Dr Josephine K (Retd)
@drjoretd.bsky.social
Refugee from civil war in Sri Lanka. Emergency doctor in NHS for over 30 years. Wife and mother of 3. Irish national, living in Belfast.
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When I began school, my mum told me that if I didn't want to look pretty I'd have to be a doctor. It was the best career advice I ever had.
Apparently Howard Lutnick is often misspelled as Nutlick.
December 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Apparently Howard Lutnick is often misspelled as Nutlick.
When did Christians start celebrating Christmas? Constantine may have settled on 25th December himself. It's the sort of thing he did, and he wasn't someone you made a habit of disagreeing with.
December 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
When did Christians start celebrating Christmas? Constantine may have settled on 25th December himself. It's the sort of thing he did, and he wasn't someone you made a habit of disagreeing with.
Trump says that America is powerful enough to game international markets. Conway says that it isn't. I'm with Conway on this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLX...
1 Minute Ago: Trump Explodes as Canada Redirects Aluminum Exports Away From the US | George Conway
YouTube video by Conway Media
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump says that America is powerful enough to game international markets. Conway says that it isn't. I'm with Conway on this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLX...
What would Trump do if Venezuela declares a 100-mile exclusion zone for its territorial waters, and starts deploying drones from an unspecified source?
December 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
What would Trump do if Venezuela declares a 100-mile exclusion zone for its territorial waters, and starts deploying drones from an unspecified source?
Trump's piracy is bringing America to the brink of war with China. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vit...
US 'Cuts Off' Oil Supply To China; Xi Rages At Trump Amid Huge Escalation Over Venezuela
YouTube video by Times Of India
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Trump's piracy is bringing America to the brink of war with China. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vit...
China produces 1.5 million engineers per year. The US produces 7.5 million MAGA voters per year.
December 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
China produces 1.5 million engineers per year. The US produces 7.5 million MAGA voters per year.
Nigeria has ditched the dollar, and is now trading oil using the BRICS trading mechanism. Trump just found out and threatened them with war, but they just told him to fuck off.
December 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Nigeria has ditched the dollar, and is now trading oil using the BRICS trading mechanism. Trump just found out and threatened them with war, but they just told him to fuck off.
Patrick van der Vorst is an immigrant, like me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEeo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEeo...
A Christmas Tree in Stained Glass: Unveiling the Jesse Window
YouTube video by Christian Art
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Patrick van der Vorst is an immigrant, like me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEeo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEeo...
When Trump is buried, there won't be a tombstone, just a urinal.
December 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
When Trump is buried, there won't be a tombstone, just a urinal.
A gun transforms a harmless individual into a dangerous one. In almost every case, the law favours the owner. So get yourself one with a hair trigger and chamber a round. Then you're good to go. You might not get back in one piece, but at least nobody's going to call you harmless. Who'd want that?
December 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A gun transforms a harmless individual into a dangerous one. In almost every case, the law favours the owner. So get yourself one with a hair trigger and chamber a round. Then you're good to go. You might not get back in one piece, but at least nobody's going to call you harmless. Who'd want that?
Donald Trump showed Americans how to hate people, and they were so grateful that they made him president. It was a wise choice. If they need someone to hate, they just listen to him. Yesterday it was Somalis, tomorrow who knows? He may be crap at everything else, but he sure knows how to hate.
December 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Donald Trump showed Americans how to hate people, and they were so grateful that they made him president. It was a wise choice. If they need someone to hate, they just listen to him. Yesterday it was Somalis, tomorrow who knows? He may be crap at everything else, but he sure knows how to hate.
Trump is turning America into a nation of pirates. news.sky.com/story/us-for...
US has seized oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, Donald Trump says
"We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized, actually", the US president said.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump is turning America into a nation of pirates. news.sky.com/story/us-for...
Agricultural land in Northern Ireland is the most expensive in the UK, because we pay the owners huge subsidies.
www.irishnews.com/opinion/bria...
www.irishnews.com/opinion/bria...
Brian Feeney: After 25 years, it’s time to accept that Stormont has failed
A century ago, the north-east was the richest part of the island. Today it is the poorest and guaranteed to deteriorate further
www.irishnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Agricultural land in Northern Ireland is the most expensive in the UK, because we pay the owners huge subsidies.
www.irishnews.com/opinion/bria...
www.irishnews.com/opinion/bria...
Recently I've taken to running my Chromebook in split screen mode. A browser window and an Android app fit together quite nicely.
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Recently I've taken to running my Chromebook in split screen mode. A browser window and an Android app fit together quite nicely.
Chaim Herzog, the former Israeli president was raised in Dublin, and there is a park named after him. Moves to rename it are being strenuously resisted by Israel, much to the amusement of locals. Because nobody calls it Herzog Park, it's always Hedgehog Park.
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Chaim Herzog, the former Israeli president was raised in Dublin, and there is a park named after him. Moves to rename it are being strenuously resisted by Israel, much to the amusement of locals. Because nobody calls it Herzog Park, it's always Hedgehog Park.
Trump is completely out of control.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Donald Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela is closed
President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Trump is completely out of control.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
In Mahayana Buddhism, a bodhisattva
is a person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so through compassion for suffering beings. Does the same concept exist in Theravada Buddhism? Sort of. He is a monk who meddles in politics, in order to harm others.
i.guim.co.uk/img/media/74...
is a person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so through compassion for suffering beings. Does the same concept exist in Theravada Buddhism? Sort of. He is a monk who meddles in politics, in order to harm others.
i.guim.co.uk/img/media/74...
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In Mahayana Buddhism, a bodhisattva
is a person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so through compassion for suffering beings. Does the same concept exist in Theravada Buddhism? Sort of. He is a monk who meddles in politics, in order to harm others.
i.guim.co.uk/img/media/74...
is a person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so through compassion for suffering beings. Does the same concept exist in Theravada Buddhism? Sort of. He is a monk who meddles in politics, in order to harm others.
i.guim.co.uk/img/media/74...
Interesting article about Buddhist nationalism in Sri Lanka though it does not mention the Great Chronicle of Ceylon, which is where it all began.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
The long read: Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goals
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Interesting article about Buddhist nationalism in Sri Lanka though it does not mention the Great Chronicle of Ceylon, which is where it all began.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Now we have an education minister who teachers refuse to work with, and a health minister that nobody trusts. Unfortunately, neither of them can be dismissed. Unionists are undermining the Assembly with their own incompetence.
www.itv.com/news/utv/202...
www.itv.com/news/utv/202...
www.itv.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Now we have an education minister who teachers refuse to work with, and a health minister that nobody trusts. Unfortunately, neither of them can be dismissed. Unionists are undermining the Assembly with their own incompetence.
www.itv.com/news/utv/202...
www.itv.com/news/utv/202...
This illustrates one of the many absurdities of the Northern Ireland assembly: he cannot do his job, but only the DUP can get rid of him.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Paul Givan: No-confidence motion in education minister over Israel visit fails
The move was set to fail as it needed cross-community support and unionist parties had already ruled out supporting it.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This illustrates one of the many absurdities of the Northern Ireland assembly: he cannot do his job, but only the DUP can get rid of him.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer always looks as if he's attending a funeral, or a memorial service.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Keir Starmer always looks as if he's attending a funeral, or a memorial service.
Loyalists in Belfast are celebrating the fact that a road has been renamed. For them, everything to do with the Boyne is sacred.
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
Loyalists plan march on Belfast’s newly opened Boyne Bridge Place
Loyalists planning to march down Boyne Bridge Place just days after the new road next to Belfast Grand Central station is due to be opened, it has emerged.
www.irishnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Loyalists in Belfast are celebrating the fact that a road has been renamed. For them, everything to do with the Boyne is sacred.
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
New IRA are a pain, they really are.
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
UK government places financial sanctions on New IRA and Derry man it suspects of dissident involvement
The action is the second use of the Treasury-led domestic counter-terrorism regime to target individuals in the north
www.irishnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
New IRA are a pain, they really are.
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
Formerly known as Prince.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Democrats in US Congress ask Andrew to appear for questioning over Epstein links
The panel, which does not have the power to subpoena Andrew, made the request as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Formerly known as Prince.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For Israel, a ceasefire just means that they kill hundreds of Palestinians a day, rather than thousands.
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
For Israel, a ceasefire just means that they kill hundreds of Palestinians a day, rather than thousands.