Jack Iwashyna
@iwashyna.bsky.social
I work at Johns Hopkins to help patients + their loved ones heal from critical illness. I mentor clinicians and other scholars to become exceptional scientists.
Democracy is a Social Determinant of Health (#SDoH). Preserve it
Also #ICU #Baltimore
Democracy is a Social Determinant of Health (#SDoH). Preserve it
Also #ICU #Baltimore
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Jack Iwashyna
@iwashyna.bsky.social
· Jun 26
On Not Betraying Our Trainees, Especially Now | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | Articles in Press
www.atsjournals.org
“On Not Betraying Our Trainees, Especially Now”
I won an Extraordinary Achievement Award from the Critical Care Assembly last month
The @atscommunity.bsky.social premier journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social TODAY published the remarks I made on that occasion
www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...
I won an Extraordinary Achievement Award from the Critical Care Assembly last month
The @atscommunity.bsky.social premier journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social TODAY published the remarks I made on that occasion
www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...
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“That’s Holocaust shit. Come on.” 👑
December 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“That’s Holocaust shit. Come on.” 👑
love this. Take the 1.5 minutes. Worth it
A WORD (two words) FOR MY HATERS. Watch #NightThoughts on Hulu.
December 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
love this. Take the 1.5 minutes. Worth it
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So, Trump is 'paying' a bonus to members of the military using funds meant for their housing... ie, essentially paying them with their own money. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump will use military housing money for $1,776 Pentagon bonuses
The Trump administration will repurpose $2.6 billion in military housing assistance to pay $1,776 “warrior dividend” bonuses to service members, according to a senior administration official.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
So, Trump is 'paying' a bonus to members of the military using funds meant for their housing... ie, essentially paying them with their own money. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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You’re absolutely right
December 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
You’re absolutely right
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FANTASTIC!
With the politicization and thereby death of MMWR, kudos to @nejm.org for stepping into that breach with
Public Health Alerts — A New Section in NEJM Evidence, in Partnership with CIDRAP
evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Public Health Alerts — A New Section in NEJM Evidence, in Partnership with CIDRAP
evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Public Health Alerts — A New Section in NEJM Evidence, in Partnership with CIDRAP
Public Health Alerts, a new section in NEJM Evidence, brought about through a new
partnership with CIDRAP, seeks to advance our core mission: improving human health
by putting actionable data in th...
evidence.nejm.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
FANTASTIC!
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So, not a bonus. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, who are in this case the same person
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So, not a bonus. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, who are in this case the same person
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It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
Randomly pondering the extent to which sepsis is understood as an inappropriately low afterload state vs a capillary leak syndrome
Obvs it is both….
Obvs it is both….
December 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Randomly pondering the extent to which sepsis is understood as an inappropriately low afterload state vs a capillary leak syndrome
Obvs it is both….
Obvs it is both….
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Hegseth. Patel. Bongino. And now Bhattacharya ("too busy podcasting").
When you hire people based on their social media profiles, you get.... content creators.
But we need DOD, the FBI, and the NIH to *work*.
When you hire people based on their social media profiles, you get.... content creators.
But we need DOD, the FBI, and the NIH to *work*.
And this will drive him *crazy*.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Hegseth. Patel. Bongino. And now Bhattacharya ("too busy podcasting").
When you hire people based on their social media profiles, you get.... content creators.
But we need DOD, the FBI, and the NIH to *work*.
When you hire people based on their social media profiles, you get.... content creators.
But we need DOD, the FBI, and the NIH to *work*.
When I was growing up, I was taught that candles were put in the window at Christmas to say that, had their been no room at the inn, a young family would have been welcome, especially if they were not from here and needed shelter
a lit candle in a candle holder in front of a window with rain drops on it
Alt: a lit candle in a candle holder in front of a window with rain drops
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
When I was growing up, I was taught that candles were put in the window at Christmas to say that, had their been no room at the inn, a young family would have been welcome, especially if they were not from here and needed shelter
Recs for Nordic tv with some gorgeous exterior shots?
(Bonus if points if the plot in no way hinges on repeated torture or murder of women, which I realize does eliminate an awful lot of what’s available in the US)
Moody is fine, maybe even good. Fridging is not
(Bonus if points if the plot in no way hinges on repeated torture or murder of women, which I realize does eliminate an awful lot of what’s available in the US)
Moody is fine, maybe even good. Fridging is not
December 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Recs for Nordic tv with some gorgeous exterior shots?
(Bonus if points if the plot in no way hinges on repeated torture or murder of women, which I realize does eliminate an awful lot of what’s available in the US)
Moody is fine, maybe even good. Fridging is not
(Bonus if points if the plot in no way hinges on repeated torture or murder of women, which I realize does eliminate an awful lot of what’s available in the US)
Moody is fine, maybe even good. Fridging is not
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Finally, some hope of relief for my life of access, opportunity, and relative freedom from all kinds of abuse.
It is about effing time for me and my peeps.
It is about effing time for me and my peeps.
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Finally, some hope of relief for my life of access, opportunity, and relative freedom from all kinds of abuse.
It is about effing time for me and my peeps.
It is about effing time for me and my peeps.
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Those agency priorities include ignoring scientific data and harming children, apparently.
2/3
2/3
December 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Those agency priorities include ignoring scientific data and harming children, apparently.
2/3
2/3
With the politicization and thereby death of MMWR, kudos to @nejm.org for stepping into that breach with
Public Health Alerts — A New Section in NEJM Evidence, in Partnership with CIDRAP
evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Public Health Alerts — A New Section in NEJM Evidence, in Partnership with CIDRAP
evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Public Health Alerts — A New Section in NEJM Evidence, in Partnership with CIDRAP
Public Health Alerts, a new section in NEJM Evidence, brought about through a new
partnership with CIDRAP, seeks to advance our core mission: improving human health
by putting actionable data in th...
evidence.nejm.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
With the politicization and thereby death of MMWR, kudos to @nejm.org for stepping into that breach with
Public Health Alerts — A New Section in NEJM Evidence, in Partnership with CIDRAP
evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Public Health Alerts — A New Section in NEJM Evidence, in Partnership with CIDRAP
evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
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SOFA-2, validated in >3 million ICU patients, incorporates contemporary organ support and treatments, showing strong predictive validity for ICU mortality in diverse international settings.
ja.ma/4s1nZ35
ja.ma/4s1nZ35
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
SOFA-2, validated in >3 million ICU patients, incorporates contemporary organ support and treatments, showing strong predictive validity for ICU mortality in diverse international settings.
ja.ma/4s1nZ35
ja.ma/4s1nZ35
Is very good
Thrilling. Nicole Chung selects THE TROUBLE OF COLOR as 2025’s #2 memoir of the year, for Time.
time.com/7340943/the-...
time.com/7340943/the-...
The 10 Best Memoirs of 2025
Author Nicole Chung picks the top memoirs of the year, from "Careless People" to "Things in Nature Merely Grow"
time.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Is very good
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If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
“unless the single grain of wheat loses its shell, it remains just a single grain”
~ Richard Rohr reinterpreting John 12:24 in a general way that is, I think, quite beautiful about the transformation of growth
~ Richard Rohr reinterpreting John 12:24 in a general way that is, I think, quite beautiful about the transformation of growth
December 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
“unless the single grain of wheat loses its shell, it remains just a single grain”
~ Richard Rohr reinterpreting John 12:24 in a general way that is, I think, quite beautiful about the transformation of growth
~ Richard Rohr reinterpreting John 12:24 in a general way that is, I think, quite beautiful about the transformation of growth
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I think the tiny coffin industry
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I think the tiny coffin industry
The cat just really wants to be profile header pic, and so she is now
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The cat just really wants to be profile header pic, and so she is now
I know y’all enjoyed Pluribus and I will try it again, but episode 1 minute 15 in the lab and I’m out (need a little more time post-service)
December 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I know y’all enjoyed Pluribus and I will try it again, but episode 1 minute 15 in the lab and I’m out (need a little more time post-service)
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there's just something so bleak about the fact that the seemingly apolitical murder of two elderly people by their profoundly ill son becomes a political football before the bodies are even cold
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
there's just something so bleak about the fact that the seemingly apolitical murder of two elderly people by their profoundly ill son becomes a political football before the bodies are even cold
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December 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Alright, friends, who has a science or SciComm introduction to TikTok?
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Alright, friends, who has a science or SciComm introduction to TikTok?