Tamlyn Peel
@tamlynpeel.bsky.social
Hirsute outdoors enthusiast. Senior Teaching Fellow in Remote Medicine https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/2025/01/08/from-the-classroom-to-the-great-outdoors-a-journey-into-teaching-remote-medicine/
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I've been to some of these, and they're all excellent centres to communicate STEM to the public. They only need a little govt money to keep on doing good work! Consider signing:
For over 25 years, science and discovery centres have been at the heart of inspiring millions of people to explore, question, and be part of UK science and technology.
But they're seriously under threat… 1/3
But they're seriously under threat… 1/3
September 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I've been to some of these, and they're all excellent centres to communicate STEM to the public. They only need a little govt money to keep on doing good work! Consider signing:
This is interesting! There used to be an app called iFootpath a bit like this which was amazing for previewing curated routes, but it got sold and gutted. This being a charity might be more sustainable, and might give me something to do on a weekend!
Volunteers map 10,000 routes in Great Britain to help make walking accessible
Volunteers map 10,000 routes in Great Britain to help make walking accessible
Campaign group Slow Ways launches app for disabled people, parents with children, older people and others
Volunteers have mapped 10,000 walking routes across Great Britain in an attempt to make rural walking more accessible.
The routes provide accessible and scenic walks for disabled people, parents with children, and older people, according to Slow Ways, the campaign group behind the project. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This is interesting! There used to be an app called iFootpath a bit like this which was amazing for previewing curated routes, but it got sold and gutted. This being a charity might be more sustainable, and might give me something to do on a weekend!
Another adventure by train! This time to Finland, and cheating later by taking a ferry... Eurostar to Brussels for moules fries and beers, then to wonderful Copenhagen with its parks and harbourside (where the French carrier gave us a salute)...
July 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Another adventure by train! This time to Finland, and cheating later by taking a ferry... Eurostar to Brussels for moules fries and beers, then to wonderful Copenhagen with its parks and harbourside (where the French carrier gave us a salute)...
New review out from one of our talented alumni, Ed Adams, looking at current and novel treatments for Chronic Mountain Sickness 🩸⛰️
A lovely piece of writing that will help inform future research directions for this neglected disease.
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
A lovely piece of writing that will help inform future research directions for this neglected disease.
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
Chronic Mountain Sickness: A Comprehensive Review of Current Management and Proposals for Novel Therapies | High Altitude Medicine & Biology
Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is an acquired condition affecting 5%–10% of high-altitude residents. Lifelong exposure to chronic hypoxia triggers excessive erythrocytosis, resulting in an expanded h...
www.liebertpub.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
New review out from one of our talented alumni, Ed Adams, looking at current and novel treatments for Chronic Mountain Sickness 🩸⛰️
A lovely piece of writing that will help inform future research directions for this neglected disease.
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
A lovely piece of writing that will help inform future research directions for this neglected disease.
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
Agree with most of this advice - though mainly, if you've not read Terry you should. Now. Go. Put down the phone.
Night Watch definitely a fave. And his biography a core text for the fan.
Night Watch definitely a fave. And his biography a core text for the fan.
Curious about where to start in Terry Pratchett's VAST catalogue? I wrote this for @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Where to start with: Terry Pratchett
Ten years on from his death and just before what would have been his 77th birthday, take a deep dive into the funny, fantasy works of one of the most loved British writers
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Agree with most of this advice - though mainly, if you've not read Terry you should. Now. Go. Put down the phone.
Night Watch definitely a fave. And his biography a core text for the fan.
Night Watch definitely a fave. And his biography a core text for the fan.
Still works, if you want to update your lists!
I've discovered 165 Bluesky users from my social network using the Sky Follower Bridge.✨ Check it out: share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=165 #skyfollowerbridge
I've discovered 165 Bluesky users from my social network using the Sky Follower Bridge.✨ Check it out: share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=165 #skyfollowerbridge
Sky Follower Bridge
Bridge your Twitter/X followers to Bluesky. Detected Users: 165
share.sky-follower-bridge.dev
April 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Still works, if you want to update your lists!
I've discovered 165 Bluesky users from my social network using the Sky Follower Bridge.✨ Check it out: share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=165 #skyfollowerbridge
I've discovered 165 Bluesky users from my social network using the Sky Follower Bridge.✨ Check it out: share.sky-follower-bridge.dev?q=165 #skyfollowerbridge
We seem to be moving to "tyranny of the majority" - if 52% of people wants something actively harmful to the other 48%, is that still democracy?
It's even worse that that majority is often an ephemeral 'will of the people' and, like Brexit, is votes for soundbites rather than considered policies.
It's even worse that that majority is often an ephemeral 'will of the people' and, like Brexit, is votes for soundbites rather than considered policies.
on this; something I find disturbing is this assumption that if enough people want something then they should be able to get it - was that belief always there? understand no one wants to come across as overly patrician but if 60% of people wanted a cat as president, would we let the cat stand?
there's apparently now a view in every right-leaning British publication that nothing ought to be done about the far right, ever - they should be able to say whatever they want and do whatever they want, yet remain untouchable, and it's becoming increasingly hard not to parse it as outright support
April 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We seem to be moving to "tyranny of the majority" - if 52% of people wants something actively harmful to the other 48%, is that still democracy?
It's even worse that that majority is often an ephemeral 'will of the people' and, like Brexit, is votes for soundbites rather than considered policies.
It's even worse that that majority is often an ephemeral 'will of the people' and, like Brexit, is votes for soundbites rather than considered policies.
Feels like Today programme finally gave up challenging guests when Mishal Husain left. With the changes to Newsnight does feel like the BBC has given up it's role in UK life, at least the Inform bit.
Stephen Moore from the Heritage Foundation runs through a whole load of Trumpist disinformation on #BBCToday
There is very little challenge, nobody debating with him, no attempt to fact check his nonsense
This is how fascism flourishes: because the gatekeepers fail in their essential role
There is very little challenge, nobody debating with him, no attempt to fact check his nonsense
This is how fascism flourishes: because the gatekeepers fail in their essential role
March 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Feels like Today programme finally gave up challenging guests when Mishal Husain left. With the changes to Newsnight does feel like the BBC has given up it's role in UK life, at least the Inform bit.
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🚨BREAKING - Steve Reed has just launched the biggest review into the water sector since privatisation.
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Steve Reed: include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. | We Own It
Steve Reed must put public ownership back on the table.
weownit.org.uk
February 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🚨BREAKING - Steve Reed has just launched the biggest review into the water sector since privatisation.
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Reposted by Tamlyn Peel
An open letter to the President of the @royalsociety.org – time to stand up for your values. occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
An open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values | Reciprocal Space
occamstypewriter.org
February 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
An open letter to the President of the @royalsociety.org – time to stand up for your values. occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
Reposted by Tamlyn Peel
This should be changed asap.
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation - Free Movement
There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the
freemovement.org.uk
February 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This should be changed asap.
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
Reposted by Tamlyn Peel
Nigel Farage has been a threat to every recent UK prime minister. But this is something new
Nigel Farage has been a threat to every recent UK prime minister. But this is something new
Reform has surged in the polls, panicking both Labour and the Conservatives. It’s a trap, and the risks are high
Nigel Farage is making trouble again. Reform, his latest political vehicle, has surged in the polls, moving into first place with some…
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Nigel Farage has been a threat to every recent UK prime minister. But this is something new
Reposted by Tamlyn Peel
What is Labour thinking on immigration?
YouTube video by Matt Green Comedy
youtu.be
February 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.
February 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.
Businesses (mostly) don't have a vote - who votes Labour for this? Who benefits? Who cares about 'growing the economy' if it trashes the environment, precipitates another financial crash, and hands power to the tech bros?
All while refusing to help young people with EU mobility and decent houses.
All while refusing to help young people with EU mobility and decent houses.
The Guardian view on Labour’s climate plans: they should be central to the party’s purpose | Editorial
The Guardian view on Labour’s climate plans: they should be central to the party’s purpose | Editorial
An economic shift raises alarming questions about government vision, priorities and commitment to transformative policies
To hear Labour’s economic message, one might wonder if Downing Street has developed an unlikely admiration for Liz Truss. Given its…
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Businesses (mostly) don't have a vote - who votes Labour for this? Who benefits? Who cares about 'growing the economy' if it trashes the environment, precipitates another financial crash, and hands power to the tech bros?
All while refusing to help young people with EU mobility and decent houses.
All while refusing to help young people with EU mobility and decent houses.
Got blogged about what I do at work, if of interest! blogs.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/2025/01...
From the Classroom to the Great Outdoors: A Journey into Teaching Remote Medicine - National Heart and Lung Institute
Dr Tamlyn Peel, Senior Teaching Fellow on the iBSc Remote Medicine course, shares how his diverse background as a scientist and mountaineer led to teaching in this unique field here at Imperial.
blogs.imperial.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Got blogged about what I do at work, if of interest! blogs.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/2025/01...
🚂 What would Seat61 do? Train to Romania by many routes made easy! Currently relaxing in the Café de l'Est before getting the sleeper to Vienna - last time was 8hrs via the Arlberg which was lovely. This time doing the Xmas markets in Budapest. @seatsixtyone.bsky.social
#WWS61D
#WWS61D
The Man in Seat 61 - for train travel
How to travel by train in Europe & worldwide: Schedules, fares & how to buy tickets.
Seat61.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:45 PM
🚂 What would Seat61 do? Train to Romania by many routes made easy! Currently relaxing in the Café de l'Est before getting the sleeper to Vienna - last time was 8hrs via the Arlberg which was lovely. This time doing the Xmas markets in Budapest. @seatsixtyone.bsky.social
#WWS61D
#WWS61D
Now I have a Bluesky, but can't help feeling it'll just add another app to pointlessly scroll through. Hello anyway! Hope this one doesn't get awful.
![[Caption above the panels:]
How Standards Proliferate
(See: A/C chargers, character encodings, instant messaging, etc.)
[A text-only panel.]
Situation:
There are 14 competing standards.
[Cueball and Ponytail stand facing each other.]
Cueball: 14?! Ridiculous! We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone's use cases.
Ponytail: Yeah!
[Another text-only panel. The word "Soon:" appears in its own box at the upper left of the panel.]
Soon:
Situation:
There are 15 competing standards](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lyv4fdummvnhkk7k25mkvzen/bafkreiefxgtd55bxgdocb7sutdrhv53qchv4mf4n7so5a55mqeeqxzfyyq@jpeg)
November 22, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Now I have a Bluesky, but can't help feeling it'll just add another app to pointlessly scroll through. Hello anyway! Hope this one doesn't get awful.