Pete Bachman (he/him)
@petebachman.bsky.social
Pediatric Psychologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Early-Onset Psychosis
None of my posts are medical advice. They are all my own opinions. Mostly unreasonable and interesting only to me. A “no” on imperialism. Enjoy!
Early-Onset Psychosis
None of my posts are medical advice. They are all my own opinions. Mostly unreasonable and interesting only to me. A “no” on imperialism. Enjoy!
More like The Judge from Blood Meridian or like Ahab from Moby Dick?
Gift link to the most frightening article I've ever read. Trump isn't just an existential threat to America; he's an extential threat to humanity. This is the scariest thing I've ever read in my life.
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
More like The Judge from Blood Meridian or like Ahab from Moby Dick?
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Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
January 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
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This was also what Charles Manson was saying before his arrest. Almost word for word.
January 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
This was also what Charles Manson was saying before his arrest. Almost word for word.
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RFK Jr. is ignoring decades of reliable science and making our children less safe—this is the latest step. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is supposed to protect the health of the American people. Instead, at every turn, RFK Jr. actively chooses to make our country sicker.
US overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots | CNN
The US Department of Health and Human Services is recommending fewer vaccines for most American children, health officials said Monday.
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
RFK Jr. is ignoring decades of reliable science and making our children less safe—this is the latest step. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is supposed to protect the health of the American people. Instead, at every turn, RFK Jr. actively chooses to make our country sicker.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Powerful statement from Dr. Robbie Goldstein, MD, PhD, Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health on defending GAC:
“Our responsibility — morally, ethically, medically, and legally — is to protect the health and well-being of every person who calls this state home.”
www.mass.gov/news/stateme...
“Our responsibility — morally, ethically, medically, and legally — is to protect the health and well-being of every person who calls this state home.”
www.mass.gov/news/stateme...
January 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Powerful statement from Dr. Robbie Goldstein, MD, PhD, Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health on defending GAC:
“Our responsibility — morally, ethically, medically, and legally — is to protect the health and well-being of every person who calls this state home.”
www.mass.gov/news/stateme...
“Our responsibility — morally, ethically, medically, and legally — is to protect the health and well-being of every person who calls this state home.”
www.mass.gov/news/stateme...
If you’re wondering whether people are aware when they are citizens of a collapsing empire, the answer is yes, yes we are.
January 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
If you’re wondering whether people are aware when they are citizens of a collapsing empire, the answer is yes, yes we are.
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
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Read the whole thread. Gregg is right. It’s NOT a question of “experts disagree.” I’ve been working in medicine, medical journalism or global health for 32 years & know a LOT of health professionals—I do not know a *single one* who supports RFK Jr’s dangerous dismantling of the US vaccine system.
Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/
January 5, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Read the whole thread. Gregg is right. It’s NOT a question of “experts disagree.” I’ve been working in medicine, medical journalism or global health for 32 years & know a LOT of health professionals—I do not know a *single one* who supports RFK Jr’s dangerous dismantling of the US vaccine system.
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“There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.”
-Herman Melville
-Herman Melville
January 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
“There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.”
-Herman Melville
-Herman Melville
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This concludes my live-posting of the annual Moby Dick reading marathon.
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
January 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
This concludes my live-posting of the annual Moby Dick reading marathon.
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
Tune in this time next year.
Stay true, New Bedford!
Can’t say enough about how cool this event is. I was there yesterday. When Reggie Gibson read, “Call me … Ishmael,” there was such a roar from the crowd.
We’re officially 23 hours and 35 minutes into the Moby Dick reading marathon! It’s the part where people read sections in different languages. Here’s a high school humanities teacher from Pennsylvania kicking it off with German.
We’re at chapter 129, continuously read by over 200 readers.
We’re at chapter 129, continuously read by over 200 readers.
January 4, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Can’t say enough about how cool this event is. I was there yesterday. When Reggie Gibson read, “Call me … Ishmael,” there was such a roar from the crowd.
Today is the first day of my life that I’ve listened to Captain Beefheart and thought, “huh, not bad.”
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Today is the first day of my life that I’ve listened to Captain Beefheart and thought, “huh, not bad.”
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At 8 hours and 30 minutes into the Moby Dick reading marathon here in Massachusetts, the entirety of chapter 41 was read by Senator Ed Markey!
Now back to in-person live reading…
@markey.senate.gov
Now back to in-person live reading…
@markey.senate.gov
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
At 8 hours and 30 minutes into the Moby Dick reading marathon here in Massachusetts, the entirety of chapter 41 was read by Senator Ed Markey!
Now back to in-person live reading…
@markey.senate.gov
Now back to in-person live reading…
@markey.senate.gov
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he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him
January 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him
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When I tell you that this regime is the Reagan administration on crack (allegedly), it's bar for bar. If Reagan has no haters, I am dead.
January 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
When I tell you that this regime is the Reagan administration on crack (allegedly), it's bar for bar. If Reagan has no haters, I am dead.
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Hard to believe a FIFA Peace Prize laureate would do this.
January 3, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Hard to believe a FIFA Peace Prize laureate would do this.
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If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.
February 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.
Love this #BuffaloSabres pride night crest, designed by Adam Weekley!
December 31, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Love this #BuffaloSabres pride night crest, designed by Adam Weekley!
I hope the Dickinson book spontaneously caught fire in his hands.
A 2003 LA Times story featured Santa Monica HS senior Stephen Miller saying he was glad he didn't have to write term papers because it would interfere with his other activities. He's holding books by Poe and Dickens, plus 2 by Larry Elder and one by National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre.
December 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I hope the Dickinson book spontaneously caught fire in his hands.
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The Bills pass catchers do not spark joy
December 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Bills pass catchers do not spark joy