@mwhess.bsky.social
🇮🇪🇩🇪🏴 🇪🇺Digital Health @ Children’s Health Ireland
This by Sir Ian McKellen!
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
This by Sir Ian McKellen!
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irish government to require all pedestrians and cyclists to dress like this so that drivers will maybe look at them
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
irish government to require all pedestrians and cyclists to dress like this so that drivers will maybe look at them
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A reminder that history is rewritten every day. There is no Irish genome. Irishness is not genetic.
www.bbc.com/sport/athlet...
www.bbc.com/sport/athlet...
January 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM
A reminder that history is rewritten every day. There is no Irish genome. Irishness is not genetic.
www.bbc.com/sport/athlet...
www.bbc.com/sport/athlet...
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Trump sincerely believes Norway stole “his” Nobel Peace Prize.
That isn’t a joke. It’s the key to understanding his second presidency.
We have to drop the self-delusion, over-intellectualisation and listen to him. America is no longer Europe’s ally.
My latest 👇
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
That isn’t a joke. It’s the key to understanding his second presidency.
We have to drop the self-delusion, over-intellectualisation and listen to him. America is no longer Europe’s ally.
My latest 👇
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The Valueless Presidency
America is no longer Europe's ally. Stop bleating about NATO. It's already gone.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Trump sincerely believes Norway stole “his” Nobel Peace Prize.
That isn’t a joke. It’s the key to understanding his second presidency.
We have to drop the self-delusion, over-intellectualisation and listen to him. America is no longer Europe’s ally.
My latest 👇
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
That isn’t a joke. It’s the key to understanding his second presidency.
We have to drop the self-delusion, over-intellectualisation and listen to him. America is no longer Europe’s ally.
My latest 👇
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
I wonder whether anyone was ever fined that amount:
January 12, 2026 at 9:11 AM
I wonder whether anyone was ever fined that amount:
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I’m not often lost for words but…
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I’m not often lost for words but…
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Verdiente Ehrung durch die FIFA: Donald Trump hat die Wahl zum Weltfußballer des Jahres 2025 gewonnen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Mr. Trump!
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Verdiente Ehrung durch die FIFA: Donald Trump hat die Wahl zum Weltfußballer des Jahres 2025 gewonnen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Mr. Trump!
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I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Kathy Sheridan: Where are the patriots protesting when Irish men are the ones carrying out assaults?
Kathy Sheridan: Where are the patriots protesting when Irish men are the ones carrying out assaults?
Surely the so-called patriots should be trebly furious when one of their own commits an atrocity
www.irishtimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Kathy Sheridan: Where are the patriots protesting when Irish men are the ones carrying out assaults?
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Voting for Brexit, stopping the small boats – none of it will ever appease those who wage war on immigration | Nesrine Malik
Voting for Brexit, stopping the small boats – none of it will ever appease those who wage war on immigration | Nesrine Malik
The facts and the numbers are irrelevant: Donald Trump and Nigel Farage just find new excuses and increase the toxicity, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Voting for Brexit, stopping the small boats – none of it will ever appease those who wage war on immigration | Nesrine Malik
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👀 What is this goal? Szobosalai
August 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
👀 What is this goal? Szobosalai
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Liverpool have decided to pay the remaining two years of Diogo Jota's contract to his family. (Record)
July 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Liverpool have decided to pay the remaining two years of Diogo Jota's contract to his family. (Record)
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"At a time when the country faces no shortage of health threats, the value of evidence and expertise is itself under attack. The anti-establishment has become the establishment, and its decisions will affect us all." — @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How to Think About COVID-19 Vaccines in the Era of R.F.K., Jr.
The coronavirus may no longer be a leading danger to our health. That doesn’t mean it can’t hurt us, or that we don’t need to protect ourselves.
www.newyorker.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"At a time when the country faces no shortage of health threats, the value of evidence and expertise is itself under attack. The anti-establishment has become the establishment, and its decisions will affect us all." — @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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“Brexit means we can make our own agreements with the EU, as we pick and choose!”
- UK chooses to make agreement with EU on a handful of issues.
“Brexit Betrayed!”
- UK chooses to make agreement with EU on a handful of issues.
“Brexit Betrayed!”
May 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“Brexit means we can make our own agreements with the EU, as we pick and choose!”
- UK chooses to make agreement with EU on a handful of issues.
“Brexit Betrayed!”
- UK chooses to make agreement with EU on a handful of issues.
“Brexit Betrayed!”
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Tech should be enabling for staff and patients not disabling. This requires humility & problem solving.
Humility because tech that over reaches creates frustration & poor performance.
Problem solving to address actual challenges that people face, not asking what an exciting bit of tech can do.
Humility because tech that over reaches creates frustration & poor performance.
Problem solving to address actual challenges that people face, not asking what an exciting bit of tech can do.
April 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Tech should be enabling for staff and patients not disabling. This requires humility & problem solving.
Humility because tech that over reaches creates frustration & poor performance.
Problem solving to address actual challenges that people face, not asking what an exciting bit of tech can do.
Humility because tech that over reaches creates frustration & poor performance.
Problem solving to address actual challenges that people face, not asking what an exciting bit of tech can do.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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48 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 09, 1977, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
April 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
48 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 09, 1977, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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🔥 OBAMA: “IMAGINE IF I HAD DONE ANY OF THIS… I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious — who are we as a country, and what values do we stand for?” 🇺🇸
April 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
🔥 OBAMA: “IMAGINE IF I HAD DONE ANY OF THIS… I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious — who are we as a country, and what values do we stand for?” 🇺🇸
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What is the low hanging fruit for tech in the NHS & social care?
Many may jump to the possibilities of AI
But I’d argue it’s 1) modernisation to reduce legacy systems that eat up time & money 2) designing pathways & processes to consolidate tech & remove duplication which eat up time & money.
Many may jump to the possibilities of AI
But I’d argue it’s 1) modernisation to reduce legacy systems that eat up time & money 2) designing pathways & processes to consolidate tech & remove duplication which eat up time & money.
April 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
What is the low hanging fruit for tech in the NHS & social care?
Many may jump to the possibilities of AI
But I’d argue it’s 1) modernisation to reduce legacy systems that eat up time & money 2) designing pathways & processes to consolidate tech & remove duplication which eat up time & money.
Many may jump to the possibilities of AI
But I’d argue it’s 1) modernisation to reduce legacy systems that eat up time & money 2) designing pathways & processes to consolidate tech & remove duplication which eat up time & money.
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Our age of polarisation: too lazy to look up the law, too lazy to look at the facts, too lazy to read the judgment. But strong opinion that decision is political based on what we assume some will say (too lazy to identify the ‚some‘).
April 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Our age of polarisation: too lazy to look up the law, too lazy to look at the facts, too lazy to read the judgment. But strong opinion that decision is political based on what we assume some will say (too lazy to identify the ‚some‘).
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Deeply, deeply concerning. May I ask my American friends to consider making conferences hybrid as a rule. www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/d...
Diplomatic row erupts after French researcher expelled from US for expressing 'a personal opinion' on Trump
A diplomatic row has erupted between France and the US after a French researcher was expelled from the country for expressing "a personal opinion" on Trump.
www.lbc.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Deeply, deeply concerning. May I ask my American friends to consider making conferences hybrid as a rule. www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/d...