@matthwilliams
Consultant Clinical Oncologist specialising in Brain Tumours Computational Oncology Grp @ImperialCollege CMO (Precision Medicine) PearBio All views my own @matthwilliams on Xitter https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/matthew.williams
kalshi has also announced they are partnering with epic — healthcare providers can now bet on patient lab results and survival directly from mychart. this will maximize health efficiencies,
where do you think the term occam’s razor comes from? i suspect it originates from the Oceanic Coastal and Continental Alliiance of Magistrates (OCCAM), an ancient global court system that was founded in what we understand to be the 14th century, but what they know to be the 32nd. they were feared t
evidence suggests the cause was an acorn
A science fiction short story i wrote a while back.
About war, love, fatherhood and the speed of light.
authory.com/JohnBull/a/a...
@natefakes.bsky.social
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You can tell Reform are a serious party of power because their justice spokesperson is rising young talent Anne Widdecombe... currently on LBC and responsible for my neighbours' children learning a whole fresh vocabulary of four letter words.
I’m on this website because 1. I have fun here and the vast majority of my friends are here and 2. posting my little jokes on here does not benefit Zartog the Heart-Eater Who Feasts on Screams, unlike Threads or X/Twitter
still unclear to me how the species made it this far
I’ve found it, I’ve found the worst take
New piece. A paper gown. A cardiologist with opinions I respect and ignore. And the particular experience of having your ass hang out of a hospital gown while someone half your age reviews your file.
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"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."
The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited
Previous approaches have all used manual review of records. This means we cannot understand complications in a systematic way.
Being able to this from routine data means we have many more patients, over a longer period, so we can ask more detailed questions
I am very glad that this is (finally) out
Where we show that we can (reasonably) measure post-op complications in brain tumour patients having surgery using routine national data
This is very boring, but..... (1/2)
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going to the dough store. does anyone knead anything
@lastpositivist.bsky.social may have views on this
Primarchs That I would Take on a Date and Those I'd Fight in a Parking Lot.
creepingforscalemodels.com/2026/02/14/p...
#warhammer40k #nerdlings #creepingforscalemodels
A giant sphere of flesh in Central Park towering over the city like a big gross meatball. This was made by redditor kiwi2703 to show what it would look like if you combined every human on Earth into a ball, and it’s clearly a bad idea
Within 18 months all white collar workers could be replaced by a 1km sphere of flesh in Central Park
well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
One on left is a black dog and above it the words “Reality”. Below it is “I chased a squirrel” One the right is a black dog and above it says “LinkedIn”. Below it says, Proud to announce that I effectively executed a rapid-response squirrel displacement strategy to mitigate potential yard intrusions. Humbled by the unwavering support of my family and local stakeholders. This experience reinforced the importance of vigilance, ownership, and continuous improvement. Looking forward to scaling this impact in future engagements.
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“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
Attempting to convince the statistical establishment to abandon p<.05 decision criteria.
A few AI skeptics remain
www.thefarside.com/2026/02/10/2
Worth reading, as ever
Entirely understand
You may also want to cast your gaze over the the plans for the new London medical schools
Which, in line with some many recent plans...... Are not plans
And address the pressing shortage of medical schools. In London.
You can no longer make this stuff up
As ever, delighted to read this week's Cowers Cut (www.healthpolicyinsight.com/cowpers-cut-...)
Slightly disappointed there was not more on the new cancer plan (which is many things, but not obviously a plan)
Would love to hear slightly more on it from @hpiandycowper.bsky.social .....
60 years ago today, mild-mannered jim bowl was bitten by a radioactive spider
I've been singing this to myself all day
another year of us not running a super bowl ad
A vibrant, composite portrait of the brilliant Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017), the first woman and first Iranian to win the Fields Medal. She is shown in a close-up head-and-shoulders view, facing the camera with a gentle, thoughtful expression—short brown hair, bright blue eyes, and a calm smile. She wears a navy blue fleece over a teal/green collared shirt. Overlaid transparently behind and around her is a dense blackboard filled with intricate handwritten mathematical equations in white chalk, featuring complex expressions involving binomial coefficients (e.g., n! / (k!(n-k)!)), factorials, summations, powers, and terms suggestive of hypergeometric series or combinatorial identities. The equations partially surround and frame her face, symbolizing her deep immersion in advanced mathematics, particularly in hyperbolic geometry, Teichmüller theory, and dynamical systems, while evoking the creative, exploratory nature of her work as a Stanford professor and groundbreaking researcher.
Remembering Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani on #WorldCancerDay.
Dr. Mirzakhani was first woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in #mathematics. She died in 2017 from #breastcancer at the age of 40.
stanford.io/2C0io2A #WomenInSTEM
The whole of the UK has a MMR of 12.8/100k, and that is worse that it was, and rising
But remind me how much better fee-for-service medicine is
