Dr. N
@craigon.bsky.social
Scientist, engineer, doctor, grandfather (in reverse order)
Head of a surgical specialty department. Former editor of a medical journal. Maker of medical devices. Come to young Bluesky to let my hair down. Opinions are all my own.
Head of a surgical specialty department. Former editor of a medical journal. Maker of medical devices. Come to young Bluesky to let my hair down. Opinions are all my own.
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Dr. N
@craigon.bsky.social
· Dec 8
Now that I'm going to be hanging out on Bluesky, I thought I'd explain my avatar. During the pandemic, we were sequestered with our daughter who loves Pokémon. So I designed and 3D printed a Jigglypuff ravioli mold. The one made of playdough is a heat map prototype to test pasta dough thickness.
I feel so badly for the babies born without the protection of the hepatitis vaccine. They have no choice.
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I feel so badly for the babies born without the protection of the hepatitis vaccine. They have no choice.
MTG finally figured out "do unto others". I wish Trump and the rest of the GOP would too. "I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics; it’s very bad for our country” www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/p...
‘Humbly, I’m sorry’: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s turning a new leaf after years of divisive comments | CNN Politics
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sunday she will stop using “toxic” rhetoric, marking what would be a dramatic shift in a political brand hallmarked by derogatory comments.
www.cnn.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
MTG finally figured out "do unto others". I wish Trump and the rest of the GOP would too. "I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics; it’s very bad for our country” www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/p...
Claude 4.5 is good, like really, insanely good. But it still definitely needs a human overlord. I spent a couple hours debugging something that just needed a human AHA moment. I'm cool with a coding partner that takes care of the painful details and leaves the AHA moments to me 😂
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Claude 4.5 is good, like really, insanely good. But it still definitely needs a human overlord. I spent a couple hours debugging something that just needed a human AHA moment. I'm cool with a coding partner that takes care of the painful details and leaves the AHA moments to me 😂
I needed last night's repudiation of what under Trump has become the party of cruelty, malfeasance, and incompetence
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I needed last night's repudiation of what under Trump has become the party of cruelty, malfeasance, and incompetence
Want to talk about a man-made plague? That's ICE ravaging our peaceful cities.
October 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Want to talk about a man-made plague? That's ICE ravaging our peaceful cities.
ICE is beating U.S. citizens and using tear gas in my otherwise quiet Chicago neighborhood without cause
October 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
ICE is beating U.S. citizens and using tear gas in my otherwise quiet Chicago neighborhood without cause
If you or your patients have an Apple Watch, check out my simple Kegel timer! It's designed to be the easiest, simplest Kegel timer, and it works! apps.apple.com/us/app/just-...
Just Kegel Timer
Just Kegel Timer is a simple, distraction-free Apple Watch app designed to help you perform Kegel exercises with proper timing and guidance.
COMPLETE WORKOUT PROGRAM
Follow a scientifically-design...
apps.apple.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If you or your patients have an Apple Watch, check out my simple Kegel timer! It's designed to be the easiest, simplest Kegel timer, and it works! apps.apple.com/us/app/just-...
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Exactly!
August 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Exactly!
Oh my goodness, Mr Robot season 3 episode 3 introduces Trump as a tool of Chinese intelligence. Brilliant. Art and reality and mirrors an all that.
August 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Oh my goodness, Mr Robot season 3 episode 3 introduces Trump as a tool of Chinese intelligence. Brilliant. Art and reality and mirrors an all that.
Watching Mr Robot Season 2 Episode 4, and there’s this fabulous Chromatics cover of Neil Young’s Hey Hey My My www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSyc... you’re welcome
CHROMATICS "INTO THE BLACK" (Official Video)
YouTube video by AlbertoRossini
www.youtube.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Watching Mr Robot Season 2 Episode 4, and there’s this fabulous Chromatics cover of Neil Young’s Hey Hey My My www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSyc... you’re welcome
UIC rocks the Disability Pride Parade!
July 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UIC rocks the Disability Pride Parade!
The editors of NEJM and JAMA explain why the head of Trump's HHS RFK Jr is deadly dangerous wapo.st/4kUqfV9
Opinion | This system is critical to Americans’ health. We must defend it.
Medical progress depends on independent journals to advance science without political interference.
wapo.st
July 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The editors of NEJM and JAMA explain why the head of Trump's HHS RFK Jr is deadly dangerous wapo.st/4kUqfV9
A morning gift to help you titrate your day 😊
July 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A morning gift to help you titrate your day 😊
Seems like the way xAI's Grok is coded is with late night ketamine sessions with its owner
July 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Seems like the way xAI's Grok is coded is with late night ketamine sessions with its owner
It's like MAGA is making America both the Third Reich *and* the Cultural Revolution. This is an absolute nightmare.
July 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It's like MAGA is making America both the Third Reich *and* the Cultural Revolution. This is an absolute nightmare.
Experimenting with AI as a photo filter. Strange to use words with images, like a left brain right brain exercise, but fun
June 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Experimenting with AI as a photo filter. Strange to use words with images, like a left brain right brain exercise, but fun
“(Wraps are) like a salad, but less refreshing, or like a sandwich, but less filling—a worst-of-all-worlds Frankenstein’s monster, an indistinguishable food slurry wrapped in edible cardboard, like the world’s rudest present.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
The Worst Sandwich Is Back
Wraps are popular again. So is a certain kind of physique.
www.theatlantic.com
June 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“(Wraps are) like a salad, but less refreshing, or like a sandwich, but less filling—a worst-of-all-worlds Frankenstein’s monster, an indistinguishable food slurry wrapped in edible cardboard, like the world’s rudest present.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
You can’t stop art wapo.st/4nlXtiD
Another mysterious anti-Trump sculpture appears on the National Mall
This time, featuring clips of President Trump dancing. The White House was not amused.
wapo.st
June 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
You can’t stop art wapo.st/4nlXtiD
RFK Jr is far more dangerous to U.S. lives than Iran wapo.st/3Ge3r4k
RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel to review childhood immunization schedule
The move could shift long-standing practices of how and when children are immunized in the United States.
wapo.st
June 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
RFK Jr is far more dangerous to U.S. lives than Iran wapo.st/3Ge3r4k
This is a great article on the increase in autism diagnoses. I’ve opened it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...
Opinion | Autism Rates Have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That.
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is a great article on the increase in autism diagnoses. I’ve opened it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...
Public Service Announcement: the health food version of Metamucil is insanely gross
June 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Public Service Announcement: the health food version of Metamucil is insanely gross
A quad espresso sounded good at the time 🤪
May 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A quad espresso sounded good at the time 🤪
I finally found a KVM which works plug and play off the shelf, the Cytrence Kiwi (I have no financial interest)
April 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I finally found a KVM which works plug and play off the shelf, the Cytrence Kiwi (I have no financial interest)