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neurosurgeon, cmo, co-founder, GP @ Scrub Capital, mixed martial artist

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@lancearmstrong Lance, you preaching about fairness in sports is rich Rather than casting doubt through faux queries, let's create an inclusive field for all athletes Trans athletes aren't looking for an edge, they're seeking a level playing field - something you might not be too familiar with
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@BrianRoemmele I think it’s important in situations like this to mark his name. His full name. Then it’s more than just a neat tweet. It’s one more digital record that puts respect on his name. Dale Schroeder is his name.
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@DougJBalloon It doesn’t get better than when the style is so ingrained, and the compulsion is so strong that even knowing they have been scooped by an inkslinger, satirizing them, they still run the headline
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@soren_iverson Sobriety check pre-texting ex
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@dieworkwear Looks like it’s time to pull this one back out of the vault
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@DavidSacks @GovRonDeSantis I wish you had taken the bet
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@DavidSacks 1000 bucks says you largely bomb tomorrow moderating the DeSantis discussion. Take the bet?
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@Olivianuzzi think we can all see now now why you would humanize him You’re serving under RFK Jr
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@AAAAAAAGGGHHHHH To be fair, he’s also in the privileged position of having this AND everything which followed
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@karaswisher Hands-down, @elonmusk ‘s most miraculous feat isn’t landing rockets- It’s turning Mark Zuckerberg into a hip, trailblazing good guy
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@WillManidis Yearly response about Doug McMillon
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@karaswisher Hands-down, @elonmusk ‘s most miraculous feat isn’t landing rockets- It’s turning Mark Zuckerberg into a hip, trailblazing good guy
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. @nytimes really leaning in to its @DougJBalloon parody era
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@JamesClear This feels like a clear cut use for #ChatGPT , at least to start the brainstorming. *note: in similar exercises I have done it will sometimes (rarely) hallucinate entire restaurants, attractions, etc. In any case, here is the GPT-4 output to your questions:
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𝙎𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣—strategically extending sleep beyond the typical 7-8 hrs—has been shown in groundbreaking studies to unlock elite physical + mental performance. These results are redefining how we view sleep’s role in achieving top results. Let’s break it down…1/7
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Exercise is crucial for heart health, but can too much be harmful for some people? Recent studies show a U-shaped curve: moderate exercise lowers cardiovascular risks, but excessive endurance exercise may increase them. What’s the magic number? Let’s break it down… 1/7
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@nathanfielder As thousands of people hope that Bill Heath is in it
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The “The team just started briefing me about health care” starter pack
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@karaswisher 💯 With all of the sideshow noise around Musk and Twitter - this is the most consequential thing happening right now. Thanks for elevating this.
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@DavidSacks The perpetual struggle
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@dieworkwear Vibe Perspective distortion, dog/gut edition
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@karaswisher Rogan has more conspiracy theories than the X-Files. Sure, Pharma is not always a saint, but him touting a 'heartless monster' narrative while disregarding vaccines is like wanting to debate seatbelts because some automakers have cheated on emissions and safety.
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@MLFiuk @VCBrags Now you made me stop and do that lol Prompt: /imagine some very big guys --q 2 --style raw
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@Suhail So all conspiracy theories aside, @karaswisher nailed it (again)
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@businessbarista I’m asking this sincerely. Is it a joke that you think that psychedelics hit mass awareness in 2019?
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@ZekeEmanuel Zeke - I guess the Goldwater rule and not pontificating and speculating on the mental status of people we have not examined does not apply to you? There’s not gonna be a medical version of Entourage with some Ari Gold made about you anytime soon. That I know
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If we don’t put a cap on credit card interest rates, I’m gonna become an even bigger libertarian
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@ParikPatelCFA “You’re breaking up”
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@annatonger @bryanhpchiang This is a substantial part of the plot of a phenomenal nine year old @blackmirror episode starring Jon Hamm and written by @charltonbrooker . 🙈 What could go wrong?
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@karaswisher @waltmossberg What this really about is being tier 1 in what you do vs. tier 2 @karaswisher is a tier 1 writer, reporter, media innovator. @sacks is a tier 2 tech innovator, millionaire, + coat-tail riding conserv turned neo-libertarian They mistake wealth for wisdom. Their money can’t buy
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@DavidSacks @X The constant struggle
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@Apple Time of death, 1000 hours Pacific Time
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What this really about is being tier 1 in what you do vs. tier 2 @karaswisher is a tier 1 writer, reporter, media innovator. @sacks is a tier 2 tech innovator, millionaire, + coat-tail riding conserv turned neo-libertarian You mistake wealth for wisdom. Your money can’t buy
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Kara Swisher's only skill is inheriting wealth. Like many journos, and most of their bosses. That's all this is, old money vs new money. Nepotists vs technologists.
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@nytopinion @DouthatNYT “The curious”- truly curious folks- don’t end up down this alley. Their curiosity uncovers evidence refuting nonesense around vaccines and similar topics a long time ago By the time they stumble upon RFK Jr.‘s narrative, it’s already in the rear-view mirror of progress
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Creatine is the undisputed champ of performance supplements. But how much do you know about the close second—β-Alanine? Brand new research shows this agent can significantly boost explosive performance and improve cognition. Let’s break it down…. 1/7
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@LauraAesthetic @DougJBalloon For those maybe in the “not knowing” camp, word is that there is a deputy editor there who is bummed he hasn’t been mentioned by the Pitchbot by name
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@AAAAAAAGGGHHHHH *but I have to assume his point is that you get all of it and to still be young
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Purposefully contrarian (and often dangerous when said) COVID takes from much earlier stages of the pandemic that by happenstance become closer to accurate months later during an entirely different variant are not wins
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@anothercohen The portions aside that Hawking visited the island for a conference prior to Epstein first being charge…. As someone in medicine, and whose father died of ALS - I think the fact that anyone - but especially somebody that is a leader at a health care company- pulls together a
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@WSJ I would imagine “sub implosion” sits squarely in the library of that group’s well-known sounds
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@karaswisher @btaylor And for those interested and playing catch-up- also former Co-CEO of Salesforce for several years. And founder and CEO of Quip.
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@AshleyGWinter Look she has me talking about it and I’m a neurosurgeon
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@hubermanlab This is a rebranding of the breath control and body scan Buddhist meditation. Techniques like Samatha, which promote mindfulness (sati) and are part of meditation (jhāna/dhyāna), have been around for over a thousand years. Powerful techniques under a new name
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You’ve probably heard that activity can reduce your risk of dementia. But did you know that walking may reduce your risk by 50%? A study in @JAMANeuro shows that the number of steps you take and your walking pace may hold the key. Let’s break it down… 1/5
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If the government won’t bail out my Silicon Valley Bank holdings, I’m going to become an even bigger libertarian.
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@Imposter_Edits FAFO. This is an important video of the “find out” part. Glad everyone is ok.
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If the government won’t bail out my Silicon Valley Bank holdings, I’m going to become an even bigger libertarian.
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@skibumsatoshi @pmarca “If we don’t regulate AI more, I’m going to become an even bigger libertarian” Cc @DougJBalloon
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@aubreystrobel Other people who have had brain worms be like, “ I don’t sound like that do I?”
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Many of us that deal with death know the profound love & clarity a living will brings family during life's hardest moments. Please join me in starting #MyLivingWill . Let’s share experiences, and wording from our living wills to inspire others. I’ll go first. 1/2
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@halletecco The quote in this article 💀: “if even the tiniest bit of menstrual blood comes in contact with your skin, it can’t be washed off with soap and water – the poison is absorbed into the body and you spontaneously combust”
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My new favorite pastime is needlessly conflating the #NFT gold rush with health care. Boom: Christie’s sells @beeple digital piece for 69 million dollars. Bust: 28.9 million Americans still can’t afford #health insurance. @lazerow @bijans
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@FadeHubb This video has it all. Hubris, tragedy, comedy, denouement. It deserves an Oscar. It’s so rare that we get a complete tale, end to end.
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“As you all know first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.” #glengarryglenross @AlecBaldwin Carrots and sticks. @karaswisher wants more stick less carrot. Starting to think she’s right
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United Airlines to require all 67,000 U.S.-based employees to be vaccinated. The incentive? A day off of work if they do it. If they don’t, they will be fired. $UAL.
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@karaswisher Waiting for someone to inevitably pull together the 10 most catastrophic board decisions in the history of business, to see where this ranks
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@TechEmails Live look-in on the person resposible for Fremont factory HR
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@natfriedman @goldbergcarey ChatGPT Vision did a nice job. Of course the purple boxes helped it.
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I am a spine surgeon. In the last 2 days I asked around ten others. All said they have been seriously threatened by at least 1 patient (threatened w/ death or serious violence) Amongst the causes in focus, we can't forget our nation's severely lacking approach to chronic pain
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@nytopinion @DouthatNYT At this point just disclose that making @DougJBalloon irrelevant is one of your primary goals
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@DougJBalloon @MollyJongFast “But were you actually hung?”
