Petulant Skeptic
@petulantskeptic.bsky.social
Pediatric intensivist. Assistant professor. Army officer. Husband. Father. Waffle expert. Opinionated.
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Apropos of nothing
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Apropos of nothing
I am not a scientist* but I will point out that we used to tell people this and when we did there was no autism.
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I am not a scientist* but I will point out that we used to tell people this and when we did there was no autism.
Do we think I outscored the SecDef? I only tied @timmathews.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Do we think I outscored the SecDef? I only tied @timmathews.bsky.social
I have this print hanging on the wall of my living room, it's a great way to filter out people I don't want in my house ever again. It's from the 1880 census.
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I have this print hanging on the wall of my living room, it's a great way to filter out people I don't want in my house ever again. It's from the 1880 census.
This is definitely the result of losing a fantasy sports league or some other bet between gentlemen… right?
October 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This is definitely the result of losing a fantasy sports league or some other bet between gentlemen… right?
Looking up a recent patient who had septic shock and ARDS to see how they’re recovering. Just another way to become infuriated as a physician
August 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Looking up a recent patient who had septic shock and ARDS to see how they’re recovering. Just another way to become infuriated as a physician
<spider man pointing at spiderman>.jpg
June 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
<spider man pointing at spiderman>.jpg
It seems the most generalizable finding ever published in a medical journal is in the news again
May 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It seems the most generalizable finding ever published in a medical journal is in the news again
I bet my ACFT score is higher than the SecDef’s.
February 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I bet my ACFT score is higher than the SecDef’s.
I rearranged @pulmcrit.bsky.social’s table of pressors for when I lecture the residents. Dopamine gets its own slide (after the others)
January 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I rearranged @pulmcrit.bsky.social’s table of pressors for when I lecture the residents. Dopamine gets its own slide (after the others)
Relatedly: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
January 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Relatedly: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Cool example of physiologic pulsus paradoxus on the pulse oximeter during my sedation case
November 2, 2023 at 5:17 PM
Cool example of physiologic pulsus paradoxus on the pulse oximeter during my sedation case
my favorite movie blurbs are the ones you find on bootleg dvds find in foreign countries eg
October 9, 2023 at 12:36 AM
my favorite movie blurbs are the ones you find on bootleg dvds find in foreign countries eg
It's not a bad idea. My kids do "workouts" with the 2, 5, 10 lb dumbbells we have. I also can't really judge to harshly since we own one of these that my 4yo rides while mom is on the real Peloton (bought it used, has been great, the iPad games via bluetooth keep the kids engaged)
September 28, 2023 at 1:31 AM
It's not a bad idea. My kids do "workouts" with the 2, 5, 10 lb dumbbells we have. I also can't really judge to harshly since we own one of these that my 4yo rides while mom is on the real Peloton (bought it used, has been great, the iPad games via bluetooth keep the kids engaged)
the showers were (probably still are) much worse
September 16, 2023 at 8:51 PM
the showers were (probably still are) much worse
ah the memories
September 16, 2023 at 7:25 PM
ah the memories
found a better picture.
September 16, 2023 at 7:24 PM
found a better picture.
the photo doesn't show it but there was another row of toilets facing these. every morning was an epic game of battleshits
September 16, 2023 at 7:22 PM
the photo doesn't show it but there was another row of toilets facing these. every morning was an epic game of battleshits
Good to see that public health officials haven't learned anything from the pandemic and still believe their job is to play 11-dimensional human psychology games instead of provide accurate information to the public.
September 12, 2023 at 11:57 PM
Good to see that public health officials haven't learned anything from the pandemic and still believe their job is to play 11-dimensional human psychology games instead of provide accurate information to the public.