Kunjali Padhya, MD FACG
@kunjali.bsky.social
I love snarky humor, Costco and colon cancer prevention! And the OC, and F1, and the NBA. And croissants.
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🧵1/6 #FedFam, reporters - urgent help needed
🚨CDC Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate) is being shuttered🚨
Staff are being “un-RIFed” just to close the museum permanently — then RIFed again in Jan
This is bureaucratic cruelty & cultural vandalism
CDC Library is a national treasure
#SaveCDCLibrary
🧵1/6 #FedFam, reporters - urgent help needed
🚨CDC Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate) is being shuttered🚨
Staff are being “un-RIFed” just to close the museum permanently — then RIFed again in Jan
This is bureaucratic cruelty & cultural vandalism
CDC Library is a national treasure
#SaveCDCLibrary
The David J. Sencer CDC Museum: In Association with the Smithsonian
Free museum exhibiting public health topics and the history of CDC.
www.cdc.gov
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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🧵1/6 #FedFam, reporters - urgent help needed
🚨CDC Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate) is being shuttered🚨
Staff are being “un-RIFed” just to close the museum permanently — then RIFed again in Jan
This is bureaucratic cruelty & cultural vandalism
CDC Library is a national treasure
#SaveCDCLibrary
🧵1/6 #FedFam, reporters - urgent help needed
🚨CDC Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate) is being shuttered🚨
Staff are being “un-RIFed” just to close the museum permanently — then RIFed again in Jan
This is bureaucratic cruelty & cultural vandalism
CDC Library is a national treasure
#SaveCDCLibrary
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"We have to come up with a believable plot beat to bring James Bond back" is such a funny quandary. No IP is less required to do that. It's like going to summer school by choice.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"We have to come up with a believable plot beat to bring James Bond back" is such a funny quandary. No IP is less required to do that. It's like going to summer school by choice.
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Senator Schumer has failed to lead this party in one of its most critical moments, and Americans will pay the price. It’s time for him to step down from leadership and make way for a new generation willing to fight for the people instead of the powerful.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Senator Schumer has failed to lead this party in one of its most critical moments, and Americans will pay the price. It’s time for him to step down from leadership and make way for a new generation willing to fight for the people instead of the powerful.
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Devastated that John Tesh has parted ways with his guitarist who looked exactly like Nick Saban with a wig
October 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Devastated that John Tesh has parted ways with his guitarist who looked exactly like Nick Saban with a wig
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Checking in from Pilsen, one of Chicago’s vibrant Latino communities, where a mariachi band is helping cheer on the 50K+ #chicago marathon runners. Happy place, not a hellhole.
October 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Checking in from Pilsen, one of Chicago’s vibrant Latino communities, where a mariachi band is helping cheer on the 50K+ #chicago marathon runners. Happy place, not a hellhole.
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If you come for my people, you come through me.
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If you come for my people, you come through me.
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Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."
October 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Federal Government Shutdown Update
ACG members, here's what you should know:
✔️Medicare claims processed, with delay
🚨Telehealth restrictions are back
⚠️NIH grants may be affected
📣Updates from ACG to come
Read more: https://gi.org/2025/10/01/fall-2025-government-shutdown-what-you-need-to-know/
ACG members, here's what you should know:
✔️Medicare claims processed, with delay
🚨Telehealth restrictions are back
⚠️NIH grants may be affected
📣Updates from ACG to come
Read more: https://gi.org/2025/10/01/fall-2025-government-shutdown-what-you-need-to-know/
Fall 2025 Government Shutdown: What You Need to Know - American College of Gastroenterology
Congress has until Sept. 30th to pass a funding bill and avert a government shutdown.
gi.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Federal Government Shutdown Update
ACG members, here's what you should know:
✔️Medicare claims processed, with delay
🚨Telehealth restrictions are back
⚠️NIH grants may be affected
📣Updates from ACG to come
Read more: https://gi.org/2025/10/01/fall-2025-government-shutdown-what-you-need-to-know/
ACG members, here's what you should know:
✔️Medicare claims processed, with delay
🚨Telehealth restrictions are back
⚠️NIH grants may be affected
📣Updates from ACG to come
Read more: https://gi.org/2025/10/01/fall-2025-government-shutdown-what-you-need-to-know/
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War ravaged Portland
September 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
War ravaged Portland
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There is an increase of federal agents in Portland. We did not ask for this. We do not need this. And we certainly will not be divided by this. We stand united in our values and reject this egregious abuse of power.
September 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
There is an increase of federal agents in Portland. We did not ask for this. We do not need this. And we certainly will not be divided by this. We stand united in our values and reject this egregious abuse of power.
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This has maybe been the most uninformed and dangerous “health” press conference held by the U.S. government in my lifetime.
Don’t listen to Trump or RFK Jr. when it comes to vaccines, Tylenol, or anything having to do with your health—talk to your doctor.
My god.
Don’t listen to Trump or RFK Jr. when it comes to vaccines, Tylenol, or anything having to do with your health—talk to your doctor.
My god.
Breaking News: In a rambling news briefing, President Trump promoted unproven ties between vaccines, autism and Tylenol use by pregnant women and babies. nyti.ms/46OqOvD
September 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This has maybe been the most uninformed and dangerous “health” press conference held by the U.S. government in my lifetime.
Don’t listen to Trump or RFK Jr. when it comes to vaccines, Tylenol, or anything having to do with your health—talk to your doctor.
My god.
Don’t listen to Trump or RFK Jr. when it comes to vaccines, Tylenol, or anything having to do with your health—talk to your doctor.
My god.
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
September 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
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The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
August 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
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i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being
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How are Trump's economic policies impacting you?
Let me give you a hard example. 🧵
Let me give you a hard example. 🧵
July 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
How are Trump's economic policies impacting you?
Let me give you a hard example. 🧵
Let me give you a hard example. 🧵
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LIFE GOALS
1. Raise happy children
2. Be old dude at grand rounds who falls asleep
1. Raise happy children
2. Be old dude at grand rounds who falls asleep
July 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
LIFE GOALS
1. Raise happy children
2. Be old dude at grand rounds who falls asleep
1. Raise happy children
2. Be old dude at grand rounds who falls asleep
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A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
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If you're wondering how cuts to public broadcasting would most affect the Pacific Northwest, it's going to be in our Indigenous serving stations and rural stations. These are vital communications in news deserts. @anomalily.net covers it all.
Northwest rural and tribal public broadcasters brace for possible federal cuts
In rural communities and tribal lands, federal dollars often pay for the only local reporting available and fund broadcast equipment for the Emergency Alert System.
www.opb.org
July 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you're wondering how cuts to public broadcasting would most affect the Pacific Northwest, it's going to be in our Indigenous serving stations and rural stations. These are vital communications in news deserts. @anomalily.net covers it all.
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The Senate is voting TODAY on cuts to PBS, rural radio, and so much more.
It's local journalism, lifesaving emergency alerts, and quality educational programming for our kids.
Public media is free for everyone—let's protect it.
I will be voting NO.
It's local journalism, lifesaving emergency alerts, and quality educational programming for our kids.
Public media is free for everyone—let's protect it.
I will be voting NO.
When Republicans try to defund public broadcasting.
July 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Senate is voting TODAY on cuts to PBS, rural radio, and so much more.
It's local journalism, lifesaving emergency alerts, and quality educational programming for our kids.
Public media is free for everyone—let's protect it.
I will be voting NO.
It's local journalism, lifesaving emergency alerts, and quality educational programming for our kids.
Public media is free for everyone—let's protect it.
I will be voting NO.
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As the Trump administration's crackdown continues, traffic stops have become increasingly important tools of enforcement. It has led many immigrants to take alternate modes of transportation.
No playing Spanish-language music: Many immigrants say they have new rules for driving
As the Trump administration's crackdown continues, traffic stops have become increasingly important tools of enforcement. It has led many immigrants to take alternate modes of transportation.
n.pr
July 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
As the Trump administration's crackdown continues, traffic stops have become increasingly important tools of enforcement. It has led many immigrants to take alternate modes of transportation.
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As a reminder: There’s still joy in the world.
Here’s “Weird Al” Yankovic singing “You Can Call Me Al” at Pine Knob last week.
youtu.be/TW4nsoiR_xs?...
Here’s “Weird Al” Yankovic singing “You Can Call Me Al” at Pine Knob last week.
youtu.be/TW4nsoiR_xs?...
Weird Al Yankovic - Live - You Can Call Me Al- Pine Knob Amphitheater - Clarkston, MI 2025
YouTube video by Live Heavy Music
youtu.be
July 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
As a reminder: There’s still joy in the world.
Here’s “Weird Al” Yankovic singing “You Can Call Me Al” at Pine Knob last week.
youtu.be/TW4nsoiR_xs?...
Here’s “Weird Al” Yankovic singing “You Can Call Me Al” at Pine Knob last week.
youtu.be/TW4nsoiR_xs?...
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.