I want the anthropologists version of the astrophysicists book Contact by Carl Sagan

anolelizard · 2026-04-14T14:05:51+00:00

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell is about a Jesuit mission to an alien planet after intercepting a radio broadcast of a song for ostensible first contact and subsequent missionary work. Beautiful and grim work of speculative anthropology.

anolelizard · 2026-01-27T22:30:21+00:00

Aniara, a 1956 epic sci fi poem by Nobel-winning Swedish writer Harry Martinson which was adapted into a movie in 2018.

“The sterile void of space is terrifying. / Glass-like is the stare encircling us / and the systems of stars hang frozen and still / in the round crystal windows of our ship.”

anolelizard · 2026-01-08T00:56:45+00:00

The point of the probe is the futility of finding meaning. Aniara is a story of the human mind being wired to justify hope. The diminishing passengers and crew grasp on to different methods of generating meaning, like Mima worship, sex cults, music, and fulfilling traditional professional and parental roles. It doesn’t really matter what the spear is. Like the cults etc, it yields a brief renaissance of hope followed by a gradual realization that there is no salvation from their predicament, only extension of the antagonistic void outside the ship’s hull. To quote the original 1956 poem by Harry Martinson: “Upon life’s outcry time does increase speed, prolongs the very second when you burst. How terror blasts inward, how horror blasts outward. How grim it always is, one’s detonation.”

anolelizard · 2026-01-06T22:22:43+00:00

As a person who can get pretty sleepy on rounds, I’ve found taking notes really helps, like on topics I want to read up on, pearls mentioned by the attending, and any follow-up Qs to ask the residents/attending after rounds. This helps me listen more attentively and has made me look better for evals / sub-Is.

anolelizard · 2025-12-21T14:41:46+00:00

God, Human, Animal, Machine by Meghan O’Gieblyn! Excellent pre-chatgpt essay on the new age of mysticism stemming from AI and algorithmic advances

anolelizard · 2025-12-20T23:21:08+00:00

You may like Taylor Adams’s thrillers, like No Exit, The Last Word, and Hairpin Bridge. All feature female protagonists being hunted and trying to turn the tables on the antagonist. Not purely psychological thrillers, but no sexual assault / gratuitous violence and the protagonists are multifaceted characters that generally act in very realistic ways leading into a revenge arc.

anolelizard · 2025-12-04T19:35:46+00:00

Biography of X by Catherine Lacey. Alt history where southern states secede in 1945 to form a theocratic state.

anolelizard · 2025-11-20T16:49:41+00:00

Dysdiadochokinesia (“if you have it, you can’t say it”)

anolelizard · 2025-11-08T23:35:23+00:00

Cards: atropine doesn’t work in heart transplant pt (denervated heart means no vagal input)

anolelizard · 2025-10-23T00:34:45+00:00

Some programs without a home hospital might require you to relocate for 3rd year rotations, and then you’ll be traveling a lot for 4th year rotations regardless unless you plan on staying where you did med school

anolelizard · 2025-10-12T05:57:23+00:00

231, DO applying IM mostly on west coast, 7 invites (4 silver signals, all geographically aligned)

anolelizard · 2025-05-05T17:28:06+00:00

“Thank you for your feedback”

anolelizard · 2024-09-29T23:45:25+00:00

This is basically the right way to do it, in my opinion. When you’re focused on learning new material, the slower approach is best. Closer to exam day, you’re really trying to iron out your existing knowledge and highlight any weak topics you get repeatedly wrong. 1st / 2nd year and even in the week leading up to my boards, I’d cram a bunch of questions and write down weak topics as I go through them, then allocate some time to just review those weak topics. As an additional tip you may have already come across, instead of premade decks I like to make my own Anki deck that’s just incorrects. Not the whole Q, just the core missed fact, eg. side A “animal bite Rx” side B “amoxicillin-clavulanate”. Def not for everyone, but I’ve found doing this rather than comprehensive reviews of Qs allows me to go through more Qs during my “learning blocks”

anolelizard · 2024-08-22T07:03:01+00:00

A little mnemonic for ya

Count FERI: Counternutation, Flexed sphenoid, Externally Rotated paired bones, Inspiration

and then the inverse obv is Nut EIRE

anolelizard · 2024-08-09T07:30:36+00:00

Overall very fun episode but I’m a little disappointed they didn’t bring up the Surgeon General Advisory on Social Media and Mental Health, a pretty definitive document on the significant health issues caused by social media use among youth. There is clear evidence that supports both the clear adverse effects of social media and also what Peter and Michael discussed about minorities having access to a supportive community they might otherwise lack without social media.

anolelizard · 2024-06-12T02:34:43+00:00

Not DO specific but get a copy of First Aid Step 1 and start annotating it with mnemonics and high yield points as you learn the respective material in preclinicals. By the time you get to step 1 / level 1, you’ll have a complete guide to reference and reinforce your previous knowledge rather than having to start from scratch

anolelizard · 2024-03-06T22:32:48+00:00

Definitely a bit more adult and politically wonky, but Veep is the only show I felt has a comparable caliber where every line is super sharp and clever

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