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The reality-TV villain turned mayoral candidate just used the same tactics that once made him infamous to produce one of the most effective, viral political ads in decades. thefp.com/p/spencer-prat…

@dvasishtha Is it possible life is a marathon not a sprint? This seems like unnecessary pressure for someone smart, ambitious and hardworking. You don’t need to be super human to get a job.

Had to have an honest conversation with a mentee currently at my former business school about how hard he's getting out-hustled by peers similarly looking to transition to venture / startups. He's having a "typical" experience on campus and networking. Meanwhile I'm seeing other MBAs build agents on top of CMS data + provider directories to generate market entry analysis and provider outreach lists for startups they're interning at during the school year. It's no longer enough to go to a top school and wait for graduation, you have to be building compounding skills and experiences for the startup job offer in 15 months.

“When Danielle’s. Husband started going out with someone new, she was happy for him.” No she wasn’t. thecut.com/article/non-mo…

@dvasishtha Send her to Midi! We are now the PCP for many women experiencing these waits…

My wife asked to schedule an appointment with her PCP and got a slot in March...2027.

@nikillinit I truly think this is a great idea. It’s very stylish in New York City for hedge fund investors to donate large sums of money to hospitals and join the boards. It would be great to extend that to other hospitals and healthcare organizations.

Should we have...celebrity or company hospitals? Instead of really rich people donating for another cancer wing of a hospital, I think it could be interesting to fund a net new community hospital. Hospitals are pretty bad businesses but celebrities love donating to questionable non-profits for tax optimization and good vibes. Let’s use non-profit designation for hospitals to our advantage. At the end of the day one of the reasons people want brand name hospitals in-network is because those hospitals have brand recognition for being good. What if a celebrity gave their brand recognition to a new hospital. Idk man people are weird and might prefer to go to a Mr. Beast hospital vs. Cleveland Clinic. Ohio is literally a slur for Gen Z. Or maybe it would be a company with a specific type of brand association - e.g. a Costco hospital that charges a membership and everything is at cost. I mean…the Costco hot dog is still $1.50, you don’t see that on the price inflation chart. No such thing as dumb ideas in a brainstorm right?

@chrissyfarr I do! I also thank my Waymo…

I hope you’re all saying please and thank you to chatGPT

@bennpeifert Come have drinks with us again please!

@nikillinit My sources indicate that the FDA is likely to approve some of these peptides early this year so people will be able to source from reputable compounding facilities.

Healthcare prediction # 8 Crackdown on gray market peptides Your favorite influencer is railing against big pharma but injecting themselves with experimental compounds sourced from China with names that sound like 2FA verification codes. Peptides are amino acid chains bonded by a peptide. Lots of approved drugs we know today fall into this category like GLP-1s. However there’s an entire category of unapproved peptides that you can buy from kinda shady online stores and inject yourself (or take as a pill). A very common one is BPC-157, which people swear helps with muscle repair and cures various joint ailments they’ve been dealing with. This has become a very popular area in the last year, crossing over from biohacker communities into more normie circles. Personally I’m in the camp that people should be able to experiment however they want as long as they know the risks, but there’s no good way to verify the source of these peptides. It gets worse when influencers start promoting their own compounded peptides which they’re making money from. My guess is there’s some big contamination scandal that happens next year when a lot of people get sick from a bad batch of compounding or overseas supply (which has precedence). This is going to force the FDA to: 1) Ban imports of overseas peptides 2) Create a list/pathway for “legit” compounding facilities to get approved

@JamesSurowiecki @rtraister Exactly… I think people realize he was not claiming to be a Nazi.. and that we can look beyond youthful tattoos

I think it's more that no one actually believes Graham Platner is a Nazi.

@RoKhanna @ZohranKMamdani What about this? I ask as your constituent..

@CaitlinPacific Russia too!

Sudanese and Syrian companies remain A-okay

@StuartBlitz I would make this for the payers for free…

Talked to a friend that has a great startup. Patients want more doctors, payors take forever to credential. He built an app that automatically streamlines it so docs upload their info and it makes process 10x faster for payors. He'll charge payors big money for this so they can credential faster. Who else wants to invest?

@EmilyforWI You sound awesome… good luck!

We’ve knocked on thousands of doors in communities that have never been included in a conversation. We’ve held forums so the public could hear from us in real time (the incumbent didn’t show up), we’ve built up a digital presence to increase name recognition, 1/

I’m a candidate running in a non-targeted district in Wisconsin. With about 48 hour before polls close, I’ve got some notes… 🧵

@TVietor08 Such a true statement. But all day long I have been thinking about Tim Snyder's statement - people are acting in fear before fascism even starts..wow....

I understand the anger at Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post for its endorsement decision, but cancelling your subscription means less revenue to pay all the Post's reporters. Do what you gotta do but Bezos won't feel it in his pocket while some great journalists might.

@WajahatAli I have been making phone calls for the Dems. The number of people who think Trump is better for the people of Gaza astounds me. As does the number of Jews who think he's better for Israel. Somehow he has convinced a lot of people that being like Hitler will make him good for them

Never Go Full Hitler Trump's embrace & praise of Hitler should have been the breaking point for the GOP, but instead, they've decided to go all in. We've officially reached the bottom, and none of it should be normalized. open.substack.com/pub/thelefthoo…

@WajahatAli Do you think Trump is better?

Harris and Democrats will embrace some of the worst people on Earth, such as the Cheneys and Alberto Gonzalez, in order to gain voters and win the election. One group they refuse to touch? Palestinian Americans during Israel's ongoing, unpopular war which is killing babies. Hope this strategy works. I really do.

You are seeing people in America being radicalized after seeing Israel bomb and burn patients alive at the Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. I don't think these videos and images will disappear. Biden and Harris will have to confront this especially as they try to win over voters in Michigan.

@MichaelAlbertMD @DrAngelaFitch Based on my conversations with insurance companies and employers, that’s a fairy tale, sadly.

@joannaas @DrAngelaFitch FDA-approved meds should have coverage parity with insurance. Patients shouldn’t feel compelled to resort to precarious knockoffs. As for clinics, I’ll have sympathy when they stop selling compounded meds and leave the transaction solely between the pharmacy and the patient.

The panic buying of compounded peptides is disheartening. It feels like the same exploitative industry taking advantage of vulnerable individuals desperate for better health. @DrAngelaFitch @MichaelAlbertMD/commentary-on-current-obesity-trends-cb7c1c5a6ede" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@MichaelAlbert…

@DrNadolsky Does this happen often? Do patients want MHT only to reduce cardiovascular events and not for vasomwter symptoms?

Another doctor said I was bad because I didn't tell patients that menopausal hormone therapy reduces cardiovascular events even though I do prescribe for the indicated purpose of vasomotor symptoms.

@aaronsibarium Ok that is just funny..

Radio silence from the Washington Post, CNN, and POLITICO as well. Do they not care about citational justice?

The Root—an African-American magazine that blamed Claudine Gay’s downfall on “misogyny and misplaced homophobia”—is taking the plagiarism allegations against Robin DiAngelo seriously. Still no coverage in the New York Times. Do they not care about the plagiarism of POC?