Doctor David
@doctordavid.bsky.social
Psychology Professor, soccer fan, public health advocate. No crypto accounts please. Opinions solely my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employers.
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Three babies in Kentucky have died of whooping cough.
They weren’t vaccinated and neither were their mothers.
This is RFK Jr’s legacy. A trail of dead kids who never had a chance.
They didn’t get to decide about vaccination. Adults chose for them & they paid with their life.
They weren’t vaccinated and neither were their mothers.
This is RFK Jr’s legacy. A trail of dead kids who never had a chance.
They didn’t get to decide about vaccination. Adults chose for them & they paid with their life.
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Three babies in Kentucky have died of whooping cough.
They weren’t vaccinated and neither were their mothers.
This is RFK Jr’s legacy. A trail of dead kids who never had a chance.
They didn’t get to decide about vaccination. Adults chose for them & they paid with their life.
They weren’t vaccinated and neither were their mothers.
This is RFK Jr’s legacy. A trail of dead kids who never had a chance.
They didn’t get to decide about vaccination. Adults chose for them & they paid with their life.
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Different Bumblebee Species Have Different Nutritional Needs
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#bumblebee🐝 #pollinators #nutrition #flowers🌼 #ecology grrlscientist.medium.com/different-be...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#bumblebee🐝 #pollinators #nutrition #flowers🌼 #ecology grrlscientist.medium.com/different-be...
Different Bee Species Have Different Nutritional Needs
Different bumblebee species not only look different, but they have different nutritional needs
grrlscientist.medium.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Different Bumblebee Species Have Different Nutritional Needs
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#bumblebee🐝 #pollinators #nutrition #flowers🌼 #ecology grrlscientist.medium.com/different-be...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#bumblebee🐝 #pollinators #nutrition #flowers🌼 #ecology grrlscientist.medium.com/different-be...
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How much does Elon Musk make in an hour you ask?
Elon Musk earns approximately $23 million per hour, based on his 2024 asset growth.
-via Yahoo Finance / EBC Financial Group
Republicans say you can't get a healthcare subsidy because
they need the tax breaks more.
Elon Musk earns approximately $23 million per hour, based on his 2024 asset growth.
-via Yahoo Finance / EBC Financial Group
Republicans say you can't get a healthcare subsidy because
they need the tax breaks more.
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
How much does Elon Musk make in an hour you ask?
Elon Musk earns approximately $23 million per hour, based on his 2024 asset growth.
-via Yahoo Finance / EBC Financial Group
Republicans say you can't get a healthcare subsidy because
they need the tax breaks more.
Elon Musk earns approximately $23 million per hour, based on his 2024 asset growth.
-via Yahoo Finance / EBC Financial Group
Republicans say you can't get a healthcare subsidy because
they need the tax breaks more.
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These six Democratic members of Congress are under no obligation to talk to the FBI.
“Pound Sand“ is the appropriate response.
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
“Pound Sand“ is the appropriate response.
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
FBI attempting to schedule interviews with 6 members of Congress who made video about troops disobeying illegal orders
The FBI is attempting to schedule interviews with the six Democratic members of Congress who made a video saying troops should not obey any illegal orders.
abcnews.go.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
These six Democratic members of Congress are under no obligation to talk to the FBI.
“Pound Sand“ is the appropriate response.
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
“Pound Sand“ is the appropriate response.
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
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Look up Gene Weingarten's wapo piece "Fatal Distraction." I can't read it again.
Do not get rid of the back seat alarms.
Do not get rid of the back seat alarms.
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Look up Gene Weingarten's wapo piece "Fatal Distraction." I can't read it again.
Do not get rid of the back seat alarms.
Do not get rid of the back seat alarms.
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This is *exactly* why you can't free market things like safety devices
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is *exactly* why you can't free market things like safety devices
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This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro must begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for plotting an attempted coup, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ruled. https://cnn.it/4p1dgDV
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
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A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
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Sen Mark Kelly isn’t a far left radical. I wouldn’t even label him progressive. From his record, he’s fairly moderate.
