Brandon Hicks
@brandon-hicks.bsky.social
Radiologist
Husband & Dad
Liverpool FC fan
Husband & Dad
Liverpool FC fan
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As with everything he says, this is wildly uninformed. Formula keeps getting better and saves lives. And modern research indicates that outcomes are roughly the same. There are reasons to breastfeed but your child isn’t suffering if you don’t
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
As with everything he says, this is wildly uninformed. Formula keeps getting better and saves lives. And modern research indicates that outcomes are roughly the same. There are reasons to breastfeed but your child isn’t suffering if you don’t
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DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one
June 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one
Poe’s law
On X, most of my replies are blue check neo-Nazi repeating insane right wing conspiracy theories. But it’s still better than Bluesky where people sometimes give me a hard time about not using alt text.
May 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Poe’s law
Trying to watch KC Current play. But I was denied.
April 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trying to watch KC Current play. But I was denied.
At least people outside of the US can keep doing great research
A large study in Sweden found levels of autism *symptoms* were constant over time, even as autism *diagnoses* increased (implying broadening diagnostic criteria rather than real underlying increase) www.bmj.com/content/350/...
Autism phenotype versus registered diagnosis in Swedish children: prevalence trends over 10 years in general population samples
Objective To compare the annual prevalence of the autism symptom phenotype and of registered diagnoses for autism spectrum disorder during a 10 year period in children.
Design Population based study....
www.bmj.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
At least people outside of the US can keep doing great research
Just learned there was a joy division zune…I don’t know what to do with this information. But thanks for that @reckless.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Just learned there was a joy division zune…I don’t know what to do with this information. But thanks for that @reckless.bsky.social
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$5.5 trillion has been erased from the stock market in the last 30 days:
March 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
$5.5 trillion has been erased from the stock market in the last 30 days:
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Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
ALT: a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
media.tenor.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
@benstiller.redhour.com
Jessica directed this most amazing thing I have ever seen
Jessica directed this most amazing thing I have ever seen
February 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
@benstiller.redhour.com
Jessica directed this most amazing thing I have ever seen
Jessica directed this most amazing thing I have ever seen
@benstiller.redhour.com
David Fincher will wish he made this episode of Severance.
David Fincher will wish he made this episode of Severance.
February 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
@benstiller.redhour.com
David Fincher will wish he made this episode of Severance.
David Fincher will wish he made this episode of Severance.
What percentage of fraud will they accept.m? 50 billion spent of fraud is 5% of the budget. 5% seems like a great number.
REPORTER: Can you say unequivocally that down the line, there won't be cuts to Medicaid programs?
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
February 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
What percentage of fraud will they accept.m? 50 billion spent of fraud is 5% of the budget. 5% seems like a great number.
AI is actually going to kill us.
Johnson: "Elon's cracked the code. He's now inside these agencies. He's created these algorithms that are constantly crawling through the data & as he told me in his office, data doesn't lie. We're gonna be able to get the information. We're gonna be able to transform the way federal govt works."
February 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
AI is actually going to kill us.
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This has been the lie from day 1 of the pandemic. The myth is:
1. Chronic disease is 100% under individual control
2. Infectious disease is only dangerous if you've got a chronic disease
3. Therefore all disease can be cured if you try, no need for govt
1. Chronic disease is 100% under individual control
2. Infectious disease is only dangerous if you've got a chronic disease
3. Therefore all disease can be cured if you try, no need for govt
It's week one for RFK Jr. as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and he's wondering if those COVID deaths were actually deaths from chronic diseases. 🤦♂️
February 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This has been the lie from day 1 of the pandemic. The myth is:
1. Chronic disease is 100% under individual control
2. Infectious disease is only dangerous if you've got a chronic disease
3. Therefore all disease can be cured if you try, no need for govt
1. Chronic disease is 100% under individual control
2. Infectious disease is only dangerous if you've got a chronic disease
3. Therefore all disease can be cured if you try, no need for govt
Well @reckless.bsky.social continues to be right
As Dark Age 2.0 takes hold, more of this... 👇
Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate: www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/h...
"All the cases are believed to be among people who are not vaccinated against measles..."
#VaccinesWork
Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate: www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/h...
"All the cases are believed to be among people who are not vaccinated against measles..."
#VaccinesWork
Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate | CNN
A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.
www.cnn.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Well @reckless.bsky.social continues to be right
I will sponsor the lightning round just so you can harass the powers that be to make the 4k stream of the Super Bowl an actual 4k stream @reckless.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I will sponsor the lightning round just so you can harass the powers that be to make the 4k stream of the Super Bowl an actual 4k stream @reckless.bsky.social
I’m ready for the Community movie. #sixseasonsandamovie
January 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I’m ready for the Community movie. #sixseasonsandamovie
The price of Colombian coffee going up provides protection for other sources of coffee to raise their prices. Also petroleum going back and forth between US and Colombia will increase the price of gasoline
January 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The price of Colombian coffee going up provides protection for other sources of coffee to raise their prices. Also petroleum going back and forth between US and Colombia will increase the price of gasoline
God I hope we get a new F-Zero with the Switch 2
January 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
God I hope we get a new F-Zero with the Switch 2
I feel like @reckless.bsky.social will have some work to do now
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January 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I feel like @reckless.bsky.social will have some work to do now