Jaq
@jaqdup.bsky.social
Reskeets ≠ endorsement.
LA based. Loves Eating, Dogs, Running, Poetry and Nice People. I’m interested in all disrupters of the American Healthcare system, good, bad and pathogenic. (I use my bsky as a way to bookmark thoughts through 🧵)
LA based. Loves Eating, Dogs, Running, Poetry and Nice People. I’m interested in all disrupters of the American Healthcare system, good, bad and pathogenic. (I use my bsky as a way to bookmark thoughts through 🧵)
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Things I loved about my day: hot yoga, dark chocolate peanut butter cups, strong coffee at the cafe with this rain, no deadlines today, Korean beauty face masks, clean streets after the rain, nice neighbors picking up my keys I left in the door and returning them to me, making Friendsgiving plans. 🙃
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Things I loved about my day: hot yoga, dark chocolate peanut butter cups, strong coffee at the cafe with this rain, no deadlines today, Korean beauty face masks, clean streets after the rain, nice neighbors picking up my keys I left in the door and returning them to me, making Friendsgiving plans. 🙃
Every time we have a medication that helps with an addiction, we continue to affirm that addiction is a physiological disease as well as a mental one.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The surprising new use for GLP-1s: Alcohol and drug addiction
Some doctors are prescribing weight-loss drugs such as Zepbound and Ozempic to help reduce cravings for illicit drugs and alcohol. But research on the benefits is limited.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Every time we have a medication that helps with an addiction, we continue to affirm that addiction is a physiological disease as well as a mental one.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Harvested from my vines as I ran out the door this morning.
Bright spot in this grey weather.
Bright spot in this grey weather.
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Harvested from my vines as I ran out the door this morning.
Bright spot in this grey weather.
Bright spot in this grey weather.
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“We’re coming for Bill Clinton” is not the threat that they think it is.
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“We’re coming for Bill Clinton” is not the threat that they think it is.
This is so important, and I have so many questions for pregnancy related cardiomyopathy researchers.
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is so important, and I have so many questions for pregnancy related cardiomyopathy researchers.
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Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
Also, legitimately think Tapper has lost the plot these days, but I have always appreciated that he has been a supportive friend of hers since the beginning.
I hope she has a lot of them, and they’re taking good care of her during this time. 💗
I hope she has a lot of them, and they’re taking good care of her during this time. 💗
Hope Monica Lewinsky is somewhere being spoiled to the hilt, waking up to flawless skin, the best coffee and a god hair day.
She has always been a queen and deserved better.
She has always been a queen and deserved better.
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Also, legitimately think Tapper has lost the plot these days, but I have always appreciated that he has been a supportive friend of hers since the beginning.
I hope she has a lot of them, and they’re taking good care of her during this time. 💗
I hope she has a lot of them, and they’re taking good care of her during this time. 💗
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The President Who Cried ‘Hoax’ - The Atlantic
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The President Who Cried ‘Hoax’ - The Atlantic
Hope Monica Lewinsky is somewhere being spoiled to the hilt, waking up to flawless skin, the best coffee and a god hair day.
She has always been a queen and deserved better.
She has always been a queen and deserved better.
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hope Monica Lewinsky is somewhere being spoiled to the hilt, waking up to flawless skin, the best coffee and a god hair day.
She has always been a queen and deserved better.
She has always been a queen and deserved better.
I really cannot stress more the importance of appreciating people in real time.
It’s okay to be nice to people while they’re still with you.
It’s okay to be nice to people while they’re still with you.
November 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I really cannot stress more the importance of appreciating people in real time.
It’s okay to be nice to people while they’re still with you.
It’s okay to be nice to people while they’re still with you.
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50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago
I, too, like Olivia Nuzzi, would like to be exiled to Malibu. Having to drive there once a week with this traffic suggggs. Then I’d have no commute to get to the trails.
Also, I’d rather be cozy in this rain in Malibu than my current apartment.
Also, I’d rather be cozy in this rain in Malibu than my current apartment.
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I, too, like Olivia Nuzzi, would like to be exiled to Malibu. Having to drive there once a week with this traffic suggggs. Then I’d have no commute to get to the trails.
Also, I’d rather be cozy in this rain in Malibu than my current apartment.
Also, I’d rather be cozy in this rain in Malibu than my current apartment.
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Teen Vogue fired a bunch of their POC staff when they were doing actual journalism meanwhile Olivia Nuzzi is like "the brainworms whale carcass racist seduced me" and is heralded as some kind of hero
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Teen Vogue fired a bunch of their POC staff when they were doing actual journalism meanwhile Olivia Nuzzi is like "the brainworms whale carcass racist seduced me" and is heralded as some kind of hero
The WSJ gets a lot wrong in its Trump coverage, and its currently calling the Epstein files a nothingburger is another example of it.
