Budoor AlBudoor

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[Budoor AlBudoor @kyutibu]

I'm slightly inconvenienced by my existence on this planet, with these people, in this timeline.

[Magnus Ranstorp @MagnusRanstorp]

Two related news items about academics with links to Qatar

1️⃣ I was previously publicly attacked by Andreas Krieg, who accused me of being an extended arm of the United Arab Emirates in Sweden. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) and the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency were also drawn into these unfounded allegations on the website Politics Today (published by SETA, which is affiliated with Erdoğan’s think tank).

(Krieg has been linked to academic institutes in Qatar.)

I reported this to King’s College London for defamation—and I was upheld in the internal process. The outcome was that Andreas Krieg published a public apology addressed to me on X. I later wrote about this in Swedish daily Expressen:  https://t.co/UUeYextLmX 

Andreas Krieg’s apology can be found here. https://t.co/9472ZzyUC1 

Now, the same Andreas Krieg has once again come under scrutiny. In legal proceedings in Northern Ireland, he lost a defamation case against a well-known journalist, further raising questions about his credibility and judgment. https://t.co/3TzDGWPxAC 

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2️⃣ In the next step, activists turned to Farid Hafez, editor of the European Islamophobia Report and affiliated with the Georgetown University Bridge Initiative.

The Bridge Initiative subsequently published a so-called “factsheet” targeting me, Lorenzo Vidino, the Danish professor Thomas Hoffmann, and researcher Sameh Egyptson. The purpose was obvious: to discredit us for our scrutiny of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Article in Danish about ”Bridge Initiative and Factsheets” https://t.co/I9pivspXCY 

This activity has now been noted at the highest political level in the United States. A report from the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce on antisemitism at American universities specifically identifies the Bridge Initiative. The report states that the organization presents itself as researching Islamophobia, but in practice engages in casting suspicion on critics of political Islam.

Particularly noteworthy is that the report—based on previously undisclosed documents from Georgetown—shows that the Bridge Initiative received $630,000 from Qatar in May 2024.

The report can be read here. https://t.co/w47WGaAtiz 

The overall picture is clear:
when academia, activism, and state interests converge, research risks becoming a tool for political influence—rather than a source of independent knowledge.

[Philippe Rola @ThinkingCC]

This is an important study. However, it does throw the baby out with the bathwater. A delay to definitive haemorrhage control is completely unacceptable, but this is not a catheter failure. It’s the wizard, not the wand. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[Budoor AlBudoor @kyutibu]

@IM_Crit_ What was the rationale behind the intervention/ iA thrombolysis in an otherwise haemodynamically stable patient? Was it the RV clot? Because for a "strained" RV the ventricular interdependence isn't all that impressive..

[Budoor AlBudoor @kyutibu]

@Salwalhadhrami Yesss let's do it 😍 hi, I'm Budoor.

[Budoor AlBudoor @kyutibu]

@Fatima_mek Professional failures*

[ZUBY: @ZubyMusic]

I've noticed that 99% of people who 'hate' Dubai have never stepped foot in the city.

I believe the mere idea of a high functioning, no/low tax, ultra clean, ultra safe, ultra rich, ultra diverse city in THE MIDDLE EAST triggers a lot of people... Especially in the West.

Their entire lives, they've been told that this combination is impossible and cannot exist, so they comfort themselves by parroting negative narratives, making stuff up, and highlighting the very WORST media stories they can find online... As if that's not easy to do with their own cities and nations.

It's amusing though. You get hated on when you're winning. Nobody cares to devote that much energy to places that actually suck.

Is it for everybody? No. But nowhere is. Not knowing this tells me you haven't been anywhere.

[Drew Comments @sjs856]

The premise of vaccines magically causing ASD is one of the more absurd things I’ve ever heard. So this very brief immune response can cause permanent neurodevelopmental changes at random🙄. They said it was MMR, got proven wrong
It’s thimerosal, proven wrong
It’s aluminum! No.

[Cris ✨ @lionesspike]

no wonder cobel is always having a meltdown she’s going through the lived reality of STEM majors having to work in middle management instead of their field #severance

[Budoor AlBudoor @kyutibu]

@Bgheyath Yup and cell salvage doesn't count..

[The Real Truther @thereal_truther]

🚨 Another vaccine myth goes DOWN!

A new JAMA study compared prevalence of sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes in the 3 years before & after the COVID-19 pandemic.

They found no difference.

Myocarditis was the cause of SCD in 3 cases before & 4 cases during the pandemic.

[Budoor AlBudoor @kyutibu]

@Megsenmumdr @Dr_Done_ Makes sense although this story in particular has so many holes and I truly doubt its veracity.. looking through the replies somehow both intubation and EOLC were offered to the patient simultaneously 😅

[Budoor AlBudoor @kyutibu]

@Megsenmumdr @Dr_Done_ Not even the worst idea on that thread but I'm curious to know the thought process that sees this option as a better alternative to treatment in the hospital with a DNACPR in place..

[Sean Scott @GomorraDoc]

@LDNairamb #ECPR team ready to fly. Bringing state of the art cardiac arrest care anywhere in London

[Darren Markland @drdagly]

As I watch the horrors of that time fade, and governments rewrite history in favour of those who were cruel and selfish while dismantling the systems that kept innocents safe, I’m seeing less and less benefit of the doubt.

[Mark Lewis, MD, FASCO @marklewismd]

SAY DRAKE

[Nikki da Costa @nmdacosta]

Two expert witnesses made the Committee confront the realities of our healthcare system and assisted suicide.

Dr Rachel Clarke and Dr Sarah Cox, President of the Association of Palliative Care Medicine.

A 🧵

[Budoor AlBudoor @kyutibu]

@kidswhoshowjump @BMAWestMidsRDC @thatsnotmine125 @RWT_NHS @WalsallHcareNHS Yes, definitely happens but you're still entitled to a break where no one interrupts you because it's unpaid.

[Budoor AlBudoor @kyutibu]

@iceman_ex @ThinkingCC @heart_lung @PulmCrit @JohnGreenwoodMD @msiuba Heart breaking.. we lost a legend and I don't think there is any one who isn't in the #gattinonifanclub. May he rest in eternal peace.