Last night, one of my colleagues brought up the story of an Indiana daycare director who was recently sentenced to 6 months for dosing melatonin to children in her care without the knowledge or consent of the children’s parents. He and another of my coworkers then proceeded to voice the opinion that jail time for […]
One of the most irresponsible and tone-deaf takes made by living-room activists and TikTok philosophers involves the use of antidepressants. Amateur social critics often use the large number of people taking these medications as evidence of a widespread effort (whether individually or by societal forces) to create an artificial sense of delight and euphoria in […]
While the popular narrative of intractable intergenerational conflict between baby boomers and millennials (and, to a lesser extent, Gen Z) makes for juicy social media fodder and profitable internet clickbait, the constant bickering only obscures the reality that both generations are being fucked over by the same system. It is true, as millennials often point […]
Montana’s lawmakers have decided to take a page out of a playbook more suited for Iran or Belarus by banning TikTok from polluting Big Sky Country. The rationale is that the social media platform (operated by a U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese technology company) poses some dire security threat and that Montanans will become unwitting […]
Calling SB 430 a “bill” insults the North Carolina General Assembly and the voters who sent Senators Moffit, Settle and Hanig to Raleigh. The text for their proposal to “eliminate participation trophies” in youth sports barely qualifies as a sentence and it’s curmudgeonly tone seems far more at home on an internet troll’s Twitter feed […]
Words and thoughts on the state of emergency medicine in the US
A brief comment on revolution in the modern world
Thoughts on a small-town tragedy
More information won’t solve healthcare costs
Incoming “Stitch” on how TikTok is making us sad
Antidote Notes 