Brendonowicz (Wears an N95) ☭🩺 #MedicareForAll
@brendonowicz.bsky.social
Psychiatrist specialized in PTSD/EMDR, ketamine + transcranial magnetic stimulation. Neuroscientist (PhD) in socioemotional brain devt., autism, adversity/trauma + medication augmented exposure therapy. Anticapitalist+antifascist nerd. Opinions=own #Medsky
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Looks like I still need my old pinned tweet
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I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
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“why the fuck are we invading Venezuela” should really be on at least a couple of chyrons
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“why the fuck are we invading Venezuela” should really be on at least a couple of chyrons
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November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Under the Trump Regime, Theology is a professional degree but public health and nursing aren’t.
@drjudystone.bsky.social explains the implications of this and why it will cause harm in her latest.
@drjudystone.bsky.social explains the implications of this and why it will cause harm in her latest.
What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter?
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Dept of Education proposes redefining "professional degrees" to exclude degrees in nursing, NP/PA, Public Health, PT/OT and more
www.forbes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Under the Trump Regime, Theology is a professional degree but public health and nursing aren’t.
@drjudystone.bsky.social explains the implications of this and why it will cause harm in her latest.
@drjudystone.bsky.social explains the implications of this and why it will cause harm in her latest.
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“This culture of repression leads to medical settings, given how disempowered patients are to protect themselves, being the place where coerced infection is perhaps most rampant”
No one should have to choose between care & Covid
But healthcare workers are denying the risk & patients pay the price
No one should have to choose between care & Covid
But healthcare workers are denying the risk & patients pay the price
“… coerced infection—the complete lack of mitigation and the normalization of mass and repeated infection of a debilitating virus—is ubiquitous throughout society.“
open.substack.com/pub/jacobsch...
open.substack.com/pub/jacobsch...
Our Culture of Coerced Infection
“You Do You”—unless you are trying to protect yourself from Covid
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
“This culture of repression leads to medical settings, given how disempowered patients are to protect themselves, being the place where coerced infection is perhaps most rampant”
No one should have to choose between care & Covid
But healthcare workers are denying the risk & patients pay the price
No one should have to choose between care & Covid
But healthcare workers are denying the risk & patients pay the price
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Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
From doing science to saving science
Science and scientists are under assault. From denial of vaccines to climate change,
political leaders are increasingly sacrificing democracy as well as science on the
altar of populism and authoritar...
www.thelancet.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My book review @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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this is, again, a case of someone who has not done any kind of real work in decades (maybe ever, she has a degree in political science and has been doing HR her entire career) who think the bullshit they sleepwalk through every day is work and don't understand why real human beings get tired by it
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
this is, again, a case of someone who has not done any kind of real work in decades (maybe ever, she has a degree in political science and has been doing HR her entire career) who think the bullshit they sleepwalk through every day is work and don't understand why real human beings get tired by it
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This is a really sick story.
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is a really sick story.
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
From everything I know, Boston’s Logan Airport is a legitimately dangerous place to travel through.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
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Thankful for all my fellow luddites today. Hammers up
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November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thankful for all my fellow luddites today. Hammers up
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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If they had done the opposite...if they would have come up with a system that actually helps Palestinians in Gaza, its popularity would have skyrocketed and it would have broken X for good. But see, bluesky was never about succeeding. It's merely a tool to turn us into an opposition they can control
I truly don't understand it. You should just be moral, but there's so many ways to be evil without visibly pissing people off.
And so many places hate bsky, it's not like being complicit in this will help make it popular. Are they just in it for the love of it?
And so many places hate bsky, it's not like being complicit in this will help make it popular. Are they just in it for the love of it?
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If they had done the opposite...if they would have come up with a system that actually helps Palestinians in Gaza, its popularity would have skyrocketed and it would have broken X for good. But see, bluesky was never about succeeding. It's merely a tool to turn us into an opposition they can control
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The new big tobacco...?
Meta claims this particular study was flawed. Ok, but if this is the only study, then approach is ignorance is bliss/plausible deniability. Still bad PR.
Was this really the only study? If they found other results suggesting null or positive effects, they'd be hyping them.
Meta claims this particular study was flawed. Ok, but if this is the only study, then approach is ignorance is bliss/plausible deniability. Still bad PR.
Was this really the only study? If they found other results suggesting null or positive effects, they'd be hyping them.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The new big tobacco...?
Meta claims this particular study was flawed. Ok, but if this is the only study, then approach is ignorance is bliss/plausible deniability. Still bad PR.
Was this really the only study? If they found other results suggesting null or positive effects, they'd be hyping them.
