Dr Jan Bell
@janbell.bsky.social
Paediatric registrar in Australia
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Rocuronium is clear,
Propofol is white,
They go in your veins,
You say goodnight!
Propofol is white,
They go in your veins,
You say goodnight!
February 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Rocuronium is clear,
Propofol is white,
They go in your veins,
You say goodnight!
Propofol is white,
They go in your veins,
You say goodnight!
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And if you don’t end the occasional sentence with but are you even Australian? 😊🦘🇦🇺
February 15, 2026 at 7:42 AM
And if you don’t end the occasional sentence with but are you even Australian? 😊🦘🇦🇺
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There were no immigrants in Australia before 1788
February 15, 2026 at 9:39 AM
There were no immigrants in Australia before 1788
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2/ “What Bezos did for Melania while gutting his own newspaper,” wrote the historian Simon Schama, will come to be seen “as the most glaring symptom of cultural collapse in a democracy hanging on to truth by the barest of threads."
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
As goes the Washington Post: US democracy takes another hit under Trump
Jeff Bezos’s axing of more than 300 jobs at the storied newspaper has renewed fears about the resilience of America’s democracy to withstand Trump’s attacks
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:44 PM
2/ “What Bezos did for Melania while gutting his own newspaper,” wrote the historian Simon Schama, will come to be seen “as the most glaring symptom of cultural collapse in a democracy hanging on to truth by the barest of threads."
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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I’m angry! 👇 Not only is it morally wrong, but surely it is illegal. Do you mean no workers from NZ? England? Ireland? Italy? Not even if they have a working visa, or are Australian citizens? So you want to staff your seat with HC workers who are born here? Hmmm 🤔 I think there is a word for that…
Too many commentators equate 'overseas' with 'non-white' instead of 'non-Indigenous'.
Many local students do medical school overseas due to insufficient domestic places.
The fix is not 'less overseas doctors' nor 'more domestic places'. It is better workforce retention.
Many local students do medical school overseas due to insufficient domestic places.
The fix is not 'less overseas doctors' nor 'more domestic places'. It is better workforce retention.
February 15, 2026 at 3:35 AM
I’m angry! 👇 Not only is it morally wrong, but surely it is illegal. Do you mean no workers from NZ? England? Ireland? Italy? Not even if they have a working visa, or are Australian citizens? So you want to staff your seat with HC workers who are born here? Hmmm 🤔 I think there is a word for that…
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C. S. Lewis tried to warn us about AI
![[“Take my advice, when you meet anything that’s going to be human and isn’t yet, or used to be human once and isn’t now, or ought to be human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.” — Mr Beaver, The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihhidhwl25tow22vbq3xkki6olpr4wmt2dtv6inh3dlcpwlxoyjha@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 9:29 PM
C. S. Lewis tried to warn us about AI
“Vote for us, we’ll deport all your health care workers!”
Too many commentators equate 'overseas' with 'non-white' instead of 'non-Indigenous'.
Many local students do medical school overseas due to insufficient domestic places.
The fix is not 'less overseas doctors' nor 'more domestic places'. It is better workforce retention.
Many local students do medical school overseas due to insufficient domestic places.
The fix is not 'less overseas doctors' nor 'more domestic places'. It is better workforce retention.
February 15, 2026 at 7:45 AM
“Vote for us, we’ll deport all your health care workers!”
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All of us in Farrer need to think carefully. 2 days after the shocking incident at Bondi, a pamphlet was placed in my letterbox, it was straight from Thomas Sewell's website. I live in a town of less than 3,000, where Sky news appears to be compulsory viewing. Don't let racism win this race #auspol
February 15, 2026 at 1:30 AM
All of us in Farrer need to think carefully. 2 days after the shocking incident at Bondi, a pamphlet was placed in my letterbox, it was straight from Thomas Sewell's website. I live in a town of less than 3,000, where Sky news appears to be compulsory viewing. Don't let racism win this race #auspol
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“Do you know how to read?”
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
February 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM
“Do you know how to read?”
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
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"Our focus is on reducing women in the House of Reps, but we're on track also reduce our female vote to zero too."
chaser.com.au/national/ang...
chaser.com.au/national/ang...
February 13, 2026 at 2:36 AM
"Our focus is on reducing women in the House of Reps, but we're on track also reduce our female vote to zero too."
chaser.com.au/national/ang...
chaser.com.au/national/ang...
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Senior journalist Peter Lalor was among those attacked by police at the protest against Israel President Issac Herzog.
“We were assaulted on the streets of our town by police itching for a fight". theklaxon.com.au/g2vd
“We were assaulted on the streets of our town by police itching for a fight". theklaxon.com.au/g2vd
"I was among the protesters attacked by police" – Senior journalist - The Klaxon
Senior journalist was among those attacked by police at the protest against the visit by Israel President Issac Herzog. "We were assaulted on the streets of our town by police itching for a fight," wr...
theklaxon.com.au
February 15, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Senior journalist Peter Lalor was among those attacked by police at the protest against Israel President Issac Herzog.
“We were assaulted on the streets of our town by police itching for a fight". theklaxon.com.au/g2vd
“We were assaulted on the streets of our town by police itching for a fight". theklaxon.com.au/g2vd
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Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
February 14, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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Yes, what if we moved the goalposts again so that this abysmal piece of shit, this walking affront to the democratic process, could just jail anyone he wants rid of? Much to think about
February 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Yes, what if we moved the goalposts again so that this abysmal piece of shit, this walking affront to the democratic process, could just jail anyone he wants rid of? Much to think about
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Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
'E-bike for your feet': How bionic sneakers could change human mobility
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
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You may have read
the headlines & assumed someone had done due diligence & checked the facts before publishing
You’d be wrong
You may still need Doctors in the future, although Nurses ARE amazing at their jobs &
couldn’t do without them
www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
the headlines & assumed someone had done due diligence & checked the facts before publishing
You’d be wrong
You may still need Doctors in the future, although Nurses ARE amazing at their jobs &
couldn’t do without them
www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
February 14, 2026 at 10:05 AM
You may have read
the headlines & assumed someone had done due diligence & checked the facts before publishing
You’d be wrong
You may still need Doctors in the future, although Nurses ARE amazing at their jobs &
couldn’t do without them
www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
the headlines & assumed someone had done due diligence & checked the facts before publishing
You’d be wrong
You may still need Doctors in the future, although Nurses ARE amazing at their jobs &
couldn’t do without them
www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
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Here is my cartoon about Mr Jon Kudelka www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My friend Jon has died | First Dog on the Moon
Jon Kudelka loved his beautiful family and was fiercely intolerant of greed and hypocrisy
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Here is my cartoon about Mr Jon Kudelka www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Israel crammed 2 million Palestinians into displacement camps where 50 people share one bathroom per hour & sewage runs between tents. Now bacterial meningitis is spreading through Gaza's children. An 11-year-old got sick & died within a week. mondoweiss.net/2026/02/a-de...
A deadly meningitis outbreak is threatening Gaza’s children
Bacterial meningitis is spreading among children in Gaza, including those who are vaccinated. Officials say conditions in Gaza’s displacement camps, widespread malnutrition, and Israeli bans on the…
mondoweiss.net
February 14, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Israel crammed 2 million Palestinians into displacement camps where 50 people share one bathroom per hour & sewage runs between tents. Now bacterial meningitis is spreading through Gaza's children. An 11-year-old got sick & died within a week. mondoweiss.net/2026/02/a-de...
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Everyone’s talking about Swarovski right now so let’s take a second and dive into the fact that they were NAZI Nazis. Like full-on Seig Heil, prosecuted after the war level Nazis and the modern company has done everything they can to hide all their archives and prevent anyone accessing them.
