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Mike Spaeder, MD
@despitethetimes.bsky.social
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Music Nerd, Pediatric ICU Doc, Potty Mouth, Mathlete, Husband to a Mother of Dragons. I can be found left of the dial or east of the Blue Ridge.
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But seriously, I bought tickets for me and my boys for next week's game against Chicago - all three are lifelong Ravens fans but this will be their first NFL game in person - so I'm hoping that this bye week is what they need to get everything back in order.
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UVA Reject the Compact Rally marches on
UVA and Charlottesville peeps 👇
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ACOG @acog.org · Sep 22
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
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So glad ICE is in Chicago. The city is a lawless hell-scape. Blues musicians wrecking hundreds of police cars. High schoolers doing weird scientific sex experiments. Kids home alone during the holidays. Women killing their husbands and lovers and then SINGING about it sassily. This has to stop.
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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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Americans will live with the consequences of senators who decided to let an anti-vaccine crank become one of the most powerful people in government.
Opinion | RFK Jr. cannot be contained
The ouster of Susan Monarez from the CDC is an ominous sign for American public health.
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Lovely essay by @caseyepsteingross.bsky.social ‬of @pastemagazine.bsky.social on a top 10 all-timer for me

My friend Jo and I played a show with Charles in Brooklyn in 2013 and after being over-served, I tried to make the case to him that this album is my generation's Revolver.
Time Capsule: The Wrens, The Meadowlands
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
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The five albums that have had the biggest influence on my life (in no particular order)

R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me
Bob Mould - Workbook
Fugazi - Repeater
The Wrens - The Meadowlands
The five albums that have had the biggest influence on my life (in no particular order):

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Blood Brothers - Crimes
The Temptations - Wish It Would Rain
Otis Redding - Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology
The Clash - London Calling
The five albums that have had the biggest influence on my life (in no particular order):

Not the world's *coolest* list but I think it's p accurate.

NOFX - War on Errorism
Paint it Black - New Lexicon
Menzingers - Impossible Past
The Jam - The Gift
Ergs! - Upstairs/Downstairs
Just finally listened on my long run this morning - great interview and super thought-provoking.
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With 'Kreative Kontrol' reaching 1,000 episodes this week, we talked to host @vishkhanna.bsky.social — and his frequent guests Ian MacKaye, U.S. Girls, and @cadenceweapon.bsky.social — about what makes the music and culture podcast so indispensable
A Thousand Episodes Deep, Vish Khanna Is Still In Kontrol
Ian MacKaye, U.S. Girls, and Cadence Weapon discuss Khanna and 'Kreative Kontrol,' his essential interview podcast.
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