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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A lot of people are asking questions already answered by my T-shirt.

T-shirt showing a 20-sided die that has rolled a 1, and text “Don’t worry, I have a plan.”

Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was asked to review a paper. The authors came from a country where English is not the first language. The paper was a long detailed narrative review written in impeccable English, well-structured, and all the content seemed correct. It would be a great resource if published.

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

How do you tell when this stuff actually goes off?

View of the upper part of the side of a white plastic container with the printed words:
BEST BEFORE 13:14 20 AUG 2026 18782

The other side, showing it is Farmdale Light Sour Cream

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sometimes, albeit very very rarely, you are able to impress your children.

A series of SMS messages involving my daughter, my wife, and me.

The first is a screenshot of a video from my daughter showing Venetian blinds at an angle. We all know what is going on here.
Text messages from daughter:

How am I meant to do this help

and

60s are calling and want their technology back
2 string pull= up
1 string at a time wobbles down until it doesn't

Continuing the story with more texts.
Me: Make it level, then grab all cords and pull sideways to release all catches
Daughter: What [open mouth emoji]
Daughter: oh my gosh you absolute GENIUS
Me: The whole point of going to your first rodeo is so that in due course you are able to go to rodeos that are not your first.
Wife: Dad is really good with them
Daughter: I didn't know you were good at rodeos
Me: I wasn't at first

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Aaron Meyers @aaronmeyers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#Census done, took about 15min. Glad we didn't have to go to Bethlehem for it, with all the bad accommodation reviews.

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A very warm welcome to Kuranga native plants nursery and cafe, open as of today in #Warrandyte on the site of the old Beasley’s nursery. Great have this excellent business and lovely people here.

The entrance to Kuranga native nursery in Warrandyte. A path leading through a fence of vertical bars like a pool fence, with the Kuranga sign overhead with lights either side, and a smaller sign on the ground shown in next picture. Some native plants and fresh garden beds are visible.

Sign reading:

Welcome to NATIVE KURANGA NURSERY
Home of Australia's largest range of Australian flora.We love Australian plants and the opportunity to share them with you.

Outdoor part of cafe area with tables, chairs, sun umbrellas. Native plants are on display. It is a lovely sunny but cold winter day in Warrandyte.

The current cafe menu (opening day):

MANNA GUM CAFE BY KURANGA

DINE IN MENU

EGGS YOUR WAY ON TOAST / 15.0 / GFO VO VGO / add some extras:
BREAKFAST EXTRAS
* + Precinct GF bread / 4.5
* + smoked salmon / 9.0
* + avocado / 6.5
* + sautéed spinach / 6.0
* + garlic mushrooms / 6.5
* + halloumi / 8.0
* + bacon / 8.0
* + butter / 1.5
* + Kookaberry Farm jam / 3.5
* + Meredith Dairy goat cheese / 8.0
* + chorizo / 8.0
* + native basil tomatoes (2) / 8.0
* + native thyme hash brown / 9.5
* + poached or fried egg / 4.5
* + hollandaise / 5.0
* + relish / 3.0

BACON & EGG ROLL / 18.0 / GFO
with bush tomato relish

EGGS BENEDICT / 25.0 / VO GF
bacon, lemon myrtle hollandaise, spinach, sourdough

ACAI BOWL / 25.0 / VO VGO GF
with toasted coconut, seasonal fruit, peanut butter, chia, cocoa nibs, goji berry

SMASHED AVO / 24.0 / GFO VGO
beetroot hummus, pumpkin caramel, smashed avocado, saltbush dukkah, sourdough

BUSH TOMATO FRIES / 14.0 / VG V
TRUFFLE FRIES / 18.0 / VG

WATTLESEED SCONES / VG / 20.0
Subtle coffee, chocolate, hazelnut flavour. 2 scones served with double cream, Kookaberry Farm jam and house-made macadamia butter

LEMON MYRTLE SCONES / VG / 20.0
Aromatic lemongrass lime and lemon flavour. 2 scones served with double cream, Marvick Native Farm desert lime marmalade and house-made macadamia butter

SELECTION OF CAKES AVAILABLE - see our cake display cabinet

Please be aware that our food may contain or come into contact with common allergens, but not limited to: dairy, eggs, wheat, soybeans, tree nuts, peanuts, fish, shellfish or wheat.

