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Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Medical Ethics at Baylor College of Medicine. Pediatric surgeon, theologian, healer of healers, and maker of good trouble.
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C-PAC is a cult gathering, not a convention! This “Third Term Project” poster at CPAC is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. The same people who were screaming about “the deep state” are now openly fantasizing about a dictator-for-life.

This is for @gtconway.bsky.social Five things I did last week. 1. Took too much ketamine 2. Danced onstage with a chainsaw 3. Ignored my new baby momma 4. Laughed at my own jokes. 5. Neglected all of my children except for the one I use as a human shield.

"Consistency matters more than volume—just one or two workouts per week can make a significant impact!" Resistance training is an essential part of wellness! Here's some interesting science on how little it actually takes to make a big (no pun intended) difference. #HealingTheHealers

It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world. Mary Oliver

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

"In public health...reckless cuts may look good on a balance sheet today but could cost Americans far more in the long run—both in dollars and in lives." #Medsky .

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"What struck me most was not our differences, but how deeply universal our stories are. Everyone longs to be seen, to feel like they matter."

Elon Musk alternates between pure nihilism and pure malevolence After two years of him retweeting Good Dad memes posted about him by others, we discover that unless he can use a child of his as a prop he is simply not interested This is the guy telling everyone to have as many children as possible

A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered by a Chinese researcher. Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...

Words fail.

New details of ice raid on Midland bakery. All had children who are now in this country without parents. All had no criminal history. ICE ls refusing to talk to local media as they continue to terrorize local restaurants. www.mrt.com/news/article...

For Black History Month, I bring you this. Everything they're trying to cover up, all the history they're trying to erase, this is at the root of it. I encourage you to study it. Sit with it. Especially if you grew up here, and/or, like me, you have slavers among your ancestors.

You can’t make this shit up

Welcome to the "Gulf of Bigly Waters" – Huge, tremendous, the best Gulf… just ask him. You can make your own here. gulfof.mapquest.com

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

Maine’s Gov. Mills: “See you in court.” Trump called her out over the trans athletes ban and threatened to withhold funding, she said she will follow the law. More: thehill.com/homenews/lgb...

It's no coincidence that Musk's companies are soaring in value as the regulatory agencies that were investigating or suing them are being gutted. The DOGE agenda isn't about "efficiency" — it's about Musk freeing himself from any accountability so he can line his pockets.

Nutrition scientists speak up about the Trump/Musk pillage of USAID and the resulting cost in human lives: ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S000...

musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds. um... www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

This is worth looking at and bookmarking. Can we agree now that when they say they are going to do something we should believe them?

So an open threat against a sovereign state. Where are all my “state’s rights” people?

Seen at CPAC

“Against the grain of complacency, many Paul Farmers have kept walking with others, speaking up, and living the moral obligation of ensuring social justice and healthcare access for all, with a preferential option for the poor. This wins. This counters our failures of imagination," -B. Alayande

This is our first action. This is how we make history.  February 28th The 24 Hour Economic Black Out Begins.

You've been waiting long enough. Here's another baby goat in a wig.

me on the banks of every stream restoration project

With national events moving fast and in a threatening direction, we’re beyond the range of experience of any living person. A primer for scientists (and everyone) on why it’s not just politics - and seven ways to act, locally: samwang.substack.com/p/an-action-...

The Georgia Republican who recently told CNN that school kids should be sent to work to earn school lunches was met with outrage and fury from residents at a local town hall meeting on Thursday night.

Every day is a good day to remind you NOT to get medical advice about your healthcare or vaccines from people who are not trained or qualified to make these kinds of recommendations. If I am in legal trouble I talk to a lawyer If I want to learn about vaccines I talk to my doctor.

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) was established by Benjamin Franklin in 1775 when the Second Continental Congress appointed him as the first Postmaster General.

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

"Joy is essential. It gets you out of bed. It makes you grateful. It makes you reach into your pocket to help others...It’s the only way forward." @thecroftonshow.bsky.social www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture...

If you don’t have the 5 calls app, it’s time to download it! And please, please help our kids. Call your representatives and ask them to protect Medicaid.

Three updates: 1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

The second rule of Fight Club is "you do not talk about Fight Club."

The country singer started the “Imagination Library” nearly 30 years ago to encourage early literacy. www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton...

I’m forcing the Senate to vote on an amendment to reverse Trump’s layoffs of thousands of critical wildland firefighters. My colleagues claim to support our first responders. Time for them to prove it.

Dark skies reflect my sadness at the firings of all the humans that help keep the #GreatLakes as healthy as possible. Tonight I mourn the loss of the 14 @usfws.bsky.social employees that kept the invasive sea lamprey at bay. My fishery will be hurt. 😢😢🌊🌊

No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

This is amazing.

When Mona Parsons, from Nova Scotia, was imprisoned for being a part of the Dutch Resistance during WWII in Holland, she was tasked with knitting socks for German soldiers. She knit knots in the soles to create blisters on their feet as an act of defiance. I think about that a lot. Knots.

This is not how federal criminal investigations work. —me (former federal criminal investigator)

Has anyone else noticed that antibiotic duration is always a football score? (7-10-14-21)?

"All of us, no matter where we stand on the political spectrum, are being summoned to do our best in these very difficult times.Summoned to do what? First and foremost, we are being summoned to bear witness, to not look away."

Remember when you were in school and you read "The Diary of Anne Frank" and you thought of all the things you would have done to stop the Nazis? Do those things now.

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For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.