Dr Michael Clifford
@drmikeclifford.bsky.social
Paediatric Intensivist and Anaesthetist, atheist, skeptic, member of the “Guardian Reading, Tofu eating, Wokerati”, ex-animal eater, former alcohol self-medicator
Still learning to partner, parent, and appreciate the small things (like compost microbes)
Still learning to partner, parent, and appreciate the small things (like compost microbes)
The Worlds Best Intensive Care Meeting is up and running -
Critical Care Reviews Down Under - triallist, editorialist, statistician, expert panel - an hour - not 10 mins - and that is the outside behind them - Naarm (Melbourne)
Critical Care Reviews Down Under - triallist, editorialist, statistician, expert panel - an hour - not 10 mins - and that is the outside behind them - Naarm (Melbourne)
December 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Worlds Best Intensive Care Meeting is up and running -
Critical Care Reviews Down Under - triallist, editorialist, statistician, expert panel - an hour - not 10 mins - and that is the outside behind them - Naarm (Melbourne)
Critical Care Reviews Down Under - triallist, editorialist, statistician, expert panel - an hour - not 10 mins - and that is the outside behind them - Naarm (Melbourne)
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...theres more and more
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...theres more and more
Flat white....so close ..and yet so far
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Flat white....so close ..and yet so far
Tree of the day for Alastair Campbell - Eucalypt, Huntingdale Station, Melbourne, Australia
December 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Tree of the day for Alastair Campbell - Eucalypt, Huntingdale Station, Melbourne, Australia
Tree of the day for Alastair Campbell - Eucalypt, Huntingdale Station, Melbourne, Australia
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Tree of the day for Alastair Campbell - Eucalypt, Huntingdale Station, Melbourne, Australia
Curiously I have just sent this to my trainees ...the lab may still be there ...although it is probably a Cafe Nero by now ..cant tell from your cup ..but I am picking you as a "double shot latte" sort of cardiac anaesthetist..perhaps...a "cortado" ...with one sugar
December 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Curiously I have just sent this to my trainees ...the lab may still be there ...although it is probably a Cafe Nero by now ..cant tell from your cup ..but I am picking you as a "double shot latte" sort of cardiac anaesthetist..perhaps...a "cortado" ...with one sugar
Happy birthday and merry Christmas to me - a work of artistry for the kitchen - recycled timber saw and wood from Tasmania - thank you Jenna McElvogue
Extraordinary !
jennabuilds.com/about
Extraordinary !
jennabuilds.com/about
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Happy birthday and merry Christmas to me - a work of artistry for the kitchen - recycled timber saw and wood from Tasmania - thank you Jenna McElvogue
Extraordinary !
jennabuilds.com/about
Extraordinary !
jennabuilds.com/about
3 after learning Scottish from the JD Kirk DCI Logan books ..I give you ...
The Tunnocks Caramel Wafer in Dark Chocolate (now edible to Non Scottish Peoples)
The Tunnocks Caramel Wafer in Dark Chocolate (now edible to Non Scottish Peoples)
November 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
3 after learning Scottish from the JD Kirk DCI Logan books ..I give you ...
The Tunnocks Caramel Wafer in Dark Chocolate (now edible to Non Scottish Peoples)
The Tunnocks Caramel Wafer in Dark Chocolate (now edible to Non Scottish Peoples)
I miss Grace and your feminism podcast (soccer I can take or leave) - my own adult daughter is providing a similar "awokening" - so in her honour
1 Scottish history book
2 a cracking feminist tartan
1 Scottish history book
2 a cracking feminist tartan
November 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I miss Grace and your feminism podcast (soccer I can take or leave) - my own adult daughter is providing a similar "awokening" - so in her honour
1 Scottish history book
2 a cracking feminist tartan
1 Scottish history book
2 a cracking feminist tartan
I love autumn and these beautiful old world tres but offer this one.
Melbourne (Naarm), Australia
Manna (wurun)gum
Eucalyptus viminalis. Sugary bark sap (cathartic properties) and high protein grubs (djeri) from wood and roots. So the Wurundjeri (wichity grub) people of the Kulin nation
Melbourne (Naarm), Australia
Manna (wurun)gum
Eucalyptus viminalis. Sugary bark sap (cathartic properties) and high protein grubs (djeri) from wood and roots. So the Wurundjeri (wichity grub) people of the Kulin nation
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I love autumn and these beautiful old world tres but offer this one.
