Ash Holt
@paediabricks
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Paediatric doctor and simulation fellow. Interests include simulation, education, neurology and QI. All views my own.
Birmingham, England
Joined November 2017
These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by @jagarikin. https://t.co/bNrxgZBK6N
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This needs to be a show or movie. Hilarious. 🤣🤣
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Someone connected their Move board to their smart home system so that when they checkmate, their robot vacuum delivers a cold beer straight to them.
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A priest, a pastor and a rabbit entered a clinic to donate blood. The nurse asked the rabbit: "what's your blood type?" "I'm probably a type O", said the rabbit.
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There's an Icelandic tradition called Jólabókaflóð, where books are exchanged as Christmas Eve presents, and the rest of the night is spent reading them and drinking hot chocolate.
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After rewatching Home Alone, I couldn’t stop wondering: how plausible is the oversleep that leaves Kevin behind? So I wrote a tiny paper and ran the numbers. Merry Christmas! 🎄
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Did you know? In 1958, NORAD accidentally created the tradition of tracking Santa Claus. A Sears department store printed a Christmas ad telling kids to call Santa—but the phone number had a typo and rang directly to the U.S. military’s top command center. Instead of hanging up,
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Disney Research shared a new look at the Olaf animated character, included a closer look at the inner workings of the robot, walk cycle, impact reductions, and how they track the character's performance.
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I see amazing interactions between health staff and children every day. But I also sometimes see ones that could be better. Here’s some tips for consultations, as people rotate to Paeds next week, and for people who don’t work with CYP every day!
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Deaf actress Samantha Krieger was genuinely surprised in Miracle on 34th Street (1994) when Richard Attenborough, playing Santa, used sign language, as she didn't know he could sign.
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Coca-Cola created a bottle that only opens in pairs to encourage interaction
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My mom goes to elderly university for free in China. It is probably the best thing they have done for elderly. She likes it so much. You can take any subject you like, no exam, no certificate, just learning for fun. She’s now learning gardening, music, philosophy, and some
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So my anaesthesia friend was diluting some drug facing the crash cart trolley in an OT when suddenly her HOD asked her from behind "Are you happy?" She turned around startled and cluelessly asked "with life?"😭 to which her HOD gave a long stare and said "with vitals."
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My husband called over lunch with the cutest update. He's at the home office today and noticed in the programmers bay a display that said "Hug Counter: 56" and asked the team about it. After some hemming and hawwing they admitted it was a counter of every time they've seen the
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Today's date, 9/25/2025, is probably the last date of our lifetime where the month, day, and year are all square numbers 😱 Next time this will happen is 1/1/2116.
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