Dr B, MD DFASAM
@dremilybrunner.bsky.social
Addiction medicine doctor; fam med doctor; focus on emerging behavioral addictions such as internet gaming disorder
Pinned
At the musee d’Armee yesterday and saw the WW section and it was chilling. Parallels between then and now are eerie. For example, dehumanization, deportation and use of propaganda were main tools used, not violent repression and they are happening in us now; violent repression came after
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A review of Elon Musk's Grokipedia and its responses to queries shows that it has been programmed with malicious lies about the Nov 13 massacre at Bataclan. Its sourcing appears to focus on fringe-right wing and fascist or Pétainist publications. www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
Attentats du 13-Novembre : quand Grok, l’IA d’Elon Musk, propage les fake news de l’extrême droite
Une rumeur faisant état d’actes de torture commis au Bataclan a été exhumée par l’extrême droite et confirmée, à tort, par Grok qui a inventé des témoignages de victimes.
www.lemonde.fr
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 AM
A review of Elon Musk's Grokipedia and its responses to queries shows that it has been programmed with malicious lies about the Nov 13 massacre at Bataclan. Its sourcing appears to focus on fringe-right wing and fascist or Pétainist publications. www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
This needs to be on all the morning shows on Tuesday: When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.' people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Relevant now: "Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion."
The parlance in Econ that implies that gendered “preferences” that contribute to wage/major gaps come fully formed and not shaped by society is one of the things that motivated me to start this project
www.nber.org/papers/w34456
www.nber.org/papers/w34456
The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Relevant now: "Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion."
Jd Vance is about to send an urgent message about how Larry summers is just a boy who deserves a second chance, at age 70
Meanwhile, 15 yr old girls are totally women who can make a decision about having sex with a powerful, scary older man (like Larry summers)
Double standard so cray
Meanwhile, 15 yr old girls are totally women who can make a decision about having sex with a powerful, scary older man (like Larry summers)
Double standard so cray
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Jd Vance is about to send an urgent message about how Larry summers is just a boy who deserves a second chance, at age 70
Meanwhile, 15 yr old girls are totally women who can make a decision about having sex with a powerful, scary older man (like Larry summers)
Double standard so cray
Meanwhile, 15 yr old girls are totally women who can make a decision about having sex with a powerful, scary older man (like Larry summers)
Double standard so cray
TIL that people in Louisiana and Florida pay more for home and car insurance than they spend on food
www.moneygeek.com/insurance/au...
www.moneygeek.com/insurance/au...
Home and Auto Insurance Burden: Up to 18.4% of Pay
Americans pay 2% to 18% of their income for home and auto insurance. See where your state ranks and why geography affects costs more than your driving record.
www.moneygeek.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Minnesota home insurance went up 30% this year and it’s estimated drinks be going up 10-15-% next year
It’s brutal
It’s brutal
Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes.
Why home insurance is unaffordable, even in places without wildfires or hurricanes
Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes.
n.pr
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Minnesota home insurance went up 30% this year and it’s estimated drinks be going up 10-15-% next year
It’s brutal
It’s brutal
Great summary on tech won’t save us podcast; basically just think of crypto as a way the president and others can accumulate money and be bribed billions of dollars without any trace
It’s mind boggling to consider
It’s mind boggling to consider
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Great summary on tech won’t save us podcast; basically just think of crypto as a way the president and others can accumulate money and be bribed billions of dollars without any trace
It’s mind boggling to consider
It’s mind boggling to consider
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🖐️😲 #DC
It is time to concentrate your power/NUMBERS in DC.
It is time to protest where THEY are.
It is time for a concrete demand:
•Impeach •Convict •REMOVE!
If you can't make it all 3 days, be there & take part in the main rally Saturday 22; help make it HUGE.
Info / donate 👉 www.removetheregime.com
It is time to protest where THEY are.
It is time for a concrete demand:
•Impeach •Convict •REMOVE!
If you can't make it all 3 days, be there & take part in the main rally Saturday 22; help make it HUGE.
