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Dad;Med school Asst.Dean/Prof;grandson of 🇵🇸/🇱🇧immigrants. Vaccines work, communicates with Schitt’s Creek gifs He/Him Neurochem; support 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ kids
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The original How to Train Your Dragon is the best animated movie ever made.
I will fight anyone over that...
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My wife said it’s not a competition. I say everything is a competition. So while all the other volleyball parents make cookies and cupcakes for the bake sale, I made baklauwa (the Lebanese version of baklava)
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I have had the pleasure of interacting with
@DrJenGunter
personally over the last month or so through Twitter, DM, and email. Never has she taken an opportunity to disrespect me in any way
Empowering women is not disrespecting men
Eva needs to breathe and count to ten...
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Watching as the poor young girl cashier tried without success to explain to the rude woman in line before me that yes, a large pizza is indeed bigger than a medium despite both being 8 slices, I realized that perhaps I shouldn't have been so surprised by our pandemic response...
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This is what my 16 yo daughter stuck on the handle of her viola case that she carries around at school, and I hope she keeps this energy for decades to come!
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I have the habit of, whenever I’m getting off the phone with my wife, kids, parents or siblings of saying “I love you, bye!”
Every time.
I’ve done it for so long, that I have to think to NOT say it at the end of call.
Today, I had a phone call with the Provost...
Yep...
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@erconwell
Don’t forget to tell him there was a last minute change in the session location and he has to walk to the other end of the convention center in 3 minutes to make it
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@RyanMarino
*Proton-rich water is an acid…
Hydrogen is a volatile gas and will simply bubble out of the water
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Me, talking with a friend: I’m colorblind
Random passerby: Stops us to launch a long monologue about how everyone has inherent biases and my statement is harmful
Me:…
Them:…
Me: No…I mean I literally can’t tell blue from green…
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Date
#2
for daughter and the new guy. First time on a solo date
Her: What if he wants to kiss me?
Me: Well, do you want him to kiss you?
Her:
Her:
Her: Wait...what if he DOESN’T want to kiss me?!!!
Me: He calls you for two hours every night...he wants to kiss you...
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My son broke the tip of his light saber and fixed it with a hot glue gun, and now there’s not an adult in the neighborhood that can keep a straight face...it’s even better when he lights it up red...
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Southern friends, I know you’re new to this, so take if from someone who grew up in the Great Lakes where we got lake effect no matter which direction the wind blew...
It’s better to shovel 3” twice than 6” once...
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How are all us in the northern latitudes feeling about our extra 45 seconds of daylight today? ☀️
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Two different experiences in the same lab:
First two years of PhD program, putting in 60-70 hr/wk in lab, but the project just wasn't working
PI: You're lazy.
Switched projects, spent maybe 30 hr/wk in lab, project worked like a dream.
PI: Good to see you're more serious
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My wife keeps a tin of shortbread cookies in her car that she calls her "Car Cookies"
I took her car to fill it with gas this weekend
You can probably guess what happened
I regret nothing...
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@BurgartBioethix
@thatsochianti
Yeah...the better question is what did they do if I _didnt_ get good grades...
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Sorry docs, I have a lot of mutuals among you, and I teach your future colleagues…but…
If you’re going to bitch about scope creep from PAs and NPs because “they don’t have the fundamental science knowledge…” then you can’t bitch about having to take organic chemistry
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@PeterDiamandis
And you're checking your genome every year to make sure you haven't been replaced by a doppelganger?
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My five year old on Zoom just invited his entire class over to go swimming “when the corona is over”...
We don’t have a swimming pool...
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So…found out my 6 yo and his friends are running a secret fight club during first grade recess…so there’s that…
At least it explains the random bruises…
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Pro tip for pre-meds applying this cycle: Almost every medical school interview I conduct, I will ask you about your pets if you bring it up. If your face doesn’t like up and you can’t show compassion talking about them, your interview isn’t going well...
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@BaileyQuartz
@JHubster
@Cuomoznipz
@itsJeffTiedrich
@GOPLeader
Seriously...he is using
@SenDuckworth
calling out the President, who is defending traitors seeking to dissolve the United States, as an example of her not believing in America...how dense...
I’d be proud to live in Senator Duckworth’s vision of America
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Armpits need sunscreen too, I know that now.
Mistakes were made.
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Today I was informed that my appointment to Full Professor was approved by the BoT
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@Hi_Im_Irving
@paperssil
You are mistaken. There was no live action remake of Last Airbender
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Now that match week is past, I'm going to rant about medical school admissions metrics and why this match was a particularly emotional one for me, despite having done this for the better part of the century and seeing my students match always tugs at the heart strings...
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Today's SCOTUS decision is one that will hurt
Striking down Affirmative Action will devastate marginalized communities for a long time...for generations
And here's why:
It was never about race-based admissions
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Let's all say this together:
You are NOT allergic to monosodium glutamate!
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Did I need to eat three donuts for breakfast? No
Did I eat three donuts for breakfast? Also no
I ate four...
