Kyle Edmonds, MD
@kpedmonds.com
Partner to @LaseAjayi.com, dad
Academic Palliative MD
San Diegan
Follow me at https://rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/
Academic Palliative MD
San Diegan
Follow me at https://rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/
“Student loan caps could strain clinician workforce”
I would edit that headline to, “will.” Per usual, this policy is a half-baked solution to a mounting problem that will hurt so many patients in the long run.
I would edit that headline to, “will.” Per usual, this policy is a half-baked solution to a mounting problem that will hurt so many patients in the long run.
www.beckershospitalreview.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“Student loan caps could strain clinician workforce”
I would edit that headline to, “will.” Per usual, this policy is a half-baked solution to a mounting problem that will hurt so many patients in the long run.
I would edit that headline to, “will.” Per usual, this policy is a half-baked solution to a mounting problem that will hurt so many patients in the long run.
Launching today: Rounds & Rants w/Me.
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#palliative #HAPC #PalliativeCare #PedPC #PalPharm
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Why Rounds & Rants Exists
If you want evidence-driven insights, humor, and the occasional rant that makes you rethink how we care for people when it matters most, welcome aboard.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Launching today: Rounds & Rants w/Me.
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Baby names aren’t just personal choices; they reflect culture, geography, gender, identity, and as i've been investigating, politics too. I’ve been analyzing 50 years of U.S. baby naming to see how they map onto political polarization in the U.S.
Here’s what I found 🧵
Here’s what I found 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Baby names aren’t just personal choices; they reflect culture, geography, gender, identity, and as i've been investigating, politics too. I’ve been analyzing 50 years of U.S. baby naming to see how they map onto political polarization in the U.S.
Here’s what I found 🧵
Here’s what I found 🧵
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Learners (for years): “You should blog.”
Kyle: “Nah, sounds like work.”
Turns out, they were right—and I’m out of excuses.
Launching soon: Rounds & Rants with...me
Medicine, musings, and the occasional rant—because #palliative rounds aren’t enough.
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Kyle: “Nah, sounds like work.”
Turns out, they were right—and I’m out of excuses.
Launching soon: Rounds & Rants with...me
Medicine, musings, and the occasional rant—because #palliative rounds aren’t enough.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Learners (for years): “You should blog.”
Kyle: “Nah, sounds like work.”
Turns out, they were right—and I’m out of excuses.
Launching soon: Rounds & Rants with...me
Medicine, musings, and the occasional rant—because #palliative rounds aren’t enough.
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Kyle: “Nah, sounds like work.”
Turns out, they were right—and I’m out of excuses.
Launching soon: Rounds & Rants with...me
Medicine, musings, and the occasional rant—because #palliative rounds aren’t enough.
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I'm thinking this Roon for Doctors site might end up being very cool.
#HPM #Palliative #HAPC
www.roon.com/doctors/roun...
#HPM #Palliative #HAPC
www.roon.com/doctors/roun...
Roon Round: How many things do we think had to go wrong for a hospitalized patient on comfort care to end up in restraints for agitated terminal delirium overnight?
Dr. Moises Auron, Dr. Ali Khan, and 1 other physician shared their perspectives on Roon.
www.roon.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I'm thinking this Roon for Doctors site might end up being very cool.
#HPM #Palliative #HAPC
www.roon.com/doctors/roun...
#HPM #Palliative #HAPC
www.roon.com/doctors/roun...
Learners (for years): “You should blog.”
Kyle: “Nah, sounds like work.”
Turns out, they were right—and I’m out of excuses.
Launching soon: Rounds & Rants with...me
Medicine, musings, and the occasional rant—because #palliative rounds aren’t enough.
Subscribe here: rounds-and-rants.ghost.io
Kyle: “Nah, sounds like work.”
Turns out, they were right—and I’m out of excuses.
Launching soon: Rounds & Rants with...me
Medicine, musings, and the occasional rant—because #palliative rounds aren’t enough.
Subscribe here: rounds-and-rants.ghost.io
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Learners (for years): “You should blog.”
Kyle: “Nah, sounds like work.”
Turns out, they were right—and I’m out of excuses.
Launching soon: Rounds & Rants with...me
Medicine, musings, and the occasional rant—because #palliative rounds aren’t enough.
Subscribe here: rounds-and-rants.ghost.io
Kyle: “Nah, sounds like work.”
Turns out, they were right—and I’m out of excuses.
Launching soon: Rounds & Rants with...me
Medicine, musings, and the occasional rant—because #palliative rounds aren’t enough.
Subscribe here: rounds-and-rants.ghost.io
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
Our @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and @ama-assn.org will always be on the side of their patients and will never welcome politicians in the exam room.
Thank you to Dr. David Aizuss and Dr. John Whyte for their leadership in this critical moment.
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
Thank you to Dr. David Aizuss and Dr. John Whyte for their leadership in this critical moment.
