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Ken Tegtmeyer, MD
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Peloton nut, #PedsICU doc #MedSky
Cincinnati, also Telehealth, Medialab, resuscitation. WI➡️NC➡️MN➡️OR➡️OH
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Ken Tegtmeyer, MD @pccmdoc.bsky.social · Nov 10
go.bsky.app/5W1iXrK

Ok I know I’m missing a ton of people, but wanted to get a #PedsICU starter pack going.
pccmdoc.bsky.social
Again, a great interview that makes you wonder why anyone agrees to be interviewed by Mr. Chotiner
February 2, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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pedsaly.bsky.social
Measles is not a safe condition. It can cause disability and death even *years* after infection.

If your kids (or you) aren’t yet vaccinated, please get it done this week ❤️‍🩹 #VaccinesWork
February 1, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Reposted by Ken Tegtmeyer, MD
despitethetimes.bsky.social
Combining my interests in medicine and math, this is a bonkers tale about predatory journals. @pccmdoc.bsky.social - I totally thought of your warnings on the subject as I read it.
@retractionwatch.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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merriam-webster.com
❤️
January 30, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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cincyresearch.bsky.social
Proud to see Cincinnati Children’s Child Health-Law Partnership (Child HeLP) highlighted. By integrating legal support into pediatric care, research shows clinicians can better address social determinants of health and advance equity for children and families.
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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melissaryan.bsky.social
I'm just gonna leave this here. RIP to one of the greats. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwLZ...
Mitch & Mickey - A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow
YouTube video by mayhew7
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
pccmdoc.bsky.social
Biggest learning point from code team training…some beds absolutely suck for CPR.
January 30, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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iwashyna.bsky.social
TO: All protest staff
FROM: Joyce

I’ve been getting questions about disclosing your legal name and Social Security number to the government you are presently fighting. I understand your concern…

