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Scott Mintzer

@scottmintzer.bsky.social
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Neurologist specializing in Epilepsy at Thomas Jefferson U., political junkie, writer, dad, lover of books, booze, Philly Union/76ers, and music. Views mine.

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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If you’re a football fan, you’ve seen the latest study showing that at least 25% of NFL players get CTE, and probably much more. This is your regular reminder that American football is a bloodsport and should not exist.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Nadia is perfectly channeling my feelings today
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
No Kings Philadelphia
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
What is wrong with these fucking people, Exhibit #347.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
www.thisdayinmusic.com/wp-content/u...
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
"Ventricular fibrillation flare-up"?!?
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Accurate.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
In case you’ve ever wondered, “Why does a bathroom need a window anyway?” The answer is, of course, that it’s for your cat.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Local bar near my house had cans of Heady Topper, a Vermont beer of great repute. I have never before seen a recommendation to drink a beer straight from the can.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
In college, I was on an outing with a woman from Michigan when we saw a plane flying overhead with a marriage proposal. “Oh, look,” she read. “‘Terry, will you marry me? Gary.’” I remember being outraged that she pronounced all three of those words with the same vowel sound.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
At the periphery of a very sizable crowd at the NoKings Philly rally.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Everybody talks about Pet Sounds, but for me SMiLE might be the single best popular music album ever recorded. I remember just sitting there with my mouth half-open the first time I listened to it.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Philly
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Market Street, Center City Philadelphia
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Got this as a gift from someone at work. It says, “With the scent of fluorescent lights and a whiff of existential dread.”
A pic of a scented candle with a label that says “Your Outie Loves Scented Candles”, along with the Lumon Industries logo.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Had a little catbaret act in my home last night…
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Here’s every other poll from the month of February. I don’t think any president has ever had numbers like these in his first month of office.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Somebody at the Continental Midtown in Philadelphia invented Pastrami Fried Rice, and that person is a fucking culinary genius.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Today’s used bookstore find: a beautiful, leather-bound, autographed copy of EL Dcotorow’s Ragtime.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I would like a refund.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
This year’s Chanukah discovery: if you happen to find yourself without apple sauce or sour cream, plain whole milk Greek yogurt makes an excellent latke accompaniment. 🕎
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
As opposed to… Stupid & Provisional?
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Odds of me getting a fresh baguette home without its crusty end ripped off and devoured: approaching zero.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
You will also have to embrace roast pork sandwiches, John Coltrane, and Gritty.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
It’s even cooler in person without the Cookie Monster eyes. (The Art Institute of Chicago only displays it for a few months every several years.)
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
“Imagine they’re all naked” is for amateurs.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
Philly's homicide rate is less than half what it was in 2022. Nothing the city has done accounts for this, just like nothing the city did accounted for the rise before. People need to acknowledge that crime trends owe largely to large-scale factors that can’t be addressed at the local level.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
Looking forward to making an announcement about my upcoming novel, “BLUESKY BLACKMAIL”.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
WTF, NYT.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
Maybe this’ll earn me bragging rights some day…
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
2024 And even fortune cookies Come with QR codes #haiku
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
Meozart
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
This just showed up in my FB feed. The amount of grift in the contemporary right-wing movement is truly impressive.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
Rod Chast is an absurd, neurotic genius. And I’ll have a single scoop of Bitcoin.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
I even own that collection!
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 18/06/2024
Rooftop decks are the best.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
I really like Unibroue, not only for the taste of their beers, but for what they call them. I’ve always said that “La Fin Du Monde” was my pick for all-time best beer name, but given the state of the world, I might have pick “Ce N’est Pas La Fin Di Monde” as my new favorite.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
Well if they’re gonna bring one of the most iconic paintings in American history all the way from France to within a mile of my house…
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
Went to a Moroccan restaurant and wound up ordering Jew Brunch.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
“Get caught in a ray, Ray…”
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
I saw the headlines from a couple months ago about how ChatGPT’s answers to patients’ questions were rated as far more empathetic than doctor’s answers. Seemed quite an indictment. Today I learned the main reason for this: the computer’s answers were literally 4 times longer.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 12/09/2023
These two heard that the lions outside the New York Public Library might retire and are auditioning for the job.
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Scott Mintzer @scottmintzer.bsky.social · 05/09/2023
Roof deck rainbow!
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