Matthew Loftus 🧻
@matthewloftus.bsky.social
I'm a family doctor teaching & practicing at a mission hospital in Kenya. our family website is: https://matthewandmaggie.org/ and you can sign up for family email updates there!
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
I wrote about vaccines, wisdom, and doing your own research for @christianitytoday.bsky.social :
www.christianitytoday.com/2026/01/how-...
www.christianitytoday.com/2026/01/how-...
How to Do Your Own Research About Vaccines - Christianity Today
A doctor shows how to inoculate yourself against foolishness with a shot of wisdom.
www.christianitytoday.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:18 AM
I wrote about vaccines, wisdom, and doing your own research for @christianitytoday.bsky.social :
www.christianitytoday.com/2026/01/how-...
www.christianitytoday.com/2026/01/how-...
Reposted by Matthew Loftus 🧻
Denmark's geopolitical superpower is how even the most powerful leaders turn into happy little kids when they get a cool Lego model
January 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Denmark's geopolitical superpower is how even the most powerful leaders turn into happy little kids when they get a cool Lego model
Reposted by Matthew Loftus 🧻
there have been multiple stories of middle school girls getting harassed with generated CP of themselves over the past few years and somehow the only AI fear that seems to stick is the fucking water
if i was more conspiratorial i'd think it's a psyop
if i was more conspiratorial i'd think it's a psyop
It’s the most powerful online sexual harassment tool ever invented and it’s driving people insane with parasocial relationships but the most prominent critics lie about water use.
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
there have been multiple stories of middle school girls getting harassed with generated CP of themselves over the past few years and somehow the only AI fear that seems to stick is the fucking water
if i was more conspiratorial i'd think it's a psyop
if i was more conspiratorial i'd think it's a psyop
The authoritative reflection on It's a Wonderful Life for our time.
IT'S A WONDERFUL ESSAY: It seems people usually rewatch 'It's a Wonderful Life' just before Christmas. Can I commend to you this marvelous essay we published a few years ago? It could change the way you understand that classic movie.
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
www.thebulwark.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The authoritative reflection on It's a Wonderful Life for our time.
I wrote about how people misunderstand porn--particularly the wrongheaded notion that if a wife simply pretends to be her husband's "personal porn star" that it will cure his porn addiction:
mereorthodoxy.com/misunderstanding-porn
mereorthodoxy.com/misunderstanding-porn
Misunderstanding Porn
Dismissing a porn addiction as being a problem of unfulfilled sexual desire radically misunderstands why people turn to pornography in the first place.
mereorthodoxy.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I wrote about how people misunderstand porn--particularly the wrongheaded notion that if a wife simply pretends to be her husband's "personal porn star" that it will cure his porn addiction:
mereorthodoxy.com/misunderstanding-porn
mereorthodoxy.com/misunderstanding-porn
Merry Christmas, everyone! Please remember in your prayers Kevin Rideout, an American missionary pilot kidnapped in Niger back in November.
www.christianpost.com/news/kidnapp...
www.christianpost.com/news/kidnapp...
Missionary pilot remains missing 2 months after kidnapping in Niger
Nearly two months since American missionary pilot Kevin Rideout was kidnapped from his home in the highly secure Ch teau 1 neighborhood of Niamey in the capital of Niger in West Africa, local
www.christianpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone! Please remember in your prayers Kevin Rideout, an American missionary pilot kidnapped in Niger back in November.
www.christianpost.com/news/kidnapp...
www.christianpost.com/news/kidnapp...
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tfw u learn about all the doctrines of grace:
December 25, 2024 at 2:34 PM
tfw u learn about all the doctrines of grace:
Video from last week's Trinity Forum Michael Gerson Memorial Prize event is now up! (My speech is at the very end, for those curious.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkzE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkzE...
The Inaugural Michael J. Gerson Award for Excellence in Writing on Faith and Public Life
YouTube video by The Trinity Forum
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Video from last week's Trinity Forum Michael Gerson Memorial Prize event is now up! (My speech is at the very end, for those curious.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkzE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkzE...
