Michael Burk, MD
@mjburkmd.medsky.social
Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician | #MedEd | #Medsky | #POCUS | @LouLectures founder | #Neurodiversity Fam | #Photography enthusiast | Nashville, TN | "Is going to need sleep" | Opinions are mine alone
I mean, I think it's clear, getting some ice cream for national ice cream for breakfast day is extremely necessary. It's nothing less than our patriotic duty :)
February 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I mean, I think it's clear, getting some ice cream for national ice cream for breakfast day is extremely necessary. It's nothing less than our patriotic duty :)
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Whoa. This is from an FBI email with the subect "Re: Epstein - Cellmate Interview"
Here are the summaries provided by the FBI agent.
Here are the summaries provided by the FBI agent.
January 31, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Whoa. This is from an FBI email with the subect "Re: Epstein - Cellmate Interview"
Here are the summaries provided by the FBI agent.
Here are the summaries provided by the FBI agent.
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Folks tend to assume that anyone who claims to be an autism advocate is working on behalf of autistic people's wellbeing. Unfortunately, that is often untrue—especially with parents who promote " #ProfoundAutism." Why? @ejwillingham.bsky.social explains in our latest, thread-worthy newsletter. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Folks tend to assume that anyone who claims to be an autism advocate is working on behalf of autistic people's wellbeing. Unfortunately, that is often untrue—especially with parents who promote " #ProfoundAutism." Why? @ejwillingham.bsky.social explains in our latest, thread-worthy newsletter. 1/
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Hey #Medsky and #Pulmsky, check on your ICU nurse friends. I am and will always be grateful for my time and training at a VAMC ICU. The nurses there were wonderful humans who helped a tired, sometimes struggling new doc through difficult shifts. Cheers to the #ICUNurses, we lost a great one today.
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Hey #Medsky and #Pulmsky, check on your ICU nurse friends. I am and will always be grateful for my time and training at a VAMC ICU. The nurses there were wonderful humans who helped a tired, sometimes struggling new doc through difficult shifts. Cheers to the #ICUNurses, we lost a great one today.
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The official DHS LIE… “At 9:05 AM CT, as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault, an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, seen here.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:57 PM
The official DHS LIE… “At 9:05 AM CT, as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault, an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, seen here.”
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There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
Threatening to invade part of Denmark because you didn't get the Nobel peace prize is like threatening to invade Germany because they didn't give you croissants.
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Threatening to invade part of Denmark because you didn't get the Nobel peace prize is like threatening to invade Germany because they didn't give you croissants.
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This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
Man, they're so close to figuring out that if they just impeaches and removed this lawless madman they wouldn't have to continue posturing and providing meaningless gestures:
Greenland war powers vote could be heading to Senate floor - Live Updates - POLITICO share.google/bQWmHdVWJ6VT...
Greenland war powers vote could be heading to Senate floor - Live Updates - POLITICO share.google/bQWmHdVWJ6VT...
Greenland war powers vote could be heading to Senate floor
Sen. Ruben Gallego said he will introduce a war powers resolution to forestall a U.S. invasion of the Danish territory.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Man, they're so close to figuring out that if they just impeaches and removed this lawless madman they wouldn't have to continue posturing and providing meaningless gestures:
Greenland war powers vote could be heading to Senate floor - Live Updates - POLITICO share.google/bQWmHdVWJ6VT...
Greenland war powers vote could be heading to Senate floor - Live Updates - POLITICO share.google/bQWmHdVWJ6VT...
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Reposted by Michael Burk, MD
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
ICU documentation pet peeve: is there any cirrhosis that is not "liver cirrhosis"? This must be the "ATM machine" equivalent of medicine. #Medsky
January 2, 2026 at 7:12 PM
ICU documentation pet peeve: is there any cirrhosis that is not "liver cirrhosis"? This must be the "ATM machine" equivalent of medicine. #Medsky
The fact that there are reservations you can make to have your kids see Santa at the mall somehow makes me irrationally angry. It's kids seeing Santa, it's not Ruth's Chris.
December 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The fact that there are reservations you can make to have your kids see Santa at the mall somehow makes me irrationally angry. It's kids seeing Santa, it's not Ruth's Chris.
Ok Bluesky, I want to know what Christmas/Hannukah/Holiday album played on repeat at your house as a kid and is it still one of your favorites?
It's a little bit redneck for sure, but The Tractors were on repeat at my house as a kid: music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#HolidayMusic #ChristmasMusic
It's a little bit redneck for sure, but The Tractors were on repeat at my house as a kid: music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#HolidayMusic #ChristmasMusic
Have Yourself A Tractors Christmas - Album by The Tractors
Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas is the second studio album and first Christmas album by American country music band The Tractors. It was released by Arista Nashville on October 10, 1995. The album ...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Ok Bluesky, I want to know what Christmas/Hannukah/Holiday album played on repeat at your house as a kid and is it still one of your favorites?
It's a little bit redneck for sure, but The Tractors were on repeat at my house as a kid: music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#HolidayMusic #ChristmasMusic
It's a little bit redneck for sure, but The Tractors were on repeat at my house as a kid: music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#HolidayMusic #ChristmasMusic
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This is GLORIOUS
'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
December 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is GLORIOUS
An unregulated homeopathic treatment contaminated!?!? Who could have predicted this? #Medsky #QI #EBM
www.pulmonologyadvisor.com/news/microbi...
www.pulmonologyadvisor.com/news/microbi...
Microbial Contamination Prompts Recall of Homeopathic Nasal Spray
MediNatura New Mexico is recalling a homeopathic nasal spray due to microbial contamination with yeast, mold, and Achromobacter bacteria.
www.pulmonologyadvisor.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
An unregulated homeopathic treatment contaminated!?!? Who could have predicted this? #Medsky #QI #EBM
www.pulmonologyadvisor.com/news/microbi...
www.pulmonologyadvisor.com/news/microbi...
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
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In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
www.ms.now
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Dear #MedSky, my wife chose violence this morning when I texted her post call to let her know how my night was. I feel simultaneously very seen and very called out :)
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Dear #MedSky, my wife chose violence this morning when I texted her post call to let her know how my night was. I feel simultaneously very seen and very called out :)
All weird politics stuff aside: If a friend or loved one sincerely expresses belief in demonic possession in the year 2025, please, help them seek professional psychiatric assistance. They are not well.
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
All weird politics stuff aside: If a friend or loved one sincerely expresses belief in demonic possession in the year 2025, please, help them seek professional psychiatric assistance. They are not well.