People are comparing #CharlieKirk to MLK Jr as people who were unalived for free speech, but one championed rights for all people (“Civil rights victories for Black people have created better lives for everyone else”) and the other, much more recently, used Jesus’s name to spread hate.

I was prepping to drop a video debunking misinformation about COVID and flu vaccines and getting them yearly, but instead I have to make a video debunking disinformation about acetaminophen and autism. 🤦🏾‍♂️ (I’ll release both, obviously.)

I spent 2020-2024 trying to help explain why an imperfect CDC, FDA, and HHS were still doing amazing work deserving of funding. It took Trump <1 year to turn them into untrustworthy, easily dismissed sources, though good people still work at each. Damage will take years to undo.

Not enough people are talking about #DropsOfGod. Show came out on AppleTV+ in 2023 but I just found it this month?? Based on a manga. Multilingual show (French, Japanese, English) Great acting and characters. Fascination with wine while acknowledging pretentiousness. Watch it!

If I had a dollar every time something MAGA/MAHA/pseudoscience accused doctors of doing turned out to be something the Trump administration was actually doing, I could probably pay off my loans at this point. 📸: @StandUpForScience.bsky.social

FBI Director #KashPatel true to the weaponized incompetence of this administration, said to Charlie Kirk, “See you in Valhalla” and conservatives are quite displeased. Disclaimer: Charlie Kirk did not deserve to be unalived in the way he was. But I will mock this administration.

Finally listened to this ep. 1. Screenshot here is still nightmare fuel. 2. @gorskon.bsky.social rules. 3. Prop’s explanation of Lysenko-ism had me cracking up, so thank you.

There are some incredibly creative songs for babies available. The clever yet easy lyrics, the musicianship, the layers of harmonies… And there are some where I’m like…”Y’all kind of phoned this in.”

Traded in the bow ties for the night. 🤘🏾#SongOfStorms

FDA chief #MartyMakary announced a report investigating child deaths from the COVID #vaccine. A year ago, this might have been an honest endeavor, but this admin always puts its conclusions first and figures out evidence later. I’m sure we’ll see some AI-generated papers soon about vaccine deaths.

seems impossible to make a potato threatening but here we are

Our hearts are with victims of #GunViolence and their families tonight. For hospitalists and other healthcare workers, #ThisIsOurLane and we work toward prevention for everyone. Swipe through to see JHM articles on turning this pain into action. Read at the link in our bio.

The other day I made a video calling out #CharlieKirk for his words against victims of #GunViolence. That applies to Kirk himself, too. I don’t want this for Kirk or anyone. My heart goes out to Charlie Kirk’s family. I list appropriate and sensible #GunSafetyLegislation in video. We need that now.

That one white hair really stood out… 😂 Thankfully, most of you also got that video’s message that LGBTQIA+ marriage affects no one else. Remember that next time you vote. As always, #LoveIsLove And remember #GetVaccinated #FreePalestine #FireRFKJr #AbortionIsHealthcare

Before Congress, RFK Jr lied about COVID stats, the value of vaccines, the role of HHS… everything, including the “dangers” of food dyes. RFK Jr, like people who yell at the camera in grocery aisles (Paul Saladino, that ballet girl, many others), cannot be trusted. #FireRFKJr

I’m a little late to the game but I just finished #KPopDemonHunters. Please pray for #BabyWithBowtie as I will be singing “Soda Pop” and various Huntr/x songs that are WAY out of my vocal range to him for the rest of September.

Trying to focus on RFK Jr’s lack of medical knowledge and his wielding his office to make America unhealthy is made even more difficult by actual doctors like Spineless Jellyfish, I mean Surgeon General, Joe Ladapo who literally have medical training but sell out to politicians.

I am not diagnosing either president from afar, because only fools do that. But on President Biden‘s worst day he was still more coherent, more intelligent, more caring, and more Presidential, better for this country than Donald Trump has been in either of his presidencies (1/2)

Anything but the guns, amirite? Despite what the secretary of Health and Human Services said, there is no black box warning on SSRIs for homicidal ideation. #RFKJr is lying about that, just like he lies about everything else. It’s still the guns.

Yesterday’s video I said “here’s the latest RFK Jr has said/done” and I waited a couple of days to post that and he gave THIS interview. Kennedy is not knowledgeable enough to do anything good in healthcare, but he’s not an idiot in that he knows how to insert just enough terminology

I had a perfect comment and video for National Bow Tie Day and totally forgot to post it. 🤦🏾‍♂️ So I’ll get it in under the wire for #BowTieFriday!

We don’t hate #RFKJr because of his political affiiliations. We speak out against him because he claims to want to focus on chronic illnesses and then eliminated >$500 million in research, some of which would have gone on to help treat or maybe even cure certain chronic diseases.

ICYMI: @vipsmdmed.bsky.social and I wrote a perspective for Am J Med on applying the concept of Blind Auditions to medical recruitment/hiring to ⬆️ representation. Dr. Sherine Salib had a thoughtful reply, and we responded. Read all 3! www.amjmed.com/article/S000...

Shut up, Charlie Kirk. #GunViolence #GunSafetyLegislation

The Reply - The American Journal of Medicine www.amjmed.com/article/S000...

