Ans Luyben
@ansluyben.bsky.social
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1st September, 6 pm Sydney time (9 am UK time):
Looking forward to going to Australia soon to deliver the Ian Webster Oration at UNSW on why we need a new philosophy of inquiry for researching health systems. Come in person if you're Sydney-based. Watch online if you're not!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unsw-icfhs...
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unsw-icfhs...
UNSW ICFHS Ian Webster Oration 2026
UNSW International Centre for Future Health Systems Ian Webster Oration
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August 30, 2026 at 2:53 AM
1st September, 6 pm Sydney time (9 am UK time):
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Love it when our students make videos saying our course was life-transforming. Thanks Sachi, it was great to have you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQGZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQGZ...
Sachi Chan, MSc in Translational Health Sciences student talks about her time on the course
YouTube video by Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Science
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August 21, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Love it when our students make videos saying our course was life-transforming. Thanks Sachi, it was great to have you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQGZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQGZ...
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📢Our Lancet paper on Ambient scribes as narrative technologies is out! @kirstenostherr.bsky.social @literarti.bsky.social @riceuniversity.bsky.social @durhamimh.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social #AcademicSky www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Ambient scribes as narrative technologies
Ambient scribes, also known as artificial intelligence-powered voice-to-text technology,
are widely cited as time-saving tools that reduce administrative burden for clinicians.
Yet, in their current u...
www.thelancet.com
August 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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In the wake of Arday's death, Nathan Cofnas (who led the X mob against him) states his motivation. Beyond whistleblowing, he states that after a 'revolution' removes professors like Arday, it will open opportunities for him to become 'head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard'.
August 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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New research from the Netherlands explores the motivational factors that help midwives stay—comparing experienced midwives with newer graduates, and those working in community settings with those in hospitals.
Read the full study: zurl.co/VLeFa
Read the full study: zurl.co/VLeFa
Intention to stay in the profession and the role of experience among community and hospital midwives in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study
Explore the official journal of the Australian College of Midwives, a midwifery journal that publishes on all matters relating to pregnancy, birth, and the first six weeks post-partum
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August 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM
New research from the Netherlands explores the motivational factors that help midwives stay—comparing experienced midwives with newer graduates, and those working in community settings with those in hospitals.
Read the full study: zurl.co/VLeFa
Read the full study: zurl.co/VLeFa
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Only fellow Olds may recognize this epic souvenir I got at the New York Public Library…
August 12, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Only fellow Olds may recognize this epic souvenir I got at the New York Public Library…
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Attn: funders
I understand that funding bodies want to go all in on AI as the shiny new innovation thing. But if all the grants start going to AI at the expense of everything else then the research sector is going to end up looking like a farm with dozens of threshers hacking away in a field with no wheat.
August 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Attn: funders
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“Fauci has devoted more than 50 years to public service, leading NIAID and the US through the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the 2001 anthrax attacks, SARS, pandemic influenza, Ebola, Zika, & other infectious disease threats.”
Thanks @gavinyamey.bsky.social
for honouring this hero.
www.bmj.com/content/394/...
Thanks @gavinyamey.bsky.social
for honouring this hero.
www.bmj.com/content/394/...
Fauci’s Senate hearing riled up the MAGA base—but at the cost of damaging public health
The vilification of Anthony Fauci by Senate Republicans will erode trust in science, curtail international research collaborations, and deter scientists and health experts from entering public service...
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August 8, 2026 at 5:44 AM
“Fauci has devoted more than 50 years to public service, leading NIAID and the US through the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the 2001 anthrax attacks, SARS, pandemic influenza, Ebola, Zika, & other infectious disease threats.”
Thanks @gavinyamey.bsky.social
for honouring this hero.
www.bmj.com/content/394/...
Thanks @gavinyamey.bsky.social
for honouring this hero.
www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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August 8, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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A hill I will die on:
RCTs of air cleaning technologies are a stupid idea. Well said Nicola Boyd. Via @joevipondmd.bsky.social
mattersofperspective.substack.com/p/air-cleani...
RCTs of air cleaning technologies are a stupid idea. Well said Nicola Boyd. Via @joevipondmd.bsky.social
mattersofperspective.substack.com/p/air-cleani...
Air cleaning technologies and the battle against Randomised Control Trials
RCTs are not a 'gold standard' methodology where we can actually measure outcomes
mattersofperspective.substack.com
August 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
A hill I will die on:
RCTs of air cleaning technologies are a stupid idea. Well said Nicola Boyd. Via @joevipondmd.bsky.social
mattersofperspective.substack.com/p/air-cleani...
RCTs of air cleaning technologies are a stupid idea. Well said Nicola Boyd. Via @joevipondmd.bsky.social
mattersofperspective.substack.com/p/air-cleani...