Info / donate 👉 www.removetheregime.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🖐️😲 #DC
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“Donald Trump is a pig who called CHILD RAPE a HOAX and who dismissed the victims of these horrible crimes. This is the biggest scandal and cover up in the history of the American Presidency.
Please do your part and RETWEET THIS NEW VIDEO TODAY.”
~Don Winslow
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
Please do your part and RETWEET THIS NEW VIDEO TODAY.”
~Don Winslow
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“Donald Trump is a pig who called CHILD RAPE a HOAX and who dismissed the victims of these horrible crimes. This is the biggest scandal and cover up in the history of the American Presidency.
Please do your part and RETWEET THIS NEW VIDEO TODAY.”
~Don Winslow
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
Please do your part and RETWEET THIS NEW VIDEO TODAY.”
~Don Winslow
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
Ai companies:
Fire all your workers and just use LLMs, what could go wrong ?
Also ai companies:
Our ai teddy bear turned chucky and we have to immediately cease operations
TURN OFF THE TEDDY
Nothing to see here
Fire all your workers and just use LLMs, what could go wrong ?
Also ai companies:
Our ai teddy bear turned chucky and we have to immediately cease operations
TURN OFF THE TEDDY
Nothing to see here
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Ai companies:
Fire all your workers and just use LLMs, what could go wrong ?
Also ai companies:
Our ai teddy bear turned chucky and we have to immediately cease operations
TURN OFF THE TEDDY
Nothing to see here
Fire all your workers and just use LLMs, what could go wrong ?
Also ai companies:
Our ai teddy bear turned chucky and we have to immediately cease operations
TURN OFF THE TEDDY
Nothing to see here
This is not going away;
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is not going away;
The health secretary is totally being a weirdo; I don’t know a single doctor who would have put food purity, vaccine composition or need for more saturated fat on the top ten issues list
What is? cancer, heart disease, cirrhosis,chronic kidney disease, Guns, reducing overdose death and mh issues,
What is? cancer, heart disease, cirrhosis,chronic kidney disease, Guns, reducing overdose death and mh issues,
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The health secretary is totally being a weirdo; I don’t know a single doctor who would have put food purity, vaccine composition or need for more saturated fat on the top ten issues list
What is? cancer, heart disease, cirrhosis,chronic kidney disease, Guns, reducing overdose death and mh issues,
What is? cancer, heart disease, cirrhosis,chronic kidney disease, Guns, reducing overdose death and mh issues,
Its not death by a thousand cuts its death by obvious large intentional cuts www.kttc.com/2025/11/17/u...
UCare to shut down in 2026, health plans to migrate to Medica
According to an announcement from the two health care providers, UCare is planning to shut down in 2026, with Medica taking control of its health plans.
www.kttc.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Its not death by a thousand cuts its death by obvious large intentional cuts www.kttc.com/2025/11/17/u...
Does anyone else ship jd and Stephen miller?
To be clear I am disgusted with their politics and policies BUT I think they have earned each other
To be clear I am disgusted with their politics and policies BUT I think they have earned each other
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Does anyone else ship jd and Stephen miller?
To be clear I am disgusted with their politics and policies BUT I think they have earned each other
To be clear I am disgusted with their politics and policies BUT I think they have earned each other
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Let's also not forget that Epstein pen pal Larry Summers is also on OpenAI's board of directors
Elizabeth Warren called on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after he featured prominently in the latest Jeffrey Epstein emails
Elizabeth Warren Calls For Harvard To Cut Ties With Larry Summers
The former Harvard president "cannot be trusted" with students, she warned.
www.huffpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Let's also not forget that Epstein pen pal Larry Summers is also on OpenAI's board of directors
Simultaneously ai into porn and launched an ai linked teddy that use sexualized terminology with children;
This tech needs guard rails
futurism.com/artificial-i...
This tech needs guard rails
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI Blocks Toymaker After Its AI Teddy Bear Is Caught Telling Children Terrible Things
OpenAI confirmed that it had suspended FoloToy's access to its AI models after a damning report about the toymaker's AI teddy bear.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Simultaneously ai into porn and launched an ai linked teddy that use sexualized terminology with children;
This tech needs guard rails
futurism.com/artificial-i...
