWilson

open.spotify.com/track/3DzmIY...

Girl Don't Tell Me - Remastered 2001

The Beach Boys · Summer Days (And Summer Nights) [Remastered] · Song · 1965

open.spotify.com

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jun 7

This is an extraordinary episode of an amazing podcast. Could not stop listening. So timely to listen about Martin Luther King now. A decent (flawed of course) person. Who was met with absolute hatred from some of the worst people yes, but also from the public... Essential listening

Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · Jun 4

Welcome to the final topic of season seven: the extraordinary life and legacy of Dr Martin Luther King. By our standards, there’s an unusual moral clarity to this story – but that doesn’t make it straightforward. @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss
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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jun 3

Looking to expand the Professional Nurse Educator network.

I'm working inpatient mental health but would be great to hear from any PNEs in any field 👍

NHS or any other services

Please comment below or private message

#NHS #PNE #Educator

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jun 3

@nhsactivistrn.bsky.social
@nhsmillion.bsky.social
@rcnlibraries.bsky.social
@rcn.org.uk

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · Jun 3

Looking to expand the Professional Nurse Educator network.

I'm working inpatient mental health but would be great to hear from any PNEs in any field 👍

NHS or any other services

Please comment below or private message

#NHS #PNE #Educator

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John-Barry Waldron @jbwaldron.bsky.social · May 23

I always thought he had good taste.

Get yourself along to this SATAN approved gig at the Moonraker

FRIDAY 13th JUNE

Entry at a very reasonable £0.00 ((FREE)
We're on about 21:00

See you all in there yeah?

Lamb & Lion / Moonraker Nightclub