David Caldicott
@actinosproject.bsky.social
Emergency Doctor, Mechanic to The Human Machine. Fiend for the Esoteric- Poisons, Toxins, Disasters. Pill Testing, politics, parlaying.
Mostly Irish.
Mostly Irish.
Australia is rushing through legislation in which #auspol expects the public to accept ‘no procedural fairness’ in its application.
This deserves extra scrutiny, obviously.
Quite extraordinary, sneaky and dangerous, without including judicial oversight.
This deserves extra scrutiny, obviously.
Quite extraordinary, sneaky and dangerous, without including judicial oversight.
January 14, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Australia is rushing through legislation in which #auspol expects the public to accept ‘no procedural fairness’ in its application.
This deserves extra scrutiny, obviously.
Quite extraordinary, sneaky and dangerous, without including judicial oversight.
This deserves extra scrutiny, obviously.
Quite extraordinary, sneaky and dangerous, without including judicial oversight.
What, this old thing?
That’s just me, using the stitching horse I built last year to make some vestigial leather bags for my chess pieces.
No big deal (but profoundly satisfying)
Try making something- it’s good for the soul, in these dark times!
That’s just me, using the stitching horse I built last year to make some vestigial leather bags for my chess pieces.
No big deal (but profoundly satisfying)
Try making something- it’s good for the soul, in these dark times!
October 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
What, this old thing?
That’s just me, using the stitching horse I built last year to make some vestigial leather bags for my chess pieces.
No big deal (but profoundly satisfying)
Try making something- it’s good for the soul, in these dark times!
That’s just me, using the stitching horse I built last year to make some vestigial leather bags for my chess pieces.
No big deal (but profoundly satisfying)
Try making something- it’s good for the soul, in these dark times!
I was today years old when I discovered that Pieris spp. also evolved grayanotoxins, as part of the Ericaceae family. Many of us might know about Rhododendrons and ‘mad honey’… this beauty is in flower in the Old Parliamentary Gardens in Canberra.
(Wisteria not out yet!😉)
#poisonousplants
(Wisteria not out yet!😉)
#poisonousplants
September 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I was today years old when I discovered that Pieris spp. also evolved grayanotoxins, as part of the Ericaceae family. Many of us might know about Rhododendrons and ‘mad honey’… this beauty is in flower in the Old Parliamentary Gardens in Canberra.
(Wisteria not out yet!😉)
#poisonousplants
(Wisteria not out yet!😉)
#poisonousplants
The esteem in which he is held remains undimmed, George.
July 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The esteem in which he is held remains undimmed, George.
I am really not going to be left alone for my supper…
June 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I am really not going to be left alone for my supper…
Gold around every corner… beautiful light.
June 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Gold around every corner… beautiful light.
Strolling the city…
June 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Strolling the city…
Here with my brother from another mother, @chriskats.bsky.social!
June 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Here with my brother from another mother, @chriskats.bsky.social!
Day 1 of the Airway Masterclass 2025 in Amsterdam, and it starts with a SALAD- obvs…
June 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Day 1 of the Airway Masterclass 2025 in Amsterdam, and it starts with a SALAD- obvs…
Found in a place where it won’t get the coverage it deserves…
May 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Found in a place where it won’t get the coverage it deserves…
I am not the only Emergency Consultant to have been frivolously described as a Master of Disaster.
Today, I officially, and academically, became one…
Today, I officially, and academically, became one…
May 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I am not the only Emergency Consultant to have been frivolously described as a Master of Disaster.
Today, I officially, and academically, became one…
Today, I officially, and academically, became one…
Gearing up for the opening session of #WADEM in Tokyo, which this year is about governance & VUCA:
- volatility
- uncertainty
- complexity, &
- ambiguity
A term normally used to define disaster medicine environments, but one which might be equally applicable to geopolitics at the moment.
- volatility
- uncertainty
- complexity, &
- ambiguity
A term normally used to define disaster medicine environments, but one which might be equally applicable to geopolitics at the moment.
May 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Gearing up for the opening session of #WADEM in Tokyo, which this year is about governance & VUCA:
- volatility
- uncertainty
- complexity, &
- ambiguity
A term normally used to define disaster medicine environments, but one which might be equally applicable to geopolitics at the moment.
- volatility
- uncertainty
- complexity, &
- ambiguity
A term normally used to define disaster medicine environments, but one which might be equally applicable to geopolitics at the moment.
Rescuing old talks from corroding CDs, stumbled across my first ever talk for WADEM, way back in Melbourne, & nearly a quarter of a century ago.
Looking forward to catching up with this unique family in Tokyo this week, to chat about how to help a world increasingly facing a disastrous future.
Looking forward to catching up with this unique family in Tokyo this week, to chat about how to help a world increasingly facing a disastrous future.
April 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Rescuing old talks from corroding CDs, stumbled across my first ever talk for WADEM, way back in Melbourne, & nearly a quarter of a century ago.
