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UC Davis Department of Surgery @ucdavissurgery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

📢Department of Surgery Upcoming Grand Rounds "Tobacco Screening and Treatment: What Surgeons Need to Know" Guest Speaker: Elisa Tong, MD, MA Tuesday, September 22, 2026 7:30am-8:30am PST Medical Education Building Room 2222

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UC Davis Department of Surgery @ucdavissurgery.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🔬 Congratulations to Dr. Aijun Wang who has been appointed Director of the new Center for Bioengineering in Medicine at UC Davis Health! 🔗 Read more: health.ucdavis.edu/insideout/ne... #UCDavisHealth #Bioengineering #TranslationalResearch #MedicalInnovation

A formal recognition graphic features a large central circular portrait of a smiling man, Dr. Aijun Wang, in a suit, with two smaller inset photos of diverse scientists working in a laboratory below him. The overall design is framed by abstract gold line constellations and stars against a light gold and blue geometric background.

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UC Davis Department of Surgery @ucdavissurgery.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Congratulations to our team members on an outstanding Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Match! We are proud to celebrate Dr. Sneha Swaminathan joining SAUSHEC, Dr. Sarah Mahdavi matching at USC, and Dr. Diego Anaya heading to OHSU. Wishing them all continued excellence! 🎉

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UC Davis Department of Surgery @ucdavissurgery.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📢Department of Surgery Upcoming Grand Rounds "My Attending Told Me So: Questioning & Dismissing Dogma We Inherited" Jason P. Heard, MD | Assistant Professor | Burn Surgery Tuesday, September 8, 2026 7:30am-8:30am PST Medical Education Building Room 2222

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UC Davis Department of Surgery @ucdavissurgery.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We are thrilled to announce that Theophilus (Theo) Pham, MD, and Cody McHargue, MD, have joined the UC Davis Health Department of Surgery as our newest Division of Burn Surgery faculty members! Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Dr. Pham and Dr. McHargue! 🩺🔥👏

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Left photo: Dr. Theophilus Pham, a smiling man wearing black-rimmed glasses, a grey button-down shirt, and a white coat. Below his photo, white text reads "Theophilus Pham, MD" with "BURN SURGERY" underneath.

Right photo: Dr. Cody McHargue, a smiling man with light brown hair and black-rimmed glasses, wearing a light blue dress shirt, dark tie, and a white coat. Below his photo, white text reads "Cody McHargue, MD" with "BURN SURGERY" underneath

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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026

If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 31/08/2026

For parents of recently diagnosed kids, please know: "Your child is amazing. Receiving a diagnosis of autism does not change who your child is. This diagnosis adds information about how your child communicates, interacts and learns." www.healthychildren.org/English/heal... #autism #parenting

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If Autism is Suspected, What’s Next?

When autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is suspected, your child will need a full assessment or evaluation and should be referred for early intervention (EI) services.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Excellent thread

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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My book This Is the Plan was inspired by the grassroots organizing of thousands of Wisconsinites. Which made it even more fun to crisscross my home state on my book tour. Learn more at ThisIsThePlan.com 🧯🔥

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I really don't know how to feel about Jason Arday except incredibly sad. Yes, it looks like there was some academic impropriety claims. But #ActuallyAutistic face a higher risk of suicide than neurotypical people. I can't imagine being hounded the way he was.

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Carlton Larson @carltonfwlarson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If you're in Davis on August 27, come hear about my book!

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/08/2026

Hardly a day goes by without my getting email from someone looking for ways to do good with tech. From computer science students thinking about post-grad careers to seasoned coders with decades of experience, there's an army of hackers looking for a way to turn their expertise into public goods. 1/

The giant head of the Statue of Liberty. Around it are many medieval machines, tended by little medieval rude mechanicals. In the background is a crosshatched architectural drawing of some classical arches and such.

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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This is the most important thing Mamdani is doing in NYC right now Getting it right could have dramatic results for the entire country Imagine a goverment with a functional online presence built to serve citizens, not industry. IRS DirectFile was a great start, but small peanuts

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UC Davis Department of Surgery @ucdavissurgery.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Minna M. Wieck on being selected for Associate Membership in the prestigious American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators®! This honor highlights Dr. Wieck’s commitment to advancing surgical education and training the next generation of surgeons.

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup @rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

A town sign seen through a train window.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/07/2026

With "surveillance pricing," businesses have finally found something AI can do way, way, *way* better than people: price gouging. 1/

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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 29/07/2026

California just became the first major grid system on the planet to generate more than 50% of its electricity from solar across an entire month.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/07/2026

Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. (Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

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How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them

Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My thoughts about Tony Fauci. He was very demanding to work for because he was involved in so many things, but his staff deeply respected him and relished working with him, even with some challenges. They appreciated his demands for high standards in everything that they did. 1/2

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Jonathan Emerson Kohler, MD, MA, FACS, FAAP @jemkohler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

You should follow @ucdavissurgery.bsky.social here! We have taken ourselves off of X, and have lots of good posts incoming.

