Enjoyed my pancakes.
In the past it was my custom to give up Twitter for Lent.
I gave up Twitter entirely a couple of years ago when it became muskified.
But this year I will be coming off BlueSky for Lent.
See you (well, your posts) at Easter.
Those rowers off Norfolk should have stopped in the first safe county.
What is wrong with Kent, Essex, or Suffolk?
I know quite a few people in this country who can hardly speak any English. My grand-daughter and most of her peers, for starters.
Then again I didn't speak much English when I was 18 months old either.
Puffers are pink
Bloaters are blue
Remember to think
When prescribing O2
#Valentine
In summer Olympics GB does best when athletes are sitting down - rowing, cycling, equestrian.
In winter Olympics, we do it lying down.
Matt Weston slides to skeleton gold as Team GB finally win medal at Winter Olympics www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Vaping in cars carrying children to be banned in England
Rising evidence that secondhand vapour from e-cigarettes poses health risks, government says
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Oh, good, does that mean they want to increase benefits for Mums who have 5 kids before age 25?
🚨Do. not. use. individual's. actions to. attack. whole. groups.🚨
Not unless you want to take the blame for every person in your social demographic.
Bad people exist in every group. That's not an excuse to use the actions of individuals to target those groups, particularly already marginalised groups
Can we ask BBC Verify to fact check the claim that Chris Mason is an unbiased reporter?
If you care about proposed government changes to UK immigration policy I urge you to fill in the consultation response before the deadline tomorrow.
Why would anyone who would applaud Ratcliffe's racist comments support a football team where more than half the players are immigrants?
12 months later I left that hospital on my last day. As I headed to car, evening visitors were arriving. A voice called out across the car park.
"Hey, doc! Remember me?"
It was that (ex) patient, on way to see a sick friend.
"When you told that joke about the price of the drug, I knew I'd be OK" 3/3
I thought "Probably not".
Didn't want to say that. Also didn't want to lie.
"You'd better be" I said. " This stuff costs a fortune, and we don't want to waste it"
He made it to CCU and I didn't think more about him. 2/3
I can remember the days before thrombolysis. Read ISIS2 in Lancet as a Med Registrar and the next acute take gave my first shot of streptokinase - slow iv by hand as no infusion pump available. ECG looked awful, patient looked worse.
Asked me "Am I going to be OK, doc?" 1/3
Monaco has been colonised by immigrants.
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Even if America First means forget everyone else, what about USA responsibility to its own citizens facing forest fires in California, hurricanes in Florida, floods in Texas, etc...
Still, I suppose trying to con voters may not be a big issue compared to, say, a housing minister unlawfully rushing through approval of a property deal to enable a party donor to save £45 million in taxes.
Breaking electoral law is not a big issue?
Even when you do the same crime twice (like in Caerphilly)?
No offence taken, I know I am a dinosaur. I did old style gen med clinics with one boss when I was an SHO, but I also did Gastro, DM, endocrine and renal clinics as a junior.
But experience counts for a lot. By age 55 I had seen more cases of rare diseases than I had at age 35.
But this must be very frustrating for people unfortunate enough to suffer from rare conditions.
Of course, rare diseases often take longer to get to the bottom of than more common ones, but i don't think a new breed of GP would solve that.
More "ordinary" GPs, with more time, would however help.
BUT - many medical specialists do have a substantial element of Gen Med training, and will be aware of rare conditions which overlap with their specialism. So eg as a respiratory specialist i would be aware of things not directly lung related which might cause patient to feel breathlessness.
Nice idea, but how would anyone get the experience to be a specialist in all RARE diseases?
The adverts are dire. But they do cover some preexisting medical conditions that others won't
Wasn't there a lift (elevator for Americans) in HHGTTG that wanted to try going sideways for a change?
4. But an elected second chamber would be preferable.
1. 26/848 is hardly an overwhelming influence (unlike Iran)
2. However as a Christian and member of CofE I agree that automatic places not right
3. However if we have appointed (unelected) Lords, not unreasonable to have some senior bishops, just as we have senior members of other professions.
4. ..
Ah, but how many of them regularly visit bird reserves?
See this is where EM Drs have it all wrong. Instead of focusing on mundane stuff like initial management and saving lives, EDs should be improving flow by discharging ward patients to reduce bed occupancy.
