Dr Matt

Well, two interesting stories

Most radioactive site I’ve been to has been the MAGNOX Swarf Silo

That sounds like an interesting story

A view from an outer breakwater towards a beachfront with houses painted in various colours

A little Sunday walk for a little Sunday well-being

Collapse was definitely the goal, but with Grexit failing and only Britain going through with it… patience wasn’t there for continued engineering; doubly so once it became apparent to other nations what an unmitigated failure Cameron’s Folly turned out to be!

I‘m never sure if Galvatron is an official transformer, as he’s only sometimes cannon.

Also - to be totally honest other doctors (unless we share an interest outside of medical whatnots) bore me. My people are music/board games/ttrpg/tabletop/video games enjoyers!

Also, imposter syndrome runs hard everywhere - you’re making great stuff! Compliments all well earned 🙂👍

The thing that often unites us is nerdy hobbies and a need for information to be presented in a way that’s fun; especially as day to day stuff can often lack that. You and Snipe do a great job of that, and the fact that you’re good people shines through what you make.

Matt, whilst scuba diving, is incredibly annoying to all around him by hovering at neutral buoyancy in a cross legged position

Enjoying a much needed holiday

Happy new year, given the lack of alternatives to the passage of linear time…

Guy says "you can totally run a murder mystery in D&D!" and then when asked how, they describe a freeform improv roleplay session where they occasionally randomly sat down to fight some monsters in empty square rooms (the only thing you actually do in D&D 5e) between events

If it increases my public health budget then by all means encourage them!

Only when I’m back in the UK

Every time I travel by rail in the UK.

Our keynote speaker Lord Filkin has addressed #ADPHConf25 telling Directors of Public Health that they are "the change leaders" for population health.

Yeah - probably fine - I’ll ping you a message

100% the storytelling in wrestling is (usually) so unequivocal, and communicated so effectively both verbally and in the ring - it’s a model for how to effectively influence (compared to the usual charts and graphs - got to do the narrative setup before those become meaningful).

Doubly so when you add in the different dynamics of professionals, politicians, volunteers, the public etc.

Might necessitate a longer conversation than is feasible on here:

But the gist of it is: controlling the narrative, taking people with you on a journey, making that journey interesting, planning for threats and challenges… all useful stuff that I’ve not seen expressed as effectively in trad sources

A scale model of one of the Windscale Piles

I got to go on a work field trip this week to learn about the thing in the picture (amongst other things), drove over one of the most difficult roads in Britain by accident, and am now in London for the @adphuk.bsky.social conference. I love working in Public Health.

Frankly:

RPG rulebooks > management and leadership books

It is *so* useful - and I take so much from the roleplaying/improv/wrestling space into how I do work as well

It arrived today! It’s been exactly what I needed to distract me from an injured and painful foot.

Well done, looking forward to finishing it over the next few days; and I’m sorry that you and Mark didn’t manage to meet for lunch.

Verdigris

…yes?

Public health plan to 'reduce avoidable illness' on Isle of Man A new five-year strategy outlines plans to

Delighted to see coverage of our approach - especially the emphasis on prevention and tackling the social determinants of health.

Sounds like a perfect scenario for a game of Goblin Quest!