Jon Hilton
@jonjhilton.bsky.social
Medical degree on the wall, half-finished coding tutorials on the desk, coffee stains on both. Equally confused by human anatomy and database architecture.
My son’s nursery fees are up by almost 10% and the pay offer from the government equates to about 4.5%.
This is an easy decision for me.
This is an easy decision for me.
We did it before, and we’ll do it again.
The ballot for industrial action is open until 7 July.
Vote YES today and help us secure pay restoration for resident doctors in England
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
The ballot for industrial action is open until 7 July.
Vote YES today and help us secure pay restoration for resident doctors in England
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
May 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
My son’s nursery fees are up by almost 10% and the pay offer from the government equates to about 4.5%.
This is an easy decision for me.
This is an easy decision for me.
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This thread comes with a soundtrack. Consider listening to Goldfinger's cover of "99 Red Balloons" as you read and by the end you'll see the connection between it and common clinical examination.
open.spotify.com/track/0rOTMS...
open.spotify.com/track/0rOTMS...
99 Red Balloons
Goldfinger · Stomping Ground · Song · 2000
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May 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This thread comes with a soundtrack. Consider listening to Goldfinger's cover of "99 Red Balloons" as you read and by the end you'll see the connection between it and common clinical examination.
open.spotify.com/track/0rOTMS...
open.spotify.com/track/0rOTMS...
I am very disappointed by this - because I love an em dash and use them all the time in messages, emails and posts.
medium.com/@brentcsutor...
medium.com/@brentcsutor...
The Em Dash Dilemma: How a Punctuation Mark Became AI’s Stubborn Signature
Almost a year ago, I stumbled into a weird rabbit hole, trying to outsmart AI. Since I moderate a number of very large subreddits, I…
medium.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I am very disappointed by this - because I love an em dash and use them all the time in messages, emails and posts.
medium.com/@brentcsutor...
medium.com/@brentcsutor...
So you’re an evil genius designing a death ray? Well have I got a story for you!
Did you know that former US Vice President Dick Cheney had the wireless capabilities of ICD disabled? His security team feared terrorists might hack the device and assassinate him by triggering a fatal heart rhythm!
Did you know that former US Vice President Dick Cheney had the wireless capabilities of ICD disabled? His security team feared terrorists might hack the device and assassinate him by triggering a fatal heart rhythm!
May 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
So you’re an evil genius designing a death ray? Well have I got a story for you!
Did you know that former US Vice President Dick Cheney had the wireless capabilities of ICD disabled? His security team feared terrorists might hack the device and assassinate him by triggering a fatal heart rhythm!
Did you know that former US Vice President Dick Cheney had the wireless capabilities of ICD disabled? His security team feared terrorists might hack the device and assassinate him by triggering a fatal heart rhythm!
Popping up on here to share this post about a wheelchair using doctor trying to find out where they can practically work - www.reddit.com/r/doctorsUK/...
From the doctorsUK community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the doctorsUK community
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December 30, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Popping up on here to share this post about a wheelchair using doctor trying to find out where they can practically work - www.reddit.com/r/doctorsUK/...
Reposted by Jon Hilton
Do any UK #MedSky know a plastics resident doctor in North Bristol called Harry who is on call today? SHO tier? Because I want to get word to him that he was simply superb today when I was referring from a peripheral DGH.
December 12, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Do any UK #MedSky know a plastics resident doctor in North Bristol called Harry who is on call today? SHO tier? Because I want to get word to him that he was simply superb today when I was referring from a peripheral DGH.
Bluesky is clearly taking off because I’m starting to get bots and spammers follow me
December 11, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Bluesky is clearly taking off because I’m starting to get bots and spammers follow me
This feels intrinsically and hilariously British - especially the bit with the swans
youtu.be/xyrjjsgDZc4?...
youtu.be/xyrjjsgDZc4?...
Source to Sea down the River Thames WITHOUT Leaving it
YouTube video by Ed Pratt
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December 9, 2024 at 4:30 PM
This feels intrinsically and hilariously British - especially the bit with the swans
youtu.be/xyrjjsgDZc4?...
youtu.be/xyrjjsgDZc4?...
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We can't make this stuff up: tech companies Palantir and Anduril form fellowship for AI adventures
We can't make this stuff up: tech companies Palantir and Anduril form fellowship for AI adventures
Meanwhile, Sauron secures funding. Really.
Two tech businesses that were independently named after objects from The Lord of the Rings have formed a partnership – or should that be a fellowship?…
dlvr.it
December 9, 2024 at 4:35 AM
We can't make this stuff up: tech companies Palantir and Anduril form fellowship for AI adventures
Last year I got this Lindt calendar
December 8, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Last year I got this Lindt calendar
Sunday morning swimming lesson and an exam in six weeks
December 7, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Sunday morning swimming lesson and an exam in six weeks
Reposted by Jon Hilton
Did I miss Wrapped, are we still doing these?
