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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 10m

Hamas: still exists
Hostages: fewer than half are alive

And yet, for Netanyahu, all of this horror and destruction is mission accomplished.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13m

Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 26m

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 31m

“This “victory” is actually a defeat — a necessary and blessed defeat — of this government’s messianic vision. In fact, the agreement directly contradicts what the government has sold Israelis for two years: the promise of total victory and the destruction of Hamas.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/o...

Opinion | The Uncomfortable Truth About Netanyahu’s ‘Victory’

www.nytimes.com

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 25m

“Remember that *diagnosis* patient?”

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 41m

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 1h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 27m

Which says “America First?”

$20 billion to bailout a reckless Libertarian leader from decimating his country’s economy solely because he flattered Elon and Trump,

or $20 billion to practically solve homelessness via a housing-first model?

FAQ: Why America just bailed out Argentina with a $20 billion lifeline | CNN Business

The Trump administration is bailing out Argentina in a move critics are saying has more to do with politics than economics or American interests.

www.cnn.com

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 3h

Side note: so many docs kill their families in their own private planes. Being good at one thing doesn’t mean you’ll be good at an entirely different thing

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 4h

TIL that ATLS (Advances Trauma Life Support) was pioneered by an ortho surgeon who crashed his own prop plane filled with wife (killed) and kids (survived). He was shocked at the lack of standardized care available to Americans in emergency departments.

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 14h

Maiava has been pressured under five times. He excelled at accurately getting the ball out quickly and accurately against zone, and pushed the ball accurately against man. Wink has no answers, but their offensive skill >>>> our defensive skill

George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 15h

a cartoon of spongebob reading a book while sitting in a chair in a room .

Alt: a cartoon of spongebob reading a book while sitting in a chair in a room . Imma head out

media.tenor.com

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 15h

Is anyone else’s NBC feed a mess? Peacock is bad too. I’m on a wired connection with over 100 Mbps

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 15h

Was trying to turn off the Michigan game

a man says just when i thought i was out in a scene from the godfather

Alt: a man says just when i thought i was out in a scene from the godfather

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 15h

Check on your Michiganders today. None of them are having a good weekend. A loss to the Chiefs tomorrow in prime time might be the final straw for the state.

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 15h

Oh yeah

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 16h

Watching Michigan-USC on YouTube TV NBC feed has the resolution of a 320x320 mpeg copy of “Spirit of Christmas” that has been blown up to fill the screen

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 16h

NBC should it be allowed to broadcast live sports until they can fix their feed

George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 23h

Simply saying, “I’m right and they’re incorrect,” when the “they” in question is thousands of researchers who submitted their data for peer-review, is crazy. The majority of these researchers did work to refute or validate the existing belief system through validated and reviewed methods.

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 23h

There’s lots to dislike about medical education (eg too many undergrad weed-out pre recs), but the coolest thing about it is teaching the through-line of “how we got here.” Understanding how we got from Jenner to Salk to mRNA vaccines is crucial. This is why the contrarian “Nuh-uh” is so infuriating

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 1d

Arthrex on Game Day, lol

Johnny Mateer is not healed at 17 days. Not saying it will fail, but the biology there is not stable enough at this point. Metal is there to compress and allow for faster, more predictable healing; it doesn’t replace healing.

Hope he is getting good advice.

$Photo from college game day showing three screws across and oblique metacarpal fracture$

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 1d

He got the shots that his own HHS is telling you are not necessary

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

www.cnn.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 2d

The ER only hospital, where getting dispo’d “upstairs” means something totally different

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 2d

What so many non-medical people have memory-holed about peak-covid is that beyond-capacity ICUs/ERs brought the entire system to a halt. Inelasticity in high-acuity settings is always a crisis for hospitals, where almost every specialty relies on acute care services. Get vaccinated, people.

Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 2d

We are so unprepared. Kennedy is going to bungle this so badly.

Glad I got my vaccine already, at least.

gulfnews.com/world/asia/j...

Japan reports spike in flu cases, surpassing 'epidemic' threshold, 135 schools shut

4,030 cases detected in the week starting September 22, up 957 from the prior week

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 2d

Leaving Paris today. The Sargent special exhibit in the D’Orsay and the Weil special exhibit in the Orangerie are great.

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 3d

We all know someone who claimed to be gluten intolerant but would be absolutely fine housing a bowl of pasta without repercussions. Just because a person claimed to be something they weren’t doesn’t mean that the thing doesn’t exist.

Transphobes believe that the very rare exceptions prove the rule.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

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