Alex F.
@multiphasic.bsky.social
Commercial determinants of health. Harm reduction. Baseball. Crabs. Punk rock.
He/him. Good-bad (not evil).
He/him. Good-bad (not evil).
Pinned
Can't decide whether this dismantling comes at the command of the moneymen who got Kennedy in power, or from the basic fact that he's a fool who is too overwhelmed to do a job he doesn't understand.
Is there a single day—1 single day—when RFK Jr does NOT do something to dismantle public health?
This one is exceptionally grim—IMHO, the USPSTF is world-leading
As Dr Caroll says, if you ever got a free mammogram, colonoscopy, or HIV test, you can thank the USPSTF
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
This one is exceptionally grim—IMHO, the USPSTF is world-leading
As Dr Caroll says, if you ever got a free mammogram, colonoscopy, or HIV test, you can thank the USPSTF
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
Kennedy Weakens U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Can't decide whether this dismantling comes at the command of the moneymen who got Kennedy in power, or from the basic fact that he's a fool who is too overwhelmed to do a job he doesn't understand.
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A thread of ICE and CBP sex offenders and credibly accused sex pasts. Content-warning descriptions of abuse
Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.
Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.
January 8, 2026 at 1:36 AM
A thread of ICE and CBP sex offenders and credibly accused sex pasts. Content-warning descriptions of abuse
Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.
Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.
This blank "guideline" lets anyone--industry, public health, gin-in-their-cornflakes serial killer types--decide whatever they believe is right is right.
I had concern the language would be explicitly alcohol-promoting ("drink in moderation") but "drink less" is so obv as to be almost as useless.
I had concern the language would be explicitly alcohol-promoting ("drink in moderation") but "drink less" is so obv as to be almost as useless.
This is the entirety of the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans' content about alcohol consumption: cdn.realfood.gov/DGA.pdf
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 AM
This blank "guideline" lets anyone--industry, public health, gin-in-their-cornflakes serial killer types--decide whatever they believe is right is right.
I had concern the language would be explicitly alcohol-promoting ("drink in moderation") but "drink less" is so obv as to be almost as useless.
I had concern the language would be explicitly alcohol-promoting ("drink in moderation") but "drink less" is so obv as to be almost as useless.
This is sometimes referred to as murdering someone.
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
This is sometimes referred to as murdering someone.
Did they check the big-ass volcano yet
Sir Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood will reunite as Gandalf and Frodo in ‘THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM’
Production will begin in May.
(via: Gollumgram)
Production will begin in May.
(via: Gollumgram)
January 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Did they check the big-ass volcano yet
Hell yeah, where my Sheriff of Nottingham stans at
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Hell yeah, where my Sheriff of Nottingham stans at
Is it as simple as Trump remembering college kids with "no war for oil" signs and deciding to start a war that no one wants for oil that no one wants to pwn a barista who was mean to him once?
January 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Is it as simple as Trump remembering college kids with "no war for oil" signs and deciding to start a war that no one wants for oil that no one wants to pwn a barista who was mean to him once?
The ability to say, "I've never heard of them but sure let's go see some bands tonight," is getting super endangered.
But more importantly, I think I've done, what, 20% of my showgoing at BotH over the years?
But more importantly, I think I've done, what, 20% of my showgoing at BotH over the years?
Breaking some news for @coyotemedia.org here.
Incredibly sad about this — some of the best nights of my life have involved this club — but I’m also so honored and grateful to Ramona, Kathleen and Lynn for trusting me with this story.
www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Incredibly sad about this — some of the best nights of my life have involved this club — but I’m also so honored and grateful to Ramona, Kathleen and Lynn for trusting me with this story.
www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their ow...
www.coyotemedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 AM
The ability to say, "I've never heard of them but sure let's go see some bands tonight," is getting super endangered.
But more importantly, I think I've done, what, 20% of my showgoing at BotH over the years?
But more importantly, I think I've done, what, 20% of my showgoing at BotH over the years?
Posting this on X exactly right now suggests Weiss's strategy is to become the Walter Cronkite of patriotic child molesters and I say more power to her.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Posting this on X exactly right now suggests Weiss's strategy is to become the Walter Cronkite of patriotic child molesters and I say more power to her.
Thinking wistfully of the time when I could get away with sending out the first newsletter of 2026 with the headline "U.S. Joins Fight Against Noncommunicable Diseases on the Side of Noncommunicable Diseases".
