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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Sep 7

Can you imagine if the Wakefield paper never saw the light of day and where we might be now?

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Apr 18

What a time to be alive

a cartoon of a man with a beard and a hat says yar

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Apr 18

AI turned me into some sort of Disney snake whisperer 🤣

Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Apr 17

Gotta love AI #MedSky #SkyRx

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Apr 7

Pong Pong!

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Mar 24

This is very true 🐍

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Mar 22

Bathroom, hallway, CT…

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Mar 21

Horrible ideas overheard in the emergency department, Pt 53:
“Let’s wait to intubate the patient in the ICU.”

a man in a helmet is making a funny face and saying `` i see no problem here `` .

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Mar 11

Oh jeez, that does not sound relieving at all!

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Justin Brower @naturespoisons.bsky.social · Mar 11

It's time for Tox Tuesday and some fountain pen structures! This beast is BREVETOXIN-1, produced by the marine dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. It is also the cause of neurotoxic shellfish poisoning (NSP). But aside from harming humans, it also harms our economy, so buckle up!

The chemical structure of brevetoxin-1, drawn with a TWSBI ECO fountain pen and Iroshizuko Kon-peki ink (a vibrant blue).

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Mar 11

Hell yeah, go get it! May the spirit of Ronnie Coleman be with you

Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Mar 11

I feel this… AZ is just on big dust bowl. Every night cetirizine or loratadine (whatever 90 day bottle I buy) is the routine. 👃🏼💦

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Mar 11

Pulled the trigger on a new whip (X6 Msport)… slapped on some fresh tint and ceramic coating! My Jeep (2019 Grand Cherokee) just couldn’t cooperate after 3 waters pumps… now needing a 4th, oil leaking from everywhere, and engine mounts blown. 😎

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Mar 9

Your kid is BOSS

Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Mar 9

Starting House M.D. again…

swoon ganz @swoonganz.medsky.social · Mar 1

I am unwell**

**watching the entirety of Grey's Anatomy from the beginning

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Feb 24

You’ve already done so much for the fields of EM & Tox… I look forward to all your future endeavors.
(Pleeeeeaase don’t burn out!)

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Feb 24

Congrats on the upcoming 👶🏻

Still working on projects from fellowship & now, my post-fellow job is asking me to projects (somewhat optional) amongst other groups asking for me to join projects/research.

I get it, b/c if you pass an opportunity, it may not come back & you want to remain relevant.

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Feb 23

Get out the sledgehammer: phenobarbital.

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Feb 23

Today marks the end of an era… said adios to my Jeep after 7 years, but at 46,000 miles I shouldn’t be on my 3rd water pump needing a 4th, engine mounts shot & an oil leak from who knows where🤷🏻‍♂️. Found this note in my car from my first month of owning it brand new after someone smashed it🤣#ByeByeJeep

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Feb 20

Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica… chaos

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Feb 20

What’s happening with the US government reminds me of this story (great book btw):
Libertarians took over a town in NH in 2004 and gutted its services, cut taxes, etc. Less than 8 yrs later things had gotten so bad that black bears were breaking into homes and killing people for the first time ever.

The Town That Went Feral

When a group of libertarians set about scrapping their local government, chaos descended. And then the bears moved in.

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Justin Brower @naturespoisons.bsky.social · Feb 16

The striped pajama squid are one of the few organisms that are both venomous AND poisonous. They can inject tetrodotoxin with their tiny teeth, and they secrete a poisonous slime when threatened to deter predators. So don't let it bite you and don't bite it. Besides, it's super cute.

A striped pajama squid. They're about 2 inches long and are white with black stripes that run lengthwise down its body.

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Rider coasting on that follower count from one time thirst trap @ridertoast.bsky.social · Feb 7

Girrlllll it’s BRAT winter (norovirus)

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Feb 6

Glad you enjoyed!

Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Dec 29

Well, now you have a good reason to make tacos!

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Thom Mack @thommytox.bsky.social · Dec 29

OMG Karen!!!

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