Dr B, MD DFASAM
@dremilybrunner.bsky.social
Addiction medicine doctor; fam med doctor; focus on emerging behavioral addictions such as internet gaming disorder
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At the musee d’Armee yesterday and saw the WW section and it was chilling. Parallels between then and now are eerie. For example, dehumanization, deportation and use of propaganda were main tools used, not violent repression and they are happening in us now; violent repression came after
Fun fact z- Steven pinker was my college advisor when he was at mit (major: course 9)
I always have such regret I didn’t have a big enough prefrontal cortex to take advantage of getting to learn from him
I always have such regret I didn’t have a big enough prefrontal cortex to take advantage of getting to learn from him
“If you want to freeze society where it is, then cripple the research enterprise,” says Harvard professor Steven Pinker. cbsn.ws/4oZdhHQ
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Fun fact z- Steven pinker was my college advisor when he was at mit (major: course 9)
I always have such regret I didn’t have a big enough prefrontal cortex to take advantage of getting to learn from him
I always have such regret I didn’t have a big enough prefrontal cortex to take advantage of getting to learn from him
Margaret Atwood is my new hero; a rare person who every time I learn more about her I am more impressed
She’s 89 but she can curtsy and speaks quite a bit more clearly than some
She’s 89 but she can curtsy and speaks quite a bit more clearly than some
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Margaret Atwood is my new hero; a rare person who every time I learn more about her I am more impressed
She’s 89 but she can curtsy and speaks quite a bit more clearly than some
She’s 89 but she can curtsy and speaks quite a bit more clearly than some
The opening act of scream legit holds up; maybe it’s my age- but I still see it as gold standard for being terrifying
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The opening act of scream legit holds up; maybe it’s my age- but I still see it as gold standard for being terrifying
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What a great long-term recruiting pitch: come do this high-stress job, you may have to work for free at some point — and if you try to feed your family with a side gig, you’ll be punished. 🤡
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
What a great long-term recruiting pitch: come do this high-stress job, you may have to work for free at some point — and if you try to feed your family with a side gig, you’ll be punished. 🤡
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I am so sorry this pain is being inflicted on people who literally just wanted to help their community and now are being asked to help with harming many of them
“This is just not what any of us signed up for, and it's so out of the scope of normal operations,” says J, a member of the Ohio National Guard.
#RightToRefuse #VetsSayNo
#NoICE #NoCuts #NoOccupation www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
#RightToRefuse #VetsSayNo
#NoICE #NoCuts #NoOccupation www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I am so sorry this pain is being inflicted on people who literally just wanted to help their community and now are being asked to help with harming many of them
This is unsurprising; there is clearly no way to uphold your ideals within this regimen and i firmly believe those kowtowing to hatred will regret it www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced
The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys and backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, in part because of a lack of qualified candidates.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is unsurprising; there is clearly no way to uphold your ideals within this regimen and i firmly believe those kowtowing to hatred will regret it www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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WE NEED THIS!
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
WE NEED THIS!
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The only silver lining to last night’s cave.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The only silver lining to last night’s cave.
I would watch the hell out of a Netflix documentary series that focuses on each charlatan at the cdc so the American people better understand how unqualified these people are;
It also needs to launch with Vinay Prasad
@netflix.com
It also needs to launch with Vinay Prasad
@netflix.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I would watch the hell out of a Netflix documentary series that focuses on each charlatan at the cdc so the American people better understand how unqualified these people are;
It also needs to launch with Vinay Prasad
@netflix.com
It also needs to launch with Vinay Prasad
@netflix.com
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Luther Campbell from 2 Live Crew says he left a Trump party in the early ’90s with Eddie Murphy and Mike Tyson after seeing disturbing behavior, heavy drug use and girls who looked far too young.
#LutherCampbell #TwoLiveCrew #DonaldTrump #MusicHistory #CelebrityStories
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMp8tjru/
#LutherCampbell #TwoLiveCrew #DonaldTrump #MusicHistory #CelebrityStories
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMp8tjru/
Luther Campbell from 2 Live Crew says he left a Trump party in the early ’90s with Eddie Murphy and Mike Tyson after seeing disturbing behavior — heavy drug use and girls who looked far too young. #Lu...
TikTok video by BWWM biracial LGBTQ+ Dad/ally
www.tiktok.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Luther Campbell from 2 Live Crew says he left a Trump party in the early ’90s with Eddie Murphy and Mike Tyson after seeing disturbing behavior, heavy drug use and girls who looked far too young.
