Animalgesics. #art #pills #moles

The difference between an expat and an immigrant is an immigrant actually contributes to the community they become a part of

We have a PhD position open (four years, full funding): www.umu.se/en/work-with...

'This decision is a major setback for Sex Matters, which raised more than £65,000 to try and force the pond to ban trans people, trying to go against regular swimmers. More than 32,000 people said they wanted the ponds to remain trans inclusive – 86% of the respondents to the consultation'

As a co-ordinator for two of these courses, I am biased, but I honestly think they are really good - and our student feedback shows that they do too. It's really great to be able to offer NHS staff a discount.

A quick reminder that we are offering a limited number of bursaries to current employees of the NHS on selected Evidence-Based Health Care Short courses, as part of our new NHS Short Course Bursary scheme. Find out more here: https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/about/ebhc-nhs-short-course-bursary

Nigel Farage, has proposed a mass deportation plan called "Operation Restoring Justice," which includes creating a "UK Deportation Command" modelled on the U.S. ICE. Don't vote Reform unless you want innocent blood on UK streets like we see in the USA.

A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain. A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones. The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...

fucking HELL

The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined

The Mentos challenge just got serious 🧐 See what happens when chem prof Tom Kuntzleman dds Mentos to a bottle of champagne in comparison to a different carbonated beverage. Cheers! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #mentoschallenge #ChemEd

British citizenship isn't a privilege bestowed onto the very best humans on the planet. As we are about to see in town centres all over the country on New Year's Eve

Position Statement on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by NHS professionals when answering medicine-related questions #Pharmsky www.ukmi.nhs.uk/fileDownload...

Was at a Christmas party with a load of clergy last night and as some people were leaving they found a person collapsed on the street outside so the Verger took over and called an ambulance and sent all the clergy away because "if they wake up surrounded by priests that'll just make things worse"

if you have small kids, here’s a cheap and easy last minute gift idea: after they go to bed, pull your sofa out from the wall and retrieve all the toys that they pushed under there over the last year

Itsy-bitsy teenie-weenie ancient Roman langoustinie

If you're in Preston over the next two weeks, drop into the Harris and catch the Wallace and Gromit exhibition. So much detail. Worth queuing for. Also, genuinely a really nice museum/library.

Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.

When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.

If you're teaching a graduate level course, I beg you to include a module on how to schedule and run a meeting. Time zones, calendar invites, links, agendas, minutes, chairing. Together we can be the change we so desperately need.

—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter —Infanta? —No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly

I remember just not being able to go out with friends because my asthma is extremely sensitive to tobacco smoke. And when the "no smoking" area in pubs was demarked by a little bit of red rope, which definitely stopped the smoke getting in there.

I'm not a fan of strong fragrances generally, but: 1) why would I want a scent of marzipan in the work toilets? 2) when I smell almonds, my brain goes to "cyanide" before "Christmas" (it's in every toilet in the office, and it's overpowering)

A couple of weeks ago, I had the joy of teaching Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods in person, with these lovely students. On the last day, our student groups presented their studies to a "funding committee", with "funding" (chocolate) going to the best project.

More than 68,000 women have already added their names to our letter in solidarity - Together we are showing that trans exclusion is not being done in our name. You can join us and help keep the momentum growing… ✍️ Sign here: notinourname.org.uk 🔄 Please share to help us reach even more supporters

This article suggests the possibility of training AI on pre-existing proposals and their review reports, scores and related decisions. I.e. training them on a system which is known to preferentially award larger amounts of money to white men. What could possibly go wrong?

Applications for most funded Oxford DPhils closed at lunchtime, so this is a great opportunity for funding if you've not applied yet (and looks really good too).

Trade-offs are pretty much ubiquitous in healthcare, even more so the more it deals with populations. But for all screening there are harms from false positives and harms from false negatives that need to be balanced quantitatively. > www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I think this is a lot of why I have gut-feeling concerns about assisted dying. Palliative care, done well, can be life changing. I have seen it done well. But it seems like at the moment, we'd rather fund assisted dying than palliative care.

GOSH Charity are launching a National Research Programme Grant funding scheme! UK researchers are eligible to apply for funding to support research programmes aiming to create a step change in an area of rare or complex paediatric disease. Find out more 👇 www.gosh.org/apply-for-fu...

I don't want a LLM, I want an LMS that actually fucking works.

We’re thrilled to publish this blueprint for developing patient-focused respiratory diagnostics with @lifearc.bsky.social Accelerating the diagnosis of chronic lung conditions is key to improving #LungHealth and meeting the #LungGrandChallenges.

Well this is even more terrible than the previous terrible thing. Mental note to self: deploy trans flag badge more often

I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...

This is on Monday. Do join us if you can and are interested in more inclusive academic workplaces

Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences? When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded. /

Just ask - "Could it be Caffeine?" #AnaesthesiaSky

Prayer service for #TransgenderDayOfRemembrance. Remembering the dead, and praying for a world where all can flourish.

To all my trans friends and acquaintances (out or not). I see and value you for the brave, amazing people you are. I stand with you. For all those who are no longer with us, I remember you and will fight for those who come after you to not suffer as you did.

I am not a doctor, but I am a researcher, and this looks like a well designed study. Definitely going to be using a nasal spray on myself next time I get a cold. www.nihr.ac.uk/news/nasal-s...

Jesus fucken Christ. I ordered some undercrackers, lads. Nothing came. No despatch email, no delivery confirmation, nothing. So today I check tracking online. Evri "delivered" them to my side garden (just chucked randomly). AND THEN THE FOXES THE FOXES (breathe) ATE MY FUCKEN PANTS

I applied for access to work when I broke my ankle as I needed taxis to get to in-person teaching and conferences. That was in March. I was discharged from physio followup on Wednesday. On Monday I am getting an assessment call which is the first contact from AtW. The system is dangerously broken.

Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻 Enter if you dare...🚪

As it’s nearly Halloween, I thought I’d share one of my favourite John Finnemore sketches: youtu.be/LDoBVbmWxxM?...

I get this but also, the instant the lid closes we get booted off the VPN, which then breaks any document you have open from a shared drive. So, I also completely get why you would.

🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social

Honestly this scheme is next to useless at the moment. I applied for help with travel in March, when I broke my leg. It's now October, my leg is nearly healed, and I still haven't even been assessed. Luckily my employer was helpful and flexible, but many aren't.

A brilliant paper from my brilliant friend, colleague and desk buddy, Kiana Collins. PSA testing may not be being received by those who are most likely to benefit, and may be overused in those less likely to benefit.