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Thomas Elliott

@talexe.bsky.social

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I’m a Consultant Psychiatrist working a ward for older men in east London. But here, I mostly follow clever politics, finance and economics types.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 18h

My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet

Kai Shaikh, a Ph.D. student in mathematics at the University of Toronto, also currently at SLMath, observed that theorems are easy to use as benchmarks, but that they capture little of the wonderment at the heart of math. "Just like a photograph of a mile marker can't provide much of the value of actually going on a hike," he said,
"it would seem to me that proofs without stories, or even stories without struggle or mystery, and first glimpses of strange beasts, are not very meaningful or valuable to us humans."

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 3h

Fair enough

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 3h

To connect to what device? Gaming laptop? (My preferred setup would be a handheld if travelling)

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 4h

Hmm. A solution in search of a problem?

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Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

i really am not convinced the Telegraph isn’t a massive satirical art piece

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Plenty of British writing talent for shows on both sides of the pond

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Struggle to believe that Trump was influenced into pulling a big easy lever that will not have the desired effect and lead to significant harms.

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yeah the tasks are the weakest bit. But it’s essentially team-building as a break from what would otherwise be constant paranoia. Occasionally fun in their own right.

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yeah, the university rugby club doesn't have a fee.

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And no pro-growth effects so far as I can see

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I have very often been both. 😭 Which leaves me a little uncertain about my own chronotype!

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And the Tories will decry you for failing to be a member of "alarm clock Britain"

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I use Apple Podcasts for “work” podcasts and Spotify for leisure (which in my case means economics 😁)

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Liquid football

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Who better placed to know?

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I will be chairing the next RCPsych Grand Round, taking place next Thursday (15th October), 4-5:30pm, on the subject of Psychodermatology. Primarily aimed at Psychiatrists, all welcome! Register for FREE via the link: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...

Dean's Grand Rounds - Psychodermatology: Treating mind and skin together

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Slow down!! Think!! I continue to insist as I slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This game really makes you feel like Shinji

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oil prices fall as... uh... I dunno...

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Tom, could you please point to Britain on a map?

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 01/10/2026

A bad day for this person

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes climate change is real, but I do remember a lovely early October heatwave when I started university (2011).

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Right wing flâneur, who frequently confesses to being generally not touched by politics, not impressed by Burnham's pitch for a more equitable social care system? His columns are generally well-written and present a challenge to centre-left consensus, but I'm not surprised by his "true colours".

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's been done...

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is clearly a Lib Dem

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 24/09/2026

"The early days of Andy Burnham’s government have made Starmer’s look positively energetic: a PM who usually loves nothing more than being on camera has studiously avoided saying a word as he loses control of law and order in Britain, and his home secretary seems determined to appease the thugs."

thenewworld.co.uk

If Shabana Mahmood is tough, why is she so slow to crack down on Danny Tommo and the far right?

Weeks of what looks like blatant lawbreaking have finally resulted in an arrest. But the home secretary seems happy to look elsewhere

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was 15 and learned about it as “moneygeddon” from Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe

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Shoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is incredible nitter.app/banteg/statu... H/t @gregdoucette.bsky.social

banteg (@banteg)

>be me >discover effective altruism >apparently normal charity is inefficient >why donate to random sad thing when spreadsheet can tell you optimal sad thing >fair enough >buy mosquito nets >save live...

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Got incredibly bored and read up on the Falkland Islands and their entire history of settlement and like... What do you mean? We are? Actually in the right? On this one??? This is an unfamiliar feeling as an Englishman. I don't know what to do about it.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is something you cannot repeat enough: what makes America so much more unequal than European countries isn't the wealth held by billionaires (Europe has those too). It is the wealth held by the upper echelon of the professional classes. Lawyers, doctors, even some journalists...

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

BOB DYLAN writing in The New York Times on being 80. We’re so used to Dylan being an enigmatic & elusive trickster that it’s always a delightful surprise when he writes something so personal, heartfelt and wise.

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The latter might not materialise? Tax differences?

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

nothing says “party of the ordinary workers” than taking a £36m donation from a crypto tycoon convicted in the US in 2022 for failings in an anti-money laundering programme before being pardoned by Donald Trump

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is completely on Andy Burnham Last week Labour could have stopped this. Now we have a single person giving more money than the entire general election spending limit for a political party www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

telegraph.co.uk

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Now Allardyce, he’s much more plausible…

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I don’t think Southgate would be a great fit for Reform.

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Nice

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

One of the best moments of this Reform sting is where Dan Jukes basically says, “Oh, that particular crime? We’ve done that loads of times. Let me name all the donors who’ve made illegal donations to us…”

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Channel 4 reporter: Hello. I am Mr. Alias and this is my extremely suspicious comically large donation that i can only make in the form of a bag of money with a dollar sign on it. every other reform guy: seems legit! let me tell you every single way in which i and my boss have broken the law

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Did the FT know this story was coming? It’s excellent timing.

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Strange statement. “So international affairs on the one hand, and continuing my work on violence against women and girls on the other”