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Joseph Yaroch

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Hike/run/photo: rocks and plants. Psychiatrist. New Mexico. Armchair philosopher, and founder of the Society of Perpetual Sophomores. Prepare for a general strike.

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · Feb 10

The New Mexico Flag. The official salute to the state flag is: "I salute the flag of the state of New Mexico, the Zia symbol of perfect friendship among united cultures."
NM Stat § 12-3-3 (2021)

Photo from Wikipedia, image credit: By SteveStrummer - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31109069

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 3h

Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. Landscape photography.

Photo of a sunrise over the craggy Organ Mountains. There is a blanket of fog near the ground, obscuring the lower half of the mountains.

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 3h

Repost: Medical practice is focused on optimizing health from the epidermis inward. Environmentalism is focused on optimizing health from the epidermis outward. All health care practitioners must also be environmentalists.

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 1d

I don't recall any prior year in which a majority of articles about Nobel Prizes that mentioned who did NOT get the award.

Look, jounalists, if it is possible to write an article without mentioning his name, then do it. Every time you mention his name, you increase his power.

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 1d

...The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says. 😷🛟
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 2d

This is a good insight from a professional historian. snyder.substack.com/p/stalinism-...

Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 3d

Vivek Ramaswamy to call on GOP to ditch 'owning the libs' mentality.

What he is promoting is a "kinder and gentler" malignant, self-righeous narcissism.
13wham.com/news/nation-...

"We can still stand for truth, while viewing those who believe in falsehoods not as our enemies who must be vanquished, but instead as our fellow citizens who have lost their way and must be shown the light," he is expected to say, according to the news outlet.

Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 3d

Nietzsche (1886/1990) articulated the concept of repression with his customary succinctness:

"I have done that," says memory. "I cannot have done that," says pride, and remains adamant. At last - memory yields. #Psychiatry www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?s...

Freud's burden of debt to Nietzsche and Schopenhauer

www.scielo.org.za

Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 3d

This caught my attention because I wrote about betel nuts being used for their psychotropic effects in a paper for an Antrhopology class. That was in the 1970s. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

From betel nuts to Cobenfy: how an ancient recreational drug gave rise to a new class of schizophrenia medications | CNS Spectrums | Cambridge Core

From betel nuts to Cobenfy: how an ancient recreational drug gave rise to a new class of schizophrenia medications - Volume 30 Issue 1

www.cambridge.org

Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 4d

Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 5d

Caffeine molecule necklace and Arnold Palmer drink.

Image of a woman sitting at a restaurant table. She is wearing a necklace with a caffeine molecule structure. There is an Arnold Palmer drink on the table, and some salsa.

Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 6d

Why We Should Be Concerned About an Autism Registry | Autism Spectrum Disorders | JAMA Pediatrics | JAMA Network #Medsky #Autism jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Why We Should Be Concerned About an Autism Registry

This Viewpoint considers issues related to implementation of a nationwide autism registry.

jamanetwork.com

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 6d

I am a psychiatrist. There are no drugs for this illness.

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 6d

The same thing is happening to healthcare. First, the enterprise builds something useful, even necessary. Then, it grows, due to the sheer utility. The final step is this: attention turns from utility to profiteering. Quality goes down while costs go up. www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...

The Age of Enshittification

In a new book, the technology critic Cory Doctorow expands on a coinage that has become bleakly relevant, in Silicon Valley and beyond.

www.newyorker.com

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 7d

"President Donald Trump campaigned on cutting energy prices in half, and now that they’re moving in the wrong direction, he has taken to blaming renewables, the cheapest sources of new generation, and promised $625 million to the ailing US coal industry." www.wired.com/story/power-...

Why US Power Bills Are Surging

Americans are paying more for electricity—and rates will keep rising. But after a period of pain, rates should level off as the benefits of a shift away from fossil fuels begin to be felt.

www.wired.com

Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 7d

This is the story of Yellow Fever, Benjamin Rush, and how Black Americans saved Philadelphia. #Medsky 🛟https://youtu.be/79i9txkyi7w?si=BvKsEw0HdwKpYBgj

Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 9d

...Castellio recognised that flinging competing biblical quotations at each other was getting Christians nowhere. ‘Unless some other rule is discovered,’ he declared, ‘I see no way here of attaining concord.’ aeon.co/essays/sebas...

Sebastian Castellio and the deep roots of religious tolerance | Aeon Essays

In an age of ferocious religious bloodletting, Sebastian Castellio argued that everyone seems like a heretic to someone else

aeon.co

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 9d

"Recognition of long COVID as an organic, multisystem illness—even with a diagnostic code that is recognised globally—is still lacking in many clinical settings, with symptoms often attributed to psychological causes." #Medsky #Psychiatry 😷 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Long COVID is here to stay—even in children

Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex, multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact the daily life of those...

www.thelancet.com

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 9d

New Mexico is featured in the first paragraph. www.propublica.org/article/ethi...

Lawmakers Across the Country This Year Blocked Ethics Reforms Meant to Increase Public Trust

Democratic and Republican lawmakers across the country tried to push through bills to tighten gift limits, toughen conflict-of-interest provisions or expand financial disclosure reporting requirements...

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 9d

From Smell Loss to Brain Fog: Unpacking the Long COVID Puzzle | Department of Medicine News | Stanford Medicine #Medsky 😷 medicine.stanford.edu/news/current...

From Smell Loss to Brain Fog: Unpacking the Long COVID Puzzle

Highlights from Stanford’s 2025 Long COVID symposium reveal new insights on smell loss, migraines, gut health, blood changes, and whole-person care.

medicine.stanford.edu

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 9d

"Whether deinstitutionalization has ever occurred remains a matter of debate."

Annette @donotgiveuphopeusa.bsky.social · 9d

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The Rise and Demise of America’s Psychiatric Hospitals: a Tale of Dollars Trumping Sense | Psychiatric News

PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 9d

“Yeah, you’re probably right.” Then he added, with a smile on his face, “But conspiracies are a lot more fun.” | HuffPost HuffPost Personal www.huffpost.com/entry/infect...

I Sat Next To An Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theorist On A Plane. Then I Told Him What I Do For A Living.

"As someone who recently completed 15 years of training to become an infectious diseases physician-scientist, I can’t avoid these conversations."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10d

Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.

“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.

(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them

Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.

www.propublica.org

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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 10d

“We are marching toward an uninsurable future in this country and across the globe; marching into the abyss.” undark.org/2025/09/30/c...

How Climate Change Is Driving Home Insurance Turmoil

Climate-fueled storms and wildfires are increasing costs and pushing insurers to the limit. Is the market broken?

undark.org

Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 12d

Nature walk photography. These pictures were taken in and near La Llorona Park, between Las Cruces and Mesilla, New Mexico, USA.

Picture of two adjacent fields: one plowed, one with cotton plants. The horizon is flat. The sky is very blue, with white fluffy clouds.

Flat, fallow field with a large tree to one side. This is in the Rio Grande floodplain.

Two large trees flanking a view of fallow fields, with Picacho Peak on the distant horizon.

This shows an aspen tree. There is a small tree in the foreground, in sharp focus, with a large tree that is out of focus.

Reposted by Joseph Yaroch

Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 14d

A study in Nature Metabolism shows that the dietary fiber inulin modifies the gut #microbiome to better process fructose, helping prevent metabolic dysfunctions and emphasizing the role of dietary fiber. go.nature.com/4gKCvHe 🧪

Fig. 1: Reversal of HFCS-induced metabolic dysfunctions by inulin supplementation.

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