We opened an ICU that had been shuttered for well over a decade so that a hospital that has 18 MICU beds could fit 46 patients on ventilators

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

Yesterday at Meijer I bought a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc (for cooking) and the teenage cashier came to the self checkout and looked at me and there is literally a button on the screen that says "over 50 years old" and he pushed it and I started crying

If you are using AI to put together slide decks for talks or do any writing at all you are dead to me (and we can tell)

This is a good piece yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/its-time-t...

It's time to leave the man alone.

One day in 2020, I went to a coffee shop.

yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com

Management of the COVID pandemic in real time was an impossible task I am unhappy that Anthony Fauci had to plead the fifth today but he knew he was walking into a lion's den and I am sure it took all of his energy to stick to the script 1/

Reviewing fellowship applications and it boggles my mind how many people overlook writing a good personal statement (it is most)

As a pulmonologist let me just say that the Medicare part B/part D thing is annoying as hell

Wow terrific website that outlines the brands that have undergone enshittification (quality erosion in order to maximize profits) and those that have embraced quality This is a super helpful website ledger.worseonpurpose.com

Indiana air quality not the greatest right now and tomorrow likely to be the same Adjust your plans accordingly Make sure you take your inhaler (if that applies)

Just saw The Odyssey Highly recommend The fact that this story has been told by humans for over 2500 years is really amazing

I’m a big fan of public health and was obviously concerned with the federal public health infrastructure being attacked over the last 18 months but tbh I didn’t think it would be so directly salient in so many ways so quickly

Ian Boudreau@ianboudreau.com · 3w ago

The lettuce thing feels unpleasantly like the opening act of something worse and much larger that is going to characterize the next several years of our lives

For the people in the back who apparently didn't hear: HIPAA EXPLICITLY PERMITS THE DISCLOSURE OF PHI FOR TREATMENT PURPOSES WITHOUT WRITTEN REQUEST OR PATIENT AUTHORIZATION

This is the time graph of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) in the air in Crown Point, Indiana over the last 48 hours PM 2.5 particulate matter, when high, is correlated with a spike in cardiac and pulmonary health issues These extreme weather and fire events are a result of our choices

Man air quality over the great lakes super bad right now

A confederacy of dunces is a terrific book if you have never read it Also describes well what is going on at the cabinet level of most of our federal departments apnews.com/article/hegs...

Hegseth announces new policy to test troops for low testosterone

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's rolling out a new screening program for “testosterone deficiency” among troops.

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Them: Hey, what is your 11-year-old's birthday? Me: <scrunches up face, closes eyes> Them: Hey do you remember the theme song to the "It's Garry Shandling's Show", which debuted when you were 9 years old? Me: <Immediately starts signing>

If my wife does not put my funeral on my calendar there is a pretty high chance I will forget to go

This is why I don't like cleaning off the counter in the kitchen Death by 1000 (more) tiny decisions Is this trash? Where does this belong? Did I pay this? Is that organic matter? Why is there organic matter? Who's pile does this go in?

Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙@mementomorty.bsky.social · 3w ago

sometimes after a long shift of making about a billion decisions, I just want to be baby and make no decisions

This is a good interview with a good speaker on this topic "Sometime earlier this decade we passed some invisible line where it became cheaper to produce energy from the sun and the wind than from setting things on fire" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/o...

Opinion | The Very Good and Very Bad News on Climate

Advancements in renewable energy are paving the way for a new climate politics. The environmentalist Bill McKibben articulates some of the possibilities in this new era of energy abundance.

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Honest observation: Dr. Oz has a huge wenis

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4w ago

Oz becomes the latest member of the Trump Admin to put out a workout video, demonstrating what he says is the proper technique for squats.

"The Dow Jones can plunge ten thousand points tomorrow, and I will sleep soundly, knowing that the true wealth of this nation is wrapped in foil, smothered in sour cream, and handed to me by a teenager named Kyle at 1:45 a.m."

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 4w ago

"My methodology is simple. I do not study GDP. I do not examine bond yields. I do not concern myself with the Consumer Price Index. Instead, I evaluate the economic stability of the United States using a single, infallible metric: the Taco Bell Meal for Two."

It's two of the most self-serving and corrupt administrations in the world. I guess we should not be surprised.

NGL I’d be super pissed if I were the Belgium coach So weird they waited until the day before the game to announce Balogun can play FIFA is weird

BALOGUN RED CARD SUSPENDED HE CAN PLAY AGAINST BELGIUM

I’ve decided I’m calling in soccer to work on Monday

I legitimately have no idea what we are all going to do with ourselves once this World Cup is over. I just watched the end of the Egypt/Australia game in a plaza in Croatia with a huge crowd of people and the energy was electric. The world needs more of this kind of energy.

The human body is a furnace and it’s mechanisms for jettisoning heat are not made for the temperatures we are causing through man made weather changes If we don’t change course, my grandchildren will look back on an age when running outside in the summer was possible with an incredulous nostalgia

Spontaneity is a key ingredient of joy and it’s very difficult to feel much joy watching sports anymore because every time something happens, you have to stop and wait while a bunch of fucking lawyers look at monitors for five minutes to decide whether or not the thing you saw happen, happened

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · last mo.

I’ll vote for anyone who pledges to remove all replay reviews from every sport in the world