Erich Schulz
@erichbschulz.bsky.social
anaesthetist, geek, dad, spouse, bleeding heart on unceded Turrbal/Yuggera land, keyboard warrior, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3461-2243
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Erich Schulz
@erichbschulz.bsky.social
· Mar 25
I believe we can improve #intubation success rates for non-anaesthetists. Even with video laryngoscopy, first pass success rates are too low outside of operating theatres.
The obsession with #AI power consumption is a complete distraction from the real challenges.
We're not stopping AI and if we want kids to make a real difference to the planet we'd be much more effective getting kids politically engaged and get them to educate their parents.
We're not stopping AI and if we want kids to make a real difference to the planet we'd be much more effective getting kids politically engaged and get them to educate their parents.
I struggle with the reporting on ChatGPT in education because it often confirms society’s negative bias against young people—oh no, this generation is unsaveable!—when it’s possible to just educate people to be less credulous about it. which is why I wrote this: so teachers could print and assign it
ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
www.teenvogue.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The obsession with #AI power consumption is a complete distraction from the real challenges.
We're not stopping AI and if we want kids to make a real difference to the planet we'd be much more effective getting kids politically engaged and get them to educate their parents.
We're not stopping AI and if we want kids to make a real difference to the planet we'd be much more effective getting kids politically engaged and get them to educate their parents.
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"Gender-affirming communication can preserve the sacredness of patient-clinician relationships."
This Viewpoint discusses the role of affirming language and actions.
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This Viewpoint discusses the role of affirming language and actions.
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May 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Gender-affirming communication can preserve the sacredness of patient-clinician relationships."
This Viewpoint discusses the role of affirming language and actions.
ja.ma/3GQFcZP
This Viewpoint discusses the role of affirming language and actions.
ja.ma/3GQFcZP
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Eh, one day there will be a metmucil shortage and the shit from The Oz will stop...
May 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Eh, one day there will be a metmucil shortage and the shit from The Oz will stop...
all you #AI skeptics really ought to watch this youtu.be/K0h_PS_1XiE?...
Gemini 2.5 just leveled up. And it’s a BEAST
YouTube video by AI Search
youtu.be
May 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
all you #AI skeptics really ought to watch this youtu.be/K0h_PS_1XiE?...
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He’s not wrong. Anyone who thinks this election is some kind of repudiation of Australia’s ingrained reactionary racism is deluded. It’s worse than ever.
Paul Keating has commented on Ed Husic’s exclusion from the new Albanese ministry, making the point that it’s showing contempt for the Muslim community who supported Labor
May 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
He’s not wrong. Anyone who thinks this election is some kind of repudiation of Australia’s ingrained reactionary racism is deluded. It’s worse than ever.
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There was zero reason to dump Husic. He is an effective minister. Great when speaking on policy to media. Had to eat the biggest shit sandwich imaginable and he did it for the party.
And this is the reward.
Gross stuff.
And this is the reward.
Gross stuff.
May 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
There was zero reason to dump Husic. He is an effective minister. Great when speaking on policy to media. Had to eat the biggest shit sandwich imaginable and he did it for the party.
And this is the reward.
Gross stuff.
And this is the reward.
Gross stuff.
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"....the extremist populist left..." 🤦
Australia's Greens aren't extremists, their tax policy is to *limit* negative gearing
Extreme left would be taking the 4th, 5th, 6th etc investment properties OFF people, & housing the homeless
Extreme left would be taking half Gina's bank account by force
Australia's Greens aren't extremists, their tax policy is to *limit* negative gearing
Extreme left would be taking the 4th, 5th, 6th etc investment properties OFF people, & housing the homeless
Extreme left would be taking half Gina's bank account by force
May 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"....the extremist populist left..." 🤦
Australia's Greens aren't extremists, their tax policy is to *limit* negative gearing
Extreme left would be taking the 4th, 5th, 6th etc investment properties OFF people, & housing the homeless
Extreme left would be taking half Gina's bank account by force
Australia's Greens aren't extremists, their tax policy is to *limit* negative gearing
Extreme left would be taking the 4th, 5th, 6th etc investment properties OFF people, & housing the homeless
Extreme left would be taking half Gina's bank account by force
just filing these suggestions for... um, no reason...
"....the extremist populist left..." 🤦
Australia's Greens aren't extremists, their tax policy is to *limit* negative gearing
Extreme left would be taking the 4th, 5th, 6th etc investment properties OFF people, & housing the homeless
Extreme left would be taking half Gina's bank account by force
Australia's Greens aren't extremists, their tax policy is to *limit* negative gearing
Extreme left would be taking the 4th, 5th, 6th etc investment properties OFF people, & housing the homeless
Extreme left would be taking half Gina's bank account by force
May 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
just filing these suggestions for... um, no reason...
The people congratulating the ALP for not caring about genocide really tell on themselves.
They are the lot who would prefer the ALP now be even more LNP out of fear the party will lose seats in 2028 if it uses this win to do things in the ALP platform.
Time to grow a spine or f*ck off.
They are the lot who would prefer the ALP now be even more LNP out of fear the party will lose seats in 2028 if it uses this win to do things in the ALP platform.
Time to grow a spine or f*ck off.
May 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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They are the types who think the first order of business after this wins is to bash the Greens and the hope to spend the next 3 years playing uni politics against Tim Wilson.
Meh. Be gone with you. The ALP needs to leave them behind and change the country from the own John Howard changed it to.
Meh. Be gone with you. The ALP needs to leave them behind and change the country from the own John Howard changed it to.
May 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
They are the types who think the first order of business after this wins is to bash the Greens and the hope to spend the next 3 years playing uni politics against Tim Wilson.
Meh. Be gone with you. The ALP needs to leave them behind and change the country from the own John Howard changed it to.
Meh. Be gone with you. The ALP needs to leave them behind and change the country from the own John Howard changed it to.
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I'd rather be part of the "extremist populist left" than be part of what the ALP has become. I care about the homeless, those living in poverty, climate, environment, and I really fucking care about the Palestinian genocide.
May 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I'd rather be part of the "extremist populist left" than be part of what the ALP has become. I care about the homeless, those living in poverty, climate, environment, and I really fucking care about the Palestinian genocide.
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Study authors argue progressive taxes on wealth and carbon-intensive investments could provide a solution.
Two-thirds of global warming caused by world’s richest 10%, study finds
Study authors argue progressive taxes on wealth and carbon-intensive investments could provide a solution.
bit.ly
May 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Study authors argue progressive taxes on wealth and carbon-intensive investments could provide a solution.
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The world is changing fast, we're gunna need more tWh, and we need to adapt and support those most impacted by the transition.
Labelling recent AI advances as a techbro crypto style hype exploit is grounded more in bluesky groupthink and the seven stages of grief than it is in reality.
Labelling recent AI advances as a techbro crypto style hype exploit is grounded more in bluesky groupthink and the seven stages of grief than it is in reality.
May 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The world is changing fast, we're gunna need more tWh, and we need to adapt and support those most impacted by the transition.
Labelling recent AI advances as a techbro crypto style hype exploit is grounded more in bluesky groupthink and the seven stages of grief than it is in reality.
Labelling recent AI advances as a techbro crypto style hype exploit is grounded more in bluesky groupthink and the seven stages of grief than it is in reality.
This is, unfortunately, typical of interaction on bluesky on the topic of LLMs and AI.
I get that people who make their living from creating content are deep in the seven stages of grief, and are rightly angry at those they feel are angry at those that harvested exploited their work.
I get that people who make their living from creating content are deep in the seven stages of grief, and are rightly angry at those they feel are angry at those that harvested exploited their work.
May 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is, unfortunately, typical of interaction on bluesky on the topic of LLMs and AI.
I get that people who make their living from creating content are deep in the seven stages of grief, and are rightly angry at those they feel are angry at those that harvested exploited their work.
I get that people who make their living from creating content are deep in the seven stages of grief, and are rightly angry at those they feel are angry at those that harvested exploited their work.
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It has to be said if we're training peeps to do a job that an LLM can do, then we might not be doing students a favour.
The question is how do we train students to do the things that AI can't do? And, what even are those things?
The question is how do we train students to do the things that AI can't do? And, what even are those things?
May 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It has to be said if we're training peeps to do a job that an LLM can do, then we might not be doing students a favour.
The question is how do we train students to do the things that AI can't do? And, what even are those things?
The question is how do we train students to do the things that AI can't do? And, what even are those things?
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This is incredibly powerful from the WHO’s Emergencies Director, Dr Mike Ryan, on the world doing nothing as the children of Gaza die.
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
May 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is incredibly powerful from the WHO’s Emergencies Director, Dr Mike Ryan, on the world doing nothing as the children of Gaza die.
