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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS

@dimitridrekonja.bsky.social

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Infectious Disease doc and clinical researcher; runner, biker, liberal, gardener, hiker, and canoer. Professor @U of MN; Minneapolis VA ID. All posts my own. #BLM #abolishbillionaires

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · Nov 13

Intro post since seeing lots of new faces. I’m an infectious diseases physician & researcher, with a focus on urinary infections and C. difficile. Passionate about public health, politics, & healthcare reform. Post about all of the above, plus COVID, life in Minneapolis, & dog pics 👍🏻 Hi and welcome!

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 7h

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 15h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 9h

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 9h

The linear part of time is the most confusing…🙄

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11h

The search on Mar-a-Lago happened in August 2022. Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel in November 2022.

Time, how does it work

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Eric Trump: "Sure enough, we find out that Jack Smith is planting manilla folders on the office of my father ... "

Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 9h

Looks surprisingly peaceful for a “war zone”🙄🙄🙄

Congrats to all 50,000 runners who enjoyed the great city and a great event 👍🏻

More than 50K athletes run 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon

More than 50,000 athletes from all 50 states and 100 countries took a 26.2-mile tour of Chicago on Sunday. One runner became the fastest men's marathoner in U.S. history.

abc7chicago.com

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 9h

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 10h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 10h

I mean, a 747 would be cool. But selling out your country is even more not cool 🤮

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

Translation: they gave him a plane and filled his family’s pockets

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 12h

Cops that quit because the mayor is too liberal are the EXACT cops you want out of your force.

(A savvy news person might consider that. Bari is not that person 🙄)

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 14h

Not blackout, but one of the newer ones!

Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 14h

Just passed by a pickup with the vanity plate “WHITEMN”

Not a plate you get unless you want to send a certain message 😳

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 17h

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 17h

What's the biggest inside indicator of Trump's poor health? JD Vance's behavior.

Vance knows that Trump's prognosis is poor. He believes this is going to give him the presidency before 2028. No American VP has ever behaved this way. His level of arrogance is off the charts.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 18h

Finished in 8th 👍🏻👍🏻

Steffan coming up the final incline before the finish

Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 18h

I don’t like guys that run people out of sport for not cheating 🤷🏻‍♂️

Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 18h

Scenes from the state mtb race; kids are fast 😳

Winston and Elwood, the two berners here

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 19h

Remember, Sally Jenkins thought similar things about Lance Armstrong 🙄🙄🙄

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 19h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 20h

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 20h

Matthew Shepard was murdered right when I was trying to come out of the closet. So like, this hit me pretty hard. Maybe that’s why I understand how important it is for trans kids to know they deserve to live.

Congresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 20h

27 years ago, hateful violence took the life of Matthew Shepard. His story reminds us of what happens when intolerance goes unchecked.

Today, as extremists target our LGBTQ+ neighbors for who they are, we must recommit to building a nation rooted in love, safety, and equality for all.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah; never setting foot in FL again. There are far better warm places in the world

f the new york times @fnyt.bsky.social · 21h

Customers May Openly Carry Firearms in Florida’s Publix Stores, Company Says (10/09/2025)
f the nyt

Customers May Openly Carry Firearms in Florida’s Publix Stores, Company Says

www.nytimes.com

Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 21h

We’ve all worked with people like this: they fuck up, and blame anyone else, no matter how ridiculous. Except in most jobs the stakes aren’t so high 😳😳😳

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 21h

Seems…bad😳

🇺🇦Noelle🇺🇦Dem Good @ Everything. DeICE America @nreveillee.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's dementia is so bad that he does not remember that he was President on January 6, 2021 and watched the insurrectionists he invited to violence. President Trump watched his Proud Boys, Oathkeepers that he arranged to attack the Capitol Building to keep Congress from certifying electoral votes

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 21h

These clouds are cool 👍🏻 (mammatus I think), but delaying the race 👎🏻

Threatening Manmatus clouds over Mount
Kato at the state mountain bike race

Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 1d

Too many companies will feel the pressure to get AI- and later realize the emperor has no clothes 🤷🏻‍♂️

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

IMHO, LLMs will be an economic negative for years.

They'll do a worse job than humans,

but will still replace humans because they're cheaper for employers,

but really they're costlier, it's just that lots of costs get externalized to society by our horrible energy/tax policies.

Lose-lose-lose.

The Real AI Risk is ‘Meh’ Technology That Takes Jobs and Annoys Us All

While AI doomsday scenarios dwell on the risks posed by superintelligent robot overlords, one Nobel-Prize winning economist fears a more mundane possibility.

www.bloomberg.com

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 1d

“Laid off by mistake”😳😳😳

Amateur hour 🤦🏻‍♂️

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 1d

It’s validated! 😂😂😂

Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 1d

Cancer is at least usually predictable. This is just chaos😳

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 1d

@wedge.live listening to the ward 11 candidate interviews (thank you!). Not sure I can make it through the Demello interview after that bit on “cancel culture”😳😳😳

Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 1d

What a fucking way to run a country 🤦🏻‍♂️

Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: CDC is apparently reversing many of its layoffs. Letters seen by NPR indicate that many employees working with infectious diseases have had their RIFs revoked.

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