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@SgtDGumby
@InsaneRedhead13
As someone who spent years getting a dear friend out of an abusive relationship, my advice to you is block that dude from all means of communication... 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
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So, you want to be a doctor?
A medical School Admissions thread: (1/23)
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One thing COVID19 has made me realize more than ever, is the public's lack of ability to determine research validity. This week has seen a dubious publication utilizing hydroxychloroquine + azithromycin and now this NY doc reporting his "study"
We should chat about these...(1/9)
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My son (14) has wanted to be a paleontologist for as long as I can remember.
He scored a gig as a volunteer in the paleo area at the Children's Museum
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But their success emphasizes how medical school admissions is biased against the "late bloomers" or students that don't have resources to get academic support. That needs to change...as long as we are metric driven, we will continue to miss out on some amazing individuals /fin
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Simone Biles is perhaps the greatest gymnast in history. Her medal record in the World Championships and Olympics speak to that. And that isn’t even the most impressive thing about her. She owes no one an apology or an explanation.
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@biologistimo
The worst part is that if they give you sedation, insurance will deny, so you have that bill to look forward to…
The US healthcare system is awful
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@drmichellelarue
@cjwright79
@JenAshleyWright
And to criticize her speaking style...you realize English isn’t her native tongue, right? And yet, there she is speaking with passion and eloquence.
She needs to change nothing!
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@madison_healey
I’m so sorry…
My mother (Arab) was never accepted by my grandma, and my dad’s sometimes unwillingness to stand up for her made things very tough on my mom. If you’re partner cannot truly put you as the most important person in their life, it will cause more heartache in the end
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One of my second-year med students is a young woman I’ve known for over half her life. I was a coach on her HS soccer team. She not quite like a daughter to me, but certainly like a favorite niece
Her dad sent me this text on Christmas. I’m normally not a crier, but...onions...
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@AshleyGWinter
Every time I tell a doctor I’m a med school professor, the only thing they say is “oh…I hated biochemistry…”
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@StressHoop
I’m a neurochemist, so my anatomy isn’t the strongest, but if I’m correct, that’s not supposed to be on the outside, right?
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Me: Alexa, play classic rock
Alexa: here’s a station you may like *plays Pearl Jam
Me: no, Alexa, play classic rock
Alexa: here’s a station you may like *plays Nirvana
Me: Alexa, play rock from the 70’s
Alexa: here’s a station you might like *Oldies
Me: fuck you, Alexa…
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Ok pre meds...are you a freshman? Sophomore? Junior? Even seniors? I’ve been on the Admissions Committee for 2 MD schools, 2 DO schools, and a pharmacy school. Who wants to do a group WebEx next week for some free advice?
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As I peruse through FB, I notice a lot of the same people who refuse to wear masks or get a vaccine because “...the risk is so low...” are often the same people who want to carry a gun on the off chance they get held up...
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@pmddomingos
What’s to refute? You’re the one who made the asinine claim, you’re the one that needs to provide the data! You have insight from all those search committees?
I’ve hired 7 faculty in the last 5 years. 6 of those were women. All 6 were the most qualified candidate by far
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My 8 is learning cursive.
Brought this home from school.
Next parent/teacher conference is going to be interesting…
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My daughter yells to me in a panic because her toilet is smoking...this is what I come in to...
These electronic school days aren’t challenging her enough...
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@acweyand
Honestly, I find it surprising that Jehovahs Witnesses would allow marrow when they don’t allow blood products…where do they think the blood would originate?
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Saw the antivax "too many, too soon" tripe. Yes, vaccines expose your baby to many antigens. Guess how many antigens it is exposed to the instant it leaves the womb? Hint: Far more.
Virtually every new protein is an antigen.
The infant immune system is naive, not incapable.
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It’s not a debate when one side is demonstrably wrong but refuses to accept established evidence and foundational knowledge. Experts are experts
for a reason. Dr. Hotez is, RGKjr isn’t.
Peter, if you claim what RFKjr is saying is “misinformation” I am offering you $100,000.00 to the charity of your choice if you’re willing to debate him on my show with no time limit.
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My daughter (15), as she is getting ready to go out with her friends on a day where she is supposed to “start”:
“I will not let my uterus betray me today!”
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The MCAT is an affluence test
That’s the tweet
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They are about to go out into the world as new physicians. And every year now, we will add 20-30 more physicians that would otherwise never get the chance
And this is the best thing I've ever done in my professional life... 10/
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My kids have no idea of trad gender roles in the house b/c my wife and I split duties
My daughter had her first hint of it when she had a sleepover with her team last light and one of the girls asked why her dad was doing laundry
Then came dinner:
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@megann2210
Trying to put pajamas on your 6 yo when you let him stay up 3 hours past his bedtime
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@CassRMorris
@this1wierdgirl
Shame on you, being fiscally responsible…what were you thinking?
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And this year, they matched. They matched in every conceivable specialty you can imagine...surgery, derm, anesthesia, family med, peds, you name it...
