Matt Thau
@thaumatturgist.bsky.social
PCCM Physician @emory. Florida Expat. Karaoke enthusiast
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In Alaska's annual battle of the big bears, only one can be the winner. And this year, a brown bear that overcame a life-threatening injury in 2007 was crowned the winner of Katmai National Park and Preserve’s Fat Bear Week. nyti.ms/4rCmk48
September 30, 2026 at 6:25 PM
In Alaska's annual battle of the big bears, only one can be the winner. And this year, a brown bear that overcame a life-threatening injury in 2007 was crowned the winner of Katmai National Park and Preserve’s Fat Bear Week. nyti.ms/4rCmk48
Speaking as an English lit major, I find this deeply offensive. Never mind that jobs like Social Work are critical and need to be incentivized, kids should study whatever they want. Studying art doesn’t commit them to a life as an impoverished artist
The Trump administration is banning students studying certain degrees from taking out student loans:
—Social work
—Teaching aides
—Cosmetology
—Culinary arts
—Music
—Art
—English literature
—Film
—Religious studies
—Social work
—Teaching aides
—Cosmetology
—Culinary arts
—Music
—Art
—English literature
—Film
—Religious studies
September 28, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Speaking as an English lit major, I find this deeply offensive. Never mind that jobs like Social Work are critical and need to be incentivized, kids should study whatever they want. Studying art doesn’t commit them to a life as an impoverished artist
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Sky Presence (Morning), by Richard Pousette-Dart, 1962–63, 📸 by @erikrole.bsky.social
September 27, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Sky Presence (Morning), by Richard Pousette-Dart, 1962–63, 📸 by @erikrole.bsky.social
Surgery vs Medicine
A hospital bed got a wheel stuck in a service elevator near me. I went to help and a (much more buff) man in scrubs and surgical cap was there too. I bent down to look at the wheel, looking to dislodge it. Meanwhile the other guy lifted the entire bed up and out of the groove
A hospital bed got a wheel stuck in a service elevator near me. I went to help and a (much more buff) man in scrubs and surgical cap was there too. I bent down to look at the wheel, looking to dislodge it. Meanwhile the other guy lifted the entire bed up and out of the groove
September 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Surgery vs Medicine
A hospital bed got a wheel stuck in a service elevator near me. I went to help and a (much more buff) man in scrubs and surgical cap was there too. I bent down to look at the wheel, looking to dislodge it. Meanwhile the other guy lifted the entire bed up and out of the groove
A hospital bed got a wheel stuck in a service elevator near me. I went to help and a (much more buff) man in scrubs and surgical cap was there too. I bent down to look at the wheel, looking to dislodge it. Meanwhile the other guy lifted the entire bed up and out of the groove
Only meaningful thing we will vote on this year
September 22, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Only meaningful thing we will vote on this year
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It is barbaric that Americans owe $220 BILLION in medical debt.
In the richest country on Earth, healthcare should be a right—not a debt sentence.
We must *finally* eliminate medical debt and deliver Medicare for All.
In the richest country on Earth, healthcare should be a right—not a debt sentence.
We must *finally* eliminate medical debt and deliver Medicare for All.
September 14, 2026 at 11:04 PM
It is barbaric that Americans owe $220 BILLION in medical debt.
In the richest country on Earth, healthcare should be a right—not a debt sentence.
We must *finally* eliminate medical debt and deliver Medicare for All.
In the richest country on Earth, healthcare should be a right—not a debt sentence.
We must *finally* eliminate medical debt and deliver Medicare for All.
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Great. So I just imagined those two years that threw me into an existential crisis. What a relief knowing that all that anguish went in to something that wasn’t even real. At least I was doing it for people who didn’t really exist
RFK Jr said these words today on national television
"There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)"
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
You are a fucking idiot
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
<sobs silently>
"There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)"
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
You are a fucking idiot
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
<sobs silently>
August 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Great. So I just imagined those two years that threw me into an existential crisis. What a relief knowing that all that anguish went in to something that wasn’t even real. At least I was doing it for people who didn’t really exist
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@joelanderson.bsky.social I am sure you’ve been barbered since yesterdays POD, but Blood Bros is incredible BBQ with heavy Asian influence in your old stomping grounds (well, Bellaire). Have Van ship it to you and your dad! Won’t regret it, I miss it now I’m no longer in Houston
bloodbrosbbq.com
bloodbrosbbq.com
bloodbrosbbq.com
July 2, 2026 at 11:28 AM
@joelanderson.bsky.social I am sure you’ve been barbered since yesterdays POD, but Blood Bros is incredible BBQ with heavy Asian influence in your old stomping grounds (well, Bellaire). Have Van ship it to you and your dad! Won’t regret it, I miss it now I’m no longer in Houston
bloodbrosbbq.com
bloodbrosbbq.com
Apologies to my dear ID colleagues, but if you really want me to be a better steward of antibiotics, you MUST stop giving them such fun names. Honestly, I am powerless against the temptation of ordering Vabomere, Cresemba, or Exblifep.
