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"Several nurses and at least one doctor looked on. Thirty-five minutes later, Davis was dead on the hospital floor."

Recently a parents said to me "You know it's 2026? Why are you still in a mask?" Me: "Go fuck yourself." I might be hearing from the state medical board soon but it was worth it.

Mayor Mamdani and Councilmember Kayla Santosuosso visited the New York Aquarium to meet some seals and celebrate the impact of the administration’s $2 million investment in the aquarium.

The best Reddit comment I've seen on Marissa Mayer needing AI to find 3 adjectives to describe her 10-year-old: "Someday in the years to come, Marissa Mayer’s daughter will go no contact with her mother. And Marissa Mayer will ponder this and ask AI why."

A beautiful poem, by Howard Nelson. “My Father Went To Funerals”

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

SEND BIDEN TO BRAZIL FOR A YEAR THEN RUN HIM AGAIN AND HE WINS

¡Nuevo episodio! El equipo de #LaBrega nos lleva en un paseo sonoro por el sector Los Pozos y áreas aledañas para escuchar lo que podríamos perder si #Esencia se construye. ¡Disponible mañana (20 de octubre 2026) donde sea que escuchas tus podcasts! tr.ee/E1BV5zzKTc #PuertoRico #CaboRojo

I’m a father of two and you could not torture this story out of me.

“.. a stunning comeback, sealed late as voters in Lula’s northeastern stronghold rallied behind one of Latin America’s most prominent opponents of Trumpism.” @bloomberg.com 🇧🇷 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Fascists ensuring the trains DON'T run on time

El martes (26 de octubre) hablamos con Angelo Colina sobre los retos de hacer comedia en español en Estados Unidos, la nostalgia y los puentes entre Puerto Rico, Latinoamérica y los latinos en Estados Unidos.. Suscríbete para que no te pierdas ningún episodio de #LaBrega: tr.ee/E1BV5zzKTc

Once again we are seeing the cycles of history

Fifth-saddest short story ever: for sale: child's beekeeping jacket, used once.

#WhyWeDoIt

"It has been a tranquilizing Thalidomide, relieving the emotional stress for a moment, only to give birth to an ill-formed infant of frustration." Damn. Hadn't heard this metaphor from MLK before.

“the uninsured rate would soar to 11% this year due to changes contained in the One Big Ugly Bill passed by the Republican-controlled Congress and signed into law by Donald Trump in July 2025. That would be a 37% increase from early 2025.”

NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted — instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade.

“I don’t say this lightly: this is going to hurt people, and the harm is going to be far greater than many people expect" - conference attendee

All cis people on this site should be nicer to trans people facing existential threats I think. Just imo

30,000 years ago, a wolf tentatively approaches a fire…

Back at home after a long weekend away playing a British Army nursing officer in 1944 Holland. I love that I get to do this. Main takeaway: when someone asks you to do war crimes, say ‘no thank you, I don’t believe in any of that’

metaphor alert

Our greatest import: immigrants. Our greatest export: soap opera-esque medical dramas.

Today we launch the first episode of my podcast. I interviewed Whitney Mitchell, whose fiancé and caretaker Garrett Foster was murdered at a BLM protest in 2020. Foster's killer was convicted by a jury and given a 25-year sentence. Then Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned him.

“.. the document .. cements the power of a small group of people handpicked by the Trump administration to govern and profit from the deal. The role of the Venezuelan government and the potential benefits to its people are largely absent ..” @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/

Movie heroes are always uncovering schemes that go ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. I would like more stories about defeating the evil plots of middle management.

Med student when he realizes the person he just called a nurse is the attending physician.

new @NUEMblog post: STEMI Equivalents (OMI) (featuring commentary from me)

It is an ineffably oozy, stringy affair, most frequently found in the tubs of sperm, after a prolonged squeezing, and subsequent decanting.

🐳 You’re God damned right @hesterblum.bsky.social & I made a TWENTY-FIVE EPISODE PODCAST just about 𝐌𝐎𝐁𝐘-𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐊. Subscribe now at exploringthegreats.com/moby-dick & enjoy our thrilling trailer:

I'm only following @arthurfrayne.bsky.social because his BS handle is a somewhat niche reference. "History is-a made at night. Character is what you are in the dark."

Yup. Wouldn't want any of them there feelings when we put queers and immigrants in concentration camps. Nosirree. Gotta strangle them things in the cradle. Much easier in the long run.

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

"Fashion models have relied on this one little trick for decades to suppress appetite. But were they a healthy ideal? No."

The name of New Mexico is funny because it's one of those things that you'd think is really simple (oh, it's it used to be part of old Mexico, so we'll call it New Mexico!), but it's much more complex New Mexico as the name for the area predates Mexico by several hundred years!

Mary is promoting antibiotic stewardship and I am seriously confused.

Been sending home DVTs and superficial thrombophlebitis for years out of the ED. Exactly what risk does sleeping pose? Lol what are we talking about

Formal Ultrasound

Dr. Doolittle Watch this preview at your peril! www.youtube.com/watch?v=49Cm...

All dressed up for a pirate dinner.

Es difícil expresar con palabras, mi vocabulario no da para tanto, el reputísimo asco que tengo por los cazadores españoles.

El peor autobús es mejor que cualquier coche volador.