dear olympics, it's been a pretty exhausting week in the hospital, with a lot of moral injury, and my brain and souls are tired, so I would please like more feel good stories, and fewer crashy sad stories. thank you, me

y'all I have learned SO MUCH about trachs in the past week how did I manage to not know these things before

these Journavx commercials are a LOT

I am very tired and would prefer not to drive home in snow 😭😭😭😭😭

Don't agree with Cato Inst on much. But: Very glad they have quantified what has been obvious for years.

if I sign up to donate blood on a night I am "back-up" for urgent care, then karma will make sure I'm not called in, right? also if anyone has hints on how to convince that weird infrared anemia screener that I have enough blood in my body (it just dislikes my fingertips & toes!)... lemme know 🙃

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/02/n... Thank goodness

It’s gonna reach 32 whole degrees today! Genuinely excited

No #HBV reactivation/incident infxn in PLH w isolated anti-HBc after switching to CAB/RPV #HIV #IDSky #MedSky academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

I highly recommend @patrickching.bsky.social latest commentary in @ashejournal.bsky.social describing: -the history of contact precautions -the need for balance ⚖️ between the benefits of gowns/gloves with their cost/environmental impact www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #IDSky

“Move is dramatic departure for advisory group under Kirk Milhoan, who says he doesn’t like the term ‘established science’…. ‘Science is what I observe.’” 😬🧐😳 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Successfully stayed warm at the #BostonIceOut protest, and it only took two layers of long underwear, snow pants, vest, light puffy, warm puffy, buff, scarf, hat, two layers of gloves, two layers of socks, toe warmers, and boots 😂 🧤

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Golly gee whiz dang what a shocker

It is terribly heartbreaking that this valuable advice is necessary from @glaucomflecken.bsky.social rather than just enjoying his funny medical content. But please do educate yourself and keep yourself safe. #LookForTheHelpers #medsky #protests #ophthosky #safety youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...

youtu.be/Q1VDxMe54Og?... This song is on my mind tonight “Because we have, and they have not, because they want what we have got- the enemy is poverty, and the wall keeps out the enemy, and we build the wall to keep us free- that’s why we build the wall, we build the wall to keep us free.”

I dug out a parking spot in front of my apartment and it was one of the most satisfying things I've done in the past year.

I mean, I know plenty of people have already pointed this out, but it needs to be hammered home that this is how fascism works. It demands you accept lies as truth, even when we’ve all seen who has actually been demanding violence (Trump and his goons).

This training is great for anyone you know who may be wondering how they can help when ICE comes to their city The second speaker, Marjorie, a regular mom from Minneapolis, gave such a straightforward but emotional account of what she does and why she does it ❤️

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/26/m... Nope. Nope nope nope. Cuz you see, the isn’t enough space for more snow, and I can’t lift snow higher than my shoulder level/head. And also we have too many unhoused people living in tents & cold kills & frostbite is awful. So simply not allowed. Nope.

I fell in love with Brass Solidarity at HonkFest. What wonderful musicians and lovely people and dedicated activists they are! brasssolidarity.com

Okay, so I was at this table with my friend the bubble letterer, who wrote “Free” in their PROFESSIONAL-grade bubble letters. It made someone big mad. So bubble person and I made some #popupleftistsupplydepot merch. Proceeds to MIRAC MN. Popupsupplies.printful.me

Today marks a major moment for child health: the AAP has released its updated 2026 childhood and adolescent immunization schedule. Updated annually to reflect the latest scientific evidence, this year’s schedule is formally endorsed by 12 leading medical and healthcare organizations. bit.ly/4r5KbaQ

🎯 The people organizing in MSP aren't paid. They're the ones who get your kids to every doc appt, sports practice & music lesson, get costumes for plays/holidays, volunteer in classrooms, coordinate kid-swaps on snow days w/other working moms & know all your kids friends' allergies & fave snacks.

“Ask any doctor who worked with him and they will tell you: he protected. He taught. He defended women colleagues. He bought coffee for broken interns. He made the ICU more human. That is what great nurses do. They don’t just carry out orders. They carry the unit.” -A physician friend of Pretti

Brief break from reflecting upon the rise of fascist police state to note that every time I shovel snow, I am reminded how badly I need to start doing upper body exercise and weight training and yet…. Here we are again, with me weak and struggling 😬🪏

Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics

As we work to combat the Right-wing smear campaigns against Renee Good and Alex Pretti, I hope we'll also think of the countless others--disproportionately people marginalized by racism--who have been vilified to justify state violence and abuse, and who haven't had legions come to their defense.

Clear video demonstrating that not only was he NOT brandishing a gun at them But he was helping others in the last moments of his life

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Of course

"The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. ... "Next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

I am trying to NOT be disappointed that the states must likely to delight in meme-able ice warnings are slated to get light powder during this storm 😆

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Y’all I was on the STRUGGLE BUS this morning, had terrible (unusual for me in middle of day) headache/migraine, felt my nervous system was on edge, felt HARD to be kind/patient and impossible to finish notes, headache improved w meds & hydration but felt off, worried it was COVID….

There’s no way I could vote to give ICE more money. Let’s be clear: ICE is now one of the wealthiest law enforcement agencies in this country, and they continue to prove they are ineffective and unqualified. (1/2)

SAME

Harrowing NY Times expose of the FBI, with some operational details of Minneapolis investigations & comments from ex-agents on the current federal occupation. The FBI is more fucked than you expect, which makes them less effective AND more dangerous. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (gift link)

I mean why did they name the icier one Greenland anyways? Really it’s Erik The Red’s fault, we can’t expect the President of the United States to keep it straight. 😳🧐🫣

It is an irrefutable fact that only once has a NATO country invoked article 5 after an attack. It was the United States. We asked for help. NATO allies answered. No amount of blathering will change this fact.

Threatening someone if they don’t want to join your Extra Special Peace Club you made up is not very, you know, peaceful.

I audibly gasped at this shortsighted move. We have failed to help the public understand that health isn't an individual issue, that you can't build a wall to keep disease out, and that community health is key to individual well-being. We see this with vaccination and we see it here. 💔

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... I don’t know if Putin being on the “board of peace” or the $1bn fee to become a permanent member is going to make my head explode more, but…. 🤯

New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for. My story:

“Radical” idea: housng is the appropriate intervention for homelessness www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Do to not receiving ____[this extraordinary award/honor]____, I no longer feel obliged to __[do this normal/appropriate/expected thing]___

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Today in #practicinggratitide even though I had to work yesterday and have to shovel tomorrow and fascism makes me very tired 🙃: - I have a dishwasher and it works very well. This is lovely. - I got to see some of my favorite people from residency today & get & receive hugs.