Joseph Yaroch
@jcyaroch.bsky.social
Hike/run/photo: rocks and plants. Psychiatrist. New Mexico. Armchair philosopher, and founder of the Society of Perpetual Sophomores. Prepare for a general strike.
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Joseph Yaroch
@jcyaroch.bsky.social
· Feb 10
The New Mexico Flag. The official salute to the state flag is: "I salute the flag of the state of New Mexico, the Zia symbol of perfect friendship among united cultures."
NM Stat § 12-3-3 (2021)
NM Stat § 12-3-3 (2021)
Jails and prisons serve as de facto mental health treatment facilities, with Rikers Island, Los Angeles County Jail, and Cook County Jail being the 3 largest mental health facilities in the US.
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Ending the Criminalization of People With Serious Mental Illness
This JAMA Forum discusses what the data show regarding individuals with serious mental illness, current and potential interventions, and ways to end the criminalization of mental illness in the US.
jamanetwork.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Jails and prisons serve as de facto mental health treatment facilities, with Rikers Island, Los Angeles County Jail, and Cook County Jail being the 3 largest mental health facilities in the US.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Moon over the Organ Mountains 11/13/2016. One of my favorites.
Landscape photography, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
Landscape photography, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Moon over the Organ Mountains 11/13/2016. One of my favorites.
Landscape photography, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
Landscape photography, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, Desert Christmas cactus. Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA.
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, Desert Christmas cactus. Doña Ana, New Mexico, USA.
Race science is bunk. Powerful white men like it because it gives them a fig leaf. However, in this case, the emperor has no fig leaf.
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Race science is bunk. Powerful white men like it because it gives them a fig leaf. However, in this case, the emperor has no fig leaf.
The government shutdown may last longer because of a fight over hemp.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he will not support speedy passage of a deal to reopen the government because of a provision that would make some THC products illegal.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he will not support speedy passage of a deal to reopen the government because of a provision that would make some THC products illegal.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The government shutdown may last longer because of a fight over hemp.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he will not support speedy passage of a deal to reopen the government because of a provision that would make some THC products illegal.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he will not support speedy passage of a deal to reopen the government because of a provision that would make some THC products illegal.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA | Renewable energy | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA | Renewable energy | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Aurora photography, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Aurora photography, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
Reposted by Joseph Yaroch
The share of veterans enrolled in Medicaid varies across states, ranging from as low as 6% in North Dakota and New Hampshire to as high as 15% in Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, and New York. https://on.kff.org/4p2i3Vl
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The share of veterans enrolled in Medicaid varies across states, ranging from as low as 6% in North Dakota and New Hampshire to as high as 15% in Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, and New York. https://on.kff.org/4p2i3Vl
Male Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii)
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Male Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii)
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
"The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life." #Medsky www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life." #Medsky www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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"In this uncertain environment, wage equality within hospitals -- measured by the ratio between what employees and executives are paid -- matters more than ever."
Read the #OpEd from Sabrina D Wang, MD, at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118354?trw=no
Read the #OpEd from Sabrina D Wang, MD, at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118354?trw=no
Opinion | Hospital CEO Pay Is Too Damn High
The wage gap at nonprofit facilities is growing at a difficult economic moment
www.medpagetoday.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"In this uncertain environment, wage equality within hospitals -- measured by the ratio between what employees and executives are paid -- matters more than ever."
Read the #OpEd from Sabrina D Wang, MD, at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118354?trw=no
Read the #OpEd from Sabrina D Wang, MD, at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118354?trw=no
"None of the evidence provided by Douthat or the Times editorial board persuasively rebuts the Sanders case that you should relentlessly focus on meeting people’s material needs, and do so without compromising on issues like LGBTQ equality or immigrant justice" www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-cas...
The Case for Centrism Does Not Hold Up
The New York Times editorial board is wrong. Principled progressive politics on the Bernie Sanders model is still the path forward.
www.currentaffairs.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"None of the evidence provided by Douthat or the Times editorial board persuasively rebuts the Sanders case that you should relentlessly focus on meeting people’s material needs, and do so without compromising on issues like LGBTQ equality or immigrant justice" www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-cas...
This will degrade everyone's privacy. www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike.
www.npr.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This will degrade everyone's privacy. www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
New Mexico State University Extension continues to monitor New World Screwworm situation www.organmountainnews.com/nmsu-extensi...
NMSU Extension continues to monitor New World Screwworm situation
NMSU Extension agents continue tracking the parasitic New World screwworm, previously eradicated from the U.S., amid recent detections in Mexico and concerns about livestock health and border trade.
www.organmountainnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
New Mexico State University Extension continues to monitor New World Screwworm situation www.organmountainnews.com/nmsu-extensi...
New Mexico lawyers stop accepting new court-appointed defense work over funding shortfall | Reuters www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
New Mexico lawyers stop accepting new court-appointed defense work over funding shortfall | Reuters www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Steve Pearce used to be my Representative. He is the guy who wrote in his book that the wife should "voluntarily submit" to the husband. He thinks that women and the planet they live on are there for men to use as they please. www.koat.com/article/trum...
Steve Pearce nominated to lead Bureau of Land Management
The White House nominated Pearce, the former U.S. rep and chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico
www.koat.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Steve Pearce used to be my Representative. He is the guy who wrote in his book that the wife should "voluntarily submit" to the husband. He thinks that women and the planet they live on are there for men to use as they please. www.koat.com/article/trum...
Yet another cat photo.
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Yet another cat photo.
Reposted by Joseph Yaroch
#COVID vaccination cuts risk of long-term symptoms in teens by over a third, data suggest
The vaccine is unique in having this effect on progression to a chronic condition, despite infection, the researchers say.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
The vaccine is unique in having this effect on progression to a chronic condition, despite infection, the researchers say.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#COVID vaccination cuts risk of long-term symptoms in teens by over a third, data suggest
The vaccine is unique in having this effect on progression to a chronic condition, despite infection, the researchers say.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
The vaccine is unique in having this effect on progression to a chronic condition, despite infection, the researchers say.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Reposted by Joseph Yaroch
Bernie Sanders: ‘There Ain’t Much of a Democratic Party’
The Vermont senator on how to take the country back from elites — on both sides of the aisle.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
The Vermont senator on how to take the country back from elites — on both sides of the aisle.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | Bernie Sanders: ‘There Ain’t Much of a Democratic Party’
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Bernie Sanders: ‘There Ain’t Much of a Democratic Party’
The Vermont senator on how to take the country back from elites — on both sides of the aisle.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
The Vermont senator on how to take the country back from elites — on both sides of the aisle.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
The entire purpose of this is to generate headlines and fodder for the right-wing media bubble. There is no legal basis for this and no pragmatic purpose. It is all about the spectacle of unchecked power.
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The entire purpose of this is to generate headlines and fodder for the right-wing media bubble. There is no legal basis for this and no pragmatic purpose. It is all about the spectacle of unchecked power.
Rio Grande Levee Road fall color walk.
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
November 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Rio Grande Levee Road fall color walk.
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
Organ Mountains, New Mexico. Hiking photography.
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Organ Mountains, New Mexico. Hiking photography.
Reposted by Joseph Yaroch
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/c...
He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/c...
Group hike in the Organ Mountains. This was in Bar Canyon, which, confusingly, is in the Soledad Canyon Day Use Area near Las Cruces, NM, USA.
November 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Group hike in the Organ Mountains. This was in Bar Canyon, which, confusingly, is in the Soledad Canyon Day Use Area near Las Cruces, NM, USA.
The direct sun is too warm, but the box in the sun is just right.
November 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The direct sun is too warm, but the box in the sun is just right.