Peter Lombard MD
@peterlombardmd.bsky.social
Eye surgeon in Guam
US Naval Academy '98, Navy Veteran
Johns Hopkins SOM '02
Interests: middle segment surgery, cataract surgery, premium IOLs, LASIK, MIGS, glaucoma
Rio Olympian - Guam - MTB XCO
US Naval Academy '98, Navy Veteran
Johns Hopkins SOM '02
Interests: middle segment surgery, cataract surgery, premium IOLs, LASIK, MIGS, glaucoma
Rio Olympian - Guam - MTB XCO
Pinned
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** Evidence You Might Be In A Cult **
You follow one charismatic Leader.
In your Leader’s mind, your Leader can do no wrong.
In your mind, your Leader can do no wrong.
Your Leader demonizes dissidents & outsiders.
Loyalty's the ultimate measure of your devotion.
You don't know you're in a Cult
You follow one charismatic Leader.
In your Leader’s mind, your Leader can do no wrong.
In your mind, your Leader can do no wrong.
Your Leader demonizes dissidents & outsiders.
Loyalty's the ultimate measure of your devotion.
You don't know you're in a Cult
May 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
** Evidence You Might Be In A Cult **
You follow one charismatic Leader.
In your Leader’s mind, your Leader can do no wrong.
In your mind, your Leader can do no wrong.
Your Leader demonizes dissidents & outsiders.
Loyalty's the ultimate measure of your devotion.
You don't know you're in a Cult
You follow one charismatic Leader.
In your Leader’s mind, your Leader can do no wrong.
In your mind, your Leader can do no wrong.
Your Leader demonizes dissidents & outsiders.
Loyalty's the ultimate measure of your devotion.
You don't know you're in a Cult
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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youtube.com/shorts/CuSwN... I made some people big mad with this one
The Dangers of Raw Milk
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtube.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
youtube.com/shorts/CuSwN... I made some people big mad with this one
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I still check in on the bad place & post there occasionally. I’m used to people shitting on docs, but these MAHA appts have brought out the worst of humanity. I honestly don’t think it’s safe for physicians over there. These are people who find your address and report you to the medical board
May 9, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I still check in on the bad place & post there occasionally. I’m used to people shitting on docs, but these MAHA appts have brought out the worst of humanity. I honestly don’t think it’s safe for physicians over there. These are people who find your address and report you to the medical board
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Check your lot numbers and discard if 10101 with an expiration date of September 2025. #ophthosky
www.fda.gov/safety/recal...
www.fda.gov/safety/recal...
December 28, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Check your lot numbers and discard if 10101 with an expiration date of September 2025. #ophthosky
www.fda.gov/safety/recal...
www.fda.gov/safety/recal...
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An intriguing new evolutionary story has just dropped, from my friend and colleague Leif Andersson: a discrete population of large predatory herring in the Baltic Sea, apparently in the process of evolving into a new species. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evolution of fast-growing piscivorous herring in the young Baltic Sea - Nature Communications
The Atlantic herring is one of the world’s most abundant vertebrates and a typical plankton feeder of major ecological importance. This study shows that a piscivorous (fish-eating) ecotype of herring ...
www.nature.com
December 23, 2024 at 10:55 PM
An intriguing new evolutionary story has just dropped, from my friend and colleague Leif Andersson: a discrete population of large predatory herring in the Baltic Sea, apparently in the process of evolving into a new species. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Not sure who made this & when but fittingly came across it in my downloads folder today:
December 10, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Not sure who made this & when but fittingly came across it in my downloads folder today:
Very much needed, unfortunately still seems a long ways off before we have any options here.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/26/b...
techcrunch.com/2024/11/26/b...
Bluesky verification could look a lot different from X's blue checks | TechCrunch
The rapidly growing social networking startup Bluesky, a Twitter/X alternative built on open web principles, revealed in a livestream on Monday how its
techcrunch.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Very much needed, unfortunately still seems a long ways off before we have any options here.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/26/b...
techcrunch.com/2024/11/26/b...
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Reposted by Peter Lombard MD
Bluesky is going to have a big problem if it doesn't do something about verification. Offering the same stupid system that Mastodon uses is not a solution.
It needs to be easy for accounts to use AND easy for followers to see. It is becoming a daily frustration. @jay.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app
It needs to be easy for accounts to use AND easy for followers to see. It is becoming a daily frustration. @jay.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app
November 24, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Bluesky is going to have a big problem if it doesn't do something about verification. Offering the same stupid system that Mastodon uses is not a solution.
It needs to be easy for accounts to use AND easy for followers to see. It is becoming a daily frustration. @jay.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app
It needs to be easy for accounts to use AND easy for followers to see. It is becoming a daily frustration. @jay.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app
Note to self: never leave #ophthalmology journals lying around the waiting room.
I've been around the block a few times, and the only rock-solid life advice I have to share is: If you're in the waiting room for an eye doc, never, ever flip through an ophthalmology journal that's just sitting around.
November 25, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Note to self: never leave #ophthalmology journals lying around the waiting room.
Added a few more. Up to 27 in this pack, still an astonishingly small number of ophthalmologists here. Please let me know if there are more out there #ophthosky
November 23, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Added a few more. Up to 27 in this pack, still an astonishingly small number of ophthalmologists here. Please let me know if there are more out there #ophthosky
Really.
