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R. Lor Randall

@rlrandallmd.bsky.social
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Honored to be part of a curious, academic medical community dedicated to a better tomorrow.

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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Thx @onclive.bsky.social @ucdavisortho.bsky.social @ucdavishealth.bsky.social @ucdaviscancer.bsky.social @ascocancer.bsky.social @theaacr.bsky.social @curesarcoma.bsky.social @sarcomapatients.bsky.social
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Another exciting year at @ucdavisortho.bsky.social! nam13.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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2025 UC Davis Orthopaedic Surgery Year in Review
UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Year in Review
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Thx @onclive.bsky.social. @ucdavisortho.bsky.social @ucdavishealth.bsky.social @ucdavischildren.bsky.social @ucdaviscancer.bsky.social @curesarcoma.bsky.social @agentsmib.bsky.social @sarcomasucks.bsky.social @sarcomapatients.bsky.social @sarcoma.org.uk @ascocancer.bsky.social
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
"I believe in the value of two things: kindness & clear thinking. At first these two remained more or less distinct. Gradually, they have come together in my feelings. I find that much unclear thought exists as an excuse for cruelty, and cruelty is prompted by superstitious beliefs."Bertrand Russell
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Just finished this witty look into our theistic tendencies. The purpose of life? "It is our activities that have purpose-or don't." Wish we could put down the Fallacy of Wishful Thinking to celebrate what it means to be alive & do good in this world for its own sake, rather an eternal reward.
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
No, my son does not play football at @mit.edu but he is a fervent sophomore double majoring. Gosh do I love the messaging here: Precious Cargo! In a world infatuated with sports, the only way to fix the chaos is by realizing our brain power is our sine qua non. Minds matter!
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Making a statement, MIT's football team dons extra head padding for safety
The team mandated Guardian Caps this year both in practices and games.
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
This is THE GLOBAL #OrthoOnc consensus meeting. Very few spots left. Every major sarcoma unit ought to have a voice. Pls make sure you have a designated liaison.
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BOOM 2026 (Cape Town S.A) - Clockwork Medical
Overview Register Timetable Units Venue Sponsors 26th & 27th January 2026The Westin Hotel, The Waterfront,Cape Town, South Africa In January 2024, 309 delegates from 53 countries participated in a two...
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Grateful to our own @ucdavismedschool.bsky.social @ucdaviscancer.bsky.social Dr. Alvarez for leading in this space. @ucdavisortho.bsky.social @agentsmib.bsky.social @curesarcoma.bsky.social @sarcomapatients.bsky.social @ascocancer.bsky.social @ucdavishealth.bsky.social
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Read a lot of Asimov to my kids growing up. Rediscovered this quote recently. Seems particularly relevant to remember given the growing vitriol and violence as we turn on each other, and are subsumed by the derision algorithms at play...
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Great step forward for patients afflicted with metastatic bone disease. Skeletally related events account for ~20% of our cancer care economy. @ucdaviscancer.bsky.social @ucdavisortho.bsky.social
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
"Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or make you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or desire for things best done behind closed doors." Marcus Aurelius. Where has all the shame gone?
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OncLive @onclive.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Prosthetic Embodiment Research Could Improve Outcomes After Amputation in Sarcomas @rlrandallmd.bsky.social #Sarcoma #Prosthetics www.onclive.com/view/prosthe...
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Prosthetic Embodiment Research Could Improve Outcomes After Amputation in Sarcomas
R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, discusses prosthetic design, embodiment strategies, and research to enhance function post-amputation in sarcoma management.
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OncLive @onclive.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Molecular Research With Benign, Self-Limiting Bone Lesion May Unlock New Treatment Avenues for RAS/MAPK-Activated Tumors @rlrandallmd.bsky.social @ucdavishealth.bsky.social www.onclive.com/view/molecul...
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Molecular Research With Benign, Self-Limiting Bone Lesion May Unlock New Treatment Avenues for RAS/MAPK-Activated Tumors
R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS, spreads awareness about the benign, self-correcting nature of non-ossifying fibromas, which are commonly confused with sarcoma.
