Zackary Berger שלום בערגער
@drberger.bsky.social
Doctor, researcher, poet, translator. #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter prons: he él ער הוא 他
https://linktr.ee/zackarysholemberger
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I’m a Primary Care Doctor. My Patients Are Scared to Show Up Due to ICE.
How am I supposed to adequately care for patients who are being constantly terrorized by immigration police?
truthout.org
I’m a Primary Care Doctor. My Patients Are Scared to Show Up Due to ICE. truthout.org/articles/im-...
(I wrote a thing in @truthout.org about what it's like to be a primary care doctor when ICE is attacking my patients. )
(I wrote a thing in @truthout.org about what it's like to be a primary care doctor when ICE is attacking my patients. )
Internists: *whine* oh we're not paid enough, and not as much as those specialists. We are a cognitive specialty! We think, we relate!
Also internists: ooh, shiny AI robot can do my notes for me!
Also internists: ooh, shiny AI robot can do my notes for me!
February 18, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Internists: *whine* oh we're not paid enough, and not as much as those specialists. We are a cognitive specialty! We think, we relate!
Also internists: ooh, shiny AI robot can do my notes for me!
Also internists: ooh, shiny AI robot can do my notes for me!
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Once again--Trump is weakening Ukrainian air defense to help Putin kill Ukrainian civilians and damage Ukrainian infrastructure.
How many times does this need to be said before people will get it.
How many times does this need to be said before people will get it.
Zelenskyy: US promised Europe licenses to produce Patriot missiles — then refused
Germany now has no air defense missiles left to give Ukraine. Zelenskyy says it didn't have to be this way: "There were promises of licenses, but America did not go along with it"
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/18/w...
Germany now has no air defense missiles left to give Ukraine. Zelenskyy says it didn't have to be this way: "There were promises of licenses, but America did not go along with it"
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/18/w...
Washington promised missile licenses, then walked back — now Europe is scrambling to arm itself, Zelenskyy says
Germany has run out of air defense missiles to give Ukraine. The US declined to license Patriot missile production in Europe when Ukraine proposed it years ago. Zelenskyy said
euromaidanpress.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Once again--Trump is weakening Ukrainian air defense to help Putin kill Ukrainian civilians and damage Ukrainian infrastructure.
How many times does this need to be said before people will get it.
How many times does this need to be said before people will get it.
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Brandon are you listening???
Faster buses on the Bronx’s busiest route, a continuous protected bike route all the way from Sunset Park to DUMBO, protected bike lanes around 10 schools in Central Brooklyn, and a connected bike network for Midwood, Flatbush, and East Flatbush. Streets that work for everyone—not just cars.
February 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Brandon are you listening???
I wish it were that simple - there is good stuff out there on MAHA (eg) as constructing alternative expertise, professionalism in the service of eugenics. Not anti-expertise, not anti-professionalism
I've written before that the administration is anti-professionalism, but sadly it is more accurate to say they are pro-influencer culture, which, tragically, is indeed a professional path
"ICE’s public affairs arm has transformed from a routine government communication outlet, mostly ignored by Americans, into an influencer-esque media machine churning out videos of men clad in tactical gear carrying out immigration raids." www.liberalcurrents.com/killing-for-...
February 18, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I wish it were that simple - there is good stuff out there on MAHA (eg) as constructing alternative expertise, professionalism in the service of eugenics. Not anti-expertise, not anti-professionalism
You can just upload your credit card to Grok
February 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
You can just upload your credit card to Grok
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You can just upload your medical data to Grok
February 18, 2026 at 2:27 PM
You can just upload your medical data to Grok
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It is sort of funny how off-limits the Nazi comparison is in the US meanwhile in the Israeli parliament itself these MKs call each other Hitler, literally Hitler, every week
February 17, 2026 at 5:48 PM
It is sort of funny how off-limits the Nazi comparison is in the US meanwhile in the Israeli parliament itself these MKs call each other Hitler, literally Hitler, every week
What if we took the money healthcare is spending on AI, and used it to buy poor people medicines?
February 17, 2026 at 5:08 PM
What if we took the money healthcare is spending on AI, and used it to buy poor people medicines?
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"People have always been largely ignorant and had beliefs about the social order which were utterly devoid of truth or justice. But the extent to which you can quite deliberately create and propagate specific lies, advantageous to you and your immediate goals, is very much a novelty."
Here are my worst socio-political thoughts. I hope I am not really the person who believes these things.
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
Misanthropic Thoughts
What follows is not quite something I believe, nor even something I fear. It is something I fear I believe, my worst tendencies as a think...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
"People have always been largely ignorant and had beliefs about the social order which were utterly devoid of truth or justice. But the extent to which you can quite deliberately create and propagate specific lies, advantageous to you and your immediate goals, is very much a novelty."
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Here are my worst socio-political thoughts. I hope I am not really the person who believes these things.
