Kat Moriendi, MD
@katlau.bsky.social
Hospice/Palliative care MD. Degrees in poultry science and epidemiology, for some reason. Creator of Things. Feeder of animals that show up at my house. PGY20
Yes. And also, let's not forget that there is no shortage of pigeons in this world, so the strategy of incompetence is working out just fine
if you’re feeling incompetent or useless today, just a reminder a bird thought this was a perfectly acceptable place to lay eggs
you’re doing fine
you’re doing fine
April 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Yes. And also, let's not forget that there is no shortage of pigeons in this world, so the strategy of incompetence is working out just fine
Granted, I'm not one of Cory Booker's constituents, but I did write him a scathing note as I unsubscribed from his email newsletter last week, telling him to get off his dead ass and do something. So I like to think I'm partially responsible for today.
April 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Granted, I'm not one of Cory Booker's constituents, but I did write him a scathing note as I unsubscribed from his email newsletter last week, telling him to get off his dead ass and do something. So I like to think I'm partially responsible for today.
Post a fictional character who you think would be an antivaxxer.
Hard mode: No villains
Hard mode: No villains
March 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Post a fictional character who you think would be an antivaxxer.
Hard mode: No villains
Hard mode: No villains
Genuinely asking for a box on prior authorizations that says "This patient is dying. Don't be a total ghoul and send them their meds "
March 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Genuinely asking for a box on prior authorizations that says "This patient is dying. Don't be a total ghoul and send them their meds "
Reposted by Kat Moriendi, MD
What if we ate healthy foods to prevent contagious and deadly diseases, but instead of food it was like a liquid produced in a lab by a scientist, and instead of eating it we put it into our muscle?
March 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
What if we ate healthy foods to prevent contagious and deadly diseases, but instead of food it was like a liquid produced in a lab by a scientist, and instead of eating it we put it into our muscle?
Awfully convenient that the corollary to this is that when a kid gets really sick or dies, it must be the parents' fault for not feeding them well enough.
This kind of antivax nonsense is expected but so disheartening to read. How many parents are going to believe that if their kid is healthy, they won't suffer any of the terrible consequences a measles infection can bring-- blindness, deafness, and oh yeah, death.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Awfully convenient that the corollary to this is that when a kid gets really sick or dies, it must be the parents' fault for not feeding them well enough.
Why does the NYT still think a Weekly News Quiz is a thing anyone wants?
March 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Why does the NYT still think a Weekly News Quiz is a thing anyone wants?
Look. I have a flock and a degree in poultry science. I love to get people excited about keeping chickens.
I also have seen the average person's grasp of farm biosecurity and can say withiut a doubt that everyone in the US getting chickens is going to make the avian flu epidemic much, much worse.
I also have seen the average person's grasp of farm biosecurity and can say withiut a doubt that everyone in the US getting chickens is going to make the avian flu epidemic much, much worse.
Trump’s Sec of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the solution to high egg prices for Americans is to get some chickens and raise them in your backyard.
March 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Look. I have a flock and a degree in poultry science. I love to get people excited about keeping chickens.
I also have seen the average person's grasp of farm biosecurity and can say withiut a doubt that everyone in the US getting chickens is going to make the avian flu epidemic much, much worse.
I also have seen the average person's grasp of farm biosecurity and can say withiut a doubt that everyone in the US getting chickens is going to make the avian flu epidemic much, much worse.
Look, Chief. I'm too old for this shit. I know what happens to the old guy who takes one last case before retirement.
March 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Look, Chief. I'm too old for this shit. I know what happens to the old guy who takes one last case before retirement.
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From United Humanists on FB
February 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
From United Humanists on FB
Quietly cutting the oversight and prevention of fraud. Next up, they'll say there is too little oversight and too much fraud and destroy the institution.
hospicenews.com/2025/02/14/t...
hospicenews.com/2025/02/14/t...
[UPDATED] Trump Administration Suspends Hospice Special Focus Program
The Trump Administration has suspended implementation of the hospice Special Focus Program. Finalized in the 2024 home health payment rule, the program is
hospicenews.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Quietly cutting the oversight and prevention of fraud. Next up, they'll say there is too little oversight and too much fraud and destroy the institution.
hospicenews.com/2025/02/14/t...
hospicenews.com/2025/02/14/t...
The cruelty is the point
North Dakota Republicans are trying to ban Plan B.
I relied on Plan B not just when I missed a pill, but also when I was raped. In fact, 1 in 3 women ages 15-49 used plan B in 2022-23. Taking away this form of contraception is senseless and cruel.
I relied on Plan B not just when I missed a pill, but also when I was raped. In fact, 1 in 3 women ages 15-49 used plan B in 2022-23. Taking away this form of contraception is senseless and cruel.
February 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The cruelty is the point
No one around me (working in hospice) seems concerned about the future of hospices in the US and I can't stop worrying about it
February 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
No one around me (working in hospice) seems concerned about the future of hospices in the US and I can't stop worrying about it
The cruelty is the point
Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania has indirect rate of 70%, but they probably didn’t want to list that atop Harvard because defunding a children’s hospital might be perceived as problematic.
This is devastating
This is devastating
These overhead rates are negotiated. Lowering it unilaterally to 15% is another way to destroy science in the US. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
February 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The cruelty is the point
Louder for the people in the back
Antivaxx parents are child abusers
Are we healthy again?
February 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Louder for the people in the back
Reposted by Kat Moriendi, MD
Just when I needed it, this hero wrote the greatest news article ever written
www.fox9.com/news/mn-sena...
www.fox9.com/news/mn-sena...
MN senator wants to make it legal to eat beavers again
A Minnesota senator is proposing reversing a law put in effect last year that banned the consumption of nuisance beavers in Minnesota.
www.fox9.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just when I needed it, this hero wrote the greatest news article ever written
www.fox9.com/news/mn-sena...
www.fox9.com/news/mn-sena...
Reposted by Kat Moriendi, MD
Have you seen this dismissive statement from the American Medical Association in response to their own members very real concerns?
The dictum was delivered via email to members last week.
The dictum was delivered via email to members last week.
February 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Have you seen this dismissive statement from the American Medical Association in response to their own members very real concerns?
The dictum was delivered via email to members last week.
The dictum was delivered via email to members last week.
MAGA: Where did all these gay and trans kids come from all of a sudden?
Anyone who works with the elderly: This 96 year old AFAB patient goes by Brian, never married and had a female roommate for 75 years
Anyone who works with the elderly: This 96 year old AFAB patient goes by Brian, never married and had a female roommate for 75 years
February 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
MAGA: Where did all these gay and trans kids come from all of a sudden?
Anyone who works with the elderly: This 96 year old AFAB patient goes by Brian, never married and had a female roommate for 75 years
Anyone who works with the elderly: This 96 year old AFAB patient goes by Brian, never married and had a female roommate for 75 years
Nothing says "you're not cool any more" like hearing Modest Mouse in the grocery store while you're picking up Imodium for your kid.
a bald man in a suit is standing in front of a man in an orange jacket .
ALT: a bald man in a suit is standing in front of a man in an orange jacket .
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nothing says "you're not cool any more" like hearing Modest Mouse in the grocery store while you're picking up Imodium for your kid.
Hey, you know if you slide into my DMs with a "Hey pretty lady" and my profile picture is a literal fourth grader uhhhhhhhhhhh
January 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Hey, you know if you slide into my DMs with a "Hey pretty lady" and my profile picture is a literal fourth grader uhhhhhhhhhhh
My #1 travel tip: find the public library. There is one in every city, town and suburb. They always have a clean public bathroom, a drinking fountain, wi-fi, computers and printers. You can hang out when you have awkward amounts of time and often they will give great restaurant recomendations.
December 7, 2024 at 8:45 PM
My #1 travel tip: find the public library. There is one in every city, town and suburb. They always have a clean public bathroom, a drinking fountain, wi-fi, computers and printers. You can hang out when you have awkward amounts of time and often they will give great restaurant recomendations.
Reposted by Kat Moriendi, MD
The reason cults often restrict calories is because being hungry makes you compliant. Think about that as super thin bodies are being normalized again.
November 30, 2024 at 3:48 AM
The reason cults often restrict calories is because being hungry makes you compliant. Think about that as super thin bodies are being normalized again.
Truly, there is no greater joy than deciding the outside world contains too much and staying home on a holiday. Adding in the decision to not do the giant meal and to play rummy with my kids instead really took it over the top.
November 29, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Truly, there is no greater joy than deciding the outside world contains too much and staying home on a holiday. Adding in the decision to not do the giant meal and to play rummy with my kids instead really took it over the top.
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Palliative care: (holds your hand) it might be helpful to focus less on tracking the amount we are drinking and more on the enjoyment we receive from the cup
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Palliative care: (holds your hand) it might be helpful to focus less on tracking the amount we are drinking and more on the enjoyment we receive from the cup
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Anesthesiologist: Did you just drink half that cup? Now you’re not NPO
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Anesthesiologist: Did you just drink half that cup? Now you’re not NPO
November 25, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Palliative care: (holds your hand) it might be helpful to focus less on tracking the amount we are drinking and more on the enjoyment we receive from the cup
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Palliative care: (holds your hand) it might be helpful to focus less on tracking the amount we are drinking and more on the enjoyment we receive from the cup