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OncLive @onclive.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
MRI and Ultrasound May Be Best Used in Tandem for Surveillance Imaging in Soft Tissue Sarcoma @rlrandallmd.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social #scmsm #oncology www.onclive.com/view/mri-and...
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MRI and Ultrasound May Be Best Used in Tandem for Surveillance Imaging in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Ultrasound is cheaper, faster, and is widely available compared with MRI, but is it enough to displace the gold standard imaging tool?
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Thanks @onclive.bsky.social. Perhaps a value proposition for a PRCT? @ucdavisortho.bsky.social @ucdaviscancer.bsky.social @ucdavishealth.bsky.social @ascocancer.bsky.social @theaacr.bsky.social @curesarcoma.bsky.social @sarcomapatients.bsky.social @sarcomasucks.bsky.social
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o.... Is anyone paying attention? The institutions that have enabled our prosperity are being systematically undermined. We must wake up.
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Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
A recommendations from my son. The evidentiary claim is clear: material circumstance drives editorial & media agendas. While a little dated, a masterwork. So grateful for the recommendation. @mit.edu @upenn.edu @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @newsweek.com @economist.com @brownupolisci.bsky.social
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Super important and relevant read. TY @stevenpinker.bsky.social While we have so many subconscious parts of our brain that influence our behavior, we must use Reason as our gimbel to navigate and manufacture a better tomorrow. @philsci.bsky.social @philosophybites.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/08/2025
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “How can the most powerful country on earth sow the seeds to make people sick again with preventable, even once-eliminated diseases?” our columnist Maureen Dowd writes.
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Opinion | Vax Quack Lacks Facts
This Kennedy is no profile in courage.
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
A joy throughout. Gets really meaningful at about minute 11. Thank you @hankgreen.bsky.social & @mit.edu youtu.be/1b2LfAGkkpk
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Hank Green Address to MIT Class of 2025
YouTube video by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Thx @onclive.bsky.social Tgeae patients deserve our attention to these matters. @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavismedschool.bsky.social @ucdavishealth.bsky.social @curesarcoma.bsky.social @agentsmib.bsky.social @sarcomapatients.bsky.social
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Thx @onclive.bsky.social. Even the most usual of bone tumors can help unlock the mysteries of mesenchymal neoplasia. @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavismedschool.bsky.social @ucdavishealth.bsky.social @theaacr.bsky.social @orssociety.bsky.social @curesarcoma.bsky.social @agentsmib.bsky.social
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Thanks to our team! @ucdavishealth.bsky.social
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Societal enlightenment is on the wane. We are slipping back into a dark where theocracy and demagoguery are the norm. @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @newsweek.com @usnews.com @sciam.bsky.social @science.org www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
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Opinion | I’m a Pediatrician. I’m Afraid of Diseases I Thought I’d Never See.
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Happiness is in the in-between. The good life is defined by the quality of our relationships. Consider reaching out to someone you care about who has become remote in your life.You will both be enriched. Especially consider one who thinks differently on important issues.You may find commonality.
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The declination of investing in education leads to the rise of demagoguery. @philosophybites.bsky.social @thephillibrary.bsky.social @philosophymatters.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social @philtalkradio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social @science.org
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Pls consider reading. We all bring many assumptions to our outlook. So much hatred. Our moral fabric is unwinding. Assuredly time well spent, no matter what your angle.You will become more enlightened abt yourself, others & hopefully we can all find a way to get along. TY @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor" signifies the commitment to one another and the cause of freedom & community. Care/Fairness/Loyalty/Authority/Sanctity/Liberty. A spectrum. Not all value the same & there lies the angst. Let's look through alt lenses.
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Is the anger people feel towards oppressors the same as the anger they feel towards cheaters?Notions of fairness must manage equality vs. proportionality of accountability.Progressives & conservatives both embrace a righteous stance, just different optics.Come together? @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Carl Sagan on Religion and God! “We must not believe because we want it to be true.”
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Feels like science is currently being controlled for political means. "Keep science cloistered, don't try to apply it, don't try to do anything about it until men are holy." WM Miller Jr.
