Casey Means is hesitating to answer Tim Kaine when he asks her if the flu vaccine works. Disqualifying through and through. One of the least qualified people to ever be nominated.

Sharing ahead of Casey Means’ Surgeon General confirmation hearing tomorrow:

Sarah McLarnon, PhD (UNC) Taylor Kress, PhD (Duke) and Brendyn Miller, PhD (Wake Forest) present their research at Duke Nephrology Grand Rounds as trainees part of the NC TRIO NIH U2C/TL1 training grant

my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek

Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.

I am seeing quite a few nurses calling for a nationwide strike over the killing of Alex Pretti. I think we are seeing one of the largest workforces being radicalized before our very eyes.

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

ICE are indistinguishable from a terrorist organization

are they not monsters?

ICE are thug scum

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?

Show 1411: Could Your Kidneys Be Failing You? The Hidden Epidemic Affecting Millions (Archive) www.peoplespharmacy.com/articles/sho... via @peoplespharmacy #kidneys #kidneyfailure #nephrology #health

And now with this mix - followed by a zebrafish mention @littlebiggloms.bsky.social

This installation is located at a church in Charlotte.

As a doctor I recommend the AAP childhood vaccine schedule. 😎

"To be a Jew is to be an agent of hope in a world serially threatened by despair. Judaism is a sustained struggle against the world that is, in the name of the world that could be, should be, but is not yet." - Jonathan Sacks May we be a light in dark places. #HappyHannukah

After 5700-odd years we still have not standardized Hannukah candle size smh

BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed. The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week. This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...

this shit is just beyond parody, man

#NephSky as I ask every match day, what is the deal? Endocrinology and Rheumatology (what I would consider the closest comps to nephro) are following almost of their spots while we continue to...not. Do we simply have too many spots?

this is just gutter racism

Prada is all of us right now.

An announcement www.nephjc.com/news/2025/11... #NephJC @kidneyboy.bsky.social and moi hand over the @nephjc.bsky.social reigns to @nephroseeker.medsky.social & @brianrifkin.bsky.social

With ICE in the Triangle, UNC student and faculty groups are joining to demand that our Campus leadership ensure the safety of its students and staff in the face of domestic terrorism! @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social + TransparUNCy +SUNRISE UNC

We will not report anything without confirmation which we do independently. If you see something, the best place to call is @siembranc.bsky.social’s hotline. Also please follow them.

REMODELing Mechanistic Trials for Kidney Disease: a multi-modal, tissue-centered approach to understand the renal mechanism of action of #semaglutide doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.10.005 #OpenAccess #MedSky #NephSky #CKD #diabetes @uwnephrology.bsky.social @umich.edu @kidney-resrch-inst.bsky.social

The 2025 #NephMadness logo dropped #kidneywk ajkdblog.org/2025/11/06/n...

If you're not at the #KidneyWk plenary this morning, you are missing @robcaliff.bsky.social absolutely putting people on notice about the real issues we face in US healthcare. Great speech.

Among more than 800 000 CKD-PC participants, discordance between cystatin C and creatinine eGFR values was associated with increased risk of death, cardiovascular events, and kidney failure. #KidneyWK @asnkidney.bsky.social ja.ma/4oV4DtU

And @brendonneuen.bsky.social with another simultaneous pub in @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Flozination by GFR/albuminuria #KidneyWk

REMODEL is fantastic demonstration of what we can do with collaborative effort to perform what Kathy Tuttle calls mechanistic clinical trials! Semaglutide provides kidney protection via improvements in inflammation and microvascular function. Lots of data to parse going forward. #KidneyWk

ORIGIN phase 3 trial: In an interim analysis of a clinical trial, atacicept, a fusion protein that binds and inhibits two cytokines thought to be central to the pathophysiology of IgA nephropathy, significantly reduced proteinuria. nej.md/3JEq8QL @asnkidney.bsky.social | #KidneyWk

Application for #NephSIM Nephrons are due 11/13: A 6-mo virtual program for US medical students/residents interested in learning more about #nephrology & neph careers Learn more at the #KidneyWk @kidney.org @nkf-professionals.bsky.social booth in the Exhibition Hall 🫘 nephsim.com/nephsim-neph...

Eli Lilly continuing to hit it out the park Selective amylin agonist as an alternative to GLP1RAs? #eloralintide www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... in @thelancet.com (Yeah I know it’s #KidneyWk but what do we do till Houston wakes up!) cc @rnflex.bsky.social

Is watching Independence Day while I eat take out in my room for preparation for #KidneyWk? Hell yes it is! Tomorrow, let us celebrate our Independence Day...from kidney diseases!

It's been real #ObesityWeek! Thanks for letting some nephrons share your space. Off to HOU for the start of #KidneyWk on my CKM tour!

Ummmm…

Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland

How do you all think ASN kidney week international attendance will be like this year? Just got an email about one of the collaborative groups. I work with having half as many as expected coming… #Tariffslawlessnessandsuch @hswapnil.medsky.social

The opening plenary at #KidneyWk looks phenomenal Renal RCT Renaissance is upon us (LBCT list drops tomorrow) www.asn-online.org/education/ki...

Okay, I have been absentee for a while now but I had to come back for this one just to see what @hswapnil.medsky.social would say! COI: strongly prejudiced against dietary restriction in almost every form #NephJC

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

ICYMI: How diet affects atherosclerosis in obesity… @aweinstock.bsky.social & team show short-term caloric restriction resolves atherosclerosis inflammation in obese mice, but weight regain accelerates its adverse effects: buff.ly/ieqwQ3O

Casey Means, the influencer who did not complete medical training but is nominated for Surgeon General, has been extremely critical of financial conflicts of interest in medicine. But she has made hundreds of thousands shilling supplements like algae & basil seed, and from investments in big tobacco

Apropos of nothing in particular, always good to KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. www.aclusocal.org/en/know-your...

It is impossible to explain to civilians how it feels to finally, FINALLY, land a clearly within-payline NIH grant score and then have it go unfunded because of all this regime bullshit. You all have my sympathies. Unfair doesn’t even begin to describe it.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: “Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”