Niall Mac Caughey

[Dr. Ezzideen @ezzingaza]

Today was my shift at the hospital.
Since our return to the Indonesian Hospital, I’ve been working side by side with two doctors. One of them was Dr. Mahmoud Abu Amsha.

This morning, he was late.
We called. No answer.
We waited. Still, no sign.

Then the news came, cruel and sudden: Mahmoud had been killed in an airstrike. His body was brought to the very hospital where we stood waiting for him in silence that no words could fill.

I’ve known Mahmoud not just as a colleague, but as a brother in the trenches.
When the Israeli army stormed northern Gaza and most doctors fled for their lives, Mahmoud stayed. He and Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya were the last to hold the line at Kamal Adwan Hospital. Mahmoud - the only remaining surgeon - worked tirelessly in a place that had become more graveyard than hospital.

From inside, he sent me voice notes. Fragments of despair and courage. I posted them here, hoping someone, somewhere, would listen.

When the hospital finally fell, Mahmoud was taken. Beaten. Then released.
He made it to Gaza City with nothing not even his shoes. We went together to buy him some clothes. I teased him that he wouldn’t get to wear them all before another evacuation forced him to leave them behind.
I didn’t know then that his next departure would be eternal, not displacement this time, but disappearance into the silence of death.

When I opened our free clinic, I messaged him.
He was still trapped in Kamal Adwan.
“Just stay alive,” I told him. “Come when you can.”
He survived. He showed up. He volunteered two days a week, treating the wounded without asking for anything in return. With his hands, he healed. With his presence, he gave us hope.

And now, he’s gone.
Another light extinguished in a city of endless mourning.

Mahmoud’s death is not just mine to grieve. It is a wound in the heart of Gaza’s medical soul. It is a loss to the patients who will never know his care, to the children who will never feel his steady hands in the ER, to the future we are watching collapse one healer at a time.

We did not lose just a doctor.
We lost resistance in its noblest form.
We lost mercy.

Rest well, my friend.
You gave everything.

#GazaGenocide‌

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

So it’s really important you understand the Trump Coin grift. It hasn’t gotten enough attention, but it’s maybe the biggest White House corruption in a century. Right out in the open for all to see.

I’m going to explain how the grift works. Only takes 3 minutes.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

If you watch one thing today make it this remarkable speech by an independent French senator. It captures the moment @ClaudeMalhuret

[Morning Brew ☕️ @MorningBrew]

Quote of the day—

David Kelly, Chief Global Strategist, JPMorgan AM:

[Chris D. Jackson @ChrisDJackson]

Wow. This post from a Ukrainian soldier says it all.

[Maksym Borodin @adnashmyash]

@EdKrassen It's obvious now.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Elon Musk has been backing neo-Nazi parties around the world, interfering in elections and using his massive platform to attack anyone who doesn’t share his extreme right-wing views.

[Zack James @Zack_James94]

My account got locked for 12 hours because of this lol

[dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 @mrdavemacleod]

new Tesla speedometer looks awful

https://t.co/zPtobCCkK3

[Steve Blair @UniversalExile]

Trump's furious because as a Bishop, Budde can move as far she wants diagonally, but as a Russian pawn he can only move one square at a time.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Irish politician Aodhán Ó Ríordáin speaks for all of us. 🙌🙏👏👇

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

I attended Trump’s inauguration yesterday.

Here are my thoughts:

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

Now, I know what you're all thinking, but who hasn't accidentally done a Sieg Heil on their first day in government?

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

Trump 2 .0: A New World Order
He's back. And this time he means business.
If only the left had got their house in order...

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

Do it

Sanctions

Sanctions

And more sanctions.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The Changi Airport in Singapore has a 3 story slide (12 meters tall) where riders can expect to experience a top speed of 6 m/s while going down the slide in case they're late for their flights

[Niall Mac Caughey @Cogitosus]

The workings of the financial markets will always be a mystery to me.
The Grenfell Enquiry report that found:
"persistent dishonesty on the part of Kingspan in pursuit of commercial"
So why has the Kingspan share price increased by 1.21% today?

[Niall Mac Caughey @Cogitosus]

Watch Formula Trinity at the Endurance test in Silverstone, the only car from Ireland to make it this far

https://t.co/CvUivAUOIq
@BurrellPR