Mary Moffit, Ph.D.

Medical Psychologist with focus on HCW well-being and recovery from trauma — tweets and retweets are my own

[Norm Clark @Normsmusic]

James Robison
What Joyce Carol Oates wrote to Elon Musk on Twitter. I am told it rattled him. I love it.
“So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates – scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend’s or relative’s accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the ‘most wealthy person in the world.’”

[Mia Farrow @FarrowMia40582]

New study analyzing data from more than 1 million U.S. veterans shows updated COVID-19 vaccines reduce risk of severe cardiovascular events like heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure by almost 40%. 

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https://t.co/jnRysyssZV

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Republicans looked the country in the eye and made a promise. When they rewrote the food stamp program last year, they said children would not be touched.

Pregnant women would not be touched.

Families with young kids would not be touched. They said it on the House floor, on the record, in front of everyone.

A year later we know the truth.

More than 776,000 children have been cut off from food assistance. In the states that track participation by age, kids make up nearly half of everyone who lost benefits.

These are kids who went to bed hungry because a politician wanted a talking point. 

We must be a country that feeds its children. We used to believe that was the bare minimum. Take care of the kid who is hungry through no fault of their own.

The people who broke that promise should have to answer for it, and in November they will.
https://t.co/yZK7shO05q

[Dr. Brian Goldman @NightShiftMD]

That is why RFK Jr belongs in prison.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Trump wants to put RFK Jr., the guy who said "autism destroys families" in charge of special education for K-12 students with disabilities—absolutely NOT.

[Amanda Litman @amandalitman]

Zohran’s speech from the Knicks ceremony and Obama’s speech from the presidential center opening are cousins — two different ways of getting at the same belief that hope is a choice, that hard work is worth it, that setbacks are never permanent and long odds are not a fate. Stubborn collective optimism is back!

[Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley]

Huge win!! In partnership with Senator Lisa Murkowski, we protected the Ocean Observatories Initiative—critical sensors that are essential for managing our fisheries, forecasting weather, and understanding climate change.
https://t.co/3qnd9oUeXS

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

Guy just has it. If he was born in Queens he’d be the front runner.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Mamdani: The Knicks did not just win for New York City. They won like New York City. What is New York if not your back up against the wall, a dream that feels just out of reach, a rent payment you don't know how you'll ever make, 99.6% of the world stacked against you .
And who are New Yorkers if not people who hear those odds and smile and ask: why are you giving me a head start?

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

here is Mamdani's entire speech at the Knicks parade, which is easily the best speech I've ever heard at an event of this sort

[Suzanne Bonamici @RepBonamici]

The Trump administration is dismantling and destroying the Department of Education without Congressional approval, causing harm to educators, students, and families. This must end now.

https://t.co/KHCftYY0Oo

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

My @nytopinion colleague @ezraklein on how an obsession with efficiency can cost us our humanity — in this case, in how we (mis)treat pigs on factory farms, and how some in Congress aim to make this trade off worse. https://t.co/HjUthpHWNy

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

A generation ago, Britain was a global power—today, its output is barely above that of America’s poorest state, @imkahloon reports. He traveled to the nation to explore what happened: https://t.co/KZr1ad7xZV

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Here's what the pork industry doesn't want you to know about the way it sneaked a provision into the 2026 farm bill that would nullify ballot measures that improve animal welfare, while helping Chinese companies torture American pigs. The issue is personal to me, because we once raised pigs on our family farm, and I saw that these are not commodities but animals rather like dogs: smart with very distinct personalities. A naughty boy who punishes a single animal may be punished, but an adult who presides over the systematic abuse of hundreds of thousands of pigs as a business model is hailed as a visionary CEO -- and voters get that, and that's why they have backed laws that improve animal wellbeing. This is, remarkably, an issue that unites many liberals and conservatives alike; @TomiLahren, @Cernovich and @IngrahamAngle are among those who have been outspoken on this issue. I hope R and D members of Congress alike will stand firm, for the stakes are immense, with four pigs slaughtered around the clock on average all year. Here's a gift link to my piece: https://t.co/NWQbJK6JTc I welcome your comments.

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

This Ebola outbreak can be stopped. It will take a response that matches the speed of the virus, not the molasses of bureaucracy. The people who know how to do the work are in place elsewhere. It’s up to the rest of the world to give them the support they need, right now. https://t.co/MKfIMsZkHX

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

Sending Americans who are exposed to or infected with Ebola to Kenya (instead of bringing them home) is an extraordinarily bad idea and it will backfire

On the surface -- it seems smart. Why not send people elsewhere instead of bringing them home

For three reasons actually

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[Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer]

I joined @NewsHour tonight to talk about the U.S. response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak.

I worry we have our priorities inverted. The primary focus on keeping Ebola out at all costs will ultimately make it harder to end this outbreak.

https://t.co/8NGzLCGwcX via @YouTube

[Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer]

Just now @SecRubio said “we cannot and will not allow any cases of Ebola to enter the United States.”

That includes even American citizens infected with the virus and in need of treatment.

This is shameless abdication of what we owe our own.

And will make it harder to end this outbreak.

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

Excellent rundown.