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I'm a freelance photographer and writer. I'm a former evolutionary biologist trained in invertebrate paleobiology and ecology who has worked in healthcare and epidemiological research.

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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I can't recommend this book from @nathanlents.bsky.social. This is my review of it: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21.... it's the latest two-starred review of it. Instead of reading it, I would recommend instead, reading books written by Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Lewontin and David Sloan Wilson.
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The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gen…
An Immense World meets Sex at Dawn in this fascinating …
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I hope to hear this interview eventually. I read Tom's book last month and posted a very favorable five-starred GOODREADS review of it:
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tomorrow I will be remembering my high school alma mater Stuyvesant High School which was the recovery center for months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I will mourn the loss of favorite staff and faculty I knew, as well as alumni who were students on 9/11, perishing from 9/11-related illnesses.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Petition to Keep the Academy of Natural Sciences Open to the Public. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
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Petition to Keep the Academy of Natural Sciences Open to the Public
The scientific community in Philadelphia and concerned neighbors are calling on Drexel University to keep the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia’s public-facing museum open beyond their impos...
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Empty Vision thomaswdinsmore.substack.com/p/the-empty-... Thomas Dinsmore does an excellent job exposing the empty vision pursued by @bostonsymphony.bsky.social CEO Chad Smith and supported by BSO Board chair Barbara Hostetter. Both should resign or be fired ASAP.
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The Empty Vision
Chad Smith’s “strategic plan” for the Boston Symphony Orchestra
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I just signed this petition. As a science-trained Republican who is anti-MAGA and anti-MAHA, I recognize that we must stop the Trump administration from harassing credible scientists and MDs, starting with Dr. Fauci.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Dana Bash Goes One-On-One With Secretary RFK, Jr open.substack.com/pub/stopanti... RFK Jr. lied throughout his interview yesterday.
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Dana Bash Goes One-On-One With Secretary RFK, Jr
What happened when Dana Bash went one-on-one with Secretary RFK, Jr in an interview on CNN?
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
When Critics Forget Their Limits open.substack.com/pub/orlandoa... These observations must be taken seriously by @bostonsymphony.bsky.social management and board of trustees.
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When Critics Forget Their Limits
Why New York Times Critic David Allen Gets the Boston Symphony Wrong
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
As a science-trained Republican who used that training in healthcare & epidemiological research years ago, I agree totally with this assessment of the Fauci hearing: www.msn.com/en-us/news/p....
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Natural immunity is not better than vaccine immunity www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... This is an excellent post worth noting.
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Natural immunity is not better than vaccine immunity
There is anti-vaccine belief that natural immunity is superior to vaccine-induced immunity. This post emphasizes that while both types of immunity are similar, vaccines provide a safer way to achieve ...
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
thebulletin.org/2026/07/amer... The author is a recipient of @ncse.bsky.social's 2026 Friend of the Planet award.
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American Nero: Why Trump is trying to burn down the National Academy of Sciences
Carnage in pursuit of power, revenge, personal financial gain, and ego.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Orchestra Belongs to the Music open.substack.com/pub/orlandoa... I concur with his assessment of @bostonsymphony.bsky.social. Both that orchestra's management & board need to listen now.
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The Orchestra Belongs to the Music
Who truly governs an orchestra? More importantly, who should?
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
She's pathetic and that lawsuit is ridiculous. @doritreiss.bsky.social has the correct assessment.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
He's not a ridiculous person. He's a mass murderer responsible for the 2019 Samoan measles epidemic that killed 83, mostly young kids under the age of six. As the "Saint Paul of Antivax" since 2005, he's committed crimes against humanity. He should be arrested, tried, convicted & executed for them.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Children’s Health Defense sues AAP claiming advocating vaccines for children is racketeering www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... This is an excellent assessment of this ridiculous lawsuit from @doritreiss.bsky.social.
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Children’s Health Defense sues AAP claiming advocating vaccines for children is racketeering
The article discusses the Children's Health Defense lawsuit against the AAP, alleging racketeering related to vaccine promotion.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Neil Shubin on Trusted Science in a ‘Deeply Partisan Age’ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/s... This is an excellent interview by Carl Zimmer of Neil Shubin.
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Neil Shubin on Trusted Science in a ‘Deeply Partisan Age’
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This is worth noting from @doritreiss.bsky.social.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
apnews.com/article/gord... S. Wood, eminent scholar of the American Revolution, dies at 92 after being hit by a car This is a great loss for American history. He was one of our greatest American historians. I was lucky to have studied with him in college.
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Gordon S. Wood, eminent scholar of the American Revolution, dies at 92 after being hit by a car
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood has died. He was 92. Police say Wood died Sunday after being struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in East Providence, Rhode Island.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Cultural Commentary: Death by Incorporation — Why Do Bean-Counters Run Arts Boards? artsfuse.org/329724/cultu... This is worthy of note with regards to the ongoing mess at @bostonsymphony.bsky.social. Management & board needs to listen to the public & BSO musicians. Reinstate Andris Nelsons
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Cultural Commentary: Death by Incorporation - Why Do Bean-Counters Run Arts Boards? - The Arts Fuse
When corporate thinking dominates cultural institutions, the art often pays the price.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This is ridiculous. It demonstrates more of Trump's anti-science bias, which I, as a science-trained Republican, object strongly to. This network should have been left alone: www.msn.com/en-us/news/t....
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Let's hope this doesn't happen, but @doritreiss.bsky.social has made an excellent legal point. @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @dwallacewells.bsky.social @caulfieldtim.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social @gorskon.bsky.social @craigspencer.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @drneilstone.bsky.social
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
You Can't Stop Ebola with More Ebola open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse... I agree with Dr. Rasmussen's assessment. It echoes what @craigspencer.bsky.social has said recently.
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You Can't Stop Ebola with More Ebola
Also please read and circulate our open letter opposing putting Americans at greater risk of getting Ebola
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I believe @craigspencer.bsky.social's assessment is substantially more sound than Trump & RFK Jr.'s. @doritreiss.bsky.social @gorskon.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @epiellie.bsky.social @elizkolbert.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social @drneilstone.bsky.social @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
#Photoville has been one of New York City's finest festivals for years. Today was the end of its 15th year at Brooklyn Bridge Park. I attended a tour led by two of its founders & directors, Sam Barzilay and Dave Shelley: www.flickr.com/photos/28566....
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Photoville 2026 Closing Day Saturday May 30, 2026
Explore this photo album by John Kwok on Flickr!
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
What percent of autism cases are attributable to vaccines? open.substack.com/pub/tobyroge... This man is an antivaxx wellness mendacious intellectual pornographer. He's lying. There's no proof of a link between vaccines and autism. @doritreiss.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social @craigspencer.bsky.social
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What percent of autism cases are attributable to vaccines?
We now have an answer
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
We need to investigate RFK Jr.'s financial stakes in his antivaxx activities. I know @doritreiss.bsky.social has noted elsewhere that this reminds her of Andrew Wakefield: www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-....
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Opinion | ‘Why is RFK Jr. attacking vaccines?’ The answer is not what you think.
We need radical transparency in how Kennedy’s Department of Health and Human Services is being managed.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Many of my fellow Republicans need to recognize that the evidence for biological evolution is overwhelming & irrefutable. I've been a @ncse.bsky.social member for over 25 years & had corresponded alot with Glenn, but we met finally for the 1st time last December at a @amnh.org event he participated.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
This is alas, worthy of note. It's an apt assessment as to how Trump and his allies have narrowed considerably the separation between church and state: www.msn.com/en-us/news/u.... @doritreiss.bsky.social @center4inquiry.bsky.social
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I learned as a student at Brown University from historian Gordon Wood that the USA was not founded as a "Christian nation". Those who rallied today on the National Mall are mistaken greatly.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is well worth noting.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This is unfortunate to say the least.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This is an excellent assessment as to what is wrong with RFK Jr.'s interest in adding nutrition to medical school curricula: sciencebasedmedicine.org/can-medical-....
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Can Medical Schools Really Teach 71 Nutrition ‘Competencies’?  Should They?
In recent years, nutrition has become the focus of renewed attention in medical education. Advocates argue that physicians receive too little formal training about diet and that more comprehensive nu
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This is an apt assessment. RFK Jr. has destroyed our pandemic preparedness. @doritreiss.bsky.social @shawnotto.bsky.social @ncse.bsky.social @center4inquiry.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This is worth watching: www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/t.... @doritreiss.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social @alineitzelmd.bsky.social @angierasmussen.bsky.social
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‘It’s really hard to watch this’: Vaccine expert takes on RFK Jr. | CNN
Dr. Paul Offit speaks with Paula Newton about Health Secretary RFK Jr. continued disregard of the science on vaccinations.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We need to talk about the anti-science movement open.substack.com/pub/protagon... @doritreiss.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @pauloffit.bsky.social @paulbraterman.bsky.social
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We need to talk about the anti-science movement
6 lessons scientists under siege learned the hard way, and how we all can fight back
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The Death of Public Health open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi... This is a succinct, quite worthy, assessment of the "Medical Freedom" movement espoused by the likes of RFK Jr. and Calley and Casey Means. @doritreiss.bsky.social
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The Death of Public Health
Robert F, Kennedy Jr, the nation’s #1 public health official, isn’t interested in public health.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Children’s Health Defense sues AAP claiming advocating vaccines for children is racketeering www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... This is an excellent analysis from @doritreiss.bsky.social.
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Children’s Health Defense sues AAP claiming advocating vaccines for children is racketeering
The article discusses the Children's Health Defense lawsuit against the AAP, alleging racketeering related to vaccine promotion.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
2005 is when Secretary Kennedy wrote his first misleading antivaccine article. This is code for “that’s when I became antivaccine.” For Kennedy, it’s about fighting vaccines. He’s first and foremost an antivaccine activist. oracknows.blogspot.com/2005/06/salo... www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Somebody Finally Stood Up to RFK Jr. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa... This is an excellent assessment of what happened last week. Thanks to @doritreiss.bsky.social for posting it.
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Somebody Finally Stood Up to RFK Jr.
A federal judge’s ruling highlights the ways Kennedy’s anti-vax agenda is putting public health at risk.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Why rejecting the endangerment finding also rejects climate science cen.acs.org/policy/chemi... It is time scientists act to push back against this anti-science nonsense. @doritreiss.bsky.social @amnh.org
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Why rejecting the endangerment finding also rejects climate science
Climate denial as US policy is ‘chilling,’ scientists say, but there’s still more that science can do
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
New study shows reasons to continue Hep B vaccine birth dose www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... I thank @skepticalraptor.bsky.social for writing this important article. @doritreiss.bsky.social @pauloffit.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
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New study shows reasons to continue Hep B vaccine birth dose
New research shows the Hep B vaccine birth dose is vital for preventing hepatitis B, supporting its continued use for newborns.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This is great news. I hope New York and New Jersey will join California. @doritreiss.bsky.social @joho.bsky.social
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This is a superb article regarding the FDA's decision not to approve the Moderna flu vaccine. Thanks to @doritreiss.bsky.social for keeping us informed.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Evidence has emerged that RFKJr lied about his infamous 2019 trip to Samoa after which measles vax uptake plummeted and measles cases spiralled resulting in 83 deaths and thousands of measles cases …🧵 #HealthPolicy
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Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak
Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I opted to get the first of two shingles vaccine shots a few weeks ago. I had no idea that this might be possible. @doritreiss.bsky.social
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya has recently said that he wants to transform the NIH into the “research arm of MAHA” and a “central driver of the MAHA agenda.” Lysenkoism 2.0 continues apace at NIH. sciencebasedmedicine.org/maha-podcast...
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Lysenkoism 2.0 continues: Podcast Jay wants to turn NIH into the “research arm” of MAHA
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya has recently said that he wants to transform the NIH into the "research arm of MAHA" and a "central driver of the MAHA agenda." Lysenkoism 2.0 continues apace at NIH.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I plead guilty, since I know RFK Jr. & "Dr." Andrew Wakefield have committed crimes against humanity for their zealous antivaxx advocacy. I'm especially guilty since I went to college with his sister Kerry & their 1st cousin JFK Jr., who was an acquaintance of mine.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This is very, very scary. Shows the dangerous, probably deadly, incompetence of many key RFK Jr. appointees. @doritreiss.bsky.social @pauloffit.bsky.social
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I wish some Republican senators will wise up and start challenging Secretary Kennedy over this.
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jkwok60.bsky.social @jkwok60.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
You're a total moron. Some of the people I know are MDs, including those who've treated me for years, and they know I'm not suffering from NPD. Just shut up and leave me alone, a-hole.
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