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2/2 Here is language I added to #MyLivingWill that came from years of experience as a neurosurgeon, dealing with death and severe brain injury: “I want to note that if I am in a transient coma, or transient vegetative state, that care continue. If I am determined by two
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@weirddalle That’s actually a good price for that, especially given the cost of gas
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@APStylebook Writer of the earlier Tweet Cc: @theofficetv
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@dieworkwear AI image expansion is equally unforgiving to the top half of the outfits
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@JeffAnderson_ Guy was probably on his ER rotation or double scrubbing hernias first two weeks (And first week was EPIC training)
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@bryan_johnson @raadfest For those that want to match, the hair is @Benjamin_Moore color “Black Forest Green” according to the color picker app
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@brianstelter Nuzzi has been serving under RFK Jr since late 2023
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@DougJBalloon The constant dilemna
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@Jason You have to admit it could be ironic seeing you call someone else hysterical
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@historyinmemes Need to fact check one part. The Maraniss biography came out ten years ago
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@MNateShyamalan @MarkELindsay other people who have had worms in their brains be like, “ I don’t talk like that do I?”
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@nathanfielder OG Rehearsal
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@DonnieDoesWorld . @ChatGPTapp pretty much nailed it just from your tweet. Only thing I had to say it was fictional to get it to make the picture.
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@LauraAesthetic @DougJBalloon No And let’s face it, have you really made it there if you haven’t been sent up by @DougJBalloon ?
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@Sheril_ @queenozymandias Twitter in a nutshell: where the joke and funny answers get 5000 likes while the response from a science writer who has literally written a book on the subject gets three likes
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@bentkennedy Please keep regaling us with tales of your bravery 👑
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@DavidSacks Geopolitics by @DavidSacks 🤣. Ukraine isn’t looking for a bridge round or a pivot. They need treaties not term sheets. Get back into the podcast hut. There’s no UN seat for your armchair views.
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Outstanding and succint review by @EricTopol of a truly astonishing study in @Nature around the neural interconnectedness between brain and brain tumors. Perfect weekend read
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When thinking or talking promotes glioma tumor growth, the mind <-> cancer connection
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A brand new study in @Nature @JExpSciEnvEpi finds that of 14,000 food contact chemicals found in plastic packaging, 3,601 have been detected in the human body. These include 80 chemicals with known serious hazardous properties. Let’s break it down… 1/5
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A striking and well done new @TheLancetPH study found that 17 cancer types are now more prevalent in Gen X and millennials than in prior generations. Environment and obesity might be key. Let’s break it down… 1/6
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Important preprint. “Saliva swabs are the preferred sample for Omicron detection” TL;dr: for Delta variant, nasal swabs 100% positive percent agreement. Saliva 71% **for Omicron variant, nasal swabs 86% positive percent agreement. Saliva 100%**
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@VCBrags Still gotta be “unicorn” And the party doesn’t really start until someone says, “We’re not just a unicorn, we’re a disruptive unicorn using generative AI to change the paradigm with our synergistic platform.” And lately it turns out it’s just a horse with a party hat.
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A head-to-head comparison of @OpenAI ’s #dalle2 and @borisdayma ’s #dallemini - a 🧵, 1/10 DallE 2 ➡️ DallE Mini best choice (IMO) ➡️ DallE Mini nine image view “Diorama of a ship in a bottle, detailed, bokeh” #digitalart #ArtificialIntelligence
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Jonathan Slotkin, MD
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Really enlightening comments by @karaswisher on media companies masquerading as tech companies as a way to allow misinformation to continue to flow And points about everyone being allowed to have their own opinions but not their own facts This 3 mins and 31 secs had it all 🎯
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Anderson Cooper 360°
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“It’s great to have different opinions. It’s not great to put out incorrect facts. There is a difference. There still is, no matter how you slice it.” @karaswisher on Spotify’s decision to add a content advisory to all podcasts that discuss Covid-19.
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Jonathan Slotkin, MD
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Digital health companies becoming providers themselves continues to accelerate. Many important considerations + ramifications @chrissyfarr + I wrote about this with insights from @deenashakir @mnshah @JConnol @operationdanish @nikillinit Claire Meunier @_DiMeSociety Link 👇🏻
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Christina Farr
3 years
🚨The latest Second Opinion is out🚨 I teamed up with @slotkinjr to talk about the rise of virtual clinics in digital health. I've been fascinated by this trend & finally had a chance to go deep.
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@DavidSacks Come for the venture capitalist moonlighting as political analyst. Stay for the perplexing, performative sexism that adds nothing to the tweet
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