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Clay Jones

@clayjones.bsky.social
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Pediatric/newborn hospitalist. Skeptic, but fun at parties. Part-time satirist. Nobel Prize nominated, I assume. Born on the bayou, just not yesterday. sciencebasedmedicine.org/author/cla… www.knudsensnews.com

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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 9h
He is rich. He paid a celebrity trainer thousands of dollars an hour. He didn't just "walk more and control portions" to lose 200 pounds. I mean, good for Goodman, but this article implies people are fat because they just haven't decided to "do it slowly". www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
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John Goodman Lost 200 Pounds at 74 After Finally Breaking One Lifelong Habit
Goodman changed his entire approach.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 10h
I have thought about this even longer now. m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfZy...
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Sho'nuff vs Leroy Scene | THE LAST DRAGON (1985) Movie CLIP HD
YouTube video by JoBlo Movie Clips
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 11h
I thought about this for a long time. m.youtube.com/watch?v=aq2g...
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Darkplace Fight scene
YouTube video by getawaykettle
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 12h
Biden will go down as one of the most consequential presidents in modern history, if true.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 22h
Post a vampire that isn’t Dracula:
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Measles doesn't stop harming people when the rash goes away. Measles can damage the immune system, causing "immune amnesia" for up to five years. Measles outbreaks this year and last could leave thousands vulnerable to other infectious diseases. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles-outb...
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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If it was that train to Boston song by Stella Thefty, I'm going to fill my ears with wet cement. www.yahoo.com/tech/science...
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Radio signal detected for the first time from a planet outside our solar system
Astronomers say they have have detected a radio emission from Beta Pictoris b, an exoplanet 63 light-years from Earth, according to new research.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’m seeing a pattern emerge. www.knudsensnews.com/post/florida...
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Florida Chemists Call for Ban of Trans Isomers in Public Schools
Tallahassee, FL - An influential group of conservative chemists are calling for the total ban of trans isomers in Florida public schools."We aren't interested in a compound's functional groups or what...
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We have no idea if psychedelics “work” for depression via a specific mechanism or if it is an extreme example of theatrical placebo. Claims of “rewiring the brain” made by some experts are equivalent to claims that they work by magic or reversing polarity. Maybe LSD is like crossing the streams.
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Karen Wants The Orcas In Charge @riceboilsover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Worth reading the whole @propublica.org investigation: www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lots of issues to unpack in this article but most importantly it is an example of the dangers of raw milk consumption. No raw milk is safe, especially for an infant. Goat milk, even if pasteurized, is a poor choice for little (human) kids given low iron, folate levels. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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Toddler vomited blue-green bile and nearly died after consuming controversial drink
“I’m going to hate myself to the day I die for having allowed that to happen,” her mother said.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Murica: Eagle, Flag, and Gun
ALT: Murica: Eagle, Flag, and Gun
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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is child abuse. What about the child’s right to life? No child should die of preventable conditions especially if parents cannot provide basic medical care for them.
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fifth Measles Death In Pennsylvania These 5 are the first measles-related deaths in the state in 35 years, reflecting a wider national surge driven by declining vaccination rates. www.cnn.com/2026/09/30/h...
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Pennsylvania tallies a fifth death related to measles as outbreak approaches a thousand cases | CNN
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported a fifth measles-associated death on Wednesday amid an ongoing outbreak that is on track to become the largest the US has seen in decades and has sparked ...
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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's sad that we even have to be talking about it. Congenital measles doesn't have to be a thing.
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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And especially don't get measles as an infant. That means counting on others being vaccinated at a high rate.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pennsylvania’s outbreak has hit 943 cases this year, 176 people hospitalized. Less than 1% of confirmed cases in fully vaccinated people.Total measles infections in US at 35-year high, with 3,659 confirmed cases in 45 states as of last week. 8 total deaths in past two years, most in 3+ decades.
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Alicia Ault @aliciaault.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A fifth person has died from measles in Pennsylvania. #IDsky #EpiSky #pediatrics #MMR #vaccines
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Pennsylvania reports 5th measles-related death in the state
The state’s outbreak is the largest in the U.S.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wish I had something like this to help me with my kids before they were brainwashed by the liberal elites kindergartens and Rachel Maddow's Saturday morning animated show on MS NOW's Kidz Zone.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just listened to @michaelmina.bsky.social on NPR discussing measles cases and he chastised folks raising concern that a newborn died from measles who had a ruptured spleen. He points out that there are no case reports of congenital measles causing splenic rupture. This appears to be true. But…
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Three Florida counties have declared emergencies over Dengue Fever because the state is experiencing the most locally-transmitted cases since they began collecting the data 17 years ago.
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Florida counties declare local emergencies as dengue cases rise
Dengue fever is here in Florida, prompting several Florida counties to issue a state of emergency for the mosquito-borne disease.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I can think of one very effective solution.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RIP Dennis Haskins. You were always the better Belding to me.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I won’t say it ruined my day exactly, but I have been really bothered lately by the fact that the word for what a palindrome is isn’t a palindrome.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our system is garbage. Companies can pretty much do whatever they want. This product is labelled as “heart healthy” and the boilerplate just had to say studies suggest something. It is almost as if the system is designed more for improving corporate profit than for consumer health.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Because of a quirk of evolution many millions of years ago, or a cruel/incompetent supreme being, primates, as well as guinea pigs and fruit bats, are unable to synthesize vitamin C. The gene in humans to convert sugar to Vitamin C is there, it was randomly deactivated 60+ million years ago.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Feminize a band name Bonne Jovi
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One of those died. Splenic rupture in a newborn is incredibly rare. It can be caused by trauma during delivery. Measles can increase risk of rupture. The likelihood that this baby would have died without congenital measles infection approaches zero.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'll never forget being 12-years-old and staying up late to watch Bartender, Bartender & Bartender on Cinemax after my parents went to sleep.
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Stephanie Simoes @critikid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pseudoscience looks like science in that it uses technical language and "experiments," but without the safeguards that make science reliable. Like stage magic, it creates a convincing illusion. The difference is that magicians are honest about what they are doing.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The same Tim Tebow shown here doing nothing for a man having a seizure: m.youtube.com/watch?v=2GIy...
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Tim Tebow Prays With Fan Suffering Seizure
YouTube video by CBS Miami
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I can now add scurvy to kwashiorkor on my list of rare (in the US) diagnoses. I admitted a baby many years ago who was being fed a homemade formula that was mostly carrot juice. Family got recipe from church friend and they were hard to convince that carrots don't provide enough protein.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Diagnosed my first case of scurvy recently. Teen with severe fatigue, swollen and painful joints, diffuse follicle inflammation that looked like palpable purpura, anemia, and a history of severe dietary restrictions. Nearly asymptomatic after a couple days of vitamin C replacement.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I write in detail about the process of drowning here. The amount of water that enters the lungs is highly variable. The intense spasm of the upper airway can prevent deep aspiration. sciencebasedmedicine.org/infant-and-t...
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Infant and Toddler Swimming Programs: Are They Safe and Effective?
It's now officially summertime, but people have been hitting the pools and beaches for weeks in many parts of the nation. In fact it has been well into the 90’s for over two month here in Baton
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It has apparently been a very slow year in popular music. I can’t think of a number 1 song, let alone a song that has spent many weeks in the top spot, as bland as Choosin’ Texas. And that Boston song camped out at number 2 is like an ice pick in my brain.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
First off, use of “western medicine” is usually a clue that someone doesn’t have one. Regardless of a treatment’s origin, it will be accepted if scientifically shown to be work. We haven’t ignored these treatments, we have found better ones.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
But it’s civil war if you come for our gas ovens!!!
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How many people could be housed and/or fed with her jewelry collection. I don't care how good her music may be, if you are into that kind of music, or how nice she may seem, billionaires are all bad people. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
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Taylor Swift Ditches Her 10-Carat Diamond for a Brand New Engagement Ring After Surprise Announcement
We’re doing a double take.
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Knudsen's News @zooknudsen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Competitive Painting Set to Make First Olympic Appearance in Paris Paris - For the first time in history, the Paris Games will feature competitive painting as an official Olympic sport... www.knudsensnews.com/post/competi...
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Competitive Painting Set to Make First Olympic Appearance in Paris
Two U.S. painters have qualified for the Paris games - Winthrop Alabaster IV (AlaBlaster) and Cordelia Sinclair (Brush Bitch) - and two spots remain.Paris - For the first time in history, the Paris Ga...
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
He came from Australia to play college tennis at 18, lived in the Hamptons this entire time. Worked as a tennis pro at a club, then in finance but didn’t like it so became a private chef making up to 500K a year. Their “starter home” is $1.8 million house in the Hamptons. Typical immigrant story.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Serious, if true. I don't plan on eating until this gets sorted out.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Reading a @nytimes.com article about using smell to detect early Parkinson's and came across the unfortunate myth that the elderly smell bad being uncritically promoted by an expert in analytical chemistry: "I knew, because we all know, that old people are more smelly than young people."
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And now, he’s full of praise and kind words for those who spread it.
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Dear John Horgan, Fluff MAHA/MAGA Doctors Less, Bash War More
"A cancer expert I admire becomes a Trump collaborator. Should he be dead to me?" That's an easy question to answer.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The issue of nonparentage, usually paternal, is not uncommon and raises interesting ethical questions. www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
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Florida parents say their baby has wrong father after a clinic's IVF mistake
A Florida family is suing a fertility clinic they said it swapped out the wrong sperm during an IVF procedure. Cristian Benavides spoke to the family about their ordeal.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Huge, if true. I haven't seen Obsession yet, but only because I can't relate to the plot. But I've seen at least three wells and a lot more babies.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Two of the greatest albums of all time are Beck’s Sea Change (2002) and Morning Phase (2014). These albums have a very unique and similar vibe as they involves the same creative team. Beck calls them companion albums. His album Ride Lonesome just came out and deserves a spot alongside those albums.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Which in reality just means eking out a few more years of productivity and then dropping dead from a heart attack.
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Huge, if true. I think we will all sleep better at night once that damn cryptid is behind bars for good!
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Clay Jones @clayjones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yes, yes, more energy. But can it make popcorn? IYKNK
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