Kyle Edmonds, MD
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Partner to @LaseAjayi.com, dad
Academic Palliative MD
San Diegan
Academic Palliative MD
San Diegan
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Adding it to my anti-anxiety regimen today.
Adding it to my anti-anxiety regimen today.
a man in a green shirt is sitting on a couch drinking from a paper bag
Alt: a man in a green shirt is sitting on a couch breathing aggressively into a paper bag
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Adding it to my anti-anxiety regimen today.
Adding it to my anti-anxiety regimen today.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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“As a physician and a director of a health policy center…Hughes is a savvier-than-usual policyholder.”
Nonsense, exploitative, extractive US health “system” in a nutshell from @kffhealthnews.org
Nonsense, exploitative, extractive US health “system” in a nutshell from @kffhealthnews.org
Doctor Tripped Up by $64K Bill for Ankle Surgery and Hospital Stay - KFF Health News
A doctor in Colorado became the patient after an accident totaled her car and sent her to the operating room. The hospital kept her overnight, but her insurer stopped paying after she left the emergen...
kffhealthnews.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“As a physician and a director of a health policy center…Hughes is a savvier-than-usual policyholder.”
Nonsense, exploitative, extractive US health “system” in a nutshell from @kffhealthnews.org
Nonsense, exploitative, extractive US health “system” in a nutshell from @kffhealthnews.org
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The US Capitol
Arlington Cemetery
The White House
The American wilderness
America has sacred spaces. Trump profanes them all.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
Arlington Cemetery
The White House
The American wilderness
America has sacred spaces. Trump profanes them all.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
The sacred American spaces desecrated by the American president
The American faithful must find their voice if the divine American idea is to survive
www.greatpower.us
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The US Capitol
Arlington Cemetery
The White House
The American wilderness
America has sacred spaces. Trump profanes them all.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
Arlington Cemetery
The White House
The American wilderness
America has sacred spaces. Trump profanes them all.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
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Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
October 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
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Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
“As I’ve studied these trickster stories, I’ve started to see many of the ideas running through them out in the world—and especially in US politics.” - Julian Brave NoiseCat in @thenation.com
The United States Has Always Been a Trickster Land
Understanding Indigenous Coyote stories will help you grasp the appeal of Donald Trump.
www.thenation.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“As I’ve studied these trickster stories, I’ve started to see many of the ideas running through them out in the world—and especially in US politics.” - Julian Brave NoiseCat in @thenation.com
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Subscribe to The Onion and help us become a bigger newspaper than The Washington Post by next year. It can happen!
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October 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Subscribe to The Onion and help us become a bigger newspaper than The Washington Post by next year. It can happen!
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I agree with everything @dhnexon.bsky.social says in this post about where we’re at with the American Republic today and where we must go from here:
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...
The State of the Republic is Grim - Lawyers, Guns & Money
If you’re on Bluesky and follow me, you’ve probably seen that I’m writing threads that really should be the basis for posts at LGM. You’ve also likely gotten a bead on where I am these days. Here’s a ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I agree with everything @dhnexon.bsky.social says in this post about where we’re at with the American Republic today and where we must go from here:
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/the-...
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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The UC system and individual campuses have been capitulating to the feds. The only ones holding the line are faculty.
timesofsandiego.com/education/20...
timesofsandiego.com/education/20...
Faculty says UC releasing personal information to federal investigators
The association is requesting transparency around the release of personal information that was reportedly shared with the federal government.
timesofsandiego.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The UC system and individual campuses have been capitulating to the feds. The only ones holding the line are faculty.
timesofsandiego.com/education/20...
timesofsandiego.com/education/20...
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
October 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
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The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
www.propublica.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.
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Check out this story from Des Moines Register: DMPS superintendent arrested by ICE, district says
"We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps," the district's release states.
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...
"We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps," the district's release states.
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...
Des Moines Public Schools superintendent Ian Roberts arrested by ICE, district says
"We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps," the district's release states.
www.desmoinesregister.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Check out this story from Des Moines Register: DMPS superintendent arrested by ICE, district says
"We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps," the district's release states.
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...
"We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps," the district's release states.
