A.L. Kushner

Family Outdoor School in Denali. Thanks Alaska Geographic!

Beautiful day to dipnet on the Kasilof #Alaska #fishing #salmon

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

Awesome!

Thanks! Was crazy. Few folks set netting and a great run. Limited out on one tide. Now processing 55 reds 🤪

Fish camp on Kasilof #alaska

Happy solstice! Was never a big deal until we moved to #Alaska ☀️

Awesome!

Russian River ferry. #Alaska #fishing

No catching but the fishing was great. #shipcreek #urbanfishing #anchorage #summerinalaska

Past 30k words. Getting there

NYC visit. Visit to Ellis Island hits differently given current environment

a statue of liberty sits on a sandy beach ALT: a statue of liberty sits on a sandy beach

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The Domestic Consequences of Defunding Global Health This JAMA Forum discusses the recent funding cuts to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the potential ramifications of these cuts on global health and the health of ind...

It should not be "surprising when the health consequences [of destroying USAID] eventually cross US borders. Less control of infectious diseases in other parts of the world will bring more illness and death to the US."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Anchorage resident tests positive for measles as health officials warn of broader exposure Health officials on Thursday said that people may have been exposed at a trampoline park, a Target and a YMCA.

A juvenile in Anchorage has tested positive for measles, a highly contagious but preventable virus, the Anchorage Health Department said in an alert.

Yup

Memoir update:

On Chapter 40. About 25,000 words in, aiming for 50k.

Think Anthony Bourdain with a scalpel. Stories from twenty years of surgery and public health in war zones and disaster areas.

New working title:

Chicken Salad Days: Notes from a “simple” surgeon

Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

This is absolutely terrible news.

With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.

h/t @merz.bsky.social

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain

“The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing."
~Daniel J. Boorstin

Good and bad new today.

Good: positive and constructive feedback on memoir from non-medical friend.

Bad: another query rejection for MG novel

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. ~Douglas Adams

Exploring Synergies Between National Mine Action Strategies and National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anesthesia Plans National Mine Action Strategies (NMAS) and National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anesthesia Plans (NSOAPs) have emerged as two frameworks with potential t…

New paper looking at surgery and mine action www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🤔. Another rejection for my MG adventure novel. Maybe it won’t go anywhere but was the motivation to get me writing my memoir

“When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch.... I fear the disease is incurable.”
- Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck #memoir #travel

Have some old email updates that I’m editing into chapters but think it might be quicker and easier to just reread and then write from scratch.#memoir

Hit 20k words for WIP!

Finished a kafkaesque trip from Malawi to Durban, South Africa to buy a used car and drive it back to Malawi. And ultimately sell it to Canadian nuns 🤪

Guess I’m not the only one

is it good that United had to email me about my upcoming flight being like "hey, don't worry, pilots have emergency procedures for if air traffic control goes down"

Photos: Dipnetting for hooligan at Twentymile River

They’re back: Hooligan, also known as eulachon or candlefish, are returning to Southcentral Alaska rivers to spawn. www.adn.com/visual/photo...