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Jonathan Emerson Kohler, MD, MA, FACS, FAAP @jemkohler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Great seeing @benwikler.bsky.social on his SF book tour stop. Proud to have shared the great state of Wisconsin with him and call him friend. Read his recipe for national redemption! thisistheplan.com

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This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy

A practical field guide for ending America's meltdown and saving democracy.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Disability policy often scrambles political coalitions. It’s why AOC is largely silent on disabilities but Zohran Mamdani invests in special ed as mayor. Moderates like Senator Maggie Hassan are some of the biggest supporters. Brian Kemp, Greg Abbott and Henry McMaster ended subminimum wage labor

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REMALONE @ipasa.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I have to admit that I didn’t know, and I even thought the Spanish player Cucurella’s look was quite original, when it comes to his hair, but I was unaware of this: If he let his hair grow , it’s so that his autistic son can easily recognize him when he watches him on TV. Truly, this Spanish team ❤️

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Around the world, life expectancy is increasing but the gap vs healthspan is widening. That is, more sickspan. The US has the largest morbidity gap. Let that sink in: The US has the largest morbidity gap. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Jen K. @jenkurka.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 18/07/2026

Yesterday the US Administration supercharged its explicit effort to bar international students from staying in the US after graduation. All Americans should know: 1/3 of *all* STEM PhDs working in the US are immigrants who graduated from US universities, then stayed. www.piie.com/index%2Ephp/...

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 19/07/2026

nobody is giving fox news more headlines about how democrats can't win general elections than moderate candidates and their supporters in the media

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

“Why has the climate changed since when I was a kid? And don’t tell me it’s climate change.” -actual internet posts

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Jonathan Emerson Kohler, MD, MA, FACS, FAAP @jemkohler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Read the whole thing. Autism “expertise” as a license to torture kids With state funding.

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Jonathan Emerson Kohler, MD, MA, FACS, FAAP @jemkohler.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Still true. youtu.be/Dx1-F0j3CSQ?...

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Nation Indivisible

YouTube video by Jonathan Kohler

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 27/06/2026

Apparently Finland has an extremely good school curriculum related to spotting and analyzing propaganda (being right next to Russia and all). 100% should become core skill we teach from age 5 and on up until death. "How do you think this piece of content is trying to manipulate you?"

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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 27/06/2026

HHS: “We want more gold-standard science!” Also, HHS: *long political review that delays funding and halts life-saving new discoveries if you mention a “recruitment plan” in your grant proposal*

A bunch of words that usually signals thoughtful science, I highlighted “recruitment plan”, which is necessary for conducting any clinical trial…

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

theyre not “predictors” theyre gamblers, hes trying to get 18-34 year olds addicted to gambling

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Jonathan Emerson Kohler, MD, MA, FACS, FAAP @jemkohler.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I report this video I made now and again, when I want to remind myself that we are, generally speaking, good.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Who owns your health data? It should be you. The AI arms race is making matters worse. feature @naturemedicine.bsky.social nature.com/articles/s41...

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Who owns my health data? - Nature Medicine

The geopolitics driving artificial intelligence superpowers is reshaping biomedical datasets, and who has access to them.

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” ― James Baldwin

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Mark Hall @bobapril.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

That's the decision that enables a lot of disabled people to keep living in their communities instead of being warehoused in institutions. A first move to a eugenics genocide.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 07/06/2026

The industry group for insurance companies will cover shots through 2027. They "clearly choosing to cover vaccines because they know that they are safe and effective,” @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social told me: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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US insurers’ move to back vaccines sends ‘powerful’ message about safety of shots, experts say

As Trump officials take aim at vaccine schedule, scientists encouraged by companies’ desire to continue coverage

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

My quote of the day Rosalind Franklin

You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralising invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.

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Jonathan Emerson Kohler, MD, MA, FACS, FAAP @jemkohler.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Autism therapy can be incredibly helpful. But mining autistic kids for Medicaid dollars is incredibly horrible. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/h...

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Short Naps, Long Hours: How Autism Clinics Squeeze Medicaid Dollars Out of Preschoolers

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/05/2026

When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients. (Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)

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Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments

When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

My book Coverage Denied comes out tomorrow & I'm grateful to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the space to lay out the core findings, which show how prior auth's extension into most corners of health care burdens patients & their physicians, and in doing so deepens inequity open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

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How Prior Authorizations Limit Access to Health Care

Putting Patients and Physicians in an Unnavigable Maze

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UC Davis Children's Hospital @ucdavischildren.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Vitamin K shots for newborns help the body form blood clots that stop bleeding, but more families are declining the shots and are turning to oral Vitamin K, which is currently unregulated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Oral Vitamin K—US Newborns Need an FDA-Approved Option

This Viewpoint describes rising rates of parent declination of intramuscular vitamin K prophylaxis for newborns and recommends development of a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved oral form...

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Jonathan Emerson Kohler, MD, MA, FACS, FAAP @jemkohler.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The CA Governor’s race is proof that we need ranked choice voting asap. But I like @xavierbecerra.bsky.social

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UC Davis Children's Hospital @ucdavischildren.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Dr. Jonathan Kohler, medical director of pediatric trauma and interim co-chief of pediatric surgery, is a descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson and now serves on the board of trustees for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association. Congratulations, Dr. Kohler! rwema.org/blog/a-new-c...

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A New Chapter Begins — Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association

A press release from the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association (RWEMA) announcing expanded leadership and the 2026 opening date for the Emerson House.

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UC Davis Health @ucdavishealth.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

#AutismAcceptanceMonth is an opportunity to build understanding and support for those with neurodevelopmental conditions. Veronica Tuss shares why autism acceptance matters to her as a provider and as a mother. @ucdavismind.bsky.social Video: Veronica sits on a bench speaking to the camera.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I want a "conference" where every academic cooks a dish for everyone and we all talk about our work casually while cooking. People can sous chef for each other. We eat and talk about our work in progress. You submit an abstract and a recipe.

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