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...
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The central point is that when fascism came to America it wouldn't call itself that, nor would it be wearing a swastika. It would call itself "patriotic" and "100% American."
August 1, 2024 at 9:36 PM
The central point is that when fascism came to America it wouldn't call itself that, nor would it be wearing a swastika. It would call itself "patriotic" and "100% American."
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UC Berkeley has been criticized for capitulating to the Trump admin's McCarthyism by providing names of 160 students, faculty, and staff dubiously accused of "antisemitism"
But it turns out Berkeley wasn't alone; it's just the only campus that was transparent about the demand for names
But it turns out Berkeley wasn't alone; it's just the only campus that was transparent about the demand for names
‘Command and control’: University of California institutes information blackout amid federal negotiations
Over the past two weeks, leadership at UC Berkeley and the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, has come under fire following the disclosure that roughly 160 names of
www.dailycal.org
September 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
UC Berkeley has been criticized for capitulating to the Trump admin's McCarthyism by providing names of 160 students, faculty, and staff dubiously accused of "antisemitism"
But it turns out Berkeley wasn't alone; it's just the only campus that was transparent about the demand for names
But it turns out Berkeley wasn't alone; it's just the only campus that was transparent about the demand for names
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Today, the AMA sent a letter, co-signed by more than 50 other national health orgs, asking the Administration to waive the new $100,000 application fee for H-1B physicians. Doctors from other countries play a critical role in delivering high-quality patient care. spr.ly/63327AjZQF
How a $100,000 Visa Fee Will Make the Doctor Crisis Worse
American Medical Association president: A crippling new fee will hit U.S. hospitals that depend on foreign doctors.
spr.ly
September 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Today, the AMA sent a letter, co-signed by more than 50 other national health orgs, asking the Administration to waive the new $100,000 application fee for H-1B physicians. Doctors from other countries play a critical role in delivering high-quality patient care. spr.ly/63327AjZQF
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"One of our recurring questions is how some theoretical future administration dedicated to liberal democracy would handle the legacy effects of Donald Trump’s authoritarian attempt."
America Needs a Project 2029
The road back from here will be harder.
www.thebulwark.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"One of our recurring questions is how some theoretical future administration dedicated to liberal democracy would handle the legacy effects of Donald Trump’s authoritarian attempt."
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The AMA President:
The United States relies heavily on foreign-born doctors because of a crippling shortage of physicians across the country. Charging a six-figure visa fee to get qualified foreign-born doctors to fill that gap will only make the situation worse.
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
The United States relies heavily on foreign-born doctors because of a crippling shortage of physicians across the country. Charging a six-figure visa fee to get qualified foreign-born doctors to fill that gap will only make the situation worse.
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
September 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The AMA President:
The United States relies heavily on foreign-born doctors because of a crippling shortage of physicians across the country. Charging a six-figure visa fee to get qualified foreign-born doctors to fill that gap will only make the situation worse.
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
The United States relies heavily on foreign-born doctors because of a crippling shortage of physicians across the country. Charging a six-figure visa fee to get qualified foreign-born doctors to fill that gap will only make the situation worse.
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
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This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
www.science.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Everything about this messaging and these decisions is extraordinarily dangerous.
Women Physicians Respond To Trump’s Announcement On Tylenol And Autism
Women physicians respond to Trump's recent announcement of his claim that Tylenol in pregnancy causes autism.
www.forbes.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Everything about this messaging and these decisions is extraordinarily dangerous.
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Doctors for America Expresses Concern Over Erosion of Expert Voices in Vaccine Decision-Making
Doctors for America Expresses Concern Over Erosion of Expert Voices in Vaccine Decision-Making
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 September 22, 2025 Doctors for America Expresses Concern Over Erosion of Expert Voices...
doctorsforamerica.org
September 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Doctors for America Expresses Concern Over Erosion of Expert Voices in Vaccine Decision-Making
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What a fucking G.
The Marine veteran behind this viral photo at the Chicago ICE protest
The flag-waving Marine was at the anti-ICE protest near Chicago because of his beliefs, and said his training helped him weather tear gas.
taskandpurpose.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
What a fucking G.