Aditya Samitinjay, MD, MRCP

Democratizing medical knowledge to patients.
Ruthless Pragmatist. Dirk Kuyt is my hero. #YNWA

ST6 in Endocrinology and Diabetes

Views completely my own.

[Aditya Samitinjay, MD, MRCP @Samitinjay2]

Finally. . . Justice has come. #JFT96

[Aditya Samitinjay, MD, MRCP @Samitinjay2]

@Jhg6lw @eleanorrofe I'm 50k plus, well above it but short of 125k - what message do you think I got from this?

[Aditya Samitinjay, MD, MRCP @Samitinjay2]

Quite possible we may get referendum style politics earlier (which is usually late stage democracy), than the current politics or populace getting any better.

[Mr. Hello @Hello_Yar_]

If he does a live debate with Modi, his vote share will drop by half, he doesn't even know how to speak and Modi will completely tear him apart in the debate, just look at how stupidly he is saying " Happy Diwali Modi Ji", it's so awkward and cringe, he should have some shame now

[Rahul Jadia @jadiarahul]

भारत में सेवा करने वाले ब्रिटिश अधिकारियों को इंग्लैंड लौटने पर सार्वजनिक पद/जिम्मेदारी नहीं दी जाती थी। तर्क यह था कि उन्होंने एक गुलाम राष्ट्र पर शासन किया है जिसकी वजह से उनके दृष्टिकोण और व्यवहार में फर्क आ गया होगा। अगर उनको यहां ऐसी जिम्मेदारी दी जाए, तो वह आजाद ब्रिटिश नागरिकों के साथ भी उसी तरह से ही व्यवहार करेंगे। इस बात को समझने के लिए नीचे दिया गया वाकया जरूर पढ़ें...

एक ब्रिटिश महिला जिसका पति ब्रिटिश शासन के दौरान पाकिस्तान और भारत में एक सिविल सेवा अधिकारी था। महिला ने अपने जीवन के कई साल भारत के विभिन्न हिस्सों में बिताए, अपनी वापसी पर उन्होंने अपने संस्मरणों पर आधारित एक सुंदर पुस्तक लिखी।

महिला ने लिखा कि जब मेरे पति एक जिले के डिप्टी कमिश्नर थे तो मेरा बेटा करीब चार साल का था और मेरी बेटी एक साल की थी। डिप्टी कलेक्टर को मिलने वाली कई एकड़ में बनी एक हवेली में रहते थे। सैकड़ों लोग डीसी के घर और परिवार की सेवा में लगे रहते थे। हर दिन पार्टियां होती थीं, जिले के बड़े जमींदार हमें अपने शिकार कार्यक्रमों में आमंत्रित करने में गर्व महसूस करते थे और हम जिसके पास जाते थे, वह इसे सम्मान मानता था। हमारी शान और शौकत ऐसी थी कि ब्रिटेन में महारानी और शाही परिवार भी मुश्किल से मिलती होगी।

ट्रेन यात्रा के दौरान डिप्टी कमिश्नर के परिवार के लिए नवाबी ठाट से लैस एक आलीशान कंपार्टमेंट आरक्षित किया जाता था। जब हम ट्रेन में चढ़ते तो सफेद कपड़े वाला ड्राइवर दोनों हाथ बांधकर हमारे सामने खड़ा हो जाता और यात्रा शुरू करने की अनुमति मांगता। अनुमति मिलने के बाद ही ट्रेन चलने लगती।

एक बार जब हम यात्रा के लिए ट्रेन में सवार हुए, तो परंपरा के अनुसार, ड्राइवर आया और अनुमति मांगी। इससे पहले कि मैं कुछ बोल पाती, मेरे बेटे का किसी कारण से मूड खराब था। उसने ड्राइवर को गाड़ी न चलाने को कहा। ड्राइवर ने हुक्म बजा लाते हुए कहा, जो हुक्म छोटे सरकार। कुछ देर बाद स्टेशन मास्टर समेत पूरा स्टाफ इकट्ठा हो गया और मेरे चार साल के बेटे से भीख मांगने लगा, लेकिन उसने ट्रेन को चलाने से मना कर दिया। आखिरकार, बड़ी मुश्किल से, मैंने अपने बेटे को कई चॉकलेट के वादे पर ट्रेन चलाने के लिए राजी किया और यात्रा शुरू हुई।

