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Cardiovascular radiologist | informaticist | girl mom | diehard Philly sports fan | lifelong (terrible) tennis player #MedSky #RadSky http://tessacook.com
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New AJR Accepted Manuscript: "Prompt Engineering for Large Language Models in Interventional Radiology" By Dr Dietrich & team #UOfToronto ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/... @ajrradiology.bsky.social
This is a fantastic oral history of the last 10 years of NLP and AI. www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...
When ChatGPT Broke an Entire Field: An Oral History | Quanta Magazine
Researchers in “natural language processing” tried to tame human language. Then came the transformer.
quantamagazine.org
Listen, we can debate the data on boosters-for-all, but what matters MOST is that the process occur transparently - with career scientists leading. I worry that that process is not being followed. www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-cov...
FDA chief says they're looking at whether to approve COVID shots for next winter
FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary said there is a "void of data" on the COVID booster shots.
cbsnews.com
Thanks @meganranney.bsky.social for an inspiring keynote at the ELAM graduation today. You are a true #NewPower leader. Thanks for the shout out for #RadEqual which has always been about channeling rather than hoarding power
As the federal government scales back funding for research, Johns Hopkins is launching its own grant programs to keep the work going. Read the story ➔ www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
Johns Hopkins to tap earnings from endowment to help address federal cuts
As the federal government scales back funding for research, Johns Hopkins is launching its own grant programs to keep the work going.
thebaltimorebanner.com
🧵1 In Delco Pennsylvania, Crozer-Chester Medical Center & Taylor Hospital are closing, eliminating critical emergency, maternity & routine care for hundreds of thousands. Local officials are calling it a public health disaster. EMS response times will rise. Lives are at risk. tinyurl.com/CBS-Crozer
Crozer Health hospitals in Pennsylvania are closing, Prospect Medical Holdings says
After months of uncertainty, Prospect Medical Holdings said that the Crozer Health system in Pennsylvania will be closing.
tinyurl.com
Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) - In cc-TGA, heart “self-corrects” w/ AV & VA discordance, but RV supports systemic flow—leads to dysfxn, valve issues & heart block - In d-TGA, aorta arises from RV & PA from LV, creating parallel circuits. Without mixing (ASD/VSD/PDA), incompatible w/ life
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Breaking - The home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) was set on fire early Sunday while he and his family were inside, he said, an incident that state police are investigating as arson. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Arson on Pennsylvania governor’s home caused significant damage, police say
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) and his family awoke to the sound of police banging on their door as they responded to the fire at the mansion in Harrisburg.
washingtonpost.com
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Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM)@siim.org · last yr.Advance your career at #SIIM25! Experience 3 days of dynamic learning through high-engagement content: + Inspirational Keynotes + Luminary Speakers + Interactive Sessions & More! May 21-23 | Portland, OR | #NewHeights Register by May 18 to SAVE with Advance Reg! annualmeeting.siim.org/register/
SEPTA's FY26 budget proposal includes the elimination of dozens of bus routes, the B3, and five Regional Rail lines. In addition two trolleys would be converted to buses. Visit wwww.septa.org/fundingcrisis/ to learn more about our funding crisis and ways to make your voice heard.
Advance your career at #SIIM25! Experience 3 days of dynamic learning through high-engagement content: + Inspirational Keynotes + Luminary Speakers + Interactive Sessions & More! May 21-23 | Portland, OR | #NewHeights Register by May 18 to SAVE with Advance Reg! annualmeeting.siim.org/register/
I asked ChatGPT about the environmental impact of one prompt to it. It answered and then offered me suggestions on how to decrease my personal carbon footprint. And then pulled out this gem (because it knows me, apparently). Slightly terrifying how technology has completely changed our lives.
“The power of the people is greater than the people in power.” ~ Senator Cory Booker “It’s not left or right, it’s right or wrong!” “Time to redeem the soul of our nation. 🇺🇸 It’s about we the people.”
In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.” A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate
Only two men have spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate...
talkingpointsmemo.com
The situation at the NIH and for all biomedical and cancer cure research in the United States is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.
Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last yr.Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects... Abruptly terminating clinical trials... Ignorant and evil www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
This will have HUGE consequences for people’s health & wellbeing across the country: It hamstrings health data systems; It will cut community support for mental health, substance use, etc; It hurts our ability to monitor emerging outbreaks; & more 🛟🩺🧪
Reuters@reuters.com · last yr.The US Department of Health and Human Services canceled around $12 billion in federal grants to states that were allocated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The grants were being used to track, prevent and control infectious diseases, said lawmakers reut.rs/41WVed3
An OB/GYN who claims he “didn’t know what transgender was” until 2022 and somehow thinks he is qualified to make laws about trans people because they will ruin women’s college basketball. There were fewer than 10/500K trans athletes in the entire NCAA before the NCAA banned trans women 2 months ago…
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.Sen. Roger Marshall: "Three, five years ago, I didn't know what a transgender was."
The University of Pennsylvania Health System told staff Tuesday that it is trimming 300 positions. More than 100 of those jobs are vacant or held by people who have announced their retirement. A health system executive said the cuts are not a reaction to the potential for federal funding cuts.
University of Pennsylvania Health System is cutting 300 jobs
A health system executive said the cuts are part of an effort to contain costs at time of narrow profits in health care, not a reaction to the potential for federal funding cuts.
inquirer.com