Ali Robison, MD

One of the more harrowing pieces I’ve read in a long time, and that’s saying something. I don’t think I’m a Luddite for dismissing AI. I think I’ve seen enough to make the decision that I don’t think it’s worth the risks it poses to society.

The OG gender equality ally

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Flávio Bolsonaro just lost in Brazil. Viktor Orban lost in Hungary. On Tuesday Benjamin Netanyahu will lose in Israel. Come next Tuesday we will win the midterms and take first step to destroying MAGA and putting Trump in prison! (That must be our goal)

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

I have a friend who is a social worker doing the same work as this social worker. She has also told me stories of women like Amy Acton's mother.

The Ramaswamy campaign not only tried to capitalize on a child rape victim, they did it by using an old homeless woman who—while vile—is in no mental shape to adequately understand the stakes. And did they pay her? Either answer is bad.

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PSA it’s us atheists holding society together.

I was kindly invited to give the final plenary at this year's American Society of Bioethics & Humanities annual meeting—I discussed being a global health professor who engages in advocacy One thing I got asked is: should scientists or healthcare professionals remain politically neutral?

Ramaswamy is a sick, morally bankrupt piece of shit exploiting a woman’s rape at age 12 to win an election. He gave her estranged, abusive mother a platform to weaponize her childhood trauma. There is something profoundly fucking wrong with this man. He has no business holding public office. 🤬

The world may be on fire, but the pumpkin gnocchi from Trader Joe’s are 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 so I think we’re going to be ok.

As we say where I come from, ope. 😬 I hope Tommy was a fake name.

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Greta has this incredible dedication to intensely being on the right side of history coupled with a “fuck you, make me” attitude. What a delight she is.

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I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.

This is incredible internet content.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but Double Stuf Oreos are as good as you remember.

It should never be a child’s job to save themselves from their own abuse. The ways this child was systematically failed by adults are crushing.

In case this isn’t clear, the hepatitis B vaccine has been rigorously studied and is incredibly safe and effective. The infants who could be harmed in this study are *actual human beings* that are *incredibly vulnerable* and being sacrificed *pointlessly* by these ghouls.

Let’s be clear: The President is advocating for an attack on 10+ million U.S. residents in two of America’s largest cities. This is not normal. None of this is. And we will continue to remind folks of that every day.

Anyone who says Trump was joking is complicit with his treason.

The rage in my pediatrician body is a lot a lot a lot.

While this is objectively hilarious and psychotic, I will add that I hope they vote on this legislation. I hate changing my clock more than almost anything. We deserve one good thing from this hellscape administration.

Scottish comedian Daniel Sloss talks about how men need to hold other men accountable for rape and sexual assault.

Turns out I'm a lion as a mom. Who knew.

Happy October! Don’t forget to get your seasonal Flu and Covid shots this month.

🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

This is what patriotism actually looks like. It’s not waving a flag or singing a song. It’s standing up for the ideals of this nation when it was founded. No one is above the law. There are no kings in this country.

You know when public attention can reverse a prosecutorial decision like this you almost get the sense that the decision to shrug it off in the first place was not based on an assessment of the quality of the evidence so much as an assessment of the seriousness of the crime.

In a Cornell University fraternity house and in the empty silence of phone screens, Jane Doe was being given the message that so many of our daughters hear every single day from their politicians, pastors, fathers, and peers: you just don’t f*ckin’ matter. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/cornells-j...

“If the task force’s mission was not supposed to solve the problem of sexual assault, as Love has stated, then it has been a resounding success.” Yikes. Excellent. No notes.

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I'm not sure anything on earth makes me happier than watching Bake Off.

If you can, donate to the Imagination Library today in honor of Dolly. Happy 9/25. 💖

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happy first (full) day of fall, bluesky

JD Vance is using AI to kick hundreds of thousands of people off health insurance. These are AI death panels.

Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

Bake Off comes back this week and I cannot describe how much we need that whimsy (and Paul Hollywood’s steely blue eyes) in the world right now.

Nobody is going to want to hear this, but a real risk we face, no matter who is president next, is that they will see no need to restore the rights lost or the executive power stolen in the last 10 years.