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John-Barry Waldron

@jbwaldron.bsky.social

Registered Mental Health Nurse. Host of the award winning #ontheward podcast. All tweets are my own.

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Surreal that this started 7 years ago. Time really is an illusion. Good luck in the future and thanks for the laughs πŸ‘

04.02.2026 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Streets of Minneapolis

Springsteen still the boss though

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28.01.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Streets of Minneapolis

Bruce Springsteen showing again why he is the boss

open.spotify.com/track/6AtgHx...

28.01.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground

This is just unbelievable. A nurse killed by his own government for nothing.... Dark times

#nurses #alexpretti

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

25.01.2026 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s tariff threat is an attempt to divide Europe and quash opposition over Greenland Using one of his favourite weapons to win an argument, the US president underlines the unstable nature of any deal he makes

Say what you want about Biff in Back to the future 2 but at least he didn't start a world war....

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

18.01.2026 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future Seamus O'Reilly warns of AI maximum bubbledrive this year.

In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.

On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...

02.01.2026 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 613    πŸ” 253    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 41

Excellent article. Was watching Short Circuit last night and wonder how much of the obsession AI companies has with "life". Is because of it.... (yes I am blaming short circuit and sequel for the destruction of the planet)

03.01.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can we start a petition to stop this stuff happening on ads....

01.01.2026 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looks like this stuff is the future of AI. What a time to be alive 😬

19.12.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if it's timing as in the technology not been widely available long enough to have concrete numbers on cases.

Anecdotally have not seen any MH cases directly related to AI

17.12.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just when you think there is no way he can sink any lower he does it. Appalling

15.12.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Although nothing can shock about his behaviour.... This is just beyond any sense of decency

15.12.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Irreversible.... There are things in that I never want to see again 😳

11.12.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
TikTok - Make Your Day

Doing a gig and end of month. If you want to see a midlife crisis happening in real time get yourself down there πŸ‘‡

vm.tiktok.com/ZNdEbe953/

15.11.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Erm good?

26.10.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
TikTok - Make Your Day

Currently firmly in the middle of a rock and roll midlife crisis... 🀣 🀣 🀣

Give the band a follow if you can πŸ‘

vm.tiktok.com/ZNd7cAHnF/

19.10.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

This is an extraordinary breakthrough. Anyone who's been close to Huntingtons knows what a debilitating and cruel condition it can be. Incredible achievement

BBC News - Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

24.09.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
TikTok - Make Your Day

Very much in the middle of a rock and roll "mid-life crisis" 🀣 🀣 🀣

#RockAndRoll #TikTok #midlife

vm.tiktok.com/ZNdV4od3w/

02.09.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy #socialistsunday 😊

Do you believe in the promise made by our NHS that all will be cared for from cradle to grave?
Then I ask you to support those of us trying to make sure that promise will be kept for generations to come.

We should be following eachother

Have a great Sunday ✊️ please πŸ”„

24.08.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

It made twitter basically unusable... Hope it doesn't happen here

23.08.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Has anyone had bots on here? Getting messages from accounts with no posts and no followers. Seems like they're using AI to be more sophisticated. Be careful out there 🀣🀣🀣

23.08.2025 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Help me boost my Bluesky account

Im a Nurse activist in the UK fighting for pay restoration and better conditions for NHS workers.

Give me a follow, I follow back ALL legit accounts

Holler if I've missed you

26.05.2025 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 173    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

This is so true. Can see it play out in real time in family and friends. A very real impact of social media feeding us constant clips of awful things

13.08.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting I may be going against grian but I'm not all for more integration. I think it has potential to water down mental health nursing. I did one year both 2 years specifically mental health. I still think mental health nursing should be its own specific field (obvs I'm very biased 🀣)

23.07.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you know why this is? Is it that people tend to work in MH first (as HCAs) OR perhaps the removal of bursary meant a lot of students go via apprenticeships. Not sure what it means for the future

22.07.2025 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just my local one. Agree about the MH nursing being diluted. Still think it's very sad that mental health nursing may not even be a thing soon

22.07.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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21.07.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Was at local University and was struck by stat that 80% of this doing mental health nursing are over 31. Does anyone know why young people don't want to become nurses? Specifically MH Nurses?

#mentalhealth #NHS #studentnurse #RCN

21.07.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis" People experiencing "ChatGPT psychosis" are being involuntarily committed to mental hospitals and jailed following AI mental health crises.

Can see this becoming a bigger problem in the future. There are so many AI chat services available and not all are being regulated. Is AI able to recognise if a person using the service is experiencing psychosis. Could have very serious implications

futurism.com/commitment-j...

15.07.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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