Bruce Triplett
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Bruce Triplett
@btripper75.bsky.social
Retired anesthesiologist, sometime harpsichordist. Still, yes, still meaning to finish Ulysses.
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Two fonts walk into a bar.
Bartender: “get out, we don’t serve your type here”
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Tumour growth is reduced by exercise due to a shift in the body’s metabolism that means muscle cells outcompete cancer cells in the race to get sugar to grow
We now have a greater understanding of how exercise slows cancer
Tumour growth is reduced by exercise due to a shift in the body’s metabolism that means muscle cells outcompete cancer cells in the race to get sugar to grow
www.newscientist.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Muaah-hahaaaah…sooner or later Christmas will come for you too! (This appeared the day after Thanksgiving…
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
“That means Trump is profiting from everyday donors who thought their money was going to help elect candidates.”
In the 10 months since President Trump retook office, the RNC has spent at least $796,513 at Trump’s hotels and country clubs.

That means Trump is profiting from everyday donors who thought their money was going to help elect candidates.
Trump Again Funneling Money From Political Committees He Runs Into His Own Pocket
Of the $1.1 million his hotels and country clubs have collected from Republican candidates and committees this year, 80% is from entities Trump controls.
www.huffpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Mad Queen of Hearts : killing the (possible) drug runners, but freeing a convicted drug trafficker.
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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And Baum did cite Arcadia as inspiration for the new paradigm in a NEJM article ten years ago, so perhaps Stoppard knew of his impact.

www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...?
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Here's Baum's paper in which he proposes the paradigm shift regarding how breast cancer metastasizes:

medicaljournalssweden.se/actaoncologi...
December 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
“Did you ever lose someone on the [operating] table?” I had just been introduced to them as an anesthesiologist.
“How are sales?”
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Hegseth's major accomplishment: 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact. www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
America stares down erasure of Black history and progress
In the last year, federal, state and institutional decisions have gutted pillars of America's civil rights protections.
www.axios.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Today in 1927, Fred Trump was arrested for rallying with the KKK, in what resulted in a violent “free-for-all” between over 100 police officers and around 1,000 KKK members and supporters.
Fred Trump and KKK members arrested in brawl with police (May 30, 1927)
Uncover the historical controversy surrounding Fred Trump's alleged participation in a 1927 KKK rally. Contrasting claims and evidence suggest a complex narrative.
trumpfile.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Ha ha ha ha ha….
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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November 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Watch the full interview here:
EXCLUSIVE: Swalwell ANNOUNCES RUN for CA GOVERNOR on MEIDAS!!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Just in time for Thanksgiving!
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates

Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*

Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
In TLS No.6379, July 4, 2025.
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Disgusting. You engaged in political gamesmanship using them as pawns knowing they would get harmed and now you question *their* patriotism because some of them aren't wealthy like you and didn't want to work a high stress job for no pay?
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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it's true, there is a lot more alpha in greek texts
Andreesen: There is so much alpha in books from 1870 to 1930, it's unreal.

Me: Holy shit! There's so much alpha in Upton Sinclair?

A: LOL no...no not those books

Me: So...Mark Twain?

A: Haha no not those books either

Me: Which books, exactly?

A: Oh, you know the ones
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Bad news: Pan Amer. Health Org. strips Canada of its measles elimination status after ~3 decades due to its failure to curb a yr-long outbreak. Canada has recorded more than **5000** cases in 9 of its 10 provinces & 1 territory. Note: many US states have lax school reqs, but Canada's are worse. 🛟😷
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“I just want to say one word to you. Just one word…Are you listening?

Yes, sir…Yes, I am.

Magnets.”
Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM