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...

🚨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

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?

Monaco has been colonised by immigrants. news.sky.com/story/the-uk...

Breaking electoral law is not a big issue? Even when you do the same crime twice (like in Caerphilly)?

I get why Vonn wanted to compete. But surely there should have been a medical advisor to stop her skiing after that injury?

How on earth is this a subject for debate? Do those who are tempted to vote for parties that support this think that the loss of rights and freedoms won't apply to them?

In high income setting with access to the best diagnostic tests, as experienced Resp Med/TB specialist I sometimes missed cases or misdiagnosed other things as TB. It mimics so many things. So in LMIC settings not surprising that they don't get right every time. Need improved access to diagnostics!

An attempt to disconnect our gas connection earlier today👇 SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬

Important points from @mancunianmedic.bsky.social During residents strikes when I was working, we consultants changed our working patterns for a few days but it would not have been sustainable for any length of time.

Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment? "Pull factors" on steroids. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This little exchange is what #Medsky and the best of the old medtwitter can be great for - helping colleagues think about another speciality's problems in a constructive way.

AI will make so many human jobs obsolete. Like historians and geographers.

"AMR doesn't just mean different drugs; it means longer treatment, more side effects, and a much harder journey back to health." A patient's experience of living with antimicrobial-resistant TB: ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/12/04/l...

Today is #WorldAspergillosisAwarenessDay 🌍 The @europeanlung.bsky.social#WorldAspergillosisAwarenessDayhave a variety of resources that we encourage healthcare professionals to share with their patients to raise awareness for Aspergillus-related diseases. Read more and share: https://bit.ly/3Z2v1r8

Is the film “Melania” going to get an Oscar from FIFA?

Someone on UC working in a zero hours contract gets UC REDUCED in a month where their wages are too low! Because they didn't get enough shifts. So now how are they supposed to pay the bills and feed the kids? Why??

The movement now has its own “Ohio” thanks to Bruce Springsteen‘s “Streets of Minneapolis”: youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

Sadly, result is parties (of whatever colour) treating the whole business of politics as a game in which main objective is to defeat opponents, rather than to deliver what is best for people of this country.

How many potential Reform UK Ltd voters realise that the Party want to bring Minneapolis to the UK? How many British Mums and ICU nurses will die?

This is the level of connection to a seat that would win a place in the #BBC5Live "parliament" hosted by @mattchorley.bsky.social

Find out more in a new @theconversation.com article about this research: doi.org/10.64628/AA.... @janethoek.bsky.social @robbranston.bsky.social

OMG the light aqua lung cancer curve. This is what good news looks like

How will the presence of ICE agents improve safety and security of US Olympic athletes at winter games? www.reuters.com/sports/us-ic...

"When it comes to introducing ICE style terrorisation in UK cities" "When it comes to tear-gassing peaceful protesters " "When it comes to shooting ICU nurses" "We will fail unless we leave the ECHR"

Arguably more significant than defections, internal party politics and the Beckhams… In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles. We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... news.sky.com/story/uk-los...

It’s a dark old world just now, so I’ll just post this older classic here. m.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJc...

Y'see folks? Y'see what you're voting for with Reform? Those of you who are poor and think that it's foreigners who are ruining your lives just can't see that it's people like him who can quite happily afford US style health insurance while you get dumped in life's skip if you're ill.

Imagine Ben Stokes blocking the selection of Joe Root for the England team, in case he might be seen as a potential rival for the captaincy at some time in the future. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I got a parking ticket in 1985. Guess that makes me a legitimate target for execution if I was ever stupid enough to visit USA again.

Well it's a start. And more than he would normally do. No mention of course of other NATO troops, especially Denmark. And no apology for his earlier insult.

The Trump regime says ICE is detaining terrorists, murderes, and rapists. Which one is she?

Bored of Peace given a suitable Led by Donkeys treatment. It'll die with Trump's rule. And where will Gaza be then?

Trump now wants to invade the Heard and McDonald Islands, after the penguins didn't submit to his tariffs

Quote post a gif with a clue where you're from

I thought we weren't supposed to use stereotypes for patients in medical exams?

Proof that authors are anonymised when reviewers see the paper.

But we in UK don't need the European Convention on Human Rights?

Given the large numbers of flu and Covid cases filling our hospitals, the unacceptable numbers in "corridor care", and still too long ambulance handover waits, compulsory vacations for all NHS staff are essential.

Make America Gruesome Already ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This man could've had an incredible career in standup comedy

This statement is on US Department of State website. It includes the following excerpt: "President Trump expressed his support for the monumental achievement during his meeting with Prime Minister Starmer in the White House." www.state.gov/u-s-support-...