Esra Amber, MD, PhD
@esraamber.bsky.social
Psychiatrist. North north 🇺🇸. Penchant for disliking politically oriented professional brains. Views are my own, that i can disown 🤷🏼♀️
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More on our comparisons of physicians on X vs BlueSky - our panel of ~1,000 docs on both platforms posted 23% less on X in November relative to October. They posted 845% MORE on @bsky.app. Sign up for more updates! bit.ly/hcpbluesky #MedSky #PharmaSky #ASH24 MORE TO COME!
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#MerryChristmas everyone, happy holidays & lovely vibes. Enjoy 🌲🎄🎄🎅
December 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
#MerryChristmas everyone, happy holidays & lovely vibes. Enjoy 🌲🎄🎄🎅
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a very Merry Christmas everyone
December 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
a very Merry Christmas everyone
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Justin Herbert to an ESPN reporter who's trying to interview him:
"I'm trying to celebrate with my team"
"I'm trying to celebrate with my team"
December 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Justin Herbert to an ESPN reporter who's trying to interview him:
"I'm trying to celebrate with my team"
"I'm trying to celebrate with my team"
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I've been receiving so many messages from people here having their own "MELIA" in their home. Many looking like her too. I can't thank you enough for sharing your story. Many think she's a forgotten soul. I know there's someone out there for her ❤️
516.785.5220
[email protected]
516.785.5220
[email protected]
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I've been receiving so many messages from people here having their own "MELIA" in their home. Many looking like her too. I can't thank you enough for sharing your story. Many think she's a forgotten soul. I know there's someone out there for her ❤️
516.785.5220
[email protected]
516.785.5220
[email protected]
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The National Park Service removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from its free-entry schedule, replacing them with Donald J. Trump’s birthday as a fee-free day. Once dedicated to remembrance and justice, the parks now honor one man’s birth, shifting from tribute to legacy building.
National Parks Drop Free Entrance on M.L.K. Day and Juneteenth
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The National Park Service removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from its free-entry schedule, replacing them with Donald J. Trump’s birthday as a fee-free day. Once dedicated to remembrance and justice, the parks now honor one man’s birth, shifting from tribute to legacy building.
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And here’s the story of how that happened.
How right wing covid disinformation and institutional cowardice led directly to Kennedy today.
How right wing covid disinformation and institutional cowardice led directly to Kennedy today.
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
And here’s the story of how that happened.
How right wing covid disinformation and institutional cowardice led directly to Kennedy today.
How right wing covid disinformation and institutional cowardice led directly to Kennedy today.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Reposting for the Monday crowd 👇🏽
Rewriting the Grand Plan of Clinical Neuroscience
A Review of “Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders—and How We Can Change That” by Nicole C. Rust ( @nicolecrust.bsky.social )
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/rewriting-...
A Review of “Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders—and How We Can Change That” by Nicole C. Rust ( @nicolecrust.bsky.social )
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/rewriting-...
Rewriting the Grand Plan of Clinical Neuroscience
A Review of “Elusive Cures” by Nicole C. Rust
www.psychiatrymargins.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Reposting for the Monday crowd 👇🏽
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Autistic People are NOT a burden on the country (or the world) we are also NOT a problem to be solved.
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Autistic People are NOT a burden on the country (or the world) we are also NOT a problem to be solved.
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#WashingtonState denies DOJ request for voter rolls:
#wa #seattle #waleg
www.columbian.com/news/2025/se...
#wa #seattle #waleg
www.columbian.com/news/2025/se...
September 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
#WashingtonState denies DOJ request for voter rolls:
#wa #seattle #waleg
www.columbian.com/news/2025/se...
#wa #seattle #waleg
www.columbian.com/news/2025/se...
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It's Always good to support an Author .. follow @geniuslemur.bsky.social
First was available on July 5th of this year, second was August 9th.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FF46PPS...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FF46PPS...
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September 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It's Always good to support an Author .. follow @geniuslemur.bsky.social
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Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Fantastic @rachelaviv.bsky.social piece in The New Yorker
Fantastic @rachelaviv.bsky.social piece in The New Yorker
Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t
Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane?
www.newyorker.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Fantastic @rachelaviv.bsky.social piece in The New Yorker
Fantastic @rachelaviv.bsky.social piece in The New Yorker
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Given Joanna Moncrieff’s appearance on the FDA panel today, folks may be interesting in my prior analysis of her anti-medication playbook and her strategy of attacking medical psychiatry
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/anatomy-of...
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/anatomy-of...
