brookswalsh
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ER doc.
Okay at reading ECGs
Proud to have helped eliminate "excited delirium" in EM.
Aiming to correctly use the subjunctive in Spanish more often.
And I am never, ever sick at sea.
Okay at reading ECGs
Proud to have helped eliminate "excited delirium" in EM.
Aiming to correctly use the subjunctive in Spanish more often.
And I am never, ever sick at sea.
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Whenever I’m in the middle of having a heart attack I always pause to carefully review which ambulance service offers the lowest rates before calling 911.
Cassidy: "If she goes and gets 2 types of shampoo & one is a dollar cheaper, she'll get the cheaper one & the other lowers their price. Once you give her the power of making the decision, she's gonna shop -- that begins to save her money and squeezes waste out of the healthcare system."
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Whenever I’m in the middle of having a heart attack I always pause to carefully review which ambulance service offers the lowest rates before calling 911.
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American describing how to not die of cancer: Imagine a Walmart
Cassidy: "If she goes and gets 2 types of shampoo & one is a dollar cheaper, she'll get the cheaper one & the other lowers their price. Once you give her the power of making the decision, she's gonna shop -- that begins to save her money and squeezes waste out of the healthcare system."
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
American describing how to not die of cancer: Imagine a Walmart
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As someone who pulls snippets of Trump quotes out of context into conversations with Trump-supporting relatives, I’m thrilled about the “quiet piggy” remark
This holiday season, my mother-in-law has better watch her tongue
This holiday season, my mother-in-law has better watch her tongue
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
As someone who pulls snippets of Trump quotes out of context into conversations with Trump-supporting relatives, I’m thrilled about the “quiet piggy” remark
This holiday season, my mother-in-law has better watch her tongue
This holiday season, my mother-in-law has better watch her tongue
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SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
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C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
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November 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
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Honored to be recognized as one of 25 Best Leaders by @usnews.com including 5 in the Health category. I look forward to meeting some extraordinary colleagues at an upcoming event in Wash DC www.usnews.com/news/leaders...
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Honored to be recognized as one of 25 Best Leaders by @usnews.com including 5 in the Health category. I look forward to meeting some extraordinary colleagues at an upcoming event in Wash DC www.usnews.com/news/leaders...
"After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven
knows anyone's life can stand a little of that."
knows anyone's life can stand a little of that."
NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven
knows anyone's life can stand a little of that."
knows anyone's life can stand a little of that."
"It’s telling that Bhattacharya and Memoli view planning strategies to mitigate the damage of significant public health threats like pandemics as a grand and possibly idealized fantasy and not a central objective of public health."
I really did not enjoy Jay Bhattacharya & Matthew Memoli’s screed against pandemic & virology research for the flagship blog of a “free-market think tank." Instead of getting mad, I accepted @jeremyfaust.bsky.social's kind invitation to take a factual & scientific blowtorch to it.
We've got a MASSIVE DEEP-DIVE rebuttal to the NIH leadership’s recent essay. They're arguing for a head-in-the-sand approach to pandemic preparedness.
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
November 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"It’s telling that Bhattacharya and Memoli view planning strategies to mitigate the damage of significant public health threats like pandemics as a grand and possibly idealized fantasy and not a central objective of public health."
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I really did not enjoy Jay Bhattacharya & Matthew Memoli’s screed against pandemic & virology research for the flagship blog of a “free-market think tank." Instead of getting mad, I accepted @jeremyfaust.bsky.social's kind invitation to take a factual & scientific blowtorch to it.
We've got a MASSIVE DEEP-DIVE rebuttal to the NIH leadership’s recent essay. They're arguing for a head-in-the-sand approach to pandemic preparedness.
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
A rebuttal to NIH leadership's screed against pandemic preparedness.
Dr. Angela Rasmussen joins Inside Medicine for a tag-team response to a poorly reasoned essay by NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and his deputy, Dr. Matthew Memoli.
insidemedicine.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I really did not enjoy Jay Bhattacharya & Matthew Memoli’s screed against pandemic & virology research for the flagship blog of a “free-market think tank." Instead of getting mad, I accepted @jeremyfaust.bsky.social's kind invitation to take a factual & scientific blowtorch to it.
