MarkH
@markhoofnagle.medsky.social
Trauma Surgeon. Basic Scientist. UVA/UMD/UPenn. Now WashU/STL. Blocking is curating.
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MarkH
@markhoofnagle.medsky.social
· Nov 12
So I decided to contribute.
People here are skeptical thinkers from a variety of fields not just medicine - including law, journalism and academia.
Let me know who I missed. go.bsky.app/P8Vnf7M
People here are skeptical thinkers from a variety of fields not just medicine - including law, journalism and academia.
Let me know who I missed. go.bsky.app/P8Vnf7M
This thread is why no doctor should be a member of AMA. Not just because it’s a scam. Not just because if the incessant spam/scamninsurance mailings. Not just because they *don’t need your dues they’re worth billions already*. They’re right wing sycophants and apologists and always have been.
@kylegriffin1.bsky.social the @ama-assn.org has caved to Trump. They invited known grifter Dr Mehmet Oz to give a speech, but, the AMA board/ John Whyte decided to censor all delegates in the following way.
1. Questions can be asked, but all must be vetted.
1. Questions can be asked, but all must be vetted.
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This thread is why no doctor should be a member of AMA. Not just because it’s a scam. Not just because if the incessant spam/scamninsurance mailings. Not just because they *don’t need your dues they’re worth billions already*. They’re right wing sycophants and apologists and always have been.
It truly disgusts me how people kowtow before a candidate with no accomplishments in his life, a literal “influencer” because he’s a Kennedy scion
There is no hope for the idea of America while we tolerate this. Americans should not want to be ruled by kings. No more dynasties no more billionaires.
There is no hope for the idea of America while we tolerate this. Americans should not want to be ruled by kings. No more dynasties no more billionaires.
November 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
It truly disgusts me how people kowtow before a candidate with no accomplishments in his life, a literal “influencer” because he’s a Kennedy scion
There is no hope for the idea of America while we tolerate this. Americans should not want to be ruled by kings. No more dynasties no more billionaires.
There is no hope for the idea of America while we tolerate this. Americans should not want to be ruled by kings. No more dynasties no more billionaires.
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30% of adult Americans have criminals records. ICE would have found 180 criminals if they RANDOMLY detained Americans
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
30% of adult Americans have criminals records. ICE would have found 180 criminals if they RANDOMLY detained Americans
Bill Clinton has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
Call a press conference, “I did not have sex with…that man…Donald Trump”.
Call a press conference, “I did not have sex with…that man…Donald Trump”.
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Bill Clinton has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
Call a press conference, “I did not have sex with…that man…Donald Trump”.
Call a press conference, “I did not have sex with…that man…Donald Trump”.
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The only thing that's interesting about Nuzzi is the story of how an amoral careerist with no interest in policy and abysmal ethics became an acclaimed national political reporter. But rather than tell that story, the entire media seems desperate to play a part in it.
It rocks that all 20 people who genuinely think the Olivia Nuzzi stuff is interesting have editorial discretion at major media outlets. Just publish your group chats
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The only thing that's interesting about Nuzzi is the story of how an amoral careerist with no interest in policy and abysmal ethics became an acclaimed national political reporter. But rather than tell that story, the entire media seems desperate to play a part in it.
I keep on having to point out the NYT is a bad paper and they keep on digging deeper to set the bar.
The navel-gazing attempt to redeem a journalist who is ethically corrupt and her gross, inappropriate, frankly bizarre and disgusting interest in a geriatric sewer trout is not a love story.
The navel-gazing attempt to redeem a journalist who is ethically corrupt and her gross, inappropriate, frankly bizarre and disgusting interest in a geriatric sewer trout is not a love story.
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I keep on having to point out the NYT is a bad paper and they keep on digging deeper to set the bar.
The navel-gazing attempt to redeem a journalist who is ethically corrupt and her gross, inappropriate, frankly bizarre and disgusting interest in a geriatric sewer trout is not a love story.
The navel-gazing attempt to redeem a journalist who is ethically corrupt and her gross, inappropriate, frankly bizarre and disgusting interest in a geriatric sewer trout is not a love story.
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Note that the City Journal is a party organ of the anti-science Manhattan Institute.
A new approach to pandemic preparedness:
1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics
2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic
3️⃣ Go to the gym
Simple - 🤷♂️.
www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
1️⃣ Stop preparing for pandemics
2️⃣ Rewrite history of the last major pandemic
3️⃣ Go to the gym
Simple - 🤷♂️.
www.city-journal.org/article/nih-...
NIH Directors: The World Needs a New Pandemic Playbook
The old one failed to cope with Covid and may even have caused it.
www.city-journal.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Note that the City Journal is a party organ of the anti-science Manhattan Institute.
There it is. Ni way Willie wasn’t in there. Maybe we can finally have a convention without his smarmy face.
Finally have confirmation that the 'liked them young' guy who was redacted is indeed Bill Clinton.
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
There it is. Ni way Willie wasn’t in there. Maybe we can finally have a convention without his smarmy face.
Are you telling me that of all people, Bill Clinton is not implicated in these files? All these MFers are sleazier and less circumspect than Slick Willie?
Im honestly disappointed.
Im honestly disappointed.
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Are you telling me that of all people, Bill Clinton is not implicated in these files? All these MFers are sleazier and less circumspect than Slick Willie?
Im honestly disappointed.
Im honestly disappointed.
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This man sounds wildly insufferable??? His career is “influencer”??? He has absolutely no qualifications???? He is running on the Kennedy name recognition alone???? The Times repeatedly calls him a prince??? Can we just fucking stop with this political dynasty nightmare????
Jack Schlossberg, Social Media Provocateur, Gives Politics a Try
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This man sounds wildly insufferable??? His career is “influencer”??? He has absolutely no qualifications???? He is running on the Kennedy name recognition alone???? The Times repeatedly calls him a prince??? Can we just fucking stop with this political dynasty nightmare????
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This is unacceptable.
Our medical establishment needs to answer questions.
Our medical establishment needs to answer questions.
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This is unacceptable.
Our medical establishment needs to answer questions.
Our medical establishment needs to answer questions.
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not interested in a kennedy heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a pelosi heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a cuomo heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a clinton heir for the same reason i’m not inter
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
not interested in a kennedy heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a pelosi heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a cuomo heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a clinton heir for the same reason i’m not inter
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I realize there's a collective shrug from the media but I personally find it so deeply shameful & so utterly repulsive that the Director of the NIH, Jay Bhattacharya, and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Martin Makary, are rubbing shoulders with RFK Jr's buddy Russell Brand
Russell Brand FFS
Russell Brand FFS
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November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I realize there's a collective shrug from the media but I personally find it so deeply shameful & so utterly repulsive that the Director of the NIH, Jay Bhattacharya, and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Martin Makary, are rubbing shoulders with RFK Jr's buddy Russell Brand
Russell Brand FFS
Russell Brand FFS
Having the weird experience of being accused of being:
1. Christian
2. Republican
3. Nazi
4. Fascist
Because I just happen to hate the crime family known as the Kennedies who have enshittified our public life for my entire existence. It’s wild. Boomers just love em. RFK Jr and all.
1. Christian
2. Republican
3. Nazi
4. Fascist
Because I just happen to hate the crime family known as the Kennedies who have enshittified our public life for my entire existence. It’s wild. Boomers just love em. RFK Jr and all.
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Having the weird experience of being accused of being:
1. Christian
2. Republican
3. Nazi
4. Fascist
Because I just happen to hate the crime family known as the Kennedies who have enshittified our public life for my entire existence. It’s wild. Boomers just love em. RFK Jr and all.
1. Christian
2. Republican
3. Nazi
4. Fascist
Because I just happen to hate the crime family known as the Kennedies who have enshittified our public life for my entire existence. It’s wild. Boomers just love em. RFK Jr and all.
Please no more Kennedies. PJ O’Rourje was right. The entire family is sewer trout swimming uostream inti the body politic. rFK Jr. literally swimming in seeage to make the point.
No more aristocrats. No more heirs. This was a family that made their wealth through crime. Enough.
