Rob Fleming
@robjimfleming.bsky.social
Specialist (SAS) Anaesthetist | Clinical Associate Professor | UK | He / him | FRCA | Award winning irreverence | "non-sea lion" | Part of @SAScollective.com | #SASsix | #PERUSEbeforeYouInfuse
Opinions many, all very much mine!
Opinions many, all very much mine!
Blue sky above, blue snow below, in the shade of the mountains behind me.
#Norway #photography #scape #landscape #snowscape #pano
#Norway #photography #scape #landscape #snowscape #pano
December 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Blue sky above, blue snow below, in the shade of the mountains behind me.
#Norway #photography #scape #landscape #snowscape #pano
#Norway #photography #scape #landscape #snowscape #pano
If you find somewhere beautiful, you never want to leave.
#Norway #photography #scape #landscape #snowscape #pano
#Norway #photography #scape #landscape #snowscape #pano
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If you find somewhere beautiful, you never want to leave.
#Norway #photography #scape #landscape #snowscape #pano
#Norway #photography #scape #landscape #snowscape #pano
Laptop closed, automatic replies on.
Alcohol-free stout and a chocolate lump on the go.
It is beginning to feel a little bit like Christmas, folks. Ho ho ho!
May your downtime be meaningful, restful, and restorative. You have earned it.
Canon 40D, 28mm F/1.8 lens #photography
Alcohol-free stout and a chocolate lump on the go.
It is beginning to feel a little bit like Christmas, folks. Ho ho ho!
May your downtime be meaningful, restful, and restorative. You have earned it.
Canon 40D, 28mm F/1.8 lens #photography
December 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Laptop closed, automatic replies on.
Alcohol-free stout and a chocolate lump on the go.
It is beginning to feel a little bit like Christmas, folks. Ho ho ho!
May your downtime be meaningful, restful, and restorative. You have earned it.
Canon 40D, 28mm F/1.8 lens #photography
Alcohol-free stout and a chocolate lump on the go.
It is beginning to feel a little bit like Christmas, folks. Ho ho ho!
May your downtime be meaningful, restful, and restorative. You have earned it.
Canon 40D, 28mm F/1.8 lens #photography
Rest in Peace, Timmy the cat.
You were barely house trained, you drank from under the Christmas tree, and you could be relied upon to cause trouble.
I respected your absolute distain for the rules. You were your own cat.
I've had quite enough of 2025 now. Is it over yet?
You were barely house trained, you drank from under the Christmas tree, and you could be relied upon to cause trouble.
I respected your absolute distain for the rules. You were your own cat.
I've had quite enough of 2025 now. Is it over yet?
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Rest in Peace, Timmy the cat.
You were barely house trained, you drank from under the Christmas tree, and you could be relied upon to cause trouble.
I respected your absolute distain for the rules. You were your own cat.
I've had quite enough of 2025 now. Is it over yet?
You were barely house trained, you drank from under the Christmas tree, and you could be relied upon to cause trouble.
I respected your absolute distain for the rules. You were your own cat.
I've had quite enough of 2025 now. Is it over yet?
2025 has been a mixed year.
I started the year winning two awards, because kind people thought I deserved them. I hope they were right.
I got a new job at a university, because clever people thought I might be a good fit. I hope they were right too.
I made some good trouble.
But I lost my dad.
I started the year winning two awards, because kind people thought I deserved them. I hope they were right.
I got a new job at a university, because clever people thought I might be a good fit. I hope they were right too.
I made some good trouble.
But I lost my dad.
December 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
2025 has been a mixed year.
I started the year winning two awards, because kind people thought I deserved them. I hope they were right.
I got a new job at a university, because clever people thought I might be a good fit. I hope they were right too.
I made some good trouble.
But I lost my dad.
I started the year winning two awards, because kind people thought I deserved them. I hope they were right.
I got a new job at a university, because clever people thought I might be a good fit. I hope they were right too.
I made some good trouble.
But I lost my dad.
Pulled some Christmas crackers.
Tolerant obstetrician looking fetching in red. I am rocking a tasty blue number.
Best of the season, everyone!
Canon 40D, and 28mm F/1.8 lens. #photography
Tolerant obstetrician looking fetching in red. I am rocking a tasty blue number.
Best of the season, everyone!
Canon 40D, and 28mm F/1.8 lens. #photography
December 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Pulled some Christmas crackers.
Tolerant obstetrician looking fetching in red. I am rocking a tasty blue number.
Best of the season, everyone!
Canon 40D, and 28mm F/1.8 lens. #photography
Tolerant obstetrician looking fetching in red. I am rocking a tasty blue number.
Best of the season, everyone!
Canon 40D, and 28mm F/1.8 lens. #photography
Watching "It's a Wonderful Life" for the second time this season.
Like a lot of good art attached to the Christmas season it is about the value of being a good person, community, and selflessness.
The "villain" of the piece is a banker.
Unsurprisingly the FBI considered it communist propaganda!
Like a lot of good art attached to the Christmas season it is about the value of being a good person, community, and selflessness.
The "villain" of the piece is a banker.
Unsurprisingly the FBI considered it communist propaganda!
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Watching "It's a Wonderful Life" for the second time this season.
Like a lot of good art attached to the Christmas season it is about the value of being a good person, community, and selflessness.
The "villain" of the piece is a banker.
Unsurprisingly the FBI considered it communist propaganda!
Like a lot of good art attached to the Christmas season it is about the value of being a good person, community, and selflessness.
The "villain" of the piece is a banker.
Unsurprisingly the FBI considered it communist propaganda!
I'm still looking after the SIVA Bluesky account.
To anyone anaesthetists wanting to support our work, consider joining.
We are indeed a bargain, and we really value your membership.
To anyone anaesthetists wanting to support our work, consider joining.
We are indeed a bargain, and we really value your membership.
Every season is the season to use intravenous anaesthesia!
Consider supporting SIVA by becoming a member, for only £25 per year.
We exist to advance the science of TIVA and processed EEG, and support those who are using or introducing these things in their practice.
siva.ac.uk/joom2/index....
Consider supporting SIVA by becoming a member, for only £25 per year.
We exist to advance the science of TIVA and processed EEG, and support those who are using or introducing these things in their practice.
siva.ac.uk/joom2/index....
December 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I'm still looking after the SIVA Bluesky account.
To anyone anaesthetists wanting to support our work, consider joining.
We are indeed a bargain, and we really value your membership.
To anyone anaesthetists wanting to support our work, consider joining.
We are indeed a bargain, and we really value your membership.
Reposted by Rob Fleming
Every season is the season to use intravenous anaesthesia!
Consider supporting SIVA by becoming a member, for only £25 per year.
We exist to advance the science of TIVA and processed EEG, and support those who are using or introducing these things in their practice.
siva.ac.uk/joom2/index....
Consider supporting SIVA by becoming a member, for only £25 per year.
We exist to advance the science of TIVA and processed EEG, and support those who are using or introducing these things in their practice.
siva.ac.uk/joom2/index....
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Every season is the season to use intravenous anaesthesia!
Consider supporting SIVA by becoming a member, for only £25 per year.
We exist to advance the science of TIVA and processed EEG, and support those who are using or introducing these things in their practice.
siva.ac.uk/joom2/index....
Consider supporting SIVA by becoming a member, for only £25 per year.
We exist to advance the science of TIVA and processed EEG, and support those who are using or introducing these things in their practice.
siva.ac.uk/joom2/index....
Reposted by Rob Fleming
It’s that time…Big Garden Birdwatch is BACK! 😍🙌
The birds are ready. We’re ready. Are you?
Sign up is open now…go go go!
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
#BigGardenBirdwatch
The birds are ready. We’re ready. Are you?
Sign up is open now…go go go!
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
#BigGardenBirdwatch
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It’s that time…Big Garden Birdwatch is BACK! 😍🙌
The birds are ready. We’re ready. Are you?
Sign up is open now…go go go!
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
#BigGardenBirdwatch
The birds are ready. We’re ready. Are you?
Sign up is open now…go go go!
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
#BigGardenBirdwatch
Star Wars - Return of the King.
December 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Star Wars - Return of the King.
Went for a short walk before sunset.
Cold outside but beautiful, in a bleak midwinter sort of way.
#photography #scape
Cold outside but beautiful, in a bleak midwinter sort of way.
#photography #scape
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Went for a short walk before sunset.
Cold outside but beautiful, in a bleak midwinter sort of way.
#photography #scape
Cold outside but beautiful, in a bleak midwinter sort of way.
#photography #scape
The only thing more festive than the Christmas Hermit Crab, is when you find your "multi-vision" filter.
#photography
#photography
December 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The only thing more festive than the Christmas Hermit Crab, is when you find your "multi-vision" filter.
#photography
#photography
Reposted by Rob Fleming
Inspired by my annual holiday drive from Minnesota to Chicagoland, over the river and through the woods of Wisconsin. Lovely when we get snowy winters like this one ( as long as you avoid the storm)
#artadventcalendar #watercolor
#artadventcalendar #watercolor
December 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Inspired by my annual holiday drive from Minnesota to Chicagoland, over the river and through the woods of Wisconsin. Lovely when we get snowy winters like this one ( as long as you avoid the storm)
#artadventcalendar #watercolor
#artadventcalendar #watercolor
I have a task for anyone reading this, to be completed tomorrow.
Do something nice for a stranger.
Do this not because you expect anyone to reciprocate, or to know, but because it might make the world a better place.
Random acts of kindness might be the thing that saves humanity. You never know.
Do something nice for a stranger.
Do this not because you expect anyone to reciprocate, or to know, but because it might make the world a better place.
Random acts of kindness might be the thing that saves humanity. You never know.
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I have a task for anyone reading this, to be completed tomorrow.
Do something nice for a stranger.
Do this not because you expect anyone to reciprocate, or to know, but because it might make the world a better place.
Random acts of kindness might be the thing that saves humanity. You never know.
Do something nice for a stranger.
Do this not because you expect anyone to reciprocate, or to know, but because it might make the world a better place.
Random acts of kindness might be the thing that saves humanity. You never know.
The theramin is an extraordinary instrument.
Weird, and easily written off as an oddity, but when you find someone playing one well, in an arrangement like this....
Well, it is breathtaking isn't it?
youtu.be/ajM4vYCZMZk?...
Weird, and easily written off as an oddity, but when you find someone playing one well, in an arrangement like this....
Well, it is breathtaking isn't it?
youtu.be/ajM4vYCZMZk?...
Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy of Gold - Theremin & Voice
YouTube video by Carolina Eyck
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The theramin is an extraordinary instrument.
Weird, and easily written off as an oddity, but when you find someone playing one well, in an arrangement like this....
Well, it is breathtaking isn't it?
youtu.be/ajM4vYCZMZk?...
Weird, and easily written off as an oddity, but when you find someone playing one well, in an arrangement like this....
Well, it is breathtaking isn't it?
youtu.be/ajM4vYCZMZk?...
Tolerant obstetrician decorates tree.
The look says...
"Is pointing a camera at me really the most useful thing you could be doing right now?"
I love this woman.
40D, 50mm F/1.4 #photography
The look says...
"Is pointing a camera at me really the most useful thing you could be doing right now?"
I love this woman.
40D, 50mm F/1.4 #photography
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Tolerant obstetrician decorates tree.
The look says...
"Is pointing a camera at me really the most useful thing you could be doing right now?"
I love this woman.
40D, 50mm F/1.4 #photography
The look says...
"Is pointing a camera at me really the most useful thing you could be doing right now?"
I love this woman.
40D, 50mm F/1.4 #photography
Reposted by Rob Fleming
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
The Christmas Hermit Crab says "Ho Ho Ho", but it comes out "Snap Snap, Scuttle".
Every year this bauble makes me smile because of how ridiculous it is.
One year I very briefly had the hashtag #improbabaubles trending,, and others were sharing their unlikely ornaments. I really enjoyed that.
Every year this bauble makes me smile because of how ridiculous it is.
One year I very briefly had the hashtag #improbabaubles trending,, and others were sharing their unlikely ornaments. I really enjoyed that.
December 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Christmas Hermit Crab says "Ho Ho Ho", but it comes out "Snap Snap, Scuttle".
Every year this bauble makes me smile because of how ridiculous it is.
One year I very briefly had the hashtag #improbabaubles trending,, and others were sharing their unlikely ornaments. I really enjoyed that.
Every year this bauble makes me smile because of how ridiculous it is.
One year I very briefly had the hashtag #improbabaubles trending,, and others were sharing their unlikely ornaments. I really enjoyed that.
Christmas mouse says "Ho Ho Ho", except it sounds like "squeak squeak squeak".
Best of the holiday season to everyone!
Canon 40D, 50mm F/1.4 #photography
Best of the holiday season to everyone!
Canon 40D, 50mm F/1.4 #photography
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Christmas mouse says "Ho Ho Ho", except it sounds like "squeak squeak squeak".
Best of the holiday season to everyone!
Canon 40D, 50mm F/1.4 #photography
Best of the holiday season to everyone!
Canon 40D, 50mm F/1.4 #photography
Christmas decorations are going up in the Fleming house.
All photos taken with a Canon 40D and a 50mm F/1.4 lens, which is softer than milk.
The best seasonal #photography should be as imperfect as the season itself.
All photos taken with a Canon 40D and a 50mm F/1.4 lens, which is softer than milk.
The best seasonal #photography should be as imperfect as the season itself.
December 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Christmas decorations are going up in the Fleming house.
All photos taken with a Canon 40D and a 50mm F/1.4 lens, which is softer than milk.
The best seasonal #photography should be as imperfect as the season itself.
All photos taken with a Canon 40D and a 50mm F/1.4 lens, which is softer than milk.
The best seasonal #photography should be as imperfect as the season itself.
I took this picture this time last year when it snowed, and converted it to black and white except the phone box.
This is my contribution to the Christmas spirit as I see it.
This is my contribution to the Christmas spirit as I see it.
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I took this picture this time last year when it snowed, and converted it to black and white except the phone box.
This is my contribution to the Christmas spirit as I see it.
This is my contribution to the Christmas spirit as I see it.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that in recent years, the British public has made some shocking decisions.
Perhaps we should either stop asking them questions, or stop paying any attention to the answers.
I call this the Brexit McBoatface principle.
Perhaps we should either stop asking them questions, or stop paying any attention to the answers.
I call this the Brexit McBoatface principle.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that in recent years, the British public has made some shocking decisions.
Perhaps we should either stop asking them questions, or stop paying any attention to the answers.
I call this the Brexit McBoatface principle.
Perhaps we should either stop asking them questions, or stop paying any attention to the answers.
I call this the Brexit McBoatface principle.
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This morning I am treating myself to proper coffee, pastry and #photography (of my breakfast).
After six days of getting up at 6 for work, this is bliss. I am in heaven.
Savour the little moments, folks. They matter.
After six days of getting up at 6 for work, this is bliss. I am in heaven.
Savour the little moments, folks. They matter.
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This morning I am treating myself to proper coffee, pastry and #photography (of my breakfast).
After six days of getting up at 6 for work, this is bliss. I am in heaven.
Savour the little moments, folks. They matter.
After six days of getting up at 6 for work, this is bliss. I am in heaven.
Savour the little moments, folks. They matter.