Pharmageddon
@pharmageddon.bsky.social
Making games to teach & learn antibiotics, microbiology, and (soon) infectious disease epidemiology! Also sharing any good ID memes and infographics I find in the process...
https://labbeaglegames.com/
https://labbeaglegames.com/
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@pharmageddon.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives, A Medical Card Game
Learn infectious diseases by playing cards. Symptoms, transmission, reservoirs, and more!
www.kickstarter.com
The Epipocalypse is here!
Learn infectious diseases while playing cards. Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives teaches symptoms, transmission, reservoirs, geography, & more for over 150+ different infections.
#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
Learn infectious diseases while playing cards. Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives teaches symptoms, transmission, reservoirs, geography, & more for over 150+ different infections.
#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
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Doctordle
Test your medical knowledge with daily clinical scenarios.
doctordle.org
January 1, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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Battling a post-NYE hangover? Here’s what we know about the biochemistry of alcohol’s effects on the body: www.compoundchem.com/2016/01/01/h...
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Battling a post-NYE hangover? Here’s what we know about the biochemistry of alcohol’s effects on the body: www.compoundchem.com/2016/01/01/h...
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
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Before you take out your new years recycling be aware Velveeta boxes are excellent Magic the Gathering storage containers.
January 1, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Before you take out your new years recycling be aware Velveeta boxes are excellent Magic the Gathering storage containers.
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How did a five-day antibiotic course become a cultural phenomenon?
A brief (ha ha, ID docs can't be brief) but riveting history of how the Z-Pak took over outpatient antibiotic prescribing.
Part 2 (the problems) coming soon. #IDSky #Medsky blogs.nejm.org/hiv-id-obser...
A brief (ha ha, ID docs can't be brief) but riveting history of how the Z-Pak took over outpatient antibiotic prescribing.
Part 2 (the problems) coming soon. #IDSky #Medsky blogs.nejm.org/hiv-id-obser...
How the Z-Pak Took Over Outpatient Medicine
Chances are, across this great land of ours, right at this very moment, someone is coughing, or sneezing, or struggling with a sore throat, or some combination of the above, and taking the antibiotic ...
blogs.nejm.org
December 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
How did a five-day antibiotic course become a cultural phenomenon?
A brief (ha ha, ID docs can't be brief) but riveting history of how the Z-Pak took over outpatient antibiotic prescribing.
Part 2 (the problems) coming soon. #IDSky #Medsky blogs.nejm.org/hiv-id-obser...
A brief (ha ha, ID docs can't be brief) but riveting history of how the Z-Pak took over outpatient antibiotic prescribing.
Part 2 (the problems) coming soon. #IDSky #Medsky blogs.nejm.org/hiv-id-obser...
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🎖️📄Top infectious disease journal articles from 2025 is out! May be good for a quick review to see if you missed anything or if you need to pick a journal club article. #pharmacist #infectiousdiseases #pharmacyschool #FYP #IDstewardship @absteward.bsky.social
www.idstewardship.com/year-in-revi...
www.idstewardship.com/year-in-revi...
December 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🎖️📄Top infectious disease journal articles from 2025 is out! May be good for a quick review to see if you missed anything or if you need to pick a journal club article. #pharmacist #infectiousdiseases #pharmacyschool #FYP #IDstewardship @absteward.bsky.social
www.idstewardship.com/year-in-revi...
www.idstewardship.com/year-in-revi...
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New post!
There was a lot of innovation in medicine and biomedical research this year, and I've tried to summarize the biggest ones in this blogpost.
Medical breakthroughs in 2025. Plus a serious note at the end.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-br...
There was a lot of innovation in medicine and biomedical research this year, and I've tried to summarize the biggest ones in this blogpost.
Medical breakthroughs in 2025. Plus a serious note at the end.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-br...
Medical breakthroughs in 2025
... and a happy new year.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev
December 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
New post!
There was a lot of innovation in medicine and biomedical research this year, and I've tried to summarize the biggest ones in this blogpost.
Medical breakthroughs in 2025. Plus a serious note at the end.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-br...
There was a lot of innovation in medicine and biomedical research this year, and I've tried to summarize the biggest ones in this blogpost.
Medical breakthroughs in 2025. Plus a serious note at the end.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-br...
Got some holiday free time? 🎄
Checkout Frontline's various free ID-themed small games. 🧩
Includes "Contagion Crossword," "Infectious Connections (matching game)," "Microbial Pursuit (trivia)," & "Microbe ID (emoji puzzle)."
#IDSky #MedSky
firstline.org/games/
Checkout Frontline's various free ID-themed small games. 🧩
Includes "Contagion Crossword," "Infectious Connections (matching game)," "Microbial Pursuit (trivia)," & "Microbe ID (emoji puzzle)."
#IDSky #MedSky
firstline.org/games/
Firstline
Localized Clinical Decisions Platform for ID and Antimicrobial Stewardship
firstline.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Got some holiday free time? 🎄
Checkout Frontline's various free ID-themed small games. 🧩
Includes "Contagion Crossword," "Infectious Connections (matching game)," "Microbial Pursuit (trivia)," & "Microbe ID (emoji puzzle)."
#IDSky #MedSky
firstline.org/games/
Checkout Frontline's various free ID-themed small games. 🧩
Includes "Contagion Crossword," "Infectious Connections (matching game)," "Microbial Pursuit (trivia)," & "Microbe ID (emoji puzzle)."
#IDSky #MedSky
firstline.org/games/
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I made Choose Your 2026 Vibe cookies for my running group: hearts, brains and bacteria
(they think I'm a nerd) (not wrong) (these are the leftovers)
(they think I'm a nerd) (not wrong) (these are the leftovers)
December 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I made Choose Your 2026 Vibe cookies for my running group: hearts, brains and bacteria
(they think I'm a nerd) (not wrong) (these are the leftovers)
(they think I'm a nerd) (not wrong) (these are the leftovers)
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Everything is a zoonosis! Drawing/listing challenge.
#25 - Goat
Remember rabid sheep? Time for rabid goat! (and a whole lot more stuff!)
www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Assets/zoono...
#IDSky #VetSky
#25 - Goat
Remember rabid sheep? Time for rabid goat! (and a whole lot more stuff!)
www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Assets/zoono...
#IDSky #VetSky
December 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Everything is a zoonosis! Drawing/listing challenge.
#25 - Goat
Remember rabid sheep? Time for rabid goat! (and a whole lot more stuff!)
www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Assets/zoono...
#IDSky #VetSky
#25 - Goat
Remember rabid sheep? Time for rabid goat! (and a whole lot more stuff!)
www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Assets/zoono...
#IDSky #VetSky
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The hepatitis B vaccine is amazing.
It was the first viral protein subunit vaccine, the first recombinant vaccine, AND the first vaccine to prevent a type of cancer.
That's right: we've had a cancer vaccine for over 40 years.
Our new three-hour episode of Hard Drugs is all about it:
It was the first viral protein subunit vaccine, the first recombinant vaccine, AND the first vaccine to prevent a type of cancer.
That's right: we've had a cancer vaccine for over 40 years.
Our new three-hour episode of Hard Drugs is all about it:
The first cancer vaccine
open.spotify.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The hepatitis B vaccine is amazing.
It was the first viral protein subunit vaccine, the first recombinant vaccine, AND the first vaccine to prevent a type of cancer.
That's right: we've had a cancer vaccine for over 40 years.
Our new three-hour episode of Hard Drugs is all about it:
It was the first viral protein subunit vaccine, the first recombinant vaccine, AND the first vaccine to prevent a type of cancer.
That's right: we've had a cancer vaccine for over 40 years.
Our new three-hour episode of Hard Drugs is all about it:
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Everything is a zoonosis! Drawing/listing challenge.
