Alan Plotzker, MD

@alanplotzker.bsky.social

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Neurologist, pun enthusiast, die-hard Eagles fan. Husband of @mcknightwrites.bsky.social Opinions are my own Philly area native now in Pittsburgh #MedSky

From One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: And some are very, very bad. Why are they sad and glad and bad? I do not know. Go ask your dad.
Excessively adorable gray swirly cat lying on a couch and dangling her arm and leg over the edge
Democrats can stand for an orderly system, as opposed to chaos and cruelty. They should not shy away from arguing that illegal immigration is caused partly by too many draconian restrictions on legal immigration. Many voters simply don't know that a big part of the problem is that options for coming here legally have largely been wiped out, and that legal immigration could be managed well if Congress only tried to do so. Democrats can be for a path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants here, for a reinstatement of humanitarian pathways that Trump is erasing, and even for new economic and humanitarian pathways, while packaging this as a real way to bring order to the system.
Tweet from Homeland Security @DHSgov While law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation to arrest a serial criminal illegal alien whose rap sheet includes multiple arrests for assault, domestic violence, and driving under the influence, an agitator began stalking and obstructing law enforcement. Our officers attempted to pull her over using their emergency lights to issue her a warning. Ignoring law enforcement commands, the agitator refused to pull over and began driving recklessly including running stop signs, nearly colliding with multiple vehicles, and driving directly at law enforcement in an attempt to ram their vehicle. Her actions endangered law enforcement officers, the public, and allowed this violent criminal to remain at large. Our officers arrested her. Obstructing law enforcement is a felony and a federal crime.
Black cat lying against a much larger orange cat
6 month old baby wearing an Eagles bib with half a banana in the pocket. He is extremely adorable, perhaps excessively so.
Grubhub options for “Crispy Hei Hei” (chicken tempura) poke bowl
Wasabi KitKat
would seem to belong to the whole would become the property of only a part. [...] It has been thoughtfully observed that every nation, owing to its peculiar character and composition, has a definite mission in the world. [...] Ours seems plain and unmistakable. Our geographical position; our relation to the outside world; our fundamental principles of government, world-embracing in their scope and character; our vast resources, requiring all manner of labor to develop them; and our already existing composite population all conspire to one grand end, and that is to make us the most perfect national illustration of the unity and dignity of the human family that the world has ever seen. In whatever else other nations may have been great and grand, our greatness and grandeur will be found in the faithful plication of the principle of perfect civil equality to the people of all races and of all creeds. [...] If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent all nations, kindreds, tongues, and peoples; and as fast as they learn our language and comprehend the duties of citizenship, we should incorporate them into the American body politic. The outspread wings of the American eagle are broad enough to shelter all who are likely to come. [...] ["Let the Chinaman come"] But it is said that the Chinaman is a heathen and that he will introduce his heathen rites and superstitions here. This is the last objection which should come from those who profess the all-conquering power of the Christian religion. If that religion cannot stand contact with the Chinese,
Closed caption: “The Dominator won’t work. It won’t judge him. Fatty then?”
Fried chicken breast on two bolillo rolls with black bean paste, avocado, pickled red onion, pickled jalapeños, cilantro (only on one because my wife is one of those strange people who doesn’t like cilantro), and mayo
Gray swirly tabby cat sitting with her right leg out, looking at the camera and wondering why you aren’t throwing her rainbow ball
Tuxedo kitten with his arm draped over mine, looking at the camera and being adorable
Norman Rockwell Freedom of Speech meme
Table of Cats vs Infants. Both: Sleep most of the day Like milk Make high-pitched noises for attention Need to periodically trim claws
Birria de res on blue corn tortillas, small pile of blueberries, Blue Moon beer
A black cat with a barely visible white patch on her neck lying next to a newborn and looking at him while he sleeps on his arms
Face of the Giant Panda Sign (dark red nuclei and substantia nigra with surrounding midbrain T2 hyperintensity, classically seen in Wilson’s Disease)
