moxie
@lorazepalooza.bsky.social
psychiatry resident. art, redistributive politics, jokes, touching grass… she/her
conservatives don’t take issue with the abstract principles of what we offer as public services, they take issue with the “public” part where the whole point is integration of race/class/gender/“moral character” rather than laundering segregation through regional corporate chains
Rand Paul: "What is the Republican plan for healthcare? My plan would allow for people to buy their insurance through a collective. Basically to buy their insurance through Costco or Sam's Club or Amazon."
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
conservatives don’t take issue with the abstract principles of what we offer as public services, they take issue with the “public” part where the whole point is integration of race/class/gender/“moral character” rather than laundering segregation through regional corporate chains
the bad writer journalist excerpts somehow aping the style of both raymond carver and rachel cusk (extremely derogatory). that’s how you write in 10th grade when your taste level far exceeds your abilities. all self-serious incantatory looseness with no substance
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
the bad writer journalist excerpts somehow aping the style of both raymond carver and rachel cusk (extremely derogatory). that’s how you write in 10th grade when your taste level far exceeds your abilities. all self-serious incantatory looseness with no substance
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Some of you are not seeing history as one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage and hurls it in front of your feet, and it shows
June 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Some of you are not seeing history as one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage and hurls it in front of your feet, and it shows
dreading 24 hour call. I will get through it but sometimes I feel silly for thinking in my 20s “I can’t just work some empty DESK job,” slogging through years of medical training and now be counting down until I can interview for a mostly-desk job
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
dreading 24 hour call. I will get through it but sometimes I feel silly for thinking in my 20s “I can’t just work some empty DESK job,” slogging through years of medical training and now be counting down until I can interview for a mostly-desk job
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I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
my dad was an early adopter of the Prius and hung out in online forums where middle-aged men quibbled about the speed at which to brake down ramps to maximize MPG, revealing Nerd Clout as the purest renewable energy source
Finally driving my first EV and can’t be the only middle aged dad now *obsessed* with regenerative braking and getting as many miles as humanly possible.
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
my dad was an early adopter of the Prius and hung out in online forums where middle-aged men quibbled about the speed at which to brake down ramps to maximize MPG, revealing Nerd Clout as the purest renewable energy source
everyone in power folding on health insurance subsidies is so depressing. it’s obvious that the republicans are craven idiots who want to starve their supposed enemies in public science so HSA funds can go to antivaxx scams, but god, so many people and hospitals will go bankrupt for nothing
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
everyone in power folding on health insurance subsidies is so depressing. it’s obvious that the republicans are craven idiots who want to starve their supposed enemies in public science so HSA funds can go to antivaxx scams, but god, so many people and hospitals will go bankrupt for nothing
feels like we’re overdue for new confusing iteration of a Supermoon
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
feels like we’re overdue for new confusing iteration of a Supermoon
having a lot of fun tonight libbing out!! hyped for woke 2
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
having a lot of fun tonight libbing out!! hyped for woke 2
it’s happening. Nathan Fielder warned us and what did we do, we laughed
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
it’s happening. Nathan Fielder warned us and what did we do, we laughed
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
wow as a newly minted Dodgers fan I am so ecstatic and yet I still shed a tear watching Guerrero walk away from the game. sports is so tragic!!!! love dem bums
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
wow as a newly minted Dodgers fan I am so ecstatic and yet I still shed a tear watching Guerrero walk away from the game. sports is so tragic!!!! love dem bums
The Turning of the Screw by the freaking World Series
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The Turning of the Screw by the freaking World Series
not to be a dick but I just saw an ad for TikTok on the MLB broadcast claiming the app is great for students and teachers. it showed a classroom of what looked like 18-year-olds was nodding at a chalkboard diagram of the FOIL method for algebra, which I regard as a bog standard 8th grade skill
October 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
not to be a dick but I just saw an ad for TikTok on the MLB broadcast claiming the app is great for students and teachers. it showed a classroom of what looked like 18-year-olds was nodding at a chalkboard diagram of the FOIL method for algebra, which I regard as a bog standard 8th grade skill
I know the popular term for what AI supplies is “hallucination,” which isn’t the worst, but I wonder if other docs would agree that it’s more like the “confabulation” you get from an alcoholic/Korsakoff patient. there’s an eerie moral/perceptual emptiness in those words-with-the-shape-of-speech
This is something people who are chatbot-curious should be doing by default: ask it about something you *do know about*, not something you *don't know about*.
As an experiment, I asked ChatGPT to give me a walking route in my neighbourhood and to describe the scenery. I've also asked it to describe plot features of movies I've seen. It spews out bullshit.
October 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I know the popular term for what AI supplies is “hallucination,” which isn’t the worst, but I wonder if other docs would agree that it’s more like the “confabulation” you get from an alcoholic/Korsakoff patient. there’s an eerie moral/perceptual emptiness in those words-with-the-shape-of-speech
made a good rich sauce to go over roasted veggies and sockeye salmon—miso, mustard, worcesterhire, soy, maple, a real kitchen sink of umami—and it mostly worked, but I’m finding that salmon clangs with big flavors. shoulda saved it for a chicken thigh
October 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
made a good rich sauce to go over roasted veggies and sockeye salmon—miso, mustard, worcesterhire, soy, maple, a real kitchen sink of umami—and it mostly worked, but I’m finding that salmon clangs with big flavors. shoulda saved it for a chicken thigh
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my husband, who I married for his infinite kindness, wants to m*rd*r Blake Treinen with his bare hands
October 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
my husband, who I married for his infinite kindness, wants to m*rd*r Blake Treinen with his bare hands
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Every day is “Zorp Inc given 3 trillion dollars to launch Blooper Quarks in an effort to create the first artificial intelligence in applesauce manufacturing, universal healthcare still an impossible pipe dream”
October 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Every day is “Zorp Inc given 3 trillion dollars to launch Blooper Quarks in an effort to create the first artificial intelligence in applesauce manufacturing, universal healthcare still an impossible pipe dream”
can’t help but think of politics through the lens of my recent time in “geriatric psychiatry” so that it seems like many aging politicians or voters are trying to make the economy into a memory unit where cheerful 1950s music is playing and the tvs show Andy Griffith 24/7
Interesting to note that the coal industry in the U.S. employs just a tad over 40,000 people, according to the BLS. The same source tells us that 64,000 people work at wineries.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
September 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
can’t help but think of politics through the lens of my recent time in “geriatric psychiatry” so that it seems like many aging politicians or voters are trying to make the economy into a memory unit where cheerful 1950s music is playing and the tvs show Andy Griffith 24/7
I’m calling through complex hospital/medical phone trees and every single new recording says I should hang up and call 911 if this is an emergency. fortunately if I threaten to kill myself out of frustration I can consult on my own case
September 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I’m calling through complex hospital/medical phone trees and every single new recording says I should hang up and call 911 if this is an emergency. fortunately if I threaten to kill myself out of frustration I can consult on my own case
when I’ve worked with bad cases of somatic anxiety in the past one thing that kinda brings it all together is when we get to meet each other at the level of, no no it’s not that your body isn’t sick it’s that your sickness radar is sick, which is truly just as bad
I am lowkey writing an essay about how people hate when doctors diagnose them with anxiety despite the fact that anxiety is one of the most powerful illnesses of all time. It’s the only illness that can physically manifest itself. It’s the mental health equivalent of an autoimmune disorder
September 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
when I’ve worked with bad cases of somatic anxiety in the past one thing that kinda brings it all together is when we get to meet each other at the level of, no no it’s not that your body isn’t sick it’s that your sickness radar is sick, which is truly just as bad
I’ve been stressed out recently from work and staying long every day to finish tasks (never enough) but one bright spot in my life has been reading. PGY2-3, I’ve been reading 50+ books a year, often before bed but even on overnight shifts. so much better than television! hugely rec the Kobo ereader
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I’ve been stressed out recently from work and staying long every day to finish tasks (never enough) but one bright spot in my life has been reading. PGY2-3, I’ve been reading 50+ books a year, often before bed but even on overnight shifts. so much better than television! hugely rec the Kobo ereader
drifting through a sea of commentary on political violence, treading water because I have nothing original to say but also because these days the major aftermath of stochastic murder involves moneyed institutions disciplining their underlings to set an example. but I won’t be made to mourn a bad man
September 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
drifting through a sea of commentary on political violence, treading water because I have nothing original to say but also because these days the major aftermath of stochastic murder involves moneyed institutions disciplining their underlings to set an example. but I won’t be made to mourn a bad man
“harm reduction” has become such a widely disseminated and misunderstood phrase that non-healthcare people use it to describe the idea that “it’s okay for new things to be a little harmful.” before we get to the point where we’re troubleshooting clean vs dirty needles for heroin, don’t start heroin
September 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“harm reduction” has become such a widely disseminated and misunderstood phrase that non-healthcare people use it to describe the idea that “it’s okay for new things to be a little harmful.” before we get to the point where we’re troubleshooting clean vs dirty needles for heroin, don’t start heroin