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@leils.bsky.social

Vascular surgeon, sailor, lover of good fun and friends, obsessed data nerd. Native NYer living in the south. Comments are my own. Klaatu barada nichto. Temba, his arms wide.

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a woman is sitting at a table with her hands folded in front of her . ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with her hands folded in front of her .

@elienyc.bsky.social talking truth and drinking from a Death Star mug….

19.10.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@dukesurgery.bsky.social -a great day of golf! Thanks to UNC Surgery for hosting!!!

12.10.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chili cook-off?? @dukesurgery.bsky.social

26.09.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This seagull seems… judgey.

02.09.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone decided to dig. Someone got a bath. FAFO.

20.08.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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@dukevascular.bsky.social There was a dress code for journal club… #VascularSurgery

12.08.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

RFK Jr. is reportedly going to forbid government scientists from publishing in the world’s most respected medical journals β€” the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, etc.

It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.

28.05.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 17207    πŸ” 5164    πŸ’¬ 1195    πŸ“Œ 361

Whaddya know. Mine said the same.

28.05.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character from bob 's burgers wearing a pink bunny hat says this is fine Alt: Louise from bob 's burgers wearing a pink bunny hat and staring into the distance. Her left eye is twitching with stress. The caption says "this is fine"

Please check in with your fed friends. It's kinda stressful here

You’re fired
You’re rehired
You’re refired
You’re staying but your team is fired
Your team is staying but your funding’s cut
You’re moving across the country, maybe
Restraining order πŸ›‘
Restraining order against the restraining order πŸ”™

16.05.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1464    πŸ” 215    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 8

Yes!!!!

12.05.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.

wck.org/news/gaza-up...

07.05.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

one of my all-time faves.

04.05.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought we were integrating A1 steak sauce???

22.04.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. economy to lose billions as foreign tourists stay away A pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products are adding to a growing list of headwinds keeping the risk of a recession high.

fortune.com/2025/04/15/u...

Are we great yet???

21.04.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
NIH freezes funds to Harvard and four other universities, but can’t tell them Move follows broader White House attack on Harvard funding and stop-work orders to contractors

www.science.org/content/arti...

It just keeps getting worse….

19.04.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it. A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.

Trump ends promising cancer research. USA! USA!

β€œTwo patients’ treatments using the experimental therapy had to be delayed because NIH’s capacity to make personalized cell therapies has been slowed by the firing of highly skilled staff..."

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

15.04.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3671    πŸ” 1534    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 60

again... you had me at space daddy's catchphrase.

06.04.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Spacey.. I think we're actually in the mirror universe...

06.04.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ironic, becuase I'm guessing he's taking one....

05.04.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

completely agree!

05.04.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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@elienyc.bsky.social

Today’s reading….

29.03.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nearly half a billion dollars ($484M) lost in the NC research triangle alone

Where TF are Thom Tillis & Ted Budd?

28.03.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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a brown and white teddy bear hugging each other with hearts above them and the words `` love you '' . ALT: a brown and white teddy bear hugging each other with hearts above them and the words `` love you '' .
29.03.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Voting Rights Act at 60: Congress Could Hit New Low with SAVE Act The new legislation would require American citizens to produce documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote.

The SAVE Act may as well be called the anti-voting rights act. Here’s why:

26.03.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 757    πŸ” 356    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 24
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HHS plans to shutter or downsize several health agencies, including at CDC Health and Human Services is planning to cut 10,000 jobs across the sprawling department.

🀬

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

27.03.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

when I was in hochschule... the joke was dichte bodennebel

26.03.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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26.03.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NC Health and Human Services Department to cut 80 jobs, lose $100 million in federal funding The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ reductions are due to the federal government’s β€œabrupt and immediate termination of several federal grants,” a department spokesperson said in a statement.

NC Health and Human Services Department to cut 80 jobs, lose $100 million in federal funding

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' reductions are due to the federal government's "abrupt and immediate termination of several federal grants," a department spokesperson said in ...

26.03.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Walter Masterson is a genius. I adore him.

26.03.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

genau.

26.03.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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