Miriam Ní Challaráin
@miriamcolleran2.bsky.social
Mom, consultant in palliative medicine, Gaeilgeoir, pulmonary capillaritis. Interested in: whole person care, narrative-based medicine. Poems featured in @closler.Bluesky.social, Sparks of Calliope, Pocket Fiction, The Afterpast Review etc
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Podcast Episode 2 — Speak For Me LPA
speakforme.co.uk
Podcast chat with the wonderful @clarefuller.bsky.social on communication, advance care planning and dignity in care.
With shout-outs to the brilliant Prof Harvey Chochinov and the quality technique: what matters most to you?
I hope you enjoy it
speakforme.co.uk/podcast-epis...
With shout-outs to the brilliant Prof Harvey Chochinov and the quality technique: what matters most to you?
I hope you enjoy it
speakforme.co.uk/podcast-epis...
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Save the date! Submissions open for HOWL New Irish Writing 26 in February 2026 🐺 🖤
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Save the date! Submissions open for HOWL New Irish Writing 26 in February 2026 🐺 🖤
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"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend
Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…
lithub.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
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A brilliant starter pack of Poets from @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social Please follow and repost if you can #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A brilliant starter pack of Poets from @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social Please follow and repost if you can #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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Because people are living in fear.
40 years later… And the thing is, we already have mountains of data NOW that show what COVID does to brains. Why can’t we acknowledge it? Why can’t we face it? Why can’t we say it?
My dad trained as a neurosurgeon in the late ‘50s and they were still studying the long term neurological effects of the Spanish flu.
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Because people are living in fear.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Saline nasal sprays offer so much potential as a public health intervention to reduce viral illnesses. Easy to use, relatively cheap and widely available.
Congratulations to Professor Paul Little, winning Royal College of General Practitioners Research Paper of the Year 🌟
He and his team’s research found that simple nasal sprays, can shorten illness, ease symptoms and even reduce the need for antibiotics.
Read more 👉 https://tr.ee/P2bffM
He and his team’s research found that simple nasal sprays, can shorten illness, ease symptoms and even reduce the need for antibiotics.
Read more 👉 https://tr.ee/P2bffM
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Saline nasal sprays offer so much potential as a public health intervention to reduce viral illnesses. Easy to use, relatively cheap and widely available.
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This is extremely dangerous.
If you’re a journalist, politician, artist, or public figure, or anyone with a platform, you need to stop using X.
You’re not helping by remaining on the platform. You can say you’re fighting where the people are, but you won’t beat the algorithm.
Lead people off X.
If you’re a journalist, politician, artist, or public figure, or anyone with a platform, you need to stop using X.
You’re not helping by remaining on the platform. You can say you’re fighting where the people are, but you won’t beat the algorithm.
Lead people off X.
NEW on @indicator.media: A first *full-scale* comparison of Grokipedia v Wikipedia.
Last week the awesome @harold.bsky.social rocked up to my desk bearing gifts.
Hal had collected almost all 900K Grokipedia entries and compared them to their Wikipedia equivalents for text and citation similarity.
Last week the awesome @harold.bsky.social rocked up to my desk bearing gifts.
Hal had collected almost all 900K Grokipedia entries and compared them to their Wikipedia equivalents for text and citation similarity.
Grokipedia cites a Nazi forum and fringe conspiracy websites
A site-wide comparison with Wikipedia sheds light on what Elon Musk is trying to do
indicator.media
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
This is extremely dangerous.
If you’re a journalist, politician, artist, or public figure, or anyone with a platform, you need to stop using X.
You’re not helping by remaining on the platform. You can say you’re fighting where the people are, but you won’t beat the algorithm.
Lead people off X.
If you’re a journalist, politician, artist, or public figure, or anyone with a platform, you need to stop using X.
You’re not helping by remaining on the platform. You can say you’re fighting where the people are, but you won’t beat the algorithm.
Lead people off X.
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UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, says the UK has helped create conditions that enabled the genocide in Gaza.
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, says the UK has helped create conditions that enabled the genocide in Gaza.
This is depraved
Israeli soldiers who raped to death a Palestinian hostage got a standing ovation in court.
God's Chosen Rapists; Israel is a sick country.
God's Chosen Rapists; Israel is a sick country.
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is depraved
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I like this
A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I like this
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You can’t build an autistic-friendly life with neuronormative tools.
That’s why so many of us stay stuck - the map we were given wasn’t written for us.
You need a new framework, not a new mindset.
That’s why so many of us stay stuck - the map we were given wasn’t written for us.
You need a new framework, not a new mindset.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
You can’t build an autistic-friendly life with neuronormative tools.
That’s why so many of us stay stuck - the map we were given wasn’t written for us.
You need a new framework, not a new mindset.
That’s why so many of us stay stuck - the map we were given wasn’t written for us.
You need a new framework, not a new mindset.
