Meghan O'Keefe, PhD
@meokeefe.bsky.social
Half a future double doc
New Englander lost in the Midwest
Lover of foxhounds, trashy TV, and endurance sports
New Englander lost in the Midwest
Lover of foxhounds, trashy TV, and endurance sports
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I’ve spent the past two days as pediatric ward attending and frankly we need both more and even better vaccines not fewer
December 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I’ve spent the past two days as pediatric ward attending and frankly we need both more and even better vaccines not fewer
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The Browns didn't exist for a little bit, and we brought them back. We learned nothing from Pet Sematary. Sometimes dead is better.
December 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Browns didn't exist for a little bit, and we brought them back. We learned nothing from Pet Sematary. Sometimes dead is better.
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they had goth baddies in the 17th century as evidenced by the fact that a woman named Caterine Morte had a skull coat of arms
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
they had goth baddies in the 17th century as evidenced by the fact that a woman named Caterine Morte had a skull coat of arms
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Today we are reading vintage Richard Scarry
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Today we are reading vintage Richard Scarry
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
Of course this is in Cambridge 😂
October 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Of course this is in Cambridge 😂
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In the timeless words of Ina Garten: If you can't make your own neurotransmitters, store bought is fine!
Psychiatric drugs save lives.
Psychiatric drugs save lives.
Something it's become unfashionable to say about mental health is that the answer often IS a pill.
It doesn't matter how many earnest discussion programmes you have on Radio 4, sometimes the answer is a big old pill.
It doesn't matter how many earnest discussion programmes you have on Radio 4, sometimes the answer is a big old pill.
October 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
In the timeless words of Ina Garten: If you can't make your own neurotransmitters, store bought is fine!
Psychiatric drugs save lives.
Psychiatric drugs save lives.
I'm 31 years old and I could still call my childhood best friend's house from memory if I wanted to
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I'm 31 years old and I could still call my childhood best friend's house from memory if I wanted to
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*clears throat*
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September 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
*clears throat*
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live your life so that when you die everyone talks about how hot you were and not how you were a hateful bigot
September 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
live your life so that when you die everyone talks about how hot you were and not how you were a hateful bigot
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This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'
Friends and colleagues remembered her as grounded, kind and compassionate.
www.pbs.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
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You are under no obligation to mourn the death of people who would’ve celebrated yours.
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
You are under no obligation to mourn the death of people who would’ve celebrated yours.
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i think sloane was the one who wanted to go to the cubs game. cameron and ferris are going “hey batter batter” like they haven’t experienced baseball since before high school, while she’s keeping a scorecard
September 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
i think sloane was the one who wanted to go to the cubs game. cameron and ferris are going “hey batter batter” like they haven’t experienced baseball since before high school, while she’s keeping a scorecard
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For someone who calls herself a people pleaser, very few people are actually pleased with me
August 31, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For someone who calls herself a people pleaser, very few people are actually pleased with me
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Hi, immunologist here:
(a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes)
RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation”
That’s NOT how immunology works.
He is an anti-science profiteer.
Start calling him such.
(a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes)
RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation”
That’s NOT how immunology works.
He is an anti-science profiteer.
Start calling him such.
August 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hi, immunologist here:
(a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes)
RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation”
That’s NOT how immunology works.
He is an anti-science profiteer.
Start calling him such.
(a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes)
RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation”
That’s NOT how immunology works.
He is an anti-science profiteer.
Start calling him such.
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"The Republican Party has a long and proud history of producing the nation’s finest male cheerleaders. In the past 50 years, more Republican presidents have been male cheerleaders than seen combat."
Male Cheerleaders Are the Right's Latest Absurd Distraction
Don't fall for it.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"The Republican Party has a long and proud history of producing the nation’s finest male cheerleaders. In the past 50 years, more Republican presidents have been male cheerleaders than seen combat."
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I don’t know who needs this today, but here you go..
August 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I don’t know who needs this today, but here you go..
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Just to be clear - the MAGA freaks are celebrating sugary cola (39g/12oz!) as a “health” victory while they are bringing back asbestos, paraquat (one of the most toxic pesticides to exist), eliminating clean water and air protections, and more than 10 million Americans are losing healthcare coverage
July 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Just to be clear - the MAGA freaks are celebrating sugary cola (39g/12oz!) as a “health” victory while they are bringing back asbestos, paraquat (one of the most toxic pesticides to exist), eliminating clean water and air protections, and more than 10 million Americans are losing healthcare coverage