New article alert ‼️ 🔔 🚨 Truly appreciate the thoughtful comments on the #BlindAudition article I wrote with @docwithbowtie.bsky.social Here is our reply on when an “eyes open, mouths shut” approach to recruitment may be justified…

#SnoopDogg went on the #ItsGiving podcast and both he and Sarah Fontenot are apparently dumbfounded by the idea of non-heterosexual couples having kids. I’m not even posting the whole clip but it doesn’t get better. This should not be a confusing topic in 2025.

There’s a speech from the West Wing S3E6 where Ron Silver’s Bruno Gianelli calls the Democratic Party a bunch of cowards. It becomes more relevant every year with things like this where it’s claimed that the words we use are the problem, and not the actual problem the words identify.

As gun violence remains the top killer of children in the USA as we refuse to pass common sense gun safety legislation, and RFK Jr and Marty Makary restrict access to COVID vaccines…I just want to keep my baby alive, and the Republican government makes that harder every week.

I do believe that #LovelsLove and people, regardless of where on the gender or sexuality spectrum they are, or if they are figuring that out, deserve love. #LGBTQIA + #Ally

This person doesn’t like the word “cis.” It sounds like they have a strange and fearful relationship with grammar. There is help! Fear of an adjective can be overcome! Transphobia is unfortunately all too real and often results in isolation of or violence against trans folks. #LGBTQIA+ #Ally

Dear #ChrisPratt, It is not RFK Jr’s political affiliation that causes good physicians and scientists to reject him. It’s because all those things you claim he’s trying to do? Either they won’t actually make a helpful difference or he’s not doing them. open.substack.com/pub/docwithb...

I’m sorry, are people actually objecting to male cheerleaders? In 2025? Dear Misogynistic Homophobes, You need to get new material. Or just grow up. This is pathetic. Love, Joe

The reason it’s not okay to simply ignore #PublicHealth measures is because that choice almost always affects others. A woman was misled into drinking #RawMilk, got sick, and lost her fetus. It is often the least able, the most vulnerable, who are affected.

Leave LGBTQIA+ folks alone. Release the #Epstein files and put everyone on the list in jail and out of public office. And #FreePalestine. #ObergefellVHodges #MarriageEquality (I posted this the other day but forgot the video.😅)

#RFKJr fired all the members of the #ACIP and many scientists at the #CDC and #NIH and supposedly hired “better” folks to replace them (they aren’t better). It is clear that they are not giving him good advice and/or he is simply not listening. 1/3

In 2025, if you’re against #MarriageEquality (and knowing that you probably voted for Trump), that says way more about your character than any religion you may claim to follow (because that’s not following Jesus) or morals you may claim. #Obergefell #ObergefellVHodges #MarriageInequality

Vaccine safety and effectiveness testing - debunking anti-vax myths: this is an updated version of a post that addresses recurring myths, like the myth that vaccines are not tested together or not compared to proper controls. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... via @skepticalraptor.bsky.social

The new federal budget promised to gut Medicaid and strip #Healthcare #PublicHealth. Physicians should speak out! Even if you’re not as active on social media (like my wife) there are ways to get involved. Check out @protecthealthcare.medsky.social to learn how we can go to bat for our patients.

As a hospitalist physician working full-time, I can tell you the only folks who try to make this distinction are people who don’t understand or deliberately misrepresent how it works. So let’s learn! #Billing #Reimbursement #Insurance #DeathCertificates #COVID

This looks fun, but I still haven’t forgiven Hasan Minhas for taking others’ stories and misrepresenting them as his own, undermining his own message and attempts at creating change. And spreading misinformation about DOs.

Am I WRONG About COVID vaccines?? A New study published through #JAMA was highlighted in #MedPage Today. The headline was that the #COVID-19 vaccines were less effective than previously thought and didn’t need to be given to anyone under 60. I was curious, until I saw who the authors were.

RFK Jr is cutting $500 million in research funds for #mRNA technology. It’s only one of the biggest medical advances of the 21st century, with promising developments against many viral illnesses and some cancers and other diseases, so of course the Trump US must abandon it.(1/3)

I might have to take singing lessons. #BabyWithBowtie seems to like my voice when I’m singing to him, but I’m the one who has to hear all the sour notes I hit trying to sing songs outside of my vocal range.😅😂

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released a statement reiterating that non-medical exemptions to vaccines should no longer be accepted by #daycare and public schools. There are no established religions that forbid vaccines and no other non-medical reasons not to get vaccinated. 1/3

Trump and RFK Jr are just going to keep making superficial changes (if the changes even happen at all) and claiming wins, so it’s up to all of us to see through them and vote them out. #CaneSugar vs #HFCS makes zero difference to your body. #Coke is not any healthier for it.

This isn’t medical. I just get annoyed every time I hear another instance of that wizard boy’s transphobic author revealing that she wasn’t clever enough of a writer to actually develop her characters in the published text. Shout out to “Um, Actually” on @dropout.tv

Sitting with my 5-month old as he coos back and forth with me like we’re having a conversation is a level of fun I was not expecting.

Amortentia was mentioned in a video I watched. I looked it up and found this. WHY DIDN’T SHE PUT THAT IN THE FUCKING BOOK?? Leaving aside her horrifying transphobia and actions, Rowling’s post-publishing expansions to disguise her mediocre character writing are so irritating.

If you are reading this caption or watching this video, you know someone who has benefitted from the screening recommendations of the US Preventative Services Task Force. #USPSTF #RFKJr firing all 16 folks without any plan is irresponsible and will threaten many lives, just like everything he does.