Anatomy of Moncrieff's Anti-Medication Playbook
A 3-step strategy of attacking medical psychiatry
www.psychiatrymargins.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Given Joanna Moncrieff’s appearance on the FDA panel today, folks may be interesting in my prior analysis of her anti-medication playbook and her strategy of attacking medical psychiatry
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/anatomy-of...
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/anatomy-of...
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A huge part of diagnostic bloat in psychiatry—and downstream patient attachment to diagnoses as identities that reveal supposed explanations of themselves—is simply the product of a reimbursement system that incentivizes multiplying diagnoses to enhance billable “complexity.”
July 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A huge part of diagnostic bloat in psychiatry—and downstream patient attachment to diagnoses as identities that reveal supposed explanations of themselves—is simply the product of a reimbursement system that incentivizes multiplying diagnoses to enhance billable “complexity.”
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Lelia Gibson-Green was diagnosed with stage 4 blood cancer. Years of chemotherapy and other forms of treatment helped her recover, but her immune system was compromised.
She now needs an IV immunoglobulin treatment every four weeks for rest of her life. Medicaid covers costs of about $40,000/round
She now needs an IV immunoglobulin treatment every four weeks for rest of her life. Medicaid covers costs of about $40,000/round
July 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Lelia Gibson-Green was diagnosed with stage 4 blood cancer. Years of chemotherapy and other forms of treatment helped her recover, but her immune system was compromised.
She now needs an IV immunoglobulin treatment every four weeks for rest of her life. Medicaid covers costs of about $40,000/round
She now needs an IV immunoglobulin treatment every four weeks for rest of her life. Medicaid covers costs of about $40,000/round
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The Republican campaign to destroy all our non-military national security tools - on display last night - underscores their dangerous misunderstanding of the world.
China and Russia spend billions on things like information warfare and economic coercion - as Trump disarms.
China and Russia spend billions on things like information warfare and economic coercion - as Trump disarms.
July 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Republican campaign to destroy all our non-military national security tools - on display last night - underscores their dangerous misunderstanding of the world.
China and Russia spend billions on things like information warfare and economic coercion - as Trump disarms.
China and Russia spend billions on things like information warfare and economic coercion - as Trump disarms.
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The House Republican reconciliation bill will now ban both surgeries and HRT prescription under Medicaid for all Americans.
Earlier, I posted that it wouldn’t affect HRT. This is incorrect.
I was mistaken, because the bill refers to medications for trans people… as “procedures.”
Earlier, I posted that it wouldn’t affect HRT. This is incorrect.
I was mistaken, because the bill refers to medications for trans people… as “procedures.”
May 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The House Republican reconciliation bill will now ban both surgeries and HRT prescription under Medicaid for all Americans.
Earlier, I posted that it wouldn’t affect HRT. This is incorrect.
I was mistaken, because the bill refers to medications for trans people… as “procedures.”
Earlier, I posted that it wouldn’t affect HRT. This is incorrect.
I was mistaken, because the bill refers to medications for trans people… as “procedures.”
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To any woman who needs to hear this:
aidaccess.org will mail reproductive healthcare to your house discreetly and will work with you on prices. woman will donate money to help other women get the care they need.
PASS IT ON folks.
#Obgynsky #Medsky
aidaccess.org will mail reproductive healthcare to your house discreetly and will work with you on prices. woman will donate money to help other women get the care they need.
PASS IT ON folks.
#Obgynsky #Medsky
Aid Access
Get abortion and miscarriage care, wherever you are.
aidaccess.org
January 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To any woman who needs to hear this:
aidaccess.org will mail reproductive healthcare to your house discreetly and will work with you on prices. woman will donate money to help other women get the care they need.
PASS IT ON folks.
#Obgynsky #Medsky
aidaccess.org will mail reproductive healthcare to your house discreetly and will work with you on prices. woman will donate money to help other women get the care they need.
PASS IT ON folks.
#Obgynsky #Medsky
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"A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood during foggy weather early Thursday, setting about 15 homes on fire as well as vehicles, and forcing evacuations along several blocks, authorities said."
#MomSky
apnews.com/article/plan...
#MomSky
apnews.com/article/plan...
Small plane crashes into San Diego neighborhood, setting home and vehicles on fire
A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, setting about 15 homes on fire as well as vehicles, and forcing evacuations along several blocks.
apnews.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood during foggy weather early Thursday, setting about 15 homes on fire as well as vehicles, and forcing evacuations along several blocks, authorities said."
#MomSky
apnews.com/article/plan...
#MomSky
apnews.com/article/plan...
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This is absolutely terrible news.
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine
Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
www.reuters.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is absolutely terrible news.
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social