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Theo Smart

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Senior technical editor at ICAP @Columbia U, and write rare disease reports on the side. Views my own. Interested in life & literature from anthropology to zoology. Originally, I wanted to focus cultural anthro w/ folklore studies, until life happened.

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Healthy cold rain day visualizing spring response. But don’t step into any deep puddles

06.03.2026 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And often generally. And underdogs and other countries when they show a particular team spirit or other admirable qualities

25.02.2026 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All I can say is that I was rooting for Canada that last game.

25.02.2026 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree some of these responses are awful. I also HATE the word β€œaddict. However, it is also the framing that NA uses, and TROSA, the group you hold up as an example, restricts the use of evidence-based medications for opioid use disorder. Same as Kennedy. It is part of a trend of labor-based rehabs.

22.02.2026 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. Thanks for sharing this!

21.02.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fenrir, that wolf from Ragnarok/the end of the world. 🐺

21.02.2026 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, how else are you going to change a diaper?

21.02.2026 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When will this snow ever melt?

18.02.2026 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been agonizing over drafting a meeting report on dystrophinopathy-related neurological behavioral issues from a field direction synthesis perspective, rather than a sequential summary. It has taken a lot out of me.

09.02.2026 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bear hugs for you going through this. My relationship with my father was fraught, but I have never recovered from his loss. My mother left more gradually. I am diminished but must trudge on. I admire what you do & suspect they are at least as proud of you as mine were of me, which is something.

09.02.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in Africa, Health Officials Fear

β€˜Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in Africa, Health Officials Fear www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...

07.02.2026 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At first when I saw this, I thought it was an AI generated version of a Disney character archeological find. Only it’s not. It’s real and off the charts cool.

07.02.2026 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Previous photo was from 8 years ago during a confident stage. Thought it was time to update to reflect my current level of consternation.

07.02.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Official concedes 8-year-old who died in U.S. custody could have been saved as devastated family recalls final days The parents of 8-year-old Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez told CBS News that their daughter died in Border Patrol custody because of negligence and discrimination.

Children are dying in the US concentration camps

www.cbsnews.com/news/anadith...

29.01.2026 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 9

Seriously, I have been decided not to buy any more #Apple equipment and contemplating how to continue to use my existing equipment but extract myself from the Apple environment. He’s such a quisling. Tim Cook Attends White House Screening of 'Melania' Movie, Prompts Calls for Apple Boycott - Gizmodo

28.01.2026 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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December Deals: US Signs Bilateral Health Agreements With 14 African Countries – With Some Key Exceptions - Health Policy Watch Over December, the United States signed bilateral health co-operation agreements with 14 African countries, setting out the parameters for aid in exchange for

⚠️ #SouthAfrica, #Tanzania & the #DRC are absent from new US health agreementsβ€”raising questions about geopolitics, elections, and minerals shaping global health aid.

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13.01.2026 06:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Visit to neurology clinic, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town. 5 weeks ago. Pt 2

11.01.2026 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Visit to neurology clinic, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town. 5 weeks ago. Pt 1

11.01.2026 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bird legged seems to reference Lilith, the primordial she-demon; although I do not espouse the patriarchal underpinnings of that mythos.

09.01.2026 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh wow, it is somewhere deep on the 7 line

09.01.2026 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There are no pure cultures

β€œAll of our religions, stories, languages, and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history.”
aeon.co/essays/there...

06.01.2026 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

And that’s a great part of what makes them so interesting

06.01.2026 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, the eggnog and zolpidem are a blissful mix. I anticipate being inured to everything quite shortly, and at the waking up in about an hour and a half, being unrealistically optimistic about how the day will go.

03.01.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, β€œmy pieces of”

03.01.2026 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She was so lovely and brilliant

03.01.2026 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US

03.01.2026 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5469    πŸ” 1928    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 51

All I want this year is piece on earth… after all the great powers reassert their dominance over their sphere of influence

03.01.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A morning to finish the last of the bourbon-infused eggnog, take a zolpidem, & crawl back into bed. It takes me back to the 80’s, polisci 101, my great Chilean prof who saw CIA take Allende out, exposed me to Jeane Kirkpatrick, & realizing even then that the NYTs was collaborative crap & the US as a

03.01.2026 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New WHO Review Reaffirms: No Evidence That Vaccines Cause Autism - Health Policy Watch A new WHO review has reaffirmed that childhood vaccines don’t cause autism, based on a review of more than 25 years of studies scoping for possible linkages.Β 
11.12.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Be safe

11.12.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0