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Dr C
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🩺 Doctor and screenwriter.
🧠 I write what I’ve lived: trauma, tech, satire & human messiness.
🎭 Dark comedy. 💉 Medical thrillers. 🧬 Sci-fi that cuts deep.
🎬 Creator @ Animulus Forge ⚒️ | Open to rep & production collabs.
From me, a very personal post:

From the heart and around the world
Or, how I learned to relax and cure the aneurysm

animulus.substack.com/p/from-the-h...
From the heart and around the world
Or, how I learned to relax and cure the aneurysm
animulus.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Good morning! You'll get a ❤️ and a follow for first person to guess where we are. Need to be specific.
December 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Welcome!!
To the 76th Hunger Games!! 😜

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump's Patriot Games spark Hunger Games comparison
Trump announced a four-day athletic event where each state will send a male and female athlete to compete.
www.newsweek.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This action of choosing a singular treatment to exclude clinicians and hospitals from participating in government healthcare will, if enacted, produce an enormous deficit of healthcare to seniors, marginalized groups, and the impoverished. This action should be illegal.

www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/h...
Trump moves to ban transgender care for minors by targeting hospitals | CNN
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other health officials said Thursday that the federal government will block hospitals and doctors from providing transgender care to ch...
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“Black is not just Black.” When AI is trained mostly on white patient data, it can miss breast cancer and other risks in Black women and other communities of color. Bias in, bias out—at scale.
Read how AI is reshaping care in Arizona and beyond.
#AIinHealthcare
cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2025/10/07/a...
Using AI to diagnose raises bias concerns among medical professionals
Doctors are turning to AI to draft clinical notes, analyze data and make diagnoses, promising faster care and improved outcomes. However, because these systems learn from human records, they often inh...
cronkitenews.azpbs.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Take AI chips.
Put them in homes of people to provide heat in the winter.
Pulse data through chips to keep everyone's home comfortable, not hot, based on homeowner settings.
As weather changes hemispheres, change the chips being used to wherever it's cold.
Make it free.
No more data centers.
December 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Family physician here. In 16 days when ACA subsidies expire: $200 premiums → $800. $450 family plans → $1,800.

We're stuck between insurers maximizing profits and patients who can't afford care.

The system isn't broken. It's working as designed—for shareholders, not patients
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Please stop the rotation.

I need to get off this planet.
a picture of nebula with the words we need to get off this planet below her
ALT: a picture of nebula with the words we need to get off this planet below her
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
In the category of "No shit", a study shows that remaining with the same primary care physician reduces a senior's risk of hospitalization.

www.medicaleconomics.com/view/same-ph...
Same physician, fewer hospital stays for older adults | Medical Economics
Study links continuity in primary care to substantially lower rates of preventable acute hospitalizations.
www.medicaleconomics.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I'm pretty certain what I'm seeing in our community (in Arizona) as far as illnesses has to be adenovirus. I've only had one positive influenza, and every other case has been negative for flu and Covid. Symptoms are severe sore throat, cough, congestion, body aches, and fever. Rx is supportive care.
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"Ma'am, I was assigned the window seat."
November 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'm pretty sure dogs hate flying more than humans do.

Except Snoop. He don't care.
a man wearing a hat and headphones stands in front of a sign that says move on it
ALT: a man wearing a hat and headphones stands in front of a sign that says move on it
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My cell phone is nearly useless because of the number of spam calls I get for business financing. I mean, they're f'in calling and texting every 15 minutes!! I'm using #robokiller and Apple's #AI Phone screening, and these idiots just won't stop.
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The movie "Ghost Story" is still a classic piece of psycho-horror and an enjoyable movie to watch.
#ghoststory
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Nothing Scarier Than Silence from an Author
open.substack.com/pub/animulus...
Nothing Scarier Than Silence from an Author
Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Learn to Not Write a Bomb
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Enjoyed #plur1bus on #appletv. Not going to put any spoilers here, but if you've liked any sci-fi in the past 30 years, you'll love this one. I've never known any pilot to get @rottentomatoes.com 100%. It's worth an hour of your time. Can't wait for the next episode.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday November 1, 2025
The theme is #Autumn
Scary or pleasant, show us your fall favorites!

My contribution.

Shimmer and drop, the leaves fall to ground
Gold and red and yellow found
The chill air a breeze passing through
Winter is near and coming to you
November 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
How is this even possible in this country?!
Guys don't dick around, give money to Feeding America to help support people getting to eat.

They have a great track record of donations going TOWARD FOOD. They can stretch your dollar further. They are everywhere in the US. I've been donating there about 15 years.

www.feedingamerica.org
U.S. Hunger Relief Organization | Feeding America
Feeding America is a nonprofit network of 200 food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Learn how you can help end hunger in America.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I didn’t know it was gardener day.
October 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#BlueSkyArtShow
The theme is #Inside

Our chihuahua-pekingnese mix dog Lilly, making the best of having to be indoors by finding a piece of sun.
#art #photography #dog #dogs
October 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Having taken care of many, many people in their last days of their lives, I have seen so many of the things recorded in this article below. This substack is probably the best written article about the meaning of life discovered only at the moment of death.

open.substack.com/pub/everyday...
A Nurse Recorded 300 Final Breaths—And Found Only 7 Things That Truly Matter in Life
After listening to the confessions of 300 dying people, I decided to completely change my life
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is public health leadership. Thank you @healthnz.govt.nz for showing the US how it’s done. (We have somehow forgotten). #publichealth #measles
We have confirmed two new #measles cases in NZ today, with a Cook Strait ferry among listed exposure locations.

Check your immunisation status (you need 2 doses of MMR). Book a vaccine: bookmyvaccine.nz

Full details and exposure locations: tewhatuora.govt.nz/corporate-in...
October 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Amazing news! Re App: Prime Frequency was just selected by Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards via FilmFreeway.com!
Film Festivals, Screenplay Contests, Submissions
Enter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events.
FilmFreeway.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM