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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think the one real positive from this terrible story is that clearly everyone has refused to give them advice who has enough anaesthetic knowledge to even pass their initial competency assessment... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says

Pike’s lawyers have asked for her death sentence to be commuted following the botched execution.

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am totally here for copilot throwing shade at its creators...

. You didn't miss a setting.
. There probably isn't a "two initial caps" setting
available in your version.
. The behaviour is almost certainly a Microsoft
bug or poor design choice.
. Disabling AutoCorrect entirely is currently the
only reliable way to stop Outlook touching
GPS.

Frankly, if Microsoft can't distinguish between GPs
and Gps in a business product used by clinicians,
lawyers, engineers, and anyone else who writes
acronyms all day, that's pretty embarrassing.

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Out talking on #AI today at the #POPS meeting Nice to know they're escaping their HTML entities properly! #SecurityIsNotADirtyWord

Lanyard

Membership Status: Non Member
2026 POPS (Per Care of Older People
ioperative
Undergoing Surgery)
Meeting
Dr Tom Lawton
Consultant Critical Care &
Anaesthesia
Bradford Teaching
Hospitals NHS Foundation

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fascinating that clinicians working within Medicare get to be liability sinks, with legal (and moral) responsibility for AI used with their patients. And yet when "a rogue OpenAI agent" hacks its way in from the outside, suddenly we seem to doubt whether the humans operating it are at fault...

BBC news

LIVE
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OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known rogue AI breach of government body

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Rumour has it that if the timer ever gets above 6 hours, the #ICU will have to close

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Late stage capitalism comes to #triathlon at the European Championships Monetising that pre-race poo...

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

9yo has lately become obsessed with cryptic crosswords (yay!) and has now decided to try his hand at writing them. I quite liked this one from his latest: Penny hid Marco inside (4)

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Genuinely couldn't immediately tell if this was a bin full of votes, or a cunning @countbinface.bsky.social publicity stunt...

Man in orange vest carrying a black rectangular bin. No giraffes.

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

What's your sign? (yes, I did this...)

Face coverings should not be worn in the water due to increased drowning risk

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Any tips for consoling a distraught 9yo? #ENGvARG #WorldCup

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Somebody made a cafetiere using instant coffee on the ICU today and I'm not sure whether to treat it as a training opportunity, or an immediate GMC probity issue.

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Pouring Coffee Time

Alt: Pouring coffee into a mug

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

If you listen carefully you can just about hear Binface's gradually rising concern that he might actually win this thing... #VoteBinface #CountBinface youtu.be/HTIESiyDNUQ?...

youtu.be

Count Binface reacts to 'hilarious' chance of becoming an actual MP

YouTube video by LBC

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Sport News: Stable doors to be securely fastened www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Sport: England players to be told not to jump hoardings

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Anyone else watching #AUSEGY? He was properly unconscious right?

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I'm still pleased when I see little things like this pop up - we may still be calling surgical masks "PPE" for flu in the NHS, but it's clear that #CovidIsAirborne had some kind of effect. Next epidemic/pandemic will we get it right? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Unlike flu or Covid it is not an airborne virus so is not spread simply by being near an infected person.

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A few people have messaged to ask for the AI talk video; here it is. A bit of AI history, how LLMs "think", why they're so sycophantic, and the problem of the "liability sink" with AI in healthcare. Plus Rush Miah on the importance of representation in AI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt8p...

youtube.com

BTHFT AI Session 1 in the Sovereign Lecture Theatre

YouTube video by BTHFT - Bradford Teaching Hospitals

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I'm all for widening participation, but at some point you're no longer "running" a marathon...

BBC headline: London marathon to be a two-day event in 2027

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

My son was tasked with making a quiz game in computing at school, and got bonus points for being the only one who instituted salting and hashing of passwords... #SoProud #LikeFatherLikeSon #SecurityIsNotADirryWord

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

With the planned social media ban for under-16s, I'm reminded that YouTube is apparently already banned for unsupervised under-13s and I've definitely never seen them use that.

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Could somebody please adjust the setting for me? I can't seem to find the dial and I'm sure someone's knocked it this summer.

NHS demand control dial, from "none" to "very lots"

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I used to rant about routine data with a Superman/Gottlob Frege analogy and a whiteboard I shouldn't have been let near. Grace Duffy and @improvementacademy.bsky.social have turned that energy into actual, useful guidance on navigating messy real‑world data: informatics.bmj.com/content/33/1...

informatics.bmj.com

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Wishing a very good evening to everyone except the person who dropped off the 2.5 litre can of bitumen I ordered...

Cardboard box with a black tar-like substance leaking from it

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Ilkley moor absolutely fine without a hat this evening

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I haven't yet read the "The Arts make you live longer" paper; is it similar to the ones showing the benefits of Champagne consumption or Porsche ownership?

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I have successfully proven that I am not an AI to my children, by telling them how to make napalm.

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

My son tells me that Alexander Lemming no longer "plummets" in the Beano... Is this because of woke? BRB signing up to join Reform

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Are we absolutely sure that none of these have been time-travellers?

