Tom Petty Larceny™️
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Tom Petty Larceny™️
@thecaffeinator.bsky.social
Former academic physician.
Liberal Democrat forever.
I LOVE coffee.
I have opinions.
First, do no harm.
Love my kids and don’t want them growing up in a world with fewer rights than I had.
🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Ally
〽️ Go Blue
DMs open but don’t be a douche
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If you’re following me, and I’m not following back, let me know!

If you’re following me and you’ve never posted or don’t have a bio, I already know
You keep saying this. But pharma plays in the reimbursement systems that governments set up. Why are drugs cheaper in Europe? Because the EU prioritizes health care more than the US does.

Don’t pillory pharma because it’s playing by the rules that the government set.
Drug companies have hired over 500 lobbyists this year to gut the Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation provisions.

They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.

We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And thank YOU, Bek, for the tag - I love this group of people!!!
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Don’t bother. 0/10 recommend…
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Agreed!!!
I think people fall into that trope of "Big Pharma Bad". Unless they have first hand experience, they don't get it. I probably owe my normal life to Biogen and Teva. "Big Pharma" for the win.
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Going to disagree on the pharmaceutical industry. There are DOZENS of “top-tier” pharma companies. And they don’t control the industry - they are usually all focused on different disease states and populations.

We NEED them. All of them.
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Good idea, Maureen!

FUCK OFF, GOP!!

I feel better already!
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Good afternoon yourself, DL! Happy Wednesday to you too!!
💙💙💙 good afternoon and happy Wednesday Tom Petty
I’ve been asking myself the same question
I cannot understand why there is not more public outrage from political leaders about what the orange dictator is doing
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Oh not at all. I think you’re a hoot! A laugh riot! 😘
Are you saying I'm not funny? 😂🤣
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
You as well, Amy 💙
Have a great day, Tom. 💞
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Back atcha, Coffeemate!
Happy Wednesday, Sugar! ☕️💕
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
You as well, Ray!
Thank you, Tom. Have a wonderful day! 💙
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
That’s a great meme, Amy! It has the added benefit of being true! Good morning, and thank you for everything you do!
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
GM Sassy! Fuck is a very versatile word. I have a huge vocabulary, but there are some words you need to anchor all your others. “The” and “Fuck” are my two biggies :)
GM Tom! ☕🦋
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And morning to you too, DLA! Definitely NOT Bubba here…
Absofukinlutley!

Top of the morning to you Tom! 🩵💙🩵 (not Bubba!!)
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
And thank YOU, Princess.

Btw, who doesn’t love a good intermediate filament??
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
lol morning, Sassy!!!
He won't need to lie in state because he's already lied in every state he's been in. GM Tom! 💙
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ummm yeah you do!!!!
I've gotta up my game here! 😉
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Win-win!!! :)
Still clinging to that inner skircle.. yay me! 🩵💙 or… yay you??! 😘
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Ahhh thank you, Mimi. Son is stable - no improvements but no worsening. Day by day…

And I didn’t add you to the Skircle - you did! Thanks for engaging!!!
Good Morning☀️my dearest friend, and coffee☕️mate Tom! How are you, any updates on your son?! Thank You so much for adding me to the Skircle, I’m honored! Such amazing people on there! I love that it’s white, may have to print it, put it in a frame, hang it up! Hoping you have a wonderful day!🍂🍁☕️🫂🦋💖💙🕊️
a cup of coffee is on a saucer next to a pink rose and says good morning my friend
ALT: a cup of coffee is on a saucer next to a pink rose and says good morning my friend
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November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thank you, Amy, for introducing me to some wonderful people I hadn’t yet met!
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It’s not a “misguided decision.” It’s thinking you won’t get caught. You obviously liked the guy and wanted to talk with him and be with him. Own it, step away, and move on.
Ex-Treasury Secretary Larry Summers is "deeply ashamed" of his years-long communication with Jeffrey Epstein and says he will be "stepping back from public commitments."

"I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein."
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM