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Brian J Dixon, MD

@drdixon.bsky.social
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Pragmatic psychiatrist blasting mis/dis info at every turn. We only have ourselves to blame/save. | #MedSky | #MentalHealth | #PsychiatristGeneral | #BlackSky psychiatristgeneral.substack.com

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404 Media @404media.co · 24/09/2026
Cops followed EJ Carrion home and arrested him in his drive way one week after he said 'bullshit' at a county meeting in Texas. Here is that body cam footage. @mjgault.bsky.social reports: www.404media.co/watch-body-c...
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Heartbreaking and infuriating. AI needs guardrails. NOW.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Elections are life and death. Literally. Vote like your life depends on it. Because it does.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Talarico: Every bar has that guy. He’s loud, he’s obnoxious, he makes all the women in the bar feel uncomfortable. He hears you say your name to the bartender and then adds his drink to your tab when you’re not looking. That’s Paxton. And I don’t know about y’all, but I’m done picking up his tab.
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Sort of Damocles @sortofdamocles.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
This is the truest truth of all the truths (and there aren't many).
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/04/2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is a reminder that most of the bench has never seen the inside of a trial court or a public defender’s office. She’s schooling folks how this actually works.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Yup. This is validation why I dropped my subscription last year. Good lord.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“The last night I was a pediatric resident, a child came in with Hib and promptly died by the next day. I didn’t work for 50 years to have everything destroyed by one man.” -Dr. Kathryn Edwards, Vanderbilt University This is what RFK Jr. and the anti-vaxxers have wrought.
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A deadly bacterial disease is returning, doctors warn, as vaccination rates fall
Hib once killed 1,000 children a year, permanently disabling many more. Doctors who've never seen the disease say the comeback is changing the way they practice medicine.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Seriously: how much million+ fraud happens in a direct pay healthcare system? Cuz it feels like all fraud is directly related to govt/commercial 3rd party payers…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/03/2026
CROCKETT: Professor, are you saying you believe it's constitutional for the US to blow up people that are accused of being drug traffickers? "It's not going to be a yes or no answer" CROCKETT: I'm going to stop you there. It's unconstitutional.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I really REALLY want us to nix the term “billion” and switch to “thousand million.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
28.49.% APR on a credit card I’ve had for over a decade. And I have a terrific credit score. Middle class my ass. Vote wisely.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/02/2026
Texans: After nearly three decades in charge, “we can fix it” sounds like a confession.
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Valentine Barker @valentinebarker.com · 16/02/2026
I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own. I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history. 1 square = 1 year.
A graphic in pink, blue, and green that illustrates how recent many Black History events are to the current day -- ranging from 1619 to 2024.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/02/2026
Police don’t wear masks. State troopers don’t wear masks. The National Guard doesn’t wear masks. But you know who does? White supremacists, militia groups, insurrectionists, and ICE.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
With all restrictive politics flying around lately, it made me wonder…when will we tighten up truth-in-advertising laws? Arlington Cowboys? Arlington Rangers? Soon-to-be Plano Stars? If the SAVE Act can be used to “ensure the truth”, surly we do the same with billionaires…right?
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Nature @nature.com · 11/02/2026
Environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor has helped her field to be more welcoming to researchers of colour go.nature.com/4rcQPNb
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My professor said ‘Black people are not interested in the environment’. I set out to prove him wrong
Environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor has helped her field to be more welcoming to researchers of colour.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/02/2026
It’s odd that the religious right is so upset about a halftime show that celebrated marriage, love, community, small business, hard work, and family. 🤔
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The only thing missing from Bad Bunny’s Superbowl halftime show? A check for $30 billion to overhaul OUR electricity grid in Puerto Rico. Well done, Benito!
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Kamala Harris warned everyone. Hillary Clinton warned everyone. I’ll never regret voting for them.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
In times like these, I sing. www.facebook.com/share/v/1AY4...
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
VP Harris LITERALLY told us this would happen. I’m beside myself. But I refuse to be reactive. There’s a procedure for situations like this. C’mon Americans. Get your shit together.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
After Tamyra Gray and Brokeback Mountain, Sinners better win in all 24 categories or I may never go to the movies again.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Flu sucks. Don’t die. Seriously y’all…it puts a crimp in you getting therapy. Lol. open.substack.com/pub/formulat... #PsychiatristGeneral #Blackstack #MentalHealth #Counseling #Therapy
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This week's lesson from surviving 2026' Flu A
Maybe Melania's 2018 jacket was "virally" spot on...
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
It’s clear we need a national curriculum on how to confront and depower bullies. Sheesh.
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Sen. Markwayne Mullin bought up to $50K each in Raytheon stock (RTX) & Chevron (CVX) just days before the U.S. strike on Venezuela— Mullin sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee — I’m sure it’s just a coincidence..
Markwayne Mullen sits at a congressional hearing desk
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Happy Justice Day!!! Can’t fuel the bend of the moral arc of the universe without granny-level butterscotch candy! #PsychiatristGeneral #MentalHealth #Therapy #Counseling
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Worth every second
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 09/01/2026
If you or your children haven’t received the flu vaccine this year now is the time. Way too many children and adults with flu ending up on ECMO Try not to be one of them.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/01/2026
Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 06/01/2026
"There's no question--none--that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it. The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president." --Mitch McConnell (R)
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The Venezuelan War. Didn’t see that one on my 2026 bingo card. Luckily, 8 year olds are our salvation: open.substack.com/pub/formulat... #PsychiatristGeneral #MentalHealth #Therapy #Counseling #Politics
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My response to The 2026 Venezuelan War: Let 8 year olds vote
Humankind's ideal balance of fairness, kindness, and justice: the 8 year old.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
What social engineering comes AFTER social media? Cuz we gotta address our public behavior…sheesh. open.substack.com/pub/formulat...
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2026: Can we bring back home training?
Social media has hijacked common sense: our 20 year experiment outsourcing civility to influencers
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Enter: Year 12 of the Passion Planner. The social+sanity restoration shenanigans I’m planning for 2026 will be…epic. Remember: you’re not in THEIR America. They’re in YOUR America. Make it count. #PsychiatristGeneral
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
@lizzobeeating.bsky.social I am blessed to sing with the most amazing men’s chorus in the world. Merry Christmas, everyone! www.facebook.com/share/r/19vA...
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
3 months being distracted by this admin’s “flood the zone” approach. I’m getting back to storytelling and world building. open.substack.com/pub/formulat...
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Dis-integration is accelerating...so let's build back better.
Out of pain, frustration, and inconvenience, a new tradition. A new beginning.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/12/2025
Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too? A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
MY ROSE took my top spot this year. More in my #SpotifyWrapped Best earworm ever.
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Kaivan Shroff @kaivanshroff.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
To be clear, it was a **Trump appointed judge** that initially found the new Texas map to be racially biased. Thats how compromised this Supreme Court is.
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
As a child psychiatrist, this makes SO MUCH SENSE. I was taught phonics and I LOVE reading. Conceptually, I’ve seen the result of three-cueing with kids; in a world where visual has become king, we’re handicapping our future leaders. 🤯
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Brian J Dixon, MD @drdixon.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Why am I aiming to be #PsychiatristGeneral 1. I’m a doctor. We know Tylenol and circumcision dont cause autism 2. Diversity is awesome. There aren’t enough Black folks in that room. 3. These people have NO insight and they lack compassion. 4. Trust your doctor…because you can sue us.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2025
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms. (Published June)
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Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
this whole thing is like a renaissance painting
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