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Michael Bazaco

@mcbazacophd.bsky.social
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Infectious disease epidemiologist in the public sector, EIDs, Outbreaks, Zoonoses, Virginia Tech and Pitt grad, UMD Public Health adjunct faculty, Smash All Fascism, he/him, Dad, DC adjacent, probably stuck in traffic, the #AllCaps make me cry

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rivers mccown @riversmccown.bsky.social · 13h
Truly gross stuff.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20h
bring back shame
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Rachel Widome @rwidome.bsky.social · 19h
It is so devastatingly troubling that a majority of Americans are still in favor of the death penalty. I seriously don't get that and it's one of horrors of this country that is not just tragic and unjust but also just so gruesome and utterly ghoulish to me. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Most Americans favor the death penalty, but support has declined.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 22h
Me: I’d like some ice. Icemaker: sure how many cubes? Me: eh, 5-6 will do Icemaker: here’s 4 Me: thanks! Icemaker: wait, one sec, please move your cup slightly to the side Me: umm, ok? Icemaker: HERE HAVE 15 MORE CUBES BOUNCING OFF THE RIM, ALL OVER THE FLOOR! I BET YOU LIKE THAT HOCKEY BOY!
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last week the Portland Police made a huge deal about a K9 killed in the line of duty apprehending a dangerous suspect. Turns out that K9 was shot and killed by...the Portland Police www.kgw.com/article/news...
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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The numbers for just how well this vaccine works are quite something. The Duck of Evil will need to get a new job.
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#1 garlic naan eater @rihannah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's now approved for people up to age 45! Take it from someone who's had four colposcopies without anesthesia because of HPV - you want to get this vaccine.
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Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wish the vaccine had been available when I was young. Now I'm dealing with excruciating surgeries where the doctor cuts bits out of my cervix without anaesthesia. Get vaxxed. Get your kids vaxxed. This is dreadful.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s that time of year, folks! Annual reminder that we have a very safe and highly effective #vaccine to prevent HPV, the cause of genital warts and some forms of cancer (cervical, penile, anal, throat) and you can get more info here: www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con... #IDSky 🧪 #PublicHealth
A pile of orange pumpkins with warts in them.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Well, you see, I have to stay on the White Supremacist Child Porn Rape Victim Doxxing site because that’s where my community is”
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Why are you wet?” An evergreen parenting mystery.
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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 29/09/2026
I will forever maintain that that left must not let the right claim patriotism as their own and dope things like this are a big part of why
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt watching Aces/Fever, staring at the bottom of his third Mike's Hard Lemonade, wondering which team is the Atlanta Hawks
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s that time of year, folks! Annual reminder that we have a very safe and highly effective #vaccine to prevent HPV, the cause of genital warts and some forms of cancer (cervical, penile, anal, throat) and you can get more info here: www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con... #IDSky 🧪 #PublicHealth
A pile of orange pumpkins with warts in them.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New A Perfect Circle single just released as well as the schedule for a 2027 tour with Puscifer and The Cult. tidal.com/track/564337...
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A Perfect Circle - To Whom It May Concern
Listen to To Whom It May Concern on TIDAL in exceptional sound quality, or on your choice of service
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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And if someone does talk with you about something like this, listen. And focus on what they want and need from you; be there for them. Don’t center your own ego. Be trustworthy.
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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This sh*t at Cornell is unacceptable. But sexual assault is not uncommon. If no women in your life have ever talked with you about it, ask yourself why that is. Be trustworthy.
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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Men who don’t stand up for women are losers. Men who don’t actively speak up when other people say vile things are also vile.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#Mystics Let’s Go!!! 🏀
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We’ve reached that time of year where I have an internal struggle about which annoys me more: 1. anatomically inaccurate decorative skeletons 2. people who are outraged about decorative skeletons being anatomically inaccurate.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We’ve reached that time of year where I have an internal struggle about which annoys me more: 1. anatomically inaccurate decorative skeletons 2. people who are outraged about decorative skeletons being anatomically inaccurate.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The mighty mighty #Mastodon. @docbazac.bsky.social
Front of Anthem, DC showing Mastodon playing tonight.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Civil engineers say it would be catastrophic to put a military target in the middle of an urban traffic circle. An AI video shared by Natalie Harp shows it would be super badass. For busy presidents planning triumphal arches, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So many people told me that I was overreacting in 2016-17. So many people…
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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I can't overstate how ghoulish the Alt National Park Service's "coverage" of ICE is. AltNPS is not providing an "alert." They're not in North Austin, just like they weren't in Chicago, or in Houston, or in Biddeford, or in my hometown of Minneapolis.
Alt National Park Service: Alert ⚠️ An ICE officer shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in North Austin today after a traffic stop. He was shot in the torso and hospitalized in serious but stable condition. His attorney says Perez, a Venezuelan national, entered the U.S. legally and had a valid work permit.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Well that was unnecessarily tense. #Hokies 🦃 🏈
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I do hope that my alma mater beats one of my employers in the football match this evening. #Hokies 🦃 🏈
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NICU babies are the most vulnerable a human can be, and it seems almost quaint to say it now, but we are supposed to build societies where the most vulnerable can count on others to not let this happen
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 17/09/2026
The media are far more upset about an AI apocalypse than they’ve ever been about the climate catastrophe we are now right in the middle of. 
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eek Andy Wakefield now telling the story about the lady that asked him to have sex with her at a conference to conceive a child so that it would grow up and care for her other autistic child. He wrote a sexy novel about it. Eep eep eep.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Ed Sheeran and Disturbed collaboration is going to be the most cursed thing to hit the music scene since…. …well since whatever the last thing Disturbed released.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is going to be incredible. 9/25 can’t get here soon enough! He’s a perfect compliment on the older stuff. Also, Baroness rocks and get overlooked too much.
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John @creekchubdarter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hot take. Their Sound of Silence blows.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Ed Sheeran and Disturbed collaboration is going to be the most cursed thing to hit the music scene since…. …well since whatever the last thing Disturbed released.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Another measles death. 18 years old. Unvaccinated. See also: www.pa.gov/agencies/hea... H/T @melodyschreiber.com @tom.medsky.social
Letter from Coroner of Mifflin County confirming the death of an 18 year old from measles, ADEM.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My favorite 90s/00s boy band was definitely Deftones.
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Very rare to see someone like this with principles
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I didn't need 10 shows from Ed. I needed 2. Two chances to stand in front of 90,000 people and say the words that somehow became too dangerous to
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Free Palestine.
But if those words cost me the stage, while turning the conversation back to Palestine, then it was the most successful tour I've ever been on.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Anyway, we are NOT throwing our trans siblings under the bus for ANY reason. NO. You can kick rocks.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Being the lone #Commanders fan in a house full of #Eagles fans (living in Commanders territory) is going to make for a long and rough late afternoon/evening.
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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Raw milk can carry serious health risks, despite common claims about its benefits and safety.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"as the world changes our elites are changing, becoming more fascist, attracted to ideas justifying that only some people are going to make it. it’s the job of a credible left to put forward a vision of the future for how we live together well on this planet." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/m...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World Is Now on the Table (Gift Article)
In a new book, the writers argue that a powerful coalition of “end times fascists” is just fine with the earth’s demise.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Very few things predict the weather quite as well as recycling day.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
None of this is normal and his approval rating on all issues should be in the single digits.
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I grow tired of asking this so it will be the last time: Where is the rebel base?
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
11yo: “Bro [the president) is doing evil side quests at this point.”
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My 6 year old daughter is wandering around the house singing the (almost correct) lyrics to Schism and I feel like I’m doing OK as a Dad. 🌀 🌀 🌀
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TOOL - Schism (Official Video)
YouTube video by TOOLVEVO
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Man, Kimi Antonelli is THAT guy. He’s the next one and the sky is the limit. #F1
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My 6 year old daughter is wandering around the house singing the (almost correct) lyrics to Schism and I feel like I’m doing OK as a Dad. 🌀 🌀 🌀
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TOOL - Schism (Official Video)
YouTube video by TOOLVEVO
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🦃 🏈 #Hokies
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 04/09/2026
It's really jarring to think about how society changed pre 9/11 vs. Post 9/11 and i dont think i could explain it to anyone who wasn't around before then.
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