Sam Bernstein, PhD, RN
@sambernsteinrn.bsky.social
Knitter, bread baker, nurse scientist. Boston and NH based.
Infants who are circumcised in the hospital generally do not receive Tylenol for pain relief. The suggestion that there is any relationship between autism and circumcisions is incoherent. Anti-semitic? YES, but also incoherent.
October 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Infants who are circumcised in the hospital generally do not receive Tylenol for pain relief. The suggestion that there is any relationship between autism and circumcisions is incoherent. Anti-semitic? YES, but also incoherent.
Have submitted an R&R for a third round of reviews. Tachycardic just sitting in my chair trying to do everything they want me to do so that this lovely manuscript sees the light of day. #Academia is rugged.
July 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Have submitted an R&R for a third round of reviews. Tachycardic just sitting in my chair trying to do everything they want me to do so that this lovely manuscript sees the light of day. #Academia is rugged.
Cool stuff, but can we stop anthropomorphizing MIT? Finding was led by grad student Alexandra Bardon with support from genius Emery Brown.
#MIT discovered a universal #brain-wave signature that marks unconsciousness—across #anesthetics like #ketamine and #dexmedetomidine.
Out-of-phase waves within hemispheres + in-sync waves across hemispheres = you’re out.
#neuroscience #neuroskyence #medsky #neuro #advancements
Out-of-phase waves within hemispheres + in-sync waves across hemispheres = you’re out.
#neuroscience #neuroskyence #medsky #neuro #advancements
Different anesthetics, same result: unconsciousness by shifting brainwave phase
By demonstrating how two distinct anesthetic drugs achieve the same result — unconsciousness — a new study by neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Institute identifies a potential signature of uncons...
news.mit.edu
June 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Cool stuff, but can we stop anthropomorphizing MIT? Finding was led by grad student Alexandra Bardon with support from genius Emery Brown.
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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
Fox Mulder has information to share.
I know I should take this seriously but this ICE tweet genuinely made me laugh.
May 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Fox Mulder has information to share.
RFK Jr believes that only sick people get sick. His terrain-oriented thinking makes all of his nonsense make sense.
It's outside of science. It's not what anyone in his role should believe. He's never been qualified for this role and everyone who voted to confirm him knew that.
It's outside of science. It's not what anyone in his role should believe. He's never been qualified for this role and everyone who voted to confirm him knew that.
RFK Jr refuses to say if he would vaccinate his children today for polio
May 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
RFK Jr believes that only sick people get sick. His terrain-oriented thinking makes all of his nonsense make sense.
It's outside of science. It's not what anyone in his role should believe. He's never been qualified for this role and everyone who voted to confirm him knew that.
It's outside of science. It's not what anyone in his role should believe. He's never been qualified for this role and everyone who voted to confirm him knew that.
Long Q-T for everyone!
Sympathise with wish for Ondansetron to be available without prescription. Unabating sickness is hell. But not a good idea. "Nausea remains one of the only quotidian ailments for which there isn’t a great OTC solution; no OTC antiemetic comes close to being as effective." tinyurl.com/2v5bzv77
Why Can’t We All Have Zofran?
The prescription anti-nausea medication is miraculously effective. Some say it’s time it was available over the counter.
www.thecut.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Long Q-T for everyone!
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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
This is only the beginning. It's horrible. No more drinks or dinner for me at the Liberty Hotel.
Anti trans misogyny is misogyny, full stop. And the burden of its enforcement will fall on cis women as or more often than trans women
Woman says security guard at Liberty Hotel in Boston confronted her in bathroom, asked to prove gender
A couple said a security guard at the Liberty Hotel in Boston challenged their use of a bathroom and kicked them out.
www.cbsnews.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is only the beginning. It's horrible. No more drinks or dinner for me at the Liberty Hotel.
Something can not be a false rumor and ALSO a leak.
May 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Something can not be a false rumor and ALSO a leak.
