Ben White

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@myESMO #ESMO25 ⭐ PhD @LouiseKostos flew 24 hrs with her 3 month old baby from Melbourne to Berlin to present #AlphaBet co-published in @TheLancetOncol ... Denied entry to conference - under 18s not allowed including babies! Thoughts?

@Carra23 even the most biased pundit can see that United were the better team. This is a bit desperate from you

@mralistairgreen very happy to see you in new Mandy 😀

@AndyMitten hi Andy. I was wondering if you know why we aren't in for Dibling or if you heard anything. I think he looked quality and suits wingback. Love UWS and Talk of the Devils. 👍

Please consider donating, Harriet is a wonderful nurse who has had an unfortunate and unexpected accident that her insurance will not cover gofundme.com/f/help-bring-h…

Why do you not support NHS doctors starting on £23 an hour @wesstreeting? Is that not a fair amount for people we expect to look after us and our families?

Support resident doctors, they are the future

“It’s not like I’m a bad drinker.” A new study reveals how the stigma of being seen as an “alcoholic” deters people with liver cirrhosis from accepting life-saving support. Read our blog by Dr Christopher Oldroyd (@CKOWork) to find out more. ias.org.uk/2025/06/18/dou…

3 months after an admission to hospital with decompensated ArLD, patients experience high rates of relapse to alcohol (65%) and high short-term mortality (24%). Article published today in @FrontGastro_BMJ. fg.bmj.com/content/early/… Thank you to all collaborators.

PFI vs PF Eye? Our research shows that outsourced NHS eye care services leaks the same amount of profit in one year as all 100 NHS PFI schemes. From a public finance scandal it is bigger than PFI. Find out how much leaks out in your local area here: chpi.org.uk/the-outsourcin…

We share concerns from the @CHPIthinktank report that profit margins appear to be driving prioritisation in outsourcing NHS cataract care to the private sector. Read our response in full: ow.ly/PVzb50VGe4Z

FINAL ROUND Please consider taking part in this important study by ranking your top 7 recommendations for helping patients with alcohol related cirrhosis avoid a return to harmful drinking. thiscovery.org/project/preven… Thank you! Any RTs also greatly appreciated.

The rise and decline of the NHS in England 2000–20: How political failure led to the crisis in the NHS and social care. - Chris Ham / King's Fund assets.kingsfund.org.uk/f/256914/x/0ab…

Never, ever forget that 2012 - 2018 was the unsafest and most dangerous in its history due to Hunt's backing of ruthless austerity. He wasn't the Knight in shining armour. He was the smirking assassin. Don't let him rewrite history theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Anyone apologised? Anyone resigned? Lives and careers at stake The fall in standards of leadership in the NHS is astonishing to watch Take some responsibility Be accountable Apologise and make way for someone who cares about lives of doctors. Please @NHSE_WTE

Just seen this - unacceptable @MRCPUK that this error occurring in 2023 has (a) happened at all and (b) was only flagged up in 2025. No wonder our trainees are in so much despair. This is a another kick in the teeth. I hope the federation fix this shambles ASAP. thefederation.uk/news/mrcpuk-pa…

I’ve finished crying about this and now I’m just full of rage. How can you do this @MRCPUK? I don’t understand. What do you mean your auditing processes found an error? 1.5 years later?! A refund and a free booking for a resit is not enough. Show us what went wrong 😩 (n/?)

@Mortdog Also, my naive opinion- Some things in TFT will work, some will not, but as long as it comes from a "Wouldn't it be so cool if..." type of place, I feel that's the right thing.. but what do I know about game design, that's why you're the boss!!

@Mortdog Ugh. Awful. The fans/happy people are generally quiet because we are happy, but know that we far outnumber these people, Mort. Keep on being open like you are and sharing this stuff, online abuse is not ok

Longer post today about a kind of serious non TFT topic, so skip today if you're looking for fun stuff. I'm generally pretty lucky. I would consider my "approval rating" as a game dev on a popular game to be pretty high, and TFT is a great game that does lots of good things for players. Also the meta and the set are in good spots, so things should be pretty light hearted and easy in my corner. In the image below is stuff that was sent to me on various social media platforms just from Jan 1 to Jan 7, 2025. Just the first week of the new year. And again, I'm generally on easy mode as a game dev being pretty well liked overall. So this really isn't too bad. In my case, I've been doing this for a long time now and am pretty unaffected by stuff like this at this point. They're small blips in my day, and I've learned how to compartmentalize where these folks are coming from. So no concerns on my end. But what I want to talk about is how much this damages other games having figures like me that can talk about games with transparency and honesty. I know a LOT of devs who have reached out over the years and said they want to do what I do, but it's just not worth it due to all the time you have to put in, and then to get stuff like this...the value proposition in pretty low, considering its easier for companies to just...not do it. Especially if you're on a game where things aren't going great. Imagine trying to have a tough conversation around a game right now, and you have to be the face of it. What I get is easy mode, I can only imagine some of the stuff other folks would have to deal with. And that's really unfortunate. I feel like stuff like Vegas/Macao opens where I see devs talking to passionate players is so great, as it can inspire the next generation of folks who want to be game devs. Or even just being passionate about your hobby and getting to talk to folks who love your game or want to give feedback to make it even better. I still wish for a world where more of that happens across the industry, but it's tough. And then there's the despairing rabbit hole when you start to consider where the folks who send these messages are at. Some might just be an edgy kid sure, but others might be folks who are just having a rough time in life. Earlier in my naïve career I would sometimes reply to these folks to see if they were ok...but it had around a 10% success rate so wasn't really worth it. I know most of you know this, but this is just a reminder that if people want devs who can come out and talk to you about the games you love and want to deliver the experiences you want, this kind of thing doesn't really help. If you're a game dev and this scares you a bit to be player facing, my recommendation is to start small. I find that right now smaller discords are GREAT for finding groups of folks on a small scale who are generally pretty passionate, and would love the chance to talk. Start there, and don't be discouraged. Ok that's it for now. New patch is out, and super early read is we didn't mess it all up so that's good. We'll see how things develop of course. Also Lunar new year event stuff activates in a couple hours, so that should be lots of fun for ya! Alright, have a great day and take it easy :)

The idea that using the private sector adds genuine additional capacity to support the NHS is "utter nonsense" says our Director. The private sector is entirely reliant on NHS doctors to do any operations. Without them it would collapse overnight theguardian.com/society/2025/j…