Matt Brignall
@mattbrignall.bsky.social
Record collector, jazz student, primary care provider. Think I am funnier than I am.
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Matt Brignall
@mattbrignall.bsky.social
· Sep 14
Scene: summer 2027, me standing on a hill overlooking another US city burning to the ground. Speaking to no one in particular as the gun battle inches closer.
"You know, the world was a much better place when we had a mainstream media that most people accepted as truth."
"You know, the world was a much better place when we had a mainstream media that most people accepted as truth."
Im curious if anyone else has had T-Mobile add extra lines for Tabket/devices onto their account without being ordered. If yes, were you successful in getting that money refunded?
I shouldn't be shocked, we are living in the best times for scammers. But apparently this is a thing they do.
I shouldn't be shocked, we are living in the best times for scammers. But apparently this is a thing they do.
January 5, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Im curious if anyone else has had T-Mobile add extra lines for Tabket/devices onto their account without being ordered. If yes, were you successful in getting that money refunded?
I shouldn't be shocked, we are living in the best times for scammers. But apparently this is a thing they do.
I shouldn't be shocked, we are living in the best times for scammers. But apparently this is a thing they do.
December 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Cold night, fire in fireplace, tiny jazz critic by my side. Time for another round of Make It Or Break It, moving edition. The game where a jaded old nerd decides which albums go to new house and which go to the pile.
@spectrumculture.bsky.social you asked for it.
@spectrumculture.bsky.social you asked for it.
December 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Cold night, fire in fireplace, tiny jazz critic by my side. Time for another round of Make It Or Break It, moving edition. The game where a jaded old nerd decides which albums go to new house and which go to the pile.
@spectrumculture.bsky.social you asked for it.
@spectrumculture.bsky.social you asked for it.
Worth a read. Thanks, Ed.
Something I will add to author's points: here is another place where we are seeing health disparity open along red/blue lines. My state (WA) has its own approval process, now out of step with CDC. Access will stay here, but not in others.
Something I will add to author's points: here is another place where we are seeing health disparity open along red/blue lines. My state (WA) has its own approval process, now out of step with CDC. Access will stay here, but not in others.
December 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Worth a read. Thanks, Ed.
Something I will add to author's points: here is another place where we are seeing health disparity open along red/blue lines. My state (WA) has its own approval process, now out of step with CDC. Access will stay here, but not in others.
Something I will add to author's points: here is another place where we are seeing health disparity open along red/blue lines. My state (WA) has its own approval process, now out of step with CDC. Access will stay here, but not in others.
I gotta view of the mountains from the city dump.
Free opening line for a Silver Jews tribute act.
Free opening line for a Silver Jews tribute act.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I gotta view of the mountains from the city dump.
Free opening line for a Silver Jews tribute act.
Free opening line for a Silver Jews tribute act.
I dont think I've seen anyone note that the Supreme Court decision that ended the Watergate era was about Nixon attempting to answer a subpoena with edited tape transcripts. Yet there is a 0% chance this Supreme Court will do the same with these Epstein docs. We've lost a lot.
December 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I dont think I've seen anyone note that the Supreme Court decision that ended the Watergate era was about Nixon attempting to answer a subpoena with edited tape transcripts. Yet there is a 0% chance this Supreme Court will do the same with these Epstein docs. We've lost a lot.
If you talk to parents about vaccinating, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Focus Group podcast from this week is worth your time. She interviews a bunch of MAHA types, and their answers all come down to trust. Regardless how we got here, restoring trust is key to getting out.
December 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you talk to parents about vaccinating, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Focus Group podcast from this week is worth your time. She interviews a bunch of MAHA types, and their answers all come down to trust. Regardless how we got here, restoring trust is key to getting out.
I'm reading the most wild speculation about the reasoning behind the wacky changes to vax policy. If you've been listening to these people for two decades, you'd understand how simple the thinking is: to them vaccines are bad and dangerous. That's it.
December 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm reading the most wild speculation about the reasoning behind the wacky changes to vax policy. If you've been listening to these people for two decades, you'd understand how simple the thinking is: to them vaccines are bad and dangerous. That's it.
Records on this label often have the same players found on boutique labels a few years prior, but they go for a lot less money. This one has Dave Burrell on piano.
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Records on this label often have the same players found on boutique labels a few years prior, but they go for a lot less money. This one has Dave Burrell on piano.
It is remarkable that any major financial transaction we make (major purchase, loans, new credit apps, etc) are followed by a flood of scam calls and texts and we all ignore it. We live in treacherous times, and our leaders like it that way.
December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It is remarkable that any major financial transaction we make (major purchase, loans, new credit apps, etc) are followed by a flood of scam calls and texts and we all ignore it. We live in treacherous times, and our leaders like it that way.
RIP Joe Ely. Did more to make country cool to a new generation than damn near anybody.
December 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
RIP Joe Ely. Did more to make country cool to a new generation than damn near anybody.
Holy hell, not used to seeing my neighborhood in the international news. Im at the top of a big ass hill, but that levee breach is about a mile or so from me. Stay dry down there, and get the hell out of the way.
December 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Holy hell, not used to seeing my neighborhood in the international news. Im at the top of a big ass hill, but that levee breach is about a mile or so from me. Stay dry down there, and get the hell out of the way.
Thats kinda unfair - 2020 was famously a lockdown year. There were 1261 in 2019, the first year in recent memory that we had major outbreaks.
December 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Thats kinda unfair - 2020 was famously a lockdown year. There were 1261 in 2019, the first year in recent memory that we had major outbreaks.