कुछ महीने बाद, वह महिला अपने दोस्तों और रिश्तेदारों से मिलने यूके लौट आई। वह जहाज से लंदन पहुंचे, उनकी रिहाइश वेल्स में एक काउंटी में थी जिसके लिए उन्हें ट्रेन से यात्रा करनी थी। वह महिला स्टेशन पर एक बेंच पर अपनी बेटी और बेटे को बैठाकर टिकट लेने चली गई। लंबी कतार के कारण बहुत देर हो चुकी थी, जिससे उस महिला का बेटा बहुत परेशान हो गया था। जब वह ट्रेन में चढ़े तो आलीशान कंपाउंड की जगह फर्स्ट क्लास की सीटें देखकर उस बच्चे को फिर गुस्सा आ गया।

ट्रेन ने समय पर यात्रा शुरू की तो वह बच्चा लगातार चीखने-चिल्लाने लगा। वह ज़ोर से कह रहा था, "यह कैसा उल्लू का पट्ठा ड्राइवर है। उसने हमारी अनुमति के बिना ट्रेन चलाना शुरू कर दी है। मैं पापा को बोल कर इसे जूते लगवा लूंगा।" महिला को बच्चे को यह समझाना मुश्किल हो रहा था कि यह उसके पिता का जिला नहीं है, यह एक स्वतंत्र देश है। यहां डिप्टी कमिश्नर जैसा तीसरे दर्जे का सरकारी अफसर तो क्या प्रधानमंत्री और राजा को भी यह अख्तियार नहीं है कि वह लोगों को अपने अहंकार को संतुष्ट करने के लिए अपमानित कर सके।

आज भले ही हमने अंग्रेजों को खदेड़ दिया है लेकिन हमने गुलामी को अभी तक देश बदर नहीं किया। आज भी कई अधिकारी, एसपी, मंत्री, सलाहकार और राजनेता अपने अहंकार को संतुष्ट करने के लिए आम लोगों को घंटों सड़कों पर परेशान करते हैं।

प्रोटोकॉल आम जनता की सुविधा के लिए होना चाहिए, ना कि उनके लिए परेशानी का कारण।

[Ben Raho 🇪🇺 🚲 @BenAntRaho]

Things in Western Europe will improve when a few hard realities are understood:

1. Europe has no God-given right to be wealthy or stable. Things can & will decline and fall apart if not maintained and adapted to new realities. Things that worked in the 1970s may be counterproductive now.

2. Energy is the basis of the economy. Without it, nothing else matters. While efficiency will be important, any economy where energy is scarce will inevitably be one that struggles

3. Not all cultures are equal. Some create prosperity, some lead to misery, some are outright evil. If Europe doesn't accept this, the cultural basis of its previous success & prosperity will be destroyed forever

4. Have kids, or die out. In the long term, few things matter this much. You can't create a European future if there are no Europeans left for it, and as the experiences of the last few decades show, non-European immigration simply makes Europe culturally less European - and doesn't magically make these people culturally European.

5. The state can not - and should not - save every individual from him/herself from him/her bad choices or ineptitudes. The idea of a nanny state which can ensure that everyone always live comfortably with minimal effort & contributions 100% of time is not feasible. The socialist promises of 30 years of wealthy retirements for everyone and Europe being able to take on endless low skill immigration were lies.

6. If a society has no way for ambitious & creative people to get rich from working hard, everyone will get poorer because of it. The hard truth is that much of our economic future depends on businesses being built & transformed by ambitious & sometimes ruthless individuals. Not everyone is able or willing to do this, and without them, there is no one to employ others and no wealth & growth to tax. But if businesses & wealth are seen solely as an evil force to be taxed into oblivion, they will go elsewhere.