We have to punch bullies in the face.
Remember when people told us to just ignore the Nazis and they’d go away? Sure glad that worked!
April 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We have to punch bullies in the face.
Forgive me for being pedantic, but the CHECK ISN'T BLUE. It's white.
April 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Forgive me for being pedantic, but the CHECK ISN'T BLUE. It's white.
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What is actually left at the CDC? Has anyone complied a list??
April 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
What is actually left at the CDC? Has anyone complied a list??
Cory Booker. Cory Booker. Cory Booker.
April 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Cory Booker. Cory Booker. Cory Booker.
Told you this would happen.
“Physicians at Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, say they’ve now treated a handful of children who were given so much vitamin A that they had signs of liver damage.
Some of them had received unsafe doses of supplements for several weeks in an attempt to prevent a measles infection”
Some of them had received unsafe doses of supplements for several weeks in an attempt to prevent a measles infection”
For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill
After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Told you this would happen.
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If the White House is insisting that there was no classified or secret information in the Signal chat, does that mean Jeffrey Goldberg can publish it all?
March 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If the White House is insisting that there was no classified or secret information in the Signal chat, does that mean Jeffrey Goldberg can publish it all?
I usually like being right. But this sucks.
We kept saying trumps second term will be worse and it is. But honestly, I get no pleasure from being right. It’s so soul crushing to watch how stupid everything is.
March 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I usually like being right. But this sucks.
I confess that I am so faceblind that sometimes I can't tell that it's one person playing multiple roles.
I think I'm too much of a millennial because sometimes when I watch those TikTok sketches where one guy plays every character, I can't tell which character they're supposed to be.
March 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I confess that I am so faceblind that sometimes I can't tell that it's one person playing multiple roles.
I am writing the manuscript for my current research project on nurse workarounds and I love it so much. Sat down to write and two hours later emerged from the flow. More research on how OB nurses do our work is coming! #humanfactors #patientsafety #nursescientist #academia
March 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I am writing the manuscript for my current research project on nurse workarounds and I love it so much. Sat down to write and two hours later emerged from the flow. More research on how OB nurses do our work is coming! #humanfactors #patientsafety #nursescientist #academia
Not really being as productive as I wish I were...but still moving my research forward while I also navigate all *this* and that's going to have to be good enough this week. #academia #nursescientist
March 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Not really being as productive as I wish I were...but still moving my research forward while I also navigate all *this* and that's going to have to be good enough this week. #academia #nursescientist
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This is what the GOP's SAVE Act would do at the federal level. Adding layers of complexity to voter ID requirements that would strategically disenfranchise women and others who've changed their names.
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is what the GOP's SAVE Act would do at the federal level. Adding layers of complexity to voter ID requirements that would strategically disenfranchise women and others who've changed their names.
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social is a national treasure.
from senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social chris murphy's recent floor speech, via @davidcorn.bsky.social ...
link.motherjones.com/public/38940...
link.motherjones.com/public/38940...
March 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social is a national treasure.
If I say "does that make sense?" it means that I have sensed that you perhaps do not understand.
The autistic urge to end every explanatory statement with “does that make sense?” - because you fear you’ll be misunderstood for the 10000th time.
March 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If I say "does that make sense?" it means that I have sensed that you perhaps do not understand.
Be Queen Esther.
March 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Be Queen Esther.
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We ARE Queen Esther. Most of us. Right now.
And must take the risks to our own neck for the sake of the safety and wellbeing of those whose lives are most on the line right now.
And must take the risks to our own neck for the sake of the safety and wellbeing of those whose lives are most on the line right now.
Perfect story for today. We need a queen Esther!!! Fast.
March 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We ARE Queen Esther. Most of us. Right now.
And must take the risks to our own neck for the sake of the safety and wellbeing of those whose lives are most on the line right now.
And must take the risks to our own neck for the sake of the safety and wellbeing of those whose lives are most on the line right now.