Grumpy old PA
@grumpyoldpa.medsky.social
PA in HIV medicine. Husband, father, grandfather. Mediocre amateur photographer. Much less grumpy than I used to be.
Shoutout to my colleagues in HIV care on World AIDS Day. The work we do is important and incomplete. I hope the headwinds we’re facing in the US are short lived. #Medsky
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Shoutout to my colleagues in HIV care on World AIDS Day. The work we do is important and incomplete. I hope the headwinds we’re facing in the US are short lived. #Medsky
Flower box Alysum caught at sunset. Shot it with my phone because I was too lazy to go grab the Nikon.
September 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Flower box Alysum caught at sunset. Shot it with my phone because I was too lazy to go grab the Nikon.
This is a flat out eugenics experiment being run on the children of Florida and their families.
Godspeed, Florida parents. And seniors. And everyone.
Unless you support this, in which case, don't be surprised when the consequences knock at your door.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Unless you support this, in which case, don't be surprised when the consequences knock at your door.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so
Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is a flat out eugenics experiment being run on the children of Florida and their families.
Grumpy take: I don’t need to see your Halloween display up before 1 September. Take a breath and slow down.
August 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Grumpy take: I don’t need to see your Halloween display up before 1 September. Take a breath and slow down.
Waiting for the announcement that Trump has gifted Alaska to Putin.
August 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Waiting for the announcement that Trump has gifted Alaska to Putin.
Gee, I wonder what could have happened to precipitate a price hike like that.🤔
ICYMI, the eye-popper in today's PPI: a 39% rise in wholesale fresh vegetable prices.
It's the largest month-on-month increase ever recorded in the summer (data to 1947), and one of the ten largest ever, regardless of season.
With the estimable @alexjamesfitz.com
www.axios.com/2025/08/14/i...
It's the largest month-on-month increase ever recorded in the summer (data to 1947), and one of the ten largest ever, regardless of season.
With the estimable @alexjamesfitz.com
www.axios.com/2025/08/14/i...
Veggie-flation strikes, with a warning for grocery prices
No matter what the official data shows, consumers "feel" inflation when grocery prices rise.
www.axios.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Gee, I wonder what could have happened to precipitate a price hike like that.🤔
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I'm having a rough go of it lately, and have been thinking: everyone is going through something, and you have no idea what it is, or how it's affecting them.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
August 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I'm having a rough go of it lately, and have been thinking: everyone is going through something, and you have no idea what it is, or how it's affecting them.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
I think one of the fundamental problems we have is that everyone wants to rewind to 2019 and pretend that none of the past five years ever happened. The pandemic was a chance to look at our overstretched and under resourced healthcare system looked like under stress and maybe, I dunno, fix things?
July 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I think one of the fundamental problems we have is that everyone wants to rewind to 2019 and pretend that none of the past five years ever happened. The pandemic was a chance to look at our overstretched and under resourced healthcare system looked like under stress and maybe, I dunno, fix things?
I like how The Song of Achilles cover is completely recognizable
May 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
Time for ActUp and Code Pink to get the band back together.
No more occupational health research.
No more HIV research. Or tuberculosis. Or sexually transmitted infections.
No environmental health & science research.
No chronic disease research & prevention.
The CRUELTY is the point.
This won’t make anyone healthier.
It will do the exact opposite.
No more HIV research. Or tuberculosis. Or sexually transmitted infections.
No environmental health & science research.
No chronic disease research & prevention.
The CRUELTY is the point.
This won’t make anyone healthier.
It will do the exact opposite.
April 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Time for ActUp and Code Pink to get the band back together.
Of all the stupid, pig-ignorant things this administration is doing, RFK Jr’s cancellation of the next ACIP and influenza vaccine committee meetings is the most blatantly evil.
February 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Of all the stupid, pig-ignorant things this administration is doing, RFK Jr’s cancellation of the next ACIP and influenza vaccine committee meetings is the most blatantly evil.
Real people will die because of this.
The Health Resources and Services Administration at HHS provides funding for HIV/AIDs care, maternal health, and community health centers. Today some employees arrived at work to find their access revoked. Terminated without even being notified. Total number affected unknown.
@alt-hhs.bsky.social
@alt-hhs.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Real people will die because of this.
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It is really short-sighted and stupid to be gutting public health and outbreak surveillance capacity right now:
- H5N1 nationwide - uncontrolled
- TB in Kansas - largest U.S outbreak
- Measles in Texas - Expanding
- Seasonal flu - Worst in 15 years
- Pertussis - outbreaks in multiple states.
- H5N1 nationwide - uncontrolled
- TB in Kansas - largest U.S outbreak
- Measles in Texas - Expanding
- Seasonal flu - Worst in 15 years
- Pertussis - outbreaks in multiple states.
February 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It is really short-sighted and stupid to be gutting public health and outbreak surveillance capacity right now:
- H5N1 nationwide - uncontrolled
- TB in Kansas - largest U.S outbreak
- Measles in Texas - Expanding
- Seasonal flu - Worst in 15 years
- Pertussis - outbreaks in multiple states.
- H5N1 nationwide - uncontrolled
- TB in Kansas - largest U.S outbreak
- Measles in Texas - Expanding
- Seasonal flu - Worst in 15 years
- Pertussis - outbreaks in multiple states.
We really should start calling Teslas “Muskmobiles” instead.
January 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We really should start calling Teslas “Muskmobiles” instead.
I used to do some video editing in my prior life before medicine. To say that Questlove is doing genius level work here is a gross understatement.
Take a break from your regularly scheduled doomscrolling and marvel at this clip. A jawdropping feat of editing by Questlove - incredible!
Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years of SNL Music | Official Preview | Peacock Original - SNL Fanatic
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January 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I used to do some video editing in my prior life before medicine. To say that Questlove is doing genius level work here is a gross understatement.
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🚨 🧵 There’s an unprecedented tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas that isn’t getting the attention it deserves. Meanwhile, federal health agencies are being silenced by communication restrictions. Here’s what you need to know: (1/12)👇👇
January 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🚨 🧵 There’s an unprecedented tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas that isn’t getting the attention it deserves. Meanwhile, federal health agencies are being silenced by communication restrictions. Here’s what you need to know: (1/12)👇👇
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Somebody’s gotta pay for all those corporate tax breaks. Republicans want to begin with a $192 billion tax increase on single parents:
January 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Somebody’s gotta pay for all those corporate tax breaks. Republicans want to begin with a $192 billion tax increase on single parents:
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This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Those of us treating HIV patients need to be vigilant. #MedSky
So, you may ask, why do I get so angry about the new liberal spin on RFK Jr, as in, "he gets some things right, so let's collaborate on those" or "we have to work with him because he has a huge following we need to reach"? Because I've seen this movie before. 1/
January 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Those of us treating HIV patients need to be vigilant. #MedSky
Happy Holidays to everyone!
December 25, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Happy Holidays to everyone!