Isaac Erbele, MD
@isaacerbele.bsky.social
I saw this title and now you have to
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I saw this title and now you have to
I can't watch Home Alone as an adult because of all the death
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I can't watch Home Alone as an adult because of all the death
A detail I appreciate about this plaque is that it was erected right next to the statue of Douglas MacArthur--a hero, yes, but also a man that almost broke the Constitution in 1951.
West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A detail I appreciate about this plaque is that it was erected right next to the statue of Douglas MacArthur--a hero, yes, but also a man that almost broke the Constitution in 1951.
As you're getting ready for Thanksgiving, this is the only dessert recipe you need.
Bourbon pumpkin cheesecake (left)
bourbon pumpkin cheesecake
This is the dessert I’m not allowed to show up to Thanksgiving without.
smittenkitchen.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
As you're getting ready for Thanksgiving, this is the only dessert recipe you need.
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I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
I've liked the idea of figuring out how AI is wrong, but these are some excellent counterarguments.
It's the same reason I discourage my residents from using it for their research work. They don't yet have the skills.
It's the same reason I discourage my residents from using it for their research work. They don't yet have the skills.
This is not the way, and @cnygren.bsky.social and I lay out in detail why it isn’t in this essay here. static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I've liked the idea of figuring out how AI is wrong, but these are some excellent counterarguments.
It's the same reason I discourage my residents from using it for their research work. They don't yet have the skills.
It's the same reason I discourage my residents from using it for their research work. They don't yet have the skills.
Friendsgiving desserts complete
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Friendsgiving desserts complete
5 years for retirement? Here I am doing 20 like a sucker.
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
5 years for retirement? Here I am doing 20 like a sucker.
Best I can do is resting surgeon face.
I am asking all men on International Men's Day to smile more
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Best I can do is resting surgeon face.
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
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I wonder how many employers might actually refuse to hire the post-ChatGPT generation or they might end up fired because they cant do the things their degrees say they can do
Id be very angry with universities for hyping gAI the way they have, if I was a student or parent, tbh.
Id be very angry with universities for hyping gAI the way they have, if I was a student or parent, tbh.
New feature article from TNJ (nation's best student magazine): Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
November 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I wonder how many employers might actually refuse to hire the post-ChatGPT generation or they might end up fired because they cant do the things their degrees say they can do
Id be very angry with universities for hyping gAI the way they have, if I was a student or parent, tbh.
Id be very angry with universities for hyping gAI the way they have, if I was a student or parent, tbh.
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If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
One of the craziest things about social media is finding a whole idea that will turn into several rabbit holes to explore
Synapses may get all the glory, but join us cilia-philes for our @sfn.org Nanosymposium to learn about the role of cilia in modulating brain activity, behavior, and development.
Sunday November 16th 1-4pm SDCC Room 25A. Thrilled to chair with @konjikusicmia.bsky.social - we'll see you there!
Sunday November 16th 1-4pm SDCC Room 25A. Thrilled to chair with @konjikusicmia.bsky.social - we'll see you there!
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
One of the craziest things about social media is finding a whole idea that will turn into several rabbit holes to explore
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Citation is power. Citation is epistemology. Citation is the creation of legitimacy and the gifting of authority.
Some things should not be given currency in our disciplines.
Some things should not be given currency in our disciplines.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Citation is power. Citation is epistemology. Citation is the creation of legitimacy and the gifting of authority.
Some things should not be given currency in our disciplines.
Some things should not be given currency in our disciplines.
It should be illegal to share AI products without clearing stating that it's AI
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It should be illegal to share AI products without clearing stating that it's AI
If you're a researcher working with animal models, this is a must-read.
The rural town of Yemassee, South Carolina (population 1,080), is home to four times as many monkeys as humans. Last year, 43 rhesus macaques escaped from a breeding and research facility. Then things got political.
The Runaway Monkeys Upending the Animal-Rights Movement
“I wasn’t fooled by these walls of my body / but loved them touched.”
www.newyorker.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If you're a researcher working with animal models, this is a must-read.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Also true of academic medicine
As a supervising attorney, I am here to tell young lawyers that AI is absolutely a threat to your career. I do not mean that it will replace you. I mean that if you use it, you increase the risk that another attorney will replace you when you are fired. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Two federal judges say use of AI led to errors in US court rulings
Two federal judges admitted in response to an inquiry by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to help prepare recent court orders that Grassley called "error-ridden."
www.reuters.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Also true of academic medicine
Early identification of hearing loss allows early intervention of therapy, and may allow for a cause. This can affect speech development and success with cochlear implant.
October 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Early identification of hearing loss allows early intervention of therapy, and may allow for a cause. This can affect speech development and success with cochlear implant.
Don't worry babe. It's just the eye of god.
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Don't worry babe. It's just the eye of god.
I'm procrastinating on working on my talk so here's the Iris Nebula
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I'm procrastinating on working on my talk so here's the Iris Nebula
Comet C/2025 R2 Swan on Saturday night (when I had darker skies)
October 23, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Comet C/2025 R2 Swan on Saturday night (when I had darker skies)
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The “oh well he was in the military, of course he’s racist” type arguments are getting on my nerves, condescending bullshit from people who have no idea how big and diverse the military is
October 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The “oh well he was in the military, of course he’s racist” type arguments are getting on my nerves, condescending bullshit from people who have no idea how big and diverse the military is