Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 23/09/2026Not mentioned: Airfone's role in 9/11, specifically, the flight with the passenger revolt. 100
Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 22/09/2026Tech enthusiasts: Save money on expensive Meta Glasses by buying a pair of normal glasses and then adding your name to the Sex Offenders Register. 000
Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 10/09/2026I thought it was excellent to see direct patient communications regarding a critical diagnostic test. 000
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgAmerican Society of Transplantation @astinfo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The Living Donor Circle of Excellence recognizes employers that provide paid leave to employees who become living organ donors. Help us grow the Circle! Talk to your employer about supporting living donors and joining the Living Donor Circle of Excellence. www.livingdonorcircle.comlivingdonorcircle.comJoin The Circle Of ExcellenceEnact policies that save lives. Become a member of The Circle and make a difference. A Project of the American Society of Transplantation. Learn More. 001
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 01/09/2026The CDC still isn't counting two deaths from measles in PA, reportedly by order of the new director, Erica Schwartz. I reached out to her spox for comment last week, but haven't heard anything, and afaik she's made no public comments about measles. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comUS health officials exclude measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from countsRFK Jr, the health secretary, has suggested the deaths were ‘fabricated’ while the CDC claimed it was reviewing them 35929
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgThe Onion @theonion.com · 01/09/2026Indiana Offers Tax Breaks To Attract Religious Doomsday Cults theonion.com/indiana-offers-tax-bre… 521455171
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgFrank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The Air Force One catering cart story has proved conclusively that for all his hateful transphobia, Trump would have been the first one to dress in women’s clothing for a spot on a Titanic lifeboat. 1337766
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgPIDS @pidsociety.bsky.social · 11/08/2026PIDS has issued a statement in response to the Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans executive order. Read the full statement at: pids.org/2026/08/11/p... 093
Reposted by Joseph P. Hillenburgsara g miller @saragmiller.bsky.social · 06/08/2026BREAKING: FDA approves Moderna's mRNA flu shot, by @berkeleyjr.bsky.socialnbcnews.comFDA approves 1st mRNA flu shot, from ModernaThe vaccine, called mFlusiva, was approved for older adults. In trials, it was found to be about 27% more effective than a standard flu shot. 12584145
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026A civilian medical plane went down after an experimental US military GPS jamming test reportedly disrupted its radar. Every person aboard lost their life. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti... 67458603714
Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 05/08/2026Webinars that should not be necessary: "Finding Help Paying for Your Healthcare" This topic often comes up whenever I talk with advocates from other countries - basically with them being dumbfounded that we have to deal with this. 000
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgThe Onion @theonion.com · 31/07/2026RFK Jr. Cooking Show Features Easy Weeknight Meals Using Ingredients Already In Own Body theonion.com/rfk-jr-cooking-show-fe… 301015105
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 31/07/2026arstechnica.comPathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virusThe hot new roguelite twin-stick shooter lives up to the hype. 0215
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgNPR @npr.org · 30/07/2026The Trump administration's upending of years of vaccine advice puts many pediatricians in a quandary. Some are steering patients away from the CDC to other authoritative websites, including their own. n.pr/4x9Eo7en.prPediatricians and health officials are sidestepping Trump's CDC on vaccine adviceThe Trump administration's upending of years of vaccine advice puts many pediatricians in a quandary. Some are steering patients away from the CDC to other authoritative websites, including their own. 1326068
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgRick McKee @rmckee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I drew this August 23, 2022, and it’s coming to pass. 273186854691
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/01/2026"Stop calling ICE the Gestapo! ICE is nothing like the Gestapo. Now, let me innumerate all the many ways ICE is exactly like the Gestapo. Thank you for your attention to this matter." 94383612633
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgJoseph Galbo @josephgalbo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Now that's a safety sign. 1848383
Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 19/07/2026Seems like there's a new non-transplant pre-transplant Congenital Heart Defect organization every time I turn around. Reminds me of this bit from "Life of Brian." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbog...youtube.comLife of Brian - The People's Front of JudeaYouTube video by layniann 000
Reposted by Joseph P. Hillenburgffrf.org @ffrf.org · 06/07/2026The Founders never called America "God's noble experiment." Their real experiment was something far more remarkable: a government deriving its authority from "We the People," not divine authority, with constitutional protections for every American's freedom of conscience. 1516545
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 15/07/2026‼️ Dark Age 2.0. ‼️ U.S. researchers outraged at proposed changes to federal grants www.science.org/content/arti... @aau.edu: “These changes risk undermining the predictability, stability, impartiality, and collaboration upon which America’s entire research-and-innovation system depends."science.orgU.S. researchers outraged at proposed changes to federal grantsWhite House receives 340,000 comments on rules many fear would politicize science 0218
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Now Democrats just have to figure out how to stop nominating people who have to drop out later. 3575
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 05/07/2026It is simply beyond the understanding of MAGA mouthpieces that other people exist 622728
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgVox @vox.com · 30/06/2026A growing form of donation is expanding the organ supply in the US — and testing how medicine protects dying patients. www.vox.com/future-perfe...vox.comThe organ donation boom complicating the boundary between life and deathA growing form of donation is expanding the organ supply in the US — and testing how medicine protects dying patients. 162
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/07/2026Ten years ago today, J. D. Vance called Trump “cultural heroin” in The Atlantic: “To every complex problem, he promises a simple solution … He never offers details for how these plans will work, because he can’t," Vance wrote of Trump. Read the piece: theatln.tc/foJ8lGw3 21283101
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgMiddle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 03/07/2026If you were cool with this, you can shove that "Happy Independence Day" up your ass. 614261446052
Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 04/07/2026Trump will probably never realize the irony (and poetry) in America 250 events being canceled due to climate change-related heat waves. 010
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/07/2026Epstein Epstein Epstein epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein 30594122728
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 02/07/2026My posts most days. I'm sorry. 4745291017
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026In conjunction with RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine organization, a woman named Andrea Shaw is a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics. She claims that vaccines caused the death of her 18-month old twins. She was just charged with first degree murder in their deaths. 25611225
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgThe Onion @theonion.com · 02/07/2026“I voted for Trump because I was sure RFK Jr.’s health policies would put my son and daughter in the dirt on day one, but lately, I’m starting to worry that my kids might make it to adulthood,” said Sandra Murrow theonion.comMAHA Voter Feels Betrayed By Continued Survival Of Own ChildrenDAYTON, OH—Expressing disappointment with what she described as unfulfilled campaign promises, local Make America Healthy Again voter Sandra Murrow told reporters Tuesday that she felt betrayed by the... 132187330
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgBrandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Back on my bullsh 15894022131
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgMicah Schwartzman @micahschwartzman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The Supreme Court has been dodging cert petitions in vaccine exemption cases for several years now. It granted, vacated, and reversed (GVR’ed) a Second Circuit decision — see below. And now CA2 has responded, saying to the Justices, in effect: if you really want this, you have to come and get it. 095
Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 01/07/2026Think your gig in organ transplantation is rough? Watch this short featuring Clive Owen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnqr...youtube.comBMW Films "Ticker" (Remastered in 4K) S02E02YouTube video by SecondWind 000
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 01/07/2026"public trust in science and scientists is high...The idea that there’s a pervasive lack of trust is completely unfounded...But trust has dropped in certain groups...politically right-leaning groups" Maybe it's not science/scientists that's to blame... 1/2 www.nature.com/articles/d41... 24535
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 01/07/2026It was super interesting to attend the first HHS women's health conference and hear about how more women need to have "natural births," stop vaccinating their kids, etc etc 0317
Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 28/06/2026Open plea to the #OrganDonation and #OrganTransplantation communities: Can we please not do multiple major events simultaneously again? @donatelifeamerica.bsky.social @astinfo.bsky.social @astsconnect.bsky.social #AOPO #TransplantGames #ATCMeeting 001
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/06/2026This is such a bummer. 25883139
Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 24/06/2026. @amjtransplant.bsky.social mousepad swag I picked up at #ATC2026. Very nice design by @llewellynrose.bsky.social. 131
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21/06/2026And thus South Carolina begins its descent into licentiousness and anarchy scdailygazette.com/2026/06/17/s...scdailygazette.comSC law legalizes pinball for youth, ending decades-old prohibition • SC Daily GazetteThe law was never enforced, but supporters said it caused anxiety for otherwise rule-abiding business owners. 1372507341
Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 05/06/2026Yikes. I know many families start saving for college when their kids are born - but now Fidelity suggests opening retirement accounts for them - so money they can't use for almost seven decades. 100
Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 01/06/2026Machine Learning (via @xkcd.com): xkcd.com/1838/ 000
Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 29/05/2026Many of you filled out this survey, so now you can see the results! Thanks to all of you for stepping up. 000
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgPIDS @pidsociety.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Interested in transplant ID? Our next webinar comes up at 1pm ET: 'The Opportunistic Invader,' featuring James Fisher, DO (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine), as presenter and Marian Michaels, MD, MPH (UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh), as attending. Contact us for registration. 001
Joseph P. Hillenburg @cobaltjacket.com · 26/05/2026The answer is easy: Make them event-driven. If a motion sensor (lidar or otherwise) detects an appropriate event, activate the camera. Otherwise, it should be off. 000
Reposted by Joseph P. HillenburgSkeptical Raptor @skepticalraptor.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine showing long-term success Recent developments indicate promising long-term results from clinical trials for an mRNA vaccine targeting pancreatic cancer, a notoriously hard-to-diagnose and treat disease. This individualized vaccine stimulates an immune response…skepticalraptor.comPancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine showing long-term successRecent developments indicate promising long-term results from clinical trials for an mRNA vaccine targeting pancreatic cancer, a notoriously hard-to-diagnose and treat disease. This individualized vaccine stimulates an immune response against cancer cells and may enhance patient outcomes when used in conjunction with surgery and chemotherapy, showing potential in improving recurrence-free survival. 032