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Pixel 100x Pro Res Zoom

I’ve been fooling around with the new Pixel 10 Pro for the last week (My 10-day Android trial has been a disaster so I am returning it next week for the new iPhone.) Here is a comparison of photos at 100x zoom using Google’s Pro Res Zoom, which works on some sort of artificial intelligenceContinueContinue reading “Pixel 100x Pro Res Zoom”

Public Hearing: Medical Aid in Dying

Please meet me on Wednesday April 9th at Legislative Hall in Dover to testify on House Bill 140, Medical Aid in Dying. If you can’t attend in person, please call or email your senator today. More information here: https://neurodoctor.com/2025/04/08/medical-aid-in-dying-hearing/ Here is my planned testimony: Medical aid in Dying is about autonomy. Patients—not institutions or professionalContinueContinue reading “Public Hearing: Medical Aid in Dying”

Left Brain, Right Brain, Who’s the Master?

Published my first Substack today 🤗 Link to Audio Version Welcome to Dr Bob’s Ruminations, where I explore the unseen patterns shaping our minds, our politics, and our future. Today we’re going to dive into something both philosophical and deeply practical: how the structure of our brains might explain the current crisis in American politicsContinueContinue reading “Left Brain, Right Brain, Who’s the Master?”

Physicians unionizing?

More than 1,200 resident physicians and interns at Montefiore Medical Center last week asked the Bronx, N.Y. hospital to recognize their bargaining unit after an organizing vote. It was another sign that 80-plus hour work weeks, combined with inflation and other stressors, are prompting more doctors to demand a seat at the table. The CommitteeContinueContinue reading “Physicians unionizing?”

Mounjaro Pharmacology

Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) is an imbalanced and biased dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist Tirzepatide is an imbalanced and biased dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist which appears more active towards GIP than GLP-1, which may have beneficial implications. “Tirzepatide selectively engages cAMP signaling over β-arrestin recruitment at the GLP-1R may be of fundamental importance thatContinueContinue reading “Mounjaro Pharmacology”

In case you had any doubts about climate change🤔

Pakistan is experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with more than a third of the country under flood water, affecting 33 million people (15% of the population), says the UN. “The Pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids; the relentless impact of epochal levels of rain and flooding,” said António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, in aContinueContinue reading “In case you had any doubts about climate change🤔”

Reading a good book — Profound

“When all thermonuclear sources of energy are exhausted a sufficiently heavy star will collapse. Unless it reduces its mass due to fission, rotation or radiation, this contraction will continue indefinitely,” forming the black hole that Schwarzschild had prophesied, capable of crumpling space like a piece of paper and extinguishing time like a blown-out candle, andContinueContinue reading “Reading a good book — Profound”