Bradley C. Phillips, MD
@bradleycphillips.bsky.social
PGY-1 eventually headed to diagnostic radiology residency. Interests include LGBTQ+ health, preventative health, patient-centered imaging. Trans rights are human rights.
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they are vaccine deniers tbh
CDC committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of hepatitis B shots at birth or delaying them. The vaccine is credited by public health experts with nearly eliminating maternal transmission of the disease in the U.S.
RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee Likely to Target Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns
Committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of the shots at birth or delaying them until later in childhood.
nyti.ms
September 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
they are vaccine deniers tbh
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I want our young people to know that there is a path forward, that a better world is possible. I don't want them to give up, to become cynical. They deserve to be young and full of optimism. They are owed a world that supports and sustains optimism.
September 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I want our young people to know that there is a path forward, that a better world is possible. I don't want them to give up, to become cynical. They deserve to be young and full of optimism. They are owed a world that supports and sustains optimism.
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Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him
September 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him
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Though it’s traumatic for me to bring this up, I was targeted by a group allied with Turning Point USA in 2018, with the help of Tucker Carlson on Fox. My home address circulated online and I got death threats. 1/
September 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Though it’s traumatic for me to bring this up, I was targeted by a group allied with Turning Point USA in 2018, with the help of Tucker Carlson on Fox. My home address circulated online and I got death threats. 1/
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"Most Americans still don’t know that alcohol can cause cancer — and the alcohol industry is working hard to make sure it stays that way."
www.vox.com/health/46008...
www.vox.com/health/46008...
Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
Kennedy wants to “Make America Healthy Again” — but doesn’t want you to see a report that could do just that.
www.vox.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"Most Americans still don’t know that alcohol can cause cancer — and the alcohol industry is working hard to make sure it stays that way."
www.vox.com/health/46008...
www.vox.com/health/46008...
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Vaccines are battle training for your immune system. If you could give it intel on the enemy, why would you withhold that? Give me ALL the vaccines! I want to be prepared for everything!
As a guy who got a cancer that was probably caused by a virus, I think we should have /more/ vaccines.
September 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Vaccines are battle training for your immune system. If you could give it intel on the enemy, why would you withhold that? Give me ALL the vaccines! I want to be prepared for everything!
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The serum creatinine level is a concentration, amount per volume.
If you quickly expand plasma volume by 20%, the Cr will decrease by ~20%, saying nothing of GFR.
Same goes for ALT, WBC, CRP, and other values that we trend and sometimes overinterpret small fluctuations of.
If you quickly expand plasma volume by 20%, the Cr will decrease by ~20%, saying nothing of GFR.
Same goes for ALT, WBC, CRP, and other values that we trend and sometimes overinterpret small fluctuations of.
September 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The serum creatinine level is a concentration, amount per volume.
If you quickly expand plasma volume by 20%, the Cr will decrease by ~20%, saying nothing of GFR.
Same goes for ALT, WBC, CRP, and other values that we trend and sometimes overinterpret small fluctuations of.
If you quickly expand plasma volume by 20%, the Cr will decrease by ~20%, saying nothing of GFR.
Same goes for ALT, WBC, CRP, and other values that we trend and sometimes overinterpret small fluctuations of.
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This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
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Twitter and now Bluesky have given prominence to academics and others with credentials and expertise whose views are more power-challenging/power-balancing/left than the Times editorial/Democratic leadership/other center-left power centers. That's the tension here.
A platform where Jamelle Bouie is one of the most influential and respected people is one that is going to cause discomfort for a certain kind of liberal (or person who thinks they are liberal). Yes, Bouie is black, but what these people really reject is strong criticism of America's status quo.
September 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Twitter and now Bluesky have given prominence to academics and others with credentials and expertise whose views are more power-challenging/power-balancing/left than the Times editorial/Democratic leadership/other center-left power centers. That's the tension here.
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EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS infuriating, deplorable account of what one trans woman in the U.K. has gone through as a result of the country's shifting laws (particularly as they have moved toward explicit hatred this year).
Just read it. My God.
Just read it. My God.
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS infuriating, deplorable account of what one trans woman in the U.K. has gone through as a result of the country's shifting laws (particularly as they have moved toward explicit hatred this year).
Just read it. My God.
Just read it. My God.
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Israel's massacre of Palestinian journalists has been unconscionable.
And the silence of western journalists has been an utter abomination to our profession. And to humanity.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
And the silence of western journalists has been an utter abomination to our profession. And to humanity.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
www.aljazeera.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Israel's massacre of Palestinian journalists has been unconscionable.