January 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Thinking wistfully of the time when I could get away with sending out the first newsletter of 2026 with the headline "U.S. Joins Fight Against Noncommunicable Diseases on the Side of Noncommunicable Diseases".
Pretty sure my wife is going to point out that I read her the funny joke I just made on Bluesky.
sometimes I’ll make a joke to my wife and she’ll roll her eyes and ask if I’m “gonna post that one on bluesky.” I mean, yes, but her tone is very hurtful
January 2, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Pretty sure my wife is going to point out that I read her the funny joke I just made on Bluesky.
Happy New Year to literally nobody except this cool rock.
January 2, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Happy New Year to literally nobody except this cool rock.
I'd just like to acknowledge Below Deck Mediterranean for attempting to portray the many faces of grief for some fucking reason.
December 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'd just like to acknowledge Below Deck Mediterranean for attempting to portray the many faces of grief for some fucking reason.
People with a strong connection to Monterey and environs: is anything about Lightfighter Dr. powermetal enough to justify the name?
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
People with a strong connection to Monterey and environs: is anything about Lightfighter Dr. powermetal enough to justify the name?
Oh no, noted Manhattan resident Bill Ackman, don't leave California!
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Oh no, noted Manhattan resident Bill Ackman, don't leave California!
Okay I guess the video was posted last year, but the best thing I heard this year was Lara Ricote's Edinburgh special.
A pretty great mix of Good Jokes and preapocalyptic anxiety weirdness.
youtu.be/KY8Zug1zN0E?...
A pretty great mix of Good Jokes and preapocalyptic anxiety weirdness.
youtu.be/KY8Zug1zN0E?...
December 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Okay I guess the video was posted last year, but the best thing I heard this year was Lara Ricote's Edinburgh special.
A pretty great mix of Good Jokes and preapocalyptic anxiety weirdness.
youtu.be/KY8Zug1zN0E?...
A pretty great mix of Good Jokes and preapocalyptic anxiety weirdness.
youtu.be/KY8Zug1zN0E?...
Ghost of Christmas Ass
At 61 years old, I had lost volume and wanted my younger body back quickly. Donor fat seemed like the best option.
I Got My BBL From a Cadaver
At 61 years old, I had lost volume and wanted my younger body back quickly. Donor fat seemed like the best option.
www.thecut.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Ghost of Christmas Ass
Ohhh. Oh shit.
Tonight is Christmas Eve, when we in Iceland open presents. All the Yule Lads have already come down from the mountains, but tonight the Yule Cat arrives and he will eat all the children who weren't gifted any new clothes for Christmas.
My daughters both got woollen socks so they are safe 🙏
My daughters both got woollen socks so they are safe 🙏
December 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Ohhh. Oh shit.
Oh my God kids yes Santa was here settle the fuck down
December 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Oh my God kids yes Santa was here settle the fuck down
Damn, just COVERED in badges of honor.
The Bari Weiss hysteria continues. Exactly what in "this piece isn't ready" and "try harder to get comment from the administration" constitutes the death of American journalism? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Bari Weiss Got Right
And what she got wrong
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Damn, just COVERED in badges of honor.
What's truly, truly stupid about this is, she did it in a workplace full of journalists and editors who are prone to do things like... ask each other if she's fucking lying or not.
Bari Weiss lied in her memo. She said segment didn't report administration's legal justification (it does in the very first sentence) and didn't say how many detainees had been charged with crimes as opposed to just those who were convicted (it does). www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
What's truly, truly stupid about this is, she did it in a workplace full of journalists and editors who are prone to do things like... ask each other if she's fucking lying or not.
Oh is it dipshit o'clock
December 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Oh is it dipshit o'clock
I mean, my perspective is, the ONLY reason to build a new warship is if it looks cool.
this just has me thinking about how so much of this government and the movement around it is purely a matter of aesthetics. is there a strategic reason for produce a new warship? maybe. but my hunch is that this is happening because the president thinks it will look cool.
President Trump will announce on Monday a new type of large warship he is calling “battleships,” marking a step toward achieving the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.”
December 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I mean, my perspective is, the ONLY reason to build a new warship is if it looks cool.
Refsnyder is the kind of player who seems to have spent his entire career on the 2016 Mariners.
December 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Refsnyder is the kind of player who seems to have spent his entire career on the 2016 Mariners.
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