Melbourne (Naarm), Australia
Manna (wurun)gum
Eucalyptus viminalis. Sugary bark sap (cathartic properties) and high protein grubs (djeri) from wood and roots. So the Wurundjeri (wichity grub) people of the Kulin nation
Melbourne (Naarm), Australia
Manna (wurun)gum
Eucalyptus viminalis. Sugary bark sap (cathartic properties) and high protein grubs (djeri) from wood and roots. So the Wurundjeri (wichity grub) people of the Kulin nation
I have seriously just finished an observership at Birmingham Children’s Hospital PICU and was explaining “It’s the vibe, the Mabo..” when describing my initial impression of their “culture”…and I did send a very posh English trainee to engineering for a “spare bubble for the faulty spirit level”..
November 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I have seriously just finished an observership at Birmingham Children’s Hospital PICU and was explaining “It’s the vibe, the Mabo..” when describing my initial impression of their “culture”…and I did send a very posh English trainee to engineering for a “spare bubble for the faulty spirit level”..
“Pregnant” thats a bit posh ..’up the duff’ mate….
(All good bookstores, if you get the whole kit and caboodle you will have sheila’s and wimins bits sorted !)
(All good bookstores, if you get the whole kit and caboodle you will have sheila’s and wimins bits sorted !)
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
“Pregnant” thats a bit posh ..’up the duff’ mate….
(All good bookstores, if you get the whole kit and caboodle you will have sheila’s and wimins bits sorted !)
(All good bookstores, if you get the whole kit and caboodle you will have sheila’s and wimins bits sorted !)
Pick a footy team and dont use Vegemite without direct supervision..if you can get the anaesthetic machine check done before 9 each day - you get a boomerang..just let me know if you are cackhanded..”Some second best Bluesky friend you turned out to be”
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Pick a footy team and dont use Vegemite without direct supervision..if you can get the anaesthetic machine check done before 9 each day - you get a boomerang..just let me know if you are cackhanded..”Some second best Bluesky friend you turned out to be”
cricoid and sux just are not part of any of my sequences…but you can do them as part of yours ..we just dance to the beat of a different drum
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
cricoid and sux just are not part of any of my sequences…but you can do them as part of yours ..we just dance to the beat of a different drum
STOP! Don’t give that sux
Or squash down on the neck
STOP! Just breathe for them..
Before they turn dark blue
Think it over
Think it over
STOP! Don’t give that sux
Or take my mask away
STOP! Just breathe for them..
Don’t pfaf with hi flow now
Think it over
Think it over
STOP!
Or squash down on the neck
STOP! Just breathe for them..
Before they turn dark blue
Think it over
Think it over
STOP! Don’t give that sux
Or take my mask away
STOP! Just breathe for them..
Don’t pfaf with hi flow now
Think it over
Think it over
STOP!
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
STOP! Don’t give that sux
Or squash down on the neck
STOP! Just breathe for them..
Before they turn dark blue
Think it over
Think it over
STOP! Don’t give that sux
Or take my mask away
STOP! Just breathe for them..
Don’t pfaf with hi flow now
Think it over
Think it over
STOP!
Or squash down on the neck
STOP! Just breathe for them..
Before they turn dark blue
Think it over
Think it over
STOP! Don’t give that sux
Or take my mask away
STOP! Just breathe for them..
Don’t pfaf with hi flow now
Think it over
Think it over
STOP!
Watch me go with an LLM
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Watch me go with an LLM
Our backyard Ash - main trunk growing at 45 degrees - large branches removed to stop it completely toppling
November 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Our backyard Ash - main trunk growing at 45 degrees - large branches removed to stop it completely toppling
While vaping is not risk-free, it is less harmful than tobacco Our World in Data
Important information for those with adolescents (vaping is NOT a gateway drug to cigarettes), talking to families (smoking is worse than vaping is worse than fresh air), vaping usually cheaper, contents need regulating
Important information for those with adolescents (vaping is NOT a gateway drug to cigarettes), talking to families (smoking is worse than vaping is worse than fresh air), vaping usually cheaper, contents need regulating
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
While vaping is not risk-free, it is less harmful than tobacco Our World in Data
Important information for those with adolescents (vaping is NOT a gateway drug to cigarettes), talking to families (smoking is worse than vaping is worse than fresh air), vaping usually cheaper, contents need regulating
Important information for those with adolescents (vaping is NOT a gateway drug to cigarettes), talking to families (smoking is worse than vaping is worse than fresh air), vaping usually cheaper, contents need regulating
Does Caesar want the fat or the crispy bits ?
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Does Caesar want the fat or the crispy bits ?
I shall not think what render means, I will not think what render means ..I will not
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I shall not think what render means, I will not think what render means ..I will not
Damn lady - its rabbit season
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Damn lady - its rabbit season