David Shaywitz
@dshaywitz.bsky.social
MD/PhD | Healthtech & Biopharma Exec | Clinical & scientific judgment at intersection of medicine, biology & technology | Cultivating agency: kindwellhealth.com
Hard agree w this point in particular from Liran Belenzon on challenges faced applying tech to biopharma R&D: liranbelenzon.medium.com/ai-in-drug-d... Good read & on target.
Cc @andreasbender.bsky.social @dereklowe.bsky.social @matthewherper.bsky.social
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January 24, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Hard agree w this point in particular from Liran Belenzon on challenges faced applying tech to biopharma R&D: liranbelenzon.medium.com/ai-in-drug-d... Good read & on target.
Cc @andreasbender.bsky.social @dereklowe.bsky.social @matthewherper.bsky.social
Cc @andreasbender.bsky.social @dereklowe.bsky.social @matthewherper.bsky.social
Amused by idea that they felt the need to warn Bostonians not to take a blowtorch to their pipes, in case they both were tempted and had a blowtorch lying around the house…
@ashishkjha.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social
@ashishkjha.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social
January 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Amused by idea that they felt the need to warn Bostonians not to take a blowtorch to their pipes, in case they both were tempted and had a blowtorch lying around the house…
@ashishkjha.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social
@ashishkjha.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social
Legend.
Cc @nachristakis.bsky.social
Cc @nachristakis.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Legend.
Cc @nachristakis.bsky.social
Cc @nachristakis.bsky.social
Cc @jackviertel.bsky.social - has to be sign of the apocalypse when you and Babylon Bee in perfect alignment…
babylonbee.com/news/apple-e...
babylonbee.com/news/apple-e...
Apple Engineers Working Feverishly To Somehow Make Next iOS Update Even Worse
CUPERTINO, CA — Sources within Apple's Software Engineering Division confirmed that their team was working around the clock to make the next iOS update even worse than the current one.
babylonbee.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Cc @jackviertel.bsky.social - has to be sign of the apocalypse when you and Babylon Bee in perfect alignment…
babylonbee.com/news/apple-e...
babylonbee.com/news/apple-e...
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Michael Fanone is rocking a "Dropkick Murphys….FIGHTING NAZIS SINCE 1996" shirt at the Jack Smith hearing 🔥
January 22, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Michael Fanone is rocking a "Dropkick Murphys….FIGHTING NAZIS SINCE 1996" shirt at the Jack Smith hearing 🔥
"A lucid, thoughtful, at times troubling review of a new era in biology." Looks incredibly interesting - as you know, I can't wait to read it!
The first review of my forthcoming book ‘On the Future of Species’. Kirkus review books ahead of publication for the publishing industry, newspapers, and magazines. I think it is moderately encouraging that it won’t be used as kindling for log fires.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
ON THE FUTURE OF SPECIES | Kirkus Reviews
A look into a future in which AI helps design new life.
www.kirkusreviews.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:49 AM
"A lucid, thoughtful, at times troubling review of a new era in biology." Looks incredibly interesting - as you know, I can't wait to read it!
Every single ep of @lisarosenbaum.bsky.social's @nejm.org NOS pcast is just so good; just listened to the latest, about DPC & concierge models of primary care podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... As always, like a good MD visit, she provides time, space, and empathy for story to express itself. Kudos.
Autonomy vs. Equity
Podcast Episode · Not Otherwise Specified · 01/21/2026 · 43m
podcasts.apple.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Every single ep of @lisarosenbaum.bsky.social's @nejm.org NOS pcast is just so good; just listened to the latest, about DPC & concierge models of primary care podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... As always, like a good MD visit, she provides time, space, and empathy for story to express itself. Kudos.
Accurate. If you're an engineer and your deliverable is several "refinements" each update, than you deliver that independent of whether they're remotely useful (which, as you point out, and as the latest iphone iOS demonstrates painfully, they often aren't).
Why is it that every time I install an update on my laptop or phone everything gets harder to do? Things that used to take one keystroke now take two or three, and I see nothing that actually helps. Just a bunch of tech-nerds playing with their gear to make my life more confusing. Which isn't nice.
January 22, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Accurate. If you're an engineer and your deliverable is several "refinements" each update, than you deliver that independent of whether they're remotely useful (which, as you point out, and as the latest iphone iOS demonstrates painfully, they often aren't).
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Preparing for liftoff!
January 20, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Preparing for liftoff!
Loved this from @simonmaechling.bsky.social - chemistry FTW…
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January 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Loved this from @simonmaechling.bsky.social - chemistry FTW…
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Reminds me of Mayhew’s wonderful ethnography London Labour and the London Poor (1851), where he noted that Victorian chimney sweeps had developed their own micro-culture and language. ‘A tidy’ was a good day’s earning, whereas a ‘shy’ was a bad one. ‘Going black’ represented a full day of sweeping.
January 18, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Reminds me of Mayhew’s wonderful ethnography London Labour and the London Poor (1851), where he noted that Victorian chimney sweeps had developed their own micro-culture and language. ‘A tidy’ was a good day’s earning, whereas a ‘shy’ was a bad one. ‘Going black’ represented a full day of sweeping.
I imagine i'm not the only one who read this (fun) NYT piece on chimney sweeps in London, and thought immediately not about Mary Poppins (referenced in the piece) but about Sir Percivall Pott, legend in environmental health, who wasn't... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
Why London’s Chimney Sweeps Are Enjoying a Resurgence
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I imagine i'm not the only one who read this (fun) NYT piece on chimney sweeps in London, and thought immediately not about Mary Poppins (referenced in the piece) but about Sir Percivall Pott, legend in environmental health, who wasn't... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
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Central Park: A snowy day on the edit bench.
January 17, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Central Park: A snowy day on the edit bench.
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Falling for an unexpectedly snowy New York.
January 17, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Falling for an unexpectedly snowy New York.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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When will we be past interview promos like this? “on being a female leader in biotech today” 😑
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
When will we be past interview promos like this? “on being a female leader in biotech today” 😑
@jvl.bsky.social positive this story was manifested for you, as it seems to confirm all your priors about the timeline we are all in... @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis. And AI generated images are complicating the effort to find them.
apnews.com/article/monk...
apnews.com/article/monk...
Monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis and AI is complicating efforts to capture them
Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis. And AI generated images are complicating the effort to find them.
apnews.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
@jvl.bsky.social positive this story was manifested for you, as it seems to confirm all your priors about the timeline we are all in... @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
youtu.be/vKOb-kmOgpI?... (including McS ref…)
January 6, 2026 at 9:03 PM
youtu.be/vKOb-kmOgpI?... (including McS ref…)
Yes! This is the 1st new & essential pcast series of 2026 -- @thgoetz.bsky.social brings a remarkable combination of insight, wisdom, perspective, and humanity to all of his work (I also really enjoyed his book, the Remedy, from 2014 -> www.aei.org/articles/mic...). @dereklowe.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Yes! This is the 1st new & essential pcast series of 2026 -- @thgoetz.bsky.social brings a remarkable combination of insight, wisdom, perspective, and humanity to all of his work (I also really enjoyed his book, the Remedy, from 2014 -> www.aei.org/articles/mic...). @dereklowe.bsky.social
I so want to believe this is right, although, having written just these sorts of op-eds for NYT WSJ WaPo FT Boston Globe etc - it's become difficult to feel as optimistic as I'd like, especially since I'm skeptical that these are read and thoughtfully absorbed by those who we imagine might benefit.
Why should scientists write op-eds? It's tempting to say the facts ought to speak for themselves. But the facts are largely whispering among themselves in the scientific literature. They need us to give them a voice. How? Advice in my latest @natchem.nature.com Thesis rdcu.be/eJlGL #chemsky 1/3
Opinionated science
Nature Chemistry - When the facts can’t speak for themselves, scientists can give them a voice, argues Michelle Francl.
rdcu.be
January 5, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I so want to believe this is right, although, having written just these sorts of op-eds for NYT WSJ WaPo FT Boston Globe etc - it's become difficult to feel as optimistic as I'd like, especially since I'm skeptical that these are read and thoughtfully absorbed by those who we imagine might benefit.
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Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Covered In Snow. Flourishing.
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Covered In Snow. Flourishing.
Thoughtful and thought-provoking essay by @mireillesilcoff.bsky.social in today's NYT -> nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
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cc @martingaynor.bsky.social @sonnybunch.bsky.social
There’s Something Missing in Films About Jewish Cultural Figures
nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Thoughtful and thought-provoking essay by @mireillesilcoff.bsky.social in today's NYT -> nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
cc @martingaynor.bsky.social @sonnybunch.bsky.social
cc @martingaynor.bsky.social @sonnybunch.bsky.social
Love this @wsj.com essay by @zekeemanuel.bsky.social on the health value of connection. It’s a core health theme (along w agency) I’ve emphasized all year (see kindwellhealth.com/reading-resour… ) including my review of Ben Rein’s book on topic.www.wsj.com/health/welln...re
Essay | My Parents’ Secret for Living Well Into Their 90s: Embracing Strangers
I have spent my career studying what makes people live healthier and longer. My mom and dad are proof that the key is staying socially connected.
www.wsj.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Love this @wsj.com essay by @zekeemanuel.bsky.social on the health value of connection. It’s a core health theme (along w agency) I’ve emphasized all year (see kindwellhealth.com/reading-resour… ) including my review of Ben Rein’s book on topic.www.wsj.com/health/welln...re
Reflective if troubling way to end year: latest episode of
@lisarosenbaum.bsky.social's powerful @nejm.org NOS podcast series on primary care: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Sure to trigger many thoughts in listeners; for me, they incl unintended ill effects of mechanizing+matricizing medicine
@lisarosenbaum.bsky.social's powerful @nejm.org NOS podcast series on primary care: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Sure to trigger many thoughts in listeners; for me, they incl unintended ill effects of mechanizing+matricizing medicine
Not Otherwise Specified
Medicine Podcast · Updated Weekly · In “Not Otherwise Specified,” Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, cardiologist and national correspondent for the New England Journal of Medicine, defies our sound-bite culture to ...
podcasts.apple.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reflective if troubling way to end year: latest episode of
@lisarosenbaum.bsky.social's powerful @nejm.org NOS podcast series on primary care: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Sure to trigger many thoughts in listeners; for me, they incl unintended ill effects of mechanizing+matricizing medicine
@lisarosenbaum.bsky.social's powerful @nejm.org NOS podcast series on primary care: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Sure to trigger many thoughts in listeners; for me, they incl unintended ill effects of mechanizing+matricizing medicine