@buddshenkin.bsky.social
Retired pediatrician, health policy analyst, reader, wide interests, athlete.
Brutally Frank
An essay on language and habits
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December 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Bari Weiss claims to be trying to "upgrade" news at CBS. So she attacks the one show that still thrives, albeit with older viewers. It's like coming into a failing baseball team and trying to change the delivery of the one pitcher with 15 wins.
I think it reveals her true aim -emasculation.
I think it reveals her true aim -emasculation.
December 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Bari Weiss claims to be trying to "upgrade" news at CBS. So she attacks the one show that still thrives, albeit with older viewers. It's like coming into a failing baseball team and trying to change the delivery of the one pitcher with 15 wins.
I think it reveals her true aim -emasculation.
I think it reveals her true aim -emasculation.
What is heaven? Two choices - up to you.
December 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
What is heaven? Two choices - up to you.
It's OK, Ma. I'm doing my homework.
December 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
It's OK, Ma. I'm doing my homework.
Giving Bari Weiss the benefit of the doubt is a rash expenditure of patience and magnanimity.
December 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Giving Bari Weiss the benefit of the doubt is a rash expenditure of patience and magnanimity.
How much more evidence do we need that Bari Weiss is a complete POS, and her shit is all over CBS. David Ellison - who elected that POS to filter news to the country?
These are the worst people.
This is a broken country.
These are the worst people.
This is a broken country.
December 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
How much more evidence do we need that Bari Weiss is a complete POS, and her shit is all over CBS. David Ellison - who elected that POS to filter news to the country?
These are the worst people.
This is a broken country.
These are the worst people.
This is a broken country.
Watching the Thin Man for the umpteenth time. Myrna Loy is really something. I like a lot of the double entendres, and the general joie de vivre. The kind of thing you see later on in movies like Butch Cassidy.
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Watching the Thin Man for the umpteenth time. Myrna Loy is really something. I like a lot of the double entendres, and the general joie de vivre. The kind of thing you see later on in movies like Butch Cassidy.
Sure is great to have easy access to guns - how can anyone be against it?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
Slain M.I.T. Professor Was a ‘Brilliant Scientist’ and a Beloved Colleague
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sure is great to have easy access to guns - how can anyone be against it?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
NATO has so much to gain from Ukrainian membership
Ukraine keeps defying the possible through tactics we have never seen before. We must keep putting pressure on Russia.
Speaking with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
Speaking with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
NATO has so much to gain from Ukrainian membership
December 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Reposted
I don’t know who made this, but it’s spot on!!
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I don’t know who made this, but it’s spot on!!
Boycott! Until renaming is reversed. Total Boycott. Nobody go there ever, ever, ever.
Respond to outrage just the way they expect. Fuck'em.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Respond to outrage just the way they expect. Fuck'em.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Trump and His Loyalists Move to Name the Kennedy Center for Him
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Boycott! Until renaming is reversed. Total Boycott. Nobody go there ever, ever, ever.
Respond to outrage just the way they expect. Fuck'em.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Respond to outrage just the way they expect. Fuck'em.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Total outrage.
In line with Trump's way to stop Covid increases - stop testing.
Willful ignorance is the brand of this administration.
Vile destructiveness is Vought's brand.
Only thing off brand here is, how can Trump profit from it?
Vile!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
In line with Trump's way to stop Covid increases - stop testing.
Willful ignorance is the brand of this administration.
Vile destructiveness is Vought's brand.
Only thing off brand here is, how can Trump profit from it?
Vile!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Total outrage.
In line with Trump's way to stop Covid increases - stop testing.
Willful ignorance is the brand of this administration.
Vile destructiveness is Vought's brand.
Only thing off brand here is, how can Trump profit from it?
Vile!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
In line with Trump's way to stop Covid increases - stop testing.
Willful ignorance is the brand of this administration.
Vile destructiveness is Vought's brand.
Only thing off brand here is, how can Trump profit from it?
Vile!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
If someone's looking for a title of a book about Trump, suggestion: An Indecent Man.
December 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If someone's looking for a title of a book about Trump, suggestion: An Indecent Man.
As if we needed more evidence, Trump is such a miserable human being. Can you imagine being him? So awful inside. God.
December 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
As if we needed more evidence, Trump is such a miserable human being. Can you imagine being him? So awful inside. God.
Jeffries fails a crucial test - let's talk both-sidesism. Everyone knows Cuellar is a scum, should have lost his primary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/o...
Opinion | The Pardon That Represents the New Era of Corruption
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Jeffries fails a crucial test - let's talk both-sidesism. Everyone knows Cuellar is a scum, should have lost his primary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/o...
Absofuckinglutely!
Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Absofuckinglutely!
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“No, WE didn’t forget the mother in this situation. YOU did. You voted for this… it was ok until it happened to YOU.” #ForcedBirthNation
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“No, WE didn’t forget the mother in this situation. YOU did. You voted for this… it was ok until it happened to YOU.” #ForcedBirthNation
Berkeley in December
December 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Berkeley in December
Fantastic Benny!
Love him.
Love him.
December 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Fantastic Benny!
Love him.
Love him.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Holds Test Votes on Dueling Health Insurance Proposals
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
yes!
Religious freedom amirite
Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 AM
yes!
Everyone grieves in their own way.
A comedian does it his way, which is hilarious.
A comedian does it his way, which is hilarious.
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Everyone grieves in their own way.
A comedian does it his way, which is hilarious.
A comedian does it his way, which is hilarious.
Understanding Trump pardons:
He pardons fraudsters and nincompoops like him, insurrectionists, those with ill-gotten gains. Transactionally, of course.
Let's call it Professional Courtesy.
He pardons fraudsters and nincompoops like him, insurrectionists, those with ill-gotten gains. Transactionally, of course.
Let's call it Professional Courtesy.
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Understanding Trump pardons:
He pardons fraudsters and nincompoops like him, insurrectionists, those with ill-gotten gains. Transactionally, of course.
Let's call it Professional Courtesy.
He pardons fraudsters and nincompoops like him, insurrectionists, those with ill-gotten gains. Transactionally, of course.
Let's call it Professional Courtesy.