Meta claims this particular study was flawed. Ok, but if this is the only study, then approach is ignorance is bliss/plausible deniability. Still bad PR.
Was this really the only study? If they found other results suggesting null or positive effects, they'd be hyping them.
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Australia's Heart Foundation just launched an info campaign on the harms of COVID to cardiovascular health - good to see!
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Australia's Heart Foundation just launched an info campaign on the harms of COVID to cardiovascular health - good to see!
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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This is what I said about Dr. Bedard’s December 2024 piece when it came out.
“I'm disgusted by all of the "RFK Jr. might ashually have good ideas except for vaccines" hot takes. Being an anti-vaxxer is disqualifying for any leadership role related to healthcare”.
“I'm disgusted by all of the "RFK Jr. might ashually have good ideas except for vaccines" hot takes. Being an anti-vaxxer is disqualifying for any leadership role related to healthcare”.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is what I said about Dr. Bedard’s December 2024 piece when it came out.
“I'm disgusted by all of the "RFK Jr. might ashually have good ideas except for vaccines" hot takes. Being an anti-vaxxer is disqualifying for any leadership role related to healthcare”.
“I'm disgusted by all of the "RFK Jr. might ashually have good ideas except for vaccines" hot takes. Being an anti-vaxxer is disqualifying for any leadership role related to healthcare”.
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lmfao
1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
oligarchwatch.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
lmfao
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My work on SARS-CoV-2 variants informed a recent piece in The Lancet: "Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2".
The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2
The constant emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants has driven the COVID-19 pandemic
and sustains the current endemic. Saltation variants, such as BA.2.86,1 encode highly
mutated spike (S) proteins th...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
My work on SARS-CoV-2 variants informed a recent piece in The Lancet: "Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2".
The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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"why dont people buy the same phone with marginal differences every 2 years anymore the way they used to in the 2010s" so fun fact about humans is that when we have no fucking money pointless status symbols are the first thing to go
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"why dont people buy the same phone with marginal differences every 2 years anymore the way they used to in the 2010s" so fun fact about humans is that when we have no fucking money pointless status symbols are the first thing to go
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I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been endorsed by Sunrise Movement! @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
A Green New Deal and aggressive climate action are essential for our future — I promise to fight for both when I’m in Congress and also on the campaign trail.
A Green New Deal and aggressive climate action are essential for our future — I promise to fight for both when I’m in Congress and also on the campaign trail.
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been endorsed by Sunrise Movement! @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
A Green New Deal and aggressive climate action are essential for our future — I promise to fight for both when I’m in Congress and also on the campaign trail.
A Green New Deal and aggressive climate action are essential for our future — I promise to fight for both when I’m in Congress and also on the campaign trail.
These skyrocketing insurance premiums and deductibles are making it super challenging to continue our company policy of covering 100% of in-network healthcare costs for all our full-time employees. This price gouging has to stop.
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
These skyrocketing insurance premiums and deductibles are making it super challenging to continue our company policy of covering 100% of in-network healthcare costs for all our full-time employees. This price gouging has to stop.
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
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popEVE is out in Nature Genetics! 🎉
We built a proteome-wide model that combines cross-species and human population variation to rank missense variants by disease severity and help diagnose rare genetic disorders.
rdcu.be/eRu7K
We built a proteome-wide model that combines cross-species and human population variation to rank missense variants by disease severity and help diagnose rare genetic disorders.
rdcu.be/eRu7K
Proteome-wide model for human disease genetics
Nature Genetics - popEVE is a proteome-wide deep generative model to identify and predict pathogenicity of missense mutations causing genetic disorders.
rdcu.be
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
popEVE is out in Nature Genetics! 🎉
We built a proteome-wide model that combines cross-species and human population variation to rank missense variants by disease severity and help diagnose rare genetic disorders.
rdcu.be/eRu7K
We built a proteome-wide model that combines cross-species and human population variation to rank missense variants by disease severity and help diagnose rare genetic disorders.
rdcu.be/eRu7K
Dems aren’t bumbling fools tripping over their message. Any time a left of center candidate is popular we see them fight and actually grab at the narrative. They are the enemy of the 60% of USians who just want universal healthcare, housing, education, basic income and of course trains.
86 Democrats, including @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, voted for this. He and the party leadership aren't just cowards and morons who keep finding new ways to fail at their very easy jobs, they are actively bad people who do not fundamentally disagree with Trump on any matter but his poor manners.
BREAKING: The House passes a resolution condemning socialism, per FOX
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Dems aren’t bumbling fools tripping over their message. Any time a left of center candidate is popular we see them fight and actually grab at the narrative. They are the enemy of the 60% of USians who just want universal healthcare, housing, education, basic income and of course trains.