Reposted by Andy Kermode Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Funny how these "difficult conversations" about the UK always involve attacking already vilified minority groups, rather than say, offering even the mildest criticism of the richest man in the world running an unhinged racist misinformation campaign against us 551795469
Reposted by Andy Kermode James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Musk’s latest intervention is objectively hilarious but the problem of a hideous human using his enormous wealth & power to promote lies & liars in the U.K., despite having no links to or other interest in the country, remains acute. 1643836582
Reposted by Andy Kermode BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️ 277159733637
Reposted by Andy Kermode Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 01/01/2025For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education 916248254694
Reposted by Andy Kermode Medlife Crisis (Rohin) @medcrisis.bsky.social · 01/01/2025New year, new me. Healthy eating. January 1st: just ate an entire boursin with a tea spoon 16823
Reposted by Andy Kermode Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come. ‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair. Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025. 20299462655
Reposted by Andy Kermode Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 31/12/2024We don't defeat populists by calling out their lies. We tried that. Facts are complicated, and the audience for populism wants simplicity. It won't work. We defeat populists by enacting bold political ideas that improve lives for the disenfranchised, and make the world seem less grotesquely unfair. 1112150533
Reposted by Andy Kermode Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Where are my anaesthesia/ICM/PHEM peeps? 700 accounts to follow below #Medsky #Ansky #Anaesthesia #Anaesthetist #ICM #ICU #Intensivist #Anaesthesiologist #PHEM #HEMS Pack 1 go.bsky.app/4N4D7MW Pack 2 go.bsky.app/QEgekcF Pack 3 go.bsky.app/CaeuLtL Pack 4 go.bsky.app/7gHUdmc PHEM go.bsky.app/NWQRhE1 12112
Reposted by Andy Kermode Bob Funnekotter @bobfunn.bsky.social · 30/12/2024I drug people till they’re unconscious so that somebody else can stab them and cut out body parts. 2151
Reposted by Andy Kermode The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 29/12/2024We need and we want trains. Trains. A lot more trains Comfortable trains Clean trains. Trains that have working toilets and some luggage space. Seat on trains for people not tiny insects. Maybe a bar. Some tasty snacks. Regular trains. TRAINS! 14110
Reposted by Andy Kermode Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23/12/2024AI is generally & mostly bad for higher education & we should not participate in the simplistic charade that it is a technological panacea/innovation that will make learning & instruction better & everyone who does not agree is a stupid Luddite. 1557495
Reposted by Andy Kermode Dave Jones @welshgasdoc.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Absolutely bloody lovely and wonderful and perfect in every possible way. #GavinAndStacey 31092
Reposted by Andy Kermode Thomas James @sas-gas-thomas.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Tidy. That was well lush 021
Reposted by Andy Kermode Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 22/12/2024'Family left 'in tears' after Sikh man's beard cut' Training in diversity and inclusion isn't just a tick box, it's about humanity & respect. This patient's experience demonstrates how things go wrong. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukFamily left 'in tears' after Sikh man's beard cutThe man's family say 122710
Reposted by Andy Kermode doctimcook.bsky.social @doctimcook.bsky.social · 21/12/2024The @rcoa is to be congratulated on navigating the treacherous path defining scope of practice for Anaesthesia Associates via -huge surveys of opinion -aiding #Nap7 analysing real life practice -Cochrane review -professional liaison/listening -pragmatic approach to patient safety & existing AAs 1/2rcoa.ac.uk 2134
Reposted by Andy Kermode doctimcook.bsky.social @doctimcook.bsky.social · 21/12/2024However the response by the @GMC is bordering on bizarre www.rcoa.ac.uk/sites/defaul... They state this should be based on ‘evidence’ …..the College has done a good job in trying to gain, assimilate & disseminate what evidence there is. There is not much! What has the GMC done? 2/2rcoa.ac.uk 052
Reposted by Andy Kermode Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 21/12/2024It's the weekend, baby 12931170
Reposted by Andy Kermode Jenny Jones @greenjennyjones.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Happy Winter Solstice to everyone! Today is the shortest day of the year, so days lengthen after this. 2441127
Reposted by Andy Kermode yarrah-goffincher.bsky.social @yarrah-goffincher.bsky.social · 20/12/2024🎶 Last clinic, I gave you my slot, and the very next day, you just DNA'd 🎵 0154
Reposted by Andy Kermode Iona C @scotgaslass.bsky.social · 18/12/20245/ I’ll get there and I’ll be so proud to take her to my FRCA ceremony but this has put such a dampener on Christmas. I will come back and play the game of FRCA again. 011
Reposted by Andy Kermode Claire Miller @clairemiller.bsky.social · 18/12/2024£10bn is more than all of the cost to eradicate the NHS high and significant risk maintenance backlog (the 'will disrupt treatment if it doesn't just kill people' problems). Cost in 2023/24 was £7.6bn. Which would be a better use of this money if it was just knocking about somewhere. 06616
Reposted by Andy Kermode Amit Pawa @dr-amit-pawa.bsky.social · 13/12/2024⚠️WARNING⚠️ Do not try this! This is not a real patient! Intraneural Tibial nerve injection at the Popliteal Fossa It is really quite hard to impale a nerve and then perform an injection like this - Please do Not Do this! #RAsky #AnSky #POCUSky j 2125
Reposted by Andy Kermode Emily Fridenmaker @emilyfri.bsky.social · 14/12/2024There are “do more” types of intensivists and “do less” types of intensivists. Having one type on days and one type on nights can make for a rough week. 10503
