B Mack MD
@bmack13md.medsky.social
Mom to 3🚺, acad family doc, fmob, abortions, gaht, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️+ ally, dem socialist, 🍉🕊️, all opinions=mine (not empl/med advice) she/her Dodger fan since birth & 🖖🏻Trekkie #BLM #MedSky #meded #FMrevolution #leftist #antiracism #upstateNY
December 1st has been World AIDS Day for almost as long as I can remember
HIV/AIDS was a death sentence but it doesn’t have to be anymore. Science & medicine will only get us so far.
We need more love and funding now!
HIV/AIDS was a death sentence but it doesn’t have to be anymore. Science & medicine will only get us so far.
We need more love and funding now!
LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
December 1st has been World AIDS Day for almost as long as I can remember
HIV/AIDS was a death sentence but it doesn’t have to be anymore. Science & medicine will only get us so far.
We need more love and funding now!
HIV/AIDS was a death sentence but it doesn’t have to be anymore. Science & medicine will only get us so far.
We need more love and funding now!
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Social science takes time. Here, social scientists analyze a decade of evidence to show that a Supreme Court decision designed to suppress the black vote actually did. SCOTUS may soon obliterate the rest of the Voting Rights Act and we should not be shy about calling out what's going on here.
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Social science takes time. Here, social scientists analyze a decade of evidence to show that a Supreme Court decision designed to suppress the black vote actually did. SCOTUS may soon obliterate the rest of the Voting Rights Act and we should not be shy about calling out what's going on here.
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
5 years ago I started a team competition on Twitter to raise $ to fight hunger.
@tmprowell.bsky.social gave us a hashtag & much needed organization
Our team of teen volunteers work wonders in the background & we’ve raised >$3.1 million!
Competition starts tomorrow, join us?
HCWvsHunger.org
@tmprowell.bsky.social gave us a hashtag & much needed organization
Our team of teen volunteers work wonders in the background & we’ve raised >$3.1 million!
Competition starts tomorrow, join us?
HCWvsHunger.org
Healthcare Workers vs Hunger
Healthcare workers vs Hunger is an annual friendly competition between teams of healthcare workers to help relieve food insecurity.
HCWvsHunger.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Have to admit "asset managers discover Mollie Orshansky" was not on my 2025 bingo card.
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Have to admit "asset managers discover Mollie Orshansky" was not on my 2025 bingo card.
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Lot of talk about if thanksgiving food is good. This is nonsense. Just as cigarettes are nicotine delivery devices, thanksgiving food is a gravy delivery device. Get the gravy right and nothing else matters.
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Lot of talk about if thanksgiving food is good. This is nonsense. Just as cigarettes are nicotine delivery devices, thanksgiving food is a gravy delivery device. Get the gravy right and nothing else matters.
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He betrayed his oath as a doctor and voluntarily supported a man whose insane policies will kill children, all for the sake of power, MAGA, and politics.
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Vaccine-supporting Cassidy declines to speak against RFK Jr.
But Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, did emphasize his belief that vaccines are safe.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
He betrayed his oath as a doctor and voluntarily supported a man whose insane policies will kill children, all for the sake of power, MAGA, and politics.
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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@schumer.senate.gov — Everyone said, hold the line on the Govt funding for the subsidies, and you whipped 8 Dem votes from reps who weren’t up for reelection anyway—
The failure is yours - we need new leadership
The failure is yours - we need new leadership
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
@schumer.senate.gov — Everyone said, hold the line on the Govt funding for the subsidies, and you whipped 8 Dem votes from reps who weren’t up for reelection anyway—
The failure is yours - we need new leadership
The failure is yours - we need new leadership
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As someone who started doing youth work over 20 years ago it's heartening to see reports like this but it's also infuriating because we've been beating this drum for my entire life. I'm 42. There is no time in my life that we did not know this. Never.
The safest communities are the ones with the most resources, not the most police.
Local leaders in DC need to invest in real safety solutions that reach people with the resources they need when they need them most.
Local leaders in DC need to invest in real safety solutions that reach people with the resources they need when they need them most.
To prevent DC crime, ACLU report recommends more funding for youth programs - WTOP News
D.C. leaders should invest more funding in youth and reentry programs to prevent crime, according to a report from the American Civil Liberties Union.
wtop.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As someone who started doing youth work over 20 years ago it's heartening to see reports like this but it's also infuriating because we've been beating this drum for my entire life. I'm 42. There is no time in my life that we did not know this. Never.
