Patrick Jackson

Prasad is an oncologist of modest intellectual capabilities who pickled his brain on Twitter during the pandemic

this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth

A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.

he was murdered for doing public health

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

Yall outside of MN need to know that observers are STILL out protecting their neighbors. Right now. They know the news and they’re still out there.

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

*youth pastor voice* You know who else protested in a house of prayer…

Today in Minneapolis, an ICE agent murdered an unarmed, nonviolent person, shooting her in the face multiple times. The video—which many of you may have seen by now—is truly horrific. But, as the National Indivisible organization said, it is not unexpected: “ICE and CBP brutality is not an aberration. It is the predictable result of an authoritarian regime that has empowered federal agents to occupy neighborhoods, target immigrant communities, and operate with impunity.” We stand with the people of Minneapolis, and with every community across the nation defending each other from ICE attacks and kidnappings. We will continue to do everything in our power to rise up against this authoritarian regime with so much blood on their hands. We will protest. We will defend each other. We will not shut up, and we will not cooperate with hate. We demand our local, state, and national elected officials do everything in their power to stop being complicit with this corrupt and authoritarian administration. That starts with a public commitment to vote to abolish ICE, to prosecute all agents who commit criminal acts, and to use all legal powers and authorities to refuse cooperation with federal immigration agencies. Now is the time to break your silence. Silence is complicity and only enables more murders. Speak out to abolish ICE now. ICE and CBP must leave our communities NOW. Every person involved in this murder must be held fully accountable under the law, without special treatment and without excuses. Abolish ICE.

Our statement on the horrific actions by ICE in Minneapolis. #AbolishICE

Scully let's split up. I'll interview this beautiful botanist and you go check out the sewer system full of human bones

Trump and RFK Jr are dismantling public health—aided and abetted by powerful doctors High profile physicians should be using their positions of power to resist Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them, say Gavin Yamey and Jonathan Shaffer President Donald Trump and secretary of health and human services Robert F Kennedy Jr have held many press events during which they have promoted dangerous health misinformation.1 2 Despite taking an oath to“first do no harm,” influential doctors have stood by Trump and RFK Jr’s sides during these briefings, lending their support. The wider medical community needs to tackle this phenomenon with evidence based strategies, including warning the public about the risks of misleading information, highlighting scientific consensus, mapping the institutional networks that spread controversial information, and countering them using political and legal strategies.3

Trump & RFK Jr.'s coterie of bootlicking doctors are real pieces of shit, we argue in the British Medical Journal, essentially.

Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...

This is the least of Trump’s many crimes but “Thank you for your attention to this matter” should only be used when the message requires action from a reader you hate.

Guest column | What viruses an infectious-disease doctor is watching for in 2026 I research virus outbreaks around the world. Here’s what I’ll be keeping an eye on in 2026 that could cause infections in unexpected places or cases.

I wrote a thing about viruses to watch out for in 2026: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Thanks!

When you think about it, D-Day was really just executing a no-knock warrant

For the past three decades, kids in the UK got wild-type varicella unnecessarily. The costs of bad vaccine policy aren’t obvious but they are real.

When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?

Tom is right person for this moment - someone who cares deeply about his constituents and is willing to fight for them

Perriello Endorsement 2026 — Indivisible Charlottesville Our values. Our movement. Indivisible Charlottesville endorses Tom Perriello because he shares our commitment to democracy, civil rights, and people-powered change.

The Board & Executive Committee of Indivisible Charlottesville are proud to endorse Tom Perriello for Congress in Virginia’s 5th District! @tomperriello.bsky.social has shown, time and again, that he puts #PeopleBeforePolitics.

So far, my two uses for AI are:
1. Writing snippets of R code I could look up on Stack Overflow if I was less lazy, and
2. Generating text that never needed to exist in the first place (reports that will never be read, prior authorizations, etc)

It did. Current state is that the plan is paused and a survey should have been distributed regarding the policy. I can forward to you if you don’t have it.

I actually think this is important. It is not the case that the Danish immunization schedule would be fine if we had a universal healthcare system. Even in that context, it is stupid and leads to unnecessary morbidity.

I disagree only slightly: the Danish immunization schedule is also not adapted for the realities of Denmark

Jan 7 grant deadline is diabolical

Do I think I know better than Denmark’s ministry of health? Yes, I do

R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s

My considered opinion as an infectious diseases expert is that Denmark’s vaccination schedule is fucking stupid www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...

The coup is complete

Americans who die young from preventable infectious diseases are only making the rest of us stronger.

by RFK Jr.

FWIW, I think this refers to the Bookstore’s One Access plan and the Faculty Senate has been briefed and provided comments. On the agenda for Senate tomorrow unless it gets bumped by the imminent selection of a new president.

A very crowded room.

Packed house for @tomperriello.bsky.social campaign kickoff.