brookswalsh
@brookswalsh.bsky.social
ER doc.
Okay at reading ECGs
Proud to have helped eliminate "excited delirium" in EM.
Aiming to correctly use the subjunctive in Spanish more often.
And I am never, ever sick at sea.
Okay at reading ECGs
Proud to have helped eliminate "excited delirium" in EM.
Aiming to correctly use the subjunctive in Spanish more often.
And I am never, ever sick at sea.
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“Asked how the cuts have affected science, one Boston Children’s Hospital researcher said, “This is like asking, how do you think dropping an atomic bomb on New York City will affect the future of Broadway musicals?”
February 15, 2026 at 9:34 PM
“Asked how the cuts have affected science, one Boston Children’s Hospital researcher said, “This is like asking, how do you think dropping an atomic bomb on New York City will affect the future of Broadway musicals?”
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Neil Patrick Harris no podría haberse casado con su marido si todo el mundo estuviese interesado en hacer cosas apolíticas, como él.
February 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Neil Patrick Harris no podría haberse casado con su marido si todo el mundo estuviese interesado en hacer cosas apolíticas, como él.
“Mostly, people living there are the ones who get it. But it’s just a lottery sandwich, and there’s no reason that travelers can’t get it"
Tough case
Tough case
February 15, 2026 at 8:44 PM
“Mostly, people living there are the ones who get it. But it’s just a lottery sandwich, and there’s no reason that travelers can’t get it"
Tough case
Tough case
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The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
February 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
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I regularly think about how, in 2017 when nine women accused Israel Horovitz of sexual assault, his son Adam responded like this:
"I believe the allegations against my father are true, and I stand behind the women that made them."
A good dude, that Ad-Rock.
"I believe the allegations against my father are true, and I stand behind the women that made them."
A good dude, that Ad-Rock.
February 15, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I regularly think about how, in 2017 when nine women accused Israel Horovitz of sexual assault, his son Adam responded like this:
"I believe the allegations against my father are true, and I stand behind the women that made them."
A good dude, that Ad-Rock.
"I believe the allegations against my father are true, and I stand behind the women that made them."
A good dude, that Ad-Rock.
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I feel that is still more wishful thinking than a reality, Bluesky is not even close to Science Twitter in the heydays of 2015-2021 & there’s still way more science action on evil Twitter than on benevolent Sky. But I’m willing to keep trying.
And it keeps improving (drafts are a great addition)
And it keeps improving (drafts are a great addition)
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I feel that is still more wishful thinking than a reality, Bluesky is not even close to Science Twitter in the heydays of 2015-2021 & there’s still way more science action on evil Twitter than on benevolent Sky. But I’m willing to keep trying.
And it keeps improving (drafts are a great addition)
And it keeps improving (drafts are a great addition)
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This, in general, is just so sad to me.
Trainees try so hard with QI projects, but it's their uncompensated work that makes the intervention work. Without it, everything falls back into baseline crappiness.
Trainees try so hard with QI projects, but it's their uncompensated work that makes the intervention work. Without it, everything falls back into baseline crappiness.
Every QI project someone comes up with that involves the EMR goes nowhere, because it's an act of congress to change anything in it and even if you do, it's not an efficient and useful way of doing things.
February 15, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This, in general, is just so sad to me.
Trainees try so hard with QI projects, but it's their uncompensated work that makes the intervention work. Without it, everything falls back into baseline crappiness.
Trainees try so hard with QI projects, but it's their uncompensated work that makes the intervention work. Without it, everything falls back into baseline crappiness.
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Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
February 15, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
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Measles Update: New York, Vermont confirm first measles cases of the year, bringing the total number of the USA's measles infections to 910. And it's only February.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
Measles spread to New York, Vermont
Vermont and New York health officials are reporting their first measles cases of the year, bringing the country's total numbers of measles infections in 2026 to 910.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 13, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Measles Update: New York, Vermont confirm first measles cases of the year, bringing the total number of the USA's measles infections to 910. And it's only February.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
"So our ability to access ... white food ... is being erased?"