23 students that would never have gotten into medical school at all because of the current mechanisms of med admissions... 9/
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One of her friends, afraid to eat my cooking asked why her dad was cooking instead of her mom
My daughter’s response: Because we have company over so we want the food to be edible...
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I lost my Auntie yesterday. If you're Arab, that hits different...
Her and my uncle left Flint...all they owned in the trunk of their car...and built one of the most successful restaurants in Minneapolis with his dream and her force of will
Our entire family is devastated
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Well…I gave my last lectures today as a full-time medical school professor. In a few weeks I’ll move on to a new medical school as an Assistant Dean of Curriculum.
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@aetiology
This is the proverbial “playing chess with a pigeon” scenario and RFKjr is 100% the pigeon
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@JoyceMauk
Yep. We have a no questions asked policy. She’s a teen...she’ll do some stupid things (I did), but no matter the mess you’re in, call me and I get you, no questions asked until the morning and everyone is safe!
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There seems to be an up-tick in posts from physicians speaking out against PAs and NPs and scope of practice encroachment
Here's why I think they're out of line...
(Fortunately, there are a lot of physicians stepping up for their PA/NP colleagues as well)
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@victor_sandos
@greerplastics
I cannot imagine a more obtuse comment.
I tried to imagine one, but nope…this one really is that dense…
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@DrJenGunter
, let me present to you your very first Jensplaining gif, with snark*
@glenpyle
@maie_lynn
@RyanMarino
@Golfergirl2018
@FionaMattatall
@SciencePharmer
@DrSinhaEsq
*snark is mine, not Dr. Gunter's...unless she actually is telling you where to stick that cucumber...
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@FawcettErika
@Terez76
@adamgilson
@KentState
Or civics...
Likely not science of any type, either...
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@LadyDoctorSays
Dude’s lucky husband confronted him in public and not somewhere out of view…husband looks…capable…
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@simplefasting
Or…and hear me out…we can seek dietary advice from an educated Registered Dietician instead of a purveyor of false hope grifting on the internet…
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I’m having trouble deciding if this is due to my ADHD or age-related…or both
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A 7 year old with a recorder is every bit as awful as you imagine…
My wife bought (7) a recorder…an effin’ recorder…and for the life of me I don’t know what the hell she was thinking
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@saltylungs
Do you have a dog? Can I see pictures?
That sends the conversation into a path that immediately lets me know if I can work for someone
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Having dealt with all three in their native habitat, I can confirm that this is the perfect Venn diagram...
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@theblondeMD
@Dr_Jukic
@babbymd
@namd4kids
“I don’t believe that older males have been dismissive of you...”, says the old male, dismissively
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@JacquieNlgirl
@OracleNil
I mean, it’s even in the Bible telling them NOT to adopt the traditions of other cultures, yet here we have christmas, halloween...Easter is even still named after the Germanic spring goddess from which its traditions were stolen...
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My 9 is at the age where he discovered the colloquialism for testicles and now takes every opportunity to loudly say "my nuts"
Swim in the ocean? "The wave hit my nuts!"
Wrestling with big brother? "Don't hit my nuts!"
Accidentally slip and do the splits? "MY NUTS!"
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@calvin_maestro
There’s no such thing as entrapment. Women are allowed to dress however the hell they want. Be a big enough man to control your damn self…
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@mateo_tao
@drmarkhyman
Take them on walks, make sure to keep their hair brushed or it gets knotted. Normal things. Just show them lots of love and attention
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@DrJenGunter
Timing of the offer matters. The moment I first held my daughter, not a chance...I wanted 20 more kids...
Two sleepless weeks later, I was ready to do it myself with a pair of rusty hedge clippers...my wife would have been happy to help!
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Here’s how nuts used car prices are right now…
3 years ago I bought a 2017 w/20k miles for $21000
Today, I sold that same vehicle w/60k miles with a lot of wear and tear…for $21000
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@NicoleB_MD
Every parent in the hood while he’s explaining how proud he is of the repair job he did:
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@davidthegrunt
@KK_medicine
...and epidemiology, and clinical skills...and hopefully Step 1...
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Cat: OH MY GOD YOU'RE FINALLY AWAKE FEED ME BEFORE I WASTE AWAY TO NOTHING!
Me: *Fills bowl
Cat: Takes one bite and walks away
Me:
Cat:
Me:
Cat: Fuck off, I'm full
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@_stephanieESQ
@Patricia_Ann_E
@FhockeyfanSp
@TheOmegaMale1
@RationalMale
Dude's throwing graphs out there that equates a 15 year old CHILD with a 30 year old woman...is he tweeting from jail...hopefully?
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@DocMCohen
@PeterDiamandis
When he said “most of us have no idea what’s going on in our bodies”, he meant himself…
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@QasimRashid
@MarshaBlackburn
North Carolina would like to argue that a southeastern border is south enough to also get a wall, thankyouverymuch…
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