Kevin Ault
@kevinault.bsky.social
Obstetrician-gynecologist with an interest in vaccines but also other topics - history, basketball and theater/music/movies.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-ault-15a93a46/ and https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=uwO23QkAAAAJ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-ault-15a93a46/ and https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=uwO23QkAAAAJ
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was released from prison #OTD in 1985. Carter had been imprisoned for a 1966 triple homicide.
Judge H. Lee Sarokin ruled that Carter had not received a fair trial. The prosecution had been based on 'racism rather than reason' and 'concealment rather than disclosure'.
Judge H. Lee Sarokin ruled that Carter had not received a fair trial. The prosecution had been based on 'racism rather than reason' and 'concealment rather than disclosure'.
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was released from prison #OTD in 1985. Carter had been imprisoned for a 1966 triple homicide.
Judge H. Lee Sarokin ruled that Carter had not received a fair trial. The prosecution had been based on 'racism rather than reason' and 'concealment rather than disclosure'.
Judge H. Lee Sarokin ruled that Carter had not received a fair trial. The prosecution had been based on 'racism rather than reason' and 'concealment rather than disclosure'.
people from the Midwest have a thing about corn... here I am with my daughter at the 'Field of Dreams' movie site. The famous cornfield is off to our right.
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
people from the Midwest have a thing about corn... here I am with my daughter at the 'Field of Dreams' movie site. The famous cornfield is off to our right.
I've never been there.. need to put it on my bucket list.
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I've never been there.. need to put it on my bucket list.
"The Big Train" Walter Johnson was born #OTD in 1887 in Humboldt, Kansas. Still holds the lifetime record for complete game shutouts - 110.
He was elected to the inaugural class of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 - #BaseballSky.
He was elected to the inaugural class of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 - #BaseballSky.
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"The Big Train" Walter Johnson was born #OTD in 1887 in Humboldt, Kansas. Still holds the lifetime record for complete game shutouts - 110.
He was elected to the inaugural class of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 - #BaseballSky.
He was elected to the inaugural class of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 - #BaseballSky.
From the FB group "Baseball in Pictures." Feller making his bunk while serving in the US Navy. He was an anti-aircraft gun captain aboard the battleship USS Alabama in the Pacific Theater.
A remarkable life worth remembering.
A remarkable life worth remembering.
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
From the FB group "Baseball in Pictures." Feller making his bunk while serving in the US Navy. He was an anti-aircraft gun captain aboard the battleship USS Alabama in the Pacific Theater.
A remarkable life worth remembering.
A remarkable life worth remembering.
US Army Specialist Frances M. Vega was killed with 15 other people near Fallujah #OTD in 2003.
#WeRememberThem.
#WeRememberThem.
November 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
US Army Specialist Frances M. Vega was killed with 15 other people near Fallujah #OTD in 2003.
#WeRememberThem.
#WeRememberThem.
from the "Midwest vs. Everybody."
October 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
from the "Midwest vs. Everybody."
My FB memory from 2015, on the refrigerator in the residents' lounge.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My FB memory from 2015, on the refrigerator in the residents' lounge.
Yesterday was thebutlerblue.bsky.social 's sixth birthday.
Everytime I see his social media posts, I think to myself - It's a tough job but someone has to do it.
The last picture is with Lexi Hull of the Indiana Fever at Hinkle Fieldhouse this week - #HoosierSky + #DogSky.
Everytime I see his social media posts, I think to myself - It's a tough job but someone has to do it.
The last picture is with Lexi Hull of the Indiana Fever at Hinkle Fieldhouse this week - #HoosierSky + #DogSky.
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Yesterday was thebutlerblue.bsky.social 's sixth birthday.
Everytime I see his social media posts, I think to myself - It's a tough job but someone has to do it.
The last picture is with Lexi Hull of the Indiana Fever at Hinkle Fieldhouse this week - #HoosierSky + #DogSky.
Everytime I see his social media posts, I think to myself - It's a tough job but someone has to do it.
The last picture is with Lexi Hull of the Indiana Fever at Hinkle Fieldhouse this week - #HoosierSky + #DogSky.
I tripped over an empty food bowl this morning and both cats came charging into the kitchen.
"Are we getting second breakfast for National Cat Day?"
Both left quite disappointed.
"Are we getting second breakfast for National Cat Day?"
Both left quite disappointed.
October 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I tripped over an empty food bowl this morning and both cats came charging into the kitchen.
"Are we getting second breakfast for National Cat Day?"
Both left quite disappointed.
"Are we getting second breakfast for National Cat Day?"