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 13, 2026 at 5:34 PM
"So our ability to access ... white food ... is being erased?"
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
"No president since the Civil War has ever publicly bragged about the Mexican-American War in official proclamations. To do so would be rude, politically perilous, insulting to our biggest trade partner and just plain weird.
So of course Trump did it."
So of course Trump did it."
MY LATEST @latimes.com COLUMNA: Petty Trump spikes football over nearly 200-year-old Mexican-American War. Share, porfas!
Commentary: Petty Trump spikes football over nearly 200-year-old Mexican-American War
It was a war fueled by colonialism, launched with the intent of humiliating a weaker country, fought in the name of revenge and waged by a racist president.
www.latimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:57 PM
"No president since the Civil War has ever publicly bragged about the Mexican-American War in official proclamations. To do so would be rude, politically perilous, insulting to our biggest trade partner and just plain weird.
So of course Trump did it."
So of course Trump did it."
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
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This is insane.
Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad,
Tracy Beth Hoeg and RFK
Jr are a collective menace.
Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad,
Tracy Beth Hoeg and RFK
Jr are a collective menace.
NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine.
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:28 PM
This is insane.
Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad,
Tracy Beth Hoeg and RFK
Jr are a collective menace.
Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad,
Tracy Beth Hoeg and RFK
Jr are a collective menace.
"It can feel tedious to push back on the arrogance of using “American” only to describe the US.
But Bad Bunny did it with joy. He invited the US to a party where it wasn’t the center of the universe – and showed the empire that’s OK."
@alanacb.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
But Bad Bunny did it with joy. He invited the US to a party where it wasn’t the center of the universe – and showed the empire that’s OK."
@alanacb.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
At the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny challenged the meaning of ‘America’
The Puerto Rican star’s vision of American identity moved beyond colonial tropes to span an entire hemisphere
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:59 PM
"It can feel tedious to push back on the arrogance of using “American” only to describe the US.
But Bad Bunny did it with joy. He invited the US to a party where it wasn’t the center of the universe – and showed the empire that’s OK."
@alanacb.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
But Bad Bunny did it with joy. He invited the US to a party where it wasn’t the center of the universe – and showed the empire that’s OK."
@alanacb.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
"En muchos casos, estas instalaciones, que van a ser utilizadas por agentes de calle y abogados del ICE, están situadas cerca de escuelas primarias, consultorios médicos, lugares de culto y otros lugares sensibles."
We've made this article available in Spanish as well:
El ICE se expande como un rayo en EE UU con una opaca red de nuevas oficinas
El Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas planea alquilar oficinas por todo Estados Unidos como parte de una campaña secreta de expansión que durará meses. WIRED recopila y publica docenas de es...
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February 10, 2026 at 9:54 PM
"En muchos casos, estas instalaciones, que van a ser utilizadas por agentes de calle y abogados del ICE, están situadas cerca de escuelas primarias, consultorios médicos, lugares de culto y otros lugares sensibles."
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Don't let that Spanish-speaking energy fade. Whether it was Bad Bunny's halftime magic or just the whole vibe — now's the perfect time to actually learn. Jiveworld lets you practice Spanish with stories from Radio Ambulante.
👉 Try it for free: www.jiveworld.com/es/
👉 Try it for free: www.jiveworld.com/es/
February 10, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Don't let that Spanish-speaking energy fade. Whether it was Bad Bunny's halftime magic or just the whole vibe — now's the perfect time to actually learn. Jiveworld lets you practice Spanish with stories from Radio Ambulante.
👉 Try it for free: www.jiveworld.com/es/
👉 Try it for free: www.jiveworld.com/es/
"I take the saying that “the pen is mightier than the sword” to heart and try to use my words to cut through the bullshit day after day.
But around this time, the figurative pen is just as heavy as a real sword."
@deecherrywriter.bsky.social
But around this time, the figurative pen is just as heavy as a real sword."