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
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It's tough to overstate just how shockingly unusual an article like this is. Despite the fact that this is the response of the vast, vast majority of neighbours for both wind and solar farms, they are mostly erased from existence in coverage of attitudes of neighbours to utility-scale renewables
The BBC spoke to locals near a big English solar farm and found the panels “do not really bother them” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What is life like living the shadow of Ashby's solar farms? - BBC News
Residents of Ashby-de-la-Zouch offer mixed views on the fields of solar panels surrounding the town.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It's tough to overstate just how shockingly unusual an article like this is. Despite the fact that this is the response of the vast, vast majority of neighbours for both wind and solar farms, they are mostly erased from existence in coverage of attitudes of neighbours to utility-scale renewables
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So...............just kinda pause here.
Did you see a *single article* highlighting the fact that nuclear power was verifiably at record low levels of power generation, when the blackout occurred in Spain? I definitely didn't.
It feels kinda important!!!!!!!!!
Did you see a *single article* highlighting the fact that nuclear power was verifiably at record low levels of power generation, when the blackout occurred in Spain? I definitely didn't.
It feels kinda important!!!!!!!!!
May 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So...............just kinda pause here.
Did you see a *single article* highlighting the fact that nuclear power was verifiably at record low levels of power generation, when the blackout occurred in Spain? I definitely didn't.
It feels kinda important!!!!!!!!!
Did you see a *single article* highlighting the fact that nuclear power was verifiably at record low levels of power generation, when the blackout occurred in Spain? I definitely didn't.
It feels kinda important!!!!!!!!!
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Anyway - have a read, and share if you enjoyed it - I think it's an important issue and I remain pretty stunned at how bad the financial / business press in particular has shockingly botched coverage of this incident and its fallout.
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/05/w...
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/05/w...
Why no one is asking questions about Spain’s mysterious missing nukes
Spain’s blackout is being exploited by advocates of fossil fuels and nuclear. But no one is asking why Spanish nukes went abnormally AWOL in the days and weeks before the blackout
ketanjoshi.co
May 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Anyway - have a read, and share if you enjoyed it - I think it's an important issue and I remain pretty stunned at how bad the financial / business press in particular has shockingly botched coverage of this incident and its fallout.
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/05/w...
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/05/w...
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The climate movement rallied effectively to defeat Dutton's nuclear fantasy, but we need to get much better at championing our own proactive vision while holding Labor's feet to the fire on fossil fuels this term.
May 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The climate movement rallied effectively to defeat Dutton's nuclear fantasy, but we need to get much better at championing our own proactive vision while holding Labor's feet to the fire on fossil fuels this term.
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How you treat the most vulnerable in society is how you should be judged.
And governments and societies that treat the most vulnerable with abuse never stop with that one group.
I mean FFS. Read the f*cking poem again.
And governments and societies that treat the most vulnerable with abuse never stop with that one group.
I mean FFS. Read the f*cking poem again.
Warning from historians over government’s treatment of trans people
Warning from historians over government's treatment of trans people
Over 350 historians and academics have urged the government to turn back on its growing attacks on trans rights in the UK.
www.thepinknews.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
How you treat the most vulnerable in society is how you should be judged.
And governments and societies that treat the most vulnerable with abuse never stop with that one group.
I mean FFS. Read the f*cking poem again.
And governments and societies that treat the most vulnerable with abuse never stop with that one group.
I mean FFS. Read the f*cking poem again.
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Means testing is expensive and degrading. As much as possible, use the tax system.
Labour is so disappointing and comments this morning indicate that they don't have a clue.
Labour is so disappointing and comments this morning indicate that they don't have a clue.
May 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Means testing is expensive and degrading. As much as possible, use the tax system.
Labour is so disappointing and comments this morning indicate that they don't have a clue.
Labour is so disappointing and comments this morning indicate that they don't have a clue.
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Means testing is pseudo-religious and based in puritan thinking. It is utterly regressive, and yes expensive and degrading.
Most of Labour have no idea of what progress means. They have lives too comfortably middle class in the main to get it. The Greens are more socialist than Labour since Blair.
Most of Labour have no idea of what progress means. They have lives too comfortably middle class in the main to get it. The Greens are more socialist than Labour since Blair.
May 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Means testing is pseudo-religious and based in puritan thinking. It is utterly regressive, and yes expensive and degrading.
Most of Labour have no idea of what progress means. They have lives too comfortably middle class in the main to get it. The Greens are more socialist than Labour since Blair.
Most of Labour have no idea of what progress means. They have lives too comfortably middle class in the main to get it. The Greens are more socialist than Labour since Blair.
