Kit Byatt
@kitb.bsky.social
Retired geriatrician, now working in human rights medicine & med ed; EBM; patient-centred care; equity & justice; polycurious & usually optimistic.
Refugee from Twitter (@Laconic_doc)!
Refugee from Twitter (@Laconic_doc)!
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Kit Byatt
@kitb.bsky.social
· Sep 25
I've devised a model for analysis of unplanned hospital bed use.
I am looking for some NHS clinical/managerial decision-makers to interview about your thoughts on this.
Get in touch!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A Compartmental Model to Describe Acute Medical In-Patient Flow Through a Hospital
Health care is becoming increasingly complex, especially in secondary care. Hospital bed numbers per capita in the United Kingdom (UK) are lower than many Europ
papers.ssrn.com
We have now moved onto the next phase of using som real-world data to test the model.
Watch this space!
Watch this space!
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A nation that demonises people fleeing war and terror and constantly paints them as lesser humans is a nation without a heart. That’s the path we’re on and we must not blindly walk it.
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A nation that demonises people fleeing war and terror and constantly paints them as lesser humans is a nation without a heart. That’s the path we’re on and we must not blindly walk it.
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Read about the cat diaspora out of Africa: an interesting story of domestication.
"Ancient #DNA illuminates the origin and spread of the domestic cat."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Animals
1- www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
2- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
3- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Ancient #DNA illuminates the origin and spread of the domestic cat."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Animals
1- www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
2- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
3- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Read about the cat diaspora out of Africa: an interesting story of domestication.
"Ancient #DNA illuminates the origin and spread of the domestic cat."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Animals
1- www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
2- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
3- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Ancient #DNA illuminates the origin and spread of the domestic cat."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Animals
1- www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
2- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
3- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
How can this be justified?
I've been watching Prisoner 951 on BBC iPlayer, and this sounds just like all of the Revolutionary Guard trials, tbh.
Thank goodness there are plans to leave the ECHR, or we might be called to account!
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I've been watching Prisoner 951 on BBC iPlayer, and this sounds just like all of the Revolutionary Guard trials, tbh.
Thank goodness there are plans to leave the ECHR, or we might be called to account!
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Kafka wants a word.
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
How can this be justified?
I've been watching Prisoner 951 on BBC iPlayer, and this sounds just like all of the Revolutionary Guard trials, tbh.
Thank goodness there are plans to leave the ECHR, or we might be called to account!
[/irony]
I've been watching Prisoner 951 on BBC iPlayer, and this sounds just like all of the Revolutionary Guard trials, tbh.
Thank goodness there are plans to leave the ECHR, or we might be called to account!
[/irony]
DVLA Form FEP1
Bluesky hive mind, solve this!
• Last sleep seizure
14 Jan 24
• Last 2 awake seizures
21 Sep 23 & 5 Mar
Answer Q14:
'If both awake & sleep seizures, please tell us the date of the first sleep seizure after the last awake seizure:'
(A friend asked, and I couldn't!)
Bluesky hive mind, solve this!
• Last sleep seizure
14 Jan 24
• Last 2 awake seizures
21 Sep 23 & 5 Mar
Answer Q14:
'If both awake & sleep seizures, please tell us the date of the first sleep seizure after the last awake seizure:'
(A friend asked, and I couldn't!)
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
DVLA Form FEP1
Bluesky hive mind, solve this!
• Last sleep seizure
14 Jan 24
• Last 2 awake seizures
21 Sep 23 & 5 Mar
Answer Q14:
'If both awake & sleep seizures, please tell us the date of the first sleep seizure after the last awake seizure:'
(A friend asked, and I couldn't!)
Bluesky hive mind, solve this!
• Last sleep seizure
14 Jan 24
• Last 2 awake seizures
21 Sep 23 & 5 Mar
Answer Q14:
'If both awake & sleep seizures, please tell us the date of the first sleep seizure after the last awake seizure:'
(A friend asked, and I couldn't!)
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I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
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No shit Sherlock! It’s what we knew from infectious disease experts but hey ho, who needs experts? 🤷🏻 Published the same evidence myself only to be insulted on social media for doing proper science.
The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
No shit Sherlock! It’s what we knew from infectious disease experts but hey ho, who needs experts? 🤷🏻 Published the same evidence myself only to be insulted on social media for doing proper science.
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The politically and commercially manufactured ‘problem’ of immigration is boring and repetitive across the centuries. The question is why do many people still fall for it? The real effort is not in seeding the propaganda but in keeping the public opinion ground receptive and fertile to it.
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The politically and commercially manufactured ‘problem’ of immigration is boring and repetitive across the centuries. The question is why do many people still fall for it? The real effort is not in seeding the propaganda but in keeping the public opinion ground receptive and fertile to it.
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Is there a Home Secretary who, since 2005, *hasn’t* “introduced” safe return reviews for refugees? Other than Grant Shapps, who only had a few hours. Re-announcing an old, existing and totally pointless policy is very, very tired.
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Is there a Home Secretary who, since 2005, *hasn’t* “introduced” safe return reviews for refugees? Other than Grant Shapps, who only had a few hours. Re-announcing an old, existing and totally pointless policy is very, very tired.
Impressive observational findings:
vaxed pts cf unvaxed survival (months)
• stage 3+ Ca lung: 37.3 cf 20.6
• metastatic melanoma: 26.7 cf ≤ 40
• biggest benefits in pts expected to resist immunotherapy
• no such benefit from other (eg flu/pneumonia) vax types
WATCH THIS SPACE!!
vaxed pts cf unvaxed survival (months)
• stage 3+ Ca lung: 37.3 cf 20.6
• metastatic melanoma: 26.7 cf ≤ 40
• biggest benefits in pts expected to resist immunotherapy
• no such benefit from other (eg flu/pneumonia) vax types
WATCH THIS SPACE!!
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Impressive observational findings:
vaxed pts cf unvaxed survival (months)
• stage 3+ Ca lung: 37.3 cf 20.6
• metastatic melanoma: 26.7 cf ≤ 40
• biggest benefits in pts expected to resist immunotherapy
• no such benefit from other (eg flu/pneumonia) vax types
WATCH THIS SPACE!!
vaxed pts cf unvaxed survival (months)
• stage 3+ Ca lung: 37.3 cf 20.6
• metastatic melanoma: 26.7 cf ≤ 40
• biggest benefits in pts expected to resist immunotherapy
• no such benefit from other (eg flu/pneumonia) vax types
WATCH THIS SPACE!!
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There is no reason why this should have made me laugh so hard a bit of gas escaped.
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
There is no reason why this should have made me laugh so hard a bit of gas escaped.
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As a historian of the 18th c and an American, I've always known 2026 would be a critical moment. This doc is worth watching, and thinking through. Begins and ends w Indigenous contexts, conveys the horrors of a civil war wrought w racism + the ideals of liberty and equality we keep reaching for. 1/
_The American Revolution_ offers a look at how complex and violent — and also inspiring— the American founding was. Getting huge coverage, it may give folks time to digest that complexity as 2026 commences. Premieres tonight + PBS has preview clips of all episodes. www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
The American Revolution
Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States.
www.pbs.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
As a historian of the 18th c and an American, I've always known 2026 would be a critical moment. This doc is worth watching, and thinking through. Begins and ends w Indigenous contexts, conveys the horrors of a civil war wrought w racism + the ideals of liberty and equality we keep reaching for. 1/
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
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In the age of prevailing performative cruelty, let's make a
conscious choice every day to amplify our kindness and show our empathy. Otherwise, the situation is unbearable.
conscious choice every day to amplify our kindness and show our empathy. Otherwise, the situation is unbearable.
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
In the age of prevailing performative cruelty, let's make a
conscious choice every day to amplify our kindness and show our empathy. Otherwise, the situation is unbearable.
conscious choice every day to amplify our kindness and show our empathy. Otherwise, the situation is unbearable.
😳 😡 🤬
Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
😳 😡 🤬
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At what point will Labour politicians, locally and nationally, really start to push back against the endless underfunding of local authorities?
We know what damage this does, and how it will verberate into our futures.
How is there not louder, insistent opposition to this?
We know what damage this does, and how it will verberate into our futures.
How is there not louder, insistent opposition to this?
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
At what point will Labour politicians, locally and nationally, really start to push back against the endless underfunding of local authorities?
We know what damage this does, and how it will verberate into our futures.
How is there not louder, insistent opposition to this?
We know what damage this does, and how it will verberate into our futures.
How is there not louder, insistent opposition to this?
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I'm pretty sure you've never seen a photo like this.
The Fall of Icarus
The Fall of Icarus
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I'm pretty sure you've never seen a photo like this.
The Fall of Icarus
The Fall of Icarus
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Every so often it’s useful to answer some of the questions I get asked on here.
1. Yes they are.
2. Not the whole message, obviously.
3. In the garage, mainly.
4. No, it wouldn’t be practical. Sorry.
5. Purely random.
Cheers, T.
1. Yes they are.
2. Not the whole message, obviously.
3. In the garage, mainly.
4. No, it wouldn’t be practical. Sorry.
5. Purely random.
Cheers, T.
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Every so often it’s useful to answer some of the questions I get asked on here.
1. Yes they are.
2. Not the whole message, obviously.
3. In the garage, mainly.
4. No, it wouldn’t be practical. Sorry.
5. Purely random.
Cheers, T.
1. Yes they are.
2. Not the whole message, obviously.
3. In the garage, mainly.
4. No, it wouldn’t be practical. Sorry.
5. Purely random.
Cheers, T.
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There's a real power to leaving a universe's mythology unsaid. Not everything needs to have a canon page on a fanwiki.
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
There's a real power to leaving a universe's mythology unsaid. Not everything needs to have a canon page on a fanwiki.
I wonder what Kier Hardie would think of his namesake's current policies?
Internationalism, social equality, education, challenging poverty— all founding values of the UK Labour movement. How things have changed!!
Internationalism, social equality, education, challenging poverty— all founding values of the UK Labour movement. How things have changed!!
November 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I wonder what Kier Hardie would think of his namesake's current policies?
Internationalism, social equality, education, challenging poverty— all founding values of the UK Labour movement. How things have changed!!
Internationalism, social equality, education, challenging poverty— all founding values of the UK Labour movement. How things have changed!!
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‘The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what "works," but art opens up what is possible.’
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
‘The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what "works," but art opens up what is possible.’
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“Many of our contemporaries now want to combine the worst of these two worlds. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot.”
NEW paper! 💭🖥️
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“Many of our contemporaries now want to combine the worst of these two worlds. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot.”
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Another program billionaires could fund easily and change lives and communities instead of buying another yacht or six
Replacing smoky lamps with solar energy, local women are helping light homes and protect communities.
Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ bring electricity to remote communities
Replacing smoky lamps with solar energy, local women are helping light homes and protect communities.
l.euronews.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Another program billionaires could fund easily and change lives and communities instead of buying another yacht or six
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Genius as usual 🤣
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Genius as usual 🤣
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Refugees & asylum seekers are largely a vulnerable, traumatised & disadvantaged group of people so to keep demonising & scapegoating them for political gain is disgusting & despicable. The end doesn’t justify this punching down means & in any case the end here seems to be the propaganda itself.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Refugees & asylum seekers are largely a vulnerable, traumatised & disadvantaged group of people so to keep demonising & scapegoating them for political gain is disgusting & despicable. The end doesn’t justify this punching down means & in any case the end here seems to be the propaganda itself.