Orientation starts tomorrow morning!

Got our orientation schedules today. And oh my gosh, I am sooo nervcited. I wish I could just poof my things there though because I absolutely hate this moving part. 🫠

1 week left in my home state of over 30 years. It all feels so bittersweet. I’m excited for this next phase of training and to be the triple board certified physician I dreamt of being. But it’s also leaving behind a support system, the known, and the comfort of home. #Residency #MedSky

PALS certification ✅

I wonder if the lawyers feel the same about this as most physicians do about ChatGPT medical advice. Even if it is right most of the time, the times it is wrong can be exceedingly dangerous.

Who is up on Student Loan stuff? For some reason all my med school loans were flagged as not eligible for IDR unless I consolidated them. So fine, I'm happy to consolidate and have just the one loan to track and it is still eligible for PSLF and IDR... but then when I complete the consolidation form

I am officially Dr. Amy! MD acquired! Next stop - moving halfway across the country for residency. If you would like to help support me, help with the costs of moving (Thanks, Trump, for the gas prices) and help warm my new home, I have a registry: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Graduation is next week! A week from today I will be a fully conferred Doctor of Medicine 🤯 And part of my brain is still like “that was too easy… it should probably be harder so dumb people like me can’t do it”

Graduation is less than a month away! As a woman who has not had the opportunity to marry or have kids, this is probably the single biggest life change I will experience and I would covet your support as I make this big transition. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #MedGradWishlist #MedSky

“Live Nation is being held to account for violating state and federal antitrust laws, and I’ll continue to fight to break up their monopoly, restore competition and get money back for concertgoers," Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said.

I got an IUD and I hate it. I still feel it every day and I want it out.

#resist #NOkings #goodtrouble

WATCH: More than 80% of U.S. children attend public schools. Some of the Education Department’s ultraconservative advisers, led by Secretary Linda McMahon, want to change that. Here’s an inside look at their dismantling of public education:

Dream come true!! I matched Triple Board!!

The President of the United States said I insulted Jesus. You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their healthcare. Bombing schoolchildren in Iran. Deporting moms and babies. Covering up the Epstein files.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...

Matched! Stay tuned for Friday to find out where and in what specialty.

Houston Hobby Airport has an amazing 90s playlist cranking at the Pei Wei.

For me the side effects include clearer skin, more stable mood and most importantly: Decreased endometrial and ovarian cancer risk!

The kids in Quakertown are still in jail! These kids defended themselves when MAGA chud Police Chief Scott McElree rushed into a crowd of protesters in plainclothes and put a teenage girl in a choke hold with no warning. They've been in jail since Friday and may be kept until Tuesday. Speak up!

Why do I still get ads for nursing school? I am literally 3 months away from graduating med school. I already decided which career path in medicine that I wanted to pursue. (And oddly, when I was considering nursing I never got this many ads for nursing school 😂)

Sat in on an appointment as part of a recent rotation with a kiddo who had in utero substance exposure, early neglect and abuse, now a teen struggling with sequelae of that but living in a rural area with no access to child and adolescent psychiatrists. These kids are my why.

Democrats, do not be fooled. If you cave and approve DHS funding, they’ll be back and worse than last time. Republicans keep showing you their hand, stop shaking it.

I am loving this Dev Peds rotation… Though it is making me wonder if I should push for formal ASD assessment for myself. I am not sure if it would make a big difference in my life and might limit my ability to practice abroad later…. But it also feels like it would be nice to know.

I certified my rank list today. I am still waiting on a few bits of information re: benefits that I have not yet heard back about so I might flip flop a couple programs based on that. And I may or may not decide to add a few programs (though it would mean paying extra). But I am happy with my list.

"Unrestricted access to books exposes people, including children, to critical material about history and human behavior—and prepares [them] to be culturally competent." www.apa.org/monitor/2025...

Foster youth are at especially high risk for polypharmacy and medicating normal behaviors. Anecdotally, I also see kids in care get medications in lieu of more proven therapy like T-CBT. Medical homes for foster care with integrated MH professionals are helpful. imprintnews.org/top-stories/...

We need more child psych beds, but we can't have them without staffing them. For that we need to train more child and adolescent psychiatrists. More CAP track and Triple Board residency spots should be funded. And we should consider shortened pathways like 4 yr CAP track. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Ingratiating yes-man chat bots are the worst offenders. We need real community and people who will call us on our BS while still being supportive. It seems we either go all in on cancel culture or all in on sycophancy and like no in-between. futurism.com/psychiatrist...

I don't want to be a complete luddite re: AI - I acknowledge it may be helpful in some instances. But if we do not regulate it NOW we are doomed. It needs guardrails. And it does NOT need to be used in everything. Not least because of this. med.stanford.edu/news/insight...

What is it with old white men and their refusal to use headphone? The whole terminal does not want to listen to your phone, sir.

Turns out the midwest is not a super pop place to fly on a Wednesday in mid January. Who knew? /s I had a whole row to myself!

I love getting to the airport and seeing at the gate that this will not be a full flight so they aren’t begging people to check bags and actually encouraging people to spread out as they board.

Officially done with interviews and checked in for my flight for my second look visits. I can’t identify the exact cause, but I am feeling so anxious and discombobulated about this trip, and I am not usually an anxious traveler. Praying for a safe journey and clarity on my rank list.

It is finally soup and candle weather and my soul has desperately needed this. Sitting by my window watching the sleet, sipping my hot cider, cat in my lap and reading about social justice. My soul is finally resting a little.

Cartoon by @badiucao.bsky.social.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

BREAKING: ICE shooter identified as Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car

WITNESS: "I just can't let this narrative of self-defense go any further. That’s absolutely not what it was… ICE agents didn’t let anyone help her for 15 minutes, then medics couldn’t get through with their ambulance.”

Just a reminder: there’s a vaccine for that!

I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.

Renee Nicole Good A neighbor. A mother. A friend. A martyr. May her memory be a blessing.

FUCK ICE. FUCK FUCK ICE. FUCK FUCK FUCK ICE. FUCk ICE. FUCK ICE Fuck ice

The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago. The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

As a residency applicant I really appreciate when programs acknowledge the political climate we are entering as trainee. Pretending it isn’t an issue or that it shouldn’t impact my rank list is silly. Of course it impacts me and it impacts my patients and knowing a program will fight for us matters.

What do these companies have in common? -Cigna -Comcast -General Mills -Allstate -Marriott -Hilton -Walmart -Amazon -Microsoft -Meta All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election. And all have broken that promise.

I think I may have found my place and it is not at all where I expected. But the vibes are immaculate and they have addressed every single one of my secret and not so secret worries and concerns without me even having to ask!

I had a crappy day and I really just want to tell someone about it. And not have my feelings invalidated or have it be treated as a problem to solve. But I have no one to talk to. So I am just sitting here feeling this embarrassment all over again by myself and it sucks.