Neil
@neiljshepherd.bsky.social
Emigrant to Far North Scotland. Rural doctor. 🏴
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Since the Ryder Cup, a number of friends who are not golfers or golf fans like me have asked me why the ugly scenes at Bethpage happened....
When did we stop being nice? theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/04/w...
When did we stop being nice? theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/04/w...
When did we stop being nice?
Many years before the recent Ryder Cup match in New York last week, I was watching the golf tournament on the television. As always in those days, the commentator was the late, great Peter Alliss. …
theorkneynews.scot
October 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Since the Ryder Cup, a number of friends who are not golfers or golf fans like me have asked me why the ugly scenes at Bethpage happened....
When did we stop being nice? theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/04/w...
When did we stop being nice? theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/04/w...
@ashwhiffin.bsky.social hi Ashleigh. Spotted this bug in Orkney. Any advice on what it is? Looked a bit like a big mosquito but seems the wrong climate! Thanks, Neil
August 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
@ashwhiffin.bsky.social hi Ashleigh. Spotted this bug in Orkney. Any advice on what it is? Looked a bit like a big mosquito but seems the wrong climate! Thanks, Neil
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any excuse to repost the greatest Tetris story ever, when a reporter went to cover early e-gaming championships and discovered that his wife was unknowingly *the world's greatest Tetris player* by a huge margin
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archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
May 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
any excuse to repost the greatest Tetris story ever, when a reporter went to cover early e-gaming championships and discovered that his wife was unknowingly *the world's greatest Tetris player* by a huge margin
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
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In case anyone can’t access the article.
May 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
In case anyone can’t access the article.
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Waste and cost assessment of total intravenous anaesthesia in the context of environmental sustainability
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journals.lww.com/ejanaesthesi...
Waste and cost assessment of total intravenous anaesthesia... : European Journal of Anaesthesiology | EJA
An abstract is unavailable.
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April 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Waste and cost assessment of total intravenous anaesthesia in the context of environmental sustainability
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journals.lww.com/ejanaesthesi...
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Visual representation of the markets right now
April 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Visual representation of the markets right now
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I don't think this info got the attention it deserved.
Both longhorn crazy ants (Paratrechina longicornis) and humans can figure out how to work together to move an unwieldy object through a series of obstacles. So scientists pitted the two against each other.
Ants won.
The video is ace.
🧪🐜
Both longhorn crazy ants (Paratrechina longicornis) and humans can figure out how to work together to move an unwieldy object through a series of obstacles. So scientists pitted the two against each other.
Ants won.
The video is ace.
🧪🐜
Ants best humans at test of collective intelligence
"When people work together, they can achieve great things. But if they can’t talk, they’re not necessarily smarter than ants"
Original paper
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
News
www.science.org/content/arti...
"When people work together, they can achieve great things. But if they can’t talk, they’re not necessarily smarter than ants"
Original paper
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
News
www.science.org/content/arti...
March 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I don't think this info got the attention it deserved.
Both longhorn crazy ants (Paratrechina longicornis) and humans can figure out how to work together to move an unwieldy object through a series of obstacles. So scientists pitted the two against each other.
Ants won.
The video is ace.
🧪🐜
Both longhorn crazy ants (Paratrechina longicornis) and humans can figure out how to work together to move an unwieldy object through a series of obstacles. So scientists pitted the two against each other.
Ants won.
The video is ace.
🧪🐜
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V/Q before CT because of fearing contrast AKI is 🤬 🤦🏽♂️
RV dilatation (larger than the LV which looked small),
septal flattening ("D shaped LV"), McConnell's sign (please see the focused view) & moderately dilated IVC. TR was 3.5 m/sec
The radiology department was adamant that a VQ scan should be done first...
What would you do?
septal flattening ("D shaped LV"), McConnell's sign (please see the focused view) & moderately dilated IVC. TR was 3.5 m/sec
The radiology department was adamant that a VQ scan should be done first...
What would you do?
February 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
V/Q before CT because of fearing contrast AKI is 🤬 🤦🏽♂️
I’ll bet this caused a lot of stressed parents!
There's some interesting differences in even the basics ... infants under the age of 1 were expected to be practically toilet-trained!
January 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I’ll bet this caused a lot of stressed parents!
Chuffed with my new wheels. The back roads of the far north are waiting to be explored.
December 15, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Chuffed with my new wheels. The back roads of the far north are waiting to be explored.
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Thank goodness for names on theatre hats
Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
December 1, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Thank goodness for names on theatre hats
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Today’s poem is called ‘The Good Old Days’.
December 1, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Today’s poem is called ‘The Good Old Days’.
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A patient presented in need of an urgent but relatively minor surgery. Vitally stable.
Surgery goes fine, but ICU is called because their “sat is too low to extubate.”
No prior pulmonary or cardiac conditions.
#emimcc
Surgery goes fine, but ICU is called because their “sat is too low to extubate.”
No prior pulmonary or cardiac conditions.
#emimcc
November 30, 2024 at 11:07 PM
A patient presented in need of an urgent but relatively minor surgery. Vitally stable.
Surgery goes fine, but ICU is called because their “sat is too low to extubate.”
No prior pulmonary or cardiac conditions.
#emimcc
Surgery goes fine, but ICU is called because their “sat is too low to extubate.”
No prior pulmonary or cardiac conditions.
#emimcc
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Just when you thought this Black Friday couldn't offer any more bargains, Steven has just spotted a product and/or service with an 80% discount! Incredible value!
Nice, but I've just seen an 80% off deal! If you could amplify this to your followers that would be great. 👍
November 29, 2024 at 7:05 PM
🤔
Some good basics here
November 26, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Some good basics here
Lovely morning in Caithness. The sunrise looking good over @stephenmakin.bsky.social ‘s lighthouse. A sundog off to the West.
November 25, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Lovely morning in Caithness. The sunrise looking good over @stephenmakin.bsky.social ‘s lighthouse. A sundog off to the West.
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As we rebuild our community on this new platform, a reminder that there were only even eight distinct MedTwitter personalities. Bluesky will be no different.
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November 24, 2024 at 11:40 AM
As we rebuild our community on this new platform, a reminder that there were only even eight distinct MedTwitter personalities. Bluesky will be no different.
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1500 word article on Aberdeen's financial results, featuring 12 graphics, and a comparison to Hearts, Rangers & Celtic.
From turnover, to wages to CEO salary - I cover all the bits I found interesting.
Published on X - I have been told this 🔗 doesn't require account:
xcancel.com/scotlandscoe...
From turnover, to wages to CEO salary - I cover all the bits I found interesting.
Published on X - I have been told this 🔗 doesn't require account:
xcancel.com/scotlandscoe...
November 24, 2024 at 9:28 PM
1500 word article on Aberdeen's financial results, featuring 12 graphics, and a comparison to Hearts, Rangers & Celtic.
From turnover, to wages to CEO salary - I cover all the bits I found interesting.
Published on X - I have been told this 🔗 doesn't require account:
xcancel.com/scotlandscoe...
From turnover, to wages to CEO salary - I cover all the bits I found interesting.
Published on X - I have been told this 🔗 doesn't require account:
xcancel.com/scotlandscoe...
A wonderful pile of total nonsense has been published. We all have hope.
Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
November 23, 2024 at 9:03 PM
A wonderful pile of total nonsense has been published. We all have hope.