ID MD
@bohemiandrum.bsky.social
Infectious Diseases specialist for over two decades, educator, learner, quiet observer of many things.
New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/n... via @statnews.com
New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias
Last week, at least one scientific journal received a letter from a top U.S. attorney asking it to respond to alleged bias. Now, NEJM has received a similar inquiry as well.
www.statnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/n... via @statnews.com
Reposted by ID MD
Today's Berardelli Bonus: It's gonna be extra hot here in the Tampa Bay Area over the next week.
It may not surprise you that extreme heat days are surging in recent decades due to climate change. 90 degree days have 2X and heat index days above 100 have 4X since ~1970.
It may not surprise you that extreme heat days are surging in recent decades due to climate change. 90 degree days have 2X and heat index days above 100 have 4X since ~1970.
June 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Today's Berardelli Bonus: It's gonna be extra hot here in the Tampa Bay Area over the next week.
It may not surprise you that extreme heat days are surging in recent decades due to climate change. 90 degree days have 2X and heat index days above 100 have 4X since ~1970.
It may not surprise you that extreme heat days are surging in recent decades due to climate change. 90 degree days have 2X and heat index days above 100 have 4X since ~1970.
Avoid health advice from this influencer. Using a Neti pot in the shower is not only gross, but if used with unboiled shower water, exposes you to #braineatingamoeba, #Legionella, & #nontuberculousMycobacteria infections. These are bad.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Twitter Addict Running Our Govt’s Civil Rights Arm
Harmeet Dhillon is overseeing a division in shambles—and she’s tweeting through it.
open.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Avoid health advice from this influencer. Using a Neti pot in the shower is not only gross, but if used with unboiled shower water, exposes you to #braineatingamoeba, #Legionella, & #nontuberculousMycobacteria infections. These are bad.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
A bloodbath of institutional memory and irreplaceable experience happened today.
April 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A bloodbath of institutional memory and irreplaceable experience happened today.
What people need to know about #measles before declining a safe, well-studied, and highly effective vaccine. You can read this for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/w...
Measles Can Damage the Immune System for Years (Gift Article)
An infection can also leave children and adults with other long-term health problems.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What people need to know about #measles before declining a safe, well-studied, and highly effective vaccine. You can read this for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/w...
Reposted by ID MD
When America faltered, others stood up to lead.
March 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
When America faltered, others stood up to lead.
Reposted by ID MD
Reposted by ID MD
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
Reposted by ID MD
The nation's television meteorologists have the power in their hands to #saveNOAA. All they have to do is say or post:
"NOAA and NWS provide essential, life-saving work everyday that makes my job possible. Call your member of Congress and tell them to save NOAA."
"NOAA and NWS provide essential, life-saving work everyday that makes my job possible. Call your member of Congress and tell them to save NOAA."
March 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The nation's television meteorologists have the power in their hands to #saveNOAA. All they have to do is say or post:
"NOAA and NWS provide essential, life-saving work everyday that makes my job possible. Call your member of Congress and tell them to save NOAA."
"NOAA and NWS provide essential, life-saving work everyday that makes my job possible. Call your member of Congress and tell them to save NOAA."
Reposted by ID MD
Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes
Reposted by ID MD
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos's changes to the opinion pages have led subscribers to cancel in droves. It's the third wave of mass cancellations at the Post in just a few months.
Bezos' changes at 'Washington Post' lead to mass subscription cancellations — again
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos's changes to the opinion pages have led subscribers to cancel in droves. It's the third wave of mass cancellations at the Post in just a few months.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos's changes to the opinion pages have led subscribers to cancel in droves. It's the third wave of mass cancellations at the Post in just a few months.
Reposted by ID MD
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
What a slap in the face he is to those who left family back in Cuba in the name of freedom. Modern day Renfield to the bloodsuckers in the House.
Nobody should be surprised that our Secretary of State is a pathetic, weak, cowardly piece of shit.
March 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
What a slap in the face he is to those who left family back in Cuba in the name of freedom. Modern day Renfield to the bloodsuckers in the House.
Reposted by ID MD
Reposted by ID MD
I want to stress the two things are simultaneously true here.
1) Musk is a weak and pathetic bully
2) his email Squid Games are deeply traumatizing, per Russell Vought’s playbook.
These are the jobs and dreams of hard-working people. Mortgages. Health insurance for their children. And he laughs.