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I have a feature essay for The Guardian today on the mirage of AI medicine, why care cannot be automated, and how overwhelming uptake of AI by American health capitalism threatens to undermine the very possibility of democracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I have a feature essay for The Guardian today on the mirage of AI medicine, why care cannot be automated, and how overwhelming uptake of AI by American health capitalism threatens to undermine the very possibility of democracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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This #SoulfulSunday we pause with “Immortality” — a tender poem by Clare Harner, illustrated by @andhikaramadhian (Instagram). 🌿
If you’re missing someone today, please know you’re not alone. 💙
☎️ 1800 80 70 77 | Mon–Fri 10am–1pm | bereaved.ie
If you’re missing someone today, please know you’re not alone. 💙
☎️ 1800 80 70 77 | Mon–Fri 10am–1pm | bereaved.ie
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This #SoulfulSunday we pause with “Immortality” — a tender poem by Clare Harner, illustrated by @andhikaramadhian (Instagram). 🌿
If you’re missing someone today, please know you’re not alone. 💙
☎️ 1800 80 70 77 | Mon–Fri 10am–1pm | bereaved.ie
If you’re missing someone today, please know you’re not alone. 💙
☎️ 1800 80 70 77 | Mon–Fri 10am–1pm | bereaved.ie
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Lovely to wake to the news that Zohran Mamdani won the New York Mayor election!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Zohran Mamdani: meteoric rise of New York’s visionary new mayor
Charismatic and relatable, the 34-year old energized voters – and provided a blueprint for other progressives to follow
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Lovely to wake to the news that Zohran Mamdani won the New York Mayor election!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This claim about the EU by our government is a lie.
Homelessness has been effectively eliminated in Finland. There are 1000 long-term homeless people left in the entire nation of 5 million people and the Finnish government aims to reduce that to zero within two years.
ym.fi/en/homelessn...
Homelessness has been effectively eliminated in Finland. There are 1000 long-term homeless people left in the entire nation of 5 million people and the Finnish government aims to reduce that to zero within two years.
ym.fi/en/homelessn...
November 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This claim about the EU by our government is a lie.
Homelessness has been effectively eliminated in Finland. There are 1000 long-term homeless people left in the entire nation of 5 million people and the Finnish government aims to reduce that to zero within two years.
ym.fi/en/homelessn...
Homelessness has been effectively eliminated in Finland. There are 1000 long-term homeless people left in the entire nation of 5 million people and the Finnish government aims to reduce that to zero within two years.
ym.fi/en/homelessn...
www.icjpalestine.com/2025/10/13/i...
Well done The Greens in the UK passing a motion to designate the IDF a terrorist organisation
Éire needs to designate the IDF a terrorist organisation - slaughtering & maiming people, murdering journalists & healthcare workers, destroying hospitals & schools
Well done The Greens in the UK passing a motion to designate the IDF a terrorist organisation
Éire needs to designate the IDF a terrorist organisation - slaughtering & maiming people, murdering journalists & healthcare workers, destroying hospitals & schools
November 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
www.icjpalestine.com/2025/10/13/i...
Well done The Greens in the UK passing a motion to designate the IDF a terrorist organisation
Éire needs to designate the IDF a terrorist organisation - slaughtering & maiming people, murdering journalists & healthcare workers, destroying hospitals & schools
Well done The Greens in the UK passing a motion to designate the IDF a terrorist organisation
Éire needs to designate the IDF a terrorist organisation - slaughtering & maiming people, murdering journalists & healthcare workers, destroying hospitals & schools
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“The [US] plan directs aid exclusively to areas controlled by the Israeli occupation army, in coordination with Tel Aviv and with the participation of Arab and Western NGOs, without consulting any Palestinian body.”
So more sadistic “humanitarian” kill zones.
en.al-akhbar.com/news/america...
So more sadistic “humanitarian” kill zones.
en.al-akhbar.com/news/america...
Pentagon Document Outlines Fully-Automated Siege of Gaza
The plan directs aid exclusively to areas controlled by the Israeli occupation army, in coordination with Tel Aviv and with the participation of Arab and Western NGOs, without consulting any Palestini...
en.al-akhbar.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:28 AM
“The [US] plan directs aid exclusively to areas controlled by the Israeli occupation army, in coordination with Tel Aviv and with the participation of Arab and Western NGOs, without consulting any Palestinian body.”
So more sadistic “humanitarian” kill zones.
en.al-akhbar.com/news/america...
So more sadistic “humanitarian” kill zones.
en.al-akhbar.com/news/america...
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When I read headlines like this, I always think of Paul Farmer who said “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world”
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
When I read headlines like this, I always think of Paul Farmer who said “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world”
So @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu President of the EU, was going outside her mandate declaring EU support for Israel while Germany coordinated with Israel before ICJ testimony.
Way beyond time for her to go.
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social @kajakallas.bsky.social @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu
Way beyond time for her to go.
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social @kajakallas.bsky.social @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
So @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu President of the EU, was going outside her mandate declaring EU support for Israel while Germany coordinated with Israel before ICJ testimony.
Way beyond time for her to go.
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social @kajakallas.bsky.social @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu
Way beyond time for her to go.
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social @kajakallas.bsky.social @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu