Outlook quarantined an email I needed to read, and to get access to it, I had to re-enter my username and password, click on all the pictures of buckets, unlock my phone, type in the displayed number, and unlock again with FaceID. To get an email. Sent to me.

Wishing a meaningful & reflective Mark Wahlberg 40 Day Challenge to all who observe.

this is sublime

haven’t stopped thinking abt this

Not to belabor this point, but the whole initial thrust of this campaign was to improve the health of children. This video is of two older shirtless men on testosterone riding exercise bikes while Bawitdaba, a song released in 1999, plays in the background.

Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.

The drunk uncle theory. You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

Well. If these two young hepcats having a soak together doesn't get the kids excited about diet and exercise, I have to think nothing will.

I have now seen separate Andy Beshear and Barack Obama interviews talking about how the Democrats have gone too woke, and I fear we are seeing track being laid for a slate of uninspired, milquetoast candidates that at best will do nothing and at worst set us up for an even harder swing to the right

‘I Built This,’ Whispers Social Media Manager Beholding His Empire Of Successful Fuddruckers Tweets https://theonion.com/i-built-this-whispers-social-media-manager-beholding-1839032610/

I just learned that Rick Froberg from Drive Like Jehu passed away in 2023. He was 55. That band changed the way I thought about music, and Luau is a song that still gives me chills. The climax that begins at 6:50 takes my breath away every single time. RIP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyFO...

Truly happy for all the people that enjoyed it, but Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is all gibberish nonsense

I watched Send Help, and I liked it. I cannot for the life of me understand why Rachel McAdams isn’t our number one blockbuster actress. She can do any genre and has insane screen presence and charisma.

I love movies, but hate how movie theaters turn me into an old man who hates how the chairs have gotten bigger while the screens have gotten smaller and no one knows how to whisper anymore and you can't stay off your phone for TWO HOURS???

I like being out of touch with the zeitgeist and doing the forensic work of assembling data from screencaps of cryptic posts. As far as I can tell, a high school student named Danny Spud (with a verified account on X for some reason?) got punched for trying to make people mad.

I'm sorry, but imagine you had to wait until THIS to be mad at the guy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I genuinely can’t stand how dumb things have gotten

i often think about this review

Maybe not an original thought, but the past few years have me reflecting on how evil and cowardice are inextricably linked, and this gives me some small modicum of hope

every day i get to come onto the internet and read a sentence i could never have conceived of in my wildest dreams

Reviewing a talk on sexually transmitted infections (I demanded to give it right before Valentine's Day) and I had to laugh at the typo "vesicular and popular lesions" seen in herpes

It’s a sign of good IT infrastructure if you have a dedicated app for cleaning up errant network connections that are crashing your other applications

This is one of those circumstances where the “correlation is not causation” guys need to shut their stupid mouths

I regret to inform you that I will no longer be completing any surveys of any kind. If you care about my opinion, you’ll pay me to be part of a focus group. Thank you in advance for understanding.

A patient told me today that I looked “old enough to know what you’re doing and young enough to be able to do it” and boy if that’s not a compliment, I don’t know what is

Hey guys: pink noise could be wrecking your sleep.

Congratulations to the @nejm.org JournalWatch rebrand, which has automatically sent all of their emails screaming into my Junk folder

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

Okay, I’ve heard all the criticisms. I agree now that my plan to create a Jonestown on Mars was foolish and dangerous. I will instead be building a much more achievable Jonestown on the Moon

“Wow that’s based,” typed 45 year old in pajama pants, expressionless

Anyone who doesn’t think video games can’t be amazing works of art has never played the museum scene in The Last of Us: Part 2

Imagine you’re a board-certified family medicine physician who collects a paycheck from UPMC health plans for a medical director title. Your job is to refuse to cover FDA approved medications that would substantively improve a patient’s life. Must feel bad.

You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire youtu.be/bb0YKnLJfMc?...

You won’t often find me quote tweeting Rachel Maddow, but this order is incredible in its rightful disgust

Nice work by the authors here. It seems as if addressing a life-threatening medical issue keeps people from leaving the hospital prematurely.

Incredible that the dinosaurs will look more realistic than the people

Grants are good. But we should be extremely wary of RFK jr's involvement here. He uses the term "detox," an ineffective way to manage most substance use long-term. He also mentions partnering with faith-based organizations. (1/2) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes." After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc

In order to use a program I ABSOLUTELY NEED IN ORDER TO DO MY JOB, I must disconnect from the system network, connect to a slow-as-molasses guest network, and use a VPN, with all the attendant logins and verifications. This is because if it was easy to use health IT, I would be far too powerful.

Not to beat a dead horse, but the new iOS has added an amazing feature where if you swipe up to close TikTok, the video keeps playing in a corner of the phone. What nitwit at Apple thought this would be useful?

Can you guess who they’re talking about?

Anyone have any relatively straightforward sourdough boule recipes they can share with me? I only have two days to mess with it…

CNN never fails to surprise me with its capacity to suck

Thank God it's Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil

I did not realize Brett Ratner directed the Melania movie.

I actually don't like this incredibly well-regarded thing as much as I like this much lesser-known and largely ignored thing. This is what makes me an Interesting Person with Superior Taste. I am far better than the unwashed masses I am trying to impress by posting this publicly.

I cannot stop thinking about Ilhan Omar lunging at her assailant with a cocked fist

ICE Agent Stuffs Sock Under Mask To Give Himself Chin

Ruh roh. I sense some discord among the ranks.

An important point, not mentioned here, is that PISCES is a solid trial name for a fish oil study. They only fudged the acronym a little bit, so we’ll forgive it. But also, why AREN’T we giving fish oil to all of our hemodialysis patients??