And the silence of western journalists has been an utter abomination to our profession. And to humanity.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
And the silence of western journalists has been an utter abomination to our profession. And to humanity.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
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This is the way. Stop trying to go back to "normal." Normal sucked and it led to now.
This is an opportunity to rethink our society and structure our world around humans and nature instead of money.
This is an opportunity to rethink our society and structure our world around humans and nature instead of money.
I say this a lot, but it bears repeating: when Trump tears down mediocre institutions, we will replace them with radical institutions. Our vision of government was constrained by norms. If those norms are gone? Fine, those norms are gone, and with them the constraints are gone. LFG.
August 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This is the way. Stop trying to go back to "normal." Normal sucked and it led to now.
This is an opportunity to rethink our society and structure our world around humans and nature instead of money.
This is an opportunity to rethink our society and structure our world around humans and nature instead of money.
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From the LinkedIn of the woman—a white lawyer from Carlsbad, CA—who filmed this encounter and shared the video:
July 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
From the LinkedIn of the woman—a white lawyer from Carlsbad, CA—who filmed this encounter and shared the video:
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From a time when childhood vaccines were just a figment of imagination.
Row after row of baby headstones.
Row after row of baby headstones.
July 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
From a time when childhood vaccines were just a figment of imagination.
Row after row of baby headstones.
Row after row of baby headstones.
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Ursula Whitcher introduces and reads from North Continent Ribbon, her collection of linked stories, which is shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.
Ursula Whitcher reading
YouTube video by Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation
www.youtube.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Ursula Whitcher introduces and reads from North Continent Ribbon, her collection of linked stories, which is shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.
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Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
July 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
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i think that in practice the biden hope was that, by "going back" to the "status quo," that the "fever would break" of its own accord--without the liberals really having to take active, decisive measures to make it happen
the parallels with ukraine policy and maga prosecutions are *deep*
the parallels with ukraine policy and maga prosecutions are *deep*
Also on reflection Biden talked a lot about it, how the new global ideological conflict is authoritarianism vs democracy, but he didn't really follow through on it because he was fundamentally not really an internationalist
July 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
i think that in practice the biden hope was that, by "going back" to the "status quo," that the "fever would break" of its own accord--without the liberals really having to take active, decisive measures to make it happen
the parallels with ukraine policy and maga prosecutions are *deep*
the parallels with ukraine policy and maga prosecutions are *deep*
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My FYP is video after video of pre-med students explaining how the big bill’s student loan cap will make it impossible for them to afford med school. Experts were already predicting a doctor shortage to the tune of 86k by 2036. This will make it exponentially worst. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8hFxfBL/
The government just ended my ability to even apply to medical school, it’s no longer an option because private student loans would lead to absolute financial ruin. All of my work for the past 5-8 year...
TikTok video by Lauren Steiner, MS
www.tiktok.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My FYP is video after video of pre-med students explaining how the big bill’s student loan cap will make it impossible for them to afford med school. Experts were already predicting a doctor shortage to the tune of 86k by 2036. This will make it exponentially worst. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8hFxfBL/
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Its what they did with trans medicine. How many words did they write and they found no notable harm, no fraud, no lying or conspiracy. Just "doubts" and "concerns" from cherry-picked voices. The aesthetics of scandal but no scandal.
July 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Its what they did with trans medicine. How many words did they write and they found no notable harm, no fraud, no lying or conspiracy. Just "doubts" and "concerns" from cherry-picked voices. The aesthetics of scandal but no scandal.
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Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
July 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
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This may be transgender people’s only route to update their passports for potentially up to 10 years with a correct gender marker. There is no telling how long the window will be open.
IMO the best way will be to have an upcoming trip to Canada or Mexico and apply in person at an office.
IMO the best way will be to have an upcoming trip to Canada or Mexico and apply in person at an office.
1. Good news for trans people: I have independently confirmed that the Trump admin is now processing passport updates in compliance with a court order.
Multiple trans people have gotten their gender markers updated.
There are important caveats though, read on.
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Multiple trans people have gotten their gender markers updated.
There are important caveats though, read on.
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Trump Admin Begins Processing Some Trans Passport Updates, Though It Will Maintain Data On Requests
On Wednesday, at least some transgender people applying for passports in person at passport offices for urgent travel have received updated passports with correct gender markers.
www.erininthemorning.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This may be transgender people’s only route to update their passports for potentially up to 10 years with a correct gender marker. There is no telling how long the window will be open.
IMO the best way will be to have an upcoming trip to Canada or Mexico and apply in person at an office.
IMO the best way will be to have an upcoming trip to Canada or Mexico and apply in person at an office.
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson.
Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.
Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.
Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.
Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.
June 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson.
Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.
Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.
Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.
Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.