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@pmd0214.medsky.social
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Retired academic surgeon. PGY-thirtysomething. Surprisingly well behaved. Full-time dog servant. She/her. Surgeons can be female. So why can't (US) presidents? 🇨🇦-🇺🇸 #MedSky #SurgSky #MedEd #ILookLikeaSurgeon #Womeninmedicine #EndGunViolence

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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 14/08/2026
Who could have predicted this? 🤷‍♀️ www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Physicians Working Excessive Hours More Likely to Quit
Physician working conditions often breach the European Working Time Directive, and derogations correlate with health deteriorations and intentions to leave the profession.
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 19/02/2026
Extraordinary!
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 11/11/2025
Lest we forget
Image of poppies
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 12/10/2025
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand: Age 90 acute abdomen (no advance directives) #medsky
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 07/10/2025
Knock knock. Who’s there? Did you know? Did you know who? Did you know South Carolina has municipal elections next month? Vote.
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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Recall RFK's claim that doctors & scientists were "on his side" at his last hearing? Wanna prove him wrong? I'll be ordering post cards soon, so if you're local to me, I can pass some along. I can also send them on your behalf (DM me your info for that). Or do it yourself--info @ link below.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 04/09/2025
I’m just a girl, who did a spinal tap on a preschooler last week, asking you to fire RFK Jr.
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a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt .
Alt: a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt , scene from Notting Hill
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 04/09/2025
It's long past time. RFK Jr has done enough damage. He must resign or be impeached now. #medsky #RFK #HHS
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
this is the time for scifi fans to exercise the ultimate depth and breadth of their creativity make them shut down the hotline use all your best Borg jokes
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 19/06/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
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Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals
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Women in Medicine @womeninmedicine.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🌟Meet Dr. Annie Andrews🌟 Pediatrician, gun violence prevention advocate & researcher, and former congressional candidate working to protect kids’ futures. Clinical Professor at George Washington University & senior advisor to Everytown for Gun Safety & Moms Demand Action. Learn more: bit.ly/44D59Gn
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Torr (I moved to Threads) @torrleonard.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
"The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia, and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPublica what is being lost." projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
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Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 11/06/2025
We have been talking about this for months. www.cnn.com/2025/06/11/h...
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Research cuts pose ‘existential threat’ to academic medicine and put nation’s health at risk, new report says | CNN
Federal research funding cuts pose an “existential threat” to academic medicine that will have repercussions for patient care in the US, according to a new report from the Association of American Medi...
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 10/06/2025
You can sign a letter to support NIH staff who are opposing the current administrations damaging and short-sighted policies that threaten current and future generations. You can support as a patient, a clinician, a scientist or as anyone who has a stake in healthcare. www.standupforscience.net
standupforscience.net
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 29/05/2025
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t. Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
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Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The slow death of American higher education. Nobody’s going to travel to study there. The best research will no longer be done there. The best research academics will eventually leave.
politico.com
Rubio: US to begin revoking visas of Chinese students
He said the State Department would "work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or ...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
"We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most basic... Dying senselessly is no act of freedom. And too many people in the USA do die senselessly because we have the wrong idea of freedom." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
thelancet.com
Health and freedom
We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most basic.
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 20/05/2025
Fantastic! #medsky #surgsky
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American Thoracic Society (ATS) @atscommunity.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
"Mr. Kennedy’s assertion that he has “not fired any working scientists” flies in the face of reality. Hundreds of scientists from NIH, CDC and FDA have lost their jobs as part of his plan to overhaul HHS." #medsky www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
nytimes.com
Kennedy, Defending Downsizing, Clashes With Democrats in Tense Hearings
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Medsky Moderation @moderation.medsky.network · 18/02/2025
Are you on #Medsky yet? Save our feed and check the pulse of the fastest-growing network of healthcare workers on Bluesky!
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Keith Nokes @keithnokes.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
#medsky #fmsky #meded #fmrevolution
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work. Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
The American Library Association praises servic of Dr. Carla Hayden, decries 'unjust dismissal' of Librarian of Congress. [Image of Dr. Carla Hayden standing in the stacks in a library]
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Science Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2025
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
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Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 08/05/2025
Guidance on MMR in context of outbreaks.
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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 07/05/2025
Terrific explainer here on @skepticalraptor.bsky.social's blog about how vaccines are developed & properly tested--& why placebo-controlled trials to evaluate their effectiveness & safety (a longstanding talking pt by RFK Jr. & antivaxxers) are often HIGHLY unethical AND impractical to run. 🛟medsky
skepticalraptor.com
RFK Jr wants placebo controlled clinical studies for vaccines
The post discusses the flawed belief that all vaccine safety must be proven through placebo-controlled studies, as promoted by RFK Jr.
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Jamee Walters, MD (she/her) @jameew.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
For this teacher appreciation week, I’m going to talk a little about graduate medical education. What is it? It’s the education of resident and fellow physicians. These trainees have finished medical school & are doctors but need to complete residency +/- fellowship to work in their speciality.
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Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
In my now daily quest to combat vaccine misinformation and disinformation, I give you this great article from @HealthyChildren. Data matters. Science matters. Disinformation harms children. #PedSky #MedSky
healthychildren.org
Vaccine Ingredients: Frequently Asked Questions
All vaccines contain antigens. Antigens make vaccines work. They prompt the body to create the immune response needed to protect against infection. Antigens come in several forms. The form used in a v...
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 02/05/2025
Excellent. Back to the days of the Tuskegee syphilis trial. If they really wanted to do a non-vaccine arm all they need to do is enroll people who refuse vaccines. And then blind the researchers. No need to assign anyone to non-treatment.
bbc.com
RFK Jr plans placebo-trial testing for 'all new vaccines'
Experts are alarmed by plans to require placebo testing for already approved shots like the covid vaccine.
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 22/04/2025
This study is going to collect data from numerous sources including labs, pharmacies, genomics. Do patients opt in? If not how can the data be de-identified? Glad I'm not on that IRB.
theguardian.com
RFK Jr’s autism study collecting Americans’ private medical records
The National Institutes of Health claims it is fulfilling RFK’s promise to find cause of autism by September
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Joseph Cherabie MD MSc (They/He) @jncherabiemd.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Today I had a first year med student with me. All my lessons consisted of some version of the following: If you sit down and actually talk with people and have a conversation, outcomes will improve. Works for doctors, for patients, for family members, for nursing staff, for everyone. #IDSky #MedSky
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 22/04/2025
People really need to stop talking about "biological sex" as a dichotomy. If they don't understand the nuance of intersex conditions, they don't understand the issue well enough to claim any authority.
bbc.com
Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson says
Bridget Phillipson was responding to questions following the Supreme Court's gender ruling.
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 16/04/2025
In all fairness, I am unsure about how much tax Musk pays.
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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Marie Maynard Daly was born 104 years ago today. She did important early histone research, and in 1955 published an important paper on the link between cholesterol and heart disease. She passed away in 2003. tinyurl.com/46s85wzv #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #BlackWomenInSTEM 🧪
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Broken Hearts and Nuclear Secrets: Marie Maynard Daly, America's First Black Woman Chemist.
The years of the Second World War gifted to American feminism one of its most enduring icons in the form of Rosie the Riveter.  She was the symbol of a wave of women joining the industrial workforce t...
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Our database of terminated grants is powered first by PIs who send us information about their grants. If your grant was terminated--or if you received a stop work order of some sort--let us know! forms.gle/8qWNSjBerJ1G...
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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Terminated NI...
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 13/04/2025
Not having enough useful things to do, I asked Elon Musk's Grok3 to estimate Trump's weight. Here is the surprisingly reasonable answer: "...roughly between 240 and 280 pounds, leaning toward the higher end given his age (78) and less muscular frame compared to athletes."
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 13/04/2025
Any ideas, #neurosky ? #MedSky #neurology #stroke
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 12/04/2025
Interesting potential explanation for increasingly partisan politics. How do you get society to focus on facts and evidence...when some like their "alternative facts"?
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 12/04/2025
What international medical graduate would come to the US now knowing that they could be deported any time and for any reason (or no reason at all)?
chicago.suntimes.com
New medical license pathway for international doctors could help alleviate Illinois shortage
The state will likely be short 6,200 doctors by 2030. Meanwhile, over 12,000 state residents have an international medical degree they can't use.
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 12/04/2025
All Social Security updates and news releases will only be on X now. Why do I think this is just to bolster X user numbers and perhaps to expose retirees to rampant right wing misinformation found on X?
thehill.com
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 09/04/2025
Pretty sure you can return stuff from Amazon if it was sent in error.
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
USA led the world in expertise stopping HIV, incl preventing mother to child transmission. But DOGE has now dismissed every global prevention expert at USAID, CDC, & State Dept. The risk is insane: Resurgent HIV & 500K child deaths by 2030. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/h...
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Who Will Care for Infants With H.I.V. Overseas? (Gift Article)
The consequences of mother-to-child transmission can be enormous, a new study suggests. But the U.S. has dismissed experts working to solve the problem.
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WIRED @wired.com · 08/04/2025
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy, not only for non-citizens but for Americans as well. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Protection accessing your data:
wired.com
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Protection accessing your data.
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David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Bravo UBC Reopening their applications for US grad student applicants who want to come to Canada. Nice to see this www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
grad.ubc.ca
US Applicant Week
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 01/04/2025
Throwing 2 million dollars at Myanmar after a magnitude 7.7 quake is kind of like lobbing paper towels at hurricane survivors. It's an pathetic token effort.
npr.org
What kind of support is the U.S. offering in the wake of the Myanmar quake?
The White House and former USAID staff have differing views on the nature of the U.S. response to the earthquake that struck Myanmar and neighboring countries.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Tariffs get all the attention, but ask economists what they're really worried about and many will point to the Trump administration's cuts to federal support for the sciences, including canceling grants and revoking student visas. #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
nytimes.com
Trump’s Science Policies Pose Long-Term Risk, Economists Warn (Gift Article)
Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 30/03/2025
Welllll....Alberta? Seriously though, there have always been pockets. It's just that those pockets have been amplified and normalized.
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 30/03/2025
I think it was a fit of sheer stupidity.
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
If biotech wants to continue to recruit highly talented, energetic, and creative PhDs they need to help us to advocate for stable funding for young scientists in academia to prevent a brain drain and loss of scientific innovation. We discuss this on this week's Night Science Podcast with David Baker
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Senescent surgeon @pmd0214.medsky.social · 29/03/2025
Why does Trump want Greenland? Rare minerals? Maybe. It's also in a great position to threaten Europe from the west. Wonder why Putin doesn't oppose US expansionism here?
yahoo.com
Putin says it’s ‘a profound mistake’ to treat Trump’s push for Greenland and its vast deposits of rare minerals as ‘some preposterous talk’
President Donald Trump has made U.S. control of Greenland a pillar of his second term’s burgeoning foreign policy.
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