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Andrew Michael South, MD, MS @asouth-neph.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I’d love to see the actual details of AI costs and return on investment now and conservative projections into the future in Academia and healthcare organizations. Inclusive of environmental impact and energy costs Quite the bubble I’d hazard

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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 06/05/2026

Important new study out today highlighting unequal impact of NIH grant terminations. “If the NIH is to serve the health of all Americans, it requires urgent course correction to ensure all scientific careers are sustained without targeted discrimination.” www.thelancet.com/journals/TLR...

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Targeted termination of scientific grants and minoritised researcher status in a national survey: a cross sectional analysis

Grant terminations targeting health research for BIPOC and SGM communities have disproportionately targeted the careers of BIPOC, SGM, and female researchers and researchers from disadvantaged backgro...

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 02/05/2026

Let May Day be a reminder of the courage of workers across the world demanding peace, fair wages, and better working conditions. History demands more than standing with workers in spirit. We must fight alongside them in Congress every day.

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s. baum @transvestigations.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

TIP FROM A READER: DIAG, a group that self-identifies as "Democrat" but espouses conservative gender ideology, may be planning to to proselytize outside the Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, April 30-May 3, which is a major medical conference. (A THREAD)

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This administration is making health scientists a non-sustainable career. #NIH #academicmedicine

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Federal Policy Changes and Career Stability Among NIH K-Award Recipients Among NIH K-award recipients, 96% perceived recent federal policy changes as negatively affecting research career stability; 18% report being much less likely to continue research vs 1 year ago jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Federal Policy Changes and Career Stability Among NIH K-Award Recipients

This cross-sectional study uses survey data to evaluate how National Institutes of Health (NIH) K awardees perceive the effects of federal policy on research career stability and intentions to pursue ...

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded. “This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

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Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’

Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 09/04/2026

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

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UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers

A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.

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Lukas Röseler @aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

-- New Open Research Game -- I reached the rank of Asst. Prof in #TenureRun! 🎓 I published 98 papers and paid $115.000 in APCs to publishers. My grant money is gone and I am exhausted. 💸 How far can you make it? Play now at forrt.org/TenureRun/

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

My resignation letter

screenshot of a resignation letter expressing sadness at leaving NASA

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Rana Awdish MD @ranaawdish.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

If you are still carrying the wounds of the last few years in your body. If you have compartmentalized and suppressed just to keep going and want to release what you’ve been carrying but haven’t found a way to reconnect to your deepest self. I wrote this book for you. ❤️‍🩹 #MEDSky

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

If you can, please go, and bring friends.

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Judy Chu Campaign @judychucampaign.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Since Trump took office last year, parents of more than 11,000 children—who are US citizens—have been detained or deported by ICE. This inhumane policy gives parents little or no time to make arrangements and brutally traumatizes kids.

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Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids

A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Still figuring out what’s next. But I will say: To any candidate who wants help setting up a new style of campaign, who needs advice on integrating mutual aid in their operations, who has questions about any weird, fun, unconventional part of our race, I would love to talk. Let me know.

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Still a lot more to do to secure access to necessary medical care for transgender care and the rights of hospitals / clinicians to provide it, but this is a great start 👏👏👏 www.oregonlive.com/health/2026/...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The establishment is in full panic mode. When they can’t debate ideas, they have to manufacture doubt.

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Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Hey I did a fun thing with @warren.senate.gov about breaking up giant healthcare conglomerates

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Nida Allam represents generational change in North Carolina. This is how real progress spreads across the country. We had @nidaallam.bsky.social on our stream and heard her vision. If you’re in NC-04, make your plan to vote. Polls are open until 7:30PM ET. Can’t wait to see Nida in Congress 🧡

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Andrew Michael South, MD, MS @asouth-neph.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Just innovatin’ a bit to transform how we do research 🤓😎 Gonna be lit #COACHCatalyst #SUPERHERO_Registry

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Andrew Michael South, MD, MS @asouth-neph.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Dear Grant/Manuscript #Reviewers, Thank you for your tireless, poorly compensated/uncompensated work. We appreciate you. We value your feedback (yes, even when it hurts). It would really help us if you could be clear and specific in your feedback so we know how to improve our work. Thanks!

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Georgia Tomova @georgiatomova.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Really looking forward to sharing our work on understanding mode effects with DAGs! Join in person at LSHTM or online on 26 February 👇 cc @rjsilverwood.bsky.social @pwgtennant.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

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Jack Turban MD @turban.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I’m happy to announce the UCSF Gender Psychiatry Program is expanding! We are looking to hire a new faculty pediatric psychologist to join our team. Please share with your networks! aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05944

aprecruit.ucsf.edu

Attending Psychologist

University of California, San Francisco is hiring. Apply now!

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Finding your voice as a writer is one of the hardest "easy" things you'll ever have to do. If you're having trouble, you'll find it in the spaces between all the times you are TRYING to have a voice. Your voice is really just the you that spills out on the page when you're not thinking about it.

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Andrew Michael South, MD, MS @asouth-neph.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I delegated! 🥳 (When I finally acknowledged I was holding up my team)

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Ginger Cat Dusty @gingercatdusty.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Band persons didn't always have to look like Calvin Klein models. Enjoy... youtu.be/95ywPJ_8hV4?...

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Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Old Grey Whistle Test, 16th May 1978)

YouTube video by Dire Straits

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Andrew Michael South, MD, MS @asouth-neph.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Ahhh, #SUPERHERO_Project analyses! Did you know we have 700 kids under age 2 years with #HTNdisorders in SUPERHERO? Power! #Hypertension 🦸‍♂️

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 31/01/2026

The @nejm.org publishes this from the Minnesota Physicians Voices www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

To the Editor:
As physicians, we took an oath to care for others and to do no harm, promising, in part, “I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings.” The mandate primum non nocere — first, do no harm — has been ingrained in us since medical school.
So here we stand, compelled to share our stories in this moment, so the rest of the country knows what is happening in our state. We are bearing witness to what fear can do to the health of a community.
Regardless of whether we have lived here our whole lives or moved here from the other side of the world, we all call the beautiful state of Minnesota our home. We live in big cities, in suburbs, and in rural areas.
We work in large health systems, in private practices, at academic health centers, in the VA Health Care System, in federally qualified health centers, and with the Indian Health Service. We care for patients throughout our state from birth to death. We teach the next generation of physicians.
In a powerful article in the Journal last spring, Drs. Alice T. Chen and Vivek H. Murthy called on physicians to use their voices to advocate for the health of patients and communities during dangerous times.1
In Minnesota, we have found ourselves in an extraordinarily dangerous time.
As the presence here of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has increased, our clinic schedules have filled with missed appointments. Patient volumes have plummeted in our emergency departments (EDs). Each of these missing patients represents a lost opportunity: a chance to intervene, to make a diagnosis, to start or alter treatment, or to turn the tide of chronic illness.
These aren’t patients who don’t care. These are patients who are terrified. When we call to check on them, they tell us they are scared to leave their homes. Scared to drive. Scared to take a bus. Scared that a walk across a parking lot to clinic — a place meant to heal — could put them and their families …

$We also know the mental health impact of this crisis. Political unrest and the unfair targeting of immigrant communities have deepened fear, grief, and division, and we see the emotional toll every day. Patients are presenting with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, with suicide attempts. We sit with people whose loved ones have been detained, families fractured, and communities shaken by uncertainty and loss. Our hearts break for all of them. These are not abstract issues in a news cycle — they are human lives, families, and communities hurting in very real ways. Holding space for this pain has reminded us that suffering affects us all. Fear, grief, and exhaustion cross political and cultural lines. We are not immune simply because we are physicians. Dread, desperation, and isolation tighten their grip day by day. We are devastated to witness a beloved nurse colleague, Alex Pretti, gunned down by federal agents. Some of us step out of our homes to provide care for the people of Minnesota knowing that today might be the day when the amount of melanin in our skin outweighs the degrees we have earned and the people we have healed. And yet we push forward, doing what we can. We make calls to patients, attempting to manage what we can from afar. But too often the calls go unanswered. Are our patients afraid to pick up? Or are they unable? We make covert home visits, organize emergency hotlines. We deliver medications, food, and diapers to those who cannot safely leave their homes. When patients do come to see us, we ensure that they leave with enough medication to (we hope) survive this crisis. We are trained to respond to emergencies. We are trained to go above and beyond in moments of crisis. Whether that means working longer hours tending to the sick or linking arms with vulnerable colleagues to walk them to their cars, we help however we can. Nevertheless, we struggle against feelings of helplessness, especially when we are not allowed to help. We read the …$

