Zackary Berger שלום בערגער
@drberger.bsky.social
Doctor, researcher, poet, translator. #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter prons: he él ער הוא 他
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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. )
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.
Why this head of the beast has popped up NOW, well that probably takes a historian. My guess is COVID, of course, but also class anxieties of US doctors.
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Why this head of the beast has popped up NOW, well that probably takes a historian. My guess is COVID, of course, but also class anxieties of US doctors.
I don't have a fully worked out theory. But eugenics has always been part and parcel of US biomedicine, only thinly papered over with concepts like deservingness. US medicine has been happy to support torture, sterilization, and rogue experimentation.
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I don't have a fully worked out theory. But eugenics has always been part and parcel of US biomedicine, only thinly papered over with concepts like deservingness. US medicine has been happy to support torture, sterilization, and rogue experimentation.
It's worth noting that these antivaxxers are NOT marginal. They are credentialed and come affiliated with US medicine's most prestigious institutions: UCSF, Stanford, Columbia, Hopkins, Harvard.
So what happened?
So what happened?
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
It's worth noting that these antivaxxers are NOT marginal. They are credentialed and come affiliated with US medicine's most prestigious institutions: UCSF, Stanford, Columbia, Hopkins, Harvard.
So what happened?
So what happened?
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...
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In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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Re: Minnesota I think it's important to both recognize they're lying about a full retreat and recognize it as a victory that they're cognizant enough of the PR disaster to feel the need to lie.
February 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Re: Minnesota I think it's important to both recognize they're lying about a full retreat and recognize it as a victory that they're cognizant enough of the PR disaster to feel the need to lie.
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You cannot claim to be restructuring city government while silencing the voices of the people. As I began to speak to the charter commission tonight on its stalled police accountability reforms, they cut the mic.
Watch the moment the Commission chose bureaucracy over the community. (1/3)
Watch the moment the Commission chose bureaucracy over the community. (1/3)
February 12, 2026 at 7:45 AM
You cannot claim to be restructuring city government while silencing the voices of the people. As I began to speak to the charter commission tonight on its stalled police accountability reforms, they cut the mic.
Watch the moment the Commission chose bureaucracy over the community. (1/3)
Watch the moment the Commission chose bureaucracy over the community. (1/3)
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Pull ICE out of every American city. Close the camps. Abolish DHS.
February 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Pull ICE out of every American city. Close the camps. Abolish DHS.
another day, another failure to apologize to Donald Trump.
February 12, 2026 at 3:49 PM
another day, another failure to apologize to Donald Trump.
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[handcuffed]
officer, the Dow is at the highest it’s ever been!!!
officer, the Dow is at the highest it’s ever been!!!
February 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
[handcuffed]
officer, the Dow is at the highest it’s ever been!!!
officer, the Dow is at the highest it’s ever been!!!
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guys i’m kinda freaking out there’s a line of like 18 cars behind me and everyone’s honking at me but there was a “DRAW BRIDGE” sign and i’m trying to get out of the way as fast as i can but i can’t get tthe FUCKING SHADING ON THE SUPPORT BEAMS RIGHT IM SORRY OKAY IM SORRY
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
guys i’m kinda freaking out there’s a line of like 18 cars behind me and everyone’s honking at me but there was a “DRAW BRIDGE” sign and i’m trying to get out of the way as fast as i can but i can’t get tthe FUCKING SHADING ON THE SUPPORT BEAMS RIGHT IM SORRY OKAY IM SORRY
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I want to have hope and I want people to celebrate, I do, but this regime lies and it tricks and I have zero faith they'll ever do what they say
February 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I want to have hope and I want people to celebrate, I do, but this regime lies and it tricks and I have zero faith they'll ever do what they say
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Reality: ICE is an illegitimate federal law enforcement agency that’s out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Reality: ICE is an illegitimate federal law enforcement agency that’s out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process.
Matt Yglesias: "I disagree, we should have a moderate deportation."
Homan: "We're gonna have a mass deportation. President Trump promised that and we're committed to that."
February 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Matt Yglesias: "I disagree, we should have a moderate deportation."
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well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
The panel offers firsthand perspectives on the medical and humanitarian dimensions of the ongoing crisis, followed by a live Q&A with the audience.
Wednesday, February 25
7:00 PM
Mergenthaler 111 (Homewood Campus)
Wednesday, March 4
7:00 PM
Turner Auditorium (JHMI Campus)
Wednesday, February 25
7:00 PM
Mergenthaler 111 (Homewood Campus)
Wednesday, March 4
7:00 PM
Turner Auditorium (JHMI Campus)
February 12, 2026 at 2:08 PM
The panel offers firsthand perspectives on the medical and humanitarian dimensions of the ongoing crisis, followed by a live Q&A with the audience.
Wednesday, February 25
7:00 PM
Mergenthaler 111 (Homewood Campus)
Wednesday, March 4
7:00 PM
Turner Auditorium (JHMI Campus)
Wednesday, February 25
7:00 PM
Mergenthaler 111 (Homewood Campus)
Wednesday, March 4
7:00 PM
Turner Auditorium (JHMI Campus)
This panel brings together Dr. Mark Perlmutter, an orthopedic surgeon with over 30 years of experience in global medical relief, Dr. Terry Jodrie, an EM physician who worked at trauma stabilization points in Gaza, and Dr. Razan Al-Nahhas, an EM physician who has been in Gaza frequently.
February 12, 2026 at 2:08 PM
This panel brings together Dr. Mark Perlmutter, an orthopedic surgeon with over 30 years of experience in global medical relief, Dr. Terry Jodrie, an EM physician who worked at trauma stabilization points in Gaza, and Dr. Razan Al-Nahhas, an EM physician who has been in Gaza frequently.