![Members of the Swarovski family were early, active and enthusiastic champions of Nazism, and at least six of its members maintained membership in the illegal party prior to Austria's annexation to Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.!23] Three weeks earlier, 500 marchers in the Tyrolean town of Wattens held a torchlight procession that ended with chants of "Sieg Heil" and "Heil Hitler". The majority of the participants, police determined, were Swarovski plant employees, among them Swarovski family heirs Alfred, Wilhelm and Friedrich. 124]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nvfznp5ls3wcf6aktlfkfkp3/bafkreicscf6waklhijry6fblsvr4psk7yku2jauu5hqsn4n765i4gkl2pe@jpeg)
![In its report to the state police on 14 February 1947, the Innsbruck district administrator called company head Alfred Swarovski "an enthusiastic member of the NSDAP." [25] Alfred Swarovski praised Hitler at business gatherings and took actions as a regional business leader to ensure that "Tyrolean industry could be integrated as smoothly as possible into the enormous gears of the economy of Greater Germany and into the National Socialist economic order." He sent
"grateful loyalty greetings" to Adolf Hitler on his 49th birthday and arranged a donation of 100,000 shillings for Hitler to establish a holiday home in Tyrol.!26]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nvfznp5ls3wcf6aktlfkfkp3/bafkreifou66ng5baxhiicmm6d3zntcqosn7pqwzafclwf2qs7xtq7wvqku@jpeg)
![In 1994, historian Horst Schreiber wrote about Swarovski's past but was not granted access to company archives. (27]
The contemporary Swarovski company commissioned historian Dieter Stiefel as "a step towards dealing with our history in a serious and very pro-active manner," board spokesman Markus Langes-Swarovski said in
2018; however, the study was not published because, Langes-Swarovski said, "Swarovski is a company that generally tries to keep the owners' personal stories largely out of the public eye because it does nothing for the business." (28]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nvfznp5ls3wcf6aktlfkfkp3/bafkreift4wajp6nsrzdrumb2cnyv7s5nvswakab7h62jnjqua4i7tf2qeq@jpeg)
February 14, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Everyone’s talking about Swarovski right now so let’s take a second and dive into the fact that they were NAZI Nazis. Like full-on Seig Heil, prosecuted after the war level Nazis and the modern company has done everything they can to hide all their archives and prevent anyone accessing them.
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John Menadue: “The Australian government’s response to Gaza, and its handling of President Isaac Herzog’s visit, has blurred line between antisemitism and criticism of Israel. The result is deeper division, weaker democracy and greater risk to Jewish communities.” johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02....
Genocide is the story, not antisemitism
The Australian government’s response to Gaza, and its handling of President Isaac Herzog’s visit, has blurred the line between antisemitism and criticism of Israel. The result is deeper division, weak...
johnmenadue.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:35 AM
John Menadue: “The Australian government’s response to Gaza, and its handling of President Isaac Herzog’s visit, has blurred line between antisemitism and criticism of Israel. The result is deeper division, weaker democracy and greater risk to Jewish communities.” johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02....
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Oh gawd, he replied. I won’t bore you with the drivel. Suffice to say, TechBros Admirer couldn’t even conceptualise a time ‘beyond’ tech or ‘post tech’ where analogue skills may be valued. I blocked him.
Reader, he hasn’t replied to my ‘refusal’ message. Wasn’t that keen to catch up for coffee then?
February 14, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Oh gawd, he replied. I won’t bore you with the drivel. Suffice to say, TechBros Admirer couldn’t even conceptualise a time ‘beyond’ tech or ‘post tech’ where analogue skills may be valued. I blocked him.
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You know what to comment.
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February 12, 2026 at 10:22 PM
You know what to comment.
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Unable to sleep in hospital? It's not just a horrible zombie feeling- it increases postop complication rates. 😱
'...each 10-minute reduction in change in total sleep duration was associated with higher odds of Clavien-Dindo grades I and II complications.'
#MedSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
'...each 10-minute reduction in change in total sleep duration was associated with higher odds of Clavien-Dindo grades I and II complications.'
#MedSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Postoperative Sleep Dynamics Across Surgical Risk Using Wearable Device Technology
This cohort study among participants in the All of Us Research Program database characterizes postoperative alterations in sleep stages and determines how these trajectories vary across different surg...
jamanetwork.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Unable to sleep in hospital? It's not just a horrible zombie feeling- it increases postop complication rates. 😱
'...each 10-minute reduction in change in total sleep duration was associated with higher odds of Clavien-Dindo grades I and II complications.'
#MedSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
'...each 10-minute reduction in change in total sleep duration was associated with higher odds of Clavien-Dindo grades I and II complications.'
#MedSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
My most authoritarian opinion is that the MMR vaccine should be mandatory, with only medical (not religious or floofy) exemptions allowed. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.