I would not be surprised in any way whatsoever if Trump was some kind of an informant and used Mar-A-Lago for this.
Trump sexually assaulting women is not new.
I would not be surprised in any way whatsoever if Trump was some kind of an informant and used Mar-A-Lago for this.
Trump sexually assaulting women is not new.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The WSJ gets a lot wrong in its Trump coverage, and its currently calling the Epstein files a nothingburger is another example of it.
I would not be surprised in any way whatsoever if Trump was some kind of an informant and used Mar-A-Lago for this.
Trump sexually assaulting women is not new.
I would not be surprised in any way whatsoever if Trump was some kind of an informant and used Mar-A-Lago for this.
Trump sexually assaulting women is not new.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is major 😣
At least nine people in southern Ethiopia have been infected with the deadly Marburg virus, a clinically similar cousin to Ebola, according to the WHO.
There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved to treat the virus.
There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved to treat the virus.
Ethiopia reports first outbreak of Marburg, Ebola cousin with no vaccine
At least nine cases of the rare viral hemorrhagic fever have been confirmed, the World Health Organization said Friday.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This is major 😣
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Exposure to Violence and Asthma Endotypes in Puerto Rican Youth
Violence exposure was associated with T2-high asthma and T17-high asthma in Puerto Rican youth, a population with high asthma burden
@juancceledonmd.bsky.social
@atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky
🔗 tinyurl.com/mvsb8hh4
Violence exposure was associated with T2-high asthma and T17-high asthma in Puerto Rican youth, a population with high asthma burden
@juancceledonmd.bsky.social
@atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky
🔗 tinyurl.com/mvsb8hh4
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Exposure to Violence and Asthma Endotypes in Puerto Rican Youth
Violence exposure was associated with T2-high asthma and T17-high asthma in Puerto Rican youth, a population with high asthma burden
@juancceledonmd.bsky.social
@atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky
🔗 tinyurl.com/mvsb8hh4
Violence exposure was associated with T2-high asthma and T17-high asthma in Puerto Rican youth, a population with high asthma burden
@juancceledonmd.bsky.social
@atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky
🔗 tinyurl.com/mvsb8hh4
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Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog
Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...
scitechdaily.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!
Definitely feeling this cold weather in my joints today
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Definitely feeling this cold weather in my joints today
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Indian vultures help keep rabies down as they hunt wild dogs. Giant sequoias store CO2. Tokay geckos have inspired waterproof adhesive bandages.
Plants and animals help humans in surprising ways. See how:
Plants and animals help humans in surprising ways. See how:
50 species that save us
Explore the ways animals and plants protect human health and what’s at stake when species are endangered.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Indian vultures help keep rabies down as they hunt wild dogs. Giant sequoias store CO2. Tokay geckos have inspired waterproof adhesive bandages.
Plants and animals help humans in surprising ways. See how:
Plants and animals help humans in surprising ways. See how:
This is so important for young people- and older people as well. 💗
6/ Next up, we have a new law requiring social media platforms to display daily mental health warnings to users under 18 in California. The messages will pop up when teens log in and after three hours of use, they'll get unskippable 30-second reminders about social media’s mental health risks.
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is so important for young people- and older people as well. 💗
Love my home state. Happy to post higher taxes for this!
5/ This outbreak is a strong example of how critical strong state public health systems are. California detected the surge, traced the source, and supplied the only treatment in existence — saving infants across 12 states in the process.
I’ll monitor this story and provide any important updates.
I’ll monitor this story and provide any important updates.
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Love my home state. Happy to post higher taxes for this!
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4/ Treatment is actually where California plays a key role in this story, as CDPH runs the only infant botulism treatment program in the world.
Their BabyBIG medication, which is essentially an antibody to the toxin, cuts hospital time in half and saves lives worldwide.
Their BabyBIG medication, which is essentially an antibody to the toxin, cuts hospital time in half and saves lives worldwide.
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
4/ Treatment is actually where California plays a key role in this story, as CDPH runs the only infant botulism treatment program in the world.
Their BabyBIG medication, which is essentially an antibody to the toxin, cuts hospital time in half and saves lives worldwide.
Their BabyBIG medication, which is essentially an antibody to the toxin, cuts hospital time in half and saves lives worldwide.
As someone who developed really bad insulin resistance after covid, hoping this finds success!
GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of #LongCovid. @wired.com @emilymullin.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/weight...
www.wired.com/story/weight...
Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid
GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid.
www.wired.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
As someone who developed really bad insulin resistance after covid, hoping this finds success!
Weird feeling afternoon. Grateful for spending time with friends this evening.
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Weird feeling afternoon. Grateful for spending time with friends this evening.