All valid responses, but I think that the "rag tag team" genre deserves more speciation.
E.g.
- middle school students with modest physical challenges?
- highschool students with no school or parental support?
- overweight alcoholic "could been great" adults get the old team back together
E.g.
- middle school students with modest physical challenges?
- highschool students with no school or parental support?
- overweight alcoholic "could been great" adults get the old team back together
- Commenting on the genre but also doing the genre really well
- Comedian plays serious
- The rag tag team of outsiders has to win
- People with no make up have conversations and there doesn’t seem to be a plot but at the very end you realize the profound truth
- Comedian plays serious
- The rag tag team of outsiders has to win
- People with no make up have conversations and there doesn’t seem to be a plot but at the very end you realize the profound truth
-absolutely we cannot be together but oops we are
-let’s use our generational wealth to go somewhere murders happen
-stodgily faithful to the book
- you know that woman scientist? She was a LESBIAN
-I think there’s something supernatural about this garden
-let’s use our generational wealth to go somewhere murders happen
-stodgily faithful to the book
- you know that woman scientist? She was a LESBIAN
-I think there’s something supernatural about this garden
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All valid responses, but I think that the "rag tag team" genre deserves more speciation.
E.g.
- middle school students with modest physical challenges?
- highschool students with no school or parental support?
- overweight alcoholic "could been great" adults get the old team back together
E.g.
- middle school students with modest physical challenges?
- highschool students with no school or parental support?
- overweight alcoholic "could been great" adults get the old team back together
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“People perceive climate change as more impactful when shown binary data rather than continuous data, because binary data creates an illusion of sudden change.”
Honored and excited to share that I am the winner of Nomis & Science Young Explorer Award!!
Also thrilled to share that my article describing my research is out now in @science.org today!
The normalization of (almost) everything www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Also thrilled to share that my article describing my research is out now in @science.org today!
The normalization of (almost) everything www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The normalization of (almost) everything: Our minds can get used to anything, and even crises start feeling normal
Our minds can get used to anything, and even crises start feeling normal
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“People perceive climate change as more impactful when shown binary data rather than continuous data, because binary data creates an illusion of sudden change.”
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If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
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*without triggering resistance YET
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
*without triggering resistance YET
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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 4:43 PM
New feature article from TNJ (nation's best student magazine): Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
Another example for caution for the use of AI in medical history -taking (let alone decision-making).
AI can resort to racist tropes and context while also being plain ol' stupid: "their white mother?!"
Open-access - take a look!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
AI can resort to racist tropes and context while also being plain ol' stupid: "their white mother?!"
Open-access - take a look!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Another example for caution for the use of AI in medical history -taking (let alone decision-making).
AI can resort to racist tropes and context while also being plain ol' stupid: "their white mother?!"
Open-access - take a look!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
AI can resort to racist tropes and context while also being plain ol' stupid: "their white mother?!"
Open-access - take a look!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The bishops "concluded with a shout-out to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the brown, pregnant apparition of the Virgin Mary, patroness of the Americas for Catholics.
Talk about someone who would get deported if la migra saw Her on the street"
@gustavoarellano.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Talk about someone who would get deported if la migra saw Her on the street"
@gustavoarellano.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Commentary: Catholic Church puts foot down on Trump’s mass deportation policy. That’s a start
When millions of European immigrants came to the United States in the 19th century only to be scorned by mainstream society, it was the Catholic Church that embraced them, taught that keeping the cust...
www.latimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The bishops "concluded with a shout-out to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the brown, pregnant apparition of the Virgin Mary, patroness of the Americas for Catholics.
Talk about someone who would get deported if la migra saw Her on the street"
@gustavoarellano.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Talk about someone who would get deported if la migra saw Her on the street"
@gustavoarellano.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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A Charlotte pastor said Border Patrol came into his church and made an arrest in front of children. They cried “a lot,” he said.
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A Charlotte pastor said Border Patrol came into his church and made an arrest in front of children. They cried “a lot,” he said.