V = Vegan | VG = Vegetarian | VGO = Vegetarian Option | VO = Vegan Option

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Ever get that feeling you are being watched…?

A rainbow lorikeet sitting in the banksia outside my study window. Deep blue head and belly, orange chest with yellow at the border, bright green wings and tail, orange beak used to express its ample attitude and effrontery if you interrupt breakfast. Breakfast today comprises yummy Banksia Spinoza “Birthday Candles” (aka “bird corn according to my grandchildren), with cylindrical flowers of yellow-gold spikes / tubular florets tipped with red. It’s a cold and sunny winter day in Australia and I know what I would rather be doing.

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Actual exchange: Google, confidently: you researched estrogen therapy for #ProstateCancer and were instrumental in the PATCH trial. Me: Absolutely not true. G: Yes sorry, I made that up. Me: Well, don’t do that. G: I can’t help it. So yes, if you’re wondering: we’re screwed.

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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

If you need something to hew you more closely to your purpose, your true North, in the practice of medicine today, read this- the Syme Oration in full. @racsurgeons.bsky.social

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A standing ovation at the George Adlington Syme Oration during RACS ASC

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Come streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning

An early walk on winter solstice day as the sun is rising and sending beams through the fog

$The fog has lifted and it is a sunny winter day. A grevillea is just starting to put out vivid red flowers. Each leaf has a drop of water catching and refracting the sun. Who needs diamonds?$

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It is the year 2026, computing technologies are so advanced and ubiquitous that they use most of the power we generate and farming land we need, and yet @microsoft.com Word cannot cope if you select and try to open more than one file at a time.

Screen shot of alert box saying:
Microsoft Word
Word can't dop this because a dialog box is open.
Please close the dialog box to continue.

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Fun fact: if toothpaste, even so tiny a piece that it cannot be seen, flicks off one bristle and lands in your eye, it stings like anything. How’s your day going?

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Slightly increase a band Definitely

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

An admirable quality in family, friends, colleagues, charities… For a bus going to a specific destination: not so much. #ASCO26

A photograph of the side of a bus bearing the slogan, “We go the extra mile.”

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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Good morning ☕️

Post by @sketchesbyboze: If you're feeling discouraged about the future of our world, remember that somewhere tonight a little girl is reading a book about brave kids battling overwhelming evil, and she is beginning to make plans

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Here are the #ASCO26 sessions at a glance, 2-page view. Friday and Tuesday put together at the end, as they are shorter days and I can only include 4 images. Full document here: cdn.bfldr.com/KOIHB2Q3/as/...

#ASCO26 Program At A Glance for Saturday 30May2026

#ASCO26 Program At A Glance for Sunday 31May2026

#ASCO26 Program At A Glance for Monday 1Jun2026

#ASCO26 Program At A Glance for Friday 29May2026 and Tuesday 2Jun2026

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

[My death certificate]: CAUSE OF DEATH: multiple trauma DUE TO: fall DUE TO: schnauzer with no sense of personal space

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Just failed a web site's "Verify you are human" test. How's your day going?

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ANZUP Cancer Trials Group @anzuptrials.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

@anzuptrials.bsky.social #ANZUP26 abstract submissions EXTENDED - MUST CLOSE Tuesday 7 April at 9am. Learn more and submit your research today: anzup.org.au/asm-abstracts/ #Adelaide #BusinessEventsAdelaide #AdelaideConventionCentre @profiand.bsky.social

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Before you get excited, web site hacker trying to harvest a signature I had to provide using my mouse in this Year of our Lord 2026 where we actually have secure technology designed and fit for the purpose of electronic signatures: this does not resemble my real signature at all.

Illegible scrawl that some idiot forced me to provide on a web site as a "signature" and that looks completely different from the illegible scrawl I actually use as a signature if I have a proper writing device. I usually just do an "ID" or an "X" on such online forms these days because come on.

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Just said to someone, "Today's news is tomorrow's fish and chips wrapper" and then realised (a) that has not been literally true for years, and (b) most people will have no idea what I'm talking about (probably as per usual).

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I bought some of these at the local supermarket yesterday but they didn’t have the annoying little identifier stickers on them. Checkout lady: Are these sassy apples? Me: Well to be fair I haven’t heard them say anything yet.

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

God starting to get a bit careless with his brushwork.

Calathea - broad dark green leaves with smeared rough brushstrokes of pink

Hypoestes - variegated dark green leaves with paint spatters of pink or white

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Today I managed to tangle my belt buckle in my shoelace while on the toilet, if you want to know how my day is going.

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

K-M curves that never plateau always make me wonder if the treatment has simply shifted the curve to the right. If that is the case then the next question should be whether sequential monotherapy would give the same outcome, perhaps with less toxicity than combo up front. #GU26

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Well, you didn’t want to leave #GU26 before its final day…!

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Wisdom at #GU26: * Mack Roach: sometimes people have bad outcomes even though you did the “right” thing. * Shang Zhao: we should not use the fact that some people will do badly to justify using the most aggressive approach. * Shahneen Sandhu: always consider patient preferences.

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Oh Lord the piano is back… #GU26

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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 11/02/2026

Health Data Australia is expanding to include cohort studies, enabling health researchers to discover, share & responsibly reuse longitudinal data to accelerate health research across Australia. Learn more🔗 ardc.edu.au/article/heal... #HealthData #HeSANDA #NCRISimpact @mischhub.bsky.social

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Eastern Health @easternhealthau.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

With treatment times remaining amongst the fastest in Australia, this achievement reflects the excellent care delivered by the Box Hill Stroke team in collaboration with the Emergency Department, Medical Imaging & multidisciplinary unit. Congratulations to the Eastern Health Box Hill Stroke team.

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Eastern Health @easternhealthau.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Platinum Hattrick for Stroke Care. Eastern Health Box Hill has been awarded another Platinum status by WSO, making it the only hospital in Australia to have achieved 3 Platinum Status in a row. The World Stroke Organisation (WSO) recognises stroke services around the world for their excellence.

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I watched an old man with a walking stick staggering to a chair at the shopping centre. He was wearing an AC/DC shirt. I laughed, then stopped, then checked - AC/DC was formed in 1973…

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Note to self - remember when texting your wife about the "meeting late in the evening" that: * You should always proofread before sending * K is next to L on the keyboard * #autocorrect changes the first letter to a capital if it thinks it's a name

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Heartaching brilliance from Dr Henry Bair in @jco-asco.bsky.social. Do yourself a favour. ascopubs.org/doi/full/10....

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Quiet Work of Clarity

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

@ascocancer.bsky.social #GU26 program is available: www.asco.org/gu/program/o...

Screenshot of ASCO GU symposium 2026 program for Thursday 26 Feb 2026

Screenshot of ASCO GU symposium 2026 program for Firday 27 Feb 2026

Screenshot of ASCO GU symposium 2026 program for Saturday 28 Feb 2026

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Photo taken 2 Jan 2026, and for the record I have no problem with this.

Photograph taken while 12 Days of Christmas are still in effect, showing supermarket shelves loaded with various types of hot cross buns.

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Convenient, but I doubt I’ll need that many.

Photograph of a pack of “10 baby hangers.” They resemble clothes hangers and have conveniently placed slots in the diagonals, presumably for wrists or ankles. Smaller print says, “special size for children's clothes” but I’m not sure what that has to do with it.

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

A few quiet moments spent doing nothing but cuddling your dog and finding his favourite scritch points is the ultimate mindfulness experience and oxytocin high.

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Starting a petition to rename the antenatal clinic to “You’re Kidding.”

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Ian Davis @profiand.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭60‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NIV‬‬ There is hope. bible.com/bible/111/is...

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Isaiah 60:1-2 (NIV) - “Arise, shine, for your light has c | YouVersion

“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appea

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