Thomas Vye
@thomasvye.bsky.social
Medical Historian MA Medical Humanities
Medical History, horror, rpgs, water birds, squirrels, sumo (相撲), Japanese culture, games. Autistic.
Medical History, horror, rpgs, water birds, squirrels, sumo (相撲), Japanese culture, games. Autistic.
I will take all of them pls!
February 14, 2026 at 8:44 AM
I will take all of them pls!
It’s in London, at St Thomas’s Hospital!
Caring Companions Audio
Caring Companions Audio
Throughout history, animals have given people comfort, support, and assistance; some as pets, others are matched with people to assist in a specific way or to provide support...
www.florence-nightingale.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
It’s in London, at St Thomas’s Hospital!
The Florence Nightingale Museum just concluded a beautiful exhibition about animals who assist the ill and service animals, and if your student contacts them, they might have materials or contacts to organisations they could forward.
February 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The Florence Nightingale Museum just concluded a beautiful exhibition about animals who assist the ill and service animals, and if your student contacts them, they might have materials or contacts to organisations they could forward.
Charles Byrne’s retirement from public display came at last! In the picture of his skeleton, he is seen with Mr Jeffs (who might not have been called Mr Jeffs!). Now turned forwards to look outwards over visitors, Mr Jeffs is still with the museum. He still has things to tell us.
February 13, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Charles Byrne’s retirement from public display came at last! In the picture of his skeleton, he is seen with Mr Jeffs (who might not have been called Mr Jeffs!). Now turned forwards to look outwards over visitors, Mr Jeffs is still with the museum. He still has things to tell us.
Oh! Percival Pott fangirling episode???? I am not as well up on Barts men as St Thomas’s so pls give me all the surgeons! :D
February 12, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Oh! Percival Pott fangirling episode???? I am not as well up on Barts men as St Thomas’s so pls give me all the surgeons! :D
\^_^/ I was hoping it would just turn up!
February 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
\^_^/ I was hoping it would just turn up!
Wes Streeting is an *expletive*.
February 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Wes Streeting is an *expletive*.
Reposted by Thomas Vye
Here you go! I'll write some new ones for this semester too. They loved them. The "read without your phone or screens in the room" was a revelation, and many of them decided to keep doing it. They had NO IDEA (& were horrified) how often they interrupt themselves to look at a phone for no reason.
![Reading Scenario Experiments. This series of prompts is designed to get you thinking about how the setting for reading affects concentration, comprehension, and even the existential experience of reading. Every week, one of the following prompts will appear on the syllabus. I encourage you to try all of them that you are able. How does a different reading setting affect your mood? Your receptiveness to the prose? Your pleasure or difficulty reading? What are the particular impacts of changing your lighting or surroundings? What do you notice about yourself and about the work you are reading during this experiment?
1. read by candlelight (use a small lamp in dorms where no candles are allowed!)
2. read for one hour without checking any devices, answering texts, etc.
3. walk out into nature (climb a tree, sit on a rock, grab a spot in a hammock) and read
4. host a reading night with friends & food (sit in companionable silence, reading without chatting)
5. read aloud a chapter to someone else
6. climb into bed at night and read by flashlight under the covers for at least 30 minutes, as if you’ve already been told “lights out” as a kid
7. reread a chapter and see what new things you notice the second time through
8. change your ambient-noise level: add music if you normally read in the quiet; or read without music if you are normally a music-listener
9. read with a sketchpad at hand and sketch scenes, characters, or other elements from the story
10. practice focused listening: have someone read to you
11. make yourself a special, fancy snack on a real plate to nibble while eating: pay attention to the cooking or arranging or choosing of ingredients to make it especially appetizing first
12. make tea (even if you’re not usually a tea drinker), and read and sip
13. invent a new reading scenario for yourself, or repeat the one you liked the best from this term
[writing assignment using these prompts follows; text character limit prevents inclusion of it in full]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rfs7afx6ue4mknbhhpnrzkyz/bafkreiel77b25truczj372qokmg5p3apa2dphux3jtplpz3dv35jul6wdu@jpeg)
July 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Here you go! I'll write some new ones for this semester too. They loved them. The "read without your phone or screens in the room" was a revelation, and many of them decided to keep doing it. They had NO IDEA (& were horrified) how often they interrupt themselves to look at a phone for no reason.
I enjoyed it. Not really interested in the presenter for this sort of show, tbh - she’s fine, but I watched it to see the footage of places I’ll never go and artefacts I’ll never see with my own eyes.
February 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I enjoyed it. Not really interested in the presenter for this sort of show, tbh - she’s fine, but I watched it to see the footage of places I’ll never go and artefacts I’ll never see with my own eyes.