Reposted by Andy Kermode Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Talking about starter packs again. Why? We need to find our community. Our interests. Build a new world away from EM & X. It works if we make it work. Starter packs speed this along! Follow and repost. Liking doesn’t boost posts on this algorithm. Repost content you like so folk find it! 🤩media.tenor.coma man with gray hair and a beard is saying oh lawd here we go againALT: a man with gray hair and a beard is saying oh lawd here we go again 175
Reposted by Andy Kermode Aaron Young, MD @sk8cello.bsky.social · 12/12/2024This will kill children. Plain and simple. 272
Andy Kermode @ajkermode.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Dr Tony Pension-Guru Goldstone is here! Highly recommend a follow. 031
Reposted by Andy Kermode Matt Kane @mk.gg · 10/12/2024The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything: • @houseofcommons.parliament.uk • @houseoflords.parliament.uk • @ukparliament.parliament.uk • @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk 7732221133
Reposted by Andy Kermode Michael Dnes @roadscholar.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Does HS2 have a future? And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire? 24371153
Reposted by Andy Kermode Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 07/12/2024I’d argue most of the migration is straight up free market behaviour - people don’t like the terrible product that X has become, and want to take their custom elsewhere. ‘But you’re deserting the town square’ is just a lazy excuse for bad business choices. 47613
Andy Kermode @ajkermode.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Imagine waking up after surgery, you've been told things haven't gone to plan and then ON TOP OF DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT you're hit with another big bill! I will never comprehend the US healthcare system 🤦 010
Andy Kermode @ajkermode.bsky.social · 05/12/2024The level of unhappiness in the state of healthcare in America is extraordinary. The US and the UK have profoundly different healthcare models, yet the levels of unhappiness are probably equal. Corridor care or bankruptcy? 000
Reposted by Andy Kermode Rosie Baruah @rosieicm.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Regardless of what you think of this letter how outstanding to have been a consultant anaesthetist called Dr I Gell 3324
Andy Kermode @ajkermode.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Interesting points of view about sepsis and timing of antibiotics! 010
Reposted by Andy Kermode Dr Mary-Ann Fox BMBS FANZCA GChPOM @maffygirl.medsky.social · 02/12/2024I am seeing a lot on social media about a certain celebrity and “banter” and how some see it as harmless and women do not. There is criticism of women who speak out years after the event. A few comments as I have some experience of “banter” in medicine 1/? #MedSky 33111
Reposted by Andy Kermode Rosie Baruah @rosieicm.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Morning all! @survivinginscrubs.bsky.social is here on Bluesky! This group have worked tirelessly to raise awareness of sexual misconduct and harassment in UK healthcare and are well worth a follow 13724
Reposted by Andy Kermode Leon [the] English [are already scary enough] @leonenglish.bsky.social · 22/11/2024The obsession with segregating STEM from humanities is kind of mind boggling that one of the most famous engineers of Western society in the popular imagination, DaVinci, was a polymath who embodied this relationship. 4769
Reposted by Andy Kermode Dr Ben @ben-hock.bsky.social · 18/11/2024It’s official… @assocanaes.bsky.social has arrived on @bsky.app Our @anaesresidents.bsky.social committee and @assocsas.bsky.social committee are also here as well #AnSky #MedSky 3134
Andy Kermode @ajkermode.bsky.social · 17/11/2024The Warriors is an excellent concept album that I thoroughly enjoyed today on a long drive. If you like anything Lin-Manuel Miranda has produced, you'll like this too. Plus, Lauryn Hill 😍 010
Andy Kermode @ajkermode.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I stand side by side with my fellow Andy on these hills! Especially about cricoid and BVMs on self ventilating patients... 020
Reposted by Andy Kermode Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Some tips for #MedSky #MedTwitter Xpats to get started and find followers! 1. Put a pic & description in your bio. As I build starter packs unless I know you I cannot tell whether you would be a great addition to the pack! 2. Packs are curated & to be relevant should include the right kind of folk 1299
Reposted by Andy Kermode Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Musk’s X has become a poor quality product. It’s as simple as that. 1382758236
Andy Kermode @ajkermode.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I'm back on here after a period away and my my! Aren't there a lot of people here! Glad to see so many have made their #eXit 020
Andy Kermode @ajkermode.bsky.social · 25/02/2024""just to let you know" call should result in a full review"... That will dramatically change the way I respond to those kinds of calls. Is asking outreach teams to review appropriate/enough? You'd hope so. But apparently relying on the referring clinician isn't! 020
Reposted by Andy Kermode Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 19/02/2024This makes me so sad and angry. Birmingham is the UK’s second biggest city. This is a national disgrace. Screenshot btw from the Birmingham Dispatch, a great new venture in making local news richer and move away from clickbait ad traffic nonsense. www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk 23268119
Reposted by Andy Kermode Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 12/02/2024🚨 Critical incident declared at James Paget Hospital due to "sustained demand" and 78 patients in escalation beds. Whole Norfolk and Waveney ICS system struggling: 024