Ben Birdsall
@benbirdsall.bsky.social
Not the author or the judge or the lawyer
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social finally reading A City on Mars and I literally LOL'd when I read about Elton John's lack of concern about pelvic fractures in Rocket Man. I'm sure my patients were wondering what their doctor was guffawing about
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social finally reading A City on Mars and I literally LOL'd when I read about Elton John's lack of concern about pelvic fractures in Rocket Man. I'm sure my patients were wondering what their doctor was guffawing about
@mollyknight.bsky.social just finally read your book (it's been sitting on my bookshelf for years) and it's crazy to read all that stuff 10+ years later. Any plan on an update/sequel?
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
@mollyknight.bsky.social just finally read your book (it's been sitting on my bookshelf for years) and it's crazy to read all that stuff 10+ years later. Any plan on an update/sequel?
He's a cheater
'He's a winner': Blue Jays hoping to ride Springer's magical season to World Series
Editor's Note: This feature was originally published leading into the ALDS. George Springer's three-run home run in Game 7 of the ALCS against the Seattle Mariners helped propel the Blue Jays into the...
thescore.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
He's a cheater
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This is the only thing done by a Trump-appointed judge that I agree with
New: Trump-appointed Judge Mark Pittman in Texas has ruled that a 156-year-old ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional, siding with a group that advocates for legalizing the ability of people to produce spirits like whiskey and bourbon at home. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional, Texas judge rules
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a 156-year-old ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional, siding with a group that advocates for legalizing the ability of people to produce spirits like whiskey and bourbon for their personal consumption.
www.reuters.com
July 11, 2024 at 7:34 PM
This is the only thing done by a Trump-appointed judge that I agree with
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I would appreciate one (or several!) of the Central Park Five doing the funniest fucking thing ever and taking out a full-page ad in the NYT…
May 30, 2024 at 9:22 PM
I would appreciate one (or several!) of the Central Park Five doing the funniest fucking thing ever and taking out a full-page ad in the NYT…
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Ah, the therapeutic EKG
April 25, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Ah, the therapeutic EKG
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Never forget that Republicans could have, after 1/6/2021, made Trump go away as a candidate forever by voting to convict in his impeachment. Instead what McConnell said they wanted was for the criminal legal system to deal with it, which is how we get to where we are today
April 25, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Never forget that Republicans could have, after 1/6/2021, made Trump go away as a candidate forever by voting to convict in his impeachment. Instead what McConnell said they wanted was for the criminal legal system to deal with it, which is how we get to where we are today
Looking in the patient-provided notes for an upcoming visit and I can already tell this person is a bit crazy
April 17, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Looking in the patient-provided notes for an upcoming visit and I can already tell this person is a bit crazy
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They won’t even let us stare at an eclipse anymore, because of woke
April 8, 2024 at 3:27 PM
They won’t even let us stare at an eclipse anymore, because of woke
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Oh god there are so many good charts like this
March 12, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Oh god there are so many good charts like this
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The great thing about Mitch McConnell has been [pauses awkwardly for 20 years]
February 28, 2024 at 5:42 PM
The great thing about Mitch McConnell has been [pauses awkwardly for 20 years]
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I'm still pissed about the nudist colony scene in Zootopia. The movie won't show flaccid elephant cock or horse vagina or anything so why are the protagonists so uncomfortable with the nudity? What practical difference is there between dress and undress in this sexless world?
February 11, 2024 at 8:49 PM
I'm still pissed about the nudist colony scene in Zootopia. The movie won't show flaccid elephant cock or horse vagina or anything so why are the protagonists so uncomfortable with the nudity? What practical difference is there between dress and undress in this sexless world?
I know they are the "Nippon Ham" "Fighters", but I like to think of them as the "Nippon" "Ham Fighters".
February 10, 2024 at 7:13 PM
I know they are the "Nippon Ham" "Fighters", but I like to think of them as the "Nippon" "Ham Fighters".
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I was a teenager in the 90s. I did not realize I am a relic of an ancient, long-forgotten past.
January 2, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I was a teenager in the 90s. I did not realize I am a relic of an ancient, long-forgotten past.
I should promote thatI have been recognized by the American Legion after getting their award when I graduated 6th grade in 1992
This is like how Dinesh D’Souza liked to claim he was a “scholar at Stanford” because the right-wing Hoover Institute there once gave him a fellowship.
A particularly striking example of how divorced the public discourse on “antisemitism at Harvard” is from the actual situation at Harvard: the person who wrote this has never taught a class at Harvard Divinity School. I teach Judaism at Harvard Divinity School, and I teach about all these topics…
December 29, 2023 at 3:29 PM
I should promote thatI have been recognized by the American Legion after getting their award when I graduated 6th grade in 1992
After last winter's constant storms, it's nice to see it rain like this.
December 21, 2023 at 12:13 AM
After last winter's constant storms, it's nice to see it rain like this.
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A modern Christmas Carol remake where Scrooge doesn’t change his ways but instead makes his whole personality about how the woke Christmas ghosts are trying to cancel him
December 1, 2023 at 11:29 AM
A modern Christmas Carol remake where Scrooge doesn’t change his ways but instead makes his whole personality about how the woke Christmas ghosts are trying to cancel him
only thing worse than checking in close to the 30min time limit for appts is when you actually checked in on time but don't ask "why it's taking so long" until after your 30min leeway is up.
December 13, 2023 at 8:13 PM
only thing worse than checking in close to the 30min time limit for appts is when you actually checked in on time but don't ask "why it's taking so long" until after your 30min leeway is up.
Exam Notes
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Patient slightly disoriented.
Gassy ticklish patient with shortness of breath, motion artifact.
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Patient slightly disoriented.
Gassy ticklish patient with shortness of breath, motion artifact.
November 30, 2023 at 6:11 PM
Exam Notes
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Patient slightly disoriented.
Gassy ticklish patient with shortness of breath, motion artifact.
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Patient slightly disoriented.
Gassy ticklish patient with shortness of breath, motion artifact.
Coolest thing I learned today: Human and chimpanzee mean and range values [for blood laboratory exams] often were indistinguishable from one another
November 30, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Coolest thing I learned today: Human and chimpanzee mean and range values [for blood laboratory exams] often were indistinguishable from one another
I've had patients be 26, 28, and 29 minutes late today. fucking ridiculous
November 29, 2023 at 10:45 PM
I've had patients be 26, 28, and 29 minutes late today. fucking ridiculous