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
It's happening...Obsolescence due to agentic AI? @newsweek.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @sciam.bsky.social @science.org @philscijournal.bsky.social @philscijournal.bsky.social
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Hundreds of layoffs hit Silicon Valley
The layoffs reflect a growing and concerning trend across California, a state long regarded as the nation's leading tech hub.
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
"I am a simpleton! We'll build a town and call it Simple Town, b/c then all the smart bastards that caused all these problems, they'll be dead. Anybody not a simpleton? Get that bastard,if there is." Canticle for Leibowitz, prescient to our times. The hatred directed at education is our downfall.
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
"I am a simpleton! We'll build a town and call it Simple Town, b/c then all the smart bastards that caused all these problems, they'll be dead. Anybody not a simpleton? Get that bastard,if there is." Canticle for Leibowitz, prescient to our times. The hatred directed at education is our downfall.
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Atlas is not shrugging, he is bleeding. Ironic, tragic. @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @newsweek.com @sciam.bsky.social @science.org @philsci.bsky.social @thephillibrary.bsky.social @wsj.com
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World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
@lulumiller.bsky.social on optimism: "...his mesmerizing way of pulling laughter from the cold earth.That levity was the quality I wanted to be near,the substance I wanted to learn how to manufacture in myself."Not all us have natural witticism but all of us can find purpose for the sake of it.TYLM!
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
@lulumiller.bsky.social on optimism: "...his mesmerizing way of pulling laughter from the cold earth.That levity was the quality I wanted to be near,the substance I wanted to learn how to manufacture in myself."Not all us have natural witticism but all of us can find purpose for the sake of it.TYLM!
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
While Atlas bleeds, he carries forward with the intellectual world on his shoulders. Thank you @harvard.edu. For those of us committed to self-correcting intellectual growth and communal civil progress, at the most competitive levels,we are grateful!
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Harvard’s Graduation Day Blends Protests and Pride
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The interconnectedness of all living things. Paraphrasing:if we decide to shut out the hard and obvious truths,affirmed through stringent cognition,for happiness derived from suspension of reason,we must expect society's declination.TY @lulumill.bsky.social. @npr.org @sciam.bsky.social @science.org
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The Human DNA ~ Carl Sagan
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
So grateful for balanced reflection rather than vitriol. Thank you @stevenpinker.bsky.social. @harvard.edu @mit.edu @nytimes.com @science.org @washingtonpost.com @sciam.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social @philscijournal.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social @npr.org
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Opinion | Harvard Derangement Syndrome
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
It's happening... @newsweek.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com @newyorker.com @scifri.bsky.social @science.org @philosophybites.bsky.social @philscijournal.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social @philtalkradio.bsky.social
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A popular college major has one of the highest unemployment rates
"Every kid with a laptop thinks they're the next Zuckerberg, but most can't debug their way out of a paper bag," one expert told Newsweek.
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Atlas bleeds. @philosophybites.bsky.social @thephillibrary.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social @science.org @theintellectualist.bsky.social
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Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
"Chinese new generation AI plan proposes by 2030, China's AI theories, tech, & apps will achieve world leading levels, making China the world's premier AI innovation center." Ibid. Meanwhile, we are attacking Harvard et al, and the brain trust (Atlas) is bleeding (not shrugging) and leaving. Ironic.
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Metaphorically,the assault on @harvard.edu represents an attack on the intellectual engine of the nation.Atlas isn't shrugging,he is bleeding. Ironically,it's the conservatives holding the knife @philosophybites.bsky.social @philscijournal.bsky.social @philsci.bsky.social @philtalkradio.bsky.social
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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/w...
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In Attacks on Harvard, Chinese See Yet Another Reason to Write Off the U.S.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance. Carl Sagan
The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance.

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R. Lor Randall @rlrandallmd.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
So many conservatives reference this novel as a political yarn for liberalism marginalizing our nation's intellectual capital. The exact opposite is happening now as the magnates are destroying our intellectual institutions to craft an ignorant populace.Atlas isn't shrugging,he is being struck down.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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