Ross Smith
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Anaesthetist , musician, PhD candidate - computer science USYD
Thank you Mr Rafter for for your observations from 1957 - I wonder what you would think of the views now of Mr Trump.
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Iām pleased to hear this! But if we had a Time Machine in 2024 and read this - we would have thought - whhhhaaaatt?
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The Independent
20 days ago
Britain will not help the US invade Greenland, says defence secretary
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Britain will not help the US invade Greenland, says defence secretary
Britain will not help the US invade Greenland, says defence secretary
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/britain-us-greenland-trump-invasion-denmark-b2897866.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1767997763
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If youāre visiting Sydney - check out the Butcherās Brew Bar in Dulwich hill for some great music . Excellent with Adam Pringle and friends tonight .
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I was on that trail a few weeks ago - Iāll always check that I have a full compression bandage from now on.
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Tim Lyons
about 1 month ago
She is one very, very lucky walker. Someone had a compression bandage, a phone had signal and ......... helicopter medics got to her with antivenom in 50 minutes.š±
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Dave Jones
about 1 month ago
This is a lovely, lovely story and would make a wonderful Christmas film too
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxwllqz1l0o
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A spot of fishing on the beach in summer. Never actually caught anything in all our attempts but thatās probably not the main reason.
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) š¦ š¤§š§¬šš¦š§
2 months ago
Frikkin amazing stuff.
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Society for Intravenous Anaesthesia
2 months ago
Nice view of the famous Liverpool skyline from up here! Both cathedrals, and the Radio City tower are visible. Bit chilly right now though. Liverpool is a brilliant city. We are looking forward to welcoming our delegates at tomorrow's Annual Scientific Meeting
#SIVA25
. See you there!
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Stu Marshall
2 months ago
This is just all gold. Stop everything now and read about hippos.
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Stephen McDonell
3 months ago
OK. It's Friday and I think you lot need some lift-up music. Here's a thread to get you into the weekend, starting with this. Crank it up!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyVP...
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SAINT MOTEL - My Type (Official Video)
YouTube video by Saint Motel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyVPyKrx0Xo
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Stephen McDonell
3 months ago
Very interesting from Bloomberg re Central Ctte meeting just finished in
#China
. Only 168 of 205 delegates turned up. You'd need a pretty good excuse not to be there. Of 37 "missing", one dead + ten had been officially purged. Where were the other 26? Also purged?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Plenum Turnout Hits Lowest in Decades as Xi Widens Purges
A recently-concluded conclave of top Communist Party officials saw its lowest attendance rate since the years of the Cultural Revolution more than half a century ago, suggesting President Xi Jinpingās...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-23/china-plenum-turnout-hits-lowest-in-decades-as-xi-widens-purges
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Very insightful comments on how to come to terms with the diminution of physical facility as one ages - from rich roll who is recovering from major back surgery.
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University student submissions requires authors to specify if and how AI was used in their generation. If one make a statement proven to be false, the submission is failed and there may be other consequences. In corporate submissions shouldnāt that mean a full refund, not a āpartial refundā. AFR
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Interesting statement regarding the perceived veracity and responsibility of ChatGPT.
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Zack Labe
5 months ago
Visualizations with the latest Earth monitoring data: šš + Global climate indicators:
zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
+ Polar climate indicators:
zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
+ United States climate indicators:
zacklabe.com/united-state...
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Climate change indicators
All data are referenced at My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Seā¦
https://zacklabe.com/climate-change-indicators/
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Eric Topol
6 months ago
Does A.I. support of physicians lead to their deskilling? A new report of gastroenterologists doing colonoscopy for polyp detection, with and without A.I., raises the possibility
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Yes, amusing, if you ask some western Australians they may consider this to be the ideal map of Australia.
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6 months ago
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Shai
6 months ago
Effort from
openart.ai
I see what you mean.
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I tried asking the same thing for Australia with the wonderful new chat gpt 5 - I guess itās technically correct but not quite what I was expecting when I asked it to ācreate a mapā
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Impressive
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The Chaser
7 months ago
"There is so much more to consider than you think going into it"
chaser.com.au/general-news...
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One of the best concerts I've seen in the last 2 years -
#Wilco
at
#TheEnmore
in Sydney. Also reflecting on the similarities of working in an operating theatre and being in a band. Egos have to be suppressed in the moment so everyone can perform to their best. Concentration and integration of
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I am not an expert - but with that rate of change in any natural phenomenon - (10-fold in around 3 hrs it looks like )- one is going to need some very sophisticated warning systems or alternatively create exclusion zones for human habitations in high risk areas.
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Early morning dog walk - brisk , cold but the sunlight reflecting off the gumtrees on a winter morning in Sydney is uplifting.
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Michael E. Mann
8 months ago
Here's the latest comparison of global surface temperature observations (red) with IPCC climate model simulations (through March 2025, via
@hausfath.bsky.social
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Finbarr Bermingham
7 months ago
Whacked on the BBC Glasto coverage to see what they were showing instead of Kneecap and caught Amy of Amyl & the Sniffers giving a pro Palestine speech... Beeb editors playing whack-a-mole
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The power of music - walking into the Conservatorium of music Sydney for a workshop and hearing an individual practising their scales is uplifting. How does music work itās magic?
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Trish Greenhalgh
8 months ago
As the Leng review starts to wind up, I remind you of the systematic review done by myself and
@martinmckee.bsky.social
earlier this year. No evidence of efficacy in most roles PAs are currently deployed in, no direct evidence of safety, no evidence of cost-effectiveness.
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Dr Pieter Peach
8 months ago
Only way I can continue to use Bluesky while not being overwhelmed by the news firehose from the US (I feel for you all) is by sticking to the Anaesthesia feed. Muting posts with words relevant to the US isnāt enough. Wouldnāt have been able do this over on Twitter.
#Ansky
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Nicholas Chrimes
8 months ago
Still easy for things to be inadvertently dropped into this/other compartments. In VIC, NMBAs on anaesthetic trolleys are kept in separate closed containers. I'd previously assumed this was standard everywhere.
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Nicholas Chrimes
8 months ago
We also did similar for high risk vasoactives as well as keeping drugs more likely to cause harm with error (vasoactives, heparin, etc) in 2nd drawer and more commonly used agents less likely to result in serious substitution errors (except NMBAs which are stored in separate box) in top drawer.
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Stephen McDonell
8 months ago
In a parliamentary democracy Iāve always wondered why anyone thinks they have the right to ādefectā to another party without leaving parliament and then being re-elected in the name of another party?
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Eric Topol
8 months ago
Our ability to accurately determine an individual's risk for heart and vascular disease is getting transformed āNew A.I. transformer model
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
āMeta-prediction
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Really enjoyed listening to these session from the Euroanaesthesia meeting in Lisbon .
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8 months ago
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Stephen McDonell
8 months ago
And this is bad because�
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Dr. Glaucomflecken
9 months ago
Also, congrats to the Aussies for rejecting any semblance of Trumpism. Iām happy for you!
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Dr. Glaucomflecken
9 months ago
I learned that in Australia voting is compulsory and happens on a Saturday, you know, like a normal civilized country.
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Stephen McDonell
9 months ago
Chinaās Foreign Ministry has essentially accused Donald
#Trump
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#US-#China
trade war talks. Spokesperson: āAll of these reports are false. There have been no consultations or negotiations, let alone any agreementā.
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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP
9 months ago
Mensch.... ā®ļøā®ļøš
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šJosh Rubin, MD
10 months ago
ChatGPT has its uses
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Tanya Selak
11 months ago
A few years ago, I read David Gillespieās Taming Toxic People. Really wish Iād read it earlier. A lifeline. Key new message was that some people donāt have empathy. They just donāt have it. Absent. Canāt fix them. I see heās now published a new book, might be time for a refresher for me.
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Tanya Selak
11 months ago
Like many, Iāve been distressed this week hearing details around the murder of Lilie James. Her killer a weak coward with a fatal need for control. As a mum of teenage girls, canāt imagine what her parents have been through. Every move we make as parents is to keep our kids happy and safe. š
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Dr Divya Sharma
11 months ago
Thanks
@drnavbahal.bsky.social
Please add me to
#RASky
Check out my teaching video
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzn-...
#WASORA
@dr-amit-pawa.bsky.social
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Real Time Ultrasound Assisted Spinal Anaesthesia - Training Video for Patients in Lateral Position
YouTube video by WASORA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzn-JgrnmGQ&pp=0gcJCfcAhR29_xXO
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This song by Randy Newman - political science - resonates for some reason -
open.spotify.com/track/3ECyzv...
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David Milner
about 1 year ago
At dawn, near the Shrine, at a place called Camp Sovereignty, First Nations people, and allies, began a day of mourning by reading out hundreds of massacres that took place in Victoria since colonisation. This is the truth of our history, and on January 26, the very least we can do is acknowledge it
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Rhea Liang
about 1 year ago
The
#Djokovic
MRI is great
#MedEd
. His posted scan (L) vs a standard scan (mirrored, as is a R leg) shows a much higher muscle:fat ratio, a movement/summation artefact (the horizontal smudge) and a nasty hyperintesity right against the femoral vessels and sciatic nerve. Ouch! š
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Well Anaesthetists - it looks like glp-1 agonists are here to stay and probably also increase their reach.
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about 1 year ago
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Ronniš§Salt
about 1 year ago
It's still 1974 somewhere in the Riverina Forever young - enjoy xx
#gunnawah
#booksky
#toomanyfrickinghashtags
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