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Someone brought a guillotine to a city council meeting in Salem, Oregon on July 27, 2026. Not a sign shaped like one. Not a drawing. An actual guillotine structure appeared at the protest to oppose a proposed multi-billion-dollar AI data center. Company reps reportedly left, citing safety concerns.
Salem Brought a Guillotine To Oppose New Data Center. Company Reps Left, Feeling “Unsafe”.
Salem's city council voted unanimously to pursue a data center moratorium after residents - and a guillotine - pushed back on a $5.1 billion AI facility.
www.yahoo.com
August 7, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Someone brought a guillotine to a city council meeting in Salem, Oregon on July 27, 2026. Not a sign shaped like one. Not a drawing. An actual guillotine structure appeared at the protest to oppose a proposed multi-billion-dollar AI data center. Company reps reportedly left, citing safety concerns.
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August 7, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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Midwife Yuri Kudo and her patient Aiko Takemoto during a postnatal checkup at Yajima midwifery clinic in Tokyo, Japan.
📸 by Noriko Hayashi
📸 by Noriko Hayashi
August 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Midwife Yuri Kudo and her patient Aiko Takemoto during a postnatal checkup at Yajima midwifery clinic in Tokyo, Japan.
📸 by Noriko Hayashi
📸 by Noriko Hayashi
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August 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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"As a scholarly journal we need some guardrails to ensure scholarship, not slop."
In this Editor's Choice, @jocalynclark.bsky.social writes on seeking actual, not artificial, intelligence
www.bmj.com/content/394/...
In this Editor's Choice, @jocalynclark.bsky.social writes on seeking actual, not artificial, intelligence
www.bmj.com/content/394/...
August 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
"As a scholarly journal we need some guardrails to ensure scholarship, not slop."
In this Editor's Choice, @jocalynclark.bsky.social writes on seeking actual, not artificial, intelligence
www.bmj.com/content/394/...
In this Editor's Choice, @jocalynclark.bsky.social writes on seeking actual, not artificial, intelligence
www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Dear Media
No war in history has ever ended in a “deal”. Please don’t normalise this trivialising terminology.
No war in history has ever ended in a “deal”. Please don’t normalise this trivialising terminology.
August 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Dear Media
No war in history has ever ended in a “deal”. Please don’t normalise this trivialising terminology.
No war in history has ever ended in a “deal”. Please don’t normalise this trivialising terminology.
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Medics with interest in philosophy (and vice versa), here's an online workshop on diagnosis (lots on AI). Coming from Pittsburgh so check your time zones. #medsky #digitalhealth
Join us (virtually) on September 14 for a day-long workshop on the Philosophy of Diagnosis! What is diagnosis, who is it for, and what will become of it in the age of AI? We have an incredible line up of speakers who plan to tackle these questions. Registration is free and open at the link.
Workshop: The Philosophy of Diagnosis - The Center for Philosophy of Science
Workshop: The Philosophy of Diagnosis September 14, 2026 9a-5p (EDT = UTC-4) Virtual (on Zoom) Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Diagnosis is central to the practice of medicine, yet it …
www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu
August 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Medics with interest in philosophy (and vice versa), here's an online workshop on diagnosis (lots on AI). Coming from Pittsburgh so check your time zones. #medsky #digitalhealth
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Looking forward to going to Australia soon to deliver the Ian Webster Oration at UNSW on why we need a new philosophy of inquiry for researching health systems. Come in person if you're Sydney-based. Watch online if you're not!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unsw-icfhs...
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unsw-icfhs...
UNSW ICFHS Ian Webster Oration 2026
UNSW International Centre for Future Health Systems Ian Webster Oration
www.eventbrite.com.au
August 2, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Looking forward to going to Australia soon to deliver the Ian Webster Oration at UNSW on why we need a new philosophy of inquiry for researching health systems. Come in person if you're Sydney-based. Watch online if you're not!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unsw-icfhs...
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unsw-icfhs...
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Who owns our health service? Who owns our data?
These questions are hitting us hard because of a combustible mix of market forces and artificial intelligence, says @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in Editor's Choice
https://bit.ly/4yLn61T
These questions are hitting us hard because of a combustible mix of market forces and artificial intelligence, says @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in Editor's Choice
https://bit.ly/4yLn61T
August 1, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Who owns our health service? Who owns our data?
These questions are hitting us hard because of a combustible mix of market forces and artificial intelligence, says @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in Editor's Choice
https://bit.ly/4yLn61T
These questions are hitting us hard because of a combustible mix of market forces and artificial intelligence, says @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in Editor's Choice
https://bit.ly/4yLn61T
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Hey @lewisgoodall.com here is our Lancet article on Long COVID. Happy to chat.
www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
www.thelancet.com
August 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Hey @lewisgoodall.com here is our Lancet article on Long COVID. Happy to chat.
www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
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July 31, 2026 at 6:40 AM