1/ Welcome to Edition 248 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll link to a conversation I had recently with Dr. Bradley Block on his podcast @physiciansguide.bsky.social #wellbeing #burnout #medtwitter #meded #medsky www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com/podcast/epis...

What’s the difference between “longevity medicine” and primary care + public health?

Americans are tired of hearing that guns are the leading cause of death in children and are going to do something about it. They’re going to stop vaccinating their kids.

Anybody wanna start backing up all that climate science research that is about to be erased for its inconvenience to our billionaires' economic interests? Asking for a nation that is now afraid of science and reality. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We have a stupid cow problem. The stupid cows keep closing the latch and blaming the smart cows when we can’t get out.

Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out. This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.

“Do you support these onsies?!”

Are AI hallucinations really hallucinations or are they confabulations? Hallucinate - to experience an apparent sensory perception of something that is not actually present. Confabulate - to fill in gaps in memory by fabrication

This needs to be studied. M’dude, just because you didn’t read the studies, doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

All these women who turned in January 6 terrorists are in danger tonight

Anyone out there attending #PodfestExpo?

$1,131,794,901 That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns. Well, the planet is burning. Don't let them look away.

It is NOT WESTERN MEDICINE. It is MODERN MEDICINE. Modern medicine is a global, evidence-based practice that transcends geographic boundaries. Referring to it as “Western” ignores the contributions made by non-western physician and scientists.

RFK Jr is an environmentalist. He’s trying to save the planet naturally, through pestilence.

Could we come up with another term for wellness companies that don’t actually make people well? Like how “pro-life” is really anti-choice.

RFK Jr is an environmentalist. He wants to protect the planet and will do so by addressing overpopulation.

Mexico supplies about 2/3 of US vegetable imports and about half the fruit. Let’s MAHA by putting tariffs on produce! Let’s make produce expensive again!

Apologies to Louis Pasteur, but pasteurized milk needs to be rebranded “naturally detoxified clean milk.” The liberal use of nonsense buzz words might help push back against the raw milk crowd looking to start the bird flu pandemic.