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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Along with everything else, she always made us laugh. RIP Dolly 💔

Dolly center, with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in the 1980 movie 9 to 5.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

One of my ER colleagues trying to figure out how to allocate the two hallway beds with 35 patients in the waiting room

Painting of Jesus with fish and loaves of bread

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

No one should feel scared to exist in this country. We need guardrails on DHS and ICE, and elected officials who will enforce them. In this country that I love, we stand up for our rights and each other. We can choose compassion over cruelty, and humanity over fear. #BeGood

White text against black background: BE GOOD

White text against black background: ICE OUT

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

For the first time in my life, I donated to the American Academy of Pediatrics. They’re upholding evidence-based health standards for our kids and our communities, and they’re losing federal grants because of it. www.aap.org/en/philanthr...

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

With the world being what it is I need Google to tell this little turtle something more comforting

Hey little one, your mommy turtle’s job was done when she laid you and your brothers and sisters so she’s probably far away in the water and you won’t see her again. You’re meant to be on your own, to find your own food and water, but if you’re near a pond or ocean, crawl towards the waters edge and let yourself swim in!

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The NIH is seeking leadership via Facebook ad. The comments are spectacular. www.facebook.com/share/1AAWyg...

Screenshot of FB ad for NIH Director positions.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Any iteration of “the bone was fractured but not broken.” Aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Fracture = break

$Cleveland Clinic image of different types of fractures.$

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Prone used when contextually, they mean supine. (Prone is a relatively odd position for an awake person who is hanging out, chatting, being alluring, etc.)

Kind of creepy Wiki image of supine (facing up) and prone (facing down) positions

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I’ll quote Tatiana Schlossberg in rebuke: “I have never encountered a group of people who are more competent, more full of grace and empathy, more willing to serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over.”

Onion headline: “White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby”

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I’m an ER doc who has responded to hundreds of events like this in the hospital & on planes and other public spaces. The right side of this photo is like exhibit A of normal human behavior in these circumstances. People rush to help so instinctively that part of the skill of a code is crowd control.

An elderly man has had a syncope event and everyone else in the room rushed over to help. The president stands facing the camera without apparent curiosity or empathy about the event.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

You just know these quiet heroes at the Oregon Department of Human Services hustled to get the payments out the door knowing families depend on them

Oregon DHS worked quickly to get SNAP payments out through its EBT vendor to make funds available as soon as the court order to fully fund the program went through

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

If you get shot your assailant’s gun was a right If you come to the ER afterwards, your healthcare for that visit is a privilege

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Here are some heroes for today: Idaho physicians fighting for women’s health in a heartbreaking practice environment (35% of the ob/gyn workforce have left since Dobbs) after realizing that there was no cavalry coming #WIMS

An ob/gyn, a family med doc, and an ER doc sit on a stage at a women in medicine conference

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

And firearm deaths are preventable, like deaths from other injury mechanisms. Firearm safety laws work. From Inside Medicine: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/minnesota-...

Infographic showing excess pediatric deaths in states with permissive gun laws exceed those with strict gun laws.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Some people thought the attacks on abortion access would galvanize the U.S. and help secure the last election. We reflect on that optimism in this BMJ piece: www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Understanding the influence of abortion on 2023 U.S. elections

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

So if anyone is wondering: did we get the memo? No. The memo was inconsequential and anyway, we declined it. www.emergencyphysicians.org/press-releas...

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

The headlines are freaking out but *nothing* about EMTALA itself is rescinded. EMTALA enforces the most basic of emergency care tenets. We will assess and stabilize because that is what we do.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I love these Big Bird memes so much something is wrong with me

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Was he… referring to *transgenic* mice? #sotu

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I’m told you have to repost this every time he says “market” or “tariffs” #sotu

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The legendary Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) gone, just like that. Since 1951, these disease detectives have hit the pavement and secured vital information needed to face emerging threats to our lives.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

“The CDC has instructed its scientists to retract or pause the publication of any research manuscript being considered by any medical or scientific journal, not merely its own internal periodicals” - @jeremyfaust.bsky.social in Inside Medicine

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

AI nurse: “Your hands look perfect!” Patient: “I assure you the table saw…” AI nurse: “Have a good day!”

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I am now the auntie coming over with way too much sunblock, grapefruit, and underwear.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Inside stories from the Providence strike, the first to include doctors. Things do not seem to be going well for the hospital, to say the least.

From Dr. Jen Lincoln’s Instagram feed: “a nurse was vaping at the nurses station”

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

First responders flying in to help fight the California wildfires is just 🥺

Mexican firefighters arrive in California to help battle wildfires

Oregon firefighter teams arrive in Los Angeles to fight California wildfires

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

“He walks into a volunteer’s home and he goes, ‘I see you’re a little behind, do you have your toilet in?’ This is Jimmy Carter telling someone how to install a toilet in the sweltering heat.” (From The Washington Post) Rest well, kind and decent one.

Cartoon by Mike Lukovich showing Jimmy Carter working on a house outside the gates of heaven, next to a sign that reads, “Habitat for Heaven.” One angel says to another, “Did I mention President Carter arrived?”

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Name a show you’re positive no one remembers but you.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Claude, please design a graphic of a person with neck or back pain. Claude:

A phallic object with three red circles and three corresponding red arrows.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

My friend Danielle Ofri is so dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. Please sign up for her special sesh tonight! t.co/8jos0JJHxS

Poster for Body Politic: an evening of live storytelling.

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I expected it but fuuuuu**** “President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate former presidential candidate and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services” via @darakass.bsky.social

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Today we have achieved total eclipse of The Onion with real news

NYT: “The Onion Says It Has Bought Infowars, Alex Jones’s Site, Out of Bankruptcy”

The Onion: “Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’”

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

By this post I am signaling that I am too tired to be original; also, that I welcome your funny cartoons and memes.

A pic of a tweet from the humorous account @TheTweetOfGod, which reads, “In an ideal scenario the President of the United Stares and the worst person in the world would be two different people.”

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

From a friend: “Cookie thinks we should still be smiling on this beautiful fall day because even if 50 million people didn’t do the right thing, it still means that 50 million people believed in humanity and love, over power and money.” Cookie:

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