April 18th and 19th

The last couple of days.

Drama at the #bluebird nest. See Daddy defend the house against the invading male cardinal. Note the hungry hatchling in the window.

Can Mommy tell them apart?

Erin Simon Schwartz, MD, FACR (she/her) Right, so if passing these exams is linked to billing and 💵 then what is a radiologist’s value today? How are we demonstrating that we create value and have a pathway for a sustainable specialty? Lincoln Berland

Headline: “ChatGPT's radiology board success has experts rethinking resident education.” '“Teach to test” inhibits residents' ability to grow cognitively.' Welcome comments, but not news: doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr… Education and assessment are inextricable!

#SolarEclipse Odd photographic phenomenon. This is from the solar eclipse this past Saturday, 10-14-23. Of course, you see the sun through the trees, but also a reversed refracted green ghost image showing the crescent (inverted left to right).

Today is our annual brief encounter with a combined flock of migrating red-winged blackbirds and robins. They usually hang around for only 1-2 days. Does anyone know why they always appear together?

Hairy hatchlings (and one straggler)

Hungry, hairy hatchlings

Have you seen enough eclipse photos yet? The one with the greenish tinge in the left upper corner shows a refraction ghost image with the crescent inverted L to R. The other is through the clouds near our maximum here in Birmingham, AL.

I have written a 10-part essay - personal and practical guide on avoiding COVID. Find it on Substack. This is different from what you have seen before. lincolnthinking.substack.com/p/your-first-p…

I have now published Parts 1-4 (of 10) of my new series: Your first personal, practical guide to avoid getting COVID (maybe again?). I think that some things in this might surprise you. Go to Lincolnthinking.substack.com.

COVID wastewater levels are VERY HIGH – some places as high as 2021. 1,000 COVID deaths last week! You can still avoid COVID without draconian measures. Read my 10-part essay at lincolnthinking.substack.com.