George Kourounis
@georgek.medsky.social
Gen Surgery Registrar & Associate Clinical Lecturer @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Blending HPB & Transplant Surgery with AI, Computer Vision & Data Science
#surgsky
Blending HPB & Transplant Surgery with AI, Computer Vision & Data Science
#surgsky
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This cartoon was created by Pulitzer Prize winning artist Adam Zyglis for The Buffalo News in November, 2024.
It hits even harder now.
It hits even harder now.
September 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
This cartoon was created by Pulitzer Prize winning artist Adam Zyglis for The Buffalo News in November, 2024.
It hits even harder now.
It hits even harder now.
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Do not send your bot into my replies uninvited, I WILL waste your token budget.
(Random Python scripts are good for this, on their end this would just keep generating past the post character limit.)
(Random Python scripts are good for this, on their end this would just keep generating past the post character limit.)
July 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Do not send your bot into my replies uninvited, I WILL waste your token budget.
(Random Python scripts are good for this, on their end this would just keep generating past the post character limit.)
(Random Python scripts are good for this, on their end this would just keep generating past the post character limit.)
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The most important “data centres” to invest in will always be public schools.
June 8, 2026 at 10:44 AM
The most important “data centres” to invest in will always be public schools.
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Leaked image of new Apple EV.
May 16, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Leaked image of new Apple EV.
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We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5
May 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM
We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5
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More context on this #Artemis II image:
* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right
* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
☀️🌍🚀🌕
* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right
* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
☀️🌍🚀🌕
April 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
More context on this #Artemis II image:
* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right
* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
☀️🌍🚀🌕
* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right
* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
☀️🌍🚀🌕
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the upcoming OrQA-UK Trial!
The #OrqaUKTrial team presented their AI-powered organ quality assessment tool designed to support liver graft evaluation and potentially reduce organ non-use at #BTSCongress 2026. UK transplant centres are invited to participate in the national trial launching in 2026.
March 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the upcoming OrQA-UK Trial!
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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🚨📢 Incredibly proud to share our new paper and R package on non-linear regression modelling for medical professionals; making it simple!
🔗 Open access paper: doi.org/10.1093/post...
#rstats #nonlinear #biostatistics
More details 🧵👇👇👇
🔗 Open access paper: doi.org/10.1093/post...
#rstats #nonlinear #biostatistics
More details 🧵👇👇👇
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨📢 Incredibly proud to share our new paper and R package on non-linear regression modelling for medical professionals; making it simple!
🔗 Open access paper: doi.org/10.1093/post...
#rstats #nonlinear #biostatistics
More details 🧵👇👇👇
🔗 Open access paper: doi.org/10.1093/post...
#rstats #nonlinear #biostatistics
More details 🧵👇👇👇
ESOT wants to make sure AI in transplantation addresses real-world clinical needs, starting by listening to those on the ground.
This short survey (<5 mins) is your chance to contribute.
This short survey (<5 mins) is your chance to contribute.
ESOT is calling on transplant professionals, researchers & clinicians to contribute their perspectives on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in transplantation!
Your feedback will directly inform ESOT’s forthcoming position paper 😄
@colinwilson2206.bsky.social
Your feedback will directly inform ESOT’s forthcoming position paper 😄
@colinwilson2206.bsky.social
Use of AI in Transplantation
go.esot.org
July 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
ESOT wants to make sure AI in transplantation addresses real-world clinical needs, starting by listening to those on the ground.
This short survey (<5 mins) is your chance to contribute.
This short survey (<5 mins) is your chance to contribute.
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When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Please tell me again how the LLM will help me code better and faster.
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
April 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Please tell me again how the LLM will help me code better and faster.
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Tariffs on your spreadsheets.
April 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Tariffs on your spreadsheets.
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Absolutely incredible photo choice here. A+
April 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Absolutely incredible photo choice here. A+
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🔥New Night Science paper!!
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
April 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🔥New Night Science paper!!
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
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Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to be completely white.
by Stephen Miller
by Stephen Miller
April 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to be completely white.
by Stephen Miller
by Stephen Miller
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Can’t help but feel that if President Bernie Sanders pulled this move the entirety of American business would try to get him pushed out of office immediately.
April 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Can’t help but feel that if President Bernie Sanders pulled this move the entirety of American business would try to get him pushed out of office immediately.
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❓Can we predict kidney viability before transplantation—non-invasively, in real time?
Our latest study explores contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) during normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) to assess microvascular perfusion, a key factor in ischaemia-reperfusion injury🧵👇
Our latest study explores contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) during normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) to assess microvascular perfusion, a key factor in ischaemia-reperfusion injury🧵👇
April 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
❓Can we predict kidney viability before transplantation—non-invasively, in real time?
Our latest study explores contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) during normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) to assess microvascular perfusion, a key factor in ischaemia-reperfusion injury🧵👇
Our latest study explores contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) during normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) to assess microvascular perfusion, a key factor in ischaemia-reperfusion injury🧵👇
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What about big data and AI?
Thought-provoking and informative session chaired by @adnan-sharif.bsky.social featuring talks by Lynn Morrice and Colin Wilson. #QUODbiobank
@nhsbt.bsky.social @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Thought-provoking and informative session chaired by @adnan-sharif.bsky.social featuring talks by Lynn Morrice and Colin Wilson. #QUODbiobank
@nhsbt.bsky.social @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
What about big data and AI?
Thought-provoking and informative session chaired by @adnan-sharif.bsky.social featuring talks by Lynn Morrice and Colin Wilson. #QUODbiobank
@nhsbt.bsky.social @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Thought-provoking and informative session chaired by @adnan-sharif.bsky.social featuring talks by Lynn Morrice and Colin Wilson. #QUODbiobank
@nhsbt.bsky.social @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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Video of a student in my town who wrote a political op-ed being grabbed off the street by government agents bsky.app/profile/pale...
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Video of a student in my town who wrote a political op-ed being grabbed off the street by government agents bsky.app/profile/pale...
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I wonder what would happen if my VA colleagues and I discussed patient data in a non-secure messaging app and one of us invited the editor of the @startribune.com in?
Actually I don’t wonder- we’d all be fired for reckless disregard of patient privacy.
Good thing this was less consequential 🤦🏻♂️
Actually I don’t wonder- we’d all be fired for reckless disregard of patient privacy.
Good thing this was less consequential 🤦🏻♂️
March 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I wonder what would happen if my VA colleagues and I discussed patient data in a non-secure messaging app and one of us invited the editor of the @startribune.com in?
Actually I don’t wonder- we’d all be fired for reckless disregard of patient privacy.
Good thing this was less consequential 🤦🏻♂️
Actually I don’t wonder- we’d all be fired for reckless disregard of patient privacy.
Good thing this was less consequential 🤦🏻♂️
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CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸
March 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