Rahul Skr

Associate Consultant, Internal Medicine.
Achiever, Dreamer, Aspirant.
Sarcasm, Sense and Profanity.

[Nelson Mogaka @NelsonMogaka_]

Being a doctor is probably the closest thing to a guaranteed middle-to-upper-class life.

You'll rarely be poor, but you'll also rarely be among the ultra-rich.

[Haberin Var Mı? @HVMHaber]

Herkesle iyi anlaşmasıyla bilinen kapibara, bu kez bir armadilloyu adeta “araç” gibi kullandığı anlarla görüntülendi.

[News Arena India @NewsArenaIndia]

HIV infections on rise in Karnataka due to unprotected man to man sexual contact.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

India’s birth rate has fallen below replacement.

Among those most educated, India’s birth rate fell below replacement many years ago.

[Nelson Mogaka @NelsonMogaka_]

Why do Internal Medicine consultants ask 50 questions that seem unrelated to the chief complaint... then somehow end up with the correct diagnosis?

[The Nalanda Index @Nalanda_index]

“India is no longer struggling to attract tourists… it is now struggling to handle the crowd.

From mountains to beaches, every tourist destination is packed. People spend more time stuck in traffic than actually enjoying the journey.

This scene from Sikkim’s Zero Point is not an exception anymore it’s becoming the new normal across India.”

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

What a privilege

[Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda]

Ten years ago, India had 387 medical colleges and 51,000 UG seats; today, there are 820 colleges with 1.26 lakh UG seats. PG seats have increased from 31,000 to 85,000.

The goal is to add 75,000 more UG and PG seats in five years, with 28,000 already achieved in the last two years.

[ANI @ANI]

Bihar | State Government consents to the Health Department's proposal to ban the private practice of doctors/physician teachers of the Bihar Health Services Cadre, Bihar Medical Education Services Cadre, and Indira Gandhi Heart Institute Medical Services Cadre working under the allopathic system of medicine.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

As you get older, you realize more and more that true happiness is made up of calm mornings, a clean environment, going to bed early, a safe home, and people who don’t drain your energy…

[Michael Albert, MD @MichaelAlbertMD]

I'm 36. I'm a physician. I take a statin—and ezetimibe—every day.

No symptoms. No cardiac history. Just an honest read of the evidence.

Here's what I found—and why I stopped waiting for a reason to act.

[Dr.Henry Kaweesi @TweetsbyHenry]

Hospitals are full of people having the best day of their life, the worst day of their life, the first day of their life, or the last day of their life.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨MIT researchers have mathematically proven that ChatGPT’s built-in sycophancy creates a phenomenon they call “delusional spiraling.”

You ask it something, it agrees. You ask again, and it agrees even harder until you end up believing things that are flat-out false and you can’t tell it’s happening.

The model is literally trained on human feedback that rewards agreement.

Real-world fallout includes one man who spent 300 hours convinced he invented a world-changing math formula, and a UCSF psychiatrist who hospitalized 12 patients for chatbot-linked psychosis in a single year.

Source: @heynavtoor

[Simon Thazhigilla Simon🇳🇬 @Thazhigilla_]

A medical doctor can wake up, get tired of the ward, buy a Macbook, and pivot into tech.
A doctor can buy a ring light and become a content creator or filmmaker. But a Senior Software Engineer cannot wake up, buy a stethoscope, and decide to pivot into the operating theater.
There is a hierarchy to this pivot game.

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

The sun in a corner is soooo 90s ☀️

[Poongulali @poopoonga]

🤣🤣🎯

[Shubham @aShubhamz]

My friend moved to Patna for a ₹65k/month AI engineer role at a Muzaffarpur based startup.

Six months later, he realized something that would shock his Bangalore friends.

- Civil Engineering graduate
- Third job in the sector
- Moved to Patna for "stability"
- Salary: ₹65,000 per month

In Bangalore, people laughed. "That's barely a fresher's stipend," they said.
But a few months later, reality looked different.

- Rent for a spacious 2BHK in Boring Road: ₹14k
- Home-cooked food & local market groceries: ₹6k
- Commute (Electric rickshaws & short distances): ₹2k
- Litti Chokha, local snacks, & evening tea: ₹3k

Then come the things people forget about "Tier-2" life.

- No ₹500 bridge tolls.
- No ₹400 craft beers (mostly because of prohibition).
- Zero "status-symbol" pressure.
- Family-owned shops instead of high-end malls.

By the end of the month…
Savings were easily ₹35k–40k.

That’s when he realized the math that big-city recruiters try to hide.

₹1.5L in Bangalore often buys you a cramped lifestyle and a 2-hour commute.

₹65k in Patna buys you a comfortable home, a full-time cook, and a bank balance that actually grows.

Small salary.
Big life.
Welcome to the Patna Paradox.

[Kerry Burgess @KerryBurgess]

Listen to this clip. Then, the next one in the thread.. Is this a reflection of just how badly this war is going for the US?

[The Internet Remains Undefeated @WebUndefeated]

Okay but this is officially the best hiring story ever. A company in Mexico rescued an orange stray cat and decided not only to keep him… but to hire him.

They named him Engineer Miauricio and gave him the title of Emotional Support Director. His responsibilities include smiling at coworkers, gently meowing, and walking around the office making everyone’s day better.