Not the easiest target in politics. We all need to stand up for him or we’re gonna fail this regime’s test.
Not the easiest target in politics. We all need to stand up for him or we’re gonna fail this regime’s test.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Sen Mark Kelly isn’t a far left radical. I wouldn’t even label him progressive. From his record, he’s fairly moderate.
Not the easiest target in politics. We all need to stand up for him or we’re gonna fail this regime’s test.
Not the easiest target in politics. We all need to stand up for him or we’re gonna fail this regime’s test.
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I guess he was too busy on DAY ONE bringing grocery prices down. What a BAD JOKE he is.
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I guess he was too busy on DAY ONE bringing grocery prices down. What a BAD JOKE he is.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
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They could start even with just caucusing. Less than 10 people, quite literally, could end most of the madness tomorrow.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
As @mcopelov.bsky.social repeatedly points out, at any time they could just caucus with Democrats and vote for impeachment
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
They could start even with just caucusing. Less than 10 people, quite literally, could end most of the madness tomorrow.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Hellsite is toast.
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hellsite is toast.
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When you add a private tier, you don’t magically create extra surgeons or nurses.
You just give existing clinicians a more lucrative place to spend their limited time and energy.
You just give existing clinicians a more lucrative place to spend their limited time and energy.
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
When you add a private tier, you don’t magically create extra surgeons or nurses.
You just give existing clinicians a more lucrative place to spend their limited time and energy.
You just give existing clinicians a more lucrative place to spend their limited time and energy.
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So what happens in practice?
Doctors naturally prioritize higher-paying private cases with more flexible scheduling.
Public cases get bumped to the end of the day, the end of the week… then the end of the month.
Doctors naturally prioritize higher-paying private cases with more flexible scheduling.
Public cases get bumped to the end of the day, the end of the week… then the end of the month.
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So what happens in practice?
Doctors naturally prioritize higher-paying private cases with more flexible scheduling.
Public cases get bumped to the end of the day, the end of the week… then the end of the month.
Doctors naturally prioritize higher-paying private cases with more flexible scheduling.
Public cases get bumped to the end of the day, the end of the week… then the end of the month.
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We’ve seen this in the data. In places that allow surgeons to work both public and private lists, wait times in mixed clinics have often been longer than in fully public ones.
Same pool of staff. Different incentives. Slower public care.
Same pool of staff. Different incentives. Slower public care.
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We’ve seen this in the data. In places that allow surgeons to work both public and private lists, wait times in mixed clinics have often been longer than in fully public ones.
Same pool of staff. Different incentives. Slower public care.
Same pool of staff. Different incentives. Slower public care.
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Another claim: “Docs will just do private cases evenings and weekends.”
In a system already facing burnout, short-staffed shifts, and vacant nursing positions, banking on everyone happily adding a second job is… optimistic.
They'll pick one. And it won't be public.
In a system already facing burnout, short-staffed shifts, and vacant nursing positions, banking on everyone happily adding a second job is… optimistic.
They'll pick one. And it won't be public.
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Another claim: “Docs will just do private cases evenings and weekends.”
In a system already facing burnout, short-staffed shifts, and vacant nursing positions, banking on everyone happily adding a second job is… optimistic.
They'll pick one. And it won't be public.
In a system already facing burnout, short-staffed shifts, and vacant nursing positions, banking on everyone happily adding a second job is… optimistic.
They'll pick one. And it won't be public.
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So what does two-tier care actually “solve”?
Not the bottleneck. Not wait times overall.
It mostly changes who waits and who can buy their way to the front – while public queues risk getting slower, not faster.
Not the bottleneck. Not wait times overall.
It mostly changes who waits and who can buy their way to the front – while public queues risk getting slower, not faster.
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So what does two-tier care actually “solve”?
Not the bottleneck. Not wait times overall.
It mostly changes who waits and who can buy their way to the front – while public queues risk getting slower, not faster.
Not the bottleneck. Not wait times overall.
It mostly changes who waits and who can buy their way to the front – while public queues risk getting slower, not faster.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Did you know?
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Did you know?
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
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