Kashif Pirzada, MD

No doubt, but his accent screams Gamer/YouTuber to me. This newest generation of absolute rulers will be much different from their predecessors.

Interesting to see this.
Never thought I'd see a Saudi king speaking fluent English, talking about a high tech future.
Why did Islamic militancy mostly die off? Because a whole generation grew up like him, on YouTube, on the internet, learning English, and wanting a better life.

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Twitter is down!

Yes, and it's all over the schools and daycares.

Flu season is here somewhat early. Be careful out there, masks in crowded indoor spaces are a good idea, and get your flu (and Covid) shots asap.

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.

The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

Zohran Mamdani won New York because
- he ran a relentlessly positive campaign
- he fought for affordability against billionaires monopolizing all opportunity, power and influence
- he stood up against a genocide when others were too timid

It's great watching a nation self-correct in real-time!

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What an awesome journey. It didn't work out in the end, and that's ok.
Most of the world is full of gloom, but this was a bright spot that brought people together in all kinds of ways.
Thank you #BlueJays!!

Sadly didn't work out, but tomorrow's another day!

Dream come true, seeing a live World Series games in my own town.

Trump has gotten used to supplicants kneeling before him, promising impossible investments, with not-so-subtle bribes to his family's companies to smoothe things. Some nations, especially the autocrats, know this dance instinctively.
Not sure how straight-laced 🇨🇦 can compete.

Bluesky is quite a good platform for realtime sports posts. Pleasantly surprised to see its continuing improvement and growth!

I'll bet good money that almost every single person in the world has relatives in Toronto.

The Jays and Dodgers will break for Christmas Eve to share a drink in no man’s land, show each other photos of the family they left back home, before heading back to their respective trenches.

18 now!

Thank you, Blue Jays and Dodgers, for keeping me company on a long shift in the ER!

Did we….. just have a GRAND SLAM in our first World Series in 32 YEARS by a World Series debut batter and then chase that with another two-run home run???!!! 🤯🤯🤯
Let’s go, BLUE JAYS!!

the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg raised her fist as she and about 160 other Global Sumud Flotilla participants arrived in Greece to roaring cheers. Crowds welcomed them after their release from illegal Israeli detention.

Greta later addressed supporters — her remarks are below.

Alberta baby dies from measles An Albertan has died from complications due to measles, government data released Thursday says.

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“I am saddened to share that we have had our first death from measles in the province. A child, born prematurely after the mother contracted measles during pregnancy, died shortly after birth,” Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange, in a statement, said

We need Ukraine as much as it needs us Kyiv is not merely a victim — it is an exemplar for western democracies and defence industries preparing for future wars

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Sanders: "The very term genocide is a reminder of what can happen if we fail. That word emerged from the Holocaust — the murder of six million Jews — one of the darkest chapters in human history... History demands that the world act with one voice to say: enough is enough. No more genocide."

It's really good. I wish they could have resurrected the voice of Ricardo Montalban somehow.

Proud of my city for telling these clowns to get lost.

We live in an unprecedented time of global uncertainty with medical miracles that previous generations could only dream of. Abandoning proven public health measures based on misinformation and institutional distrust would represent a tragic waste of lives, scientific progress and human potential.

Canada also has proud vaccine history - Connaught Labs produced 100s of millions of doses of the freeze-dried smallpox vaccine that helped eradicate a disease that killed 30% of those infected.
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Canada's collaborative culture helped us achieve one-third the pandemic death rate of the United States. Our high urban vaccination rates and strong public health consensus provide protection against measles.

More problematically, Tylenol remains the only pain medication approved for pregnant women - removing it would leave doctors with no safe alternatives for maternal pain relief.

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

His upcoming report blaming Tylenol for autism exemplifies this approach. A 2024 Swedish study of 2 million children found no autism link, even comparing siblings with different prenatal Tylenol exposure. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Kennedy is an inveterate and pathological liar and has submitted research rebuttals obviously generated by AI with fabricated references, yet still succeeds in sowing doubt. 'Debating' figures like him just allows his sort to spread more fear and uncertainty.