Alex Scott
@cheapoflurane.bsky.social
Intensivist, anaesthetist, cyclist, photographer
Hold Still 2020 Finalist
British Wildlife Photography Awards 2024 Finalist
https://www.eyetothefinder.co.uk
Hold Still 2020 Finalist
British Wildlife Photography Awards 2024 Finalist
https://www.eyetothefinder.co.uk
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Alex Scott
@cheapoflurane.bsky.social
· Dec 1
This year has been a great year for getting back in the world and taking great photos.
I'm progressively updating www.eyetothefinder.co.uk, my Instagram www.instagram.com/alexwscott/ and my flickr www.flickr.com/photos/alexs...
I'm progressively updating www.eyetothefinder.co.uk, my Instagram www.instagram.com/alexwscott/ and my flickr www.flickr.com/photos/alexs...
Got to feel sorry for the political sub-eds who smashed out a lazy article on Starmer and a coup and slipped out for a two bottle lunch.
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Got to feel sorry for the political sub-eds who smashed out a lazy article on Starmer and a coup and slipped out for a two bottle lunch.
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"Asked if people could be deported even if they had a UK national spouse or children, a [Tory spox] said: 'Let me come back to you on that.' The Conservative party was contacted for further comment."
A mother with settled status whose child is disabled. The father is British by birth. They have received DLA for the child. A Tory government would deport her?
I'd really like any Conservative who has ever talked about the "party of the family" to explain why this is the right thing to do.
I'd really like any Conservative who has ever talked about the "party of the family" to explain why this is the right thing to do.
A policy this expansive would certainly mean mass stripping of permanent residence status from people with ILR (including pensioners and parents of British children) on a scale far beyond anything any democracy has ever done before. There is no public support for such an extreme policy.
October 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Asked if people could be deported even if they had a UK national spouse or children, a [Tory spox] said: 'Let me come back to you on that.' The Conservative party was contacted for further comment."
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Draft Tory legislation on removing indefinite leave to remain is insane.
Would chuck out those not earning over £38K - including many pensioners!
+ social protections seems to include child benefit, so load of people with (British!) kids!
They'd remove my sis & mum who've been here 50 years.
Would chuck out those not earning over £38K - including many pensioners!
+ social protections seems to include child benefit, so load of people with (British!) kids!
They'd remove my sis & mum who've been here 50 years.
October 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Draft Tory legislation on removing indefinite leave to remain is insane.
Would chuck out those not earning over £38K - including many pensioners!
+ social protections seems to include child benefit, so load of people with (British!) kids!
They'd remove my sis & mum who've been here 50 years.
Would chuck out those not earning over £38K - including many pensioners!
+ social protections seems to include child benefit, so load of people with (British!) kids!
They'd remove my sis & mum who've been here 50 years.
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I am a dialysis patient at a fairly large unit. This would get rid of all but ONE of my highly trained and highly skilled nurses. Renal training for nurses takes time as it is a specialist skill not taught to nurses as part of normal training.
I suspect other specialist units would the same problem
I suspect other specialist units would the same problem
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I am a dialysis patient at a fairly large unit. This would get rid of all but ONE of my highly trained and highly skilled nurses. Renal training for nurses takes time as it is a specialist skill not taught to nurses as part of normal training.
I suspect other specialist units would the same problem
I suspect other specialist units would the same problem
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Absolutely 100% agree with this. Racism thrives because racists interpret the silence of others as tacit agreement. No child is born a racist; they learn it from hearing it unchallenged.
It is incumbent on all of us to intervene if we witness something like this. The more that people get away with it the bolder they become.
October 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Absolutely 100% agree with this. Racism thrives because racists interpret the silence of others as tacit agreement. No child is born a racist; they learn it from hearing it unchallenged.
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It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.
October 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.
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Cant even have men Archbishops any more
Because of Woking
Because of Woking
October 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Cant even have men Archbishops any more
Because of Woking
Because of Woking
On our first full day in Namibia this lovely chap popped up, checked us out and promptly had a nap.
September 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
On our first full day in Namibia this lovely chap popped up, checked us out and promptly had a nap.
A sentence that really builds momentum.
A judge in Louisiana has ordered the return of electronics belonging to an ex-Roman Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to obscenity for being caught having sex with two dominatrices atop a church altar while still belonging to the clergy in 2020. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Louisiana judge orders return of devices to ex-priest caught having sex on church altar
Former Roman Catholic priest and two dominatrices were evidently recording sexual videos in the church in 2020
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A sentence that really builds momentum.
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But thank god Robert Jenrick wasn't carrying a Palestine Action poster
Otherwise he would be siding with proscribed terrorists!
Otherwise he would be siding with proscribed terrorists!
August 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
But thank god Robert Jenrick wasn't carrying a Palestine Action poster
Otherwise he would be siding with proscribed terrorists!
Otherwise he would be siding with proscribed terrorists!
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Is Kemi Badenoch going to expel Robert Jenrick from the Conservative party?
August 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Is Kemi Badenoch going to expel Robert Jenrick from the Conservative party?
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SeaPAP
Conch blowing could help to alleviate sleep apnoea, study suggests
Conch blowing could help to alleviate sleep apnoea, study suggests
Experts on condition affecting millions of people in UK give cautious welcome to findings but say more research needed
Blowing into a conch shell could help tackle the symptoms of a sleep disorder that affects millions of people across the UK, according to a study.
Conch blowing, also known as shankh blowing, is an ancient ritual that involves breathing in deeply and exhaling into the spiral-shaped shell. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
SeaPAP
Hello, I'm an anaesthetist/intensivist in a film. I am only ever seen taking orders from a surgeon, have no speaking part, and am cast in order for someone to get an Equity card.
