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Scott Fabricant MD PhD @safabric.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hi #MedSky and #IDsky, I'm a first year ID fellow in Boston (but a NYC boy at heart, also part-time Australian, long story). I enjoy all things ID but my passions are improving care for infections related to drug use, plus LGBTQ and sexual health, and making healthcare more welcoming for all.

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Scott Fabricant MD PhD @safabric.bsky.social · 15h

You say Least, but I think they're the Most. 🥰

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Shannon O’Mac @shannonomac.bsky.social · 22h

He cited her warning that "the ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 23h

The new pope is quoting Hannah Arendt. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 22h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Scott Fabricant MD PhD @safabric.bsky.social · 18h

Are we Efficient yet?

Cynthia K Wallace MD, MSPH, etc @patientdoc.bsky.social · 20h

oops, no, administrative coding error please come back…

MMWR, EIS, Ebola and measles teams told firing was in error. #IDSky

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Scott Fabricant MD PhD @safabric.bsky.social · 18h

😬😬😬 to both of you

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Scott Fabricant MD PhD @safabric.bsky.social · 19h

I understood all the alternatives, but I need to know more about the chosen four words.

Scott Fabricant MD PhD @safabric.bsky.social · 20h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"Cefiderocol-resistant Pseudomonas osteomyelitis" 👻👻

Darren Irwin (he / him) @darrenirwin.bsky.social · 20h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"Developed new species concept"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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

“For more than 3 hours, officers can be seen walking past while he lay on the floor in his urine in obvious distress…noting he was foaming at the mouth & having seizure-like activity…mistaking his medical emergency for a drug overdose…”

Except a drug overdose is also a medical emergency...

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Scott Fabricant MD PhD @safabric.bsky.social · 1d

It is truly tragic what has become of the @nytimes.com in the past 5-ish years. They have not gotten a cent from me in a long time.

Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 3d

And who is the author of this op-ed? The billionaire CEO of an asset management firm who helped author the compact.

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 1d

every single dem should be taking notes. this is how you message around trans issues

(of note: i believe he is the only cis candidate for office to have trans people consult on his lgtbq+ policy platform)

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Scott Fabricant MD PhD @safabric.bsky.social · 1d

My guess is cheese - assuming equal weight - since the fish sticks will also have more carbs, but maybe the cheese is more fat by weight which could give fish the edge...

Scott Fabricant MD PhD @safabric.bsky.social · 1d

I became a physician. 100% [circa 2016] Twitter's doing.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 5d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 2d

MIT was one of nine universities asked by Trump to sign an agreement in early October to ensure access to federal funding and grants, with stipulations involving international students and race or sex factors in admissions.
factors.

MIT won't sign. www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...

White House asks 9 universities to sign agreement to ensure access to grants and other federal benefits

A White House compact asks universities to freeze their tuition for five years and ban the use of sex and gender as criteria used in admissions.

www.cbsnews.com

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 2d

“Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.” (gift article) Go, MIT!

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Scott Fabricant MD PhD @safabric.bsky.social · 2d

Unfortunately, one imagines that is the goal.

The BMJ @bmj.com · 2d

The Trump administration and its allies have taken several steps to ensure that medical schools in the US dismantle all diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

It is patients who will be the victims of this, write @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

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

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 4d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 2d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3d

Given these numbers, we might ask why he makes so much noise about undocumented migrants on Medicaid.

I'd argue maybe because: the real goal is to cut the Medicaid that legally goes to US citizen kids of undocumented migrants, but that's politically a harder sell.
abcnews.go.com/Health/emerg...

Emergency Medicaid for undocumented immigrants accounts for less than 1% of state spending: Study

Emergency Medicaid for undocumented immigrants made up only 0.4% of total Medicaid spending in 2022, a new study published Thursday finds.

abcnews.go.com

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Scott Fabricant MD PhD @safabric.bsky.social · 3d

Is it sad? 😭

Scott Fabricant MD PhD @safabric.bsky.social · 3d

@zoonotic1.bsky.social okay but why don't we have Cerenia for humans? Our only meds in class are really expensive infusions reserved for chemo nausea. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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