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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS

@dimitridrekonja.bsky.social

Infectious Disease doc and clinical researcher; runner, biker, liberal, gardener, hiker, and canoer. Professor @U of MN; Minneapolis VA ID. All posts my own. #BLM #abolishbillionaires

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Yup

02.12.2025 04:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She is such an awful person ๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคฎ

02.12.2025 03:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Youโ€™re right. I should take encouragement from how heโ€™s handled the shutdown, the Mamdani election, etc

Iโ€™ll wait with bated breath for him to surprise me ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

02.12.2025 01:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Other outlets with the same sentiment: โ€œHe predicted that impeachment would be off the tableโ€

-The Hill (also not my favorite)

02.12.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Controversial take: we deserve an opposition leader who stands up and says administration officials canโ€™t murder people with impunity

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is not meeting the moment

02.12.2025 00:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do wellness grifters and concierge medicine docs order these types of scans? Probably. Is there a (valid) reason to order them for a โ€œhealthyโ€ man? Absolutely not.

01.12.2025 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When Biden outlives Trump and gives articulate comments to the media about his legacy, @jaketapper.bsky.social will be there to talk about how he looked frail doing so ๐Ÿ™„

01.12.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œTracers in the Darkโ€ (Greenberg) and โ€œNumbers go upโ€ (Faux) were really good (the first particularly laid out how some academics/students were able to decipher anonymous online accounts and assign names/identities to them)

01.12.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My knowledge comes from a couple of good books, but my understanding js that yes, once you know who owns the โ€œwalletโ€ the crypto came from, it is VERY traceable- but establishing the ownership requires carelessness from the crooks or a lot of high-tech sleuthing

01.12.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Probably one of the biggest. I guess I should have gone with โ€œbuying/doing illegal stuffโ€

01.12.2025 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I defy anyone to explain the purpose of any of these currencies beyond:
1) bribery
2) buying illegal stuff

There is no legitimate reason for cryptocurrency

01.12.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dr Bill Cassidy has difficulty with meaning of โ€œweโ€ ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„

01.12.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Unplowed bike path on Minnehaha parkway

Unplowed bike path on Minnehaha parkway

Unplowed bike path on Minnehaha parkway, bridge over creek

Unplowed bike path on Minnehaha parkway, bridge over creek

Running in the road; all bike paths around Nokomis covered in snow

Running in the road; all bike paths around Nokomis covered in snow

@minneapolismn.gov whatโ€™s up with not plowing the bike paths >48 hours after the snow??? This is Minnehaha and Nokomis; was a long slog to work this morning.

01.12.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

100% agree.

01.12.2025 04:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If a patient in the hospital talks like this you have a care conference with family members to discuss goals of care and capacity to make decisions ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

01.12.2025 04:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just like if at the poker table you donโ€™t know who the mark is, itโ€™s you;

If you donโ€™t know which body part they scanned, itโ€™s the part involved with knowing things ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜ณ

01.12.2025 02:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.

If the Venezuelan sailors werenโ€™t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.

Itโ€™s that simple.

30.11.2025 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21089    ๐Ÿ” 6181    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 321    ๐Ÿ“Œ 201

Looking through some of the glossy magazines that show up (MN Monthly, Mpls/StPaul); the full page medical ads are such BS: โ€œpeptide therapy, biohacking for health optimization and longevityโ€ฆand other regenerative therapiesโ€

In other words: quackery. Expensive quackery ๐Ÿคฎ

01.12.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Not sure what the hope is here; when you lie about stuff almost everyone knows is BS, whatโ€™s the point? Do they think some people believe that while they pay 3 dollars a gallon for gas, someone else is paying less than 2 dollars, and that is supposed to make them feel good? Weird.

30.11.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kids dying of COVID shots? Vinay Prasad stepping out?

Both supported by online claims ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

30.11.2025 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bernese mountain dog rolled on his back on the couch

Bernese mountain dog rolled on his back on the couch

Between fresh snow and my couch buddy, hard to get out for a run ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

30.11.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yup. This student just set sail on the aggrieved right-winger gravy train. If theyโ€™re blond and conventionally attractive they can try pull off the Riley Gaines grift ๐Ÿ™„

30.11.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remind me the primary purpose of Universities?

Apparently itโ€™s to have a winning football team, cost be damned ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

30.11.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Runner in Minnehaha parkway with a car approaching her next to an unplowed biking/running path

Runner in Minnehaha parkway with a car approaching her next to an unplowed biking/running path

The one thing I thought having a former pro runner as mayor of Minneapolis would get us was excellent plowing of running paths. No such luck๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

30.11.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Same tree; now with ~15 candles

Same tree; now with ~15 candles

Oops; thought I was done- forgot the candles. Now done ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

30.11.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Lady slipper ornament (momโ€™s work)

Lady slipper ornament (momโ€™s work)

Loon and oriole ornaments

Loon and oriole ornaments

Kid ornament from 20 years ago

Kid ornament from 20 years ago

Not as old, but kid ornament from ~10 years ago

Not as old, but kid ornament from ~10 years ago

Some of my faves

30.11.2025 03:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Skinny Christmas tree in our corner nook

Skinny Christmas tree in our corner nook

My favorite part- the tree reflected 6 times in the windows

My favorite part- the tree reflected 6 times in the windows

Tree is up; growing up it was always put up on the 24th, but Iโ€™ve gotten used to getting it up early- especially since with the long nights, the extra light is nice. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

30.11.2025 03:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The fact that @cnn.com chooses to platform her is all the reason I need to never watch them. They are complicit.

29.11.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For the love of god, @nytimes.com , get someone to explain VAERS reporting to you and how relying on it is not remotely close to evidence of causality

29.11.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Get your vaccine info from people like @eliowa.bsky.social, @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social, @idsainfo.bsky.social, and other experts. The FDA and CDC are dead. Perhaps to be resurrected in the future, but for now they are not trustworthy ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

29.11.2025 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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