Ross Smith
@ross1ross.bsky.social
Anaesthetist , musician, PhD candidate - computer science USYD
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Frikkin amazing stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Frikkin amazing stuff.
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Nice view of the famous Liverpool skyline from up here! Both cathedrals, and the Radio City tower are visible. Bit chilly right now though.
Liverpool is a brilliant city.
We are looking forward to welcoming our delegates at tomorrow's Annual Scientific Meeting #SIVA25.
See you there!
Liverpool is a brilliant city.
We are looking forward to welcoming our delegates at tomorrow's Annual Scientific Meeting #SIVA25.
See you there!
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Nice view of the famous Liverpool skyline from up here! Both cathedrals, and the Radio City tower are visible. Bit chilly right now though.
Liverpool is a brilliant city.
We are looking forward to welcoming our delegates at tomorrow's Annual Scientific Meeting #SIVA25.
See you there!
Liverpool is a brilliant city.
We are looking forward to welcoming our delegates at tomorrow's Annual Scientific Meeting #SIVA25.
See you there!
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This is just all gold. Stop everything now and read about hippos.
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is just all gold. Stop everything now and read about hippos.
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OK. It's Friday and I think you lot need some lift-up music. Here's a thread to get you into the weekend, starting with this. Crank it up!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyVP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyVP...
SAINT MOTEL - My Type (Official Video)
YouTube video by Saint Motel
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
OK. It's Friday and I think you lot need some lift-up music. Here's a thread to get you into the weekend, starting with this. Crank it up!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyVP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyVP...
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Very interesting from Bloomberg re Central Ctte meeting just finished in #China. Only 168 of 205 delegates turned up. You'd need a pretty good excuse not to be there. Of 37 "missing", one dead + ten had been officially purged. Where were the other 26? Also purged?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Plenum Turnout Hits Lowest in Decades as Xi Widens Purges
A recently-concluded conclave of top Communist Party officials saw its lowest attendance rate since the years of the Cultural Revolution more than half a century ago, suggesting President Xi Jinping’s...
www.bloomberg.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Very interesting from Bloomberg re Central Ctte meeting just finished in #China. Only 168 of 205 delegates turned up. You'd need a pretty good excuse not to be there. Of 37 "missing", one dead + ten had been officially purged. Where were the other 26? Also purged?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Very insightful comments on how to come to terms with the diminution of physical facility as one ages - from rich roll who is recovering from major back surgery.
Let go of old identities and embrace the opportunity to reinvent yourself.
--from my conversation with Dr. Sanjay Gupta at 92nd Street Y in New York. Find the full convo on his podcast Chasing Light✌🏼🌱
--from my conversation with Dr. Sanjay Gupta at 92nd Street Y in New York. Find the full convo on his podcast Chasing Light✌🏼🌱
October 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Very insightful comments on how to come to terms with the diminution of physical facility as one ages - from rich roll who is recovering from major back surgery.
University student submissions requires authors to specify if and how AI was used in their generation. If one make a statement proven to be false, the submission is failed and there may be other consequences. In corporate submissions shouldn’t that mean a full refund, not a ‘partial refund’. AFR
October 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
University student submissions requires authors to specify if and how AI was used in their generation. If one make a statement proven to be false, the submission is failed and there may be other consequences. In corporate submissions shouldn’t that mean a full refund, not a ‘partial refund’. AFR
Interesting statement regarding the perceived veracity and responsibility of ChatGPT.
Reid Hoffman says a “24/7 medical assistant running on every smartphone” is “essentially doable” right now.
“If you get a serious diagnosis and you don’t consult ChatGPT or a frontier model as a second opinion, you’re making a mistake.” #TAF25
Watch more: bit.ly/46lDaLT
“If you get a serious diagnosis and you don’t consult ChatGPT or a frontier model as a second opinion, you’re making a mistake.” #TAF25
Watch more: bit.ly/46lDaLT
September 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Interesting statement regarding the perceived veracity and responsibility of ChatGPT.
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Visualizations with the latest Earth monitoring data: 📈📉
+ Global climate indicators: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
+ Polar climate indicators: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
+ United States climate indicators: zacklabe.com/united-state...
+ Global climate indicators: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
+ Polar climate indicators: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
+ United States climate indicators: zacklabe.com/united-state...
Climate change indicators
All data are referenced at My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Se…
zacklabe.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Visualizations with the latest Earth monitoring data: 📈📉
+ Global climate indicators: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
+ Polar climate indicators: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
+ United States climate indicators: zacklabe.com/united-state...
+ Global climate indicators: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
+ Polar climate indicators: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
+ United States climate indicators: zacklabe.com/united-state...
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Does A.I. support of physicians lead to their deskilling?
A new report of gastroenterologists doing colonoscopy for polyp detection, with and without A.I., raises the possibility www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A new report of gastroenterologists doing colonoscopy for polyp detection, with and without A.I., raises the possibility www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
August 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Does A.I. support of physicians lead to their deskilling?
A new report of gastroenterologists doing colonoscopy for polyp detection, with and without A.I., raises the possibility www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A new report of gastroenterologists doing colonoscopy for polyp detection, with and without A.I., raises the possibility www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Yes, amusing, if you ask some western Australians they may consider this to be the ideal map of Australia.
August 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Yes, amusing, if you ask some western Australians they may consider this to be the ideal map of Australia.
