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Weekly phone screen time update Had a hiccup a couple weeks ago- was traveling without my computer and had a lot of "what the heck is that?" and "how do we get there?" type phone time But I'm back on the horse

How crazy is it that you finish 1:59:41 and come in SECOND PLACE #LondonMarathon

A 2-hour marathon is a 4:34 pace 2 men just did it for the first time in history I could not do this for a half mile even if I trained for a year Humans are amazing

I would be fine with data centers so long as the companies firmly agree to use 100% renewable energy resources and make it water neutral (this is possible) I don't understand why we don't use NIMBYism to leverage these requirements in localities

<conversations with AI> Other people: Can you help me build a structure for an international coalition of state-level leadership in order to solve the issues of poverty, inequality, and state-level aggression? Me: Why do I get constipated when I travel?

Occasional "vacation email" data (I don't check email on vacation as a rule) Gone for 8 business days Received 247 emails (31/day) Of these I had to: Reply to 12 (4.9%) Do something for 10 (4%) Review something for 7 (2.8%) The rest were archived or trash #MedSky

Sisyphus peered into the mist A stone's throw from the precipice, paused Did he jump or did he fall as he gazed into the maw of the morning mist? Did he raise both fists and say, "To hell with this" and just let the rock roll? Saw Andrew Bird last night did not disappoint 10/10 would recommend

Why am I getting these spam texts from different numbers holy crap

Googled "avignon papacy" today- did not know that history I'm not even mad that we used that as a threat given the historical knowledge that had to go into it I'm sort of impressed

I'd like to go on record as saying that it is ridiculous that in the year of our lord 2026 if my patient is physically in Kentucky or Ohio that I, as a physician licensed in Indiana, cannot do a virtual visit with them Good god people this seems like a problem with an easy fix

Elect a clown you get a circus

Indiana gas prices over time If this is what winning feels like I am ok with going back to losing #HoosierSky

Me: If you get your labs drawn next week, I am out of town so I will talk to you about them when I get back Patient: Oh, where are you going? Me: On a trip with my wife for our 25th anniversary Pt: Oh you have been married as long as I have been alive! Me:

In a world filled with chaos I am thankful for the Taco Bell app, which is, for me, a calm in the storm

I HAVE CROSSED THE PHONE SCREEN TIME RUBICON Last week my average was below 30 minutes of daily time with my screen on and unlocked I am very proud of this and TBH this feels like a change I can sustain

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

My 11 year old just got the Dookie album by Green Day The equivalent album for 11-year-old me would have been released in 1957 So like "Love is the Thing" by Nat King Cole Goddammit

@atls.city !set US-IN-Indianapolis

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Tiger Woods sure seems to be a bad driver

My thoughts on career and life academic.oup.com/atsscholar/a...

This is a terrific article "Thus, the commercial determinants of health are closely linked to political determinants of health, the government actions (or inaction) that allow corporations to influence product regulation." www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

I've served enough Fancy Feast™️ that I can grade the quality of the batch by the sound the can makes when I open it

If I were called and offered the CDC director position I would just laugh out loud annoyingly into the phone until the person calling hung up

This week I was able to get to under 1 hour of daily screen time SOLIDLY (average 56 minutes per day) for the first time since I started this odyssey on January 1 More details on how I did this on the following posts (it entailed a different app, which does a much better job of collecting the data)

I can't believe UConn won that game we were watching it at dinner when we left they were down like 19 holy crap

Attending private schools makes very little difference in getting better grades, if at all. Save your tuition money.

⚠️⚠️ here we go again rollcall.com/2026/03/27/s...

Seems to me that the natural end of the American experiment is one person with all of the money

Can we get a graphic that makes clear which is the robot

I cold stratified some Japanese Maple seeds from my backyard and I have seedlings Holy crap

Used the @tacobell.bsky.social app today for the first time Some may say they just want it to get information from me That is fine they can have all my info I'm fine with them knowing where I am at all times If they want to put cameras in my house I am good with it

The president of the United States wrote this

At the rate of temperature change yesterday in Indiana tomorrow it will be -126 degrees

Project Hail Mary Wow

First day of spring, y'all We made it through another dark and dreary winter

Indiana is trying to pull money from local FQHCs and other places that care for vulnerable populations to shore up medicaid spending It will result in tons of money not coming to Indiana The public can comment until 3/27- message me and I'll show you how to help wibc.com/881684/coali...

Important and short thread about the stupid SAVE act

Typical Indiana spring

This was good and easy www.simplyrecipes.com/one-pan-ravi...

NURSE EVANS: For three dollars, every American should be able to eat a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla, and one other thing. Digby studies her, unsure if she’s serious. DIGBY: What’s the other thing?

This is an episode that opened my eyes to a wonky proposed change that everyone should know about in Indiana

FYI I have found ebay to be a terrific place to find used books (and usually cheaper than thriftbooks)

Indiana has contracted for Hoosiers to receive free used vehicle reports Indiana paid $333,000 for the contract 2,200 Hoosiers have used it That is $150 per report You can get these online for $25-$30 apiece indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/03/12/f...

6 years ago today the Mayor of Indianapolis closed all Marion County Schools because there was a new virus heading our way Crazy times

Here is your occasional reminder that no one is coming to save us so stand up and use your voice diplomatically to help make the world around you better

Totally normal shit happening here in Indiana

Vinay became a caricature of himself, rode that into governmental leadership, and realized the error of his ways Let's hope he returns to the competent and harmless contrarian now that this is over Unless he is rehired for a 3rd time