Doc Sarvis
@drsoup34.bsky.social
Futbol, surgery and politics, not necessarily in that order
Last of a breed of surgeons, realizing how Che/Sarvis got radicalized
Last of a breed of surgeons, realizing how Che/Sarvis got radicalized
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Doc Sarvis
@drsoup34.bsky.social
· Jul 8
“In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pilar of the state”
Solzhenitzyn could have foreseen Trumpism, but was referring to the USSR
Solzhenitzyn could have foreseen Trumpism, but was referring to the USSR
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ICYMI: An investigation by @propublica.org and @chronicle.com reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence that UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
An investigation by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
ICYMI: An investigation by @propublica.org and @chronicle.com reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
Limit cars to one lane each way and just run buses?
Don't sh*t me that its ANOTHER lane...then again, it is a dot.ca.gov that has never met a traffic problem that could not be improved by adding a lane
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Don't sh*t me that its ANOTHER lane...then again, it is a dot.ca.gov that has never met a traffic problem that could not be improved by adding a lane
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
The Bay Bridge is set to undergo a major transformation — and it could improve your commute
To anyone who grew up playing a game of sit-and-wait at the Bay Bridge toll plaza, this change could be mind-blowing.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Limit cars to one lane each way and just run buses?
Don't sh*t me that its ANOTHER lane...then again, it is a dot.ca.gov that has never met a traffic problem that could not be improved by adding a lane
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Don't sh*t me that its ANOTHER lane...then again, it is a dot.ca.gov that has never met a traffic problem that could not be improved by adding a lane
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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You’re missing the part where they inevitably enact national ID & universal biometric identification. The very things conservatives once claimed would be unacceptable tyranny or even the mark of the Beast, but which they will blindly accept as legitimate because Trump, their god and king, says so.
Native-born American citizens don't have "immigration documents". And there's no requirement for naturalized citizens to carry their paperwork, either. And only about half of US citizens have a passport.
This is just fascism.
This is just fascism.
December 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You’re missing the part where they inevitably enact national ID & universal biometric identification. The very things conservatives once claimed would be unacceptable tyranny or even the mark of the Beast, but which they will blindly accept as legitimate because Trump, their god and king, says so.
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Putting a black box warning on the COVID vaccine is well and truly unhinged and will get people killed, which is the goal of the Trump FDA
December 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Putting a black box warning on the COVID vaccine is well and truly unhinged and will get people killed, which is the goal of the Trump FDA
One factor driving US docs to employment models I don't think health economists appreciate is the changing payor mix in the overall economy. As the middle class and unions have disappeared, 1/2
kffhealthnews.org/MjEyNjYyMg
kffhealthnews.org/MjEyNjYyMg
Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit - KFF Health News
The debate over expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits has given Republicans room to resurface old criticisms — such as blaming the ACA for mergers and consolidation within the health care industry.
kffhealthnews.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One factor driving US docs to employment models I don't think health economists appreciate is the changing payor mix in the overall economy. As the middle class and unions have disappeared, 1/2
kffhealthnews.org/MjEyNjYyMg
kffhealthnews.org/MjEyNjYyMg
I say this only partly in jest, but I think one way to solve the housing crisis is to let folks smoke again and drive without seatbelts
I think RFKjr's plan, to let kids die from preventable infections (and cancers, since I'm betting the HPV vax will be targeted eventually) will take way too long
I think RFKjr's plan, to let kids die from preventable infections (and cancers, since I'm betting the HPV vax will be targeted eventually) will take way too long
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I say this only partly in jest, but I think one way to solve the housing crisis is to let folks smoke again and drive without seatbelts
I think RFKjr's plan, to let kids die from preventable infections (and cancers, since I'm betting the HPV vax will be targeted eventually) will take way too long
I think RFKjr's plan, to let kids die from preventable infections (and cancers, since I'm betting the HPV vax will be targeted eventually) will take way too long
You don’t need to use heroin as a stand in for social media, prof. On-line gambling also fits your theory
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State
Social media giants have bought our government, and are trying to bully Europe
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
You don’t need to use heroin as a stand in for social media, prof. On-line gambling also fits your theory
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Anyone alive these last 25years, and watched thoughtful scientists lose the battle against climate change denialists while trying to be balanced, thoughtful and rational, understands this is not the answer
