Journalist, speaker, moderator. Latest book: Social Warming, on social media's inherent, unavoidable effects. Ex-Guardian, Independent. Never paid for Twitter.

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  Important thread. Always remember the adage: "surgeons like doing surgery". That doesn't mean you (or your loved ones) will like the results of their surgery.

  

  My dad died of glioblastoma on Friday. Two things that are significant when you get diagnosed with this at age 72: You're not going to live very long and much of the time you have left is going to be unpleasant. I've been struck my how *little* attention was paid to these things.

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  "Witch hunts are bad! Please help us compile our list of witches to be hunted."

  

  Replying to @TheCanaryUK

  Katherine Viner, another name to add to our list 😉. Here are more names

  

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  For all those who need a clear timeline of events around Jason Arday (ie pretty much everyone offering opinions/rapidly cooling takes right now), the Wikipedia page lays them out really well, in a balanced manner. Yay Wikipedia.

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  One must ask: incapable of comprehension, or mendacious? The THE journalist is quoted in the screenshot: he sent three emails in TWO MONTHS. Arday called that "incessant"; this guy picks up that word. Three emails in 8 weeks "incessant"? Can't wait to show you PR email followups.

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