Kyle Swanson, MD, FAANS, FCNS
@kiswanson.medsky.social
Neurosurgeon, among other things. Views, of course, are my own. Be Excellent To Each Other. He/Him.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uFGRCu0AAAAJ&hl=en Brookfield/Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Round 2
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they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.
January 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.
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it’s incredibly important to note that on the new footage that came out from the ICE agent himself, halfway through the video he switches his phone between his hands, opening up to grab his gun way before renee good even starts driving
January 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
it’s incredibly important to note that on the new footage that came out from the ICE agent himself, halfway through the video he switches his phone between his hands, opening up to grab his gun way before renee good even starts driving
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I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
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As it turns out, a lot of the "you can't make me wear a mask in your store" doctors are fine with "it's OK for masked ICE agents to shoot a mom in the face."
January 9, 2026 at 10:43 PM
As it turns out, a lot of the "you can't make me wear a mask in your store" doctors are fine with "it's OK for masked ICE agents to shoot a mom in the face."
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Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
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UPDATE: “The Washington National Opera decided to move out of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts where it has played since 1971 in perhaps the largest artistic rebuke yet to Trump’s campaign to remake the Kennedy Center in his image.”
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
UPDATE: “The Washington National Opera decided to move out of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts where it has played since 1971 in perhaps the largest artistic rebuke yet to Trump’s campaign to remake the Kennedy Center in his image.”
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Checking in on the Washington Post editorial board’s take on the new RFK-approved food pyramid, and I really cannot believe how lazy these people are www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
January 10, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Checking in on the Washington Post editorial board’s take on the new RFK-approved food pyramid, and I really cannot believe how lazy these people are www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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AOC: That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
AOC: That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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A woman on IG has been making videos of immigrant lines at the U.S. Mexico borders…full of Americans standing in line to get affordable dental care in Mexico.
It’s sublime counter programming.
It’s sublime counter programming.
January 9, 2026 at 11:52 PM
A woman on IG has been making videos of immigrant lines at the U.S. Mexico borders…full of Americans standing in line to get affordable dental care in Mexico.
It’s sublime counter programming.
It’s sublime counter programming.
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
January 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
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The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
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The courts are ruling against Donald Trump yet again tonight.
A federal judge just blocked his unlawful funding freeze for child care and other critical programs in Illinois with a temporary restraining order.
His abuse of power against the families of this state won’t stand.
A federal judge just blocked his unlawful funding freeze for child care and other critical programs in Illinois with a temporary restraining order.
His abuse of power against the families of this state won’t stand.
January 10, 2026 at 12:15 AM
The courts are ruling against Donald Trump yet again tonight.
A federal judge just blocked his unlawful funding freeze for child care and other critical programs in Illinois with a temporary restraining order.
His abuse of power against the families of this state won’t stand.
A federal judge just blocked his unlawful funding freeze for child care and other critical programs in Illinois with a temporary restraining order.
His abuse of power against the families of this state won’t stand.
By Mike Luckovich
January 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
By Mike Luckovich
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In love this story so much
"The impact has been resounding. In the five pilot hospitals, the hepatitis B birth dose is now administered within an average of three hours after birth, including on weekends, which previously were not vaccination days."
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
"The impact has been resounding. In the five pilot hospitals, the hepatitis B birth dose is now administered within an average of three hours after birth, including on weekends, which previously were not vaccination days."
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
Pilot programme massively boosts hepatitis B “birth dose” vaccination in Nigeria’s Delta state
The hepatitis B “birth dose” protects newborns from chronic, liver-killing infection, but the jab’s 24-hour window of opportunity leaves little room for logistical inefficiency. A new project in Delta...
www.gavi.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM
In love this story so much
"The impact has been resounding. In the five pilot hospitals, the hepatitis B birth dose is now administered within an average of three hours after birth, including on weekends, which previously were not vaccination days."