It’s always about fear & control. The criteria for being ‘detained’ is getting looser every day: brown/not white, Black, with an accent, proximal to one who is 👈🏻, ‘in the way’ / ‘argumentative’, …. soon it will be what we post/say/ do for work… #medsky
Fifteen-year-old Miguel Vazquez was one of the people who took off running when federal agents arrived. “I thought, ‘Wait, why am I running? I’m a citizen,’” Vazquez said.
newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
ICE Agents Raid a Church With No Explanation
Operation “Charlotte’s Web” continues.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It’s always about fear & control. The criteria for being ‘detained’ is getting looser every day: brown/not white, Black, with an accent, proximal to one who is 👈🏻, ‘in the way’ / ‘argumentative’, …. soon it will be what we post/say/ do for work… #medsky
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Anybody who thinks thousands of agonizing deaths is a fine price to pay for saving a fractional amount of government spending is unworthy of being listened to, let alone being given political power www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
This May Be the Cruelest, Most Senseless Thing Trump Has Done
A conversation with Atul Gawande about the human toll of the dismantling of foreign aid.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Anybody who thinks thousands of agonizing deaths is a fine price to pay for saving a fractional amount of government spending is unworthy of being listened to, let alone being given political power www.thebulwark.com/p/this-may-b...
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Hi @latimes.com, I broke this story for @lataco.bsky.social yesterday. We were the first news outlet to publish the surveillance footage and report that Rodriguez is a federal agent. Disappointing to not see a "first reported by" credit or link to our website in your story. Do better.
Riverside County family says off-duty immigration agent held teenage son at gunpoint
Riverside County family says off-duty immigration agent held teenage son at gunpoint
The 17-year-old boy was driving home when he was ordered to stop by Gerardo Rodriguez, who had a firearm pointed at him, according to the minor's lawyer. Neighbors say Rodriguez is a federal immigration agent.
www.latimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Hi @latimes.com, I broke this story for @lataco.bsky.social yesterday. We were the first news outlet to publish the surveillance footage and report that Rodriguez is a federal agent. Disappointing to not see a "first reported by" credit or link to our website in your story. Do better.
As a #familydoc I am more sickened by this country every day - taking food literally from the mouths of children, making hard-working adults do impossible math around healthcare costs, ripping families apart based on their complexion or accent… #universalhealthcare #demsocialism #capitalismkills
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
As a #familydoc I am more sickened by this country every day - taking food literally from the mouths of children, making hard-working adults do impossible math around healthcare costs, ripping families apart based on their complexion or accent… #universalhealthcare #demsocialism #capitalismkills
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my anger is not going away in a few weeks. it is insulting for these senators to horsetrade so that ppl retiring or not running until 2030 can vote no while they find just enough yes votes to do what the GOP wants.
i will be angry for longer than a few weeks and i don't appreciate the condescension.
i will be angry for longer than a few weeks and i don't appreciate the condescension.
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
my anger is not going away in a few weeks. it is insulting for these senators to horsetrade so that ppl retiring or not running until 2030 can vote no while they find just enough yes votes to do what the GOP wants.
i will be angry for longer than a few weeks and i don't appreciate the condescension.
i will be angry for longer than a few weeks and i don't appreciate the condescension.
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“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Polls are open until 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Polls are open until 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote
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Happy #ElectionDay, New York!
Polls are open statewide from 6am-9pm. Remember, if you are in line to vote when the polls close, stay in line!
If you notice any issues at the polls, get in touch with the Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE.
Polls are open statewide from 6am-9pm. Remember, if you are in line to vote when the polls close, stay in line!
If you notice any issues at the polls, get in touch with the Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE.
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Happy #ElectionDay, New York!
Polls are open statewide from 6am-9pm. Remember, if you are in line to vote when the polls close, stay in line!
If you notice any issues at the polls, get in touch with the Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE.
Polls are open statewide from 6am-9pm. Remember, if you are in line to vote when the polls close, stay in line!
If you notice any issues at the polls, get in touch with the Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE.
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Satellite images show that most of the 260,000 civilians in Sudan’s el-Fasher are likely still trapped, as mass RSF killings continue
Satellite images show most el-Fasher civilians likely still trapped
Latest images suggest that majority of 260,000 civilians still in captured city, as mass RSF killings continue
www.middleeasteye.net
November 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Satellite images show that most of the 260,000 civilians in Sudan’s el-Fasher are likely still trapped, as mass RSF killings continue
And that’s all she wrote!! 💙🧢🔵🌀🔹🟦
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
And that’s all she wrote!! 💙🧢🔵🌀🔹🟦
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Will Smith, who has caught more innings in a World Series than anyone else, just homered to give the Dodgers their first lead of Game 7
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Will Smith, who has caught more innings in a World Series than anyone else, just homered to give the Dodgers their first lead of Game 7
All right!! The Dodgers take the lead!!
a person is holding a pen in front of a la logo .
ALT: a person is holding a pen in front of a la logo .
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
All right!! The Dodgers take the lead!!
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In case you’re wondering, the longest Game 7 in World Series history was 12 innings (1924).
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
In case you’re wondering, the longest Game 7 in World Series history was 12 innings (1924).
Bases loaded!! JFC! #IBleedDodgerBlue
November 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Bases loaded!! JFC! #IBleedDodgerBlue