Tom Lawton
@lawtontri.bsky.social
Large GBR long distance triathlete. 💙
Critical Care @BTHFT, Lead Clinical AI NHS NEY, fellow @AAIP_York & Hon. Prof. MBE.
Ran in a mask once. (he)
@LawtonTri on most networks
Critical Care @BTHFT, Lead Clinical AI NHS NEY, fellow @AAIP_York & Hon. Prof. MBE.
Ran in a mask once. (he)
@LawtonTri on most networks
Heck, if there's one thing that Musk's experiments with Grok #AI have taught us, it's that it's *really* difficult to "follow the science" with real-world data, and still be a right wing bigot.
Respect
Respect
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Heck, if there's one thing that Musk's experiments with Grok #AI have taught us, it's that it's *really* difficult to "follow the science" with real-world data, and still be a right wing bigot.
Respect
Respect
This is the future they want us to have.
(Not entirely sure who *they* are, but I saw it in the Telegraph so it must be true)
(Not entirely sure who *they* are, but I saw it in the Telegraph so it must be true)
December 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This is the future they want us to have.
(Not entirely sure who *they* are, but I saw it in the Telegraph so it must be true)
(Not entirely sure who *they* are, but I saw it in the Telegraph so it must be true)
I have just discovered that clicking "flag for follow-up" on work emails in Outlook is not the same thing as actually dealing with the problem, and I am broken...
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I have just discovered that clicking "flag for follow-up" on work emails in Outlook is not the same thing as actually dealing with the problem, and I am broken...
The elves somehow duplicated last night (nothing to do with me!) and the 8yo has spent the last few minutes working out how many we'd have by Christmas if the trend continues.
#ExponentialGrowth
#RofElves
#ExponentialGrowth
#RofElves
December 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The elves somehow duplicated last night (nothing to do with me!) and the 8yo has spent the last few minutes working out how many we'd have by Christmas if the trend continues.
#ExponentialGrowth
#RofElves
#ExponentialGrowth
#RofElves
Fnarr fnarr...
The fact it was found at the place my children renamed "Penisthorpe" when we were on holiday there, is the icing on the cake!
#WildBeaver
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The fact it was found at the place my children renamed "Penisthorpe" when we were on holiday there, is the icing on the cake!
#WildBeaver
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk in 500 years
Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Fnarr fnarr...
The fact it was found at the place my children renamed "Penisthorpe" when we were on holiday there, is the icing on the cake!
#WildBeaver
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The fact it was found at the place my children renamed "Penisthorpe" when we were on holiday there, is the icing on the cake!
#WildBeaver
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Really looking forward to hearing Farage and the gammons railing against this EU sausage nonsense...
#Sausage
#Sausage
a man is sitting at a table holding a sausage and making a funny face .
Alt: Game of thrones - Bolton waves a sausage
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Really looking forward to hearing Farage and the gammons railing against this EU sausage nonsense...
#Sausage
#Sausage
I can think of few better demonstrations of the difference between wisdom and intelligence than watching my eldest this morning, utterly paralysed by whether his Advent calendar should be used in a count-down, or count-up style...
a wooden advent calendar with boxes labeled with the numbers 1 through 20
Alt: a wooden advent calendar with boxes labeled with the numbers 1 through 24
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I can think of few better demonstrations of the difference between wisdom and intelligence than watching my eldest this morning, utterly paralysed by whether his Advent calendar should be used in a count-down, or count-up style...
Today, @cfaa.bsky.social launches SCAIL: a hub bridging AI research & safe clinical use. It aims to equip teams with confidence, skills & training to adopt AI safely.
First two blogs: one from me on AI's role; plus Dr Horton on what happens when tech culture meets clinical reality:
www.scail.uk
First two blogs: one from me on AI's role; plus Dr Horton on what happens when tech culture meets clinical reality:
www.scail.uk
SCAIL
www.scail.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Today, @cfaa.bsky.social launches SCAIL: a hub bridging AI research & safe clinical use. It aims to equip teams with confidence, skills & training to adopt AI safely.
First two blogs: one from me on AI's role; plus Dr Horton on what happens when tech culture meets clinical reality:
www.scail.uk
First two blogs: one from me on AI's role; plus Dr Horton on what happens when tech culture meets clinical reality:
www.scail.uk
My second mistake was apparently pointing out that traditionally, insane conspiracy theorists use red thread...
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
My second mistake was apparently pointing out that traditionally, insane conspiracy theorists use red thread...
