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Adam J Schmidt

@adamjschmidt.bsky.social

Husband, father, UMD MBA, recovering political junkie, former 68W, current EMT, and all around beer enthusiast. @U2 fan. Grateful @Heidijschmidt.bsky.social puts up with me.

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He's a little like a mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it, and danged if he knows how to use it.

07.08.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this Mutually Assured Destruction? πŸ€”

07.08.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie says " well when the president does it " Alt: Nixon says " well, when the president does it that means that it is not illegal"

I've heard this one before

07.08.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, uh, I don't remember it being normal for business leaders to seek audience with the president while bearing tributes of gold

07.08.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 361    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 5
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JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip β€” Guardian US Exclusive: Incident raises questions of exploitation of public services, but Secret Service says it was requested for β€˜safe navigation’

J.D. Vance is now up the creek without a paddle.

06.08.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
With improvement, he was able to report that he had recently noticed new-onset facial acne and cherry angiomas, fatigue, insomnia, subtle ataxia, and polydipsia, further suggesting bromism. He also shared that, after reading about the negative effects that sodium chloride, or table salt, has on one's health, he was surprised that he could only find literature related to reducing sodium from one's diet. Inspired by his history of studying nutrition in college, he decided to conduct a personal experiment to eliminate chloride from his diet. For 3 months, he had replaced sodium chloride with sodium bromide obtained from the internet after consultation with ChatGPT, in which he had read that chloride can be swapped with bromide, though likely for other purposes, such as cleaning.
Gradually, over the course of a 3-week admission, his chloride and anion gap normalized and psychotic symptoms improved. He was tapered off risperidone before discharge and remained stable off medication at a check-in 2 weeks after discharge. His bromide level ultimately was 1700 mg/L (21 mmol/L; reference range, 0.9 to 7.3 mg/L).

With improvement, he was able to report that he had recently noticed new-onset facial acne and cherry angiomas, fatigue, insomnia, subtle ataxia, and polydipsia, further suggesting bromism. He also shared that, after reading about the negative effects that sodium chloride, or table salt, has on one's health, he was surprised that he could only find literature related to reducing sodium from one's diet. Inspired by his history of studying nutrition in college, he decided to conduct a personal experiment to eliminate chloride from his diet. For 3 months, he had replaced sodium chloride with sodium bromide obtained from the internet after consultation with ChatGPT, in which he had read that chloride can be swapped with bromide, though likely for other purposes, such as cleaning. Gradually, over the course of a 3-week admission, his chloride and anion gap normalized and psychotic symptoms improved. He was tapered off risperidone before discharge and remained stable off medication at a check-in 2 weeks after discharge. His bromide level ultimately was 1700 mg/L (21 mmol/L; reference range, 0.9 to 7.3 mg/L).

Wild case of ChatGPT almost killing a guy by telling him to substitute sodium bromine for table salt (sodium chloride) #medsky www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

07.08.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 983    πŸ” 394    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 144
Lrrrr, ruler of the planet omicron persei 8

Lrrrr, ruler of the planet omicron persei 8

07.08.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Too many people are ignoring how the US position in the world has been secured by a series of interlocking military, economic, and political alliances. When you undermine parts of that system you threaten the whole thing.

07.08.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't forget the Viet Cong!

07.08.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The next President should restore the Rose Garden.

07.08.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Before and after.

AFP’s Brendan Smialowski and Jim Watson photograph the digging up and paving of the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC.

President Donald Trump has converted the grass portion of the Rose Garden into a patio space, inspired by his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida

07.08.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6
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β€œNobody came”: Hill Country flooding survivors recount anguish, neglect during emotional hearing Residents told state lawmakers about what they’ve lost and the hardships they’re experiencing almost a month after the July 4 disaster devastated the region.

Christ.

β€œFlood survivors…described losing children, going days without contact from emergency management and discovering human remains still scattered in waterways even after victims…were officially marked as found.”

And the TX GOP is focused on gerrymandering.
www.texastribune.org/2025/07/31/t...

07.08.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 455    πŸ” 223    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 21
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07.08.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip Exclusive: Incident raises questions of exploitation of public services, but Secret Service says it was requested for β€˜safe navigation’

Outrageous! Must be why he wasn’t available to meet about his Big Bonanza for Billionaires Bill which will devastate Ohio manufacturing jobs and our rural hospitals. The Army Corps of Engineers should share records with relevant committees of jurisdiction in Congress.

07.08.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7

lmao this is so good for mamdani

06.08.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2245    πŸ” 341    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 6

He's doing good work with @thebulwark.com

07.08.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My "obviously we won't kill people" quote has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my quote.

06.08.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Has she lost it?

07.08.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

You may think this is pandering from Mace but she is sincerely completely insane

06.08.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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06.08.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There was a Simpsons episode where this happened youtu.be/rTTZGLhd0RQ?...

06.08.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh great, next up, we can have teenagers in ICE-specific youth groups too. Maybe have rallies where they cheer on the president?

06.08.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1023    πŸ” 313    πŸ’¬ 205    πŸ“Œ 68

I believe many counties have vaccination requirements for travel.

06.08.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes? It doesn't appear to be a wise policy decision...

06.08.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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06.08.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess some people appear to have missed the sarcasm implicit in the 😐 emoji... 😬

06.08.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You seem to have missed the sarcasm implicit in the 😐 emoji

06.08.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it's crazy that i wake up every day and think "i can't possibly have anything else to say on twitter" and then the US Department of Defense will be like "Our Secretary of Defense has great jeans ☺️"

06.08.2025 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 11577    πŸ” 690    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 22
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Police Report: Edward β€˜Big Balls’ Coristine Assaulted in Alleged Carjacking President Donald Trump shared a photo of the DOGE staffer after the alleged attack and threatened to "federalize" Washington, DC. WIRED obtained the police report.

Trump shared a photo of DOGE staffer Edward "Big Balls" Coristine after an alleged attack and threatened to "federalize" Washington, DC. WIRED obtained the police report.
wrd.cm/3UKgLB4

06.08.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 347    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 29
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On this Chairteenth, we celebrate the good folks of Montgomery, especially our guy AquaMayne. Special shout out to the folks who, within 72 hours, recreated this in their apartment complex. A COMMUNITY!! πŸ’€

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