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David Vaughan

@davidjvaughan.bsky.social
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Paediatrician. “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” -- Omar El Akkad

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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
To lose one chokepoint may be regarded as a misfortune
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Great piece via @himself.bsky.social & Dan Wangvia @financialtimes.com giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Does Silicon Valley dream of Philip K Dick?
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Does Silicon Valley dream of Philip K Dick?
His 1960s science-fiction visions are a guide to our age of erratic billionaires, wild space fantasies and glitchy, invasive technology
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
By the wine sailor @mirmulcahy.bsky.social
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Carl Horsley @carlhorsley.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Tui in the flame tree on a Winter's day Tāmaki/Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand #RespiteSunday #birding @davidjvaughan.bsky.social
Tui in the flame tree on a Winter's day
Tāmaki, Aotearoa New Zealand
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Does put the Mississippi is richer than the UK comparison under scrutiny. @himself.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
washingtonpost.com
Mississippi is running out of liquor, and it’s the state’s fault
A months-long inventory glitch in the state-run wholesale warehouse has led to barren shelves at stores across the state.
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Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So, you say betting on the end of the world is not a good trade...? Polymarket Removes Betting Market on Nuclear Detonation. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Looking for a nice distraction from current events? Why not check out the 1999 film DETERRENCE
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
If anyone's confused about whether to read my interview with Trump, or with Bryan Stevenson, please choose the latter. Remarkable man. Here's another free link. as.ft.com/r/af3cb056-1...
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Death row lawyer Bryan Stevenson: ‘Hope is our superpower’
[FREE TO READ] The attorney and activist on overturning capital convictions — and his fears that civil rights gains are being dismantled
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
An uplifting piece in @financialtimes.com by @edwardluce.bsky.social giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Death row lawyer Bryan Stevenson: ‘Hope is our superpower’
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Death row lawyer Bryan Stevenson: ‘Hope is our superpower’
The attorney and activist on overturning capital convictions — and his fears that civil rights gains are being dismantled
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
@samfr.bsky.social I wonder if future historians will refer to this war as the war of the three theocracies?
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
finally, a dog bites man story worth running!
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Dates from 2006 but nothing really has changed. @samfr.bsky.social @professormusgrave.bsky.social
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
youtu.be/4P1GkppCddw?...
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Eve of Destruction (Remastered)
YouTube video by The Turtles - Topic
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
@judah-grunstein.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social @himself.bsky.social maybe just once Enoch Powell made the right call?
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
@adamtooze.bsky.social now this is a #Polycrisis
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Paradise
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Sunrise Surfing
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Sunrise Surfing
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
nytimes.com
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Inger presents #Share work #ResilientHealthCare @siriwiig.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social @carlhorsley.bsky.social
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Mike Rayo references this @nature.com paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Empirically derived evaluation requirements for responsible deployments of AI in safety-critical settings - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - Empirically derived evaluation requirements for responsible deployments of AI in safety-critical settings
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Looking forward to this keynote @siriwiig.bsky.social @carlhorsley.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#Canela #Gramada @siriwiig.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
@janekohara.bsky.social @siriwiig.bsky.social what is he up to now?
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#ColoniaDelSacramento
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Answers to the questions posed by @siriwiig.bsky.social team @isqua.org
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Looking forward to hearing from @siriwiig.bsky.social team @isqua.org @carlhorsley.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
An ambulance speedboat designed for the main transport routes in the Amazon River. @isqua.org @peterlachman.bsky.social
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
“Brazil has a national healthcare system, built locally.” @isqua.org #ISQUA2025
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Opening plenary @isqua.org #SanPaulo who owns that head in the way @peterlachman.bsky.social
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I felt pretty darn good about this press release on Iger and Disney. indivisible.org/statements/i...
Washington, D.C. — Today, Ezra Levin, Indivisible’s co-founder and co-executive director, released the following statement on Indivisible’s campaign to boycott and protest Disney and ABC following the firing of Jimmy Kimmel: 

“Bob Iger apparently never watched Andor. He should binge watch it this weekend, look deep within his soul, and reverse course – or resign in disgrace as CEO of Disney. Until then, Indivisible is organizing to save this beloved American company from disgrace, and to protect our constitutional rights that Iger is so willing to sacrifice. 

“Iger’s cowardice is bad for Disney and bad for democracy. There was a time when Disney was on the side of democracy, producing some of the most memorable anti-fascist cartoons of the 1940s to help us win the war. But eighty years later, Iger is tarnishing a great American company’s reputation with his cowardly capitulation to Trump’s goons. Rather than stand up for free speech, he’s falling over to help an unpopular president squash dissent and trample our rights. Shame, Bob, shame.
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
#LaytownRaces @carlhorsley.bsky.social @matt13.bsky.social @siriwiig.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
@carlhorsley.bsky.social
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
#StormySkies @carlhorsley.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social @siriwiig.bsky.social @matt13.bsky.social @davidjgrant.bsky.social
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
It should be a matter of national shame that we now spend more on maternity litigation than the total cost of running maternity services.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
theguardian.com
NHS facing ‘absolutely shocking’ £27bn bill for maternity failings in England
Exclusive: Legal actions rise after death or injury of hundreds of babies and women in recent years
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u... @carlhorsley.bsky.social @matt13.bsky.social
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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202... "everyone in Ireland fell into a vat of Guinness, got drunk and needs to sober up" is 10/10 persuasive diplomacy.
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
“The best arguments in the world won’t change a single person’s point of view. The only thing that can do that is a good story. stories are a kind of benevolent Trojan horse. You let them in, and they add complication, allowing you to understand a thing and its opposite are true at the same time.”
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
OpenAI’s o3 reasoning model to correctly solve 85.5 per cent of the NEJM cases. That compared with about 20 per cent by experienced human doctors, #AIDiagnosis via @financialtimes.com
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
me: there's no way this day could possibly get any better Ireland:
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
It feels like the dark ages are creeping up on us. #Diphtheria www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae Outbreak in Migrant Populations in Europe | NEJM
A surge of cases of Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection was observed in reception centers for migrants in Europe beginning in the summer of 2022. Most of the cases were cutaneous, although some r...
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Definitely time to reup this
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
@juliangough.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/Futurology...
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From the Futurology community on Reddit: The radical idea that space-time remembers could upend cosmology
Explore this post and more from the Futurology community
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Two letters to @economist.com on #HighReliability this week. Is this a record? @carlhorsley.bsky.social @matt13.bsky.social @janekohara.bsky.social @siriwiig.bsky.social
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
“Every administration is trying to build the plane as it flies. This may be the first adminstration that is yanking random pieces out of the engine, and chucking them out of the cargo bay in mid air.”
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Oh dear. Not the kind of story ireland wants to see on page 1 of the @wsj.com
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David Vaughan @davidjvaughan.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
@carlhorsley.bsky.social
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