#LutherCampbell #TwoLiveCrew #DonaldTrump #MusicHistory #CelebrityStories
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMp8tjru/
#LutherCampbell #TwoLiveCrew #DonaldTrump #MusicHistory #CelebrityStories
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMp8tjru/
Are doge employees still getting paychecks during shutdown?
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Are doge employees still getting paychecks during shutdown?
It has not even been 10 months
I think drumpf years age me
I almost never doom scrolled for the entire Biden presidency - and I didn’t miss it
I think my telomeres are shrinking more quickly
I think drumpf years age me
I almost never doom scrolled for the entire Biden presidency - and I didn’t miss it
I think my telomeres are shrinking more quickly
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 AM
It has not even been 10 months
I think drumpf years age me
I almost never doom scrolled for the entire Biden presidency - and I didn’t miss it
I think my telomeres are shrinking more quickly
I think drumpf years age me
I almost never doom scrolled for the entire Biden presidency - and I didn’t miss it
I think my telomeres are shrinking more quickly
So pathetic; Talk tough and hide on a military base www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 AM
So pathetic; Talk tough and hide on a military base www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
If you want a pick me up, check out how many people and small businesses are authentically showing up and pitching in to feed their community; it’s inspiring to see how much empathy is coded into us
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
If you want a pick me up, check out how many people and small businesses are authentically showing up and pitching in to feed their community; it’s inspiring to see how much empathy is coded into us
The idea proposed for taking people into the camps was giving them the choice of camp or jaiI ; so being unhoused is going to lead to jail; is it a crime now? Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The idea proposed for taking people into the camps was giving them the choice of camp or jaiI ; so being unhoused is going to lead to jail; is it a crime now? Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
This is bat crap crazy
Forcing people into treatment AGAINST there will and then using forceful measures with them
This is so so so wrong
I am bringing back the dumpster for this
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Forcing people into treatment AGAINST there will and then using forceful measures with them
This is so so so wrong
I am bringing back the dumpster for this
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
a sign that says what is even happening in front of a dumpster
ALT: a sign that says what is even happening in front of a dumpster
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This is bat crap crazy
Forcing people into treatment AGAINST there will and then using forceful measures with them
This is so so so wrong
I am bringing back the dumpster for this
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Forcing people into treatment AGAINST there will and then using forceful measures with them
This is so so so wrong
I am bringing back the dumpster for this
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Forensic documentation per multiple doctors there is evidence of injuries that match histories; this was torture www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Forensic documentation per multiple doctors there is evidence of injuries that match histories; this was torture www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
Don Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
"Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities."
www.publicnotice.co
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
The world would be so different if our congress stopped focusing on embryos and cared as much about actual live babies; who they are starving right now via snap freeze
It’s the pro unalive party
It’s the pro unalive party
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The world would be so different if our congress stopped focusing on embryos and cared as much about actual live babies; who they are starving right now via snap freeze
It’s the pro unalive party
It’s the pro unalive party
The lab that uses satellite data to monitor possible human rights violations is calling the site of massacre a “kill box” because they see hundreds of bodies laying together; we should not look away A Massacre Unfolding in Sudan www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/w...
A Massacre Unfolding in Sudan
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The lab that uses satellite data to monitor possible human rights violations is calling the site of massacre a “kill box” because they see hundreds of bodies laying together; we should not look away A Massacre Unfolding in Sudan www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/w...
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Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
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This is the exact issue I foresee for Covid vaccines next year, and what I have also been harping on for the past year.
Surveillance is important. We need to invest in it - this includes participation and cooperation on the global scale (aka proactive participation with the WHO).
Surveillance is important. We need to invest in it - this includes participation and cooperation on the global scale (aka proactive participation with the WHO).
The US withdrawal from WHO could impact the flu shot.
Flu samples sent to CDC from around the world are down 60% this year, as of July.
"When those viruses are not coming in, we don't know what to put in the vaccine, and you're going to have less effective vaccines."
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Flu samples sent to CDC from around the world are down 60% this year, as of July.
"When those viruses are not coming in, we don't know what to put in the vaccine, and you're going to have less effective vaccines."
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Why next year's flu shot might not be as good as it should be
America's withdrawal from the World Health Organization is affecting the ability of U.S. scientists to track flu and other pathogens. That could be a blow to the development of the 2025 flu vaccine.
www.npr.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is the exact issue I foresee for Covid vaccines next year, and what I have also been harping on for the past year.
Surveillance is important. We need to invest in it - this includes participation and cooperation on the global scale (aka proactive participation with the WHO).
Surveillance is important. We need to invest in it - this includes participation and cooperation on the global scale (aka proactive participation with the WHO).