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James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 8h

At least everyone knows each others schedules!

James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 1d

Random thought— have had a few work colleagues & random job applicants send me emails that were clearly re-written by ChatGPT and the question I’m always asking myself is, “Which part of this message do you really mean?”🤔

James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a white suit is flying through the air with smoke coming out of his mouth

ALT: a man in a white suit is flying through the air with smoke coming out of his mouth

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James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine the lines for brunch

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 5d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 3d

This is a good one for sure

Micah @rincewind.run · 6d

my favorite Cal vs Stanford dunk is Cal pointing out that the periodic table contains Berkelium and Californium but no Stanfordium

(also Seaborgium, which is named after a Cal Nobel prize winner and is an anagram of Go Bears)

Graphic with Berkelium and Californium but still no “Stanfurdium”

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James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 3d

As an inhaler user I can attest to this fact!

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Emily Moin @emilymoin.com · 3d

We can agree to disagree about the importance of the environmental impact described here, but please remember: dry powder inhalers are harder to use and poor inhaler technique already drives a huge amount of "treatment failure" in asthma and COPD. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

This cross-sectional study estimates greenhouse gas emissions from all inhalers approved for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using aggregated dispensing data across the US outpa...

jamanetwork.com

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 3d

I know the news is tough right now.

So take a moment and soak in the gorgeousness & promise of the science that led to this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine & Physiology.

WOW.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

www.nytimes.com

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James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 4d

What are you talking about Benoit—you are surrounded by egrets here in the Bay!

James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t much care for horror—but I like this!

Thomas [redacted] DO @tom.medsky.social · 6d

I worked hard on editing this one using Clipchamp:
Sound on

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James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 5d

The Vatican?

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James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 10d

I forgot all the p values 🤷‍♂️

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James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 10d

They published this BS and only asked pay 2-3x — it’s not like they even employ collection agencies

austinpublishinggroup.com/proteomics-b...

austinpublishinggroup.com

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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 11d

Memories of Lake Superior

Old Woman Bay, Ontario
July 2016

#WeekNforNights #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #sunset #ShareCanGeo #blueskyphotography #PukaskwaNP #LakeSuperior

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 12d

(unions inventing sunday evening) we need a dedicated time to worry about the workweek

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Last Dive Bar @lastdivebar.bsky.social · 12d

Often imitated but will never be duplicated.

Ya’ll are such a cheap imitation of something you’ll never be able to recapture.

You’re an abomination of a “once” historic franchise.

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James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 12d

www.borowitzreport.com/p/federal-tr...

Federal Troops Arrive in Portland and Immediately Form Bands

Military personnel were seen trading in automatic weapons for mandolins and zithers.

www.borowitzreport.com

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James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 14d

The older my kids get the more empathy I feel for them as the world (and becoming an adult) is so much more complex than it was for us (and my adolescence wasn’t easy)

spoOoOopymama! @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 14d

i always wonder this when i’m on campuses around new york- private, public, big, small, these kids are just trying to get to class and get their work done and navigate a social life while they figure out who they are. like, do you know these people??

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15d

"The problem with 🇺🇸 higher ed is that it is brainwashing students into a culture of victimhood & that federal research grants are an unchecked situation" is the sort of thing you can only write, in 2025, if you are a lying charlatan or you've never stepped foot on an actual college campus in years.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 14d

New article from the Washington Post

[Gift Link]

wapo.st/4ngFN7u

NIH pulled off a ‘near miracle.’ Scientists say there’s still a problem.

The National Institutes of Health is on track to give away all of its grant money to labs, but research on cancer, aging and diabetes is still being left behind.

wapo.st

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Melissa Lockard @melissalockard.bsky.social · 14d

Today is the one-year anniversary of the last home game for the Oakland A's. 2025 has been a nightmare year in general, though I can't help but think it might've been a little better with the hometown team still here. My ode to the Oakland A's from last year: www.nytimes.com/athletic/575...

The Oakland A’s are leaving. What I’ll carry with me after 4 decades as a fan

There is a saying, "Oakland against the world," that speaks to what it has meant to be an A’s fan.

www.nytimes.com

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James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 14d

Someone gotta take legal responsibility 😉 but also there’s a lot more than just reading studies that radiology does…

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James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 15d

And don’t forget to link the paper too!

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Megan Dennis @mydennis.bsky.social · 15d

While I'm sad our cover submission wasn't selected for our recent human duplication paper, check out the super cool illustration created with @lazaroillustration.bsky.social ! Certainly, you will be seeing Dennis lab members running around with "fishman" t-shirts at future meetings, inspired by Ohno

Javier Lazaro - illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · 15d

"Fishman", proposal for a journal cover.
Commissioned by MY Dennis' lab @mydennis.bsky.social for a study focused on identifying human-specific gene duplications and their role in brain evolution using genomics and zebrafish as model. @dcsoto.bsky.social
#art #digitalart #sciart #fish

Illustration of a fishman creature with human limbs and fish head and tail, interacting with a DNA string

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James Priest @jamesrpriestmd.bsky.social · 15d

That’s pretty rad Megan

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