Sam Waller
@samwalmd.bsky.social
Oncologist, Husband, Father, Widower, Occasional Clarinetist, Living in Venice
Happy New Year London
January 1, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Happy New Year London
Cancer shows no mercy
Breaking News: Tatiana Schlossberg, an environmental journalist and child of Caroline Kennedy, died at 35. She recently wrote of her battle with leukemia in The New Yorker. nyti.ms/4pjDWiz
December 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Cancer shows no mercy
Attending a theater party in London that had attracted a fair number of paparazzi (not because of me, of course), a photographer came near me as an attractive young woman leaned against me. The photographer snapped a photo. The woman quickly moved away. I asked who she was. "Princess Beatrice."
One time walking down the street in Santa Monica I saw Martin Sheen fill a parking meter.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Attending a theater party in London that had attracted a fair number of paparazzi (not because of me, of course), a photographer came near me as an attractive young woman leaned against me. The photographer snapped a photo. The woman quickly moved away. I asked who she was. "Princess Beatrice."
Mousseline de crevettes
avec Estragon Beurre Blanc & Pointes d’Aspèrges
avec Estragon Beurre Blanc & Pointes d’Aspèrges
December 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Mousseline de crevettes
avec Estragon Beurre Blanc & Pointes d’Aspèrges
avec Estragon Beurre Blanc & Pointes d’Aspèrges
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Immigrant-hating Stephen Miller talks about Americans being "first to harness the atom." But the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was conducted by a team led by Italian immigrant Enrico Fermi, who didn't become a U.S. citizen until a year and a half later.
December 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Immigrant-hating Stephen Miller talks about Americans being "first to harness the atom." But the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was conducted by a team led by Italian immigrant Enrico Fermi, who didn't become a U.S. citizen until a year and a half later.
We are thinking of replacing the UK automobile with a new one. Any recommendations?
December 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We are thinking of replacing the UK automobile with a new one. Any recommendations?
On another walk in Gwydir Forest
December 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
On another walk in Gwydir Forest
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If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
December 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
"My best decision was to get chickens"
www.hotpress.com/opinion/my-2...
www.hotpress.com/opinion/my-2...
My 2025: Seán Hewitt - "My best decision was to get chickens... I find I can spend hours with them and never check my phone, and never feel anything but at peace" | Hotpress
Author Seán Hewitt reflects on his 2025
www.hotpress.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"My best decision was to get chickens"
www.hotpress.com/opinion/my-2...
www.hotpress.com/opinion/my-2...
From a walk along the edge of Gwydir Forest
December 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
From a walk along the edge of Gwydir Forest
Mercenary secret police.
Aren't we fascist enough already?
Aren't we fascist enough already?
The Gestapo (=ICE) has already contracted w/private corporations to hunt alleged undocumented persons & soon, if not already, innocent American Citizens
#Trump #FreedomDemocracyAndTheRuleOfLawRequiresVigilanceAndAction
theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
#Trump #FreedomDemocracyAndTheRuleOfLawRequiresVigilanceAndAction
theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deportation machine.
theintercept.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Mercenary secret police.
Aren't we fascist enough already?
Aren't we fascist enough already?
For Christmas dinner - crown rack of lamb
December 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
For Christmas dinner - crown rack of lamb
Merry Christmas Everyone
December 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Merry Christmas Everyone
Cloudy day from the flat near the airport
December 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Cloudy day from the flat near the airport
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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Clinicians who actually saw the horrors of COVID (and didn’t get infected, because masks fucking work 🤷🏻♂️) are pretty pissed at this. Especially the @newyorker.com - I expect better 🤦🏻♂️
The thesis of the book is that early COVID lockdowns weren't worth it and mid-COVID mitigation measures like masks, contact tracing and business closures don't work.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
December 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Clinicians who actually saw the horrors of COVID (and didn’t get infected, because masks fucking work 🤷🏻♂️) are pretty pissed at this. Especially the @newyorker.com - I expect better 🤦🏻♂️
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Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Stage 4 pancreatic cancer is a fearful diagnosis.
It was but two months between Charlie's diagnosis and his death. My sympathy to Mr Sasse and his family.
It was but two months between Charlie's diagnosis and his death. My sympathy to Mr Sasse and his family.
Breaking News: Ben Sasse, a Republican former senator from Nebraska and a former president of the University of Florida, announced that he had received a diagnosis of terminal Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Ben Sasse, Former Nebraska Senator, Shares Terminal Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis
Mr. Sasse, a former senator from Nebraska, wrote on social media that he had received a diagnosis last week for Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
nyti.ms
December 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Stage 4 pancreatic cancer is a fearful diagnosis.
It was but two months between Charlie's diagnosis and his death. My sympathy to Mr Sasse and his family.
It was but two months between Charlie's diagnosis and his death. My sympathy to Mr Sasse and his family.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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The rollout of a type of genetic technology called a gene drive for tackling malaria could be edging closer after a lab study supports its success
Genetic trick to make mosquitoes malaria resistant passes key test
The rollout of a type of genetic technology called a gene drive for tackling malaria could be edging closer after a lab study supports its success
www.newscientist.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The rollout of a type of genetic technology called a gene drive for tackling malaria could be edging closer after a lab study supports its success
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Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
Heading to the UK. A couple days in London, then Christmas in Wales, where Tom's parents will join us.
December 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Heading to the UK. A couple days in London, then Christmas in Wales, where Tom's parents will join us.
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year