7. In some cases, the best way for society to deal with a criminal is to lock them up and throw away the key. A small percentage of humans are ticking time bombs - low IQs, high aggression potential, psychopathic traits, socialised into criminal structures or a culture of lawlessness. Society can't fix them. They go in and out of court rooms and across Europe states, NGOs & social workers waste billions of hours & Euros to try & fix the unfixable. Not least because of mass immigration from dysfunctional societies, our legal systems & high trust societies built on principles such as the benefit of the doubt & correction via socialisation are overwhelmed by the amount of aggressive young men with no interest to contribute to society.

All of this is fixable. But the first step is accepting reality.

[Aditya Samitinjay, MD, MRCP @Samitinjay2]

@Jhg6lw @eleanorrofe I would have thought so but the good ones are almost always the ones with most mobility and capital. For them flight is easier. The bad ones usually do anything to get by.

Even slight impedances will disincentivise the good ones but not the bad ones.

[Aditya Samitinjay, MD, MRCP @Samitinjay2]

@AlinaV_Psy If you unpick this, the problem is the prevailing zeitgeist in the NHS. Indifference and apathy are modus operandi. Ironically the choir always sings for empathy and inclusivity!

Also on the other hand, at what point does what you are suggesting, become nannying?

[Sabeer Bhatia @sabeer]

I cannot fathom the extent to which basic human rights are being curtailed in India. How can a government behave so authoritatively while claiming to uphold democracy?

And when citizens dare to question those in power, the response from their minions is: “Go to court!”

Go to court for WHAT? For demanding basic human rights?

Since when did fundamental rights become privileges that citizens must fight for in court?

[Aditya Samitinjay, MD, MRCP @Samitinjay2]

@jfwduffield Interesting you say you are centre-right - and isn't right wing politics more about individual freedoms and liberties and self interest which produce positive sum equations?

[Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson]

Under pressure from Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Trump administration may be within days of launching a nuclear strike on Iran. The target would be Pickax Mountain in central Iran, where Israeli intelligence claims the Iranian government has restarted its nuclear enrichment program. No conventional weapon in the American arsenal can penetrate 300 feet of solid granite to destroy the tunnels where enrichment is supposedly taking place. The only military option is a nuclear strike. Netanyahu has been pushing hard for one. “Bibi calls Trump about it every day,” says an informed observer.

Netanyahu is cornered and desperate. After last week’s election results, he can’t form a government unless Trump intervenes directly in Israeli politics and brokers a deal with other parties that gives Netanyahu 61 seats in the Knesset. Otherwise, he is out as prime minister and on his way to ignominy, investigations and possibly jail. Netanyahu must stay close to Trump. He needs this war.

To that end, he’s applied maximum pressure to his closest allies in the administration, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper. Both oppose a negotiated settlement to the war they’ve so grievously mismanaged; both are pushing to restart major combat operations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA director John Ratcliffe are also following Netanyahu’s lead, as are leaders of the Democratic Party. In a recent meeting on the subject, former president Barack Obama said he opposes the current Iran peace deal being drafted in Doha.

The rest of America’s longtime allies in the Middle East are terrified by the prospect of more war. On September 27th, Netanyahu flew secretly to Abu Dhabi to enlist the UAE in his lobbying effort for a final attack on Iran. The Emiratis refused. After eight months of conflict, Gulf economies are teetering. So are global energy and fertilizer markets. They won’t recover soon. Globally, there are a total of about 850 supertankers used to transport oil from producers to the rest of the world. In October alone, 11 of them were badly damaged in Hormuz. At this pace, a global depression is imminent. A nuclear strike would radically accelerate the destruction. Fallout from a ground explosion at Pickax Mountain would contaminate the Persian Gulf, poisoning the water supply for 100 million people.

And those are just some of the immediate consequences for the region. The rest of the world is every bit as exposed. No country other than the United States has ever used a nuclear weapon in war. Some would like to. An American nuclear attack on Iran would set a new precedent. The Russians have already told at least two other governments that an American nuclear strike on Iran would free them to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. Pakistan and India would be tempted to do the same against each other, as would North Korea against Seoul. After the first nuclear strike, World War Three is inevitable. That war would be short and final.