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-a...
I Am the Payroll Accountant for Professional Protestors in Minnesota, and I Am Swamped
“House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., slammed Minnesota state leaders after anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitators disrupted a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
January 30, 2026 at 2:35 AM
pccmdoc.bsky.social
Back at the hospital for more code team training. Won’t be stopped by a little cold weather.
January 30, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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thanhneville.medsky.social
ICU nurses are my friends. They save my ass and save people’s lives. I am so fucking angry.
dimitridrekonja.bsky.social Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 8d
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.
January 25, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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michaelkarlik.bsky.social
BREAKING: Senior Judge Brooke Jackson has blocked the USDA from forcing Colorado into a "pilot program," ostensibly to detect fraud in food assistance across five counties. He'll issue a written order soon, but his questioning of the DOJ lawyer gives you some sense of how Jackson viewed the case:
JUDGE JACKSON: I asked you earlier, ‘What’s your evidence of that?’ And you gave me zero. None. What evidence is there to support this accusation? This is a big deal. You’re accusing Colorado with fraud. And you throw it out and you say it’s obvious that USDA thought there were some problems with Colorado. Fraud. Fraud in Colorado. I’ve asked you that two or three times. You’ve given me nothing to support that. And yet, you just make this statement. Accusing Colorado of one of the worst kinds of conduct that you can accuse it of. How do you do that?
January 28, 2026 at 6:25 PM
pccmdoc.bsky.social
Yourself, but as a cartoon
January 28, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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jonathanslaght.com
"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
It can get lower!
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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mementomorty.bsky.social
"We'll take it from here, Alex"
taylordahlin.com taylr @taylordahlin.com · 7d
signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association
January 26, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
From a FB post about Alex Pretti:
TEXT: I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student. He was my friend and my nursing mentor. For the past four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my capstone preceptorship at the Minneapolis VA Hospital. There he trained me to care for the sickest of the sick as an ICU nurse. He taught me how to care for arterial and central lines, the intricacies of managing multiple IVs filled with lifesaving solutions, and how to watch over every heartbeat, every breath, and every flicker of life, ready to act the moment they wavered. Techniques intended to heal. Alex carried patience, compassion and calm as a steady light within him. Even at the very end, that light was there. I recognized his familiar stillness and signature calm composure shining through during those unbearable final moments captured on camera. It does not surprise me that his final words were, “Are you okay?” Caring for people was at the core of who he was. He was incapable of causing harm. He lived a life of healing, and he lived it well. Alex believed strongly in the Second Amendment and in the rights rooted in our Constitution and its amendments. He spoke out for justice and peace whenever he could, not only out of obligation, but out of a belief that we are more connected than divided, and that communication would bring us together. TEXT: I want his family to know his legacy lives on. I am a better nurse because of the wisdom and skills he instilled in me. I carry his light with me into every room, letting it guide and steady my hands as I heal and care for those in need. Please honor my friend by standing up for peace, preferably with a cup of black coffee in hand and a couple of pieces of candy in your pocket, just as he would. He would remind you that caring for others is hard work, and we must do whatever it takes to get through the long shifts. Step outside with your dog, breathe in the world, hike or bike as he loved to do, and let yourself find peace in the quiet moments within nature. Stand up for justice and speak with those whose views differ from your own. Hold your beliefs with strength, but always extend love outward, even in the face of adversity. Take one step, no matter how small, to help heal our world. Through these acts, carry his light forward in his name. Let his legacy continue to heal.
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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iwashyna.bsky.social
“YOU DON'T GET TO QUOTE SCRIPTURE
LIKE A LULLABY,
WHILE INJUSTICE STAYS WIDE AWAKE.”
anamariecox.bsky.social Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 7d
Statement from the Minnesota Timberwolves team chaplain with alt text (ht @gregolear.bsky.social)
MIN S3AT STATEMENT FROM MATT MOBERG, CHAPLAIN OF THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES IF YOU'RE A CHURCH POSTING PRAYERS FOR PEACE AND UNITY TODAY WHILE MY CITY BLEEDS IN THE STREET, MISS ME WITH THAT SOFTNESS YOU ONLY WEAR WHEN IT COSTS YOU NOTHING. DON'T DRESS AVOIDANCE UP AS HOLINESS. DON'T CALL SILENCE "PEACEMAKING." DON'T LIGHT A CANDLE AND THINK IT SUBSTITUTES FOR SHOWING UP. TONIGHT AN ICE AGENT TOOK A PHOTO OF ME NEXT TO MY CAR, LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND TOLD ME, "WE'LL BE SEEING YOU SOON." NOT METAPHOR. NOT HYPERBOLE. A THREAT DRESSED UP IN A BADGE AND A PAYCHECK. PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK. PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED. UNITY ISN'T NEUTRAL. UNITY THAT REFUSES TO NAME VIOLENCE IS JUST LOYALTY TO THE ONES HOLDING THE WEAPONS. STOP USING SCRIPTURE LIKE CHLOROFORM. STOP CALLING YOUR FEAR "WISDOM." STOP PRETENDING JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED BECAUSE HE PREACHED GOOD VIBES AND PERSONAL GROWTH. YOU DON'T GET TO QUOTE SCRIPTURE LIKE A LULLABY, WHILE INJUSTICE STAYS WIDE AWAKE. YOU DON'T GET TO ASK GOD TO "HEAL THE LAND" IF YOU WON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE WOUND. THERE IS A KIND OF PEACE THAT ONLY EXISTS BECAUSE IT REFUSES TO TELL THE TRUTH. THAT PEACE IS A LIE. AND LIES DON'T GROW ANYTHING WORTH SAVING. THE SCRIPTURES YOU LOVE WEREN'T WRITTEN TO KEEP THINGS CALM. THEY WERE WRITTEN TO SET THINGS RIGHT. AND SOMETIMES THE MOST FAITHFUL THING YOU CAN DO IS STOP PRAYING AROUND THE PAIN AND START STANDING INSIDE IT. IF THAT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE-GOOD. GROWTH ALWAYS IS.
January 25, 2026 at 11:34 PM
pccmdoc.bsky.social
- I lived in the Twin Cities for 12 years and still have lots of friends and family there
- did all my training there
- lived in South Minneapolis
- my FIL worked at the VA there for 40 years
- I have worked with ICU nurses for
33 years

#fuckICE and ALL of their apologists and enablers
January 25, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.

This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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iwashyna.bsky.social
“Don’t kill nurses” is I thought something we all agreed on
January 24, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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atrupar.com
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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zachweinersmith.bsky.social
Once again, immigration is not even a problem. Immigrants are not more criminal, they don't cost jobs, they don't harm the economy. There is no reason for any of this. It is hurting ourselves to hurt them.
January 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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careycuprisin.bsky.social
this needs to be stated loudly and clearly by elected Democrats
zachweinersmith.bsky.social Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 9d
Once again, immigration is not even a problem. Immigrants are not more criminal, they don't cost jobs, they don't harm the economy. There is no reason for any of this. It is hurting ourselves to hurt them.
January 24, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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leahlitman.bsky.social
We owe an incredible debt to the Minnesotans who are on the streets protesting and documenting what is happening.
January 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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iwashyna.bsky.social
The sign reads:

“For those who believe in
‘Paid Agitators’:
You couldn’t pay me
to be out in this weather.
But for our neighbors,
we’ll Freeze for Free!”
jonathanmladd.com Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 9d
❤️❤️❤️
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM