Jakob Mathiszig-Lee
@jm-l.bsky.social
Gooner, Cyclist, Anaesthetist.
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once more I am begging everyone to do policy based on evidence, not on vibes from the loudest-shouting pressure groups. What the NHS is leaning towards - targeted screening for those most at risk - is the right way to do this. Blanket screening with an unreliable test causes harm.
🔺UPDATED: Start prostate cancer testing regardless of advice, Wes Streeting told
Start prostate cancer testing regardless of advice, Wes Streeting told
Start prostate cancer testing regardless of advice, Wes Streeting told
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
once more I am begging everyone to do policy based on evidence, not on vibes from the loudest-shouting pressure groups. What the NHS is leaning towards - targeted screening for those most at risk - is the right way to do this. Blanket screening with an unreliable test causes harm.
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Hello and good morning to everyone whose team is top of all the Leagues
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Hello and good morning to everyone whose team is top of all the Leagues
Appalling
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Appalling
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It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
Take a bow Ben Stokes!
Also with @robhatch.bsky.social on comes I keep expecting to see Tadej Pogacar at the crease.
Also with @robhatch.bsky.social on comes I keep expecting to see Tadej Pogacar at the crease.
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Take a bow Ben Stokes!
Also with @robhatch.bsky.social on comes I keep expecting to see Tadej Pogacar at the crease.
Also with @robhatch.bsky.social on comes I keep expecting to see Tadej Pogacar at the crease.
Pretty extraordinary hearing from people trying to sell automated translation products to healthcare who don't know their word error rate.
I had a play around with OpenAI's whisper. It's super fun but the word error rate is as high as 50%! Using something like that for consent is insane.
I had a play around with OpenAI's whisper. It's super fun but the word error rate is as high as 50%! Using something like that for consent is insane.
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Pretty extraordinary hearing from people trying to sell automated translation products to healthcare who don't know their word error rate.
I had a play around with OpenAI's whisper. It's super fun but the word error rate is as high as 50%! Using something like that for consent is insane.
I had a play around with OpenAI's whisper. It's super fun but the word error rate is as high as 50%! Using something like that for consent is insane.
It's increasingly depressing chatting to very, very, good trainees at the end of their training who are being told that there are no jobs coming up and that there won't be for the foreseeable.
There's a limit to how many post CCT fellowships can be created to keep these people out of unemployment.
There's a limit to how many post CCT fellowships can be created to keep these people out of unemployment.
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It's increasingly depressing chatting to very, very, good trainees at the end of their training who are being told that there are no jobs coming up and that there won't be for the foreseeable.
There's a limit to how many post CCT fellowships can be created to keep these people out of unemployment.
There's a limit to how many post CCT fellowships can be created to keep these people out of unemployment.
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Full-on, unapologetic racism, not dog whistle but bloody foghorn, is now mainstream on the right.
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Full-on, unapologetic racism, not dog whistle but bloody foghorn, is now mainstream on the right.
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FT Editorial on the BBC - The broadcaster has made errors, but its board has failed to defend it www.ft.com/content/406e...
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
FT Editorial on the BBC - The broadcaster has made errors, but its board has failed to defend it www.ft.com/content/406e...
1.6 Lan parties in the Camden catacombs. Heaven.
25 years ago, a simple Half-Life mod changed online gaming forever. 💣
Counter-Strike redefined team play, and tactical shooters — and it’s still shaping the scene today.
What’s your earliest CS memory? LAN party? 56k modem lag?
📂 https://www.mobygames.com/game/2726/half-life-counter-strike
Counter-Strike redefined team play, and tactical shooters — and it’s still shaping the scene today.
What’s your earliest CS memory? LAN party? 56k modem lag?
📂 https://www.mobygames.com/game/2726/half-life-counter-strike
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
1.6 Lan parties in the Camden catacombs. Heaven.
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Happy 25th birthday to version 1.0 of Counter-Strike! 🎂
![CS V1.0 Released!
Thursday, November 9, 2000
We're very happy to announce that V1.0 of Counter-Strike is now out! This is the release we've been looking forward to making for over a year now. Head over to the downloads page to grab your copy. There is a 23 meg 7.1 > V1.0 upgrade patch (cs7110.exe) as well as an 82 meg full V1.0 install (cs10.exe). Here's what's new:
v1.0
[11.9.00]
- added three new weapons:
(H&K; UMP .45, FN Five-Seven, & SIG SG-550)
- redone player models
- incorporated Valve's model blending technology
- left beta stages
And here is the PR that Valve's Doug Lombardi sent out earlier today:
Since it's initial beta release in fall 1999, Counter-Strike has become the number one played online action game-surpassing all commercial and noncommercial titles in its class. Counter-Strike 1.0 will be released later tonight to all existing Counter-Strike and Half-Life players. CS 1.0 contains new weapons, a number of gameplay fixes, as well as enhanced maps, models and animation. Counter-Strike 1.0 will be available from a variety of gaming sites in two varieties: As an update for existing CS players and as a full Mod for existing Half-Life owners.
Meanwhile, the stand-alone Half-Life: Counter-Strike and Half-Life Platinum retail products are heading to retail outlets everywhere.
Half-Life: Counter-Strike has gone gold and should be showing up at your local software store in the next few days. Keep in mind that Counter-Strike will still be a free download available right here at www.counter-strike.net along with our usual mod dev. updates.
We'd really like to thank all the fans and players of Counter-Strike that have made it so much fun to make and play. Also special thanks to Valve Software who have been great to work with on this project. Thanks also to Kendokan, Erik Johnson, Malhavoc, Bigfoot, Redm, Frank Nuccio, & b@x.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ucwjleevh3u7yq4safl6dnsa/bafkreif5l6btzrdlh5hov42vb3wjfnmwsg5y6j2s6fempfgxibu6w4e5ty@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Happy 25th birthday to version 1.0 of Counter-Strike! 🎂
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Absolutely insane.
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Absolutely insane.
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
Labour would have purged and smeared someone like Zohran Mamdani.
Wes Streeting's politics align far more closely with Andrew Cuomo.
The lessons from Mamdani are about how to defeat both the right - and the bankrupt "centre".
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Congrats to this man’s siblings for getting the greatest roasting material of their lives.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Congrats to this man’s siblings for getting the greatest roasting material of their lives.
When the reg puts the labels the wrong way round.
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
When the reg puts the labels the wrong way round.
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I recently re-read this blog from 2020 which I wrote for RCPCH, and it still stands up well in 2025.
I cover Royal Colleges 3.0 'Best Practice As Code' but also a bit about Ubiquity, which is another important theme.
www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...
I cover Royal Colleges 3.0 'Best Practice As Code' but also a bit about Ubiquity, which is another important theme.
www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...
Royal Colleges 3.0: ‘Best practice as code’
Dr Marcus Baw has spent the last few months working with RCPCH on a project to deliver a Digital Growth Charts web service. It’s been a hugely interesting project to help digitise the complex clinical...
www.rcpch.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I recently re-read this blog from 2020 which I wrote for RCPCH, and it still stands up well in 2025.
I cover Royal Colleges 3.0 'Best Practice As Code' but also a bit about Ubiquity, which is another important theme.
www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...
I cover Royal Colleges 3.0 'Best Practice As Code' but also a bit about Ubiquity, which is another important theme.
www.rcpch.ac.uk/news-events/...
A single boxing day game at 8pm is an absolute disgrace. Shame on the premier league.
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A single boxing day game at 8pm is an absolute disgrace. Shame on the premier league.
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In defence of digital ID: timharford.com/2025/10/in-d...
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In defence of digital ID: timharford.com/2025/10/in-d...
Turned up yet again for some monitoring bloods to find out they've not been ordered. Recurrent orders for stuff like is easy to do! I've now had several wasted trips and long waits in phlebotomy departments that have resulted in a waste of everyone's time.
October 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Turned up yet again for some monitoring bloods to find out they've not been ordered. Recurrent orders for stuff like is easy to do! I've now had several wasted trips and long waits in phlebotomy departments that have resulted in a waste of everyone's time.
When is there going to be a real discussion on electoral reform? Someone's going to end up with a huge majority and coming 3rd in the popular vote.
Latest Polling by @YouGov
🟣 Reform 27%
🔵 Tory 17%
🔴 Labour 17%
💚 Green 16%
🟠 Lib Dem 15%
This is the LOWEST Labour
has ever polled with YouGov.
This is the HIGHEST @greenparty.org.uk has ever polled with YouGov.
4 parties within 2 points of each other for second place.
🟣 Reform 27%
🔵 Tory 17%
🔴 Labour 17%
💚 Green 16%
🟠 Lib Dem 15%
This is the LOWEST Labour
has ever polled with YouGov.
This is the HIGHEST @greenparty.org.uk has ever polled with YouGov.
4 parties within 2 points of each other for second place.
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
When is there going to be a real discussion on electoral reform? Someone's going to end up with a huge majority and coming 3rd in the popular vote.
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Windows 10 goes out of support today. My fave useless fact about w10 is that the iconic blue desktop background is a *photograph* - not CGI.
Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...
Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...
October 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Windows 10 goes out of support today. My fave useless fact about w10 is that the iconic blue desktop background is a *photograph* - not CGI.
Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...
Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...
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For context on just how far the Overton Window has shifted to the right on this issue, here’s a snippet from the BNP’s 2010 manifesto.
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
For context on just how far the Overton Window has shifted to the right on this issue, here’s a snippet from the BNP’s 2010 manifesto.
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"Goddamnit, Jones! I have wood, you have sheep, we both need what the other one has! Why won't you compromise?"
"After what you did to my road? It'll be a cold day in hell."
"After what you did to my road? It'll be a cold day in hell."
Yessssssssss absolute nonsense love it. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
‘Catan’ Movies and TV Series in the Works at Netflix
Netflix has acquired the global film and TV rights to Catan
variety.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Goddamnit, Jones! I have wood, you have sheep, we both need what the other one has! Why won't you compromise?"
"After what you did to my road? It'll be a cold day in hell."
"After what you did to my road? It'll be a cold day in hell."
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Adam Kay is an appreciated advocate for medical professionals, but I guess I just don’t get why the media continue to consider someone who last worked for the NHS in 2010, as the person to ask about “life on the NHS frontline”. The NHS frontline has changed more in the last 15yrs than ever before
October 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Adam Kay is an appreciated advocate for medical professionals, but I guess I just don’t get why the media continue to consider someone who last worked for the NHS in 2010, as the person to ask about “life on the NHS frontline”. The NHS frontline has changed more in the last 15yrs than ever before
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In a national cohort of veterans, the 2024–2025 Covid-19 vaccine was linked to reduced risks of emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths from Covid-19 across the overall cohort and in various subgroups. Full study results: nej.md/47anKdz
#MedSky #IDSky
#MedSky #IDSky
October 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In a national cohort of veterans, the 2024–2025 Covid-19 vaccine was linked to reduced risks of emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths from Covid-19 across the overall cohort and in various subgroups. Full study results: nej.md/47anKdz
#MedSky #IDSky
#MedSky #IDSky
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Many of these “illustrations” aren’t based on verified intelligence at all.
Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.
Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Many of these “illustrations” aren’t based on verified intelligence at all.
Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.
Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.