It’s official: Donald Trump has chosen Dr. Marty Makary to be FDA Commissioner.
Makary opposed COVID lockdowns, argued in favor of infection-acquired immunity, and cast doubt on the COVID vaccines.
Our updated piece has everything you need to know:
www.importantcontext.news/p/everything...
Makary opposed COVID lockdowns, argued in favor of infection-acquired immunity, and cast doubt on the COVID vaccines.
Our updated piece has everything you need to know:
www.importantcontext.news/p/everything...
Everything You Need to Know About Donald Trump’s FDA Pick
Johns Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary has spent years promoting fringe pandemic views and attacking the U.S. government.
www.importantcontext.news
November 23, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Really.
Happy to find one of my favorite follows on X
There's a very interesting myth that many people seem to believe, which is that the US is doing badly on life expectancy due primarily to chronic disease.
This is broadly untrue. Rather, America and most of the OECD have similar issues with diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc.
This is broadly untrue. Rather, America and most of the OECD have similar issues with diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc.
America is the SICKEST nation in the developed world with the lowest life expectancy (used to be the highest)! Chronic Disease is the NUMBER ONE medical expense in the country. You need wake up.
November 20, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Happy to find one of my favorite follows on X
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Christ almighty. Some of the replies I am getting here make me hope some of you will revert to twitter.
If you don't understand something when you are new, it is possible to read, then ask, rather than confidently asserting the wrong thing.
Yes, there is a discover feed. No-one uses it. Use this:
If you don't understand something when you are new, it is possible to read, then ask, rather than confidently asserting the wrong thing.
Yes, there is a discover feed. No-one uses it. Use this:
The Ultimate Directory of tools and applications for Bluesky
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Christ almighty. Some of the replies I am getting here make me hope some of you will revert to twitter.
If you don't understand something when you are new, it is possible to read, then ask, rather than confidently asserting the wrong thing.
Yes, there is a discover feed. No-one uses it. Use this:
If you don't understand something when you are new, it is possible to read, then ask, rather than confidently asserting the wrong thing.
Yes, there is a discover feed. No-one uses it. Use this:
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Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
#ophthosky add LABELS under your name on your posts to show what field(s) you work in. Max 4.
Click search icon and paste this:
from:medsky.social Ophthalmology
Find and like your subspecialty (not organized intuitively). Tapping a label can reveal more.
Click search icon and paste this:
from:medsky.social Ophthalmology
Find and like your subspecialty (not organized intuitively). Tapping a label can reveal more.
November 19, 2024 at 10:18 AM
#ophthosky add LABELS under your name on your posts to show what field(s) you work in. Max 4.
Click search icon and paste this:
from:medsky.social Ophthalmology
Find and like your subspecialty (not organized intuitively). Tapping a label can reveal more.
Click search icon and paste this:
from:medsky.social Ophthalmology
Find and like your subspecialty (not organized intuitively). Tapping a label can reveal more.
@flavorflav.bsky.social as an effective curator of social media content in 2024 was not on my bingo card in the 90s.
Welcome to The Good Place,,, I got yo backs with some starter packs 👇🏾
My 1st Starter Pack / General
go.bsky.app/QtvWbjH
Black Excellence
go.bsky.app/F5kYEyc
SPORTS,!!
go.bsky.app/8zyN8FV
MUSIC,!!!
go.bsky.app/5K15oMe
Memes + Jokes
go.bsky.app/Dz4nLst
NEWS + MEDIA Outlets
go.bsky.app/GyXWWej
My 1st Starter Pack / General
go.bsky.app/QtvWbjH
Black Excellence
go.bsky.app/F5kYEyc
SPORTS,!!
go.bsky.app/8zyN8FV
MUSIC,!!!
go.bsky.app/5K15oMe
Memes + Jokes
go.bsky.app/Dz4nLst
NEWS + MEDIA Outlets
go.bsky.app/GyXWWej
November 19, 2024 at 1:09 AM
@flavorflav.bsky.social as an effective curator of social media content in 2024 was not on my bingo card in the 90s.
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Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
#bydhttmwdi
a pixel art of a man standing under a rainbow on a blue background
Alt: a pixel art of Levar standing under a rainbow on a blue background
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
#bydhttmwdi
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BlueSky really needs bookmarks. Replying with a 📌 to everything you want to be able to find later is not it. 😵💫
And we need a drafts folder because writing some things & leaving them in drafts is how we show good judgment in adulthood. 😇
#MedSky
cc @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
And we need a drafts folder because writing some things & leaving them in drafts is how we show good judgment in adulthood. 😇
#MedSky
cc @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
November 18, 2024 at 4:58 AM
BlueSky really needs bookmarks. Replying with a 📌 to everything you want to be able to find later is not it. 😵💫
And we need a drafts folder because writing some things & leaving them in drafts is how we show good judgment in adulthood. 😇
#MedSky
cc @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
And we need a drafts folder because writing some things & leaving them in drafts is how we show good judgment in adulthood. 😇
#MedSky
cc @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
November 16, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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I think in the near future, it will be especially important to have effective science communicators. As someone who has been doing this for a while, I thought it might be useful to explain my major principles for science communication that I use in my own work 🧵:
November 15, 2024 at 5:01 PM
I think in the near future, it will be especially important to have effective science communicators. As someone who has been doing this for a while, I thought it might be useful to explain my major principles for science communication that I use in my own work 🧵: