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Awkward Heretic

@awkwardheretic.bsky.social
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Trying to stay sane. Science, politics, healthcare, philosophy, social justice. He/him or they/them.

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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
...destroyed many of the smaller platforms with forums etc. When considering all of the data mining going through Google and Facebook, I struggle to see if any of the positives outweigh the multitudes of negatives. The internet is very close to becoming entirely corporitized.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
...to each other in real life? I have been an internet user since the early days. This phenomenon existed to some degree even when we were subscribing to email groups. But nowadays it's practically the default. And most interactions now flow exclusively through one of the big platforms, which...
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Putting myself on a limited Facebook diet again. It doesn't matter where your political leanings are, make a tongue in cheek comment in a post and someone is going to go apeshit on you without even bothering to make sure they actually understand your response. Can you imagine if we all did this...
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
@gabrielurbina.com Just finished the Harbingers season a few days ago. You've nailed it again! My mind cannot stop pondering what season 2 is going to bring!
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@fmch6444 @fmch6444.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
...are meaningless to him. They are pawns to him. And while the inner feelings of the person responsible for deaths is irrelevant to the families who lost loved ones, someone who doesn't feel the weight of those actions is capable of almost any horror.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I believe that Biden, Obama, and even W Bush all took the responsibility for the lives that were snuffed out thanks to their actions as CIC very seriously. And I say this even though I think many of those actions could be considered war crimes. Trump though? He doesn't care. Other people's lives...
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
It’s gonna be a pretty solid weekend if social media is flooded with clips of Laura Loomer getting her ass handed to her in-person by Indian journalists. Shout-out to Rajdeep Sardesai for kicking off the festivities.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
We should move all future state of the union speeches to the Ides Of March as a reminder.
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Cath RN, PhD @headdoc35.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · 14/03/2026
Happy Pi Day to all who celebrate
The world’s most accurate pie chart
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I don't think she even pretends she's not a bigot. What I think is funny is how much gender affirming surgery she's had, for someone who is as transphobic as she is.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Basically, non-white south Africans, who absolutely could have treated white descendants of colonists the way white people treated non white people, have not done so. The racist idiots realized they didn't have it so bad and went home. Good riddance, but I'm sure they didn't really learn anything.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Is anyone following me fluent in any Chinese languages? Over the years I've seen some hilariously bad translations from Mandarin or Cantonese into English, and it's always amusing how it turns out for some reason. So I'm wondering if the reverse is true too? Let me know!
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
"I live forever in every moment I have existed. I swear to every star in the cosmos I never forgot it was a gift." @midnightburger.bsky.social
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Ryan Cowell @13thfloor.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Came across this on Instagram
I know everything is crazy right now, but at least we don't have to hear Charlie Kirk's opinion about it
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Somehow the pedophilia thing didn't do it, but I'm glad SOMETHING is getting through to these idiots.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
📌We have learned tonight that Russia is in fact helping Iran target U.S. bases. Go ahead and tell me again Trump isn't Putin's puppet.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Sgt. Brian McGinnis is out of jail after he was arrested for expressing his opposition to the US war on Iran in Congress. Capitol Police officers and Senator Sheehy broke his arm as they removed and arrested him.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Here's how I put it: I would love to see someone take out the orange guy, but I don't want to endure someone bombing US cities and killing civilians to see it happen. I would not see that nation as liberators, I would see them as invaders.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I had not considered this, but I think I may stick with it.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I like that. I forced my phone to limit Facebook to only 30 minutes a day. On Bluesky, I am experiencing what you describe, and I have to admit I've been more productive in my normal life, though I haven't managed to put that into writing yet. Guitar practice is way up though.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
...interactions where my tendency to feel the physical pain of others would not allow me to function, but I'm not doing patient care anymore. I need to be able to put myself in others' shoes without making it my own. #neurodivergence
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
One of the things I'm realizing about myself, is that I allow other people to derail me too easily. My empathy is completely disregulated. Either I internalize everyone's feelings around me, or I compartmentalize in order to cope. The compartmentilization was helpful during patient...
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Even after many episodes of "No Bad Ideas" I'm not sure I would know what questions to ask you outside of those topics. 🤣
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Gabriel Urbina @gabrielurbina.com · 07/03/2026
Got a bit of time this afternoon while I work on some new writing. Anyone got any questions, anything they’d like to know, anything they want advice on? #AMA
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
When you get down to writing, do you struggle with the urge to get distracted by social media, and if so, what techniques do you use to refocus?
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Chlorine dioxide is an industrial bleach for lumber and freaks like RFK give autistic kids enemas with it. Kids die from the practice. These people just want autistic kids dead.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Definitely an issue for people wanting to use mastodon, unfortunately.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
It was deeply disappointing when Zdogg MD (Dr Zubin Damania, who once made amazing medical parody videos) teamed up with Prasad. Prasad's tenure at CBER has only made me more certain that my decision to unsubscribe from all of Damania's media was the right one.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Vinay Prasad has been an a noxious influence on public health and drug regulation. Good riddance. UCSF should not take him back. He should wander in the wilderness forever. www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/h...
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FDA’s controversial vaccine chief will exit agency next month | CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration’s head of vaccines and biologic medicines will leave the agency at the end of April, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Friday.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
...you're unlikely to get it, especially since you're vaccinated." Turned out it was mono, though she had to push the NP to do a heterophile ab test. I'm glad she did because of later health issues she's been having, but it's weird to think that now mumps has to be in the differential again.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
My daughter had just moved to Portland when she got REALLY sick with swollen lymph nodes, fatigue, myalgia, and fever. She was asking me if she should go to urgent care, and I said, "well, it could be a lot of things, but mono or flu are way up there, plus mumps though unless there's an outbreak...
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I noticed that the cartels in Mexico really seemed to have gotten a boost when the US began making psudoephedrine sales trackable. Rather than make methamphetamine more expensive, all it seemed to do was make it's manufacturing more attractive to organized crime.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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a cartoon character says it 's a sacrifice while standing next to two knights
ALT: a cartoon character says it 's a sacrifice while standing next to two knights
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Well, time to start crowdsourcing the money to shoot these down, because fuck that shit
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I normally cannot deal with the younger xers and elder millenials pulling the obnoxious old person shit the boomers always did to us. But in this instance, 100% justified. I will allow it.
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Lyse @lyse.myatproto.social · 06/03/2026
“I have usernames older than you.”. Holy shit
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My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I really don't think the California republican party has figured out how many conservative leaning people they've completely lost by continuing to support Trump's insanity.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
@carepublicans.bsky.social if you all want ANY hope of having more than one seat in the house next year from California, maybe it's time you consider impeaching the failed president.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Honestly, I'm shocked it took this long for Trump to decide Noem was too much of a liability. Any other POTUS who saw their approval ratings drop THAT much thanks to a completely mismanaged branch of government would have done it months ago
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I can't deny the racism, but damn, she's one of the most impressive politicians when it comes to thinking on her feet I've ever seen.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I don't get it. Vote wise, she's a middle of the road democrat. But personality wise, she has the sharpest wit, hands down. No one comes close. She'd win any debate. As a POTUS candidate, I think she could win.
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B. Whyte, MD☀️ @urbanedoc4kids.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
When you slobber over any white man that stands up to the administration *online*, regardless of his politics, and pledge eternal fealty to him, yet kick and scream about how Jasmine Crockett “isn’t electable,” you know we see you, right?
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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a man wearing a black sweater with the word heyo on it .
ALT: a man wearing a black sweater with the word heyo on it .
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
To the Democrats: the midterms are coming up. Assuming trump doesn't succeed in his attempt to steal the midterms, you will have control of the senate and the house. The American people want blood. So don't fuck it up with your usual ineffective bullshit.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I'm hearing Barron Trump did some oil buying right before daddy bombed Iran. Does he not realize that when daddy is out of office he will face insider trading charges?
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
...Trump convinced some folks he wouldn't start any new wars, and he did not realize how much that one thing, at least, sounded nice to a lot of people. So it shouldn't come as a surprise go his administration that this distraction would backfire horribly, but here we are. Fucking dumbasses.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
...Balkans conflict, our unceasing involvement in Somalia (we all pretend like it ended with the battle of Mogadishu, but we still are engaged in limited air strikes occasionally to this day), 9-11, Afghanistan, Iraq war part 2, Syria, ISIS, Libya, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Point is...
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It kind of blows my mind how clueless this administration is. I'm 48 years old, and my country has been at war for my ENTIRE LIFE. We are tired of war. Younger gen xers and older millenials remember growing up with the tail end of the cold war fears, Panama, the Contras, Desert Storm, the...
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