We’ve been sleepwalking toward this moment for months. Since February, the administration has quietly rewritten America’s nuclear doctrine to make first use of so-called “battlefield nukes” easier and therefore more likely. No one in Washington in either party seems bothered by this. Now we’re on the brink of it.

Close observers say Trump is likely to decide by next weekend whether or not to use nuclear weapons. That would be November 7, six days from now. To his credit, he’s hesitating. At the moment, Trump is listening to his vice president, JD Vance, and to his envoy and friend Steve Witkoff, both of whom argue a deal with Iran can be made.

They’re right, though it won’t be simple. The Iranians are famously frustrating to negotiate with under any circumstances, and elements of that government have become more radical since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family were killed in February. After decades of isolation, even relatively moderate Iranian leaders seem confused by how decisions are made in the West. (There is a widespread belief in Tehran, for example, that the United States government controls Israel.) But overall, people who have spoken to decision-makers in Iran say there is consensus there that more war is bad for everyone and a deal is worth making.

One group that hasn’t been consulted so far is the global population — the hundreds of millions of people who will be killed along with their children if Trump is pushed by Netanyahu into launching a nuclear strike next week. Now would be the time for them to speak up.

[Sanjeev Sabhlok @sabhlok]

YOU, the people of India, have REJECTED the better options repeatedly.

First you rejected Rajaji's Swatantra Party.

Then you rejected Sharad Joshi's Swatantra Bharat Paksha.

Then you rejected my 25 years of effort to bring sanity to India (including a new party; https://t.co/FxylO32ZEz)

INDIANS ARE CLEARLY THE STUPIDEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD AND HAVE GOT WHAT THEY DESERVE.

If you want good government, you have TO WANT IT.

Read: https://t.co/MMUkF08PdC

cc @DattaAmeet @samzsays

ENJOY STUPIDITY AND SOCIALISM, INDIANS.

[Naveena @TheNaveena]

14 Hyderabad restaurants ordered to shut down after major food safety violations!

Licences suspended, immediate closure ordered for:

📌Shah Ghouse Cafe, Shalibanda
Hotel Nayaab, Nayapool
📌Lucky Restaurant, Santosh Nagar
Mehfil Restaurant, Dilsukhnagar
📌Siddique Kabab Central Kitchen, Gudimalkapur
📌Alsaba Hotel, Tolichowki
📌Dine Hill Restaurant, Masab Tank
📌Sohail Restaurant, Malakpet
📌Akshaya Tiffins, Malakpet
📌Aeezebo Restaurant, Rethibowli
📌Sri Balaji Family Dhaba, Gudimalkapur
📌Sri Raghavendra Udupi Veg, Tolichowki
📌Sri Raghavendra Udupi Veg, Santosh Nagar
📌Hotel Venkateshwara, MJR Road

What did inspectors find?

Cockroaches, rat droppings and flies in kitchens.
Rotten vegetables, expired food and fungal contamination.
Raw meat stored improperly, with blood accumulating inside refrigerators.
Repeated use of cooking oil and unhygienic food preparation areas.
Cockroaches inside a drinking water storage tank at Aeezebo Restaurant.

Action taken:

14 food licences suspended.
8 establishments, including Taj Falaknuma Palace, Pista House and Golconda Hotel, issued show-cause notices.
544 kg of contaminated and spoiled food discarded.
13 kg of used cooking oil discarded.
21 food samples collected on suspicion of adulteration.

[Aditya Samitinjay, MD, MRCP @Samitinjay2]

@kauschiku @sandeep_PT @RahulGandhi @Pawankhera @srivatsayb Thankfully it wasn't in Hindi. There is a large rural base in South India and East India as well. Connections can happen in multiple different ways.

[AwakeHindu (Top gun Pollster) @vyasa1968]

Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2027. Saturday slow death update. UP-403 seats. Crossed 21500 voters. Heard- 21507 voters. Others-4 seats. INDI-229 to 234 seats. NDA- 165 to 170 seats. Amit Shah visits UP, meets Yogi. Both show nice vibes, Amit Shah says big win for BJP coming. PM Kisaan Samaan nidhi given to all state farmers and no addition from UP govt. As you know some govts tend to add some money. Looks like Yogi wants to maintain financial discipline. I am hearing Yogi not keen on Ladli Behna also. The election will become Kisaan vs BJP as it is turning out. Below is all 403 seats in alpha order. Do an adjustment of 21 seats in below, meaning add to SP and deduct from BJP. The adjustment is for heavily underpolled farmers in surveys. Meaning I may have a seat below in BJP but it may be SP in end, current numbers indicate BJP win, but plenty farmer complaints. Trolls have tasted blood like Hyenas and I am running into a bunker 100 feet below. Keep tracking.

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NDA Nagina INDI Najibabad INDI Nakud NDA Nanpara INDI Naraini INDI Naugawan Sadat NDA Nautanwa NDA Nawabganj INDI Nehtaur INDI Nighasan INDI Nizamabad INDI Noida NDA Noorpur NDA Obra CantSays Orai NDA Padrauna INDI Palia INDI Paniyara INDI Pathardeva NDA Patiyali INDI Patti NDA Payagpur NDA Phaphamau INDI Pharenda NDA Phephana NDA Phoolpur Pawai INDI Phulpur NDA Pilibhit NDA Pindra INDI Pipraich NDA Powayan NDA Pratapgarh NDA Pratappur INDI Puranpur CantSays Purqazi NDA Purwa NDA Rae Bareli INDI Ram Nagar INDI Ramkola NDA Rampur INDI Rampur Karkhana CantSays Rampur Khas INDI Rampur Maniharan NDA Raniganj CantSays Rasara BSP Rasulabad NDA Rath INDI Robertsganj INDI Rohaniya NDA Rudauli INDI Rudhauli INDI Rudrapur NDA Sadabad CantSays Safipur NDA Sagri NDA Sahajanwa INDI Saharanpur Dehat NDA Saharanpur Nagar NDA Sahaswan INDI Sahibabad NDA Saidpur CantSays Saiyadraja INDI Sakaldiha INDI Salempur NDA Salon CantSays Sambhal INDI Sandi NDA Sandila INDI Sardhana BSP Sareni NDA Sarojini Nagar 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[Sanjeev Sabhlok @sabhlok]

THREAD: BENTHAM ON INDIGENCE

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Having been seriously disappointed by the work of most "economists", I've decided to start my investigation of poverty and "social justice" with Bentham - the man was most diligent in his inquiries: what he thought might be worth considering.

And as usual, he is POWERFULLY INSIGHTFUL.

He starts by sharply distinguishing POVERTY from INDIGENCE. He notes that poverty is the state "NEAR INDIGENCE" - but above it. He also notes that no matter how wealthy a society, there will always be people at the borderline above indigence: POVERTY IS AN INEVITABLE STATE IN SOCIETY.

He is willing to justify government support ONLY for the indigent, through the tax system (coercion). In a minimalist manner - without distorting incentives to work.

https://t.co/4zWGYwv3QZ

[Némesis | Historia y Madridismo. @Nemesis_46_]

El diagnóstico de Lacalle sobre el tsunami financiero global es certero en lo técnico, pero omite la parte que más duele en Berlín. Vender la salida de Alemania como un castigo exclusivo para los países manirrotos del sur es comprar el relato a medias. Si el Bundesbank rompe la baraja, no solo quiebra media Europa por contagio; Alemania firma el certificado de defunción de su modelo exportador, se come un marco por las nubes que nadie puede pagar y manda a pérdidas absolutas el billón de euros que acumula en el balance del BCE. El euro no se diseñó como un acto de solidaridad, sino como una jaula de oro donde todos dependen de todos para no irse al hoyo. No están juntos por amor al proyecto europeo, sino por el pánico atroz a pagar la factura del divorcio. Menos épica de rescates y más entender que la soga la tienen todos al cuello.

