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@EPotterMD '...where her mother says confirmed medical negligence and neglect cost her life.' call me skeptical. until someone can provide more evidence this is hearsay.

Taylor Jenkins was 25 years old. She was healthy. Successful. In love. About to get engaged. After being rear ended at a red light in Florida, Taylor was taken to the hospital, where her mother says confirmed medical negligence and neglect cost her life. But what happened next is what stopped me in my tracks. Because Taylor was 25, unmarried, and did not have children, her family was blocked from seeking accountability under a Florida law known as “Free Kill.” Florida is the only state in the country with a law like this. If you are over 25, unmarried, and without children, your parents cannot pursue non economic damages in cases of medical negligence. Think about that for a second. A daughter’s life. Reduced to whether she had a spouse or children. In 2025, 93% of the Florida legislature voted to repeal this law. The repeal was vetoed. Taylor’s mother, Cindy, told me: “They killed half my heart that day, and I will never stop fighting for Taylor so nobody else ever has to go through this.” This is bigger than one family. This is about what happens when accountability disappears from healthcare systems. And who powerful lobbying protects when it does. Healthcare should never value a human life based on marital status or parenthood. Taylor mattered. If you want to learn more or support the movement to restore safety and accountability in healthcare, follow @healthcareaccountabilityinitiative on Instagram.

@Megankstack your reputation right now:

Well, this is a meltdown for the ages.

@anurag_ce @RapidResponse47 @POTUS Trains that no one uses and cities full of empty buildings, disastrous command economy dependent on foreign investment that has now stopped.

@RapidResponse47 @POTUS while the United States is busy fighting wars across the globe, China is building its future at an insane speed with mega cities, high-speed rail, AI, and next-generation infrastructure. 🌆🚄🤖

.@POTUS on President Xi: "He's been a friend of mine. He's been somebody that we get along with... this is going to be a very exciting trip. A lot of good things are going to happen."

@jun_song unobtainium.

If you have an M3 Ultra Mac Studio, I recommend selling it now. • Basically M5 Max performance (much slower prefill) • Resale prices are at the absolute peak (>2x MSRP) • M5 Ultra will be cheaper than current resale with 4x compute. Cash out while you can.

@Don956746234971 @ConceptualJames Pallywood.

@ConceptualJames Yes, the hundreds of videos of atrocities committed by Israel has nothing to do with it. Remember the sin of empathy. Don't care. Walk away. Support Israel with your life. Only our superstition matters.

Did you know, young conservative, that if you recently turned against Israel or especially Jews, you have been taken in by an Islamo-Leftist psychological operation designed to make you into their useful idiots? I'm sure that's not pleasant to hear, but it's true. The good news is that you can do something about it. You can stop and rethink some things. Look into the topics that convinced you more objectively. You have the power to break free, and we're all hoping you do.

@TheAdam027 Hang in there!

I was rushed to the hospital and I have another bowel obstruction. I am deciding on whether to continue to seek life-extending treatment or to enter hospice. You all have been fantastic in your support. Regrettably, my stomach and body is telling me it may be time to be with Hashem. With love and gratitude, Adam #RedWhiteAndJew

I've been treating emergency patients for a very long time, and believe me, there can be very serious complications of bariatric procedures and cumulatively they are not rare. My anecdotal experience coincides with the data: The long-term complications after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) span surgical, nutritional, metabolic, skeletal, and psychological domains, with reoperation rates of 5–22% and nearly half of patients undergoing a related secondary operation by 15–20 years. [1-2] Surgical Complications Internal hernia and bowel obstruction are among the most concerning long-term surgical issues, with internal hernia incidence of ~8–14% over 10–15 years. Small bowel obstruction occurred in 4.1% in a large French nationwide study. [2-4] Marginal ulceration at the gastrojejunal anastomosis has a cumulative 4-year incidence of ~3.9%, and can be life-threatening if unrecognized. [4-5] Anastomotic stricture may require endoscopic dilation. [1][5] Gastrogastric fistula can develop between the gastric pouch and remnant stomach, contributing to weight regain and ulceration. [1][5] Cholelithiasis requiring cholecystectomy occurs in ~10% of patients over 15 years. [2][6] If you were talking exclusively about endoscopic procedures, consider relative lack of efficacy and poor durability. GLP-1 receptor agonists are comparable or superior for weight loss versus endoscopic bariatric procedures, with better durability while on therapy

@emedfocus Procedural obesity treatment is no more dangerous than a colonoscopy. Surgical obesity treatment is the safest abdominal surgery performed. I don't know how to talk with people that don't understand the data.

Hi 👋🏻, actual obesity expert here. Also, I'm not a surgeon. Procedural and surgical obesity treatments will never be eliminated. They work via unique anatomic-gut related mechanisms. These are distinct from the hormone-based pharmacotherapies. The only reason to eliminate them would be if we wanted to limit the ways we treat obesity, which is dumb.

@PsyPost Parody?

Sexual objectification is often blamed on toxic personality traits, but new research suggests a more universal trigger. A recent study provides evidence that temporary states of sexual arousal cause men to objectify women, regardless of their underlying… dlvr.it/TSRZHW

@ShabbosK @mahmoudkhalel

@mahmoudkhalel Mahmoud: by deporting you back to Syria, we are quite literally bringing you home. You hate America so you should be thrilled about the decision. You're welcome!