@deecherrywriter.bsky.social
For this month's Raising Louisiana, @deecherrywriter.bsky.social wrote about parenting and mental health, including the struggles that can be passed from parent to child. antigravitymagazine.com/column/raisi...
RAISING LOUISIANA - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine
Frequent ANTIGRAVITY contributor Danny Cherry Jr. is a fiction writer and journalist who is a native of New Orleans East. He currently resides on the Westbank with his wife, 18-month-old son, and emot...
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February 10, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"I take the saying that “the pen is mightier than the sword” to heart and try to use my words to cut through the bullshit day after day.
But around this time, the figurative pen is just as heavy as a real sword."
@deecherrywriter.bsky.social
But around this time, the figurative pen is just as heavy as a real sword."
@deecherrywriter.bsky.social
"The U.S. can no longer deny us Puerto Ricans and Latines of our value. It’s time we move forward with love for ourselves and our communities, no matter how much hate and fear they try to lodge into us."
@latimes.com
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Essay: Decoding Bad Bunny's triumphantly Puerto Rican Super Bowl halftime show
Puerto Rican journalist Tatiana Tenreyro unpacks the most Puerto Rican moments of Bad Bunny's monumental Super Bowl halftime show — and his urgent calls for Pan-American unity in the face of oppressio...
www.latimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
"The U.S. can no longer deny us Puerto Ricans and Latines of our value. It’s time we move forward with love for ourselves and our communities, no matter how much hate and fear they try to lodge into us."
@latimes.com
www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
@latimes.com
www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
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1. Sugarcanes as epicenters of exploitation & labor movement
2. Marquetas, diaspora & displacement
3. Privatization of the PR power grid
4. America is the entire continent, not just the US
5. The light blue Puerto Rican flag
6. Ricky Martin sings “Lo que le pasó a Hawai’i”, a song about colonialism
2. Marquetas, diaspora & displacement
3. Privatization of the PR power grid
4. America is the entire continent, not just the US
5. The light blue Puerto Rican flag
6. Ricky Martin sings “Lo que le pasó a Hawai’i”, a song about colonialism
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:35 PM
1. Sugarcanes as epicenters of exploitation & labor movement
2. Marquetas, diaspora & displacement
3. Privatization of the PR power grid
4. America is the entire continent, not just the US
5. The light blue Puerto Rican flag
6. Ricky Martin sings “Lo que le pasó a Hawai’i”, a song about colonialism
2. Marquetas, diaspora & displacement
3. Privatization of the PR power grid
4. America is the entire continent, not just the US
5. The light blue Puerto Rican flag
6. Ricky Martin sings “Lo que le pasó a Hawai’i”, a song about colonialism
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A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
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February 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"The attorney ... was pleased that jurors rejected arguments that the death stemmed from “excited delirium."
“It’s a good development in the world of prolonged prone restraint in terms of a jury acknowledging how dangerous it is and the fact that it can be fatal""
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“It’s a good development in the world of prolonged prone restraint in terms of a jury acknowledging how dangerous it is and the fact that it can be fatal""
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Jury awards $8.3 million to foster teen's family after his death at juvenile intake center
A jury has awarded $8.3 million to the family of a Kansas foster teen who died in 2021 after being held facedown for 39 minutes in a juvenile intake center as he underwent a mental health crisis
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February 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
"The attorney ... was pleased that jurors rejected arguments that the death stemmed from “excited delirium."
“It’s a good development in the world of prolonged prone restraint in terms of a jury acknowledging how dangerous it is and the fact that it can be fatal""
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“It’s a good development in the world of prolonged prone restraint in terms of a jury acknowledging how dangerous it is and the fact that it can be fatal""
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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The Republican Party should stand by their strong English-only position by ending the massive number of political ads they run on Spanish language radio and TV stations every election.
February 9, 2026 at 12:49 PM
The Republican Party should stand by their strong English-only position by ending the massive number of political ads they run on Spanish language radio and TV stations every election.