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
"The impact has been resounding. In the five pilot hospitals, the hepatitis B birth dose is now administered within an average of three hours after birth, including on weekends, which previously were not vaccination days."
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
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After the House refused to display it, the Senate unanimously agreed to hang a plaque honoring the officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6. It only took five years. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Senate votes to display Jan. 6 plaque after House GOP refuses to hang it at Capitol
The office of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has argued that the federal law requiring the plaque's display was "not implementable."
www.nbcnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:58 AM
After the House refused to display it, the Senate unanimously agreed to hang a plaque honoring the officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6. It only took five years. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Another image that sums up the protest.
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Another image that sums up the protest.
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This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban.
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
January 8, 2026 at 11:39 PM
This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban.
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
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American conservatives will look you right in the eye with a straight face and tell you that complete and utter subservience to masked federal police is patriotism, anything else deserves being executed in the street, and tax dollars for healthcare is tyranny.
January 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
American conservatives will look you right in the eye with a straight face and tell you that complete and utter subservience to masked federal police is patriotism, anything else deserves being executed in the street, and tax dollars for healthcare is tyranny.
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A Minneapolis pastor of an MCC church — a denomination rooted in LGBTQ equality — recounts being detained by ICE.
Says an ICE officer walked up to him as he was chanting “we are not afraid.”
The agent, he says, raised his gun and said “are you afraid now?”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lcSO...
Says an ICE officer walked up to him as he was chanting “we are not afraid.”
The agent, he says, raised his gun and said “are you afraid now?”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lcSO...
Minneapolis pastor: ICE 'pointed a gun at me' and 'put me in the back of an SUV'
YouTube video by MS NOW
m.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
A Minneapolis pastor of an MCC church — a denomination rooted in LGBTQ equality — recounts being detained by ICE.
Says an ICE officer walked up to him as he was chanting “we are not afraid.”
The agent, he says, raised his gun and said “are you afraid now?”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lcSO...
Says an ICE officer walked up to him as he was chanting “we are not afraid.”
The agent, he says, raised his gun and said “are you afraid now?”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lcSO...
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The paragraph just before this one goes particularly hard: “Vance knows. He doesn't care. Vance’s twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity has been repudiated by two popes. His Catholicism seems to be little more than a political prop, a tool only for his career ambitions and desire for power.”
January 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The paragraph just before this one goes particularly hard: “Vance knows. He doesn't care. Vance’s twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity has been repudiated by two popes. His Catholicism seems to be little more than a political prop, a tool only for his career ambitions and desire for power.”
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tip for parent management: my parents were asking me about chatGPT, and have some friends who love it, and none of my attempts to caution them were as successful as just sending them the Wikipedia page for AI hallucinations
January 8, 2026 at 8:55 PM
tip for parent management: my parents were asking me about chatGPT, and have some friends who love it, and none of my attempts to caution them were as successful as just sending them the Wikipedia page for AI hallucinations
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BREAKING: The Hennepin County District Attorney's office says they have jurisdiction to charge the ICE agent involved in the fatal Minneapolis shooting.
January 8, 2026 at 8:58 PM
BREAKING: The Hennepin County District Attorney's office says they have jurisdiction to charge the ICE agent involved in the fatal Minneapolis shooting.
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JUST IN: Reps. Massie and Khanna say "DOJ cannot be trusted" to release all of the Epstein files, urge a federal judge to appoint an independent overseer to make it happen. khanna.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
January 8, 2026 at 9:03 PM
JUST IN: Reps. Massie and Khanna say "DOJ cannot be trusted" to release all of the Epstein files, urge a federal judge to appoint an independent overseer to make it happen. khanna.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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I'm glad to see this pressure on Google and Apple. If any other company was running an active CSAM generator in public you better believe it would have been removed from their app stores by now www.wired.com/story/x-grok...
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I'm glad to see this pressure on Google and Apple. If any other company was running an active CSAM generator in public you better believe it would have been removed from their app stores by now www.wired.com/story/x-grok...