Bluesky this week: "ooh I can barely describe how much I hate this book that I rushed out and bought the first week it was released."
Try 50 Shades of Grey. The DaVinci Code. Maybe something from young adult section.
Try 50 Shades of Grey. The DaVinci Code. Maybe something from young adult section.
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Bluesky this week: "ooh I can barely describe how much I hate this book that I rushed out and bought the first week it was released."
Try 50 Shades of Grey. The DaVinci Code. Maybe something from young adult section.
Try 50 Shades of Grey. The DaVinci Code. Maybe something from young adult section.
Only 50000 people bought the first Velvets record. All of them started candy companies or became president.
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Only 50000 people bought the first Velvets record. All of them started candy companies or became president.
Is kind of a strange flex that we know every person on every boat, their affiliations and motivations, yet even our most passionate liars dont claim to know where these boats were headed.
If the Sep. 2 boat really had "narco-terrorists" on board, questioning the survivors would have been a way to learn about how the organization worked, where more drugs were stashed, etc. But this isn't a counter-terrorism campaign. It's a shooting gallery with helpless targets.
December 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Is kind of a strange flex that we know every person on every boat, their affiliations and motivations, yet even our most passionate liars dont claim to know where these boats were headed.
I feel like writing "good times machine" on the side of the van is going to increase your risk of being pulled over by an unacceptable amount. Dont recommend.
Hoowee this album smokes. Production is too 70s cop show, but the guitar player is a champ. Echoplex moves.
Hoowee this album smokes. Production is too 70s cop show, but the guitar player is a champ. Echoplex moves.
December 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I feel like writing "good times machine" on the side of the van is going to increase your risk of being pulled over by an unacceptable amount. Dont recommend.
Hoowee this album smokes. Production is too 70s cop show, but the guitar player is a champ. Echoplex moves.
Hoowee this album smokes. Production is too 70s cop show, but the guitar player is a champ. Echoplex moves.
Can someone help me understand what the ACIP vote means for a VFC practice come Monday morning? I work in the Western Coast Health Alliance area, if that matters.
December 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Can someone help me understand what the ACIP vote means for a VFC practice come Monday morning? I work in the Western Coast Health Alliance area, if that matters.
The view from the top of Skyway hill, south Seattle. Power back on before I had to trash my fridge, yay
December 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The view from the top of Skyway hill, south Seattle. Power back on before I had to trash my fridge, yay
This is a great point, and one you'll only understand fully if you do this for a living. The pieces fit in a specific way, this is not a choose your own adventure trip.
3. The biggest issue, which was represented by the manufacturers yesterday, most infants get combination vaccines that contain hep B.
By having infants on different schedules we would have to carry additional vaccine products which adds complexity and also risk of medical errors.
By having infants on different schedules we would have to carry additional vaccine products which adds complexity and also risk of medical errors.
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is a great point, and one you'll only understand fully if you do this for a living. The pieces fit in a specific way, this is not a choose your own adventure trip.
Today was the day people like me have been warning you about for years. Today we embraced denialism as policy, and there will be deaths in 2075 that will result. We should all be embarrassed.
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Today was the day people like me have been warning you about for years. Today we embraced denialism as policy, and there will be deaths in 2075 that will result. We should all be embarrassed.
True story: night before SATs, my friend and I tried to see how fast his mid-70s wood panel station wagon would go. Turns out, 130. Blew up the motor. Had to hitchhike 20 miles back to town. Got in 5 something AM, just stayed up.
Also guy is a clown
Also guy is a clown
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
True story: night before SATs, my friend and I tried to see how fast his mid-70s wood panel station wagon would go. Turns out, 130. Blew up the motor. Had to hitchhike 20 miles back to town. Got in 5 something AM, just stayed up.
Also guy is a clown
Also guy is a clown
RIP Steve Cropper. Nearly 1K credits on RYM. Here's one missing - a Dennis Coffey style instrumental LP from 1973.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
RIP Steve Cropper. Nearly 1K credits on RYM. Here's one missing - a Dennis Coffey style instrumental LP from 1973.
If we allow antivaxxers to win this fight, it will reinforce the "too many too soon" lie. They won't stop here.
JOURNALISTS: It's essential to know how to cover the upcoming #CDC #ACIP mtg on the #hepB #hepatitisB #vaccine for newborns. Delaying the birth dose rec to 2 mos could cause 480+ deaths/yr. Check out this backgrounder for all the links & research you need. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
Why reporters should cover this week's CDC meeting on hepatitis B vaccine and more
The CDC will discuss its current policy of hepatitis B vaccination at birth and other recommendations from Dec. 4-5. Here's what to know.
healthjournalism.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
If we allow antivaxxers to win this fight, it will reinforce the "too many too soon" lie. They won't stop here.
Another thing these people all have in common: none of them are part of the group of doctors well known from the anti-vax activist circuit. All radicalized by COVID. That means something, I just dont clearly see what.
What do all the Covid “contrarian” MDs have in common?
Prasad: heme/onc
Atlas: rads
Ladapo: cards
Makary: surg
JayB: no residency(??)
McCullough: cards
“Dr Drew”: addiction
Cole: pathology
Etc, etc
None have either specialty training or direct experience in treating critically Covid patients.
Prasad: heme/onc
Atlas: rads
Ladapo: cards
Makary: surg
JayB: no residency(??)
McCullough: cards
“Dr Drew”: addiction
Cole: pathology
Etc, etc
None have either specialty training or direct experience in treating critically Covid patients.
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Another thing these people all have in common: none of them are part of the group of doctors well known from the anti-vax activist circuit. All radicalized by COVID. That means something, I just dont clearly see what.