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots
Denial only serves the aims of anti-vaxxers.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Anyone alive these last 25years, and watched thoughtful scientists lose the battle against climate change denialists while trying to be balanced, thoughtful and rational, understands this is not the answer
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
⚽ is so crazy
@chelseafcn.bsky.social beat @fcbarcelonabr.bsky.social (granted, aided by Ronnie's mental breakdown of a red card) then goes on to drop points to a bunch of minnows, while Barça steamrolls @atleti.bsky.social and @realbetisen.bsky.social and #9 Alaves
@chelseafcn.bsky.social beat @fcbarcelonabr.bsky.social (granted, aided by Ronnie's mental breakdown of a red card) then goes on to drop points to a bunch of minnows, while Barça steamrolls @atleti.bsky.social and @realbetisen.bsky.social and #9 Alaves
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
⚽ is so crazy
@chelseafcn.bsky.social beat @fcbarcelonabr.bsky.social (granted, aided by Ronnie's mental breakdown of a red card) then goes on to drop points to a bunch of minnows, while Barça steamrolls @atleti.bsky.social and @realbetisen.bsky.social and #9 Alaves
@chelseafcn.bsky.social beat @fcbarcelonabr.bsky.social (granted, aided by Ronnie's mental breakdown of a red card) then goes on to drop points to a bunch of minnows, while Barça steamrolls @atleti.bsky.social and @realbetisen.bsky.social and #9 Alaves
What exactly is @youtubetv trying to tell me when it opens with this message every time?
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
What exactly is @youtubetv trying to tell me when it opens with this message every time?
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The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
Potential?
Doubt there is a bet out there today more certain to pay off
Doubt there is a bet out there today more certain to pay off
A potential motivation… Thread. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
Prospera Honduras is a Zone for Employment & Economic Development (ZEDE) backed by Peter Thiel. Trump plans to pardon the former Honduran president who championed ZEDES b4 his drug trafficking conviction. Honduras current outgoing president has tried to eliminate ZEDES, an obstacle for Prospera.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Potential?
Doubt there is a bet out there today more certain to pay off
Doubt there is a bet out there today more certain to pay off
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I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
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We’re the only country that lets the gun lobby write the laws and then pretends to be shocked when children end up in coffins.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We’re the only country that lets the gun lobby write the laws and then pretends to be shocked when children end up in coffins.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
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Just ahead of the holidays, the Trump administration ripped up new travel rules to rein in airlines and put money back in your pocket.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just ahead of the holidays, the Trump administration ripped up new travel rules to rein in airlines and put money back in your pocket.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
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No excuse for this after a day of critique
November 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
No excuse for this after a day of critique
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Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Wonder if any news media will cover how crappy EV charging is for those driving home this weekend
Below the scene in Kettleman City
Below the scene in Kettleman City
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Wonder if any news media will cover how crappy EV charging is for those driving home this weekend
Below the scene in Kettleman City
Below the scene in Kettleman City
We waste a lot of breath urging @nytimes.com to be better
If you look at history, there are few times when they were out front with a story that went against the eatablishment
If you look at history, there are few times when they were out front with a story that went against the eatablishment
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
We waste a lot of breath urging @nytimes.com to be better
If you look at history, there are few times when they were out front with a story that went against the eatablishment
If you look at history, there are few times when they were out front with a story that went against the eatablishment
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Wait, I was told 19 kids dead in a single month didn’t matter.
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Wait, I was told 19 kids dead in a single month didn’t matter.
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Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
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It would be hilarious if an increasingly disinhibited Trump included in his announcement of this pardon a little ad libbed aside about how his son Don Jr will especially appreciate this.
in the midst of our supposed campaign against Venezuelan drug traffickers the President of the United States has chosen to pardon the Former President of Honduras, freeing him from his long prison sentence earned for trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It would be hilarious if an increasingly disinhibited Trump included in his announcement of this pardon a little ad libbed aside about how his son Don Jr will especially appreciate this.
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Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.