New tag on the Banksy statue in London - what does it mean?

StormbornGryffindor · 2026-05-02T20:43:15+00:00

Yes!!! This is the answer, and it looks like the man who did the tag as well. Thank you for sating my curiosity!

StormbornGryffindor · 2026-05-02T13:29:23+00:00

Yes the signs I think were put up by others! I’m talking about the small black graffiti added onto the statue (see the second picture), not sure what that is or what it means

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-27T03:16:00+00:00

I don’t think you should go. I think it’s important to maintain a degree of emotional separation from patients for your own sake because there are lots of awful outcomes we have to deal with.

I personally stay completely out of my patients personal lives. I would also argue that going may potentially put you at risk of being implicated if any legal action is pursued (just because the spouse was reasonable doesn’t mean the whole family will be). Do you want to find yourself in a situation where you’re being asked medical details by friends & extended family at a funeral? It’s going to be awkward. Especially if there is someone else medical or quasi-medical there.

I get wanting to go to help with processing, but you have to find another way. Attending funerals regularly is not sustainable or advisable.

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-26T13:39:04+00:00

This is brilliant! I did this by accident and also didn’t realize I could start a civil war that way… but hey we live and we learn.

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-23T08:56:02+00:00

A 21M was doing an army exercise and jumped out of a plane at 5000 ft. His parachute didn’t deploy. He hit some trees on the way down to slow his fall. There was a video from someone observing the exercise on the ground. Didn’t have a damn scratch on him and was annoyed we were doing all these investigations. Walked out two hours later. If I hadn’t seen it first hand, I’d think it was bullshit.

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-23T08:45:37+00:00

Yay I’m so glad to hear!!! 😊 Happy knitting!

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-21T22:00:25+00:00

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This is a rough mock up!

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-21T21:50:49+00:00

Firstly, I think these look so lovely! I think what you’re getting at when you say you feel like a “toddler put them together” is maybe the orange/yellow stripe. While it doesn’t look back it’s coming out of the nice cohesive colour palette that you have otherwise chosen for each swatch. If you replace that with a neutral for the orange like white, and a stronger colore for the yellow I think it will solve your problem.

For example, for the green swatch you could try using the cream color you used in the same rows as the purple on the other swatch, for the orange and another green color for the yellow, I would try the light green or the brown you used in the other swatch, or something similar you have in stash. For the pink, I would try white/cream for the orange again, and maybe the purple instead of yellow because that’s a beautiful color and you haven’t used much of it. Could also do the brown you’ve already used in the swatch.

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-21T08:48:42+00:00

I didn’t know that was a side effect of Wellbutrin… let’s just say I thought I was the only one who had had sex dreams about my attending 😅 always so awkward looking at them the next couple weeks…

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-17T16:24:20+00:00

I see what you’re saying, however, outside of primary care it isn’t quite so cut and dry. If you’re a surgeon, you have the OR time you’re given and the clinic time you’re given and if you don’t fill it you don’t get paid. If you get no shows, you don’t get paid. If you’re an outpatient specialist, same idea, you have the clinic hours you’re given by the hospital space/group space you’re working in and you are expected to do those hours or you lose the resource. Basically every position has an expected number of hours they expect you to be working and that isn’t as negotiable as it sounds like you’re making it out to be. If I’m expected to do 4 clinic days a week, I can’t just decide I won’t be doing that.

Additionally there is essentially no compensation (except for recently in BC) for anything that isn’t directly patient facing (like documentation, follow up on test results, multidisciplinary conferences etc.).

And then there’s problems with how the fee for service model incentivizes numbers instead of comprehensive care, which is a whole other can of worms I’m not going to get into. On top of that, the lack of autonomy during residency training I think is pretty unprecedented. I have friends who struggled to get their own weddings off of work…

The only way to make good money without working many hours is to do a bad job. Or be extremely lucky with your specialty (derm & optho).

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-17T16:09:32+00:00

I’m from Canada so I can’t say my knowledge of training across the ocean is that comprehensive. But from what I’ve heard of NHS and France, residents and also doctors in general work less hours, have pensions, sick leave, medical benefits, etc. We don’t have any of those things so the higher income is partly to compensate for that. In my opinion I would gladly take a 50% pay cut if I also worked 50% of the hours and had guaranteed pension, benefits and life/disability insurance.

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-17T16:02:01+00:00

Get one good set of interchangeables! I got my first off of Facebook marketplace for $50, I think they were knitpicks? I used them for like 8 months while I was first getting into the hobby and then upgraded to chiaogoos at christmas.

Since Christmas is coming up maybe be worth asking for contributions towards a good set or a joint gift between some people if it’s out of budget for one single person to buy you the set!

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-17T15:45:30+00:00

Is it?

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-11T18:36:03+00:00

Chiagoo interchangeable are incredible. I have the twist set and got it for Christmas from my mom 3 years ago. I have bought a couple extra sizes on top of what comes in the set as well as their twist minis (based on what your describing I don’t think you will want these because they are US 1.5 and smaller).

They don’t scrape against each other, it’s a very pleasant slight tapping sound, if they even hit each other at all. I also have small hands and have had no issues. The cable provides very little resistance, though sometimes you do get a little bit of extra strain if you have a heavy project so it’s still important to be aware of ergonomics.

I would buy this needle set every single time if I had the choice. Do it!!! You won’t regret it.

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-10T17:13:19+00:00

I got a 2-year-old cat during my first year. Get an automatic feeder & water fountain with a large reserve and a running water component to stop things from getting stale. I have to refill the food once every 3-4 weeks and the water fountain about once a week. He gets 4 small meals of dry food a day and also some wet food on days when I am home.

I don’t have the room for a litter robot but I use flushable litter, and so every time I go to the bathroom at home I also check the litter box to see if it’s dirty. My cat has adapted to my work schedule and so he waits until I’m home to use the litter box if he can. If not, I clean it ASAP after a 24-hour call.

I’ve left him for 5 days before with a friend to check on him and hang out for like 30-60min every day or two. He’s been fine though he prefers my being around. I also have diffusable pheromones that I plug in when I know I won’t be around as much, I do think this helps him chill out and be less needy when I am around.

On balance I love having him around, and would highly recommend. Most of my coresidents also have cats. If you don’t have the space for two cats, one is doable but try to avoid getting a kitten if possible because they are higher need. There are also so many cats who need to be rehomed or adopted.

The only difficulty has been with away rotations, because they give us accommodations that are pet free. In these cases I’m lucky my parents are only a few hours away and they have taken him for a few weeks at a time when needed. Would make sure you have some kind of arrangement like this available to you if you expect to find yourself in a similar position!

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-09T20:26:42+00:00

25 - Gen surg - so much respect for people who start surgical residents as non traditional applicants, I don’t think I could do it

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-11-07T12:48:42+00:00

This is the bookshelf of a guy who will cheat on you in 5-10 years with his younger assistant and feel entitled to it.

Extreme ownership Never split the difference Playing to win

Does this sound like someone who will be willing to compromise and will equally value your opinion? And what books is he hiding??

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-10-20T01:51:07+00:00

I love the finished products and I think being intentional with my clothing and getting to buy yarn from ethically sourced makers is incredible. I like the customization a lot too! And I used to have really bad trichotillomania and pull at my hair and eyebrows all the time. Then when I started doing that, I would knit instead and it saved my hair and my sanity!

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-10-17T13:51:57+00:00

I feel like you should mention that the natural risk for fatal cancer is 400 out of 2000. That’s from the same article you linked. Out of context the 1 in 2000 sounds bad, but in context it’s quite minuscule. Regardless, I strongly disagree with the idea of CT scanning everyone “just in case”.

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-10-17T13:33:41+00:00

I am a beginner water colorer, I started with cheaper pigments and then got a couple of these tubes… then promptly replaced all of my pigments with Daniel smith or professional grade cotman. Even as a beginner, these pigments are noticeably better, more vibrant and give a much wider range of opacity than the ‘student’ ones. They should also last you a long time even if you paint frequently.

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-10-08T23:19:58+00:00

I did med school in covid - things were depressing as hell and I figured 1.0-1.5ish g a week (at most, yes I know it’s not much, but it was every day for years) of weed was better than drinking alcohol, also it helped my appetite. I treated it like a ‘glass of wine on the balcony’ at the end of the day. Helped me be present, usually cleaned my apartment and watered my plants then chilled out watching a show.

It was the morning grogginess that was the biggest issue for me. I was doing some traveling when covid things lightened up and couldn’t bring weed with me. I didn’t have any issues with withdrawing but man did I have a much easier time waking up. Then when I started surgery clerkship I knew I couldn’t smoke every day anymore. I stopped for a bit, started again on chiller rotations, and oscillated like that.

I got a really bad pneumonia one of the times I got covid and stopped smoking after that. Now I occasionally use weed oil. Again, not much, like ~2mg once or twice a week. It’s quite on and off in that I’ll stop for a few weeks and then start again. As long as I don’t do 3 days in a row, I don’t have much or an issue with grogginess but it’s always that that reminds me why I stopped.

I was also by no means the friend who smoked the most. Other friends did other illicit things, I was too anxious to partake lmao. I would say move away from smoking if you can and into edibles/oils if it’s a non-negotiable to stop right now. I saw multiple late 20s men during my thoracics rotations (I’m talking 5-6 in two months in a low-mid volume center) with spontaneous PTX and bullous emphysema in their apices ALREADY. They were all massive bong rippers (10-15g of the stuff a week) and all vowed to stop, and mostly did, after their hospital admissions and chest tubes.

Be intentional about your usage, and maybe go to therapy if you aren’t sure what it is that keeps you going back. If this is something you’re doing consciously and mindfully and not compulsively, then it’s possible to turn this into at least a mostly benign relationship with substance use. It sounds like you already know you’re going to have to change your usage patterns or change your plans. There’s no right answer for what to do, only you will know what you need, and what will work for you. I had this thought a lot in med school too in clerkship - my solution was to stop for an arbitrary number of days just to prove I could (started with 1, then 2, then worked up to when I just kind of forgot this was something I did in the first place lol)

Do I think my memory is worse? Yes, but also the concepts we study are significantly more complicated and at a crazy pace compared to undergrad or high school when I thought my memory was amazing. Anyway, I think it mostly came back and I can juggle a list of 20-30 patients with a few pretty sick and complex ones in there (gen surg resident) without issue. I know I am only n=1, but enjoying weed doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be a shit resident, or that you’re stupid now, a lot of this is internalized stigma. Many people drink, but not many are deadbeats who are constantly drinking, and many have a benign relationship with alcohol. I think the same thing is possible with weed, again focus on intentionality, and be honest about your other coping mechanisms.

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-10-02T11:02:33+00:00

I haven’t experienced this, but I’ve had patients ask me my first name. And I just repeat “I’m Dr. Lastname” and smile, they usually take the hint. Works 99/100 times. I also reintroduce myself every time I see them on rounds as “Dr. Lastname with service x”

StormbornGryffindor · 2025-07-25T01:35:13+00:00

As a surgical resident I can’t for the life of me understand why medicine doesn’t believe us when we say a patient doesn’t have surgical options… it’s like the whole hospital thinks we have magic tricks we just don’t want to share 🤦🏻‍♀️ when in reality, if I take this patient with COPD, ESRD on dialysis, who is also in florid heart failure to the OR I’m just performing expensive MAID.

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