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Dr. Whiskers

@drwhiskers.bsky.social
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Veterinarian, Senior Pet Practice Owner Veterinary Pathology/Cultural Anthropology/Archaeology/Film and Television Producer/Software Design and Development/Wanna-Be Author

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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Thank goodness your body isn't capitalist. Sure, you'd be swole with your muscles demanding 85% of the blood flow, but you'd have to sleep 23 hours/day and would immediately go into liver and kidney failure. Instead of running the government like a business, we should run it like a human body.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
A single mosquito is a pest. The entirety of mosquitos is the backbone of an ecosystem.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
metaphor alert
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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard. #MosaicMonday
A horrific image of a someone who seems to have his hands tied behind his back. A big cat (the predator kind, not the overfed pet kind) has jumped up at him and is devouring his face. Blood splashes on the floor.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The pursuit of gender equity means finding ways to lift ALL genders up, not just the temporarily convenient one. The group we leave behind will become an anchor none of us want.
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a man standing next to a large anchor on the side of a road
Alt: a man standing next to a large anchor on the side of a road
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The irony of my bluesky feed is that it's mostly comprised of how climate fecked we are.
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Erica Wilkinson @everywhereerica.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE. 🧵
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Mars Inc, a candy company that perfected the art of branding the same bad chocolate bar 3 different ways (Snickers, Milky Way and 3 Musketeers), brought that same marketing swindle into veterinary medicine (Banfield, VCA, Bluepearl). It's all pretty gross. #veterinary #vetmed #anticorporate
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
It's extremely likely you aren't as good at recognizing your senior pet's arthritis as you think you are.
Canine pelvic radiograph with severe arthritis of the hip joint.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
This is a great 4 part series from the folks at @speciesunite.bsky.social addressing our food supply. I'm just catching up now but looking forward to listening about our meat packing industry. www.speciesunite.com/podcast/bren...
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S11. E30: Brent Kim: From Farm to Fork and Beyond — Species Unite
We know that what we eat has an enormous impact on billions of animals, our health and the health of the planet. If we fail to change our diets and the food system, the planet will face increasingly s...
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
#vetmed #veterinary This whole saga has been so gross to watch. www.avma.org/news/fda-adv...
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FDA: Adverse events in dogs reported with monoclonal antibody drug
Veterinarians and pet owners are reporting adverse events associated with the use of Librela, a drug made by Zoetis to manage osteoarthritis pain in dogs, according to the Food and Drug Administration...
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I'm not doing this. He's going to say a thousand insane things every day and I'm either not taking them seriously enough or taking them too seriously so I'm just not taking them period. Let me know if my number's called up and I'll see you in Nuuk
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Spoiler alert: the internet. That's it. That's the spoiler. For all of life's wonders meant to be experienced first hand, instead we get a shitty digital versions of it that ruin the surprise. I'm gonna play my old man card and declare that life was better before it got "smart."
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Remember the first time someone pointed out to you that you don't get bugs on your windshield anymore and the ominous feeling in the pit of your stomach at what it all meant? Go outside and try to count the birds.
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a drawing of a bird with the word nope written below it
ALT: a drawing of a bird with the word nope written below it
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Something I didn't realize until coming to Bluesky was how many OnlyFans girls seem to take an active interest in veterinary medicine posts.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
As the Earth's crust began to cool and life's chemical reaction was just beginning, who was that first unicellular organism that looked at its brethren and decided working in harmony to harvest resources was less desirable than just eating its own? Seriously, screw that guy.
Macrophage animation
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
#vetmed #veterinary #anticorporate Vetmed is framed these days as a figurative pit fight between the James Herriots and the Jamie Dimons - in other words, the people attempting to catheterize your pet vs those attempting to catheterize your wallet. Pictured (Jenny Jenkins aka Jenny Sais Quoi) 1/9
Dog face with baby yoda ears and inquisitive eyebrows
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
This conversation reminds me of when my Fox News watching dad first learned about pronoun usage to his utter bafflement. And in response, I took to calling him "Mr." for the better part of the year despite him being an MD. Doesn't say doctor on your birth certificate, dad. 🤷‍♂️
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Lincoln P. @lpoldervaart.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Any politician, Republican or Democrat, that switches parties after getting elected should be able to be recalled immediately by the people that voted for them. Liberal voters are putting far too many politicians in office who immediately switch to Republican.
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Another outstanding article from @helenbranswell.bsky.social I laud her clarity on #1: “having this virus circulating in dairy cows is like allowing Mother Nature to keep throwing dice at a craps table. The house normally wins. But it doesn’t always.” And very much share her fear of #3 … 🛟🩺🧪
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The Street Dog Coalition @thestreetdogco.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Some moments stay with you forever. 🌿 Our Austin team lead, Dr. Michael Mullen, shows the quiet compassion of a veterinarian in The Passing, a deeply moving short documentary. Watch the full story here: newyorker.com/video/watch/the-passing #Caturday
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Disapproving Philosophy Professors: "Kant or won't?"
Immanuel Kant - looking rather disapproving.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
At the top of my 2025 wish list is to see conservatives set their Cybertrucks on fire just like they did to their Keurigs in protest of President Musk going to war with them. I'm tired of getting stuck behind them in carwashes. (No, this picture does not relate to Elon in anyway. I just like it.)
Picture of a dog through a tube that has nothing to do with Cybertrucks. I don't like Cybertrucks, but I do like dogs.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
People keep killing their cats with raw milk and now "raw cat food." Your cat doesn't want raw cat food. She wants Fancy Feast Chicken Feast In Gravy. It tastes like fucking filet mignon to them. Don't kill the only good thing in your life because you saw Jordan Peterson's diet on YouTube once.
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Cat food recalled after death linked to bird flu contamination
Northwest Naturals is recalling a line of its pet food after authorities linked the death of a cat to a batch of food contaminated with bird flu.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/12/2024
Arthritic Dog Limping Through Park Like AT-AT
Arthritic Dog Limping Through Park Like AT-AT
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Merc(k), ever true to its name, recently announced that it was cutting ties with the Veterinary Collective (TVC), an independent clinic bargaining collective so it can continue to favor the people responsible for your veterinary bills contributing to sky rocket. Typical. #veterinary #vetmed
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Do you know who owns your veterinarian's clinic? You might be surprised... Private equity has a +5 modifier to stealth checks.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
My colleague: Hey, you're not a postdoc are you? Me (looking at tomorrow's patient schedule): I'm suddenly considering it.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Holidays to all of you who, while not family, have provided a blessed distraction from the more ghoulish aspects of my actual family this season. Thanks for that.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Not only do I believe they wouldn't contain it, I believe they'll actively make it worse.
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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
In 1985, at the height of what was then called a Second Gilded Age, the combined wealth of the 400 richest Americans was the equivalent of $377 billion today. That's less than the current net worth of one person, Elon Musk.
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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 24/12/2024
Useful q and a about H5N1... "Q&A: Why Finland is vaccinating farmers against bird flu — but California isn’t — and more info about the spreading virus What to know about the bird flu outbreak as concerns about cases grow" 🧭🛟🧪😷 Health policy science communication idsky medsky sociology
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Q&A: Why Finland is vaccinating farmers against bird flu — but California isn’t — and more info about the spreading virus
What to know about the bird flu outbreak as concerns about cases grow.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
For those of you who were holding your breath for heroics, I guess I'd start breathing again. (As you exit the building, please discard your hope in the appropriately labeled receptacle.) www.cnbc.com/2024/12/23/s... #studentdebt
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Biden administration withdraws student loan forgiveness plans. What borrowers should know
The Biden administration has withdrawn its two major plans to deliver student loan forgiveness to millions of Americans. Here's what borrowers should know.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Alright #dogsky, quick quiz: What's this called in your house? I'll go first - we call them Side Yips.
Dog face side with red circle highlighting dog lips.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
This holiday greeting is brought to you by the law offices of Raylan James T. Pants the first. Please imbibe responsibly.
Old yellow dog wearing a stocking cap to keep his melon warm
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
The tea party didn't ask for permission to begin the takeover of their party. They just did it. Why are liberals so milquetoast? Where's the fire? www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
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New research shows the massive hole Dems are in
Even voters who previously backed Democrats cast the party as weak and overly focused on diversity and elites.
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Jane Qiu, PhD @janeqiu.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Bat-derived viruses have been afflicting humanity with disturbing frequency in recent decades. Why bats? Why now? And how can we stop it? My latest in @sciam.bsky.social 🧵 Some cool facts about bats and fascinating science 1/ www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I'm concerned about the experts' ability to have structural support to address this very scary situation as we transition to a new, anti-science, anti-departmental administration. It's a good time to send your local epidemiologist a holiday card.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Alright, physicist friends: Pop science nonsense or do these advancements have real legs? www.sciencefocus.com/news/impossi...
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‘Nobody thought it was possible’: Quantum teleportation is here
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Legit fascinating thread (Dad puns aside).
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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
"I’m an Amazon worker myself but also a professor of anthropology at Duke University." Fantastic read from Orin Starn. www.sapiens.org/culture/amaz...
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Inside Amazon’s Union-Busting Tactics
An anthropologist, who worked in an Amazon warehouse, reports on the impediments to labor organizing—and why it’s still worth trying.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
#VetMed #Veterinary 2024 Local Survey Results: Of the 80 veterinary services I follow in my Colorado burg: • 36 (45%) are corporate and 44 (55%) are local businesses • Mars Inc owns 12.5% of our practices • Of the corporations in our city 75% own 2 or more practices
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Recognition DOES matter. Part of the issue is that veterinarians are some of the most tech illiterate people I've ever met. Website management is very much out of sight, out of mind. AND many clinics sadly have a high turnover rate of staff.
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Time for my end of the year local veterinary clinic survey to see who is still locally owned and who has fallen to the corporate sleaze. Sad to see yet more locally owned clinics fall this year. Support your local vets when you can. We're fighting an uphill fight against the bankers.
Laundry basket dog
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Dr. Whiskers @drwhiskers.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
A murder of crows, a pride of lions, a pod of dolphins... But what's a group of CEOs called? A stock option?
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BiteSizedVetGuides @bitesizedvetguides.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NCQHDk/
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We are not prepared and there is no excuse. #h5n1 #hpai #birdflu #catsoftiktok #cattok #dogtok #vetmed #dogsoftiktok #veterinary #veterinarymedicine
TikTok video by 🐕‍🦺 Michele Forbes DVM 🐈‍⬛
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