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The latest memo on reducing government efficiency is the most corporate bro burn out in a month startup jargon bullshit I’ve ever seen lololol

The average person with the flu gives it to around 1.4 people. The average person with measles gives it to between 12 and 18 people.

The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

We are literally living through a cull of the “intelligentsia” and I guess I always thought there’d be more uproar?

No, your oath as a doctor is to do no harm and look after your patient. You tell anyone tying to interfere with your patients to leave them alone and talk to the hospital attorney. And you don't budge. www.crainsnewyork.com/health-pulse...

Oh hey it’s the year of the snake! Here’s a drawing of a snake I made.

trans woman Bebe Scarpinato outside Bellevue Hospital, 1971 // protest outside NYU Langone, which began cancelling health care appointments for trans youth this week, 2025

I love waking up every day like “ok is THIS the day I lose my job?” teehee 💫💫❤️❤️

I have been so delighted to watch my DEI and arts communities look at the bullshit coming down from this administration, stared it in the face, and saying “you know what? I’m going to equity and include EVEN HARDER”

Healthcare workers: Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent. I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️

Hey there this administration’s actions against the NIH and foreign medical funding are extremely bad news for basically health in general so like, read up on what’s happening, call your reps, etc! Don’t panic but also stay educated, y’all.

Today is truly like fiddling while Rome burns but I don’t even get to fiddle I have to do excel instead

Lolololol well the NIH is shut down so like there goes my work? Like honestly it’s so horrifying I just have to laugh at this point

Community is resistance!

Do something good and kind for your community today

News from the dept of medicine: norovirus is here and it is NASTY, y’all. Wash hands with soap!

Working in medicine has made me realize that doc shows really vilify hospital admin.They’re not the villains, they’re trying to make a shitty broken system work. We gotta blame America’s health care system more than any individual or dept

I’m not telling you anything you don’t know but like God damn, winter germs are disgusting

Another day, another trying to convince myself not to buy the AP European History textbook. Like no I do not need it but wouldn’t it be nice to have on hand??

Ah, the disgusting cycle of thinking of all the travel I want to do and then checking the bank account

Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

I might not be dad coded in many things, but I do know the only correct reply to “I’m bored” is “boredom is a failure of the imagination.”

We gotta reject “Well, RFK jr. is right about some things” and accept “if we don’t confront the real problems with our systems, it becomes much easier for con artists like this guy to manipulate people.”

Oh no it’s reached the point in my yearly life reflection that I’m like I mean why NOT spend all the money and travel somewhere crazy

Holiday breaks with young kids are fun because part of me is like nooo don’t make me go back to work but another large part is like PLEASE PLEASE LET ME TALK TO AN ADULT

just realized I’ve been reading “LLM” and thinking “MLM” as in multilevel marketing scheme but it’s ok cause I hate them both 💫💫💫

I want to go see Nosferatu in like a cute lil art house cinema. Damn you Madison for killing all the cute theatres

Friendly neighborhood reminder: food is both fuel and joy, so eat what you love and enjoy it with family and friends. Be mindful of how your body feels, remember that treats are good for the body and soul, and you don’t have to “make up for” what you eat later

When your surgeon's absolutely buzzing to be in a Santa suit. Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 1913 #ArchiveAdventCalendar #Santa

I need like a wearable heating blanket at this time of year, as someone who cannot produce her own heat

It seems like a cruel irony of nature that instead of sleeping more during a developmental growth spurt human babies are like TIME TO MOSH ALL NIGHT

If I buy more expensive ear buds will I be less likely to lose them because I care more? Or will I just be more pissed when I inevitably misplace them once again

I genuinely think A Muppet Christmas Carol might be the best film ever made

Do you think with the advent of TikTok get ready with me’s, etc, cosmetic companies now have like Associate VPs of Snap Crackle and Pop who are just attempting to design packaging that goes “clickety clack!!!!” when you tap with acrylics?

“Life is long, I could easily pick up a few history degrees in addition to my proposed PhD in diversity of teams in higher ed admin!!” She cried, as they carted her away to the asylum

2023 research shows that only 19% of readers of the top 20 bestselling female fiction authors are male. (1/3)

I got a blowout the other day and are you telling me people with straight hair just like…….brush it??

Well this is fucking depressing. If the history of SPACE EXPLORATION isn’t worth archiving and curating, truly what is???

I think I need to create a scale of bad Christmas movies, from like the “incredibly good bad” (A Knight Before Christmas, cinematic masterpiece) to hallmark channel schlock. This post brought to you by Hot Frosty, which I’m still unsure where it would rank on my patented scale

Ok I don’t want to be hyperbolic but The music in the Frozen Christmas special fuckin slaps