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Alexander Tsai, MD

@drdrtsai.bsky.social
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Husband, father, & psychiatrist at @GlobalHealthMGH + @MonganInstitute, prof @harvardmed + @HarvardChanSPH. Editor-in-Chief @SocSciMed-Mental Health. TweetDelete on. Fk cowards. Website: connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profi…

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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 4h
I know y’all hate it when we look down on you stupid fkwits, but the problem is not that you're being looked down upon. The problem is that you're a bunch of venal, petty, dumbsh{#^ fkwits www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
nbcnews.com
GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon
An outside group mistakenly spent nearly $25,000 to boost Collins in Portland, Oregon, rather than Portland, Maine. The buyer admitted to the error and refunded the PAC.
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 11h
Ooh this is a better one
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 12h
2/2
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 12h
Last day folks Get those comments in. Don't let those a{#$&hats play hide the cookie 1/2 rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3...
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 21h
""There was almost always something I felt I was not doing as well as I wished I could."
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 23h
"Taste is subjective, but trust me, this story is bad"
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
lol "six senators" www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
pbs.org
Bipartisan group of senators calls on Trump to 'reverse course' on Russian diesel plan
Four Republican senators and two Democratic senators signed onto the statement released Sunday in protesting the deal. They said the administration failed to consult with Congress or submit any explan...
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We just ban meat proxy reviewers
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We don't do that at SSM-Mental Health (unless the authors are being recalcitrant about major dealbreaky stuff) Just sayin' In case you have any interesting papers related to mental health
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
🙌🙌
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
💪💪💪💪
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"I propose that each author be permitted to submit up to three new submissions per year to a journal... for each invitation to revise and resubmit a new submission, each author would be allowed to submit one additional paper per year." www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/jour...
timeshighereducation.com
Journals should cap each author’s submissions – but with a twist
The glut of AI-assisted submissions can’t be stemmed with unpoliceable bans. Better to limit volume and focus on unique voice, says Dirk Lindebaum
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"[Marjorie Taylor Greene] forwarded copies of the threats to [Trump], hoping that seeing the threats against her family would be enough to tone down the attacks. She got a five-word reply from the president: 'Your fault, you deserve it.'"
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Missed this when it came out four years ago. It is the single most beautiful thing I have read all year.
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Authoritarian consolidation of power doesn’t require governments to follow through on every threat. It requires only that businesses and other civil society organizations believe that the threats are credible enough to act on."
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“As Director of the FBI, you possess information that would be highly valuable to America’s adversaries. Unfortunately, your affinity for the Russian government does not inspire confidence that you will be able to effectively safeguard those secrets"
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Dang. That is some cold shhhttte. uskeywords.org
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Very curious--could you post a link or DM it to me? Thank you
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I mean maybe Princeton should have learned from Penn's experience trying to attach itself to Karikó
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I guess this falls within the "outer perimeter" of presidential responsibilities, so if Trump decides to violate the law in carrying out his presidential responsibilities then 🤷‍♂️
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
👀
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Saw Over the Rhine there twice. Nice venue
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The proposed NHIS 2028 redesign asks about SNAP but continues to block the USDA food security module that was killed in 2025. You have until Oct 20 to drop a comment on regulations.gov saying why this is bad + why there are no better alternatives: www.regulations.gov/document/CDC...
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
@noamross.net interviewed by @steveinskeep.bsky.social: "you could think of this as someone planting a tree somewhere where they just burned down a forest" 😂 www.npr.org/2026/10/09/n...
npr.org
After his university cutbacks, Trump announces $100 million for STEM researchers
The Trump administration is funneling $100 million into educating STEM researchers who are U.S. citizens. The move comes after other changes under Trump have forced cutbacks in university research.
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Never underestimate the pettiness
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Congratulations (Do they give you the hat or do you have to buy it)
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I got my first suit from Jos A Bank. Now I can't look at that brand the same way ever again.
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1. This is terrible, high school kids should learn how to be high school kids 2. I love it, maybe this will reduce the number of emails I get from high schoolers seeking internships in my "lab" www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/newsroom/...
massgeneralbrigham.org
PCA-in-Training Program gives students an early start in healthcare careers
Mass General Brigham’s PCA-in-Training Program is a new pathway within MGB Youth Programs Summer Jobs for Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers students who earn their Certified Nursing Assista...
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
These fkers
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Gtfoh www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/t...
washingtonsun.com
White House Floats Russ Vought’s Deputy to Lead Congress’ Watchdog Arm
OMB Deputy Director Eric Ueland has presided over massive shakeups to the federal workforce that the Government Accountability Office has deemed detrimental.
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"His majestic body, that I carried in my body many moons ago, was returned to me in a bag, skeletal, bearing signs of torture... I awake every day to the confusion of this truth. I am glued to time's flypaper of stickiness. I cannot move." time.com/article/2026...
time.com
Hoping for Better, 3 Years Since Oct. 7
Three years since the horrific Oct. 7 attack, Rachel Goldberg-Polin writes about the pain of losing her son, Hersh, and her hopes for healing.
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Luigi’s responded with a 'huge public apology' for the 'unfathomable hardship' the customer had endured. 'Clearly, our massive oversight was failing to clear out our entire kitchen setup specifically for Tom’s slice-and-fountain soda emergency'" 😂 www.boston.com/food/food-ne...
boston.com
Revere pizzeria responds to customer who complained about lack of slices
Luigi's Pizzeria in Revere took to Facebook to a customer's complaint about a pizza slice.
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So sucky www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
rollingstone.com
CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Her lawyers said she still can’t move her arms or swallow... and she is handcuffed to the hospital bed, they said." apnews.com/article/chri...
apnews.com
Christa Pike's first words after surviving execution: 'Where am I?' attorney says
Christa Pike is “angry and confused” after surviving an attempt to execute her in Tennessee. One of Pike’s attorneys, Randy Spivey, said Wednesday that she aware of what happened.
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 07/10/2026
Still upset about that highly cited paper in Psych Science you consider deeply flawed? Now is your time to shine ✨
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Spain may want to look to Ireland, where policymakers last year watered down rent controls over concerns they were contributing to weak rates of new construction in the rental sector, exacerbating the underlying causes of the disease whose symptoms they were intended to treat."
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"between January 2011 and January 2026, 49% of articles in The Egyptian Rheumatologist cited Gheita’s publications. In 2011, there were no citations to Gheita’s work, rising to 12% of papers published in 2012 and up to 73% of those from 2020"
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump probably did a word search and thought it was referring to my man Ice Cube
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
oof. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
GREMLINS
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
holy shhhtte I had all of these except for Placebo
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
👀👀👀
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"the people who are the most 'polarized' in the U.S. electorate are those who are racist and sexist, and those who oppose racists and sexists" 🤭 muse.jhu.edu/article/1001...
muse.jhu.edu
Project MUSE -- Verification required!
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The effect size of [the 2006 Iranian trial] was so big as to be unheard of in biomedical science, says Martin Plöderl... 'It’s the kind of effect size you only get if you ask people whether they prefer chocolate or faeces,' he says." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Prozac use for childhood depression skewed by single flawed medical trial
One small study in Iran swayed meta-analyses in favour of antidepressant use in children, researchers say.
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bruh Fk y’all for even thinking about it www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
washingtonpost.com
MLB drops proposal to host a baseball game at Grand Teton National Park
After The Washington Post reported on the proposal, local leaders sent letters to the Trump administration and the MLB commissioner expressing strong opposition.
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"[Policy research] is not advocacy or lobbying by another name. Evaluating the effects of government action offers insights that carry no party label... Its purpose is not to advance ideology but to provide objective evidence that can improve public decision making."
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pipeline straight to MDPI/Hindawi/Dove Press/etc
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"My own speculation is that a similar workflow as the NBER paper directed at the last 20 years of empirical papers in ASR or Demography would be a bloodbath." 🤭
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
3/3 Preprint here! osf.io/preprints/so... (155 views, 105 downloads 😂)
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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
2/ "The 'ideological accelerant' conclusion isn't backed up in the actual data the study presents, wrote Alexander Tsai, a psychiatry professor at Harvard Medical School in response to the paper. Other academics who study political violence have also noted significant design flaws in the research...
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