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@GeFhiain @Ioannis_490 @Ecuyer_ I often wonder why we called it that!

@Ioannis_490 @Ecuyer_ Not only the Greeks. In Irish the word for Switzerland is An Eilbhéis which is derived directly from Helvētia (which might not be immediately clear if one doesn't understand Irish pronunciation)

The astonishment - and even embarrassment - of the French and the Swiss, when I tell them that my language carries such a capital of memory that we still call them by their ancient names, the ones they themselves have forgotten. Gauls and Helvetii.

@SpineNeuro Patient body habitus

Why did lumbar puncture go from being a med student procedure (bc it is extremely low risk) to a procedure that can only be done by an interventional radiologist?

@MichaelAArouet Your maths is way off, "someone" earning £140k isn't earning the same as "someone" on £10k, that family on benefits is two adults. So each adult receives half of what the single person does.

Something is clearly out of balance when someone earning £10k and someone earning £140k take home the same net amount. No wonder so many hard-working people and entrepreneurs are leaving the UK. Would you want to live in a country that punishes hard work and jobs creation?

@cliffreid But did he revert?!

I was trying different vagal manoeuvres today while treating a patient with SVT and a colleague suggested I try a testicular squeeze. However, after about 30 seconds the patient got really uncomfortable and said “Doctor can you please stop squeezing your testicles?”

@MaitreyaBhakal Probably cause Israel has nukes

Israel is so small that Iran can destroy all of its desalination plants and its entire power grid within just a few hours. Just imagine what will happen to the settler population then, without water and electricity. Ask yourself why Iran is not doing that.

@patricej36 It's also Nationality. I moved to Australia 11 years ago and got my citizenship and now I'm technically Australian even though I didnt grow up here to form an Australian identity. It's the same for naturalised Irish citizens who may not be ethnically Irish.

If I go to Africa am I African? If I go to India am I Indian? If I go to China am I Chinese? The answer in no I'll always be Irish. Why the hell are all these invaders trying to claim they are Irish, when they will never be. Being Irish isn't a race its ethnicity.

@hossafy @JReubenCIark @hellfire637333 Possibly wherever you live, but where I live the state treats you like a married couple if you've been in a domestic relationship for a defined period of time (I think possibly 2 years). I'm not sure why you think that's more complicated than getting married.

Sounds much more difficult than just going to the justice of the peace and getting married. Even if it doesn’t work out divorce is actually way easier than a non-marriage partnership being dissolved. Especially if assets are commingled. It’s literally safer to be legally married

"We've been dating for 5 years. We got engaged last year, and our wedding is scheduled for next year." Do people not know how insane this sounds?

@hossafy @JReubenCIark @hellfire637333 Where I live, if you've bought a house together then if one party dies the other may automatically inherit the deceased's share. It's actually little more complex than that and depends on the actual ownership structure. ato.gov.au/individuals-an…

@ElizabethAF @JReubenCIark @hellfire637333 Your estate goes to your next of kin abscent a will. Your roommate you own a house with is not next of kin.

@hossafy @JReubenCIark @hellfire637333 That's a very strange system where if you both co-own a home and one partner dies the remaining ownership is automatically transferred to their parents. That's not the case where I live. Maybe you have strange property/family law in your country.

@ElizabethAF @JReubenCIark @hellfire637333 Because if one of you dies you now own a house with your dead ex’s parents.

@JReubenCIark @hellfire637333 But why should it matter?

@hellfire637333 V funny that they combine assets but need years to make sure they're ready to marry

@Socket1Sophie These men are disgusting

@AustralianJA If you think about your reasoning for more than 5 seconds you'll realise that the Australian state wasn't providing assistance to the Iranian regime and doesn't consider itself an ally of Iran. So who would the kids be protesting towards?

School children across Australia to leave class to protest the war against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Sadly, none of these children bothered to leave the classroom to protest the tens of thousands of Iranians massacred by the Regime a few weeks ago.

no shade to sombr but this song belongs to the veronicas now

We know it never stops at defence. Australia has already been dragged into Trump and Netanyahu’s illegal war. The government must now guarantee no Australian troops, planes, intelligence or resources go towards supporting the US and Israel’s illegal war going forward.

New rule: if you support illegal missile strikes by our allies that murder 160 schoolgirls, you don’t get to do these posts anymore

An anti-war ad from a decade ago is going viral. Because the same wars keep happening-for the same interests, at the same cost, with the same lies

The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.....

Why are Palestinian and Iranian children "collateral damage," but Isreal children are a war crime? It makes no sense. Can we maybe not kill children?

@superkeara Last time I went home to Ireland for Christmas I wore a long coat and what I thought was a fetching hat and got called Carmen Sandiego by multiple people

I recently made the mistake of wearing sunglasses while in Ireland and when my uncle opened the door he went “Ah the Terminator! He’s back!” Got my ass so bad I’m never accessorizing in this country again

Elon Musk is advocating for Land Acknowledgements in Northern Ireland! Would love to see the look on Unionist faces in NI if every meeting began with "we would like to acknowledge the Irish people as the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today"