December 6, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Did I miss Wrapped, are we still doing these?
52 hours worked in 4 days - rota compliant with rules as written but still brutal
December 6, 2024 at 11:53 AM
52 hours worked in 4 days - rota compliant with rules as written but still brutal
I’ve started reading “Why we get the wrong politicians” by Isabel Hardman.
First days and weeks as a new MP sound very similar to a freshly rotated doctor.
First days and weeks as a new MP sound very similar to a freshly rotated doctor.
November 30, 2024 at 2:50 PM
I’ve started reading “Why we get the wrong politicians” by Isabel Hardman.
First days and weeks as a new MP sound very similar to a freshly rotated doctor.
First days and weeks as a new MP sound very similar to a freshly rotated doctor.
Reposted by Jon Hilton
Robert Jenrick is speaking but I don't see any reason to inflict it on you. Watching him grapple with issues of moral importance is like watching a mop try to use Windows 95.
November 29, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Robert Jenrick is speaking but I don't see any reason to inflict it on you. Watching him grapple with issues of moral importance is like watching a mop try to use Windows 95.
I’m ST7 and nearing the end of training. Based on the IMT cut off this year and this #StateOfMed report I know that I wouldn’t be able to enter training if I was applying now.
Today's #StateOfMed report shows a medical training system under severe strain.
There aren't enough training jobs available for resident doctors. This means unprecedented competition for posts, with both UK and IMG medics left to wonder if their vocation is still worth it.
Full press response 👇
There aren't enough training jobs available for resident doctors. This means unprecedented competition for posts, with both UK and IMG medics left to wonder if their vocation is still worth it.
Full press response 👇
GMC report shows a medical training system under "severe strain" says BMA - BMA media centre - BMA
Press release from the BMA
www.bma.org.uk
November 29, 2024 at 10:15 AM
I’m ST7 and nearing the end of training. Based on the IMT cut off this year and this #StateOfMed report I know that I wouldn’t be able to enter training if I was applying now.
The same but different - I ask people what would happen to their eGFR if I cut out their kidneys.
Then I ask them how they would die (apart from blood loss, in this theoretical world I’m a dab hand at mid-ward round bilateral nephrectomies).
Then they know the emergency indications for RRT.
Then I ask them how they would die (apart from blood loss, in this theoretical world I’m a dab hand at mid-ward round bilateral nephrectomies).
Then they know the emergency indications for RRT.
For ward round teaching I mainly focus on the concepts of static versus dynamic measurement
I ask trainees what would happen to their PaO2 if they hold their breath for a minute...
journal.chestnet.org/article/S001...
I ask trainees what would happen to their PaO2 if they hold their breath for a minute...
journal.chestnet.org/article/S001...
DEFINE_ME
journal.chestnet.org
November 27, 2024 at 9:37 AM
The same but different - I ask people what would happen to their eGFR if I cut out their kidneys.
Then I ask them how they would die (apart from blood loss, in this theoretical world I’m a dab hand at mid-ward round bilateral nephrectomies).
Then they know the emergency indications for RRT.
Then I ask them how they would die (apart from blood loss, in this theoretical world I’m a dab hand at mid-ward round bilateral nephrectomies).
Then they know the emergency indications for RRT.
Learning Year 1 phonics is hard… what is this middle picture?!
November 26, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Learning Year 1 phonics is hard… what is this middle picture?!
Dropout.tv is great and you should subscribe.
If you want to test it out first there are some full episodes of their shows on YouTube.
Or I’ll share my login with you so you can watch some of their other content - because their CEO is on board with that.
If you want to test it out first there are some full episodes of their shows on YouTube.
Or I’ll share my login with you so you can watch some of their other content - because their CEO is on board with that.
November 26, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Dropout.tv is great and you should subscribe.
If you want to test it out first there are some full episodes of their shows on YouTube.
Or I’ll share my login with you so you can watch some of their other content - because their CEO is on board with that.
If you want to test it out first there are some full episodes of their shows on YouTube.
Or I’ll share my login with you so you can watch some of their other content - because their CEO is on board with that.
So here’s a thing - I feel personally attacked by @rcem.bsky.social’s portfolio system Kaizen. I know my pathway has been long and meandering but there are registrars with ST numbers greater than 6.
November 25, 2024 at 10:57 PM
So here’s a thing - I feel personally attacked by @rcem.bsky.social’s portfolio system Kaizen. I know my pathway has been long and meandering but there are registrars with ST numbers greater than 6.
This is on my Christmas list. I know a bit about TB and I’m looking forward to knowing more.
My new book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, explores the history of our deadliest infectious disease. It's also about our horrifying present: TB still kills kills over a million people per year, even though it's been curable since the 1950s.
Signed copies can be ordered at everythingistb.com
Signed copies can be ordered at everythingistb.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:49 PM
This is on my Christmas list. I know a bit about TB and I’m looking forward to knowing more.