David Vaughan
@davidjvaughan.bsky.social
Paediatrician.
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” -- Omar El Akkad
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” -- Omar El Akkad
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David Vaughan
@davidjvaughan.bsky.social
· Mar 20
I absolutely love this from @mariafarrell.bsky.social
Words for our time.
“Despair is unethical, we have a duty to hope.'”
@carlhorsley.bsky.social @gideonrachman.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social @indivisible.org @therickwilson.bsky.social
Words for our time.
“Despair is unethical, we have a duty to hope.'”
@carlhorsley.bsky.social @gideonrachman.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social @indivisible.org @therickwilson.bsky.social
Inger presents #Share work #ResilientHealthCare @siriwiig.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social @carlhorsley.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Inger presents #Share work #ResilientHealthCare @siriwiig.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social @carlhorsley.bsky.social
Looking forward to this keynote @siriwiig.bsky.social @carlhorsley.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Looking forward to this keynote @siriwiig.bsky.social @carlhorsley.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social
@janekohara.bsky.social @siriwiig.bsky.social what is he up to now?
October 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
@janekohara.bsky.social @siriwiig.bsky.social what is he up to now?
October 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Answers to the questions posed by @siriwiig.bsky.social team @isqua.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Answers to the questions posed by @siriwiig.bsky.social team @isqua.org
Looking forward to hearing from @siriwiig.bsky.social team @isqua.org
@carlhorsley.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social
@carlhorsley.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Looking forward to hearing from @siriwiig.bsky.social team @isqua.org
@carlhorsley.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social
@carlhorsley.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social
An ambulance speedboat designed for the main transport routes in the Amazon River.
@isqua.org @peterlachman.bsky.social
@isqua.org @peterlachman.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
An ambulance speedboat designed for the main transport routes in the Amazon River.
@isqua.org @peterlachman.bsky.social
@isqua.org @peterlachman.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Reposted by David Vaughan
I felt pretty darn good about this press release on Iger and Disney. indivisible.org/statements/i...
September 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I felt pretty darn good about this press release on Iger and Disney. indivisible.org/statements/i...
August 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Reposted by David Vaughan
This is one of those situations when I don’t want to hit the “heart” button because I don’t know what it means.
I refer to the local Organ Procurement group as vultures.
I refer to the local Organ Procurement group as vultures.
July 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This is one of those situations when I don’t want to hit the “heart” button because I don’t know what it means.
I refer to the local Organ Procurement group as vultures.
I refer to the local Organ Procurement group as vultures.
It should be a matter of national shame that we now spend more on maternity litigation than the total cost of running maternity services.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS facing ‘absolutely shocking’ £27bn bill for maternity failings in England
Exclusive: Legal actions rise after death or injury of hundreds of babies and women in recent years
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It should be a matter of national shame that we now spend more on maternity litigation than the total cost of running maternity services.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Reposted by David Vaughan
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202... "everyone in Ireland fell into a vat of Guinness, got drunk and needs to sober up" is 10/10 persuasive diplomacy.
July 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202... "everyone in Ireland fell into a vat of Guinness, got drunk and needs to sober up" is 10/10 persuasive diplomacy.
“The best arguments in the world won’t change a single person’s point of view. The only thing that can do that is a good story. stories are a kind of benevolent Trojan horse. You let them in, and they add complication, allowing you to understand a thing and its opposite are true at the same time.”
July 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“The best arguments in the world won’t change a single person’s point of view. The only thing that can do that is a good story. stories are a kind of benevolent Trojan horse. You let them in, and they add complication, allowing you to understand a thing and its opposite are true at the same time.”
OpenAI’s o3 reasoning model to correctly solve 85.5 per cent of the NEJM cases.
That compared with about 20 per cent by experienced human doctors,
#AIDiagnosis via @financialtimes.com
That compared with about 20 per cent by experienced human doctors,
#AIDiagnosis via @financialtimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
OpenAI’s o3 reasoning model to correctly solve 85.5 per cent of the NEJM cases.
That compared with about 20 per cent by experienced human doctors,
#AIDiagnosis via @financialtimes.com
That compared with about 20 per cent by experienced human doctors,
#AIDiagnosis via @financialtimes.com
Reposted by David Vaughan
me: there's no way this day could possibly get any better
Ireland:
Ireland:
A meme of US Vice President JD Vance depicted as a baby was held up in the Dáil today by Labour leader Ivana Bacik.
jrnl.ie/6743403t
jrnl.ie/6743403t
Ivana Bacik holds up meme of bald baby JD Vance in the Dáil
Bacik said the meme was “amusing” and that the US clampdown on visa’s is “authoritarian”.
jrnl.ie
June 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
me: there's no way this day could possibly get any better
Ireland:
Ireland:
