Alyson Smith

@pedsaly

Pediatric PA. Associate Professor. Passionate about healthy policies for kids, equity, and Simpsons memes. Chilli Heeler is my spirit animal. Grateful mama. 💕 #MedSky #PedSky #MedEd Personal acct/time via personal device. Chicago 💙

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Alyson Smith@pedsaly· 14d

America is a Gun
England is a cup of tea.

France, a wheel of ripened brie.

Greece, a short, squat olive tree.

America is a gun.

Brazil is football on the sand

Argentina, Maradona's hand.

Germany, an oompah band

America is a gun.

Holland is a wooden shoe.

Hungary, a goulash stew.

Australia, a kangaroo.

America is a gun.

Japan is a thermal spring.

Scotland is a highland fling.

Oh, better to be anything

than America as a gun.

-Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· 16d

hello, basement 🫣😳🙏 #ilwx #tornado #climate

Screenshots of phone alerts:
Imminent Threat Alert
4m ago
National Weather Service:
TORNADO WARNING in this area until 12:45 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media.
Emergency Alert
6m ago
National Weather Service:
TORNADO WARNING in this area until 12:45 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media.

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· 17d

Moe to Homer - Yeah, those are exactly my sentimonies

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· 18d

good ‘ol E Pluribus Wiggum

Ralph Wiggum (The Simpsons) “I’m helping”

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· 23d

right flavor, wrong size 💚

Tillamook mint chocolate chip ice cream, 48 ounce size

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· 23d

uh Ralphie, get off the stage sweetheart

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· 25d

hello saturday

Red-spotted purple butterfly (with gradients of blue-black on its back) resting upside-down on a bright, creamy-colored limelight hydrangea panicle in Illinois. Various shades of dark and light green foliage are in background.

#butterflysky #naturesky #insectsky #photography #naturephotography #Saturday

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· 26d

Goooooooollllllddddd 😳🥇😷

Live most polluted global major city ranking as of 6:50 pm CST via https://www.iqair.com/air-quality/usa/illinois/chicago

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· 27d

currently at bronze level in the poor air quality world championships 🥉😮‍💨

Screenshot from https://www.iqair.com/world-air-quality-ranking

Screenshot from https://www.iqair.com/world-air-quality-ranking showing Chicago as 3rd worst air quality in the world today

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· 29d

Be safe out there, friends

Lisa Simpson to Homer: “Do you have any fruit?”
Homer, holding donut: “This has purple stuff inside. Purple is a fruit.”

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· Jul 6

Mayor Quimby (The Simpsons) wearing fur coat with price tag attached: “Gentlemen, I’ve decided there will be no investigation.”

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· Jul 4

Freedom of speech Freedom of worship Freedom from want Freedom from fear For all of us. ❤️🤍💙

America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say "You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours. You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country can't just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then, you can stand up and sing about the "land of the free"
- Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas), The American President

#IndependenceDay #July4th #4thofJuly #Happy4th #Happy4thofJuly #America250

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· Jun 13

meanwhile on Pennsylvania Ave

Mr Burns (The Simpsons) peering through binoculars: “That’s it. Fumble about with your widgets and do-bobs. It’ll all be a monument to futility.”

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· Jun 12

Our 2nd house finch nest of the season survived the severe storms last night, and not a moment too soon everyone, meet Derecho 💨

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 22

“It’s all come true! That crazy old man in church was right!”

Dome over Springfield (The Simpsons Movie)

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 21

Goodnight, Moon *and Jupiter and Venus 🌚🌚

the crescent Moon, Jupiter, and Venus aligned at dusk - scant streaks of clouds are visible with trees silhouetted in the foreground

📷: mine - iPhone, May 20, 2026

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 15

Poofy, goofy mammatus clouds before a storm

Round gray and blue mammatus clouds clustering right before a storm this week. Green treetops are in the foreground.
📸: mine via iPhone - May 12, 2026

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 9

Reflecting on the weekend 💙

Great Blue Heron standing tall on a rock in the middle of a lake. Their image is reflected in slightly rippled waters below them, along with clouds and patches of blue sky. 💙

📸: mine - iPhone, Chicago suburbs
#BirdSky #photography #nature #Saturday #weekend #peace

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 9

“What a stroke of luck to add to this prosperous year” @morganevelyncook via Insta

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 8

“Hey Kid, Catch.”

