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Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · Nov 10

#Bluesky transition thread! Adding advice on how to function in this new place as I come across it 🙂 #medsky

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 6h

‼️ this is one of the reasons why the Musk shutdown of USAID broke me, like

Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives'

a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not'

so the funding disappeared??

and people are dying??

Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 9h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 14h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

NHANES runs mobile clinics that travel the country measuring height, weight, & blood pressure while collecting blood and urine samples. These samples are our only national source for tracking everything from blood sugar to hormones, heavy metals, and more.

The entire operation has been eliminated.

Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone across biomedicine should be very loud about this so this team's RIF status gets reversed. Nhanes has been key for tracking obesity & diabetes rates, identifying high blood lead levels in kids in the 70s, tracking progress on cholesterol lowering, guiding nutrient fortification programs etc

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Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 1d

I was surprised how much twirling an umbrella used muscles that I don’t usually ummmm exercise 😂

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Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 1d

That’s me with the red tutu 🙂

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Julia Raifman, ScD @juliaraifman.bsky.social · 2d

One of the ways we know the perinatal dose of Hepatitis B vaccine makes a difference? NHANES & the people who powered it

ACIP recommended the birth dose in 1991. The prevalence of Hepatitis B among children 6–19 years old declined 68% from 1988–1994 to 1999-2006.

academic.oup.com/jid/article-...

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Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 2d

In my hospital they put it in the place where provider notes go, just to mix things up 😂 (or maybe bc they couldn’t resolve the above debate?)

God bless the search function though

Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 3d

One of my friends is a committed & furloughed government employee who grew up in Seattle, and their school-age kiddo is a HUGE Mariners fan, and makes me happy that baseball is bringing joy to their household in these trying times.

Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 3d

🤨🤔

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 4d

Most people aren’t masked, but a lot more are than in typical public spaces (or medical conferences), and if someone has symptoms it’s easy for them to test, mask, protect the people around them.

Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 4d

Shout out to #honkfest for being more COVID-aware and thoughtful than any medical conference I’ve attended (for musicians, it encourages testing before attendance, encourages masking in crowded indoor spaces, and actually offers high quality masks and COVID tests)

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Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 4d

Lots of badness in the world, but had SUCH a lovely day at HonkFest, and my new jacket was a hit 🙂🙂

Polka dot jacket with lefty patches on back

Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 4d

open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Mourning the destruction of the CDC today. This administration will be responsible for so much unnecessary death & illness.

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.

The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.

open.substack.com

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American College of Academic Addiction Medicine @acaamorg.bsky.social · 5d

🎙 Revisit the latest episode of The Curbsiders Addiction Medicine Podcast! Dr. Ashish Thakrar shares strategies for managing #OpioidWithdrawal: methadone vs buprenorphine, symptom relief, and short-acting opioids.

🎧 Tune in: buff.ly/6BVBp8w

#AddictionMedicine #Curbsiders #AddictionTreatment #SUDs

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 5d

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5d

Calling No Kings a 'hate America rally' when having no kings was a precondition for having a United States of America

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 5d

They make up lies about paid agitators doing violence, and attach them to the name of a prominent Jewish person. This is antisemitism, and it infects every part of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 5d

“No Kings” protest being billed as a hate protest is certainly…. Um pretty absurd rhetoric

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 5d

Speaker Mike Johnson, standing next to Emmer here, urged Democrats less than a month ago to "turn down their rhetoric," saying, "Nazis and fascists is not helpful."

As such, striking to see him stand quietly as a fellow Republican insists there is a "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 5d

Contemplating bringing my inflatable velociraptor costume to Portland for AMERSA, because ya know, never know when one might need it.

Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 6d

I mean doesn’t Cuba also have pretty impressive vaccination rates?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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AMERSA @amersa.org · 6d

Congratulations to Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta, two time AMERSA plenary presenter, who has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his work helping prevent drug overdose deaths. We follow the findings of the UNC Street Drug Analysis Lab and appreciate the work of Nab and team! www.unc.edu/posts/2025/1...

Nabarun Dasgupta wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’ | UNC-Chapel Hill

The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health scientist received the prestigious fellowship for helping prevent drug overdose deaths.

www.unc.edu

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 6d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 6d

(Context)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 6d

This is a very fair rule

Erin "Skeleton Factory" Ryan @eringloriaryan.bsky.social · 6d

Hey ladies, as a general rule if somebody can't describe what the placenta does, you should not be taking any pregnancy-related health advice from them.

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