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Our @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and @ama-assn.org will always be on the side of their patients and will never welcome politicians in the exam room.
Thank you to Dr. David Aizuss and Dr. John Whyte for their leadership in this critical moment.
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
Thank you to Dr. David Aizuss and Dr. John Whyte for their leadership in this critical moment.
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
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Adding it to my anti-anxiety regimen today.
Adding it to my anti-anxiety regimen today.
a man in a green shirt is sitting on a couch drinking from a paper bag
Alt: a man in a green shirt is sitting on a couch breathing aggressively into a paper bag
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Adding it to my anti-anxiety regimen today.
Adding it to my anti-anxiety regimen today.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
“As a physician and a director of a health policy center…Hughes is a savvier-than-usual policyholder.”
Nonsense, exploitative, extractive US health “system” in a nutshell from @kffhealthnews.org
Nonsense, exploitative, extractive US health “system” in a nutshell from @kffhealthnews.org
Doctor Tripped Up by $64K Bill for Ankle Surgery and Hospital Stay - KFF Health News
A doctor in Colorado became the patient after an accident totaled her car and sent her to the operating room. The hospital kept her overnight, but her insurer stopped paying after she left the emergen...
kffhealthnews.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“As a physician and a director of a health policy center…Hughes is a savvier-than-usual policyholder.”
Nonsense, exploitative, extractive US health “system” in a nutshell from @kffhealthnews.org
Nonsense, exploitative, extractive US health “system” in a nutshell from @kffhealthnews.org
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
The US Capitol
Arlington Cemetery
The White House
The American wilderness
America has sacred spaces. Trump profanes them all.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
Arlington Cemetery
The White House
The American wilderness
America has sacred spaces. Trump profanes them all.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
The sacred American spaces desecrated by the American president
The American faithful must find their voice if the divine American idea is to survive
www.greatpower.us
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The US Capitol
Arlington Cemetery
The White House
The American wilderness
America has sacred spaces. Trump profanes them all.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
Arlington Cemetery
The White House
The American wilderness
America has sacred spaces. Trump profanes them all.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
October 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
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Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
“As I’ve studied these trickster stories, I’ve started to see many of the ideas running through them out in the world—and especially in US politics.” - Julian Brave NoiseCat in @thenation.com
The United States Has Always Been a Trickster Land
Understanding Indigenous Coyote stories will help you grasp the appeal of Donald Trump.
www.thenation.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“As I’ve studied these trickster stories, I’ve started to see many of the ideas running through them out in the world—and especially in US politics.” - Julian Brave NoiseCat in @thenation.com
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October 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I agree with everything @dhnexon.bsky.social says in this post about where we’re at with the American Republic today and where we must go from here:
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...
The State of the Republic is Grim - Lawyers, Guns & Money
If you’re on Bluesky and follow me, you’ve probably seen that I’m writing threads that really should be the basis for posts at LGM. You’ve also likely gotten a bead on where I am these days. Here’s a ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I agree with everything @dhnexon.bsky.social says in this post about where we’re at with the American Republic today and where we must go from here:
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
Reposted by Kyle Edmonds, MD
The UC system and individual campuses have been capitulating to the feds. The only ones holding the line are faculty.
timesofsandiego.com/education/20...
timesofsandiego.com/education/20...
Faculty says UC releasing personal information to federal investigators
The association is requesting transparency around the release of personal information that was reportedly shared with the federal government.
timesofsandiego.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The UC system and individual campuses have been capitulating to the feds. The only ones holding the line are faculty.
timesofsandiego.com/education/20...
timesofsandiego.com/education/20...
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
October 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
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The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
www.propublica.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.
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The central point is that when fascism came to America it wouldn't call itself that, nor would it be wearing a swastika. It would call itself "patriotic" and "100% American."
August 1, 2024 at 9:36 PM
The central point is that when fascism came to America it wouldn't call itself that, nor would it be wearing a swastika. It would call itself "patriotic" and "100% American."
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UC Berkeley has been criticized for capitulating to the Trump admin's McCarthyism by providing names of 160 students, faculty, and staff dubiously accused of "antisemitism"
But it turns out Berkeley wasn't alone; it's just the only campus that was transparent about the demand for names
But it turns out Berkeley wasn't alone; it's just the only campus that was transparent about the demand for names
‘Command and control’: University of California institutes information blackout amid federal negotiations
Over the past two weeks, leadership at UC Berkeley and the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, has come under fire following the disclosure that roughly 160 names of
www.dailycal.org
September 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
UC Berkeley has been criticized for capitulating to the Trump admin's McCarthyism by providing names of 160 students, faculty, and staff dubiously accused of "antisemitism"
But it turns out Berkeley wasn't alone; it's just the only campus that was transparent about the demand for names
But it turns out Berkeley wasn't alone; it's just the only campus that was transparent about the demand for names