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Andrew Michael South, MD, MS @asouth-neph.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Another remote learning day when roads are clear? With another storm coming? Yes, I’ve earned this chat and biryani

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Georgia Tomova @georgiatomova.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

@societyforepi.bsky.social members, don't miss our epic symposium on meta-scientific reviews Feb 9th, 3pm ET/8pm GMT Featuring: myself 💁🏼‍♀️ Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social Camila Olarte Parra Noah Haber @whaleactually.com Harrison Hansford Natalia Ortega Herrero @nataliaortega.bsky.social

The Meta-Scientific Review: Reflections on a new genre
February 9, 2026 1:00 – 2:15pm, MT
Zoom Webinar

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Andrew Michael South, MD, MS @asouth-neph.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I just outlined 50 book chapters in 15 minutes 😳 #FlowState

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C.M. Lewis 🦬⚔️ @thehousered.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

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Gabriel Cara Fuentes @carafuentes-neph.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

In 2020, we started to question whether #idiopathicnephroticsyndrome is strictly a 'pure' podocytopathy. Today, I am happy to share our new manuscript proposing a role of the glomerular endothelium in the disease pathogenesis. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

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Endothelial cell–released CD93 contributes to podocyte injury in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome

Soluble CD93 contributes to podocyte injury, and CD93 blockade emerges as a candidate therapeutic target in INS.

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Andrew Michael South, MD, MS @asouth-neph.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Once again, @spjuraschek.bsky.social speaking words of wisdom 🙏 The Question is everything

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 09/01/2026

Should we be treating inpatient hypertension? Interesting case with two discussants (Michael Rothberg vs Tara Chang) www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... I have to confess despite being a nihilist for treating inpatient BP I am tempted to do something in this setting.

A Man with Asymptomatic Hypertension
Sarah Gorey, M.B.
You are the intern on call for the night shift. You are paged to come to the surgical ward to assess a patient. A 63-year-old man with uncomplicated diverticulitis was admitted earlier in the day for antimicrobial and conservative treatment. He rarely visits his family doctor, is not aware of having high blood pressure, and does not take regular medications. You have been called because on a routine check of vital signs, the patient’s blood pressure was 185/115 mm Hg. All other vital signs were within normal limits. The patient has no symptoms; he has no headache, dyspnea, or chest or abdominal pain. He reports feeling slightly stressed at being admitted to the hospital today, which he was not anticipating, but had been sleeping comfortably before the nurse checked his vital signs.
On examination, he appears to be comfortable, and there is no clinical evidence of withdrawal from alcohol or other substances. His abdomen is soft and nontender, and on auscultation, no bruits are heard over the aorta or renal arteries. His pulses are 2+ and symmetric in all anatomical distributions. You note that his blood pressure was also high (166/97 mm Hg) at admission 4 hours earlier and had not been measured again until now. Routine laboratory test results from blood samples obtained at the time of admission show increased levels of leukocytes and inflammatory markers but normal kidney and liver profiles. The nurse manager confirms that the blood-pressure monitors on this ward have been calibrated recently. A repeat blood-pressure measurement obtained after the patient has rested quietly for 10 minutes is still elevated, at 182/103 mm Hg.
You must decide whether the patient’s blood pressure should be monitored over time on an outpatient basis (a “watchful waiting” approach) or whether he should begin receiving antihypertensive medications during this hospitalization.

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Georgia Tomova @georgiatomova.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

If you are interested in the past, present, and future of Mendelian Randomisation, join us later this month for a Causal Inference Interest Group seminar on MR with none other than @mendelrandom.bsky.social Zoom registration link: ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

CIIG seminar with George Davey Smith on 26 January 2026 3pm GMT

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Andrew Michael South, MD, MS @asouth-neph.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Rare when day is successful at home And work 😴 Being on call Building new Airtable relational database for #SUPERHERO_Registry Completing MOCAPeds #PedNeph and #GenPeds Finishing puzzle border Cooking dinner Playing w and taking care of kids Cleaning house and kitchen 🏃‍♂️ 🧘‍♂️

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