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
Misanthropic Thoughts
What follows is not quite something I believe, nor even something I fear. It is something I fear I believe, my worst tendencies as a think...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Here are my worst socio-political thoughts. I hope I am not really the person who believes these things.
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
The CEO of the Hopkins School of Medicine is holding a Town Hall on March 3, and the fact that our patients are being kidnapped by ICE is not on the agenda.
February 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The CEO of the Hopkins School of Medicine is holding a Town Hall on March 3, and the fact that our patients are being kidnapped by ICE is not on the agenda.
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(alicia keys voice) this horse is on fire
February 17, 2026 at 1:51 PM
(alicia keys voice) this horse is on fire
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The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
February 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
patient AI preferences are reminding me a lot of patient interpreter preferences -- that is to say, ignored, or never asked.
Hot take: The doctor shouldn't be the one asking if it's ok if she uses AI to take patient notes. The power differential + patient anxiety + short appointment times means the patient feels pressure to say yes. It should be a question asked during check-in. (I wish it wasn't used at all, but...)
February 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM
patient AI preferences are reminding me a lot of patient interpreter preferences -- that is to say, ignored, or never asked.
Would love to hear pointers from anyone advocating on university campuses or medical schools against ICE, particularly in trying to move institutions off the dime of apathy and self-regard.
February 13, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Would love to hear pointers from anyone advocating on university campuses or medical schools against ICE, particularly in trying to move institutions off the dime of apathy and self-regard.
Makary is my former Hopkins colleague. I don't expect much from my institution, but they should call him out.
This is EXACTLY right
RFK Jr and the MDs and PhDs he hired to follow his orders—Drs Prasad, Bhattacharya, Høeg, Kulldorff, Oz, & Makary—have been hugely successful at rapidly dismantling the US vaccine system & at discouraging vaccine R&D (including mRNA vaccine R&D)
RFK Jr and the MDs and PhDs he hired to follow his orders—Drs Prasad, Bhattacharya, Høeg, Kulldorff, Oz, & Makary—have been hugely successful at rapidly dismantling the US vaccine system & at discouraging vaccine R&D (including mRNA vaccine R&D)
This is the key point - it's not about Moderna's flu vaccine, it's about sending a signal to the rest of the industry that vaccine development isn't viable in the US. It's all part of the larger anti-vaccine agenda.
February 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Makary is my former Hopkins colleague. I don't expect much from my institution, but they should call him out.
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The problem is that some on the left know one fact about antisemitism, which is that “anti-zionism is not antisemitism.”
This is like if the only thing you knew about racism was “it’s not racist to criticize Liberia.”
It is true in most cases but you’re not actually anti-racist if you stop there
This is like if the only thing you knew about racism was “it’s not racist to criticize Liberia.”
It is true in most cases but you’re not actually anti-racist if you stop there
Pointing out antisemitism on the left is one of the most annoying experiences one can have on Bluesky, not only do you get actual antisemites in your replies but also other leftists who are reflexively defensive and who bristle at the slightest critique.
February 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The problem is that some on the left know one fact about antisemitism, which is that “anti-zionism is not antisemitism.”
This is like if the only thing you knew about racism was “it’s not racist to criticize Liberia.”
It is true in most cases but you’re not actually anti-racist if you stop there
This is like if the only thing you knew about racism was “it’s not racist to criticize Liberia.”
It is true in most cases but you’re not actually anti-racist if you stop there
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UPDATE: He was just released. This shows that just indiscriminately took someone because they were Latino. Their illegal tactics continue so we still need neighbors to patrol, observe, and support our immigrant community.
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
UPDATE: He was just released. This shows that just indiscriminately took someone because they were Latino. Their illegal tactics continue so we still need neighbors to patrol, observe, and support our immigrant community.
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The Atlantic is Atlanticking extremely hard this morning
February 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The Atlantic is Atlanticking extremely hard this morning
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Wednesday February 11 in Washington DC @truahrabbis.bsky.social and @bendthearc.bsky.social organized the largest - so far! - Jews Against ICE demonstration of our passionately held belief in justice and תורה אחת לגר ולאזרח “one law for the stranger and the citizen.” Exodus 12:49
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Wednesday February 11 in Washington DC @truahrabbis.bsky.social and @bendthearc.bsky.social organized the largest - so far! - Jews Against ICE demonstration of our passionately held belief in justice and תורה אחת לגר ולאזרח “one law for the stranger and the citizen.” Exodus 12:49
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[𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 , 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯] bEst grogmentation .
February 12, 2026 at 2:31 AM
[𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 , 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯] bEst grogmentation .
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Judge Boasberg has ordered the administration to either return to the US or afford the opportunity to proceed in court from abroad, whichever they prefer, men removed from the country without due process. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Judge Boasberg has ordered the administration to either return to the US or afford the opportunity to proceed in court from abroad, whichever they prefer, men removed from the country without due process. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...