Aaron Young, MD
@sk8cello.bsky.social
MD Anesthesiology, cellist, skateboarder, dad. Rural Oregon. My opinions are my own and ≠ medical advice. ☮️
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Aaron Young, MD
@sk8cello.bsky.social
· Jan 31
The thing is Trump does have a really strong voice.
But we also have a voice.
My voice alone isn’t strong.
But there are MILLIONS of us that will stand up to his nonsensical and cruel orders and policies.
He is no king.
He has no majesty.
He will not overcome us.
But we also have a voice.
My voice alone isn’t strong.
But there are MILLIONS of us that will stand up to his nonsensical and cruel orders and policies.
He is no king.
He has no majesty.
He will not overcome us.
That a sitting president is opening a politically-motivated investigation into a past president for alleged crimes in which the sitting president is implicated is so far from normal that it’s hard to grasp, but that’s what’s happening
And Congress is just going to watch it happen and do nothing.
And Congress is just going to watch it happen and do nothing.
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
That a sitting president is opening a politically-motivated investigation into a past president for alleged crimes in which the sitting president is implicated is so far from normal that it’s hard to grasp, but that’s what’s happening
And Congress is just going to watch it happen and do nothing.
And Congress is just going to watch it happen and do nothing.
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According to the Republican president, wanting child rapists to face justice means “betraying the Republican party.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
According to the Republican president, wanting child rapists to face justice means “betraying the Republican party.”
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Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
When was the last time YOU spent Thanksgiving with a man you knew was an active pedophile and sex-trafficker?
If you are the current POTUS then it’s 2017.
FUCK TRUMP.
Remove him from office.
If you are the current POTUS then it’s 2017.
FUCK TRUMP.
Remove him from office.
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
When was the last time YOU spent Thanksgiving with a man you knew was an active pedophile and sex-trafficker?
If you are the current POTUS then it’s 2017.
FUCK TRUMP.
Remove him from office.
If you are the current POTUS then it’s 2017.
FUCK TRUMP.
Remove him from office.
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He’s a lame duck vegetable with a 36% approval rating who is crashing the economy and covering up a pedo ring! What is there to salvage, Rs?
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
He’s a lame duck vegetable with a 36% approval rating who is crashing the economy and covering up a pedo ring! What is there to salvage, Rs?
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Pause a moment, and read...
• Brendan Kennelly •
• Brendan Kennelly •
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Pause a moment, and read...
• Brendan Kennelly •
• Brendan Kennelly •
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Reposted by Aaron Young, MD
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
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Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
We—that’s right WE—are going to make this world a better place to live for everyone.
We aren’t going to let disgraceful people like Trump stand in our way.
He won’t be anything more than a small-handed orange smudge on the pages of history.
Let’s bend that moral arc some more. ❤️✌️🕊️🌈🌲🌍
We aren’t going to let disgraceful people like Trump stand in our way.
He won’t be anything more than a small-handed orange smudge on the pages of history.
Let’s bend that moral arc some more. ❤️✌️🕊️🌈🌲🌍
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
We—that’s right WE—are going to make this world a better place to live for everyone.
We aren’t going to let disgraceful people like Trump stand in our way.
He won’t be anything more than a small-handed orange smudge on the pages of history.
Let’s bend that moral arc some more. ❤️✌️🕊️🌈🌲🌍
We aren’t going to let disgraceful people like Trump stand in our way.
He won’t be anything more than a small-handed orange smudge on the pages of history.
Let’s bend that moral arc some more. ❤️✌️🕊️🌈🌲🌍
Trump isn’t working for a better America for everyone. He openly goes after those who disagree with him and he doesn’t care how his agenda hurts people. He cares only that he benefits personally. He doesn’t have a vision of how things could be better for most of us. And he doesn’t care. Pathetic.
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump isn’t working for a better America for everyone. He openly goes after those who disagree with him and he doesn’t care how his agenda hurts people. He cares only that he benefits personally. He doesn’t have a vision of how things could be better for most of us. And he doesn’t care. Pathetic.
Say something emo.
I don’t cry myself to sleep every night, but some nights I don’t sleep.
I don’t cry myself to sleep every night, but some nights I don’t sleep.
November 1, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Say something emo.
I don’t cry myself to sleep every night, but some nights I don’t sleep.
I don’t cry myself to sleep every night, but some nights I don’t sleep.
I bought 2 bags o’ candy. So far zero trick o’ treaters. 🤷♂️
Got to skate for a couple hours earlier and now waiting Arsenic and Old Lacey with my son and eating pizza.
Pretty good Halloween. 🎃
Got to skate for a couple hours earlier and now waiting Arsenic and Old Lacey with my son and eating pizza.
Pretty good Halloween. 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I bought 2 bags o’ candy. So far zero trick o’ treaters. 🤷♂️
Got to skate for a couple hours earlier and now waiting Arsenic and Old Lacey with my son and eating pizza.
Pretty good Halloween. 🎃
Got to skate for a couple hours earlier and now waiting Arsenic and Old Lacey with my son and eating pizza.