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August 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I tried asking the same thing for Australia with the wonderful new chat gpt 5 - I guess it’s technically correct but not quite what I was expecting when I asked it to “create a map”
August 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I tried asking the same thing for Australia with the wonderful new chat gpt 5 - I guess it’s technically correct but not quite what I was expecting when I asked it to “create a map”
Impressive
I had access to GPT-5. I think it is a very big deal as it is very smart & just does stuff for you
This is “make a procedural brutalist building creator where i can drag and edit buildings in cool ways" & "make it better" a bunch. I touched no code
Full post: www.oneusefulthing.org/p/gpt-5-it-j...
This is “make a procedural brutalist building creator where i can drag and edit buildings in cool ways" & "make it better" a bunch. I touched no code
Full post: www.oneusefulthing.org/p/gpt-5-it-j...
August 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Impressive
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"There is so much more to consider than you think going into it" chaser.com.au/general-news...
July 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"There is so much more to consider than you think going into it" chaser.com.au/general-news...
One of the best concerts I've seen in the last 2 years - #Wilco at #TheEnmore in Sydney. Also reflecting on the similarities of working in an operating theatre and being in a band. Egos have to be suppressed in the moment so everyone can perform to their best. Concentration and integration of
July 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
One of the best concerts I've seen in the last 2 years - #Wilco at #TheEnmore in Sydney. Also reflecting on the similarities of working in an operating theatre and being in a band. Egos have to be suppressed in the moment so everyone can perform to their best. Concentration and integration of
I am not an expert - but with that rate of change in any natural phenomenon - (10-fold in around 3 hrs it looks like )- one is going to need some very sophisticated warning systems or alternatively create exclusion zones for human habitations in high risk areas.
July 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I am not an expert - but with that rate of change in any natural phenomenon - (10-fold in around 3 hrs it looks like )- one is going to need some very sophisticated warning systems or alternatively create exclusion zones for human habitations in high risk areas.
Early morning dog walk - brisk , cold but the sunlight reflecting off the gumtrees on a winter morning in Sydney is uplifting.
July 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Early morning dog walk - brisk , cold but the sunlight reflecting off the gumtrees on a winter morning in Sydney is uplifting.
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Here's the latest comparison of global surface temperature observations (red) with IPCC climate model simulations (through March 2025, via @hausfath.bsky.social):
May 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Here's the latest comparison of global surface temperature observations (red) with IPCC climate model simulations (through March 2025, via @hausfath.bsky.social):
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Whacked on the BBC Glasto coverage to see what they were showing instead of Kneecap and caught Amy of Amyl & the Sniffers giving a pro Palestine speech...
Beeb editors playing whack-a-mole
Beeb editors playing whack-a-mole
June 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Whacked on the BBC Glasto coverage to see what they were showing instead of Kneecap and caught Amy of Amyl & the Sniffers giving a pro Palestine speech...
Beeb editors playing whack-a-mole
Beeb editors playing whack-a-mole
The power of music - walking into the Conservatorium of music Sydney for a workshop and hearing an individual practising their scales is uplifting. How does music work it’s magic?
June 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The power of music - walking into the Conservatorium of music Sydney for a workshop and hearing an individual practising their scales is uplifting. How does music work it’s magic?
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As the Leng review starts to wind up, I remind you of the systematic review done by myself and @martinmckee.bsky.social earlier this year. No evidence of efficacy in most roles PAs are currently deployed in, no direct evidence of safety, no evidence of cost-effectiveness. www.bmj.com/content/388/...
June 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
As the Leng review starts to wind up, I remind you of the systematic review done by myself and @martinmckee.bsky.social earlier this year. No evidence of efficacy in most roles PAs are currently deployed in, no direct evidence of safety, no evidence of cost-effectiveness. www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Only way I can continue to use Bluesky while not being overwhelmed by the news firehose from the US (I feel for you all) is by sticking to the Anaesthesia feed.
Muting posts with words relevant to the US isn’t enough.
Wouldn’t have been able do this over on Twitter.
#Ansky
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Muting posts with words relevant to the US isn’t enough.
Wouldn’t have been able do this over on Twitter.
#Ansky
bsky.app/profile/did:...
June 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Only way I can continue to use Bluesky while not being overwhelmed by the news firehose from the US (I feel for you all) is by sticking to the Anaesthesia feed.
Muting posts with words relevant to the US isn’t enough.
Wouldn’t have been able do this over on Twitter.
#Ansky
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Muting posts with words relevant to the US isn’t enough.
Wouldn’t have been able do this over on Twitter.
#Ansky
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Still easy for things to be inadvertently dropped into this/other compartments. In VIC, NMBAs on anaesthetic trolleys are kept in separate closed containers. I'd previously assumed this was standard everywhere.
June 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Still easy for things to be inadvertently dropped into this/other compartments. In VIC, NMBAs on anaesthetic trolleys are kept in separate closed containers. I'd previously assumed this was standard everywhere.
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We also did similar for high risk vasoactives as well as keeping drugs more likely to cause harm with error (vasoactives, heparin, etc) in 2nd drawer and more commonly used agents less likely to result in serious substitution errors (except NMBAs which are stored in separate box) in top drawer.
June 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
We also did similar for high risk vasoactives as well as keeping drugs more likely to cause harm with error (vasoactives, heparin, etc) in 2nd drawer and more commonly used agents less likely to result in serious substitution errors (except NMBAs which are stored in separate box) in top drawer.