An excellent thread about the barriers to asking for help with pain caused by cancer.

WHAT STAGE? Are they at the stage where their discomfort or pain or anxiety or distress is disruptive of sleep or social activities or daily living? THAT IS THE STAGE.

Corn products like tortillas are poor sources of folate known to cause deficiency, & people who consume diets high in corn flour products have increased adverse effects from folate deficiency, like neural tube defects. This health disparity is easily treated. RFK is just ignorant, eugenicist trash.

Just a reminder “the radical left scum” took down the empire.

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

J. D. Vance has “clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid,” Franklin Foer argues.

Lifting after night shift. "Man, this bench is pretty comfy. Wonder if I could just close my eyes, just for a second..."

NORAD Santa tracker is Woke

The Beaneater, by Annibale Carracci, 1580s

Me: do you ever wonder if these Airbnb hosts have kitchen knives this dull at home Murderer, Currently Bruising Me to Death in My Vacation Rental: you probably have time to leave a review

Hey ICE The statute of limitations for kidnapping varies greatly by state and severity, but often it's a long period or nonexistent for serious cases; many states have no time limit for capital kidnapping (life/death penalty), while others set limits like 10 years or more for aggravated kidnapping.

Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.

“Government-aligned media censored the story, but the truth was smuggled over the border.” If you grew up in the 70s or 80s, that shit *resonates*.

imagine the kind of person you would have to be to watch that 60 Minutes segment and think "I must do everything I can to defend the people in charge of this process of sending people to be tortured."

12 Days of Urgent Care 12 subjective fevers 11 requests for Z-paks 10 sore throats 9 STI checks 8 pulling ears 7 coughs a coughing 6 chronic knee pains FIVE UTI’S 4 angry co-pays 3 finger lacs 2 ankle sprains AND A 65 YEAR OLD WITH A STEMI

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Related-sometimes Politico finds an acorn: www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

It feels beneath me to laugh at Andrew Tate and Jake Paul getting badly beaten in a boxing ring. But, you know, "beneath me" like a huge pile of gold beneath a peacefully chuckling dragon.

Don’t forget to take your dementia prevention supplement

RFK Jr. should have paid more attention to the comics in 1968.

these documents are more blacked out than Pete Hegseth on New Years Eve

People on Twitter are saying the Epstein files are more blacked out than Pete Hegseth at happy hour and we are dead.

NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader. So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.

RFK Jr. has cancelled grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics because “they no longer align with departmental priorities”. The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…” The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.

My only question about the speech tonight - will the networks pull out when he starts lying?

Ink & Sigil by @kevinhearne.bsky.social is a joke-filled "urban" fantasy following a cursed magic worker trying to solve the murder of his newest apprentice and how it fits into Scotland's magical underworld. First of a series. www.goodreads.com/book/show/49...

COVID vaccines ⬇️ risk of ER visits in CHILDREN by 76% in toddlers 9 mos-4 yrs 56% in kids 5 - 17 years ...compared with children NOT vaccinated 🧸 www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...

Somebody in marketing at the cast iron pan company is KILLING it

Take a moment to meet FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. He is the guy who is leading the agency that is working overtime to enrich his MAHA patrons by taking away your kids’ access to vaccines & essential medicines. He’s replacing evidence-based regulation with corruption.

Things students should do finals week: Studying Midnight breakfast Packing up to go home Things students shouldn’t be doing: Sheltering in place Placing tourniquets CPR on their classmates #gunsense laws need to be passed now.

With measles outbreaks raging across the country, and with anti-science individuals (mis)guiding our government, I am working on establishing a mandatory MMR vaccine policy at my new practice to protect the young infants we regularly see. Would any experts mind weighing in on this?

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Caleb Downs wins the Jim Thorpe Award, officially recognizing him as the best defensive back in college football.

Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class. You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.

We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Well we have corollary:

You're not fully developed at 25 (that was just the participant cut off age). You are fully developed when the lyrics to "Landslide" make you bawl.

Sometimes we put out small LED candles in the dying patient's room to soften the environment. One family member tells me she took those candles home, created an alter, & "lights" these candles every night to remember her son. Small touches can give lasting impressions. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social

Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918

BREAKING: The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support. The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.

MAGAZINER: Will you thank Mr Brown for his service to our country? NOEM: Thank you Mr Brown M: Now what explanation can there be for locking up his wife for months when she has committed no crime other than writing a couple bad checks for $80 NOEM: It's not my job to pick which laws get enforced

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

I am currently on ID consult service. I saw my first severe case of post influenza staphylococcal pneumonia of the season today - very sick patient admitted to the ICU. Every patient I have seen so far admitted with influenza this week is unvaccinated. The vaccines keep you out of hospital! Get 💉💉💉

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

The patient loved camping—trees, mountains, campfires. Our volunteer artist did a wonderful job creating this fingerprint painting for the bereaved family. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social

Rep. Thanedar has filed two articles of impeachment against Hegseth, one for "murder and conspiracy to murder" and the other for "reckless and unlawful mishandling of classified information." 🧵 (Full disclosure: I was happy to consult a bit on drafting this.)

Did I pay £15.99 for socks just for a dad joke? You bet your ass I did.

So real it’s not even satire. Not far off from being a biology teacher in the American Bible Belt Credit: Joe Flanders Comics

This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.