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Dr B, MD DFASAM

@dremilybrunner.bsky.social

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Addiction medicine doctor; fam med doctor; focus on emerging behavioral addictions such as internet gaming disorder

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Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · Mar 30

At the musee d’Armee yesterday and saw the WW section and it was chilling. Parallels between then and now are eerie. For example, dehumanization, deportation and use of propaganda were main tools used, not violent repression and they are happening in us now; violent repression came after

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Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 5m

100% this

Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 6m

If you see someone without a smile today, give them yours

Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 3h

It’s needs to be said that teachers and nurses work SO hard and do an amazing job for not enough money

This year all my kids have told me their teachers need second jobs to stay afloat; that’s not right

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Alan Smithee DGA @alansmitheedga.bsky.social · 3h

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Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 3h

We have been boiled like frogs; BUT also people are struggling so much to just live day to day they truly often don’t know many details of these things

We should normalize having discussion of how these changing policies are affecting us directly

It’s heavy

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

Talk about indoctrination…

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Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 5h

They aren’t the most courageous bunch we have in our House of Representatives; but they make up for that in being as dense as diamonds

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JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com · 13h

Startup idea: An app that tells you whether the supplement you're about to buy:

a) Does nothing

b) Does something but not what it claims

c) Actually works but costs $3 at Costco

Would be out of business in a week because answer is "a" for 95% of them.

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Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 13h

Yes

Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 15h

Or this

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Jemma Forte @jemmaforte.bsky.social · 23h

1970's: CEOs earn 20 x more than average worker
2025: CEOs earn 122 x more than average worker
The richest 1% own 50% of entire country's wealth.

Obscene inequality has been normalised.

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Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 16h

Serious question; is the veep an actual proto-nazi? I am so struck by his inability to disavow clear hate speech and the only reason I can see to do that is he agrees with them; is there another possibility I am missing ?

Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 16h

Within this article it is described trump had a party of “calendar girl tryouts” in which Epstein was the only guest; he basically had a bunga bunga party with only epstein; SO suss www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...

Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein

www.nytimes.com

Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 16h

Also Epstein files; they are being too weird about it for it to be innocent

Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 16h

This whole thing has shades of duterte and trying to vilify addiction; historically that has worsened the whole issue
if they have drugs, they could also have innocent victims being trafficked on board U.S. kills 6 alleged drug smugglers in new strike off Venezuela, Trump says - The Washington Post

Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 19h

Don’t laugh too much at Alex Jones; given our trajectory he is prob about to be on the board of TikTok

Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 22h

It’s all so unbelievable; move fast and break things is the worst way to move into progress

Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 22h

People probably should have taken it more seriously when the @americanbar.org raised an alarm that the rule of law was at risk within the first month of the new “regime”

Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 22h

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat - POLITICO

Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome to see; timetorefuse.com

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Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 1d

Spent a bit of time in the “truth social” presidential feed and it was filled with ads for toe fungus treatment, treatment for memory loss and whatever it is with this woman eating her chicken (which came up 3 times; antifungal foot bath also 3 times); someone in the platform must be clowning him

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Patricia Kreger @patriciakreger.bsky.social · 1d

ICYM THIS 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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Dr B, MD DFASAM @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 1d

The inflatables are multiplying !

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 1d

Given the absolutely insane levels of disinformation and growing attacks on science and scientists, all scientists must be taught

- how to communicate effectively
- how to engage the public
- how to engage politicians and policy makers
- how to engage with the media
- how to counter misinformation

Quote by Paul Sutter which says "The public needs to see scientists as poeple, rather than simply sources of information"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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