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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
@hswapnil.medsky.social
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Nephrologist = kidney doctor
MD, MPH
Professor, University of Ottawa/Ottawa Hospital 🇨🇦
He/Him/His
#NephJC co-creator; @FreelyFiltered.bsky.social pod panelist; KICR EiC
https://www.swapnilhiremath.com
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · Sep 9
Update

Link changed (will not change again)

So if you liked/pinned the old feed, please do it again!

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#NephSky
hswapnil.medsky.social Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · Sep 5
If you are a nephrology or kidney disease or renal professional or interested in the field - make sure you have liked/followed/pinned the nephrology feed

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Thanks again to @richardferro.xyz for creating & updating this! It’s a one-stop shop for nephrology needs

#NephSky
hswapnil.medsky.social
-35 C tonight in Ottawa (-31 F)

getting close to when F = C (-40 C/F)
a cartoon scene of a cabin in the snow with a canadian flag in the foreground
Alt: a cartoon scene of a cabin in the snow with a canadian flag in the foreground
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
hswapnil.medsky.social
from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social on the @moltbook.bsky.social frenzy

(and the Karpathy snippet was a fake)

more: www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/06/1... in @technologyreview.com

#LLMSlop
Perhaps the best way to think of Moltbook is as a new kind of entertainment: a place where people wind up their bots and set them loose. “It’s basically a spectator sport, like fantasy football, but for language models,” says Jason Schloetzer at the Georgetown Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy. “You configure your agent and watch it compete for viral moments, and brag when your agent posts something clever or funny.” “People aren’t really believing their agents are conscious,” he adds. “It’s just a new form of competitive or creative play, like how Pokémon trainers don’t think their Pokémon are real but still get invested in battles.” Even if Moltbook is just the internet’s newest playground, there’s still a serious takeaway here. This week showed how many risks people are happy to take for their AI lulz. Many security experts have warned that Moltbook is dangerous: Agents that may have access to their users’ private data, including bank details or passwords, are running amok on a website filled with unvetted content, including potentially malicious instructions for what to do with that data. Ori Bendet, vice president of product management at Checkmarx, a software security firm that specializes in agent-based systems, agrees with others that Moltbook isn’t a step up in machine smarts. “There is no learning, no evolving intent, and no self-directed intelligence here,” he says.
February 8, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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gavinyamey.bsky.social
The FDA used to warn people, on its website, not to drink raw camel’s milk for “treating” autism—as it is dangerous & there’s no good evidence it “works”

The warning has now gone

Since I’m a masochist, I’ve gone down a rabbit hole trying to understand where “camel’s milk for autism” began

1/2
February 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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amjhypertension.bsky.social
#WeekendReads from the advance articles section

The role of renal denervation for hypertension control in Canada: a case based discussion

academic.oup.com/ajh/advance-...

#OpenAccess #Free
The Role of Renal Denervation in the Treatment of Hypertension in Canada: A Case-Based Discussion from the Canadian Hypertension Specialists Society
Abstract. Over one-third of Canadians with hypertension do not achieve recommended blood pressure (BP) targets despite availability of effective treatments
academic.oup.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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hansmollman.bsky.social
I don’t want to laugh at a small business but also VERY funny
February 6, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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ibressendorff.bsky.social
Have to opine, though. These are not primary FSGS per KDIGO definition (ie. permeability factor), but rather a combination of genetic FSGS, FSGS of undetermined cause, and perhaps a bit of secondary FSGS (despite thorough work-up).
Doubt that TRPC6i will work in an autoimmune condition…
February 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM
hswapnil.medsky.social
heh

www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/lar...

largest was n = 77

leucovorin, autism
Largest leucovorin-autism trial retracted
A reanalysis of the data revealed errors and failed to replicate the results.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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jzrenalpath.bsky.social
Tumor nephrectomy with incidental ALECT2. Interestingly this was from a pt from India. Reminder that a subset of ALECT2 cases have been reported in Punjabi patients (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35986199/) . #renalpath #pathsky #nephsky
February 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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kidneyvet.bsky.social
CKD isn’t a very common disorder seen in pandas. More are hypertensive without CKD but I don’t know if the cause is well known or fully investigated.
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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asnpublications.bsky.social
The American Board of Internal Medicine has started a pilot program allowing international medical graduates who completed their residency abroad to become board eligible after fellowship training in the US. Read more in #ASNKidneyNews: kidney.pub/KN1801-14 KatieOverV
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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calvobianco.com
1Password not mincing words here:

"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."

"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."

1password.com/blog/from-ma...
From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password
The same capabilities that make OpenClaw a groundbreaking tool also make it an urgent security risk. This blog contains confirmed examples of agent skills being used as malware vectors, and advice on ...
1password.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM
hswapnil.medsky.social
moving on from IgAN to FSGS: BI 764198 a TRPC6 inhibitor reduces proteinuria in an N = 67 phase 2 RCT

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
in @thelancet.com

#NephSky
TRPC6 inhibition for the treatment of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial of BI 764198
BI 764198 lowered proteinuria and was well tolerated by participants in this trial. This is the first evidence of efficacy with a podocyte-targeted therapy in FSGS. Larger randomised controlled trials...
www.thelancet.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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amjhypertension.bsky.social
Childhood Obesity Raises GDM Risk Through Adult Obesity: Evidence From Lifecourse Mendelian Randomization Study

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Childhood Obesity Raises GDM Risk Through Adult Obesity: Evidence From Lifecourse Mendelian Randomization Study
AbstractBACKGROUND. The relationship between childhood and adulthood obesity and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) remains unclear. To clarif
academic.oup.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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damienbarraudmd.bsky.social
Does anyone have experience with angiotensin 2 during septic shock?
@pulmcrit.bsky.social @zentensivist.bsky.social @drfreeze.bsky.social @load-dependent.bsky.social @hswapnil.medsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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abckidney.bsky.social
📣 Kidney Physiology made simple 🔥

Check out 👉 www.abckidney.com 👈 for a immersive & interactive educational experience!!

#NephTwitter #MedEd #FOAMed #Physiology
January 30, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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dimitridrekonja.bsky.social
Yeah. Not from his snake-oil grifter BS, but from GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide and tirzepatide. Science is amazing. Quacks suck.

(If I had my way, we’d all have time/means/education/opportunity to have healthy foods and exercise and not need meds, but that is aspirational; GLP-1’s are here now 🤷🏻‍♂️)
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Dr Oz: "We project that America will lose about 100 million pounds this year, which will make folks a lot healthier."
February 6, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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ceaubin.com
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
She's 16. It's not like she's four. And we have now really shifted on how we think about that, I think, in a good way. Right. Right. I do not think that 50 year old men should be having sex with 16 year old girls. But I think that you're not going to find the evidence of a pedophile ring where he is actively trafficking these girls because until Me Too... It's not like a pedophile, right? There are 16-year-old girls around who are vulnerable and can be exploited, but not in this, like, there is a mastermind who is going on the dark web and selling these girls to you. They're just around, and they're close enough to the age of consent that a lot of people probably felt like it was okay to hit on them.
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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amjhypertension.bsky.social
#ThrowbackThursday

Longitudinal Blood Pressure Changes and Kidney Function Decline in Persons Without Chronic Kidney Disease: Findings From the MESA Study

🔗 academic.oup.com/ajh/article/... 🔓

#Free #OpenAccess
Longitudinal Blood Pressure Changes and Kidney Function Decline in Persons Without Chronic Kidney Disease: Findings From the MESA Study
AbstractBACKGROUND. While changes in blood pressure (BP) are independently associated with cardiovascular events, less is known about the association betwe
academic.oup.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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amjhypertension.bsky.social
Joint Contribution of Mid-Trimester Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure to Co-occurring Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Cohort Study

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Joint Contribution of Mid-Trimester Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure to Co-occurring Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Cohort Study
AbstractBACKGROUND. To examine how mid-trimester systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) levels, considered both independently and
academic.oup.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:02 PM
hswapnil.medsky.social
#NephGR tomorrow

Dr Jegatheswaran on the needs of medicine residents for nephrology in the era of CBME @royalcollege.bsky.social

#MedEd #NephSky
splash
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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simonwillison.net
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!

This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
Wow.

Watch this.
azrww.bsky.social Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 3d
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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npr.org
The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security. n.pr/4qAlWBj
Bezos orders deep job cuts at 'Washington Post'
The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security.
n.pr
February 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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connectsbsm.bsky.social
🩺 Join us for the 2026 Program on Hypertension/Disease a Year!
📍 Chicago & Virtual | 🗓️ March 11, 2026 | ⏰ 12:00–4:30 PM CST
Co-sponsored by the American Journal of Hypertension, this half-day pre-conference program offers cutting-edge insights on hypertension science, clinical practice, and policy.
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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amjhypertension.bsky.social
Check out the program for the @connectsbsm.bsky.social and AJH preconference meeting

thesbsm.org/news-release...

Meeting is in Chicago, March 11th - but there's also a virtual option for attendees.

#Hypertension
SBSM 2026 Program on Hypertension / Disease a Year Pre-Conference Meeting - Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
We are excited to share details about the 2026 Program on Hypertension/Disease a Year, a half-day educational program being held in conjunction with the SBSM Annual Meeting in Chicago. The Program is ...
thesbsm.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:21 PM