@cthulhusmasher.bsky.social
Doctor, amongst other things. Opinions my own, nothing I post is medical advice. Just a neurology resident trying to make things better in an increasingly horrifying world.
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damn bro owned
Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
damn bro owned
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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Saw this circulated before the election. Seems relevant now.
October 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Saw this circulated before the election. Seems relevant now.
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I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
A patient losing “my seizure medication” to a sweep was the reason I was consulted recently. Couldn’t get another appointment/meds in a timely way (because we have a neurologist shortage and a broken system) and they keep seizing. Would be kinder (and cheaper) to pay for housing over hospital visits
We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...
projects.propublica.org
October 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A patient losing “my seizure medication” to a sweep was the reason I was consulted recently. Couldn’t get another appointment/meds in a timely way (because we have a neurologist shortage and a broken system) and they keep seizing. Would be kinder (and cheaper) to pay for housing over hospital visits
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Here are all the accounts to block:
October 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Here are all the accounts to block:
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i imagine there’s about to be an influx of MAGA chuds spewing their bullshit but i really can’t stress enough that if we don’t give them oxygen, they’ll get bored and leave. block early and often.
i know the desire to fight with these sick freaks is strong but resist the urge and just block. it’s better for your brain.
October 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
i imagine there’s about to be an influx of MAGA chuds spewing their bullshit but i really can’t stress enough that if we don’t give them oxygen, they’ll get bored and leave. block early and often.
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This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
October 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
“Brokkyn”
October 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“Brokkyn”
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postmodern finance theory
October 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
postmodern finance theory
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as the person who kicked off a lot of the modern "civil war 2" discourse i don't think we're past the point where that can be avoided. i do think we are already in a state of mass civil conflict. but many nations (see: Italy) have been through similar upheavals without war.
October 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
as the person who kicked off a lot of the modern "civil war 2" discourse i don't think we're past the point where that can be avoided. i do think we are already in a state of mass civil conflict. but many nations (see: Italy) have been through similar upheavals without war.
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You can start by writing your Gov & AG. 👇
Everyone can contact their Gov's urging them to arrest any ICE agent that's breaking the law. Marc Dann made a good point that lawfare can go both ways below. Even if prosecutors lose, it can deter these ICE Nazi's if they think they may have to deal with legal probs down the road. Call your Govs.
October 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
You can start by writing your Gov & AG. 👇
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Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each.
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
October 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each.
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
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In general, your favorite entertainers care WAY more about money than you think. Yes, including the leftists, environmentalists, punk rockers and raging anti-capitalists. There's a reason movie stars do TV ads and launch gin brands. These are, above all else, hyper-efficient moneymaking machines.
October 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
In general, your favorite entertainers care WAY more about money than you think. Yes, including the leftists, environmentalists, punk rockers and raging anti-capitalists. There's a reason movie stars do TV ads and launch gin brands. These are, above all else, hyper-efficient moneymaking machines.
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That's the definition of fascism from Robert Paxton, one of the preeminent historians of the subject, from his book ANATOMY OF FASCISM which came out more than two decades ago.
October 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
That's the definition of fascism from Robert Paxton, one of the preeminent historians of the subject, from his book ANATOMY OF FASCISM which came out more than two decades ago.
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A bizarre dogma has emerged among the anti-mRNA crowd that the only data we have on vaccines is from the original trial papers, rather than the HUGE volume of studies that came out subsequently...
... then an avalanche showing effectiveness vs hospitalisation, vs critical care, vs death, for subgroups, different variants, different vaccines, over time. These are UK only - knock yourself out.
That first study was just designed to check it worked safely vs cases.
www.gov.uk/guidance/mon...
That first study was just designed to check it worked safely vs cases.
www.gov.uk/guidance/mon...
Monitoring reports of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination
Data on the real-world efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines.
www.gov.uk
September 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A bizarre dogma has emerged among the anti-mRNA crowd that the only data we have on vaccines is from the original trial papers, rather than the HUGE volume of studies that came out subsequently...
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"Median net revenue per physician FTE was $774,118...up 7% year over year and 19% since 2023."
But also...
"Physician productivity increased 8.4% in the last two years while support staff levels dropped 2.6%."
You're being exploited.
www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/phys...
But also...
"Physician productivity increased 8.4% in the last two years while support staff levels dropped 2.6%."
You're being exploited.
www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/phys...
Physician expenses soar, exceed revenue generated: 5 notes | Becker's
"Discover key trends in physician productivity, compensation, and costs from Kaufman Hall and Strata's latest data. Balancing rising expenses and evolving deman
www.beckershospitalreview.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Median net revenue per physician FTE was $774,118...up 7% year over year and 19% since 2023."
But also...
"Physician productivity increased 8.4% in the last two years while support staff levels dropped 2.6%."
You're being exploited.
www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/phys...
But also...
"Physician productivity increased 8.4% in the last two years while support staff levels dropped 2.6%."
You're being exploited.
www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/phys...
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if i was creating a Smithsonian of internet comedy this article would be treated as seriously as the invention of the electric lightbulb
August 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
if i was creating a Smithsonian of internet comedy this article would be treated as seriously as the invention of the electric lightbulb
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Oh okay!
OPENAI CEO SAM ALTMAN CONCEDES GPT-5 WAS A MISFIRE, BETS ON GPT-6
August 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Oh okay!
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The budget for border fascism implementation is $170 billion which is larger than the MILITARY BUDGET OF RUSSIA, A COUNTRY CURRENTLY FIGHTING AN ACTIVE LAND WAR
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
July 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The budget for border fascism implementation is $170 billion which is larger than the MILITARY BUDGET OF RUSSIA, A COUNTRY CURRENTLY FIGHTING AN ACTIVE LAND WAR
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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lots of people are saying this
Unfortunately, I think It's Happening Here
July 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
lots of people are saying this
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Massive amounts of money get wasted in politics and many people don't even know what happens to their money after donating.
So here's how I've spent my campaign's resources over the last three months:
So here's how I've spent my campaign's resources over the last three months:
June 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Massive amounts of money get wasted in politics and many people don't even know what happens to their money after donating.
So here's how I've spent my campaign's resources over the last three months:
So here's how I've spent my campaign's resources over the last three months:
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none of the democrats claiming that the left is dragging the party down could replicate this in their wildest dreams
June 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
none of the democrats claiming that the left is dragging the party down could replicate this in their wildest dreams