Some news: ttf.org/gerson-prize/
The Michael J. Gerson Memorial Prize - The Trinity Forum
On November 17, 2025, the Trinity Forum will award the first annual Michael J. Gerson Memorial Prize for Excellence in Writing on Faith and Public Life.
ttf.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Some news: ttf.org/gerson-prize/
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we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor
Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000
Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000
June 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
we’re about to find out if loving SimCity makes you a better mayor
Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000
Mamdani was asked in 2002 by NY Mag what he wanted for Christmas and said SimCity 3000
I wrote about how the official statements of RFK Jr. and his HHS add up to an obsession with control, a suspicion of germ theory, and a medicalized Prosperity Gospel. We need to deconstruct MAHA and rebuild it.
mereorthodoxy.com/maha-medical...
mereorthodoxy.com/maha-medical...
MAHA, Medicalization, Karma, and Control
Clean living is more likely to lead to a healthy life. How likely is the question.
mereorthodoxy.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I wrote about how the official statements of RFK Jr. and his HHS add up to an obsession with control, a suspicion of germ theory, and a medicalized Prosperity Gospel. We need to deconstruct MAHA and rebuild it.
mereorthodoxy.com/maha-medical...
mereorthodoxy.com/maha-medical...
I fully expected George Santos to be President one day. Dare I hope that he might be our generation's Chuck Colson?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
George Santos has a newfound mission: prison reform
Republican Representative George Santos wants to work on prison reform now that Trump has commuted his sentence
www.bbc.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I fully expected George Santos to be President one day. Dare I hope that he might be our generation's Chuck Colson?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Everyone knows that a relationship with your primary care doctor is good. Did you know that relationship decreases mortality over time? I'm at @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social today:
thedispatch.com/article/prim...
thedispatch.com/article/prim...
When Your Doctor Gets to Know You
Health gets better when you and your doctor have a relationship.
thedispatch.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Everyone knows that a relationship with your primary care doctor is good. Did you know that relationship decreases mortality over time? I'm at @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social today:
thedispatch.com/article/prim...
thedispatch.com/article/prim...
"When he was beneath our tree, we ambushed him, beating him mercilessly with our fists and rifle butts. In a frenzy, I stabbed him repeatedly with my bayonet.
'Allahu Akbar,' I muttered in pride as we walked away from his mangled body."
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/enem...
'Allahu Akbar,' I muttered in pride as we walked away from his mangled body."
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/enem...
I Was the Enemy Jesus Told You to Love - Christianity Today
As an extremist Muslim, I beat a Christian boy and left him to die. His faithful prayers for me led to my salvation.
www.christianitytoday.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"When he was beneath our tree, we ambushed him, beating him mercilessly with our fists and rifle butts. In a frenzy, I stabbed him repeatedly with my bayonet.
'Allahu Akbar,' I muttered in pride as we walked away from his mangled body."
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/enem...
'Allahu Akbar,' I muttered in pride as we walked away from his mangled body."
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/enem...
As one who is guilty here, @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social
is right: "The fact is that almost nobody can control themselves around the glowing little demon. [...] The way that we manage temptation as a society is through manners, expectations, and peer pressure."
www.theargumentmag.com/p/youre-bein...
is right: "The fact is that almost nobody can control themselves around the glowing little demon. [...] The way that we manage temptation as a society is through manners, expectations, and peer pressure."
www.theargumentmag.com/p/youre-bein...
You're being rude. Put away your phone.
New manners for a post-smartphone society
www.theargumentmag.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
As one who is guilty here, @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social
is right: "The fact is that almost nobody can control themselves around the glowing little demon. [...] The way that we manage temptation as a society is through manners, expectations, and peer pressure."
www.theargumentmag.com/p/youre-bein...
is right: "The fact is that almost nobody can control themselves around the glowing little demon. [...] The way that we manage temptation as a society is through manners, expectations, and peer pressure."
www.theargumentmag.com/p/youre-bein...
they don't call it the everything app for nothing
September 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
they don't call it the everything app for nothing
Nothing like logging in here and seeing a totally normal, sensible opinion not even being argued against but being jeered as though anyone with decent morals and intelligence could never agree with such a thing.
September 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Nothing like logging in here and seeing a totally normal, sensible opinion not even being argued against but being jeered as though anyone with decent morals and intelligence could never agree with such a thing.
Excellent essay by Brewer Eberly about how he (and others) are opting out of the medical-industrial complex to provide the care their patients need:
www.plough.com/en/topics/li...
www.plough.com/en/topics/li...
The Return of the Family Doctor
The direct primary care model aims to put relationships over profit.
www.plough.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Excellent essay by Brewer Eberly about how he (and others) are opting out of the medical-industrial complex to provide the care their patients need:
www.plough.com/en/topics/li...
www.plough.com/en/topics/li...
I wrote for @christianitytoday.bsky.social about the good, the better, and the Instagrammable of short-term missions trips: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/hone...
Be Honest About Your Motives for Mission Trips - Christianity Today
Short-term missions are complicated and often done poorly. But with wisdom and transparency, a medical missionary explains, they can be hugely helpful.
www.christianitytoday.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I wrote for @christianitytoday.bsky.social about the good, the better, and the Instagrammable of short-term missions trips: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/hone...
Good reporting from @mepaynl.bsky.social
on what it takes to bring a pedophile to justice in Uganda:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/chil...
on what it takes to bring a pedophile to justice in Uganda:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/chil...
What It Takes to Prosecute a Child Rapist in Uganda - Christianity Today
Assertive parents and a Christian ministry take on the country’s hamstrung criminal justice system.
www.christianitytoday.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Good reporting from @mepaynl.bsky.social
on what it takes to bring a pedophile to justice in Uganda:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/chil...
on what it takes to bring a pedophile to justice in Uganda:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/chil...
Y'all know I try not to be promiscuous with "this is a pro-life issue" but this is absolutely a pro-life issue. Cutting Medicaid is going to hurt vulnerable, living children and encourage scared mothers to abort children they can't afford to care for.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Y'all know I try not to be promiscuous with "this is a pro-life issue" but this is absolutely a pro-life issue. Cutting Medicaid is going to hurt vulnerable, living children and encourage scared mothers to abort children they can't afford to care for.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
This is the best thing I think I've ever read about psychosomatic illnesses, and I'll be sharing it with my residents: "One way I explain functional neurological disorder to patients is that it’s a software problem that looks like a hardware problem."
www.theamericanconservative.com/what-long-co...
www.theamericanconservative.com/what-long-co...
What ‘Long Covid’ Means
Long Covid is a real disease, but that doesn’t mean its sufferers are right about everything.
www.theamericanconservative.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This is the best thing I think I've ever read about psychosomatic illnesses, and I'll be sharing it with my residents: "One way I explain functional neurological disorder to patients is that it’s a software problem that looks like a hardware problem."
www.theamericanconservative.com/what-long-co...
www.theamericanconservative.com/what-long-co...
Gilbert Meilaender once said that he wants to be a burden on his loved ones. I wrote for @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social
about the joy of dependence, even when that dependence is due to mental illness:
thedispatch.com/article/depe...
about the joy of dependence, even when that dependence is due to mental illness:
thedispatch.com/article/depe...
Dependence Is Normal
Needing someone else, no matter the reason, is a reminder of our humanity.
thedispatch.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Gilbert Meilaender once said that he wants to be a burden on his loved ones. I wrote for @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social
about the joy of dependence, even when that dependence is due to mental illness:
thedispatch.com/article/depe...
about the joy of dependence, even when that dependence is due to mental illness:
thedispatch.com/article/depe...