Looks like I’m selling my business. I spent the last 14 years of my life pouring my heart into it, but I will be glad to move on. At our peak we had about 30 employees but have kept a couple since the very beginning. It’s going to be so nice just working shifts and not worrying about something breaking or someone not showing up to work. This frame was from my favorite TV ad we ran; the director did a fantastic job showing a crowded ER with the frustrated faces of those waiting for hours to be seen. We created I think 10 thirty second ads over the years.

5 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill, becoming the first confirmed case of COVID-19

I tell people who complain that I vote “no” too frequently: Almost all these bills spend money. If they notice we aren’t spending enough money, let me know, and I’ll ease up on the “no” votes. -Mr. No

Please please please

Do you think the orca did this on purpose?

My prediction for Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson: Netflix can’t handle the traffic and the stream is unwatchable.

True story: I've made a LOT of commercials, and one thing the industry gossips about is which celebrities are jerks & which aren't. Eg., Everyone loves Tom Cruise. Directors/gaffers who've worked with him says he's super gung-ho and supportive. Also…Trump! 👇 In the mid 2000's a good buddy of mine shot a spot with The Donald, and he raved about how nice and accommodating he was. It was surprising to me at the time, because in NYC he was known as a total bastard with business deals. And based on his Playboy personality, you might expect him to be a total douche IRL. Not so, said my friend. Then, in 2009 I was on a long business trip w/ a different friend of mine, who had worked with Trump on a different ad campaign, and he said the exact same thing: that Trump was surprisingly cool. Again, I was a bit surprised. So I asked him to give me the deets. And this is the story he told me: His team was booked to film Trump for one spot in a larger national campaign, and they had arranged to go to Trump Tower for a very tight window of time to film. Trump had gotten the script beforehand, too but non-actor celebrities are notoriously bad at doing their homework. Although it wasn't a complicated production, the team was nervous. So they all went to Trump tower, pre-set up all the cameras, lights and equipment. But Trump was a few minutes late! They were very worried that they wouldn't have enough time to properly film him. Eventually, about 20 minutes past start time there was a huge flurry of activity as Trump emerged from the elevator. But instead of being harried and curt, he was upset at himself, and extremely apologetic about being late. Of course the team said "Oh, it's okay" etc, but Trump was insistent. He explained he was at a big deal that had gone long (because of some other asshole), and that he understood how valuable everyone's time was for this. And he promised to make it up to them. Everyone was pleasantly surprised by his demeanor, and he announced to his team that he would be taking "as much time as needed" to make things right, and he xnsrudted them to push everything else in his afternoon schedule. He then proceeded to NAIL the script (because, surprisingly, he had actually practiced it), and when the director and team told him "Thanks Mr. Trump, we think we got it!" he said "Nah, we can do better!" and proceeded to do several more takes over the next hour, with ad libs and wild lines. My buddy said he was absolutely hilarious, game for anything fun, and everyone had a blast. Then, after they had gotten all the takes they could thank of, he starts walking around the room glad handing and talking with every single one of them, person-to-person, for minutes at a time. This was way before he was even considering running for president, so this wasn't political. It was just… him. The last point my buddy made about this was that after Trump had met all the bigwig clients, important agency people, the director and the crew, he made a point to go over and talk to the craft service guy: the lowest dude on the production totem pole, sitting there with his basket of kind bars and various gums and mints. And Trump had a super long conversation with the guy about his life, his family, and his hopes and dreams. Trump gave the kid some life advice, and then thanked everyone, apologized for being late (again), and exited the room. To a round of applause. 🤷

DANA WHITE: “The narrative that has been flipped on Donald Trump is one of the craziest things I have ever seen… From 20 years of experience, Donald Trump is a good person. I would never back a guy who is a racist... or someone who wanted to start WW3.”

If you made $100,000 a year when Biden-Harris took office... Congratulations, you now make $83,000 a year. Vote accordingly.

How is it that one person can produce all of this? That person lived 500 years ago — so why hasn't humanity produced another talent like him in all the time since? 🧵

BREAKING:🚨 I am suing Pfizer for misrepresenting Covid-19 vaccine efficacy and conspiring to censor public discourse.

The New York times has just published a story supporting standardized testing. Thread

Between 2001 and 2023, Medicare payments to physicians decreased by 26% when adjusted for inflation. They just passed a 3.4% cut which compounds the 2% cut from earlier this year. texmed.org/TexasMedicineDeta…

Black Hawk Down | The True Story Of The Battle Of Mogadishu #blackhaw... youtu.be/97OGWTfObQw?si=SMbl… via @YouTube 30 years ago today.

The older you get, the more you realize you want a quiet, peaceful life, and the less you want to be around drama, stress or conflict. You just want a calm cozy home, good food on your table, and to be surrounded by your favourite people.

Careful evaluation of the hands 🤲 is a fundamental part of the physical exam. What to look for? A high-yield mega thread 🧵

Dear house of medicine, Happy (academic) new year. Here’s your annual paycut. This one will bring you to a total 23% decrease since that whole “pandemic” thing. Love, The US Government PS: We have shortage of healthcare workers and deep health access issues in this country. Could you help with that? kthxbye. cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets… @AmerMedicalAssn @CMSGov @ACEPAdvocacy

Short 🧵for students and juniors about using one's forceps to 'set down' the suture threads in a running suture, so that they are evenly spaced (L picture) instead of awkward and irregular (R picture). We'll see how to do this, and what may happen at times if it isn't done. (1/)

Kill it with fire