Daniel D. Reidpath
@dreidpath.bsky.social
Global Health/Health Systems Researcher • Epidemiologist • Equity Advocate
https://www.papyruswalk.com/
https://www.papyruswalk.com/
I find the bravery of ICE agents inspiring.
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I find the bravery of ICE agents inspiring.
I worked closely with ChatGPT using a corpus of "decolonising global health" articles that have appeared in high-impact global health journals. Here is the synthesised advice.
The road to success is only 800-1,000 words away.
www.papyruswalk.com/2026/01/on-b...
The road to success is only 800-1,000 words away.
www.papyruswalk.com/2026/01/on-b...
January 11, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I worked closely with ChatGPT using a corpus of "decolonising global health" articles that have appeared in high-impact global health journals. Here is the synthesised advice.
The road to success is only 800-1,000 words away.
www.papyruswalk.com/2026/01/on-b...
The road to success is only 800-1,000 words away.
www.papyruswalk.com/2026/01/on-b...
I do have a confession to make. This embarrassing photograph of Emperor Xi caught in public with a close "friend" is a deep fake.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I do have a confession to make. This embarrassing photograph of Emperor Xi caught in public with a close "friend" is a deep fake.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
The Causal Uncertainty Principle:-
Internal & external validity can't both be maximised—it's structural, not practical.
When you nail down causation in homogeneous trials, you eliminate the variation needed for generalisability.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.22649
Internal & external validity can't both be maximised—it's structural, not practical.
When you nail down causation in homogeneous trials, you eliminate the variation needed for generalisability.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.22649
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Causal Uncertainty Principle:-
Internal & external validity can't both be maximised—it's structural, not practical.
When you nail down causation in homogeneous trials, you eliminate the variation needed for generalisability.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.22649
Internal & external validity can't both be maximised—it's structural, not practical.
When you nail down causation in homogeneous trials, you eliminate the variation needed for generalisability.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.22649
Condemning something with “AI wrote that!” is about as useful as dismissing a Mapplethorpe with “a camera did that”. Tools don’t determine whether something is art, well written, advance the way you think about a subject. AI can be creative and scientific.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Condemning something with “AI wrote that!” is about as useful as dismissing a Mapplethorpe with “a camera did that”. Tools don’t determine whether something is art, well written, advance the way you think about a subject. AI can be creative and scientific.
www.papyruswalk.com/2025/11/ai-w...
www.papyruswalk.com/2025/11/ai-w...
It's a nice idea because it encourages prosocial play, and that can only be a good thing.
I hear they're installing a bouncy castle where the rose garden was.
I hear they're installing a bouncy castle where the rose garden was.
October 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
It's a nice idea because it encourages prosocial play, and that can only be a good thing.
I hear they're installing a bouncy castle where the rose garden was.
I hear they're installing a bouncy castle where the rose garden was.
I'm looking forward to the 2025 Nobel Prizes.
Donald Trump will win four!
Stupid Curie (Physics, Chemistry) and Pauling (Physics, Peace) only won two.
Peace --work in Gaza/Ukraine
Medicine -- Aceta..Aceta...Tylenol causes autism
Economics--Impact of tariffs
Physics--Climate change isn't real.
Donald Trump will win four!
Stupid Curie (Physics, Chemistry) and Pauling (Physics, Peace) only won two.
Peace --work in Gaza/Ukraine
Medicine -- Aceta..Aceta...Tylenol causes autism
Economics--Impact of tariffs
Physics--Climate change isn't real.
September 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I'm looking forward to the 2025 Nobel Prizes.
Donald Trump will win four!
Stupid Curie (Physics, Chemistry) and Pauling (Physics, Peace) only won two.
Peace --work in Gaza/Ukraine
Medicine -- Aceta..Aceta...Tylenol causes autism
Economics--Impact of tariffs
Physics--Climate change isn't real.
Donald Trump will win four!
