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!
Trump to the rest of the world: “go spend your money somewhere else, assholes”
National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Trump to the rest of the world: “go spend your money somewhere else, assholes”
It’s not much, but someone is really happy about the snow 👍🏻
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It’s not much, but someone is really happy about the snow 👍🏻
Trump wants people to pay 2-4 times what they already pay for insurance 🤷🏻♂️
Trump says he does not want to extend Obamacare subsidies | Reuters www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Trump wants people to pay 2-4 times what they already pay for insurance 🤷🏻♂️
Respect to the person who took this risk 🫡
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Respect to the person who took this risk 🫡
Those bad apples really do crop up a lot…🤬🤬🤬
“[Carter] said he saw a video of a woman with a cane who was standing still in front of a vehicle. A St. Paul officer blasted her in the face with a chemical irritant ‘at point-blank range.’” www.twincities.com/2025/11/25/p...
Protesters gather as federal agents take man into custody at St. Paul home
St. Paul Police say they were called to assist when protesters broke the perimeter established by federal agents.
www.twincities.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Those bad apples really do crop up a lot…🤬🤬🤬
Finally! ❄️👍🏻👍🏻
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Finally! ❄️👍🏻👍🏻
Flying into Denver next month; I know where I’m going 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 @novocoffee.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Flying into Denver next month; I know where I’m going 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 @novocoffee.bsky.social
The benefit of the fucking doubt that the @nytimes.com gives Trump is ludicrous. His “long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy” is based off of nothing, and should be treated as the nonsense of an uneducated man.
But no; it’s a “theory”. How scientific sounding 🙄🙄🙄🤮
But no; it’s a “theory”. How scientific sounding 🙄🙄🙄🤮
he believes what now
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The benefit of the fucking doubt that the @nytimes.com gives Trump is ludicrous. His “long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy” is based off of nothing, and should be treated as the nonsense of an uneducated man.
But no; it’s a “theory”. How scientific sounding 🙄🙄🙄🤮
But no; it’s a “theory”. How scientific sounding 🙄🙄🙄🤮
People love to minimize these;
"Just 3 pertussis deaths."
"Just 3 measles deaths."
"COVID deaths are rare in kids"
At some point it is ok (actually, required) to say: "we should prevent kids from dying if we have the tools to do so. And we do. Vaccines."
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
"Just 3 pertussis deaths."
"Just 3 measles deaths."
"COVID deaths are rare in kids"
At some point it is ok (actually, required) to say: "we should prevent kids from dying if we have the tools to do so. And we do. Vaccines."
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
www.wlwt.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
People love to minimize these;
"Just 3 pertussis deaths."
"Just 3 measles deaths."
"COVID deaths are rare in kids"
At some point it is ok (actually, required) to say: "we should prevent kids from dying if we have the tools to do so. And we do. Vaccines."
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
"Just 3 pertussis deaths."
"Just 3 measles deaths."
"COVID deaths are rare in kids"
At some point it is ok (actually, required) to say: "we should prevent kids from dying if we have the tools to do so. And we do. Vaccines."
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
The GOP healthcare plan is always 2 weeks away, always "being teased" 🙄😂
After teasing a plan to extend Affordable Care Act premium subsidies—currently on track to end within weeks—the White House has indefinitely delayed the announcement under pressure from congressional Republicans.
Even Trump wants to extend Obamacare tax credits—but Republicans stopped him
Tick, tock: the GOP is desperately trying to run out the clock on ACA subsidies.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The GOP healthcare plan is always 2 weeks away, always "being teased" 🙄😂
Seems like a short interview:
"Did you, as a US lawmaker, tell people to follow US law?"
"Yes. I did"
"So you admit to telling people they have to follow US laws?"
"Uh, yes"
"Did you, as a US lawmaker, tell people to follow US law?"
"Yes. I did"
"So you admit to telling people they have to follow US laws?"
"Uh, yes"
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Seems like a short interview:
"Did you, as a US lawmaker, tell people to follow US law?"
"Yes. I did"
"So you admit to telling people they have to follow US laws?"
"Uh, yes"
"Did you, as a US lawmaker, tell people to follow US law?"
"Yes. I did"
"So you admit to telling people they have to follow US laws?"
"Uh, yes"
Notice how Cotton doesn't flinch, start, or react when Roberts says "Republican" instead of "Russian". He knows they're essentially interchangeable
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Notice how Cotton doesn't flinch, start, or react when Roberts says "Republican" instead of "Russian". He knows they're essentially interchangeable
I'm fine with letting him keep a few hundred bucks of that 5 million if it's stipulated that it gets spent on suit alterations 😳
Jim Justice agrees to pay $5M in back taxes after DOJ files suit #TheHill
thehill.com
Jim Justice agrees to pay $5M in back taxes after DOJ files suit
twp.ai
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I'm fine with letting him keep a few hundred bucks of that 5 million if it's stipulated that it gets spent on suit alterations 😳
I understood (albeit disliked) the bank bailouts of 2008 because even though I am not a banker, I recognize the need for a functioning banking system for society.
I do not see the same need to bail out AI companies- the world will exist without the pre-written emails and fake videos 🤷🏻♂️
I do not see the same need to bail out AI companies- the world will exist without the pre-written emails and fake videos 🤷🏻♂️
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I understood (albeit disliked) the bank bailouts of 2008 because even though I am not a banker, I recognize the need for a functioning banking system for society.
I do not see the same need to bail out AI companies- the world will exist without the pre-written emails and fake videos 🤷🏻♂️
I do not see the same need to bail out AI companies- the world will exist without the pre-written emails and fake videos 🤷🏻♂️
High speed rail & universal healthcare.
The 2 things every other developed country can master but the US can’t even fathom 🤷🏻♂️
The 2 things every other developed country can master but the US can’t even fathom 🤷🏻♂️
Texas high-speed Rail 🚈
A seemingly sci-fi, nearly technologically impossible alien marvel that China and Mexico have mastered, but that Texas still dreams about as an off world perk of a mystical travel species
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A seemingly sci-fi, nearly technologically impossible alien marvel that China and Mexico have mastered, but that Texas still dreams about as an off world perk of a mystical travel species
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Where Train Dreams Meet Reality in Texas
Dallas and Houston are 250 miles apart. But if you want to take a train between them, prepare for a 23-hour odyssey that says a lot about where US passenger rail is heading.
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
High speed rail & universal healthcare.
The 2 things every other developed country can master but the US can’t even fathom 🤷🏻♂️
The 2 things every other developed country can master but the US can’t even fathom 🤷🏻♂️
Candace = Milhouse without the brains
I always knew it was the French legionnaires that had it in for Charlie Kirk…😳🙄😂
Looks like it’s going to be another perfectly normal day from the American right-wing.
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Candace = Milhouse without the brains
I always knew it was the French legionnaires that had it in for Charlie Kirk…😳🙄😂
Looks like it’s going to be another perfectly normal day from the American right-wing.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I always knew it was the French legionnaires that had it in for Charlie Kirk…😳🙄😂
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 🤦🏻♂️