Jonathan Emerson Kohler, MD, MA, FACS, FAAP
@jemkohler.bsky.social
Prof of Pediatric Surgery @ UC Davis. Founder rxcreative.com. Co-Founder thepathprogram.org. Developing new and better ways to provide equitable healthcare to neurodiverse patients and kids in general. Doing my best to help fix stuff. Views my own, etc
With grocery prices where they are, and SNAP benefits about to pause in the shutdown, I was glad to finally get around to setting up a monthly donation to my local food bank. yolofoodbank.org
Yolo Food Bank — Nourishing Yolo County
Yolo Food Bank coordinates the recovery, storage, and distribution of more than 11 million pounds of food annually. We collaborate with a network of grocers and retailers, farmers and distributors, th...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
With grocery prices where they are, and SNAP benefits about to pause in the shutdown, I was glad to finally get around to setting up a monthly donation to my local food bank. yolofoodbank.org
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Congratulations to Dr. Satyan Lakshminrusimh, our pediatrician-in-chief, who received the Virginia Apgar Award by the AAP. The award honors an individual whose career has had a sustained and profound influence on the welfare of newborn infants. 👶 health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
October 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Satyan Lakshminrusimh, our pediatrician-in-chief, who received the Virginia Apgar Award by the AAP. The award honors an individual whose career has had a sustained and profound influence on the welfare of newborn infants. 👶 health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
There's a lot to not like about the world right now. But the doorbell just rang with a same-day free prescription delivery from my locally owned pharmacy. Small miracles exist. All is not lost. davispharm.com
Davis Pharmacy – Your Partner in Health and Healing
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October 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
There's a lot to not like about the world right now. But the doorbell just rang with a same-day free prescription delivery from my locally owned pharmacy. Small miracles exist. All is not lost. davispharm.com
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Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
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July 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
I made this 9 years ago. Only gets more true.
Nation Indivisible
YouTube video by Jonathan Kohler
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July 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I made this 9 years ago. Only gets more true.
This thread is absolutely right.
This is the core of it. In the 20th century, verification happened inside institutions.
Now, it has to happen in us.
A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵
Now, it has to happen in us.
A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵
Who should do the fact checks with millions and millions of fake news? The nature of social media itself is the problem. However it probably is impossible to get rid of every social network and revert debates to pre 2010-status.
June 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This thread is absolutely right.
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Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years.
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
June 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years.
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
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The bottom line with the proposed cuts to NSF is to cut the number of working scientists and disappear opportunities to train new scientists.
This is a PROPOSED budget to Congress. Call your reps.
This is a PROPOSED budget to Congress. Call your reps.
May 31, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The bottom line with the proposed cuts to NSF is to cut the number of working scientists and disappear opportunities to train new scientists.
This is a PROPOSED budget to Congress. Call your reps.
This is a PROPOSED budget to Congress. Call your reps.
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"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...
Go, Elon, and Never Darken Our Doors Again
The worst ultra-billionaire on Earth says he’s leaving government. Let’s hope he actually does it.
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May 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...
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This. But for everything
Harvard correctly understands that it’s in a fight for its life and there is no appeasement that will save it. I wish a lot more institutions understood this.
Harvard was able to file a 72 page complaint less than 24 hours after Trump attacked foreign students. Guess they were expecting it
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May 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This. But for everything
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China just pledged $500M to the WHO—filling the void left by the U.S. pullback. As Beijing expands its global health influence, America’s retreat signals a dangerous step back from leadership on the world stage.
So much for "Making America Great"
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So much for "Making America Great"
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China to donate $500 million to WHO, stepping into gap left by U.S.
Beijing will replace the United States as the organization’s top state donor, expanding its influence as the U.S. retreats from international cooperation.
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May 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
China just pledged $500M to the WHO—filling the void left by the U.S. pullback. As Beijing expands its global health influence, America’s retreat signals a dangerous step back from leadership on the world stage.
So much for "Making America Great"
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So much for "Making America Great"
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I commented. You should too!
🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
May 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I commented. You should too!
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Inspired by his clinical work and personal experience as a parent of an autistic child, Dr. Jonathan Kohler shares how PATH uses tools like social stories, pre-registration, and personalized care environments to reduce anxiety and improve medical outcomes. pedspandemicnetwork.org/ready-prep-g...
The PATH Forward | Pediatric Pandemic Network
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May 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Inspired by his clinical work and personal experience as a parent of an autistic child, Dr. Jonathan Kohler shares how PATH uses tools like social stories, pre-registration, and personalized care environments to reduce anxiety and improve medical outcomes. pedspandemicnetwork.org/ready-prep-g...
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If you are concerned that RFK Jr.'s FDA chief Marty Makary is limiting the Novavax COVID booster to those over 65 or with underlying conditions, and may do the same for Pfizer/Moderna as well, consider leaving a comment as well.
If you are concerned that RFK Jr.'s FDA chief Marty Makary is limiting the Novavax COVID booster to those over 65 or with underlying conditions, and may do the same for Pfizer/Moderna as well, consider leaving a comment as well.
You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
Regulations.gov
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May 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I just left a comment.
If you are concerned that RFK Jr.'s FDA chief Marty Makary is limiting the Novavax COVID booster to those over 65 or with underlying conditions, and may do the same for Pfizer/Moderna as well, consider leaving a comment as well.
