Ruth Mitchell

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“Australia opposes the death penalty in all circumstances for all people.”* *Except, apparently, when Pete Hegseth wants to put it on the telly.

“If this happened at Sydney Children's Hospital…it would be considered malpractice.” Neurosurgeon @drruthmitchell.bsky.social and UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti have delivered a breathtaking presentation on the harm being inflicted upon the children of Gaza www.theillawarraflame.com.au/mps-respond-...

Join UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti and Australian neurosurgeon @drruthmitchell.bsky.social for an evening examining the impact of the ongoing genocide in Palestine on children. www.trybooking.com/events/landi...

"A Global Assembly of Nobel Laureates called Thursday for rapid action to bring about the complete elimination of nuclear weapons." Read the IPPNW Press release from the Assembly: peaceandhealthblog.com/2026/07/17/g...

I don't think Anthropic really meant it this way but what an amazing demonstration of why generative AI's energy consumption is only getting worse, and dirtier. "Improvements" only come from nesting chatbots within chatbots, rather than any fundamental smarter design. It's Bitcoin x 1000

The difference between the current and former ministers’ approach to the AI industry is stark. Ayres telling us that the potentially massive risks don’t need guardrails, and self-regulation is fine, is an insult to our intelligence. Listen to Ed Husic. #4Corners #auspol

While everyone is watching hantavirus I'm actually much more eager to learn more about the Ebola outbreak in DRC's Ituri Province that Africa CDC has confirmed. Early information makes it sound very large for an outbreak that has just been reported: "about 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths"

The Australian is making it increasingly difficult for the Betoota Advocate to position its satire

Thank you for going to help and bear witness.

Retweeting, because we MUST keep bearing witness. '...the physical witness written on the bodies of these patients was that the ceasefire really has not meant the cessation of hostilities, of violence against the bodies of the people of Gaza. It’s ongoing.' #genocide💔

A big study that was cited as evidence that text generators are good for students has been retracted: www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-wi... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This last weekend was our 2026 survivors celebration. Everyone at least 5 years out from their lung cancer diagnosis gets invited. I’m only 4 years but as I’m the director of the program I think I get my invite through other criteria 😘

"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." - Stephen Jay Gould

I recently returned from a medical mission to Gaza, working as a neurosurgeon with the Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association. I spoke to Croakey Health Media about my experience, and here is the interview. #neurosurgery #publichealth www.croakey.org/inside-gazas...

In light of Orban's loss in Hungary, it is SO vital to go listen to this @naomiaklein.bsky.social interview with @themaybe.org / @alixdunn.com. Don't mistake the muscularity of anger for real, sustained power. Fascists of all kinds are showing how scared they are every single day.

Hey team, here’s me in a piece about Gaza’s hospitals. youtu.be/pL1sp87iDic?...

“There is something better than science and that is science with a moral compass, science in the service of humanity.” Moral compass is exactly what’s missing these days www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

My tribue to Dr Bill Foege and the lessons we can learn from his inspiring life Lessons From William H. Foege, A Global Health Legend @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

🧵5 years ago today, the #NuclearBan Treaty entered into force meaning it became legally binding intenational law. Thanks to the treaty, for the first time in history nuclear weapons are illegal and there is a plan to eliminate them. #5yearsTPNW 🥳

It’s just so amazing to spend your life trying to help people, only to watch a few incompetent men casually endanger the lives and health of so many more people than you could ever help

Just spoke to my local library - they said they cannot offer extended hours for refuge from the heat as they do not have the funding 😭. Sucks that local councils have to fund this .. where is the Federal Environment minister? They're the ones approving new coal and gas mines.

This post has been updated with further commentary: Victorian Government faces avalanche of opposition over its move against VicHealth www.croakey.org/victorian-go...

Improving health and healthcare in remote communities, what will it take? – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/improving-he...

you know how when you were a little kid you could go up to people and be like, “you, girl with the pink ponytail, do you want to be friends?” and then you were friends? you can also do that as a grownup; they don’t want you to know this, but people hardly ever say no

A short-sighted, anti-public health decision. Do they want illness and misery to increase?

"​VicHealth folding doesn’t just harm Victoria, it dismantles a global template for how to get health promotion right." www.croakey.org/shock-and-al...

"No matter what he meant, it was a terrible thing to say." @drruthmitchell.bsky.social on how Trump's call to resume US nuclear testing sent officials scrambling. Dr Mitchell, Nobel Prize winner w/ @ican-australia.bsky.social, discusses non-proliferation & the US health system 👉 theaus.in/48BtmgG

Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water. What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains. And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.

Alice Wong, ‘luminary’ writer and disability rights activist, dies aged 51 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Some people are replying here with things already addressed in this thread and paper, so please click through bsky.app/profile/oliv...

'we need to expand the tent!' 'to the left also, to include socialists?' 'no no, exclusively rightwards tent-expansion, thankyou'

This times a bersquillion. People need other people to hear them, understand them, believe them. Otherwise we may as well all be fridges connected intermittently to the internet for no apparent reason.

In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system. Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.

How did @propublica.org reporter @ericumansky.bsky.social learn that the Trump administration had just gone ahead and made it significantly harder for male vets with breast cancer to get coverage? This crucial info was not made public. Read his 🧵 for the details👇

WEHI stands behind the @aamri.bsky.social campaign to strengthen the sector and secure the future of medical research. Join the call to release the full MRFF and support our scientists to keep saving lives. Find out more: www.aamri.org.au/mrff #releasethefullmrff