Uncle Baby Billy

Once described as “professionally aggressive” in a work email. Sometimes I say funny things, but I mostly just retweet them. #WDE #WhoDat⠀ △⃒⃘

[Uncle Baby Billy @__CLP__]

@DoctorLemma Man, this video thumbnail makes it look like he’s really unhappy to have been found 🤣

[Fort Worth Zoo @FortWorthZoo]

Big ears, baby bongo! 🧡

The Fort Worth Zoo recently welcomed a healthy baby boy bongo named Link! Link (short for Lincoln) was born to mom, Penny, who is one of the newest members of our bongo herd.

While little Link isn’t out on habitat just yet, his keepers share that he’s doing well and that Penny is already a very attentive mom. Stay tuned for more on this little one! 🤎

[Cincinnati Zoo @CincinnatiZoo]

These young skunks are being raised to become future animal ambassadors for other Zoos. They will connect guests with wildlife in a meaningful way.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

The USDA has kept raccoon rabies out of the central United States for over 30 years by air-dropping fish-flavored ravioli from helicopters.

Each one is a small packet coated in fishmeal with an oral rabies vaccine inside. Raccoons, foxes, coyotes, and skunks find them by smell, bite through, and swallow.

Many animals that consume the bait develop immunity, helping build a protective barrier across populations.

The bait is generally considered safe for pets and tested in many non-target species.

The USDA's Wildlife Services has been running this since 1995. Without the bait program, raccoon rabies very likely would have spread much further west.

A federal program you've probably never heard of is protecting your pets and your kids by feeding wild animals ravioli from a helicopter.

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Sprout and Granola. They are enjoying a day on the lake. Yes, the propeller hats are necessary. They're helping with acceleration, obviously. 14/10 for both

[Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats]

good morning, remember to be cool and unbothered like Baby McGriddles today! you won't be able to accomplish his level of cool and unbothered but maybe you can get pretty close

[Uncle Baby Billy @__CLP__]

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[Elisabeth Potter MD @EPotterMD]

I woke up to a message from New Hampshire. A bill had made it to the state Senate — one that Representative Julie Miles championed after watching me do peer-to-peer calls with insurance reviewers who weren't qualified to be making decisions about my patients. I'm a surgeon in Texas. I had no idea this had traveled that far.

Between cases at Redbud today, I fired off emails to NH Senate members, logged into a YouTube Live, and watched HB 1554 pass.

Here's what it does:
✅ Requires peer reviewers to be actual peers — credentialed, named, with their NPI number and specialty certification on the line
✅ Allows physicians to communicate with that peer reviewer at any point in the prior auth process — not just after a denial or on appeal

This is a patient-centered, common-sense reform. And it happened because someone posted something. Told the truth. Did the right thing.

Thank you, Representative Julie Miles and Senator Tim McGough. New Hampshire just set a standard. I hope other states are paying attention.

Get involved. Speak up. You never know what good it might do.