Scott Fabricant MD PhD

Most woke doctor in the country, some say.

I'd bet solid money that cefazolin is the #1 most-avoided drug do to fear of drug allergy, and it almost never needs to be avoided in penicillin-allergy. Et tu, @pharmermeg.bsky.social ?

Eel Facts!

I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.

The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!

Also, LET THEM EAT PIZZA

because maybe sometimes people just want some damn yummy pizza and forget the world is a dumpster fire and we shouldn’t be judging people’s choices

I'm so bored of bad faith punditry. I'm so bored of overt lying. Make Consequences Great Again.

Many of the propagandists of Autocracy, Inc., have learned from the mistakes of the twentieth century. They don’t offer their fellow citizens a vision of utopia, and they don’t inspire them to build a better world. Instead, they teach people to be cynical and passive, because there is no better world to build. Their goal is to persuade people to mind their own business, stay out of politics, and never hope for a democratic alternative: Our state may be corrupt, but everyone else is corrupt too. You may not like our leader, but the others are worse. You may not like our society, but at least we are strong and the democratic world is weak, degenerate, divided, dying.

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.

I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

The question to ask is ‘what work does this lie do.’

Wilhoit's law, but for seeing people's humanity. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Class solidarity is hard, unless you're part of the elite pundit class. Punditry does not break on the Left/Right lines, simply us vs them. This was illustrated very clearly after a certain recent high profile death.

The @nytimes.com is certainly not currently - and may have never been - liberal or leftist. The only people who say that are bad faith actors who wish to push the Overton Window right enough to normalize places like Breitbart or OAN.

Why would you want to keep your health care reform secret unless it's going to make a bad situation much worse? You don't hide things that you're not ashamed of.

Mini Australian Shepard lunging for a blue and orange ball in the park

Mini Australian Shepard laying down and panting next to a blue and orange ball in the park

Something that I appreciate about my dog is that her body size and her intelligence are fairly aligned. She is about as big as, and about as smart as, a 10 to 12 month old baby. Compare that to a Great Dane. Would you want a 150 lb toddler??

🌟 ABX Pearl of the Day:

❓ Q: Treating HAP/VAP? 🤔 Can we go shorter than 7 days?

💡A: Yes! While 7 days is the norm, evidence supports shorter courses in specific cases. Let’s break it down! 👇

#IDsky #medsky #meded #pharmsky #skyRX #AMSsky

If you thought masked, unidentified federal agents grabbing people off the street were a frightening step toward dystopia, wait until it's private contractors chasing cash bonuses for rounding up human beings at scale

Please and thank you

WHO Says Over 460 People Reportedly Killed At A Hospital Taken By Sudanese Paramilitary Forces The head of the U.N. health agency says more than 460 people were reportedly killed in a hospital in Sudan's western Darfur region.

More than 460 people were reportedly killed in a North Darfur hospital that was overrun by Sudanese paramilitary forces, the WHO said

Republicans understand that the best way to kill social programs is to paint their beneficiaries as Black, as support for these programs declines — even amongst white people who need them — when they think large numbers of Black people will benefit.

news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...

Retailers Dealing With Increasing Levels of Theft and Violence Report emphasizes importance of preventive measures, coordination with law enforcement

can't believe outlets are running moral-panic headlines again based on flimsy anecdata from the *same* trade group (the national retailer federation) and sponsored by the *same* anti-theft company (sensormatic) that had to retract this *same* "study" just two years ago for being bogus.

This has been such an Illuminating part of our current moment:

It’s revealed just how unwilling those with actual power are to even just ask tough questions, while highlighting how willing pajama-wearing suburbanites are to physically drive off guys armed with actual guns.

As the spooky season comes to a close, I realize that those of us in medicine are basically witches. We brew potions (with the help of Pharmacy), we recite incantations (called "rounds") and spells (on Epic), we even wear pointy hats (during graduation). Do med students count as familiars? 🧙‍♂️ #MedSky

Such a perfect example of what we all give up when we refuse to address basic inequalities. I don't want to live in a country where all the public space is militarized to keep hungry people from stealing food, just give them money to buy food!

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Isn't digging through the mixed bag to find your favorite part of the fun? Taking away the thrill of the hunt! 😂

This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

when I worked in community services in the US, I helped fill out SNAP applications for people who'd once had successful careers as lawyers, healthcare professionals, bankers. The jaws of poverty can snap shut on anyone.

In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape

Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.

Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:

Maybe this is just how he actually feels, optics be darned. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

One would hope. 😭😭

Lmao they're on a tight schedule 😂😂😂