Both left quite disappointed.
US Army Medic James Okubo was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism #OTD in 1944. He rescued multiple members of the 442nd, and repeated his heroics in November. He survived the war but was killed in a car accident in 1967.
#WeRememberThem.
discovernikkei.org/en/resources...
#WeRememberThem.
discovernikkei.org/en/resources...
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
US Army Medic James Okubo was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism #OTD in 1944. He rescued multiple members of the 442nd, and repeated his heroics in November. He survived the war but was killed in a car accident in 1967.
#WeRememberThem.
discovernikkei.org/en/resources...
#WeRememberThem.
discovernikkei.org/en/resources...
from left to right - Louis Louis Gossett Jr., Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier in "A Raisin in the Sun - from the Broadway production.
October 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
from left to right - Louis Louis Gossett Jr., Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier in "A Raisin in the Sun - from the Broadway production.
Hepatitis B screening during pregnancy has been recommended since the 1980s. Newborn vaccination decreased the rates of hepatitis b in the USA.
October 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hepatitis B screening during pregnancy has been recommended since the 1980s. Newborn vaccination decreased the rates of hepatitis b in the USA.
October 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Your old Fender Twin from Johnny's Music downtown
Still set on ten to burn this house down
Count the band in, then kick into overdrive
By the end of the set we leave no one alive"
Fifty years ago this week, Bruce Springsteen was on the cover of Time and Newsweek.
Still set on ten to burn this house down
Count the band in, then kick into overdrive
By the end of the set we leave no one alive"
Fifty years ago this week, Bruce Springsteen was on the cover of Time and Newsweek.
October 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"Your old Fender Twin from Johnny's Music downtown
Still set on ten to burn this house down
Count the band in, then kick into overdrive
By the end of the set we leave no one alive"
Fifty years ago this week, Bruce Springsteen was on the cover of Time and Newsweek.
Still set on ten to burn this house down
Count the band in, then kick into overdrive
By the end of the set we leave no one alive"
Fifty years ago this week, Bruce Springsteen was on the cover of Time and Newsweek.
US Marine Sgt. John Basilone was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroics #OTD in 1942 during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
He went on a war bond tour, returned to service and was KIA during the initial invasion of Iwo Jima in 1945.
#WeRememberThem.
ussbasilone.org/john-basilon...
He went on a war bond tour, returned to service and was KIA during the initial invasion of Iwo Jima in 1945.
#WeRememberThem.
ussbasilone.org/john-basilon...
October 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
US Marine Sgt. John Basilone was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroics #OTD in 1942 during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
He went on a war bond tour, returned to service and was KIA during the initial invasion of Iwo Jima in 1945.
#WeRememberThem.
ussbasilone.org/john-basilon...
He went on a war bond tour, returned to service and was KIA during the initial invasion of Iwo Jima in 1945.
#WeRememberThem.
ussbasilone.org/john-basilon...
this looks like your dog formerantivax.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
this looks like your dog formerantivax.bsky.social
Hajiro receiving his Medal of Honor from President Clinton. He was also awarded British Military Medal and the French Légion d’honneur.
October 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Hajiro receiving his Medal of Honor from President Clinton. He was also awarded British Military Medal and the French Légion d’honneur.
since the book cover isn't in the preview, I will add it here. images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/com...
October 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
since the book cover isn't in the preview, I will add it here. images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/com...
Ann Baumgartner Carl, a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), became the first American woman to fly a U.S. Army Air Forces jet aircraft #OTD in 1944 as a test pilot during #WW2.
#WeRememberThem
#WeRememberThem
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Ann Baumgartner Carl, a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), became the first American woman to fly a U.S. Army Air Forces jet aircraft #OTD in 1944 as a test pilot during #WW2.
#WeRememberThem
#WeRememberThem
"It is the realization that some lives are so extraordinary and touch so many people that their story must be told to generations to come so those values aren’t diminished or lost altogether" - Kareem Abdul Jabbar, speaking of Coach Wooden.
John Wooden was born #OTD in 1910 in Indiana.
John Wooden was born #OTD in 1910 in Indiana.
October 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"It is the realization that some lives are so extraordinary and touch so many people that their story must be told to generations to come so those values aren’t diminished or lost altogether" - Kareem Abdul Jabbar, speaking of Coach Wooden.
John Wooden was born #OTD in 1910 in Indiana.
John Wooden was born #OTD in 1910 in Indiana.
here's @thebutlerblue.bsky.social ... no resemblance to a cougar.
October 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
here's @thebutlerblue.bsky.social ... no resemblance to a cougar.