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
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I write often about how private equity is destroying US healthcare. Lina Khan is a rare person who has used her position in power to fight back against private equity’s hold on the US economy. Very excited to see what she does in New York.
If you don’t know Lina Khan, now is a great time to know about her. She’s now on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team. She’s also the former FTC Chair, only 36, & committed to leveling the playing field for everyday Americans. She is an absolute star. This is what hope feels like.
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I write often about how private equity is destroying US healthcare. Lina Khan is a rare person who has used her position in power to fight back against private equity’s hold on the US economy. Very excited to see what she does in New York.
As H3N2 bears down on the US, where *should* we be with oseltamivir/baloxavir prescribing in kids?
The evidence for mortality/hospitalization has always seemed at odds with the strength of the society guideline recommendations.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
The evidence for mortality/hospitalization has always seemed at odds with the strength of the society guideline recommendations.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
As H3N2 bears down on the US, where *should* we be with oseltamivir/baloxavir prescribing in kids?
The evidence for mortality/hospitalization has always seemed at odds with the strength of the society guideline recommendations.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
The evidence for mortality/hospitalization has always seemed at odds with the strength of the society guideline recommendations.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposting mostly because of The Expanse reference.
But yeah - maybe we're the belters in this scenario. Gotta make it happen, not wait for it to happen.
But yeah - maybe we're the belters in this scenario. Gotta make it happen, not wait for it to happen.
There's a scene in the Expanse when the UN ships begin attacking each other and the Mars ship refrains from joining in the fray out of fear the ships will align and turn on Mars instead. The captain says something like, "if theyre gong to destroy each other let them"
November 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Reposting mostly because of The Expanse reference.
But yeah - maybe we're the belters in this scenario. Gotta make it happen, not wait for it to happen.
But yeah - maybe we're the belters in this scenario. Gotta make it happen, not wait for it to happen.
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When the Government Doesn't Want You Reporting on ICE
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
By @juliorvarela.com
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
By @juliorvarela.com
When the Government Doesn't Want You Reporting on ICE
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter Laura Rodríguez Presa about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
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November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
When the Government Doesn't Want You Reporting on ICE
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
By @juliorvarela.com
A conversation with Chicago Tribune reporter @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social about covering ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ and staying rooted in community
By @juliorvarela.com
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He declined the idea of running for state governor, but funded housing and food projects. “I’m smart enough to know I’m not smart . . . I don’t know about building roads and bridges, but I know that there’s people that should be fed in New Jersey.”
I sat down with perhaps the most level-headed man in rock music, Jon Bon Jovi, to talk about Trump, tennis and his return to touring after an atrophying vocal chord put his career at risk.
this week's Lunch with the FT: www.ft.com/content/25f2...
this week's Lunch with the FT: www.ft.com/content/25f2...
Jon Bon Jovi: ‘Fame is a liar and a thief’
The rock legend on making peace with the critics, the business of running a band — and his history with Donald Trump
www.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
He declined the idea of running for state governor, but funded housing and food projects. “I’m smart enough to know I’m not smart . . . I don’t know about building roads and bridges, but I know that there’s people that should be fed in New Jersey.”
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For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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Pakistan becoming a military junta, Japan antagonizing China, the US waging wars of aggression in South America... Bit of a powder keg huh? Surely America's excellent diplomatic corps can stave off world war.
Wait, I'm getting an update on the US diplomatic corps...
Wait, I'm getting an update on the US diplomatic corps...
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pakistan becoming a military junta, Japan antagonizing China, the US waging wars of aggression in South America... Bit of a powder keg huh? Surely America's excellent diplomatic corps can stave off world war.
Wait, I'm getting an update on the US diplomatic corps...
Wait, I'm getting an update on the US diplomatic corps...
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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“'These are not good signs,' Rasmussen said."
@angierasmussen.bsky.social
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Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K.
A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing "unprecedented" outbreaks in Japan, as well as in Canada and the U.K. The CDC hasn't provided insights on flu in the U.S. in nearly two months.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
“'These are not good signs,' Rasmussen said."
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