[Markandey Katju @mkatju]

Today's Sikhs are fake Sikhs
By Justice Katju
During my visit to California in 2019-2020 I was invited by the Sikh community to give a talk in a gurdwara in a town called Milpitas. I said I can come, provided I will be free to say whatever I want. To this they agreed.
A huge number of Sikhs, about 200 or 300, came to hear me.
I said in my talk that the Sikhs have a great quality, and also a great defect, and I will mention both.
The great quality was the spirit of service in the Sikh community.
In no community in the world have I found such a quality. Whenever and wherever there is a calamity, Sikhs are the first to arrive and help. For instance, in the floods in Bihar some time back Sikh youth could be seen on the TV screens and internet helping the needy.
Everyone remembers a Sikh police officer ASI Gagandeep Singh protecting a Muslim youth accused of love jihad from being lynched, by taking the blows of the furious mob on his own back.
https://t.co/uPm4bmcPyi
When there were forest fires near Los Angeles, Sikhs opened langars to give food to the needy.
https://t.co/TM3ECnhJOt
https://t.co/4DliKnuwJ9
Countless other similar examples can be mentioned.
However, having said that, I added that Sikhs have also a great defect--casteism.
Sikhism arose as a revolt against the inhuman caste system, and Guru Nanak preached the great message of equality, saying that there is no upper caste and no lower caste. But the truth is that today Sikhs practice the caste system, which is directly against what Guru Nanak taught.
A 'shabad ' in the Guru Granth Saheb, the holy book of the Sikhs, says :
'' Awwal Allah Noor Upaya, Kudrat Ke Sabh Bande ॥
Ek Noor Te Sab Jag Upja, Kaun Bhale Ko Mande ॥
Which in substance means that among humans, there is no superior and no inferior.
But what do Sikhs really practice today ?
The dominant Jat Sikh caste, who are large landholders and prosperous businessmen, look down on dalit ( mazhabi ) Sikhs as inferiors. In the Indian army there is a Sikh Regiment consisting of Jat Sikhs, and a Sikh Light Infantry consisting of mazhabi Sikhs, evidently because if they are kept together they will come to blows.
I told the audience you are fake Sikhs, because you practice the caste system, whereas I am a real Sikh, who though without a beard and a turban, regard all humans as equals.
https://t.co/gqzg6I370f
The word 'Sikh' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'shishya' which means disciple. I am a real disciple of Guru Nanak, and therefore a real Sikh, which you are not.
You want Khalistan, which means an independent Sikh state, but if you get it, there also you will treat dalit Sikhs as inferiors.
I, on the other hand, want the whole of India to become Khalistan, in the sense that I want all Indians to get the spirit of service and sacrifice of Sikhs, for only then can India progress.
Some Sikhs protested against my calling them casteist.
But then a few Sikh youth stood up and said '' Justice Katju, we are ashamed to say so, but what you have said is correct ''

[Aditya Samitinjay, MD, MRCP @Samitinjay2]

@SadaaShree Recent road trip to Dandeli. Beautiful little town and great resort options for cheap prices.

[Lone Wolf Ratnakar @SadaaShree]

Karnataka is the best state to go on a road trip. The sheer diversity is hard to beat.

From the lush green forests of Malnad to the rocky hills of North Karnataka to the sun kissed coastline of Mangalore - Udupi to the beautiful hills of Chikmagalur, Kodagu to the thick jungles of Bandipur, Nagarhole to the stunning Jog Falls.

From the magnificent Hoysala era temples of Belur, Halebid to glory of Hampi to the cave temples of Badami to the dazzling splendor of Mysuru Maharaja Palace.

On top of that very hospitable and friendly people, safe atmosphere and great food.

[Benjamin Bikman @BenBikmanPhD]

Cutting salt to a very low level has a metabolic consequence. When 152 healthy adults spent one week on a very low-salt diet and one week on a high-salt diet, insulin resistance was higher after the low-salt week, aldosterone was about six times higher and norepinephrine rose too. The body reads a sharp drop in salt as a stress and turns on hormones that work against insulin, so for a person eating mostly unprocessed food, salting it to taste is usually a better choice than chasing the lowest number possible.