1) Musk is a weak and pathetic bully
2) his email Squid Games are deeply traumatizing, per Russell Vought’s playbook.
These are the jobs and dreams of hard-working people. Mortgages. Health insurance for their children. And he laughs.
February 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I want to stress the two things are simultaneously true here.
1) Musk is a weak and pathetic bully
2) his email Squid Games are deeply traumatizing, per Russell Vought’s playbook.
These are the jobs and dreams of hard-working people. Mortgages. Health insurance for their children. And he laughs.
1) Musk is a weak and pathetic bully
2) his email Squid Games are deeply traumatizing, per Russell Vought’s playbook.
These are the jobs and dreams of hard-working people. Mortgages. Health insurance for their children. And he laughs.
Reposted by ID MD
If you want to know how concerned to be about climate change, talk to a climate scientist. Very.
If you want to know how concerned to be about the rise of fascism, talk to a historian. The ones I’ve spoken to are as concerned about our time as any other time in the last 100 years.
If you want to know how concerned to be about the rise of fascism, talk to a historian. The ones I’ve spoken to are as concerned about our time as any other time in the last 100 years.
February 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
If you want to know how concerned to be about climate change, talk to a climate scientist. Very.
If you want to know how concerned to be about the rise of fascism, talk to a historian. The ones I’ve spoken to are as concerned about our time as any other time in the last 100 years.
If you want to know how concerned to be about the rise of fascism, talk to a historian. The ones I’ve spoken to are as concerned about our time as any other time in the last 100 years.
Reposted by ID MD
For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...
US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics
The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.
edition.cnn.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...
Do NOT pick up dead birds without protective gear.
“disposable gloves, masks, they're double bagging these birds, putting them in the trash and then disinfecting any equipment that they use” #avianflu #avianinfluenza #birdflu #pandemicpreparedness
is.gd/grSCNZ
“disposable gloves, masks, they're double bagging these birds, putting them in the trash and then disinfecting any equipment that they use” #avianflu #avianinfluenza #birdflu #pandemicpreparedness
is.gd/grSCNZ
Bird flu claims over 100 sandhill cranes in LaPorte County, 1500 statewide
Bird flu has struck Fish Lake, as hundreds of birds, including a significant number of sandhill cranes, have dropped dead.Now the community is working to dispos
wsbt.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Do NOT pick up dead birds without protective gear.
“disposable gloves, masks, they're double bagging these birds, putting them in the trash and then disinfecting any equipment that they use” #avianflu #avianinfluenza #birdflu #pandemicpreparedness
is.gd/grSCNZ
“disposable gloves, masks, they're double bagging these birds, putting them in the trash and then disinfecting any equipment that they use” #avianflu #avianinfluenza #birdflu #pandemicpreparedness
is.gd/grSCNZ
Reposted by ID MD
As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
February 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
Reposted by ID MD
Google, Microsoft, and Meta's increasing use of data centers has resulted in increased air pollution from extensive fossil fuel energy consumption and associated public health costs related to treating cancers, asthma, and other similar issues, valued at over $5.4 billion in the past five years.
Pollution from Big Tech’s data centre boom costs US public health $5.4bn
Research suggests the price of treating illnesses related to building of computing infrastructure in the US is on the rise
www.ft.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Google, Microsoft, and Meta's increasing use of data centers has resulted in increased air pollution from extensive fossil fuel energy consumption and associated public health costs related to treating cancers, asthma, and other similar issues, valued at over $5.4 billion in the past five years.
Reposted by ID MD
This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout www.wired.com/story/lenaca...
This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout
Lenacapavir, a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV transmission, was named the breakthrough medicine of 2024. But without US foreign aid dollars, its delivery to millions worldwide is under threa...
www.wired.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout www.wired.com/story/lenaca...
Reposted by ID MD
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
This is a five-alarm fire.
This is a five-alarm fire.
February 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
This is a five-alarm fire.
This is a five-alarm fire.
Reposted by ID MD
"Universities must engage in politics, because, as Trump is showing now, their funding and very survival depend in part on decisions by government leaders."
Opinion | A college president offers a class in standing up to Trump
Wesleyan University’s president is advocating for values in higher education while others stay silent.
wapo.st
February 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"Universities must engage in politics, because, as Trump is showing now, their funding and very survival depend in part on decisions by government leaders."
Reposted by ID MD
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.