This tech needs guard rails
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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YPAM is pleased to share its inaugural Year-in-Review Report, reflecting activities during the 2024-25 academic year spanning clinical practice, education, research, & policy. Explore the incredible accomplishments and impact of our faculty, staff, trainees, and partners.
🔗 bit.ly/YPAMYearinRe...
🔗 bit.ly/YPAMYearinRe...
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
YPAM is pleased to share its inaugural Year-in-Review Report, reflecting activities during the 2024-25 academic year spanning clinical practice, education, research, & policy. Explore the incredible accomplishments and impact of our faculty, staff, trainees, and partners.
🔗 bit.ly/YPAMYearinRe...
🔗 bit.ly/YPAMYearinRe...
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..."as many as 115 stations, collectively serving 43 million Americans, are likely to close by mid next year."
John Oliver
youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
John Oliver
youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
..."as many as 115 stations, collectively serving 43 million Americans, are likely to close by mid next year."
John Oliver
youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
John Oliver
youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
@democrats.senate.gov you need to pick a new leader; we cannot have both of our main leaders be men from the New York area, esp Schumer who would be great scheming against Paul ryan but not now
wtf
wtf
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
@democrats.senate.gov you need to pick a new leader; we cannot have both of our main leaders be men from the New York area, esp Schumer who would be great scheming against Paul ryan but not now
wtf
wtf
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NEWS: Ranking Member Raskin is demanding that Ed Martin preserve and produce all Weaponization Working Group records after Judiciary Democrats received credible allegations he concealed and destroyed federal communications to hide politically-motivated investigations.
thehill.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
NEWS: Ranking Member Raskin is demanding that Ed Martin preserve and produce all Weaponization Working Group records after Judiciary Democrats received credible allegations he concealed and destroyed federal communications to hide politically-motivated investigations.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Well well well - what a surprise (not)
The only surprising thing is how people continue to get hooked by nationalist content that's clearly being manufactured by someone who doesn't have English as a first language.
The only surprising thing is how people continue to get hooked by nationalist content that's clearly being manufactured by someone who doesn't have English as a first language.
November 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Well well well - what a surprise (not)
The only surprising thing is how people continue to get hooked by nationalist content that's clearly being manufactured by someone who doesn't have English as a first language.
The only surprising thing is how people continue to get hooked by nationalist content that's clearly being manufactured by someone who doesn't have English as a first language.
Fwiw his bio is still up and very fawning at official harvard website; it lists a phone number www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/lawr...
Lawrence H. Summers
Lawrence H. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University. He directs the Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. During the past four decades he has served in a series of senior policy positions, 71st Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton, Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama and the Chief Economist of the World Bank.
www.hks.harvard.edu
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Fwiw his bio is still up and very fawning at official harvard website; it lists a phone number www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/lawr...
This is how I felt working in large systems
I felt I was propping up a system that ultimately was not acting ethically, not well run and hurting people
It was a heartbreaker because I have witnessed that change through my time in medicine
I felt I was propping up a system that ultimately was not acting ethically, not well run and hurting people
It was a heartbreaker because I have witnessed that change through my time in medicine
“I am not working in those facilities because I find it morally inappropriate.”
A Tyee investigation found that Calgary anesthesiologists are being scheduled by managers, in response to government directives, to work in for-profit chartered surgical facilities, sometimes against their will. #abpoli
A Tyee investigation found that Calgary anesthesiologists are being scheduled by managers, in response to government directives, to work in for-profit chartered surgical facilities, sometimes against their will. #abpoli
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is how I felt working in large systems
I felt I was propping up a system that ultimately was not acting ethically, not well run and hurting people
It was a heartbreaker because I have witnessed that change through my time in medicine
I felt I was propping up a system that ultimately was not acting ethically, not well run and hurting people
It was a heartbreaker because I have witnessed that change through my time in medicine