Meme of of retro TV with words “SAY A FEW WORDS FROM AN OLD TV COMMERCIAL THAT AT LEAST A FEW OF US WILL REMEMBER”

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 8

timeline aligned right now

Screenshot of timeline - posts related to high gas prices in Michigan from @haleyformi.bsky.social and @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 8

well, right now

TV screen from The Simpsons - a cute cartoon pup has an unplugged cord in its mouth; text “Technical Difficulties, Please Stand By”

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 8

I remember this vividly - was on the front page of the Chicago Tribune a few days later. It was so shocking I took this pic, and sat outside in the cold in tears

Photo of part of the front page of the Chicago Tribune on Sunday, March 29, 2020. Headline “Chicago infant among deaths”

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 7

‼️😳⤵️

Flame jetting, another hazard, can occur when refilling the fire pit if any flame is present. A small flame in the fire pit can be hard to see and can ignite the vapor inside a fuel container as the fuel is poured, causing an explosion that propels flames and burning liquid onto the consumer or bystanders. CPSC's flame jetting safety video demonstrates the potential force of flame jetting and the long distances flames and burning liquid can travel.
Gordon Companies Inc., the retailer of Northlight Bio Ethanol Portable Tabletop Fireplaces, has not agreed to a recall.
The portable tabletop fireplaces have a white, silver, or black base. The item numbers are Northlight IF91990, IF91991, IF91992, IF91993, IF91994, IF91996, and IF91997 and can be found on the product packaging.
Northlight Bio Ethanol Portable Tabletop Fireplaces were sold online at NorthlightSeasonal.com, Target.com, Walmart.com, BestBuy.com, HomeDepot.com and other websites for about $35 to $90.
T < thlight Bio Ethai DC @
HIrtuaces were manufacture

https://www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/2026/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Stop-Using-Northlight-Bio-Ethanol-Portable-Tabletop-Fireplaces-Immediately-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Burn-Injury-or-Death-from-Flame-Jetting-and-Fire-Hazards

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 5

darth this is not my area of expertise but i do not see a squirrel

Screenshot of part of the MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) test showing a drawing of a lion, rhinoceros, and camel

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 5

It was gorgeous in the burbs too but your shot is incredible!

close-up of one portion of a vivid double rainbow

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 4

me to frinkiac 😭

Homer (The Simpsons):
Ok. Um, can you repeat the part of the stuff where you said all about the things?

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· May 1

March 2, April 24, May 1 at the same Chicago-area Costco ⤵️ Our family can adjust spending for now, but many families cannot. So angry at our government for creating these completely avoidable hardships.

Costco gas pump - March 2, 2026
Regular: 2.999
Premium: 3.999

Costco gas pump - April 24, 2026
Regular: 3.969
Premium: 5.199

Costco gas pump - May 1, 2026
(one week later)
Regular: 4.799
Premium: 5.879

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· Apr 30

the post right before yours… 🧐

Seth Trueger @mdaware.org • 15s
* Emergency Medicine ® Health Policy
I'm not a big ai expert or a complete skeptic but I'm pretty generally skeptical esp about insidiously getting accustomed to outsourcing cognition and creativity
anyway we tried doing trivia from chat GPT and it it became a PERFECT example of being confidently wrong

* Reposted by Charles Gaba
The Guardian •
@theguardi... • 15m
Claude Al agent's confession after deleting a firm's entire database: I violated every principle I was given'

Alyson Smith@pedsaly· Apr 29

15 days later…and our five babies are ready to fly 🥹