No more aristocrats. No more heirs. This was a family that made their wealth through crime. Enough.
Jack Schlossberg says he'll run for the New York congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Jerrold Nadler. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/n...
Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy Heir, to Seek Nadler’s N.Y. Congressional Seat
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Please no more Kennedies. PJ O’Rourje was right. The entire family is sewer trout swimming uostream inti the body politic. rFK Jr. literally swimming in seeage to make the point.
No more aristocrats. No more heirs. This was a family that made their wealth through crime. Enough.
No more aristocrats. No more heirs. This was a family that made their wealth through crime. Enough.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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“Well, the hormone replacement therapy announcement was changed because of the warnings of one doctor with the Women's Health Initiative. And now you're citing one man in making the acetaminophen reference.”
This interview by @aliroginpbs.bsky.social with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is a masterclass. It should be taught in j-schools and she should receive a medal for it.
Here are just a few of the things she does while making it all look easy:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Here are just a few of the things she does while making it all look easy:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
FDA head explains decision to drop 'black box' warnings from menopause hormone treatment
The FDA announced it would begin asking drug companies to remove so-called “black box” warnings for hormones prescribed to treat symptoms of menopause. The FDA says the warning has dissuaded generatio...
www.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Well, the hormone replacement therapy announcement was changed because of the warnings of one doctor with the Women's Health Initiative. And now you're citing one man in making the acetaminophen reference.”
Believe it or not this is downtown St Louis. Visible to naked eye. 3s exposure.
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Believe it or not this is downtown St Louis. Visible to naked eye. 3s exposure.
We represent the lollipop gestapo…
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
We represent the lollipop gestapo…
Notably, if we were spending a billion on immigrsnt healthcare that would be an amazingly insignificant inefficiency for a healthcare system that spends 1.8 trillion a year and 0.9 trillion of that medicare/medicaid.
Last week, Medicaid admin Dr. Oz posted on X, claiming that CMS audits found $1 billion of taxpayer money went to Medicaid for “illegal
immigrants.”
But, according to experts, the audits he was referring to were routine and unrelated to immigration.
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
immigrants.”
But, according to experts, the audits he was referring to were routine and unrelated to immigration.
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Medicaid chief’s claim $1bn is spent on healthcare for ‘illegal immigrants’ is false, say experts
Mehmet Oz made claim about audits, but experts say he misidentified routine administrative errors
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Notably, if we were spending a billion on immigrsnt healthcare that would be an amazingly insignificant inefficiency for a healthcare system that spends 1.8 trillion a year and 0.9 trillion of that medicare/medicaid.
So there’s our answer. Pritzker is a problem. He’s a phony, talking big to get approval from a Dem constituency but lying and sending the staties to “protect” the protestors by clobbering and arresting them. When confronted, he gaslights.
There are no good billionaires.
There are no good billionaires.
“This is my ward! This is my ward!” Rodriguez (22nd) chirps back as Sigcho-Lopez (25th) grills Gov., saying, “the State Police are arresting protesters.”
“They’re protecting our protesters,” Gov. JB Pritzker responds.
“They’re protecting our protesters,” Gov. JB Pritzker responds.
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
So there’s our answer. Pritzker is a problem. He’s a phony, talking big to get approval from a Dem constituency but lying and sending the staties to “protect” the protestors by clobbering and arresting them. When confronted, he gaslights.
There are no good billionaires.
There are no good billionaires.
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
If any of yall have any affection for me or anything I’ve ever said, please extend it towards my complete and utter hatred for Ezekiel Emanuel and his increasingly horrible suggestions to enshittify medicine. His whole family is trash. His book is trash (I read it!). This idea is extra super trash.
I don’t know why it needs to be said but don’t listen to anyone named “Emanuel” about anything related to health. They have enshittified everything they’ve touched. Medical education does not need to be shortened it needs to be lengthened and *subsidized*.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Make Medical School Three Years
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
If any of yall have any affection for me or anything I’ve ever said, please extend it towards my complete and utter hatred for Ezekiel Emanuel and his increasingly horrible suggestions to enshittify medicine. His whole family is trash. His book is trash (I read it!). This idea is extra super trash.