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He/His. Hospitalist. #MedTwitter Bow tie enthusiast. Deputy Editor of Digital Media, Journal of Hospital Medicine. Side of #Drums/Music. Shouts into political void mine, not representing any organization. #GetVaccinated #ReproductiveJustice
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Watching Pirates of the Caribbean 3: Elizabeth confronts Norrington (who’s down bad for her) bc his boss killed her dad and now he loses even her friendship. N: “Elizabeth, I didn’t know.” E: “Know what? Which side you chose?… Now you do.” Just sharing for no reason.

Getting my early morning workout in with the number one hit of Winter 2025. It truly speaks to all of us. A special shout out to @docwithbowtie.bsky.social for his drumming 🥁 talents and this fantastic video. Love every second of it. 🎶🎶🎶

I could barely watch the press conference with Trump/Vance, and Zelensky. As Americans we should be embarrassed. Zelensky held his own against two gaslighting clowns, I’ve seen multiple comparisons to abusers. We could have had so much better, instead we elected Russian assets.

It’s not that comedy isn’t allowed or that liberals don’t like #standup #comedy. It’s that Republican #comedians, by punching down on LGBTQIA+, non-white folks, non-Christians, kids, or women, aren’t #funny. #ElonMusk is the last person who should be talking about comedy.

I’ll be honest. If someone expresses sorrow and/or fury about this child that died of measles and how it was preventable, and your first response is “it was only one death”, you’re a bad person.

Do not normalize this. A child died from the measles in 2025, our first US measles death in TEN YEARS. #RFKJr is gonna shrug this off to gonna line his pockets. Measles is not “just a rash” - it can be deadly. It is preventable with widespread #vaccination. #GetVaccinated

Have a couple minutes to document a few things you've accomplished or aspire to accomplish or want to pretend you've accomplished? Musk & Boys need to know! (stolen from @docwithbowtie.bsky.social who has an incredible IG acct)

Upgraded to latest iOS. Promptly turned off Apple Intelligence (at least, to the extent it allows me to). I trust one of you will let me know if it’s ever worth turning on.

ElonMusk is out to ruin care for #veterans just like he’s ruining #MedicalCare and research for everyone else in the name of #efficiency, lying about what he’s gutting, too. Shout-out @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social and Dr.Noc talking about this in more detail. Full video on Insta/Tiktok/Substack.

Too many posts asking “where #KamalaHarris is.” Whatever Harris is doing now is hopefully and deservedly restful. She ran a #campaign that reached people until hampered by her own party’s antiquated approach. It’s on the #Democratic party and the rest of us now. Link in bio.

This dude having a completely normal day on Substack.

JD Vance’s relative making headlines and people shouting “mEdIcAl fReEdOm!” not knowing what that means or how much prep/protection is required for transplanted organs. It’s again time to talk about vaccine requirements for organ #transplants. Read here: open.substack.com/pub/docwithb...

Okay…so Bad Sisters S1 is great television with compelling characters who really draw you in, are as endearing as they are frustrating. #BadSisters Season 2 is a damned masterstroke. @sharonhorgan et al well done!

I would call this a moment of levity except that President Elon and his orange figurehead are ruining lives, supposedly in the name of “efficiency” but really just stripping things they don’t understand but which are hugely important for keeping the lights on. Duet with @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social

Ah yes. The Emily Oster approach to nationalistic grift - pick your battles, don’t fight them on decisions decisions that don’t SEEM to affect you personally, that way they’ll listen to you when you try to fight them on “more serious” things. Because that’s toooooooootally how MAGA works.

This isn’t how professional scientists work or write. It’s how uneducated petty ideologues write. Lots of inflammatory rhetoric, no actual science or data.

Never forget that when Michelle Obama tried to increase access to healthy foods in school lunches, she got crucified by Republican politicians for government overreach, but when RFK Jr talks about changing additives without any impact except to make food more $$$, he’s heralded.

This misappropriation of an important slogan is still foolish and incorrect. Stop trying to make “my body, my choice” happen for #vaccines. It’s not the same. Also, Riley Gaines is a grifter claiming a #transgender woman cost her a medal, though she came in FIFTH. Link in bio.

next time you’re having imposter syndrome, just remember that you have more clinical experience than the HHS secretary plus the NIH director combined 🫣

Not surprised, just disappointed. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, known anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist, is confirmed as Secretary of Health & Human Services. Despite that, I will still fight his disinformation and bring evidence-based content to avoid his endangerment of our health.

My latest on Substack, about the patriotism, the symbolism, and most of the musicality of #KendrickLamar’s #Halftime Show performance. Link in bio! #SuperBowlLIX

Yesterday my friend told me she was reading Marty Makary’s book. I explained why, even if there was probably some true stuff, I do not and cannot trust Makary given his wild extrapolations and correlation without causation. She chose to stop reading it. I think that’s a win!

Haven’t paid much attention to #SuperBowlLIX because wife and I are putting together this crib. Frustration level is probably about the same? Damn flat pack furniture. But in the next six weeks I hope to meet a little someone far more exciting than the Eagles or the Chiefs.😊

American Christians (a demographic of which I am a member) playing up their persecution complex will never cease to annoy me.

*Sigh* Bill Cassidy proving that doctors can get hoodwinked by grifters, too.

Remember when we used to talk about how Republicans are #weird? The conservative pundits and newscasters are definitely upholding that stereotype. Sorry you don’t like #mundane activities with your wife because of your #misogyny, #JesseWatters. #DumbStuffJesseWattersSays

I am inflicting funky #jazz on the team work room today. How long before the others collectively rise up and seize the means of music production?

To everyone saying that we are anti-RFK Jr because he’s a Republican - we do not give two shits about his political affiliation. I could not care less about the fact that he’s a Republican if I tried. Nor am I a pharma shill. Read why on Substack: https://docwithbowtie.substack.com/p/no-we-dont-c…

Y’all, it happened: ✅ Gave first grand rounds ✅ Got my first “more of a comment than a question” 🤣