So I made the mistake of joking that a colleague's string-based "process mapping" looked like one of those film scenes of a conspiracy theorist with a giant cork board...
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
So I made the mistake of joking that a colleague's string-based "process mapping" looked like one of those film scenes of a conspiracy theorist with a giant cork board...
This may be true, but I'll be the one laughing when someone desperately needs to connect a Centronics printer to a 25-pin D-sub parallel port.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This may be true, but I'll be the one laughing when someone desperately needs to connect a Centronics printer to a 25-pin D-sub parallel port.
Simultaneous WhatsApp conversations this morning discussing:
a) a protocol for measuring the physical properties of animal faeces that's been through a kiln
b) statistical significance required to work out whether it's the heater or the socket making the noises and burning smell
#ScienceIsLife
a) a protocol for measuring the physical properties of animal faeces that's been through a kiln
b) statistical significance required to work out whether it's the heater or the socket making the noises and burning smell
#ScienceIsLife
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Simultaneous WhatsApp conversations this morning discussing:
a) a protocol for measuring the physical properties of animal faeces that's been through a kiln
b) statistical significance required to work out whether it's the heater or the socket making the noises and burning smell
#ScienceIsLife
a) a protocol for measuring the physical properties of animal faeces that's been through a kiln
b) statistical significance required to work out whether it's the heater or the socket making the noises and burning smell
#ScienceIsLife
If you make your medical parents worried enough to give you your second dose of paracetamol ever, you're probably sick enough for a day off school...
But we'll check in the morning.
But we'll check in the morning.
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
If you make your medical parents worried enough to give you your second dose of paracetamol ever, you're probably sick enough for a day off school...
But we'll check in the morning.
But we'll check in the morning.
This is like when I demonstrate my control over my cat by ordering him to lie somewhere comfortable, or scratch the furniture.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is like when I demonstrate my control over my cat by ordering him to lie somewhere comfortable, or scratch the furniture.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's definitely Big Coat Day today
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It's definitely Big Coat Day today
Me to the medical student when I've asked them about the CO2 and it's reading "67"
(Yes, I'm cross it's in mmHg too!)
(Yes, I'm cross it's in mmHg too!)
a man wearing a music band shirt holds a skateboard over his shoulder
Alt: How do you do fellow kids meme
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Me to the medical student when I've asked them about the CO2 and it's reading "67"
(Yes, I'm cross it's in mmHg too!)
(Yes, I'm cross it's in mmHg too!)
Achievement from today's #HealthcareAI talk.
Final one for a while!
Final one for a while!
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Achievement from today's #HealthcareAI talk.
Final one for a while!
Final one for a while!
Presenting today at @rcsi.bsky.social in Dublin on #HealthcareAI
Looks like an interesting day of talks, and if pre-meeting chats are anything to go by, the panel discussion should be fascinating!
Looks like an interesting day of talks, and if pre-meeting chats are anything to go by, the panel discussion should be fascinating!
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Presenting today at @rcsi.bsky.social in Dublin on #HealthcareAI
Looks like an interesting day of talks, and if pre-meeting chats are anything to go by, the panel discussion should be fascinating!
Looks like an interesting day of talks, and if pre-meeting chats are anything to go by, the panel discussion should be fascinating!
My new plan for encouraging resident colleagues to document in the electronic patient record appropriately...
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
My new plan for encouraging resident colleagues to document in the electronic patient record appropriately...
Honoured to be asked to talk on #HealthcareAI at the Intensive Care Society of Ireland autumn meeting, along with @andymoz78.bsky.social
Made the mistake of asking my brother in law for a Gaelic greeting and now have a 30-second voice note with what appears to be some kind of toast...
Made the mistake of asking my brother in law for a Gaelic greeting and now have a 30-second voice note with what appears to be some kind of toast...
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Honoured to be asked to talk on #HealthcareAI at the Intensive Care Society of Ireland autumn meeting, along with @andymoz78.bsky.social
Made the mistake of asking my brother in law for a Gaelic greeting and now have a 30-second voice note with what appears to be some kind of toast...
Made the mistake of asking my brother in law for a Gaelic greeting and now have a 30-second voice note with what appears to be some kind of toast...
Someone replaced my HDMI monitor cable with a VGA one, and I'm wondering what it says about me that I noticed instantly...
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Someone replaced my HDMI monitor cable with a VGA one, and I'm wondering what it says about me that I noticed instantly...