Looking forward to catching up with this unique family in Tokyo this week, to chat about how to help a world increasingly facing a disastrous future.
Looking forward to catching up with this unique family in Tokyo this week, to chat about how to help a world increasingly facing a disastrous future.
It’s not that hard…
April 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It’s not that hard…
Top work, ANUFG+Irish Embassy, for screening the excellent @kneecapceol.bsky.social movie, here in Canberra.
Coachella bumped up the turnout even more, I’m told…
Keep up the great work, lads!
Coachella bumped up the turnout even more, I’m told…
Keep up the great work, lads!
April 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Top work, ANUFG+Irish Embassy, for screening the excellent @kneecapceol.bsky.social movie, here in Canberra.
Coachella bumped up the turnout even more, I’m told…
Keep up the great work, lads!
Coachella bumped up the turnout even more, I’m told…
Keep up the great work, lads!
Outside the Irish embassy tonight in Canberra,for the St Patrick’s day drinks.
Plenty of folk stopping to chat, and wish the lads well.
Great conversation starter for the foreign diplomats, as to the powers of Irish President vs Taoiseach!
Plenty of folk stopping to chat, and wish the lads well.
Great conversation starter for the foreign diplomats, as to the powers of Irish President vs Taoiseach!
March 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Outside the Irish embassy tonight in Canberra,for the St Patrick’s day drinks.
Plenty of folk stopping to chat, and wish the lads well.
Great conversation starter for the foreign diplomats, as to the powers of Irish President vs Taoiseach!
Plenty of folk stopping to chat, and wish the lads well.
Great conversation starter for the foreign diplomats, as to the powers of Irish President vs Taoiseach!
Any fish, ‘en papillote’ provides magnificent fodder.
Stuff with herbs of your choice lemon, and spring onions- wrap in baking paper, and cook for 15 minutes at 200°C- et voila.
Mackerel, good to go.
Easy.
Stuff with herbs of your choice lemon, and spring onions- wrap in baking paper, and cook for 15 minutes at 200°C- et voila.
Mackerel, good to go.
Easy.
March 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Any fish, ‘en papillote’ provides magnificent fodder.
Stuff with herbs of your choice lemon, and spring onions- wrap in baking paper, and cook for 15 minutes at 200°C- et voila.
Mackerel, good to go.
Easy.
Stuff with herbs of your choice lemon, and spring onions- wrap in baking paper, and cook for 15 minutes at 200°C- et voila.
Mackerel, good to go.
Easy.
🚨‼️Red Notice, out of CanTEST‼️🚨
Liquid free base methamphetamine has been identified in a sample thought to be GHB.
There’s a fair bit of GHB consumed in CBR, & were anyone to mix up the 2, it would likely result in a trip to hospital.
Top job from the analysts- & ACT Health- for the rapid messaging
Liquid free base methamphetamine has been identified in a sample thought to be GHB.
There’s a fair bit of GHB consumed in CBR, & were anyone to mix up the 2, it would likely result in a trip to hospital.
Top job from the analysts- & ACT Health- for the rapid messaging
March 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🚨‼️Red Notice, out of CanTEST‼️🚨
Liquid free base methamphetamine has been identified in a sample thought to be GHB.
There’s a fair bit of GHB consumed in CBR, & were anyone to mix up the 2, it would likely result in a trip to hospital.
Top job from the analysts- & ACT Health- for the rapid messaging
Liquid free base methamphetamine has been identified in a sample thought to be GHB.
There’s a fair bit of GHB consumed in CBR, & were anyone to mix up the 2, it would likely result in a trip to hospital.
Top job from the analysts- & ACT Health- for the rapid messaging
I’d imagine that many of the latest crop of medical administrators have yet to read this- from 2010😇
If we addressed the healthcare ecosystem like bees, & nurtured it, & tended to its needs, it would thrive.
Instead, it’s managed by locusts, consuming workers to extinction.
Working kinder = smarter!
If we addressed the healthcare ecosystem like bees, & nurtured it, & tended to its needs, it would thrive.
Instead, it’s managed by locusts, consuming workers to extinction.
Working kinder = smarter!
March 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I’d imagine that many of the latest crop of medical administrators have yet to read this- from 2010😇
If we addressed the healthcare ecosystem like bees, & nurtured it, & tended to its needs, it would thrive.
Instead, it’s managed by locusts, consuming workers to extinction.
Working kinder = smarter!
If we addressed the healthcare ecosystem like bees, & nurtured it, & tended to its needs, it would thrive.
Instead, it’s managed by locusts, consuming workers to extinction.
Working kinder = smarter!
There’s been an upgrade.
March 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
There’s been an upgrade.
Does anyone know who painted this?
I’d like to see more of their work.
I’d like to see more of their work.
March 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Does anyone know who painted this?
I’d like to see more of their work.
I’d like to see more of their work.