Anime shot with closed caption: “For some growers, the Air Force.”
And infant crying while in a car seat with a tag at the bottom that says “fuss free”
Post What on earth makes you think corporations want mass deportations and limited immigration? That's just unequivocally bad for them. Decreased labor supply and decreased demand for products ... Beeks @lurkermclurkface.bsky.social • 6h It's bad for them which is why their stocks are through the roof...? ... Alan Plotzker, MD @alanplotzker.bs... • 6h Unequivocally bad for them, yeah. As are tariffs. Turns out that there are multiple things that influence stock prices. Crazy, I know • • Beeks @lurkermclurkface.bsky.social • 6h We've moved past a market economy. The wealth has accumulated upwards to the point where goods and services no longer matter, it's all just the rich shuffling around money in ways that absorb tax dollars. They can wholesale slaughter us and still make more money.
Watch with a silver case, smooth gold tone bezel, black dial with a subtle embossed seigaiha pattern, gold indicies, gold veins mimicking Japanese kintsugi. Leaf hour/minute hands with a wavy second hand
3 day old baby with hand covering his face
Congratulations! You finished a Saturday puzzle in 8:11 * 211 Day Streak 5:59 Faster Than Your Average
Large baby with chubby baby cheeks and a fair amount of dark hair by newborn standards
Bag of Goya dry red kidney beans
Movie poster for Becket, starring Richard Burton as Thomas Becket and Peter O’Toole as Henry II
Three watch dials, the first a seigaiha pattern in black with the outer part of the dial having parts outlined in gold. The middle one black with a subtle seigaiha pattern and gold veins to mimic kintsugi (art of repairing broken pottery with gold to hold the pieces together), and the last in white, blue and gold showing blue mountains and a branch of a sakura tree
Rebecca Jessel in The Haunting of Bly Manor saying “well, not everything has a half-life”
Chicken tinga tacos with avocado slices and queso fresco, on homemade white corn tortillas. One plate also has cilantro leaves, and there is a bottle of pineapple Jarritos in the background
A curmudgeonly tabby point Siamese mix cat trying to eat his wet food in peace while a large light orange tabby cat repeatedly sticks his paw in the bowl and then licks off whatever wet food he got on his paw
Two gigantic orange cats lying on a bed looking sleepy and content
Birria de res tacos with consommé and pineapple Jarritos
Open heart tricolor Zenith El Primero
Footnote: “This is a historically workable standard. See generally IAN HANEY LOPEZ, WHITE By LAW 2-7 (2006) (describing various court cases in American history aimed at determining if the petitioner was White, and explaining how “[t]hough the courts offered many different rationales to justify the various racial divisions they advanced, two predominated: common knowledge and scientific evidence”). The use of artificial intelligence presents another possible method for determining race. See generally Judy Wawira Gichoya et al., AJ recognition of patient race in medical imaging: a modelling study, 4 LANCET DiciT. HEALTH e406 (finding “that AI can accurately predict self-reported race, even from corrupted, cropped, and noised medical images, often when clinical experts cannot”). Needless to say, Congress did not abandon the 1790 rule because it proved impossible to determine who was White.”
Diagram of glycolysis. No, I’m not so masochistic to type it all out, but the first step is phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate by hexokinase
My left arm with a large bruise in roughly the location of the brachioradialis tendon
Chorizo potato tacos with salsa verde and avocado. Mango Jarritos in the background
Nutrition info for Count Chocula cereal. It’s pretty good!
Chicken tinga tacos on white corn tortillas with avocado, queso fresco, cilantro, and lime slices. Passion fruit Jarritos in the background
A swirly gray tabby lying on her back being very cute
24 cans of Destihl spicy dill pickle sour beer, 16 of their regular dill pickle sour beer, and 4 of 2nd shift Pickle Katy sour
Tweet from Ingrassia 7/21/24: According to constitutional scholar @DrJohnEastman of the @ClaremontInst (an opinion I share alongside many other legal professionals), Kamala Harris is ineligible to serve as President under the 12th Amendment. Thus, Kamala must step aside for another candidate who is actually a natural born citizen. Read Eastman’s great legal analysis here: newsweek.com/some-questions…
From @leftistlawyer.bsky.social: There's also a big difference between facilitating a money transfer and donating to a fundraiser, and if you're going to do the former you should have a good lawyer help you. 🤷
Me with my parents, wife, and sister, the latter two of whom are in their 3rd trimester