
Pooja Lakshmin MD
@poojalakshmin
Psychiatrist. Author of REAL SELF-CARE an NPR 2023 Best Book. @nytimes contributor. I’m mostly on IG. Speaking inquiries: @prhspeakers or poojalakshmin.com
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https://poojalakshmin.substack.com 12-02-2013 01:05:04
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Elections have consequences. The Supreme Court will be changed for a generation. I’ll never see a moderate court again in my lifetime. Alito and Thomas will step down and Trump will appoint 40 year old partisans to the bench. The damage he is about to inflict on our institutions

People - including top US journalists, perhaps especially top US journalists - don’t quite get how bad it’s going to be. How beyond term one it’ll be. How bad the Musks and RFKs will be. I don’t think even I fully accept how bad it’s going to be and I have been shouting how bad




.Tom Nichols: “In the end, a majority of American voters chose Trump because they wanted what he was selling: a nonstop reality show of rage and resentment. Some Democrats, still gripped by the lure of wonkery, continue to scratch their heads over which policy proposals might










At the end of the Camp Fire trial that found PG&E responsible for 84 deaths, they read to the courtroom how each person was found deceased in their home. It was one of the most sobering things I have ever heard and I resent often that we seem afraid to share that with the public.

I need people to understand how difficult it is to get an NIH grant. You spend months writing a proposal, following strict guidelines that include a detailed multiyear budget, bios of everyone on your team, plans for participant safety & ethical conduct. Then you send it off -1/n

Looking forward to being in Boston with Shannon Watts and Dr. Sherrie-Ann Burnett-Noel in March!