Ondine, MD ☕️
@ondinemd.bsky.social
Psychiatrist. Euro-transplant. Educator. I move pieces around and make them fit somehow. I post about medicine and politics and anything that interests me. Views posted here are solely my own. #medsky
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
A lot of actual vaccine policy is set by states, not the federal government. We -relied- on ACIP, but we don't have to rely on it.
This is obviously bad, but it isn't "measles for everyone!"
This is obviously bad, but it isn't "measles for everyone!"
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A lot of actual vaccine policy is set by states, not the federal government. We -relied- on ACIP, but we don't have to rely on it.
This is obviously bad, but it isn't "measles for everyone!"
This is obviously bad, but it isn't "measles for everyone!"
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
2.) Insurance companies have said that they will continue to cover vaccines covered in the schedule in 1 - you will just need to be more active with your pediatrician to make sure that they're working with you.
3.) Blue states are not meaningfully changing vaccine requirements for schooling.
3.) Blue states are not meaningfully changing vaccine requirements for schooling.
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
2.) Insurance companies have said that they will continue to cover vaccines covered in the schedule in 1 - you will just need to be more active with your pediatrician to make sure that they're working with you.
3.) Blue states are not meaningfully changing vaccine requirements for schooling.
3.) Blue states are not meaningfully changing vaccine requirements for schooling.
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
I do want to note three things that have happened in the wake of what ACIP is becoming to hopefully put some panicked nerves at ease.
1.) The American Association of Pediatrics is publishing their own schedule that matches the one before this goat rodeo.
1.) The American Association of Pediatrics is publishing their own schedule that matches the one before this goat rodeo.
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I do want to note three things that have happened in the wake of what ACIP is becoming to hopefully put some panicked nerves at ease.
1.) The American Association of Pediatrics is publishing their own schedule that matches the one before this goat rodeo.
1.) The American Association of Pediatrics is publishing their own schedule that matches the one before this goat rodeo.
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
In the wake of the current ACIP decision making if you are pregnant: I would advise discussing the options for the birth dose of the Hep B vaccine with your provider and the place where you will be giving birth. This is frustrating because it's the last thing you should worry about.
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In the wake of the current ACIP decision making if you are pregnant: I would advise discussing the options for the birth dose of the Hep B vaccine with your provider and the place where you will be giving birth. This is frustrating because it's the last thing you should worry about.
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
2/
New York Times (confirming Wall Street Journal):
"What seems clear?
It appears to not be in dispute that Mr. Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority' ....”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
New York Times (confirming Wall Street Journal):
"What seems clear?
It appears to not be in dispute that Mr. Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority' ....”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
The Furor Over Trump’s Boat Attacks and a Particular Follow-Up Strike, Explained
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
2/
New York Times (confirming Wall Street Journal):
"What seems clear?
It appears to not be in dispute that Mr. Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority' ....”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
New York Times (confirming Wall Street Journal):
"What seems clear?
It appears to not be in dispute that Mr. Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority' ....”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
So ACIP is a donkey rodeo
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
So ACIP is a donkey rodeo
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
Video taping your war crimes doesn't seem like the best strategy
Video evidence of a clear-cut war crime, for which Pete Hegseth bears clear responsibility.
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Video taping your war crimes doesn't seem like the best strategy
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
Once again in re: the utterly abject poverty of the “Democrats Must Not Talk Funny because they are Alienating Real Folkz” Discourse™️ that we have suffered through in the last year while the Republicans keep Doing A Fascism & calling people “vermin” & “morons” & "piggy" & this hateful nonsense.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Once again in re: the utterly abject poverty of the “Democrats Must Not Talk Funny because they are Alienating Real Folkz” Discourse™️ that we have suffered through in the last year while the Republicans keep Doing A Fascism & calling people “vermin” & “morons” & "piggy" & this hateful nonsense.
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
In case anyone is wondering how Whiskey Pete Hegseth's plan worked out to stack the press room with right wing trolls and propagandists in advance of a damning IC Report, I present Laura Loomer.
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In case anyone is wondering how Whiskey Pete Hegseth's plan worked out to stack the press room with right wing trolls and propagandists in advance of a damning IC Report, I present Laura Loomer.
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
"This explains why the administration refuses to declassify the memo...If the public saw how flimsy the legal footing is, they’d see the president is using wartime powers he does not have to kill civilians he cannot legally target..." open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
NEWS: Leaked memo exposes flimsy legal basis for Trump boat strikes
DOJ's classified, "legal authorization" for the missile attacks is beginning to collapse.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"This explains why the administration refuses to declassify the memo...If the public saw how flimsy the legal footing is, they’d see the president is using wartime powers he does not have to kill civilians he cannot legally target..." open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
And how we just pardoned a Cocaine king-pin.
This is very convincing to me, a guy who got hit on the head and forgot how most fentanyl ingredients were coming from China.
Sen. Roger Marshall defends Hegseth: "Look, we're losing 200 Americans every day to drug poisoning from these drug lords. This is a war. And it's ugly. War is never pretty ... that strike probably saved thousands of American lives."
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
And how we just pardoned a Cocaine king-pin.
Right??
Really think captain orange brain isn't really thinking through the long term consequences of trying to undermine the pardon power.
Trump says he's terminating any Biden pardons signed with autopen reut.rs/3MB5hPn
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Right??
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
Good reminder that Trump was guilty of an egregious crime simply in Georgia, let alone the rest of the country, and should have served a significant stint in prison. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Last Big Case Against Trump Has Been Dropped
The U.S. justice and political systems have shown that they can’t hold the president and his allies to account for trying to steal the 2020 election.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Good reminder that Trump was guilty of an egregious crime simply in Georgia, let alone the rest of the country, and should have served a significant stint in prison. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
Anyone casually weighing in on this race needs to understand this.
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Anyone casually weighing in on this race needs to understand this.
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
All the psephology you will ever need.
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
All the psephology you will ever need.
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
But this is also apocalyptic for the GOP. Obama era rural numbers with modern era suburban numbers.
December 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
But this is also apocalyptic for the GOP. Obama era rural numbers with modern era suburban numbers.
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
I have done this thing over and over again where I have encouraged people to understand it's not about winning rural areas. It's about shifting them 5 points to the left.
If it's 10 points instead lmao
If it's 10 points instead lmao
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I have done this thing over and over again where I have encouraged people to understand it's not about winning rural areas. It's about shifting them 5 points to the left.
If it's 10 points instead lmao
If it's 10 points instead lmao
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
If you know Georgia, Roswell flipping blue is a big deal.
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
December 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If you know Georgia, Roswell flipping blue is a big deal.
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
The official policy of the Trump Administration is ignorant bigotry. We’re asked, under principles including charity, to assume that people support the administration despite that policy, not specifically because of it. I am increasingly unwilling to extend that charity.
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The official policy of the Trump Administration is ignorant bigotry. We’re asked, under principles including charity, to assume that people support the administration despite that policy, not specifically because of it. I am increasingly unwilling to extend that charity.
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
It’s Giving Tuesday! There are so many worthy causes to give to today.
But if you’re considering giving to a media organization, I hope you’ll keep Lawfare in mind.
I’m really proud of the journalism (yes, journalism!) produced by our small but scrappy non-profit.
givebutter.com/journalism/a...
But if you’re considering giving to a media organization, I hope you’ll keep Lawfare in mind.
I’m really proud of the journalism (yes, journalism!) produced by our small but scrappy non-profit.
givebutter.com/journalism/a...
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It’s Giving Tuesday! There are so many worthy causes to give to today.
But if you’re considering giving to a media organization, I hope you’ll keep Lawfare in mind.
I’m really proud of the journalism (yes, journalism!) produced by our small but scrappy non-profit.
givebutter.com/journalism/a...
But if you’re considering giving to a media organization, I hope you’ll keep Lawfare in mind.
I’m really proud of the journalism (yes, journalism!) produced by our small but scrappy non-profit.
givebutter.com/journalism/a...
Reposted by Ondine, MD ☕️
This'll be in 2028 ads
Trump on Tim Walz: "I think the man is a grossly incompetent man. I thought that from the day I watched JD destroy him in the debate. I was saying, 'Who's more incompetent, that man or my man?' I had a man and he had a man. They were both incompetent."
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This'll be in 2028 ads