Pain management strategies in patients with rib fractures. @benmorton.bsky.social #AnSky #MedSky #EMSky #SurgSky #PainSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

What are the indications for surgical rib fixation? @benmorton.bsky.social #AnSky #MedSky #EMSky #SurgSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

How do you classify thoracic trauma? @benmorton.bsky.social #AnSky #MedSky #EMSky #SurgSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Really enjoyed writing this with major trauma colleagues from @nhsuhlg.bsky.social. Effective trauma management is a team sport so it's only right that treatment recommendations include multidisciplinary perspectives: doi.org/10.1111/anae... @anaesjournal.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social #ansky

Something remarkable has happened in #Pakistan’s energy sector, largely missed by official stats… In just two years, electricity generation has surged by 21%, making an increase of 33 TWh – this boost was entirely led by distributed solar, which rose by 36 TWh 🇵🇰 🌞 ember-energy.org/lat...

☀️ NEW | Renewables were the LARGEST source of global energy supply growth in 2025, for the first time outside a recession. Renewables grew by 10%, adding 3.3 exajoules to total energy supply in 2025. Solar alone delivered 71% of that rise. 🧵1/3 🔗 www.energyinst.org/statistical-...

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Politics UK@politicsuk.com · last mo.

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham reportedly has no plans to live in No 10 and will remain at his home in Manchester It would make him the first PM since Harold Wilson not to live in No 10

New Editorial in @anaesjournal.bsky.social Pain only she knows There is a persistent gap between pain experienced by patients and pain recognised by clinicians; namely, patients feel pain more often than clinicians recognise. Great to work with Tracey Vogel and Heather Nixon on this. 1/

Anaesthesia@anaesjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

Pain only she knows @susannastanford.bsky.social #AnSky #ObSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

The BBC has requested that Donald Trump hand over his phone records from Jan. 6 as part of his defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster.

BBC requests Trump’s diary and phone logs in editing scandal lawsuit

The US president is demanding $10bn in damages from the BBC

telegraph.co.uk

I like Andy Burnham and hope that he can change the narrative in government. I can't get passed him looking like a Thunderbird character but I liked them too as a kid so I guess that's OK

Among critically ill adults with acute respiratory failure, neither carbocisteine nor hypertonic saline reduced the duration of mechanical ventilation, and each strategy was associated with harm. Full phase 3 MARCH trial results: https://nej.md/3PUyHdA #CCR26 | @criticalcarereviews.com

Congratulations to the excellent Emma Carter for bringing this important piece together on the current landscape for TB meningitis treatment in the UK www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪 #IDsky

Incidence, risk factors and management of paradoxical reaction in central nervous system tuberculosis in the United Kingdom

The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence, clinical presentation, risk factors, management, and outcomes of paradoxical reaction (PR) in cen…

sciencedirect.com

“You could meditate on the historical shift to monotheism by reading a weighty biography of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor. Or you could do it by reading Small Gods, which has jokes in it.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I Am Begging You to Read Terry Pratchett

One of England’s funniest writers is in danger of being lost to history.

theatlantic.com

Hot off the press, and a plug for PLUGS @anaesjournal.bsky.social @docashah.bsky.social Our prospective study of platelet function in vascular surgery TLDR: better periop pathways 🤝 personalised periop care Read👇 associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Come and be our Fellow! Applications close 8 June 2026. #AnSky #MedSky

Anaesthesia and Anaesthesia Reports Editorial Fellowship: January 2027-2028

This exciting fellowship programme aims to provide all this and much more for up to two exceptional doctors in training.

anaesthetists.org

Immigration make Britain brilliant

Labour hopeful Andy Burnham to C4: “We need a different path completely. Put more things back under public, stronger public control, energy, housing, water, transport. I've done that with the busses in Greater Manchester...so you take that principle and you apply it to energy, water. 1/

Fantastic to see this published. I remember writing the protocol seven years ago over the Christmas break before COVID hit... The world has changed somewhat since then! @lstmnews.bsky.social #IDsky #Medsky 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Effect of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on experimental carriage at 1-year post-vaccination on rechallenge with Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6B in Blantyre, Malawi: a controlled human ...

In Malawi, childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccination has not achieved expected herd protection despite the introduction of the 13-valent pneumococc…

sciencedirect.com

Arsenal need to make a choice. Is it better that Spurs go down or to win the league… I might have a slight bias #CTID

How the oilman’s president boosted a green transition ft.trib.al/eQEmdN3 | opinion

How the oilman’s president boosted a green transition

Donald Trump’s Iran war has made fossil fuels expensive and unreliable

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Suffragette march, London, 1911, photo by Scottish photographer Christina Broom (1862-1939), UK's first female press photographer, who documented the women's suffrage movement.

Great work from excellent colleagues @lstmnews.bsky.social

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo ago

‘Astonishing’ discovery could help save children from deadly disfiguring condition

Great to be in Rotterdam with @musiccproject.bsky.social

MUSICC@musiccproject.bsky.social · 4mo ago

MUSICC meets again in 2026! Our third in-person meeting has begun, bringing together partners from across the world. These meetings give space to share progress, reflect on challenges, and strengthen collaboration beyond the screen. 🧪

We loved spending the day with Year 12 students on Imperial College London’s STEM Futures programme, exploring how to communicate the MUSICC project and its aims. From interpreting messages to designing t-shirts, their ideas were brilliant. 📖 Read more: bit.ly/4ldUvMz 🧪

Opening doors to STEM Futures with MUSICC

MUSICC ran a workshop on public engagement design and STEM careers with Year 12 students, as part of the STEM Futures programme.

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💉 How are tomorrow's vaccines being shaped today? Join MUSICC consortium researchers in Rotterdam for an in-person evening of talks and discussion on cutting-edge vaccine science. 📍Rotterdam | 📅 20th April 🔗Register: bit.ly/musicc-vacci... 🧪

Welcome to MusiCC’s Bluesky 🦋 The MusiCC project is laying the groundwork needed to develop the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines. 💉🧪 Follow us for the latest updates, industry insights and networking opportunities! 🌐 Website: www.musicc.org 💡 LinkedIn: bit.ly/4f2lgi9

Home – MusiCC

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IEA: Solar overtakes all energy sources in a major global first

IEA: Solar overtakes all energy sources in a major global first

Global energy demand growth slowed in 2025 – but electricity use is still surging, and solar just hit a major milestone, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). more…

electrek.co

When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform