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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Intro post since seeing lots of new faces. I’m an infectious diseases physician & researcher, with a focus on urinary infections and C. difficile. Passionate about public health, politics, & healthcare reform. Post about all of the above, plus COVID, life in Minneapolis, & dog pics 👍🏻 Hi and welcome!
As long as they can watch fake videos huddled under their blankets, it’s ok 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Data Centers in Texas Could Lead to Blackouts in the Middle of Winter, Group Warns gizmodo.com/data-centers...
Data Centers in Texas Could Lead to Blackouts in the Middle of Winter, Group Warns
Data centers can warp an already strained electrical grid, a report claims.
gizmodo.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
As long as they can watch fake videos huddled under their blankets, it’s ok 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
“So angry” that “he considered” doing something, but “ultimately decided against it”
So. Fucking. Typical.
This is what passes for a GOP congressman with a spine 🙄
So. Fucking. Typical.
This is what passes for a GOP congressman with a spine 🙄
NEW: Rep. Don Bacon tells @axios.com he was “so angry” last week about the Trump admin’s proposed Russia-Ukraine peace deal that he considered resigning in protest.
He ultimately decided against it, he says, but not before giving Mike Johnson an earful. www.axios.com/2025/11/25/d...
He ultimately decided against it, he says, but not before giving Mike Johnson an earful. www.axios.com/2025/11/25/d...
Scoop: GOP Rep. Don Bacon weighed resignation over Trump's Russia-Ukraine peace plan
Rep. Don Bacon said he was "so angry" at Trump's proposed Ukraine plan that he "thought about" resigning in protest.
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“So angry” that “he considered” doing something, but “ultimately decided against it”
So. Fucking. Typical.
This is what passes for a GOP congressman with a spine 🙄
So. Fucking. Typical.
This is what passes for a GOP congressman with a spine 🙄
Maybe 🤷🏻♂️
Maybe putting a dozen narcissistic poser Fox hosts in charge of sprawling federal agencies with millions of combined employees and vastly important responsibilities with enormous power wasn’t the greatest plan.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Maybe 🤷🏻♂️
TLDR: Trump is supporting Hamas financially
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 AM
TLDR: Trump is supporting Hamas financially
Reposted by Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS
The wrong MN senator is retiring 👇🏻
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The wrong MN senator is retiring 👇🏻
Also- how bad do you have to be at business to lose a billion???
Perfect guy to be in charge of our government 🤦🏻♂️
Perfect guy to be in charge of our government 🤦🏻♂️
Funny story, Jim Justice used to be a billionaire and the richest person in West Virginia, but apparently he's now in so much debt that his net worth is "less than zero" according to Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/christ...
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Also- how bad do you have to be at business to lose a billion???
Perfect guy to be in charge of our government 🤦🏻♂️
Perfect guy to be in charge of our government 🤦🏻♂️
🚨 blackmail risk 🚨
Funny story, Jim Justice used to be a billionaire and the richest person in West Virginia, but apparently he's now in so much debt that his net worth is "less than zero" according to Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/christ...
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
🚨 blackmail risk 🚨
Stat @merriam-webster.com consult for “charismatic” 😳😳😳
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Stat @merriam-webster.com consult for “charismatic” 😳😳😳
A trainee foreign medical grad recently asked me for advice on an infection their mom has; critically ill in home country. With current conditions, they can’t be there in critical illness and possible death.
Why would people want to come to be treated like this??
Why would people want to come to be treated like this??
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
A trainee foreign medical grad recently asked me for advice on an infection their mom has; critically ill in home country. With current conditions, they can’t be there in critical illness and possible death.
Why would people want to come to be treated like this??
Why would people want to come to be treated like this??
Almost any inhabited spot on earth is reachable within 24 hours. Well within the incubation period between exposure and symptoms.
By now
you have probably seen reports
about how H3N2 Flu
is spreading dangerously
in Japan,
but before you tell yourself
that you need not worry
as you are not in Japan,
remember:
you may not be there
but that doesn’t mean
that this virus
won’t find its way here.
you have probably seen reports
about how H3N2 Flu
is spreading dangerously
in Japan,
but before you tell yourself
that you need not worry
as you are not in Japan,
remember:
you may not be there
but that doesn’t mean
that this virus
won’t find its way here.
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Almost any inhabited spot on earth is reachable within 24 hours. Well within the incubation period between exposure and symptoms.
Reposted by Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS
Andor is so good, it's almost too good for Star Wars.
We got nine films of Spitfires in Space, wizards with glowing swords, Jim Henson's Muppets, plucky heroes, and operatic villains. And then we get a dark and harrowing treatise on tyranny, resistance, and the human cost to everyone involved.
We got nine films of Spitfires in Space, wizards with glowing swords, Jim Henson's Muppets, plucky heroes, and operatic villains. And then we get a dark and harrowing treatise on tyranny, resistance, and the human cost to everyone involved.
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Andor is so good, it's almost too good for Star Wars.
We got nine films of Spitfires in Space, wizards with glowing swords, Jim Henson's Muppets, plucky heroes, and operatic villains. And then we get a dark and harrowing treatise on tyranny, resistance, and the human cost to everyone involved.
We got nine films of Spitfires in Space, wizards with glowing swords, Jim Henson's Muppets, plucky heroes, and operatic villains. And then we get a dark and harrowing treatise on tyranny, resistance, and the human cost to everyone involved.
He makes Trump look semi-coherent 😳
When people say mediocre white men are allowed, encouraged to fail upward, this is what they mean.
This is a presidential cabinet secretary—Head of Health and Human Services. And dude is an anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorists, to boot.
This is a presidential cabinet secretary—Head of Health and Human Services. And dude is an anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorists, to boot.
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
He makes Trump look semi-coherent 😳
No other fascists ever did anything bad with a list of Jewish people 🤷🏻♂️
Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
No other fascists ever did anything bad with a list of Jewish people 🤷🏻♂️
Another reminder (if any needed) that Donald Trump picks people based on looks, and has no ability to assess talent. Hegseth. Alina Habba. And clearly this person 🙄
#ProudBlue
Interim U. S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan was UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED; therefore, the cases against James Comey & Leticia James are being thrown out by a federal judge.
Halligan had NO lawful authority to present the indictments.
BOOM!
apple.news/A8pusxJVWSn6...
Interim U. S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan was UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED; therefore, the cases against James Comey & Leticia James are being thrown out by a federal judge.
Halligan had NO lawful authority to present the indictments.
BOOM!
apple.news/A8pusxJVWSn6...
Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed — NBC News
The cases were dismissed without prejudice, meaning they can be refiled at a later date.
apple.news
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Another reminder (if any needed) that Donald Trump picks people based on looks, and has no ability to assess talent. Hegseth. Alina Habba. And clearly this person 🙄
The GOP is to health plans as Lucy is to the football...
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The GOP is to health plans as Lucy is to the football...
Mark Kelly has little to worry about 🙄
This administration can't win in court (unless it's SCOTUS, sigh)
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
This administration can't win in court (unless it's SCOTUS, sigh)
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Judge tosses cases against Comey and James, rules prosecutor appointment unlawful
The decision disqualifying Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. attorney sets back President Donald Trump’s efforts to use the Justice Department to target perceived rivals.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Mark Kelly has little to worry about 🙄
This administration can't win in court (unless it's SCOTUS, sigh)
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
This administration can't win in court (unless it's SCOTUS, sigh)
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Well no shit on the shoes thing, but not really what we need the secretary of transportation to be spending time on 🙄🙄🙄
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Well no shit on the shoes thing, but not really what we need the secretary of transportation to be spending time on 🙄🙄🙄
We’re really doing this, huh? GOP presidents just can’t resist attacking countries with oil and brown people 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Six airlines cancelled flights to Venezuela on Saturday, an industry group said, after the U.S. aviation regulator warned of dangers from "heightened military activity" amid a major buildup of American forces in the region.
www.cbsnews.com/news/airline...
www.cbsnews.com/news/airline...
6 airlines cancel flights in Venezuela after FAA warns of dangers from "heightened military activity"
The FAA urged civilian aircraft in Venezuelan airspace to "exercise caution" due to the "worsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around Venezuela."
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We’re really doing this, huh? GOP presidents just can’t resist attacking countries with oil and brown people 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Sorry kids. You can’t have jobs because it’s cheaper to get AI to do it 🤦🏻♂️
GOLDMAN has some tough words about the young college-grad unemployment rate rising to 8.5%. 👀
“.. A further deterioration in employment opportunities .. perhaps reflecting AI and other efficiency-enhancing measures .. could have a disproportionate negative impact on consumer spending ..”
“.. A further deterioration in employment opportunities .. perhaps reflecting AI and other efficiency-enhancing measures .. could have a disproportionate negative impact on consumer spending ..”
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Sorry kids. You can’t have jobs because it’s cheaper to get AI to do it 🤦🏻♂️
Imagine being richer than anyone in history, having access to all the levers of power, have companies with brilliant engineers, and the thing that makes you happiest is your AI bot insulting people 🙄
(And Joe Rogan is such an idiot too)
(And Joe Rogan is such an idiot too)
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Imagine being richer than anyone in history, having access to all the levers of power, have companies with brilliant engineers, and the thing that makes you happiest is your AI bot insulting people 🙄
(And Joe Rogan is such an idiot too)
(And Joe Rogan is such an idiot too)
Reposted by Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Reposted by Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS
At least billionaires don’t have to pay taxes.
Obamacare premiums are skyrocketing. Republicans can’t figure out what to do.
GOP lawmakers knew subsidies were expiring and premiums would spike, but no clear, conservative alternative emerged.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
At least billionaires don’t have to pay taxes.
He’s willing to kill (more) people to distract from his past and current failures 😳🤬🤦🏻♂️
We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
He’s willing to kill (more) people to distract from his past and current failures 😳🤬🤦🏻♂️
Just asking questions 🙄
From The Atlantic:
Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes?
It hasn’t been ruled out.
#EpiSky #PublicHealth
Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes?
It hasn’t been ruled out.
#EpiSky #PublicHealth
Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes?
It hasn’t been ruled out.
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Just asking questions 🙄