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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 2h

I hereby declare war on premature Christmassing.

Any shop caught doing this before 1st December must be shut down and turned into affordable housing.

Choose sanity. Vote Binface.

(Photo dated 9th October 2025)

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 20h

It’s been ages since I commuted into London, but I almost miss my delay repay spreadsheet and my little monthly second payday from greater anglia…

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Prof. Damian Roland @damianroland.bsky.social · 1d

Great resource from @Radiopaedia

A Paediatric x-ray atlas of normal x-rays in children

radiopaedia.org/normal-paedi...

#FOAMed

Normal Pediatric X-ray Atlas | Radiopaedia Cases | Radiopaedia.org

/* Single-column layout everywhere */ #peds-controls .peds-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr; grid-template-areas: "region" "gender" "slider"; gap: 14px; align-items: end; } .peds-region { grid-area: region; } .peds-gender { grid-area: gender; } .peds-slider { grid-area: slider; } /* Slider: large grab area */ #peds-age-slider { -webkit-appearance: none; width: 100%; height: 28px; background: transparent; } #peds-age-slider:focus { outline: none; } #peds-age-slider::-webkit-slider-runnable-track { height: 10px; background: #e6eaf2; border-radius: 999px; border: 1px solid #d6d9e0; } #peds-age-slider::-moz-range-track { height: 10px; background: #e6eaf2; border-radius: 999px; border: 1px solid #d6d9e0; } #peds-age-slider::-webkit-slider-thumb { -webkit-appearance: none; width: 22px; height: 22px; border-radius: 50%; background: #fff; border: 2px solid #8C52FF; margin-top: -7px; cursor: pointer; } #peds-age-slider::-moz-range-thumb { width: 22px; height: 22px; border-radius: 50%; background: #fff; border: 2px solid #8C52FF; cursor: pointer; } /* Age label + readout: prominent */ .peds-age-label { display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:space-between; gap:10px; font-weight:800; margin-bottom:4px; font-size:1.5rem; } .peds-age-readout { font-weight:900; color:#111827; font-size:1.6rem; line-height:1; } /* Gender radios */ .peds-gender-group { display:flex; gap:12px; align-items:center; flex-wrap:wrap; } .peds-gender-group label { display:inline-flex; align-items:center; gap:6px; cursor:pointer; line-height:1.2; } .peds-gender-group input[type="radio"] { margin:0; vertical-align:middle; accent-color:#8C52FF; } /* Output + sections */ .peds-section { scroll-margin-top:80px; } #peds-output { opacity:0; transition:opacity .35s ease; } #peds-output.is-visible { opacity:1; } /* Heading row wraps H4 and (optional) pill; spacing below image */ .peds-heading-row { display:inline-flex; align-items:baseline; gap:10px; width:100%; margin:0 0 14px 0; } .peds-heading-row > h4 { margin:0; } /* Gender pills */ .pill { display:inline-block; padding:3px 10px; border-radius:999px; font-size:.93em; font-weight:400; line-height:1; white-space:nowrap; border:1px solid transparent; position:relative; top:-1px; } .pill-male { background:#eaf3ff; border-color:#cfe4ff; color:#0f3b82; } .pill-female { background:#fff7cc; border-color:#ffe59e; color:#7a5a00; } /* Case credit */ .peds-credit { font-size:0.9em; } /* Consistent gap before credit whether image is in or not */ p.peds-imgblock { margin-bottom: 8px !important; } img.peds-imgblock { display:block; margin-bottom: 8px !important; } /* Optional: style the disabled separator text a bit lighter where supported */ #peds-region option[disabled] { color:#9aa3af; font-style:italic; }

radiopaedia.org

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Prof. Damian Roland @damianroland.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to @ukhsa.bsky.social we can monitor impact of RSV (the virus which causes bronchiolitis)

We started vaccinating pregnant mothers last year but didn't see much of an impact.

Let's hope with⬆️immunisation rates things are different this year...

www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 1d

I’d watch this season.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 21d

Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch

People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness. And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn’t that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people.

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 3d

My wife in hospital: “the tea is awful, I have to put sugar in it to make it bearable.” - Drinks 3+ cups a day.

My wife on returning home: “Real tea is amazing!” - forgets to drink the tea and finds a full cold mug 2 hours later.

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Michael Absoud @mabsoud.bsky.social · 5d

🎤NEW✍🏽 James Lind Alliance Survey

Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria

2 versions:
Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...

Public & Professionals
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 5d

Did you ever use the Eldar Online/ 40K Online forums?

I used to organise tournaments through that forum and even wrote some fiction for GW during one of the summer campaigns. I can’t imagine that happening now.

I learnt so much, but wasn’t brave enough to stick it in a CV.

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve thought about this a lot recently.

I met some amazing friends through Twitter, and built bits of my career that would never have happened without it.

I sometimes feel guilty that I’m not available online in the same ways that others were when I needed them.

Techpriest @techpriest.bsky.social · 5d

I actually feel sorry for the generation that missed out out on the pre-enshittification era of making connections online

There's a cohort who got to make IRL friends for life on forums/messaging boards/twitter with people they'd never cross paths with otherwise. That door feels all but closed now

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 5d

Right, that's it. I'm founding a new populist party of the centre called Go Outside!

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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 6d

There is an institutional culture in many parts of the NHS of focussing wholly on money, and just not doing credible patient impact assessments when considering any cuts to service.

Or worse, having them done and treating it as unimportant for many reasons nothing to do with patient health.

Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 Exclusive: New leaked document proves @NHSEngland was warned a decade ago about failures in child hearing test centres across England.
Hundreds of children have been harmed, some left with lifelong problems:
▶️ www.thetimes.com/article/294c...

NHS ignored warnings on children’s hearing tests for a decade

Health bosses in England knew about testing failures in 2014. Hundreds of babies with severe hearing problems were left without help, leading to delayed development

www.thetimes.com

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 6d

I’d quite like to know how you prevent the inevitable burnout regardless of what any of us did before, but surely if all you know is medicine and you have no formative life experience, that just makes it quicker.

It’s good to have some non-medic friends.

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 6d

October is #BreastCancer awareness month.

Our family is two months into our breast cancer journey.

I’m incredibly grateful to my wife for checking regularly & spotting when something wasn’t right.

The NHS is amazing & is here for all of us. Check yourself & get checked if it doesn’t feel right.

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks Shai.

Hugely grateful to this place, and also to knowing how to navigate the system.

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 6d

I called the “cause for concern” (Martha’s Rule) number, as a relative today.

I’m incredibly impressed by the response.

It is wonderful to see a new system work so well, and as a relative it’s a huge relief to have an accessible system when you have concerns.

@nnuh.bsky.social

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 6d

My wife is currently admitted to the hospital I work in.

I’m sat next to her in a bay while she tries to sleep.

I have so many thoughts about the things you hear through these curtains.

People are fascinating.

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 6d

Omg the greenhouse.

Good luck!🤞🏼🤞🏼

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 6d

I still regret that at 13 I didn’t persuade my parents to buy shares in GW…

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 6d

I have thoughts.

1: Age is just a number and I’ve met some teenagers with far more emotional maturity than some senior consultants.

2: WHY?! Let kids be kids, just because you can go to uni at 13, why would you?! Live a little first my hormone addled friend.

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 6d

18 year olds, 21 year olds, some 35 year olds…

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Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) @rcpch.bsky.social · 8d

“Children are being treated as second-rate citizens in the eyes of NHS funding.”

RCPCH President Prof Steve Turner highlights how our joint Emergency Care Standards aim to reshape urgent care for children making safe, timely care a reality for every child.

👇
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

NHS slammed for treating children who need A&E care as ‘second-rate citizens’

Many emergency departments lack the infrastructure to meet the growing needs of child patients, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said

www.independent.co.uk

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Jon Stone @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social · 9d

Pleased that "Continuum" the AAN journal asked for this article on the management of functional movement disorder - coauthored with @alancarson15.bsky.social

Article paywalled but podcast is free.
Some snippets in thread🧵

Article: continuum.aan.com/doi/full/10....
Podcast: x.com/ContinuumAAN....

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 11d

I’m so sorry for your loss Rob.

He looks like quite the character.

Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 14d

Are we the grownups now?!

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Nick Schindler @drnickschindler.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations and good luck!

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