DrFantasia
@drfantasia.bsky.social
She/her. Living on Whadjuk Nyungar land. Emergency medicine specialist turned Health Department advisor. Passionate about workforce wellbeing and patient safety, human and systems factors
Fan of long hot summers and various forms of whimsy
Fan of long hot summers and various forms of whimsy
My first root canal was horrific - reminiscent of that Ren and Stimpy episode. My second was marvellous in comparison.
The root canal is one of the most dreaded dental procedures. Here are six of its most common causes.
How to Avoid a Root Canal
The dental procedure is one of the most dreaded. Here are six of its most common causes.
nyti.ms
September 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
My first root canal was horrific - reminiscent of that Ren and Stimpy episode. My second was marvellous in comparison.
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“Distinguished epidemiologist Professor Fiona Stanley said she was “deeply sad” and “ashamed” after the Fremantle hospital that bears her name abruptly cancelled a 2024 event featuring Palestinian Australian doctors speaking about their experiences in Gaza—”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Fiona Stanley ‘ashamed’ after hospital bearing her name cancelled event featuring Palestinian Australian doctors
Exclusive: Distinguished professor says she considered asking hospital to remove her name after event on doctors’ experiences in Gaza was abruptly called off
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“Distinguished epidemiologist Professor Fiona Stanley said she was “deeply sad” and “ashamed” after the Fremantle hospital that bears her name abruptly cancelled a 2024 event featuring Palestinian Australian doctors speaking about their experiences in Gaza—”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
In other news, I think I've finally managed to replace all the missing Vit B12 that my body chose not to absorb in the last few years - I seem to have the capacity to cope with social media again.
Stoopid autoimmune disorders.
Stoopid autoimmune disorders.
September 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
In other news, I think I've finally managed to replace all the missing Vit B12 that my body chose not to absorb in the last few years - I seem to have the capacity to cope with social media again.
Stoopid autoimmune disorders.
Stoopid autoimmune disorders.
I suspect there's more testing going on post 2020, but still a remarkable graph. Oh for those blissful days in 2020/21 in Australia when we all kept our distance/wore masks etc
Annual totals.
2025 is highlighted with a pink dot indicating its total is still being updated.
🥇2025🥇 is the biggest year on record, in terms of lab detections of # flu -infected people (without defining severity). Having said that, these *are* sick people getting tested.
2025 is highlighted with a pink dot indicating its total is still being updated.
🥇2025🥇 is the biggest year on record, in terms of lab detections of # flu -infected people (without defining severity). Having said that, these *are* sick people getting tested.
September 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I suspect there's more testing going on post 2020, but still a remarkable graph. Oh for those blissful days in 2020/21 in Australia when we all kept our distance/wore masks etc
wut?
When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions
September 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
wut?
Big shout out to Kambarang, who has kindly graced us Perthlings with its calm and sunny presence. One of my favourite seasons, it heralds the coming of the summer seasons
September 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Big shout out to Kambarang, who has kindly graced us Perthlings with its calm and sunny presence. One of my favourite seasons, it heralds the coming of the summer seasons
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Economics is just astrology for 30 to 60yo straight guys.
They get so moody because the NASDAQ is in retrograde…
They get so moody because the NASDAQ is in retrograde…
July 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Economics is just astrology for 30 to 60yo straight guys.
They get so moody because the NASDAQ is in retrograde…
They get so moody because the NASDAQ is in retrograde…
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Just a quick update on flight safety. It's on everyone's minds and I would like to provide a very important statistic.
So far, in 2025, we have had the most aircraft related fatalities in the US since 2001.
And yes, we are referring to 9/11.
It's only May.
So far, in 2025, we have had the most aircraft related fatalities in the US since 2001.
And yes, we are referring to 9/11.
It's only May.
May 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Just a quick update on flight safety. It's on everyone's minds and I would like to provide a very important statistic.
