Emily Fridenmaker
@emilyfri.bsky.social
Wife | Mom | Appalachian | MD | Pulmonary & Critical Care
AI sucks
I’ve only typed to it once in my m365 and it was to say “I think you’re stupid and I hate that you’re included in my m365 and I wish you would go away.”
January 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
AI sucks
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I love that every city has added a new mischief to the anti-ICE work:
LA started the noise outside hotels
Portland started the inflatables
Chicago started the whistles
Minneapolis started not warning them about the weather lol
If ICE comes to your city it’s your duty to out-scamp the last 🫡
LA started the noise outside hotels
Portland started the inflatables
Chicago started the whistles
Minneapolis started not warning them about the weather lol
If ICE comes to your city it’s your duty to out-scamp the last 🫡
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I love that every city has added a new mischief to the anti-ICE work:
LA started the noise outside hotels
Portland started the inflatables
Chicago started the whistles
Minneapolis started not warning them about the weather lol
If ICE comes to your city it’s your duty to out-scamp the last 🫡
LA started the noise outside hotels
Portland started the inflatables
Chicago started the whistles
Minneapolis started not warning them about the weather lol
If ICE comes to your city it’s your duty to out-scamp the last 🫡
2026 Book Thread 📚
Nice, quick robot/space read that reinforces my AI hatred.
Nice, quick robot/space read that reinforces my AI hatred.
January 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
2026 Book Thread 📚
Nice, quick robot/space read that reinforces my AI hatred.
Nice, quick robot/space read that reinforces my AI hatred.
I don't do much cardiac ICU, but I have always felt vaguely anti-MCS (and even anti-swan in most cases). This article from NEJM made me feel even more unenthusiastic about MCS.
#emimcc
#emimcc
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 AM
I don't do much cardiac ICU, but I have always felt vaguely anti-MCS (and even anti-swan in most cases). This article from NEJM made me feel even more unenthusiastic about MCS.
#emimcc
#emimcc
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Worth every second
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Worth every second
The other day I overheard someone at the gym say “I lost all respect for the surgeon when he walked in wearing scrubs and square toe cowboy boots.”
January 15, 2026 at 2:28 AM
The other day I overheard someone at the gym say “I lost all respect for the surgeon when he walked in wearing scrubs and square toe cowboy boots.”
I ironically napped in my bed during today’s mandatory sleep deprivation zoom training. Now cozy and devouring this book. I always have clinic and meetings and catch up academic work after my ICU weeks, but I do try to preserve Monday as a recovery day.
January 12, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I ironically napped in my bed during today’s mandatory sleep deprivation zoom training. Now cozy and devouring this book. I always have clinic and meetings and catch up academic work after my ICU weeks, but I do try to preserve Monday as a recovery day.
My hospital is developing this thing called Heart Shock where if activated, the patient gets whisked to the ICU and a swan has to be placed immediately. I’m…not sure that I like it.
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
My hospital is developing this thing called Heart Shock where if activated, the patient gets whisked to the ICU and a swan has to be placed immediately. I’m…not sure that I like it.
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"It’s not just the bright lights. It’s the way they come into a house. They don't just knock; they invade...all under the guise of 'the greater good.'" Fahrenheit 451
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
"It’s not just the bright lights. It’s the way they come into a house. They don't just knock; they invade...all under the guise of 'the greater good.'" Fahrenheit 451
Going to bed after 7 12s. 😴
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Going to bed after 7 12s. 😴
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In the last 25 years I’ve done velour pants, yoga pants, leggings, and joggers but now I’m switching to matching baggy sweatsuits and why did no one tell me how comfortable they are.
January 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM
In the last 25 years I’ve done velour pants, yoga pants, leggings, and joggers but now I’m switching to matching baggy sweatsuits and why did no one tell me how comfortable they are.
I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT A MENU STOP MAKING ME PUT IN MY ZIP CODE AND START AN ORDER
January 9, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT A MENU STOP MAKING ME PUT IN MY ZIP CODE AND START AN ORDER
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Parent and pediatrician here.
All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info.
Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.
All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info.
Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.
January 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Parent and pediatrician here.
All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info.
Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.
All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info.
Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.
I made hibachi clear soup today and I think I might have to make it every week. Like vegetable tea.
January 3, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I made hibachi clear soup today and I think I might have to make it every week. Like vegetable tea.
My MIL got me this little mini book nook kit and it was so fun to put together. The light in it makes it so extra cute.
January 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
My MIL got me this little mini book nook kit and it was so fun to put together. The light in it makes it so extra cute.
It is so interesting how patients think the medical chart works…like they think I can chart specific information (aside from allergies) that every clinician will see and read and be able to act on at every visit.
Example: when I am prescribed abx I am to also be prescribed zofran.
Example: when I am prescribed abx I am to also be prescribed zofran.
January 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
It is so interesting how patients think the medical chart works…like they think I can chart specific information (aside from allergies) that every clinician will see and read and be able to act on at every visit.
Example: when I am prescribed abx I am to also be prescribed zofran.
Example: when I am prescribed abx I am to also be prescribed zofran.
The holidays fell on my clinic days so I had an honest to goodness almost two week break from clinical work (besides inbox management) and apparently this causes the Sunday scaries start on Saturday.
January 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The holidays fell on my clinic days so I had an honest to goodness almost two week break from clinical work (besides inbox management) and apparently this causes the Sunday scaries start on Saturday.
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Having to log into my laptop, open a browser, type in a password that sends a signal to my phone that I unlock with my facial ID and type a displayed number into a separate app in order to have institutional access to a journal article necessary for my job will be the thing that Jokerfies me.
January 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Having to log into my laptop, open a browser, type in a password that sends a signal to my phone that I unlock with my facial ID and type a displayed number into a separate app in order to have institutional access to a journal article necessary for my job will be the thing that Jokerfies me.
I’m starting to get really mad at how unreasonable it is to be expected to have 40 different usernames and passwords (all which have to be changed frequently) and multiple different authenticator apps to do my job…oh but don’t use an easy password or keep them written down anywhere! It is too much.
January 2, 2026 at 5:02 AM
I’m starting to get really mad at how unreasonable it is to be expected to have 40 different usernames and passwords (all which have to be changed frequently) and multiple different authenticator apps to do my job…oh but don’t use an easy password or keep them written down anywhere! It is too much.
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I would like to thank potatoes for always being there for me this year
December 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I would like to thank potatoes for always being there for me this year
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Thought it’s not a move I’d typically reach for based on the very actiony trailer I watched One Battle After Another this evening because of Leo. It was so good. Sean Penn did such a good job being insane.
December 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Thought it’s not a move I’d typically reach for based on the very actiony trailer I watched One Battle After Another this evening because of Leo. It was so good. Sean Penn did such a good job being insane.
I have a problem and the problem is that I want ramen 24/7.
December 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I have a problem and the problem is that I want ramen 24/7.