Stupid Curie (Physics, Chemistry) and Pauling (Physics, Peace) only won two.
Peace --work in Gaza/Ukraine
Medicine -- Aceta..Aceta...Tylenol causes autism
Economics--Impact of tariffs
Physics--Climate change isn't real.
And Türkiye really put its money where its mouth was.
August 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
And Türkiye really put its money where its mouth was.
It is a rather different picture for the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
August 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
It is a rather different picture for the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
When the EU27 runs a healthy trade surplus with Israel, performative horror about the genocide in Gaza is as good as it gets.
August 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
When the EU27 runs a healthy trade surplus with Israel, performative horror about the genocide in Gaza is as good as it gets.
Daily kills by IDF in Gaza are returning to early war rates.
Clear massacres in 2025.
UN Special rapporteur: evidence of genocide. ICC issues arrest warrant. Amnesty then HRW find genocide, UN independent commission finds genocide. IDF breaks ceasefire. Operation "Gideon's chariot" starts
Clear massacres in 2025.
UN Special rapporteur: evidence of genocide. ICC issues arrest warrant. Amnesty then HRW find genocide, UN independent commission finds genocide. IDF breaks ceasefire. Operation "Gideon's chariot" starts
August 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Daily kills by IDF in Gaza are returning to early war rates.
Clear massacres in 2025.
UN Special rapporteur: evidence of genocide. ICC issues arrest warrant. Amnesty then HRW find genocide, UN independent commission finds genocide. IDF breaks ceasefire. Operation "Gideon's chariot" starts
Clear massacres in 2025.
UN Special rapporteur: evidence of genocide. ICC issues arrest warrant. Amnesty then HRW find genocide, UN independent commission finds genocide. IDF breaks ceasefire. Operation "Gideon's chariot" starts
Great negotiators create value. Donald Trump destroys it.
"Putin can end the war if he wants"
"Putin can end the war if he wants"
August 18, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Great negotiators create value. Donald Trump destroys it.
"Putin can end the war if he wants"
"Putin can end the war if he wants"
Le jet d'eau on a beautiful summer day in Geneva
July 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Le jet d'eau on a beautiful summer day in Geneva
I made a similar comment to a friend this morning, though less eloquently than van Reybrouck.
I am shocked how fast Europe has dumped the rules-based international order to play nice with "daddy". 🤮
I am shocked how fast Europe has dumped the rules-based international order to play nice with "daddy". 🤮
June 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I made a similar comment to a friend this morning, though less eloquently than van Reybrouck.
I am shocked how fast Europe has dumped the rules-based international order to play nice with "daddy". 🤮
I am shocked how fast Europe has dumped the rules-based international order to play nice with "daddy". 🤮
For some reason my social media feed has been carrying a lot of "Does God Exist?" debates.
I dislike the Dawkins, Hitchens, or Gervais approaches to the question. So I thought I would pen my own response.
www.papyruswalk.com/2025/06/just...
I dislike the Dawkins, Hitchens, or Gervais approaches to the question. So I thought I would pen my own response.
www.papyruswalk.com/2025/06/just...
June 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
For some reason my social media feed has been carrying a lot of "Does God Exist?" debates.
I dislike the Dawkins, Hitchens, or Gervais approaches to the question. So I thought I would pen my own response.
www.papyruswalk.com/2025/06/just...
I dislike the Dawkins, Hitchens, or Gervais approaches to the question. So I thought I would pen my own response.
www.papyruswalk.com/2025/06/just...
The U.S. strike on Iran’s Fordow site is not only a violation of the UN Charter (Art. 2(4)), but also breaches Iran’s Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA. It undermines international safeguards and the entire NPT-based nuclear order.
June 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The U.S. strike on Iran’s Fordow site is not only a violation of the UN Charter (Art. 2(4)), but also breaches Iran’s Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA. It undermines international safeguards and the entire NPT-based nuclear order.
'Nobody knows what I'm going to do....not even me'
June 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
'Nobody knows what I'm going to do....not even me'
Let me see if I understand this correctly.
Israel and the US risked a regional conflagration to put Iran's nuclear programme back "more than a few weeks".
Israel and the US risked a regional conflagration to put Iran's nuclear programme back "more than a few weeks".
June 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Let me see if I understand this correctly.
Israel and the US risked a regional conflagration to put Iran's nuclear programme back "more than a few weeks".
Israel and the US risked a regional conflagration to put Iran's nuclear programme back "more than a few weeks".
One of the political appeals of Donald Trump was his stated aversion to war.
It's simply untrue. He loves power and the accoutrements of power.
He is happy to fight proxy wars. He is happy to use the military against his own people.
He is the school yard bully.
It's simply untrue. He loves power and the accoutrements of power.
He is happy to fight proxy wars. He is happy to use the military against his own people.
He is the school yard bully.
June 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
One of the political appeals of Donald Trump was his stated aversion to war.
It's simply untrue. He loves power and the accoutrements of power.
He is happy to fight proxy wars. He is happy to use the military against his own people.
He is the school yard bully.
It's simply untrue. He loves power and the accoutrements of power.
He is happy to fight proxy wars. He is happy to use the military against his own people.
He is the school yard bully.
Human rights didn’t fail because they were weak. They failed because they drifted—cut loose from moral grounding, pulled apart by power.
We need a new foundation: dignity, welfare, and the refusal to treat anyone as expendable.
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#HumanRights #Ethics #GlobalHealth #Axiomatic
We need a new foundation: dignity, welfare, and the refusal to treat anyone as expendable.
🔗 Read more
#HumanRights #Ethics #GlobalHealth #Axiomatic
May 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Human rights didn’t fail because they were weak. They failed because they drifted—cut loose from moral grounding, pulled apart by power.
We need a new foundation: dignity, welfare, and the refusal to treat anyone as expendable.
🔗 Read more
#HumanRights #Ethics #GlobalHealth #Axiomatic
We need a new foundation: dignity, welfare, and the refusal to treat anyone as expendable.
🔗 Read more
#HumanRights #Ethics #GlobalHealth #Axiomatic
Something is very "off" when law enforcement officers feel the need to hide their identity. Is it shame, fear, or intimidation? None of the options inspire hope, confidence or trust.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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May 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Something is very "off" when law enforcement officers feel the need to hide their identity. Is it shame, fear, or intimidation? None of the options inspire hope, confidence or trust.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The chore of mowing the lawn on a Sunday in Geneva
May 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The chore of mowing the lawn on a Sunday in Geneva
Farewell to the great Antony Green. Public Broadcasting keeping elections free fair, and intelligible.
May 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Farewell to the great Antony Green. Public Broadcasting keeping elections free fair, and intelligible.
In his acceptance speech, PM Albanese highlighted as Australian values just about everything Donald Trump opposes: fairness, equality, an acceptance of people of all origins, being able to choose who they love.
May 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
In his acceptance speech, PM Albanese highlighted as Australian values just about everything Donald Trump opposes: fairness, equality, an acceptance of people of all origins, being able to choose who they love.
The great Antony Green (ABC Australia) has just called the election for the Australian Labor Party.
"If the pre-polls turn around (for the Liberals now) there would have to be a lot of loaves and fishes"
The Trump effect on liberal democracies.
"If the pre-polls turn around (for the Liberals now) there would have to be a lot of loaves and fishes"
The Trump effect on liberal democracies.
May 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The great Antony Green (ABC Australia) has just called the election for the Australian Labor Party.
"If the pre-polls turn around (for the Liberals now) there would have to be a lot of loaves and fishes"
The Trump effect on liberal democracies.
"If the pre-polls turn around (for the Liberals now) there would have to be a lot of loaves and fishes"
The Trump effect on liberal democracies.