If you are concerned that RFK Jr.'s FDA chief Marty Makary is limiting the Novavax COVID booster to those over 65 or with underlying conditions, and may do the same for Pfizer/Moderna as well, consider leaving a comment as well.
Autism care will be gutted by the new federal budget unless we make clear to our reps that that is not OK. New by me in the @sacbee.com www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
RFK Jr.’s proposed budget cuts threaten autism care in Northern California | Opinion
“People with autism don’t need a cause or a cure. They need basic supports and accommodations that allow them to be happy and healthy.”
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May 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Autism care will be gutted by the new federal budget unless we make clear to our reps that that is not OK. New by me in the @sacbee.com www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Marco Buscaglia is the freelancer who admitted to using AI to complete the job in this report by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social for @404media.co.
While Buscaglia is right to be embarrassed, I think this is more a story about structural sloppification than about the ethics of a single journalist.
While Buscaglia is right to be embarrassed, I think this is more a story about structural sloppification than about the ethics of a single journalist.
Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don't Exist
"I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses," the writer said. "I'm completely embarrassed."
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May 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Marco Buscaglia is the freelancer who admitted to using AI to complete the job in this report by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social for @404media.co.
While Buscaglia is right to be embarrassed, I think this is more a story about structural sloppification than about the ethics of a single journalist.
While Buscaglia is right to be embarrassed, I think this is more a story about structural sloppification than about the ethics of a single journalist.
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Today is a red letter day in media history where a major newspaper managed to passive voice the actual publishing of itself
We are looking into how this made it into print as we speak. It is not editorial content and was not created by, or approved by, the Sun-Times newsroom. We value your trust in our reporting and take this very seriously. More info will be provided soon.
May 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today is a red letter day in media history where a major newspaper managed to passive voice the actual publishing of itself
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks won her seat in 2024 by 799 votes. That margin is 1.2% the number of people in her district she's taking health care away from. It's extremely unlikely she'll hold that seat in the 2026 midterm election. Maybe Mariannette shouldn't have been Trump's marionette.
Alex Lawson to Rep. Miller-Meeks: Last time you spoke with us you lied to our face and said you wouldn’t vote for Medicaid cuts, but you’ve voted for the largest cuts in the history of the country.
Do you have any comment on the health care that 67,000 people in your district are going to lose?
Do you have any comment on the health care that 67,000 people in your district are going to lose?
May 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Mariannette Miller-Meeks won her seat in 2024 by 799 votes. That margin is 1.2% the number of people in her district she's taking health care away from. It's extremely unlikely she'll hold that seat in the 2026 midterm election. Maybe Mariannette shouldn't have been Trump's marionette.
Delighted to share this episode of the Ready, Prep, Go podcast from the Pediatric Pandemic Network, where I discuss the work we’re doing at UCD to make acute care better for neurodiverse patients.
pedspandemicnetwork.org/ready-prep-g...
pedspandemicnetwork.org/ready-prep-g...
The PATH Forward | Pediatric Pandemic Network
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May 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Delighted to share this episode of the Ready, Prep, Go podcast from the Pediatric Pandemic Network, where I discuss the work we’re doing at UCD to make acute care better for neurodiverse patients.
pedspandemicnetwork.org/ready-prep-g...
pedspandemicnetwork.org/ready-prep-g...
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Here is a video of the student with autism being draged down the hallway on his back after he refused to walk to the gym.
May 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Here is a video of the student with autism being draged down the hallway on his back after he refused to walk to the gym.
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… and Molly is not alone. More than $2.6B of ongoing research has been canceled (with much more this week, at Harvard).
With each cancellation: We are losing so much knowledge. Losing the next generation of scientists. Losing our ability to protect our health, both now & for the future. 🧪🩺😷
With each cancellation: We are losing so much knowledge. Losing the next generation of scientists. Losing our ability to protect our health, both now & for the future. 🧪🩺😷
All 4 of my NIH research grants are terminated. These were grants on MDR-TB treatment & strategies for supporting adolescents living w/ HIV. This is a massive waste of resources. I am heartbroken for my Harvard team, my partners in Peru, the next generation of scientists & our country. Shame.
May 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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We are looking for a child abuse specialist here at UC Davis. It's a great team doing incredible, important work. Doesn't require CAP board certification. If interested, or you know someone who might be: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07047
@neosatyan.bsky.social
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Child Protection Team Faculty Member 24-25
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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May 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We are looking for a child abuse specialist here at UC Davis. It's a great team doing incredible, important work. Doesn't require CAP board certification. If interested, or you know someone who might be: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07047
@neosatyan.bsky.social
@neosatyan.bsky.social
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"He's been her primary parent since she was born-doing all the diaper changes. Every single doctor's appointment, every cry, every nap, every meal. He takes care of her during the day and then works at night and on weekends. He does it all. He's everything for us."
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Vietnamese father, an Orange County resident, held for more than a month after being detained by ICE
After her husband was unexpectedly detained by ICE during a routine check-in, a Fountain Valley woman became a single mother overnight.
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May 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"He's been her primary parent since she was born-doing all the diaper changes. Every single doctor's appointment, every cry, every nap, every meal. He takes care of her during the day and then works at night and on weekends. He does it all. He's everything for us."
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