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MS, PA-C. Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Just another middle-aged nerd dad. Rhythm guitar with distortion, plus tendinitis.
Pinned
54 years old, and still finding ways to remind myself I'm a huge damn nerd
Keys to enjoying your hobbies:
1) it's perfectly okay to be kind of crap at what you enjoy, so long as you do enjoy it
2) if you want to get better at something you need to enjoy the process and not worry so much about results
3) tools only work when you pick them up and use them
Anyway. New:
1) it's perfectly okay to be kind of crap at what you enjoy, so long as you do enjoy it
2) if you want to get better at something you need to enjoy the process and not worry so much about results
3) tools only work when you pick them up and use them
Anyway. New:
December 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Keys to enjoying your hobbies:
1) it's perfectly okay to be kind of crap at what you enjoy, so long as you do enjoy it
2) if you want to get better at something you need to enjoy the process and not worry so much about results
3) tools only work when you pick them up and use them
Anyway. New:
1) it's perfectly okay to be kind of crap at what you enjoy, so long as you do enjoy it
2) if you want to get better at something you need to enjoy the process and not worry so much about results
3) tools only work when you pick them up and use them
Anyway. New:
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Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feeling all alone without a friend, you know you feel like Diane
(Always wondered: who's Diane, and why is her life so rough?)
Feeling all alone without a friend, you know you feel like Diane
(Always wondered: who's Diane, and why is her life so rough?)
December 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feeling all alone without a friend, you know you feel like Diane
(Always wondered: who's Diane, and why is her life so rough?)
Feeling all alone without a friend, you know you feel like Diane
(Always wondered: who's Diane, and why is her life so rough?)
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Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
a man is standing in front of a blackboard with the words well done written on it
Alt: From Apollo 13: Ed Harris (as mission director Gene Kranz) is standing in front of a blackboard, tracing a chalk line showing the path of the control module returning to Earth
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
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Minnesota Nice does not apply to ICE.
In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Minnesota Nice does not apply to ICE.
It was nice to look at but badly needed a proper set-up, and the pickups didn't feedback so much as squeal angrily when pushed too hard. And since getting this one in like 2012, I've found others that feel better to play.
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It was nice to look at but badly needed a proper set-up, and the pickups didn't feedback so much as squeal angrily when pushed too hard. And since getting this one in like 2012, I've found others that feel better to play.
I sold one! Local keyboard player/ small studio owner said he likes to have different instruments around, just 'cuz. Funny, that's the same reason I had it sitting in the closet for about 10 years...
December 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I sold one! Local keyboard player/ small studio owner said he likes to have different instruments around, just 'cuz. Funny, that's the same reason I had it sitting in the closet for about 10 years...
These people literally don't know what they're doing.
The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
December 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM
These people literally don't know what they're doing.
Peach cobblers gonna peach cobble
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Peach cobblers gonna peach cobble
I'll be in my bunk.
Sometimes the internet is still good (sound ON):
And so it begins…
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I'll be in my bunk.
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when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
I miss the days when it was just Blue status
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I miss the days when it was just Blue status
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
Trust experts. Know what "doing research" means. And have fun with it sometimes.
The LA Public Library research librarian explaining what is going on with Charli and Taylor is outstanding work
www.instagram.com/reel/DPXZIUa...
www.instagram.com/reel/DPXZIUa...
October 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Trust experts. Know what "doing research" means. And have fun with it sometimes.
Good.
Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.
September 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Good.
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Democrats are often feckless bumblefucks, but I have honestly never felt like party leadership has abandoned rank and file Democrats to this extent. It's a goddamn vacuum at the top and no one is getting their shit together to put up some kind of fight.
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Democrats are often feckless bumblefucks, but I have honestly never felt like party leadership has abandoned rank and file Democrats to this extent. It's a goddamn vacuum at the top and no one is getting their shit together to put up some kind of fight.
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A great deal of our problems result from not holding those who tried to destroy our democracy accountable for their actions.
September 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A great deal of our problems result from not holding those who tried to destroy our democracy accountable for their actions.
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LLMs: not just an ethical problem on 4 axes, but also downright dangerous to a significant chunk of the public.
An IT guy spent 2 months trying to "free" ChatGPT, convinced he was a "digital god" trapped on OpenAI’s servers. He barricaded himself in a basement, following AI’s absurd commands. Reality returned after reading about another AI victim. Now he attends an AI support group.
They thought they were making technological breakthroughs. It was an AI-sparked delusion | CNN Business
James, a married father from upstate New York, has always been interested in AI. He works in the technology field and has used ChatGPT since its release for recommendations, “second guessing your doct...
edition.cnn.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
LLMs: not just an ethical problem on 4 axes, but also downright dangerous to a significant chunk of the public.
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happy labor day
September 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
happy labor day
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A website that lets you select a country or state and move it around a Mercator projection map to yield better size comparisons.
thetruesize.com, created by James Talmage and Damon Maneice
thetruesize.com, created by James Talmage and Damon Maneice
August 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A website that lets you select a country or state and move it around a Mercator projection map to yield better size comparisons.
thetruesize.com, created by James Talmage and Damon Maneice
thetruesize.com, created by James Talmage and Damon Maneice
Two people to take the ring to Mordor?
August 31, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Two people to take the ring to Mordor?
Genesis' "Paperlate" definitely ranks up there on the list of "songs that are awesome but I have no idea what's going on"
August 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Genesis' "Paperlate" definitely ranks up there on the list of "songs that are awesome but I have no idea what's going on"