Pretty good Halloween. 🎃
So dumb, but so on-brand for Trump admin.
Louder for everyone in the back and front: ANYONE can get breast cancer. It’s more common in females because generally they have more breast tissue than males. But males also have breast tissue which can become cancerous.
Louder for everyone in the back and front: ANYONE can get breast cancer. It’s more common in females because generally they have more breast tissue than males. But males also have breast tissue which can become cancerous.
Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
So dumb, but so on-brand for Trump admin.
Louder for everyone in the back and front: ANYONE can get breast cancer. It’s more common in females because generally they have more breast tissue than males. But males also have breast tissue which can become cancerous.
Louder for everyone in the back and front: ANYONE can get breast cancer. It’s more common in females because generally they have more breast tissue than males. But males also have breast tissue which can become cancerous.
Change one letter, ruin a candy:
Reese’s Fieces
Or maybe try an
Ears Bar
Reese’s Fieces
Or maybe try an
Ears Bar
Change one letter, ruin a candy:
Gutterfinger
Gutterfinger
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Starwurst
Starwurst
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Change one letter, ruin a candy:
Reese’s Fieces
Or maybe try an
Ears Bar
Reese’s Fieces
Or maybe try an
Ears Bar
Winston Churchill on Britain:
When our kings are in conflict with our constitution, we change our kings.
When our kings are in conflict with our constitution, we change our kings.
October 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Winston Churchill on Britain:
When our kings are in conflict with our constitution, we change our kings.
When our kings are in conflict with our constitution, we change our kings.
Republicans playing chicken with people’s healthcare and food assistance just to protect the abusers named in the Epstein files.
Crazy.
Crazy.
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Republicans playing chicken with people’s healthcare and food assistance just to protect the abusers named in the Epstein files.
Crazy.
Crazy.
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babies and young children are exposed to as many as 6,000 viruses, bacteria and other substances that stimulate the immune system -- known as antigens -- in a single day. In comparison, the entire pediatric immunization schedule exposes them to 165 antigens, Bryant said.”
This is excellent, detailed reporting on flu vaccines. Bookended by Brent’s heartbreaking story, the rest of the article provides a detailed overview of the extensively documented benefits of flu vaccines while clearly, thoughtfully addressing common misconceptions. @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Brent’s only risk factor for severe flu was that he hadn’t received a flu shot. His parents reminded Brent, 29, to get his flu shot a couple of weeks before his passing. Brent “said he had it on to-do list, but he just never got around to it.”
www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-...
www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-...
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
babies and young children are exposed to as many as 6,000 viruses, bacteria and other substances that stimulate the immune system -- known as antigens -- in a single day. In comparison, the entire pediatric immunization schedule exposes them to 165 antigens, Bryant said.”
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Donald Trump deleted this from the government website.
Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
October 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Donald Trump deleted this from the government website.
Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
If Republicans want to reassure the American public that Trump is not an autocratic dictator, then they should start talking about who they are going to run for president in 2028 that isn’t Trump.
Republicans generally know that the Trump 2028 talk is largely about Trump shutting THEM down.
He doesn’t want to see anyone begin running for president, be it Vance, Vivek, Haley etc. That lame duck status undermines him in a big way.
So the 2028 talk is a way to keep ambitious GOPers in line.
He doesn’t want to see anyone begin running for president, be it Vance, Vivek, Haley etc. That lame duck status undermines him in a big way.
So the 2028 talk is a way to keep ambitious GOPers in line.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he doesn't believe President Donald Trump has any real inclination to attempt to defy the Constitution and run for a third term.
bit.ly/4oKnQyH
bit.ly/4oKnQyH
October 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If Republicans want to reassure the American public that Trump is not an autocratic dictator, then they should start talking about who they are going to run for president in 2028 that isn’t Trump.
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My son does a radio show on Mondays 8-10PM pacific. It’s often the highlight of my week. 😊
My son does a radio show on Mondays 8-10PM pacific. It’s often the highlight of my week. 😊
KWVA 88.1 FM | University of Oregon Campus Radio
kwva.uoregon.edu
October 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
kwva.uoregon.edu
My son does a radio show on Mondays 8-10PM pacific. It’s often the highlight of my week. 😊
My son does a radio show on Mondays 8-10PM pacific. It’s often the highlight of my week. 😊
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I thought this was a good puzzle. Also, good example of how Hard Mode actually makes it easier in my opinion: it wouldn’t allow me to make a dumb mistake on my fourth guess because I put a green letter in a wrong spot.
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I thought this was a good puzzle. Also, good example of how Hard Mode actually makes it easier in my opinion: it wouldn’t allow me to make a dumb mistake on my fourth guess because I put a green letter in a wrong spot.
October 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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I thought this was a good puzzle. Also, good example of how Hard Mode actually makes it easier in my opinion: it wouldn’t allow me to make a dumb mistake on my fourth guess because I put a green letter in a wrong spot.
Just because Idaho does something reckless and stupid it doesn’t mean we all have to.
South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...
www.propublica.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Just because Idaho does something reckless and stupid it doesn’t mean we all have to.
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Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.