So far, in 2025, we have had the most aircraft related fatalities in the US since 2001.
And yes, we are referring to 9/11.
It's only May.
So far, in 2025, we have had the most aircraft related fatalities in the US since 2001.
And yes, we are referring to 9/11.
It's only May.
Will be sharing this with the WHS team at work today www.churchilltrust.com.au/project/to-e...
To explore best practices in the mitigation of vicarious trauma in trauma-exposed workforces - Churchill Trust
To explore best practices in the mitigation of vicarious trauma in trauma-exposed workforces - Community Service — General
www.churchilltrust.com.au
April 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Will be sharing this with the WHS team at work today www.churchilltrust.com.au/project/to-e...
hate to break it to you, fella
April 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
hate to break it to you, fella
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If there was a vaccine for the “woke mind virus”, would they take it?
April 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
If there was a vaccine for the “woke mind virus”, would they take it?
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Wow, it gets even sillier.
The stupidity in Trump’s new tariffs is apparently limitless.
He has introduced a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The only inhabited island there is Diego Garcia, home to US service personnel.
TRUMP HAS PUT A TARIFF ON A US MILITARY BASE
🤡
He has introduced a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The only inhabited island there is Diego Garcia, home to US service personnel.
TRUMP HAS PUT A TARIFF ON A US MILITARY BASE
🤡
April 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Wow, it gets even sillier.
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We are imposing tariffs on WHOLLY UNINHABITED antarctic islands in this list (Heard and McDonald). The administration asserts—and Forbes reprints this uncritically—those islands have charged 10% tariffs on US goods that it needs to respond to. www.forbes.com/sites/mollyb...
Here’s The Full List Of Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Announced Wednesday
Reciprocal tariffs the U.S. is imposing on other countries will range from a flat 10% rate to 50%, President Donald Trump announced.
www.forbes.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We are imposing tariffs on WHOLLY UNINHABITED antarctic islands in this list (Heard and McDonald). The administration asserts—and Forbes reprints this uncritically—those islands have charged 10% tariffs on US goods that it needs to respond to. www.forbes.com/sites/mollyb...
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This is incredible. The "reciprocal tariffs" were calculated without actually looking at anything to do with tariffs.
This is the most amateur-hour crap you can imagine and it's going to straight tank the global economy.
This is the most amateur-hour crap you can imagine and it's going to straight tank the global economy.
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is incredible. The "reciprocal tariffs" were calculated without actually looking at anything to do with tariffs.
This is the most amateur-hour crap you can imagine and it's going to straight tank the global economy.
This is the most amateur-hour crap you can imagine and it's going to straight tank the global economy.
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going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force
March 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force
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It keeps being reported that the ACCC Inquiry into Supermarkets found no evidence of price gouging going on.
But the reason it didn't find any was because IT WAS NOT EXAMINING IF THERE WAS ANY PRICE GOUGING GOING ON!!!
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/03/aust...
But the reason it didn't find any was because IT WAS NOT EXAMINING IF THERE WAS ANY PRICE GOUGING GOING ON!!!
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/03/aust...
Australia Institute Live: Anthony Albanese paints Peter Dutton as the new Mr Harbourside Mansion, while gas befuddles both parties. All the day's events, live
live.australiainstitute.org.au
March 31, 2025 at 5:23 AM
It keeps being reported that the ACCC Inquiry into Supermarkets found no evidence of price gouging going on.
But the reason it didn't find any was because IT WAS NOT EXAMINING IF THERE WAS ANY PRICE GOUGING GOING ON!!!
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/03/aust...
But the reason it didn't find any was because IT WAS NOT EXAMINING IF THERE WAS ANY PRICE GOUGING GOING ON!!!
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/03/aust...
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A #measles infographic: virus, symptoms and white blood cells.
-lots of words to better explain a picture.
virologydownunder.com/measles-and-...
-lots of words to better explain a picture.
virologydownunder.com/measles-and-...
A measles infographic: virus, symptoms and white blood cells
This is a measles infographic that presents measles symptoms and the levels of the virus and white blood cells in your blood over time.
virologydownunder.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A #measles infographic: virus, symptoms and white blood cells.
-lots of words to better explain a picture.
virologydownunder.com/measles-and-...
-lots of words to better explain a picture.
virologydownunder.com/measles-and-...
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If you're in Australia, I'd really appreciate you sharing this. Both major parties are going to the Federal election with promises to cap the number of international students coming into Australia to ease our housing crisis. The problem: they're not feeding the housing crisis. (1/2)
'Thrown under the bus': Study concludes international students not to blame for rising rents
International students have been "thrown under the bus" and unfairly blamed for the rental crisis, according to new study.
www.abc.net.au
March 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If you're in Australia, I'd really appreciate you sharing this. Both major parties are going to the Federal election with promises to cap the number of international students coming into Australia to ease our housing crisis. The problem: they're not feeding the housing crisis. (1/2)
In Australia, death by suicide or homicide is not counted in work health and safety fatality datasets. Nor is death that occurs travelling to and from work.
Those are the main ways that healthcare workers die.
We are not being counted in the national data sets for workplace safety.
Those are the main ways that healthcare workers die.
We are not being counted in the national data sets for workplace safety.
A deeply moving tribute by @amandipsidhu.bsky.social to his brother.
As well as burnout, moral injury and chronic illness are playing into an ailing NHS workforce.
This story demonstrates the tragic impact of overwork, lack of support and a toxic corporate culture.
We need to care for the carers.
As well as burnout, moral injury and chronic illness are playing into an ailing NHS workforce.
This story demonstrates the tragic impact of overwork, lack of support and a toxic corporate culture.
We need to care for the carers.
This is a fiercely sad and damning piece about the reality of one of our most admired professions. What a terrible fate for a dedicated man www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
March 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In Australia, death by suicide or homicide is not counted in work health and safety fatality datasets. Nor is death that occurs travelling to and from work.
Those are the main ways that healthcare workers die.
We are not being counted in the national data sets for workplace safety.
Those are the main ways that healthcare workers die.
We are not being counted in the national data sets for workplace safety.
World is very strange right now, but I'm focusing on my sphere of control and influence.
And feeling smug that I've secured a 10 month supply of estrogen patches, hopefully enough to make it through this current supply chain challenge without murdering anyone in a fit of menopausal rage.
And feeling smug that I've secured a 10 month supply of estrogen patches, hopefully enough to make it through this current supply chain challenge without murdering anyone in a fit of menopausal rage.
March 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
World is very strange right now, but I'm focusing on my sphere of control and influence.
And feeling smug that I've secured a 10 month supply of estrogen patches, hopefully enough to make it through this current supply chain challenge without murdering anyone in a fit of menopausal rage.
And feeling smug that I've secured a 10 month supply of estrogen patches, hopefully enough to make it through this current supply chain challenge without murdering anyone in a fit of menopausal rage.
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I reckon if Canada got its shit together it could get a couple thou angry hockey guys down to take the Capitol pretty quicksmart
March 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I reckon if Canada got its shit together it could get a couple thou angry hockey guys down to take the Capitol pretty quicksmart
FINALLY!
Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe
Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.
www.theverge.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
FINALLY!
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If you're concerned by the USA under Trump, and the danger this presents, please consider reading & signing Adam Jacoby's petition urging our AUS Parliament to reconsider Australia's alliances, agreements and cooperation with the USA. 👇 #auspol #USPolitics
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
e-petitions
e-petitions
www.aph.gov.au
February 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
If you're concerned by the USA under Trump, and the danger this presents, please consider reading & signing Adam Jacoby's petition urging our AUS Parliament to reconsider Australia's alliances, agreements and cooperation with the USA. 👇 #auspol #USPolitics
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...