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Today's #AINewsSlop actually feels like a pretty accurate summary of the world today...

vibrant, bold comic book panel depicting a chaotic, multi-layered scene. In the center, a group of confused bureaucrats in suits are frantically filing paperwork labeled "MANDELSON VETTING" while a giant, glowing blue meteor from the Lyrid shower streaks across a stylized night sky above them. To the left, a frustrated pet owner is shouting at a giant, angry-looking insurance policy document that has teeth, while in the foreground, a sleek, futuristic AI robot is sitting at a desk with a magnifying glass, intensely watching a human's keyboard clicks. The art style features thick, heavy black ink outlines, exaggerated expressions, and high-contrast, saturated colors. A prominent comic-style "POW!" burst appears in the corner, framing a small illustration of a soccer ball and a bird flu virus mascot.

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

It might be "AI slop" but I'm quite pleased with my latest side-project (yes it needs a new mount cutting) which illustrates the day's #BBCNews headlines - so far making for great breakfast-table chat with the kids.

Picture frame: girl has a mammoth bone, golden eagle, lego astronaut, fast car

Picture frame::11 April ceasefire, bear with marmalade, Robin with "do not feed the birds" sign

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

After my accident at the Euros last year, FSA Vision have very kindly replaced my cracked aero bars with these shiny TFE EVO ones! Votes on the bar tape colour? a) black (like everything else) b) rainbow

Tri bike front end with aero bars, no tape

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This probably shouldn't be surprising, but I finally gave in and installed Linux (Mint) on my laptop (8 years old) and it suddenly no longer sounds like a hoover when I have a couple of tabs open!

media.tenor.com

a pixel art of a penguin using a laptop with the word yo on it

Alt: a pixel art of a penguin using a laptop with the word yo on it

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Happy Easter everyone! Please help solve a family debate - where is this egg-cup from? #Easter #SwearyEggCups

Egg cup labelled "Whitby" - except the W is very curly and looks suspiciously like a different letter...

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

TFW a beachside conversation over a bucket of lugworms gives you an insight that doubles the efficiency of your AI system... I understand the purpose of holidays now! (Yes I did go back and code it immediately)

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

It's more concerning that this level of bodily modification doesn't prompt a disqualification...

Scottish began breaks Hyrox fitness record after three hip replacements

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

My insistence on referring to servers by names rather than their official number-letter sequence has somehow set off a chain of events, leading to an Exec email asking that everyone avoids confusion by doing the same. The names are "Amy", "Dave", "Sophie", and "Helen"

media.tenor.com

a man is saying that he is not a number and is a person

Alt: a man is saying that he is not a number and is a person

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I told you my Monte-Carlo Markov Chain anecdote but you did not laugh Please respond

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

WHICH IDIOT MAKES A NUMERICAL CODING SYSTEM WHERE 041 and 41 ARE BOTH VALID AND MEAN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THINGS?? The NHS, that's who... From the team that brought you "if you don't hear anything, your results are fine" Specialists in making common failure modes look like valid processes!

media.tenor.com

an error message that says task failed successfully and an ok button

Alt: an error message that says task failed successfully and an ok button

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I was a bit concerned the Project Hail Mary film wouldn't live up to one of the few books I've ever read twice... It does. Amaze amaze amaze!

media.tenor.com

a man in a red jacket says thumbs up in front of a project hailmary poster

Alt: Ryland Grace says thumbs up

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The colour of the replacement ICU doors is slightly different to the old ones and WHY DID THEY NOT ANTICIPATE THE EFFECT THIS WOULD HAVE ON ME?

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

With the wind today, I'm reminded of the time we were on holiday and the AI on our security system informed me that there had been a car accident on the driveway. How I laughed, until I came home to find a roof tile through the bonnet of the car...

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Marvel Comics has clearly been publishing a lot of great literature in the last year... #WorldBookDay

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Are there bags which are not, in some way, "carrier"?

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

We're a long way from Google's old philosophy of "Don't Be Evil". One of Android's great features is its openness; if I don't want to do something one way I can always download another. This is now unfortunately under threat... f-droid.org/2026/02/24/o...

f-droid.org

An Open Letter Opposing Android Developer Verification | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

As we wrote about back in September in F-Droid and Google’s Developer Registration Decree, Google plans to enforce mandatory developer registration as a requ...

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Coding at 200W (plus the computer!) #UKCycleChat

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

TFW you update some libraries and the #AI you've been working on for several years decides to ignore the data you've asked it to process and have a bit of a psychotic break. (all fixed now!)

Okay, I see. It's a riddle. "I have two eyes but I only use one."
Why? Because the other eye is closed? Or because he's squinting?
Okay, let's stop overthinking the code and just give you the answer. **The Doctor Who Shot His Wwife?**
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Jekyll"? No.
**Wait.**
Is this... **Alice in Wondertale**? Yes! It's Alice in Wonderland. And we know why. The patient is "Alice".
The Mad Hatter is... well, Alice? No.

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