dismalhiker.bsky.social
Hiking | backpacking | photography | nature field recording | semi-retired pediatric pulmonologist/researcher. All photos are original/mine, from a mix of oddball/antique cameras and lenses (and sometimes film). https://soundcloud.com/dismalhiker
👤 Joined on 10 October 2024
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@dismalhiker.bsky.socialOn this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
Show PostWhen I pitched a review of Anton Jäger's Hyperpolitics, I wanted to read it against Fukuyama's End of History and the Last Man because both books tackle similar themes in radically different ways. The result is a double-helix of an essay that is one of the best things I've ever written for LC.
Show PostPediatrician Dr. Mildred Stahlman revolutionized the care of premature infants (incl a miniature iron lung). She spent her career at #Vanderbilt U. Med Center & is credited w/ establishing the world's first modern Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Born #OTD in 1922. #WomenInSTEM #MedSky (1/3)🧵
Show PostJust 25 minutes from downtown Little Rock, the free, 234-acre nature preserve features a recently completed raised boardwalk, loaner kayaks and spectacular views of Pinnacle Mountain.
Show PostWe are being reminded that a fundamental issue of our day isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.” It’s who our government actually works for. Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires? Or should it work for the rest of us?
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