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!
Today was my day off to catch up with three weeks of house admin and get a little rest.
Narrator - "He did not rest, not at all."
Narrator - "He did not rest, not at all."
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Today was my day off to catch up with three weeks of house admin and get a little rest.
Narrator - "He did not rest, not at all."
Narrator - "He did not rest, not at all."
For anyone wondering, by the way, I definitely DO have a liberal bias.
The jury is still out on other sources, but we all know I am your most reliable news feed, innit.
The jury is still out on other sources, but we all know I am your most reliable news feed, innit.
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
For anyone wondering, by the way, I definitely DO have a liberal bias.
The jury is still out on other sources, but we all know I am your most reliable news feed, innit.
The jury is still out on other sources, but we all know I am your most reliable news feed, innit.
I like old cameras.
These were all taken with a Canon 40D. None of the lenses used were particularly expensive, and several were forty years old, from the film era.
There is something very satisfying about it all.
#photography
These were all taken with a Canon 40D. None of the lenses used were particularly expensive, and several were forty years old, from the film era.
There is something very satisfying about it all.
#photography
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I like old cameras.
These were all taken with a Canon 40D. None of the lenses used were particularly expensive, and several were forty years old, from the film era.
There is something very satisfying about it all.
#photography
These were all taken with a Canon 40D. None of the lenses used were particularly expensive, and several were forty years old, from the film era.
There is something very satisfying about it all.
#photography
The rise of nationalism, isolationism, the far right, prejudice and intolerance would suggest that we did indeed forget some lessons, didn't we?
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The rise of nationalism, isolationism, the far right, prejudice and intolerance would suggest that we did indeed forget some lessons, didn't we?
Another successful open day in Lincoln.
I've had some great chats with some enthusiastic young folks and their families, and a few of them might choose our medical school. Hope so. I have also borrowed some of their enthusiasm. Hope they don't mind.
I really like this bit of my job.
I've had some great chats with some enthusiastic young folks and their families, and a few of them might choose our medical school. Hope so. I have also borrowed some of their enthusiasm. Hope they don't mind.
I really like this bit of my job.
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Another successful open day in Lincoln.
I've had some great chats with some enthusiastic young folks and their families, and a few of them might choose our medical school. Hope so. I have also borrowed some of their enthusiasm. Hope they don't mind.
I really like this bit of my job.
I've had some great chats with some enthusiastic young folks and their families, and a few of them might choose our medical school. Hope so. I have also borrowed some of their enthusiasm. Hope they don't mind.
I really like this bit of my job.
I believe these tears about as much as I believe in the Easter bunny. The man is a monster.
#celebritytraitors
#celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I believe these tears about as much as I believe in the Easter bunny. The man is a monster.
#celebritytraitors
#celebritytraitors
If Alan Carr tries any harder to stifle his current smirk, he is going to give himself a hernia.
#celebritytraitors
#celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If Alan Carr tries any harder to stifle his current smirk, he is going to give himself a hernia.
#celebritytraitors
#celebritytraitors
Reposted by Rob Fleming
Thanks again to @medicalprotection.bsky.social for having us at their webinar tonight. We had a great time, met some new folks, made some new friends. It was splendid!
#SASsix
#SASsix
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Thanks again to @medicalprotection.bsky.social for having us at their webinar tonight. We had a great time, met some new folks, made some new friends. It was splendid!
#SASsix
#SASsix
Had to walk around the edge of King's Mill reservoir to get back to my car.
As hospitals go, mine is pretty!
#photography
As hospitals go, mine is pretty!
#photography
November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Had to walk around the edge of King's Mill reservoir to get back to my car.
As hospitals go, mine is pretty!
#photography
As hospitals go, mine is pretty!
#photography
Playing with cameras and found a few photos from the summer I hadn't transfered off the memory card.
I think this is a Ringlet. Not sure I've photographed on of these before or since. Glad to have found this.
90D, 28mm lens.
#butterflies #photography
I think this is a Ringlet. Not sure I've photographed on of these before or since. Glad to have found this.
90D, 28mm lens.
#butterflies #photography
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Playing with cameras and found a few photos from the summer I hadn't transfered off the memory card.
I think this is a Ringlet. Not sure I've photographed on of these before or since. Glad to have found this.
90D, 28mm lens.
#butterflies #photography
I think this is a Ringlet. Not sure I've photographed on of these before or since. Glad to have found this.
90D, 28mm lens.
#butterflies #photography
It is #Movember. I will be wearing my moustache with pride, like I do the other 11 months.
Movember is about raising awareness about men's cancers and men's mental health.
My mental health isn't sparkling this year, but I know I'm not alone. Solidarity, dudes. We'll get through it together.
Movember is about raising awareness about men's cancers and men's mental health.
My mental health isn't sparkling this year, but I know I'm not alone. Solidarity, dudes. We'll get through it together.
November 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It is #Movember. I will be wearing my moustache with pride, like I do the other 11 months.
Movember is about raising awareness about men's cancers and men's mental health.
My mental health isn't sparkling this year, but I know I'm not alone. Solidarity, dudes. We'll get through it together.
Movember is about raising awareness about men's cancers and men's mental health.
My mental health isn't sparkling this year, but I know I'm not alone. Solidarity, dudes. We'll get through it together.
Autumnal colours on a sunny day.
Canon R8, and ancient manual focus 50mm F/1.8 lens adapted. F8.
#photography
Canon R8, and ancient manual focus 50mm F/1.8 lens adapted. F8.
#photography
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Autumnal colours on a sunny day.
Canon R8, and ancient manual focus 50mm F/1.8 lens adapted. F8.
#photography
Canon R8, and ancient manual focus 50mm F/1.8 lens adapted. F8.
#photography
"That's no moon. It's a space station."
Clear night tonight. This was taken with a 500mm manual focus Tokina mirror lens from the 1970s, adapted onto my Canon R8.
I used the "loony 11" rule for exposure. It came out about right, ish. F/8, ISO 800, 1/1600s.
#photography
Clear night tonight. This was taken with a 500mm manual focus Tokina mirror lens from the 1970s, adapted onto my Canon R8.
I used the "loony 11" rule for exposure. It came out about right, ish. F/8, ISO 800, 1/1600s.
#photography
November 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"That's no moon. It's a space station."
Clear night tonight. This was taken with a 500mm manual focus Tokina mirror lens from the 1970s, adapted onto my Canon R8.
I used the "loony 11" rule for exposure. It came out about right, ish. F/8, ISO 800, 1/1600s.
#photography
Clear night tonight. This was taken with a 500mm manual focus Tokina mirror lens from the 1970s, adapted onto my Canon R8.
I used the "loony 11" rule for exposure. It came out about right, ish. F/8, ISO 800, 1/1600s.
#photography
Reposted by Rob Fleming
We are taking part in a SAS webinar hosted by @medicalprotection.bsky.social on Thursday.
See some of you folks there, hopefully!
#SASsix
See some of you folks there, hopefully!
#SASsix
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We are taking part in a SAS webinar hosted by @medicalprotection.bsky.social on Thursday.
See some of you folks there, hopefully!
#SASsix
See some of you folks there, hopefully!
#SASsix
Just recorded a talk for a webinar this week.
There was a time I gave a SAS careers talk every couple of weeks. I chalked up 30 one year, which now seems bonkers.
Alternative career pathways still need parity of esteem folks, even if I say it slightly less often than I used to.
#SASsix
There was a time I gave a SAS careers talk every couple of weeks. I chalked up 30 one year, which now seems bonkers.
Alternative career pathways still need parity of esteem folks, even if I say it slightly less often than I used to.
#SASsix
November 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just recorded a talk for a webinar this week.
There was a time I gave a SAS careers talk every couple of weeks. I chalked up 30 one year, which now seems bonkers.
Alternative career pathways still need parity of esteem folks, even if I say it slightly less often than I used to.
#SASsix
There was a time I gave a SAS careers talk every couple of weeks. I chalked up 30 one year, which now seems bonkers.
Alternative career pathways still need parity of esteem folks, even if I say it slightly less often than I used to.
#SASsix
My local farm shop does "rocky roadkill" for Halloween, featuring jelly worms for colour.
It is both delicious, and a fantastic portmanteau.
Bravo, Maxey's farm shop, creator of intelligent treats. Bravo.
It is both delicious, and a fantastic portmanteau.
Bravo, Maxey's farm shop, creator of intelligent treats. Bravo.
November 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
My local farm shop does "rocky roadkill" for Halloween, featuring jelly worms for colour.
It is both delicious, and a fantastic portmanteau.
Bravo, Maxey's farm shop, creator of intelligent treats. Bravo.
It is both delicious, and a fantastic portmanteau.
Bravo, Maxey's farm shop, creator of intelligent treats. Bravo.
Happy Halloween, folks.
Don't let any ghosts bite your ornate squashes.
Don't eat too much chocolate.
7D, 24mm F/2.8
Don't let any ghosts bite your ornate squashes.
Don't eat too much chocolate.
7D, 24mm F/2.8
October 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Happy Halloween, folks.
Don't let any ghosts bite your ornate squashes.
Don't eat too much chocolate.
7D, 24mm F/2.8
Don't let any ghosts bite your ornate squashes.
Don't eat too much chocolate.
7D, 24mm F/2.8
October 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I realised I have found a new scene I like to photograph.
These three trees to the right of the horizon provide scale to the skyscapes.
Various cameras and lenses.
#photography
These three trees to the right of the horizon provide scale to the skyscapes.
Various cameras and lenses.
#photography
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I realised I have found a new scene I like to photograph.
These three trees to the right of the horizon provide scale to the skyscapes.