Hello, I’m a cardiologist in a film. I’m a dick.
Hello, I'm an epidemiologist in film. I'm a socially awkward loner working obsessively to collect & analyse data that will prove why 'the government' or some other 'experts' are wrong about a new disease.
There's a 90% chance that I will catch the disease & die before everyone realises I'm right.
There's a 90% chance that I will catch the disease & die before everyone realises I'm right.
July 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hello, I'm an anaesthetist/intensivist in a film. I am only ever seen taking orders from a surgeon, have no speaking part, and am cast in order for someone to get an Equity card.
Catastrophising leaves a lot of room for fascism to arrive.
I have said this before but I find the constant British catastrophizing really quite worrying. Yes there are big problems. But
Terminal decline?
Everything falling apart?
Hopelessly broken?
I find this attitude frightening.
Terminal decline?
Everything falling apart?
Hopelessly broken?
I find this attitude frightening.
July 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Catastrophising leaves a lot of room for fascism to arrive.
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What an appalling waste, all preventable.
Until recently forgoing vaccination has been largely without consequence as most people do the right thing.
Now we have a critical mass of unvaccinated people and these infections are a real threat again maybe people will start to reconsider.
Until recently forgoing vaccination has been largely without consequence as most people do the right thing.
Now we have a critical mass of unvaccinated people and these infections are a real threat again maybe people will start to reconsider.
So far this year there have been 529 confirmed cases, with 109 in the month to July 3. The majority, 357, were in children under ten.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: A child has died after contracting measles in Liverpool, where public health officials fear a growing outbreak of the disease.
Full story: www.thetimes.com/article/bb28...
Full story: www.thetimes.com/article/bb28...
July 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
What an appalling waste, all preventable.
Until recently forgoing vaccination has been largely without consequence as most people do the right thing.
Now we have a critical mass of unvaccinated people and these infections are a real threat again maybe people will start to reconsider.
Until recently forgoing vaccination has been largely without consequence as most people do the right thing.
Now we have a critical mass of unvaccinated people and these infections are a real threat again maybe people will start to reconsider.
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Never feud with an Italian rapper; they’re all very eager to make a diss album
May 12, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Never feud with an Italian rapper; they’re all very eager to make a diss album
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Three senior leaders at Countess of Chester Hospital have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter prompted by the murder convictions of Lucy Letby, Cheshire Police has announced.
July 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Three senior leaders at Countess of Chester Hospital have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter prompted by the murder convictions of Lucy Letby, Cheshire Police has announced.
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Also there was a short “residents these days” bit in his talk which made me roll my eyes
bsky.app/profile/paul...
bsky.app/profile/paul...
A Brief History of Kids Today Need More Discipline
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July 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Also there was a short “residents these days” bit in his talk which made me roll my eyes
bsky.app/profile/paul...
bsky.app/profile/paul...
"1. For god's sake invest in a pension, I'm begging you."
June 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"1. For god's sake invest in a pension, I'm begging you."
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As the author, I’m immensely proud of this report. But mainly I hope people read it and take notice. This is about the rise in ‘fake e-bikes’, and what’s driving it appgcw.org/resources/in...
Unregulated and Unsafe: The Threat of Illegal E-Bikes - All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking
To download the report in PDF format, please click here. Parliamentary Group Warns of “Fake E-Bike” Safety Crisis and Calls for Urgent Government Action Unsafe e-bike products linked to fires and ...
appgcw.org
June 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
As the author, I’m immensely proud of this report. But mainly I hope people read it and take notice. This is about the rise in ‘fake e-bikes’, and what’s driving it appgcw.org/resources/in...
Theseus' Paradox is all well and good but you missed an opportunity for a Fools and Horses Reference.
(it's a great editorial)
(it's a great editorial)
Editorial: Rapid sequence induction: a modern-day example of Theseus' Paradox?
Stept and Safar described ‘rapid induction/intubation’ in 1970.
PUMA recently issued a consensus statement on RSI.
Let's compare.
@sthjournalclub.bsky.social
#AnSky #AirwaySky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
Stept and Safar described ‘rapid induction/intubation’ in 1970.
PUMA recently issued a consensus statement on RSI.
Let's compare.
@sthjournalclub.bsky.social
#AnSky #AirwaySky
doi.org/10.1111/anae...
May 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Theseus' Paradox is all well and good but you missed an opportunity for a Fools and Horses Reference.
(it's a great editorial)
(it's a great editorial)
Truths:
1. Any ship can be a minesweeper once.
2. Any machine can be a smoke machine if operated badly enough.
and, thanks to Middlesbrough council's lack of sweeping of cycle lanes:
3. Any bike is a gravel bike, provided you don't mind washing out the front, then the back.
The Fear. I felt it.
1. Any ship can be a minesweeper once.
2. Any machine can be a smoke machine if operated badly enough.
and, thanks to Middlesbrough council's lack of sweeping of cycle lanes:
3. Any bike is a gravel bike, provided you don't mind washing out the front, then the back.
The Fear. I felt it.
May 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Truths:
1. Any ship can be a minesweeper once.
2. Any machine can be a smoke machine if operated badly enough.
and, thanks to Middlesbrough council's lack of sweeping of cycle lanes:
3. Any bike is a gravel bike, provided you don't mind washing out the front, then the back.
The Fear. I felt it.
1. Any ship can be a minesweeper once.
2. Any machine can be a smoke machine if operated badly enough.
and, thanks to Middlesbrough council's lack of sweeping of cycle lanes:
3. Any bike is a gravel bike, provided you don't mind washing out the front, then the back.
The Fear. I felt it.