This is the due process the administration is offering me, corrupt and unprecedented: "Internal board documents obtained by The New York Times show that the case was considered high priority even before the board officially received it. “Please process as quickly as possible,” said another note, from October. Another document shows that the court’s chair — its highest ranking member — oversaw the case from early on." This story proves that the Trump administration's treatment of my case has always been corrupt and retaliatory. They put me through a sham immigration process while guaranteeing the outcome in advance. nytimes.com/2026/05/08/nyr…

@insidehighered 'Experts say...' 😂😂😂😂 What a joke. Let's talk about the outrageous politicization going on in so many medical schools.

‘Vulnerable’ Medical Schools Caught in MAGA’s Crosshairs Republicans are scrutinizing “woke” medical schools. But experts warn that bowing to political pressure could hurt the future of public health, research and higher education. bit.ly/4uqRf3w

@DrDiGiorgio @Medical_Nemesis Because she could have a critical injury and die, and someone will say you let my mother die, she loved life. And you will be sued.

@Medical_Nemesis Ask the ER that.

We are awful at caring for the elderly. A common story: a 94-year-old woman with dementia is found on the floor of her memory care center. She has a DNR order, but the rest of her goals of care remain murky. So she is brought to the ER, where she undergoes a CT scan. There is something there: a small spot of blood in the head, a chronic spine fracture, or some other abnormality that may or may not have anything to do with why she fell. So neurosurgery gets consulted. In a younger or healthier patient, these findings might warrant admission, repeat imaging, further workup, and monitoring. But this patient is different. She is 94. She has dementia. She cannot tell us what she wants. Her family is not immediately available. And the ER doctor is asking the only question the system has trained them to ask: “So… should we admit her?” The problem is that this patient has no real quarterback for her care. For someone like this, there should be a doctor, nurse, or care team who knows her and knows what she would want. Instead, she is sent to the ER, scanned, labeled with an abnormal finding, and placed onto the hospital conveyor belt. We do not fund elder care in a way that rewards compassionate care. We fund hospital bounce-backs, scans, and admissions. But we do not reliably fund the person who can say, “I know her. I know her family. I know her wishes. This is not what she would want.” The question was not, “Can we do more tests?” Of course we could. The question was, “Would more tests help this woman live better, or would they simply trap her in the hospital?” If she would never want brain surgery, ICU care, a breathing tube, invasive angiography, or a drain placed in her brain, then repeating scans and chasing every possible abnormality will not help her. It will only expose her to confusion, restraints, needles, alarms, and hospitalization just to generate information that would not change the ultimate plan. Sometimes the humane thing is to recognize that the scan found a problem, but the patient’s dignity, comfort, and goals matter more than the abnormal image.

@northwoods1980 We had trauma surgeons trying to institute mandatory CTA brain/neck on every elderly pt who falls with head strike. It was just too absurd to accept.

Elderly pt often from memory care falls. Per center priv equity legal documentation requirements ship immediately to ED w ambulance ride Per ER protocol: CTA head/neck, CT panscan plus radiographs thrown in-current state of ER and most rad depts 24/7-shit show

@OpenAINewsroom You were founded as 'Open' AI. But you're not. That's a tell right there.

We can't wait to make our case in court where both the truth and the law are on our side. This lawsuit has always been a baseless and jealous bid to derail a competitor. We'll also finally have the chance to question Mr. Musk under oath before a jury of Californians about this attempt to undermine our work to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

@Ik_2k3 @Brad_Setser kill terrorists in the middle east. islamists. radical jihadists.

@Brad_Setser Ah yes what a "good" news so the west can keep making weapons to kill children in the middle east

A bit of good supply chain news; China no longer has a monopoly on the refining of Samarian, a rare earth with important military uses 1/

@jun_song Google Gemma

What is your favorite open-source AI company?

@hasantoxr Built on IP theft from US frontier models.

Ok China just did it again. Kimi K2.6 just dropped and it ranks #1 on OpenRouter's programming leaderboard, 9x cheaper than Opus4.7 and 100% OPEN SOURCE! Here's everything you need to know:

@mkaeberlein You're the smartest voice in the field, IMO. Keep at it

Dear Friends, I want to share that I am no longer at Optispan, the company I co-founded in 2023 and have led since. I’m proud of what we built together and grateful to the team for their work and commitment. I wish them continued success. While I’m still considering what comes next, I remain 100% committed to the vision of helping as many people (and companion animals!) as possible achieve longer, healthier lives.

@ekgpress Accelerated junctional with LBBB? Regardless I would check a K.

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@kimmonismus Chinese companies steal investors money

The company that proved you don't need billions to build world-class AI is now asking for money. DeepSeek is raising outside capital for the first time. The target: at least $300 million at a valuation north of $10 billion. Until now, founder Liang Wenfeng funded everything through his hedge fund High-Flyer Capital Management, famously rejecting offers from China's biggest VCs and tech giants. So what changed? For one, key researchers have been poached: Luo Fuli, a core V3 contributor, left for Xiaomi, and Guo Daya jumped to ByteDance for significantly higher pay. Meanwhile, the much anticipated V4 model has been delayed multiple times as engineers work to make it natively compatible with Huawei's Ascend chips, a move that could prove China's ability to build frontier AI without Nvidia. The competitive pressure is enormous. ByteDance's Doubao already surpassed DeepSeek in monthly active users, and tech giants on both sides of the Pacific are outspending startups at record pace. Even the efficiency pioneer needs ammunition now.