Various cameras and lenses.
#photography
These three trees to the right of the horizon provide scale to the skyscapes.
Various cameras and lenses.
#photography
Reposted by Rob Fleming
📢 Calling all anaesthesia professionals and trainees!
Do you have examples of dogma or experience-based traditions that you have heard of, learned and/or even passed on?
Please share with us! This study is IRB-approved: surveys.mayoclinic.org/jfe/form/SV_...
@nataliekoons.bsky.social
Do you have examples of dogma or experience-based traditions that you have heard of, learned and/or even passed on?
Please share with us! This study is IRB-approved: surveys.mayoclinic.org/jfe/form/SV_...
@nataliekoons.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
📢 Calling all anaesthesia professionals and trainees!
Do you have examples of dogma or experience-based traditions that you have heard of, learned and/or even passed on?
Please share with us! This study is IRB-approved: surveys.mayoclinic.org/jfe/form/SV_...
@nataliekoons.bsky.social
Do you have examples of dogma or experience-based traditions that you have heard of, learned and/or even passed on?
Please share with us! This study is IRB-approved: surveys.mayoclinic.org/jfe/form/SV_...
@nataliekoons.bsky.social
Reposted by Rob Fleming
Here's another shot I took last week on my final Milky Way trip of the season. I still have tons of MW stuff to edit and/or re-edit from my 14 trips to the desert this year but I'm already looking forward to next season! #photography
October 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Here's another shot I took last week on my final Milky Way trip of the season. I still have tons of MW stuff to edit and/or re-edit from my 14 trips to the desert this year but I'm already looking forward to next season! #photography
The combination of the sunset and the clouds almost looked like fire and smoke tonight.
Every night, a different sky. Stay at home, and you'll miss it.
Nikon D80. Wide end of a cheap lens.
#photography
Every night, a different sky. Stay at home, and you'll miss it.
Nikon D80. Wide end of a cheap lens.
#photography
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The combination of the sunset and the clouds almost looked like fire and smoke tonight.
Every night, a different sky. Stay at home, and you'll miss it.
Nikon D80. Wide end of a cheap lens.
#photography
Every night, a different sky. Stay at home, and you'll miss it.
Nikon D80. Wide end of a cheap lens.
#photography
Watching Scream 2. This film was absolutely brilliant.
In the first ten minutes we have:
A film within a film, retelling of the events of the first film.
"Life imitating art imitating life."
A scene about sequels, and how they ruined the horror genre, in a horror sequel.
It is clever as hell.
In the first ten minutes we have:
A film within a film, retelling of the events of the first film.
"Life imitating art imitating life."
A scene about sequels, and how they ruined the horror genre, in a horror sequel.
It is clever as hell.
October 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Watching Scream 2. This film was absolutely brilliant.
In the first ten minutes we have:
A film within a film, retelling of the events of the first film.
"Life imitating art imitating life."
A scene about sequels, and how they ruined the horror genre, in a horror sequel.
It is clever as hell.
In the first ten minutes we have:
A film within a film, retelling of the events of the first film.
"Life imitating art imitating life."
A scene about sequels, and how they ruined the horror genre, in a horror sequel.
It is clever as hell.
Another day, another dog walk, another photo of the same landscape. I need to travel more.
Nikon D80, wide end of a cheap lens.
#photography #scape
Nikon D80, wide end of a cheap lens.
#photography #scape
October 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Another day, another dog walk, another photo of the same landscape. I need to travel more.
Nikon D80, wide end of a cheap lens.
#photography #scape
Nikon D80, wide end of a cheap lens.
#photography #scape
To anyone who cared, the 2003 camera took the green one, and the 2019 camera took the yellow one.
They are both compressed for here, otherwise you could tell from the resolution.
You can get great images from ancient geat. Inspiring you to take a photo is priceless, even if the camera cost pence.
They are both compressed for here, otherwise you could tell from the resolution.
You can get great images from ancient geat. Inspiring you to take a photo is priceless, even if the camera cost pence.
Is modern camera equipment "better"? Same scene, different ends of June 2025.
One of these was taken with a Canon 10D from 2003 and 28mm lens from 1987.
The other was taken with a 90D from 2019, and 28mm lens from 2012.
Which is which, folks, and which do you prefer?
I'll give the answer later.
One of these was taken with a Canon 10D from 2003 and 28mm lens from 1987.
The other was taken with a 90D from 2019, and 28mm lens from 2012.
Which is which, folks, and which do you prefer?
I'll give the answer later.
October 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
To anyone who cared, the 2003 camera took the green one, and the 2019 camera took the yellow one.
They are both compressed for here, otherwise you could tell from the resolution.
You can get great images from ancient geat. Inspiring you to take a photo is priceless, even if the camera cost pence.
They are both compressed for here, otherwise you could tell from the resolution.
You can get great images from ancient geat. Inspiring you to take a photo is priceless, even if the camera cost pence.