June 20, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Apologies to my dear ID colleagues, but if you really want me to be a better steward of antibiotics, you MUST stop giving them such fun names. Honestly, I am powerless against the temptation of ordering Vabomere, Cresemba, or Exblifep.
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They should build loads of data centers all over the place that contain huge quantities of books that people can borrow for free if they fill out a form to get a data center card and promise to return the books on time and don’t make too much noise in the data center.
June 7, 2026 at 11:35 AM
They should build loads of data centers all over the place that contain huge quantities of books that people can borrow for free if they fill out a form to get a data center card and promise to return the books on time and don’t make too much noise in the data center.
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Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
May 23, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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An epic webcam capture of the sun skirting the horizon at Utqiaġvik, Alaska, this morning. @alaskawx.bsky.social
May 10, 2026 at 10:33 PM
An epic webcam capture of the sun skirting the horizon at Utqiaġvik, Alaska, this morning. @alaskawx.bsky.social
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New collider bias example just dropped
May 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
New collider bias example just dropped
Ominous start for this new Dolphins era. Doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence
April 24, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Ominous start for this new Dolphins era. Doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence
Because heaven forbid we just curtail the advancement of AI. Eugenics is the only possible solution. Please shoot every tech bro into the sun
After advancements in gene editing led to the successful treatment of life-threatening health conditions, some tech bros are considering a new application for the controversial science: making super-smart babies to save the world from dangerously capable AI.
Creating baby geniuses to thwart the AI threat? (Yes, really.)
The new wave of Silicon Valley–backed gene-editing startups is straight out of “Brave New World.”
ow.ly
April 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Because heaven forbid we just curtail the advancement of AI. Eugenics is the only possible solution. Please shoot every tech bro into the sun
Pope Leo is WEAK on crime is a bar
April 13, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Pope Leo is WEAK on crime is a bar
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Republicans don't want you to vote.
Be a rebel.
Vote in every election.
Go to school board meetings, library board meetings, village hall meetings.
BE ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Be a rebel.
Vote in every election.
Go to school board meetings, library board meetings, village hall meetings.
BE ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
April 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Republicans don't want you to vote.
Be a rebel.
Vote in every election.
Go to school board meetings, library board meetings, village hall meetings.
BE ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Be a rebel.
Vote in every election.
Go to school board meetings, library board meetings, village hall meetings.
BE ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Most formative book of poems I ever read from Frank O’Hara in college. “why I am Not a Painter” particularly resonates
Frank O’Hara, Writer, Poet, Art Critic, born 100 years ago #OnThisDay, in Baltimore
From ‘The Day Lady Died’:
“And I am sweating a lot by now and thinking of
leaning on the john door in the 5 SPOT
while she whispered a song along the keyboard
to Mal Waldron and everyone and I stopped breathing”
From ‘The Day Lady Died’:
“And I am sweating a lot by now and thinking of
leaning on the john door in the 5 SPOT
while she whispered a song along the keyboard
to Mal Waldron and everyone and I stopped breathing”
March 27, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Most formative book of poems I ever read from Frank O’Hara in college. “why I am Not a Painter” particularly resonates
Since when does the G in GDMT stand for gatekeeping. Shouldn’t be that hard to just figure out what to start and when to start it
March 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Since when does the G in GDMT stand for gatekeeping. Shouldn’t be that hard to just figure out what to start and when to start it
Only in Texas it is a cowboy extubation. Everywhere else it’s a sparkling grip-it-and-rip-it
March 23, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Only in Texas it is a cowboy extubation. Everywhere else it’s a sparkling grip-it-and-rip-it
Had a brain lapse while reading and then was forced to spend the next 30 minutes explaining to my toddler the diagnosis and broad differential for diffuse alveolar hemorrhage
March 19, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Had a brain lapse while reading and then was forced to spend the next 30 minutes explaining to my toddler the diagnosis and broad differential for diffuse alveolar hemorrhage
@brianphillips.bsky.social any way we can shoehorn a return trip to the moon into a The Right Stuff book club? Keeping the (New) Journalism streak alive
March 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
@brianphillips.bsky.social any way we can shoehorn a return trip to the moon into a The Right Stuff book club? Keeping the (New) Journalism streak alive