#23- Ermine
Couldn’t find reports on direct ermine to human transmission. Found this review which was done with the purpose of listing potential agents for biologic control in New Zealand 😬
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
#IDSky
#23- Ermine
Couldn’t find reports on direct ermine to human transmission. Found this review which was done with the purpose of listing potential agents for biologic control in New Zealand 😬
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
#IDSky
December 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Everything is a zoonosis! Drawing/listing challenge.
#23- Ermine
Couldn’t find reports on direct ermine to human transmission. Found this review which was done with the purpose of listing potential agents for biologic control in New Zealand 😬
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
#IDSky
#23- Ermine
Couldn’t find reports on direct ermine to human transmission. Found this review which was done with the purpose of listing potential agents for biologic control in New Zealand 😬
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
#IDSky
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It's beginning to look a lot like...
Microbial Christmas!
🦠🧫🔬🎄🎅🏻🛷🦌☃️
👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/superblog/microbial-christmas
Microbial Christmas!
🦠🧫🔬🎄🎅🏻🛷🦌☃️
👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/superblog/microbial-christmas
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's beginning to look a lot like...
Microbial Christmas!
🦠🧫🔬🎄🎅🏻🛷🦌☃️
👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/superblog/microbial-christmas
Microbial Christmas!
🦠🧫🔬🎄🎅🏻🛷🦌☃️
👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/superblog/microbial-christmas
Committed to empiricism.
If you bake pop rocks into cookies will they still pop?
(Updates to follow)
(Updates to follow)
December 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Committed to empiricism.
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Oue friend Critical Care game is on sale for $55 (nl 70)
Critical Care: The Game — Critical Care: The Game share.google/VhiBUtAMfbEe...
Critical Care: The Game — Critical Care: The Game share.google/VhiBUtAMfbEe...
Critical Care: The Game — Critical Care: The Game
1-4 player co-op board game designed by doctors & board game lovers for everyone. Use medicine & engage experts to save lives! Critical Care takes about 45-90 minutes to play for ages 14 and u...
share.google
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Oue friend Critical Care game is on sale for $55 (nl 70)
Critical Care: The Game — Critical Care: The Game share.google/VhiBUtAMfbEe...
Critical Care: The Game — Critical Care: The Game share.google/VhiBUtAMfbEe...
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Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
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Shopping for a microbiologist? I have a gift guide for you!
Check it out for fun ideas for microbiology themed gifts including @contamclub.bsky.social @teamfoldscope.bsky.social @artologica.net @breadtopia.bsky.social and more. #MicroSky #Holiday #Christmas
microbialmenagerie.com/holiday-gift...
Check it out for fun ideas for microbiology themed gifts including @contamclub.bsky.social @teamfoldscope.bsky.social @artologica.net @breadtopia.bsky.social and more. #MicroSky #Holiday #Christmas
microbialmenagerie.com/holiday-gift...
Holiday Gift Ideas for Microbiologists and Science Fans
One of the things I love about microbiology scicomm is the many ways microbiologists, writers, and artists have incorporated microbes into tangible output. Microbiology-themed books, clothing and a…
microbialmenagerie.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Shopping for a microbiologist? I have a gift guide for you!
Check it out for fun ideas for microbiology themed gifts including @contamclub.bsky.social @teamfoldscope.bsky.social @artologica.net @breadtopia.bsky.social and more. #MicroSky #Holiday #Christmas
microbialmenagerie.com/holiday-gift...
Check it out for fun ideas for microbiology themed gifts including @contamclub.bsky.social @teamfoldscope.bsky.social @artologica.net @breadtopia.bsky.social and more. #MicroSky #Holiday #Christmas
microbialmenagerie.com/holiday-gift...
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Do you have an idea for an educational neurology game that needs some work?
Or wish you knew where to start?
Apply for GANGLIA, a game-development program providing instruction, mentorship, community and funds - with
@zachlondon.bsky.social & me!
Deadline April 2026
neurdgames.com/ganglia
Or wish you knew where to start?
Apply for GANGLIA, a game-development program providing instruction, mentorship, community and funds - with
@zachlondon.bsky.social & me!
Deadline April 2026
neurdgames.com/ganglia
December 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Do you have an idea for an educational neurology game that needs some work?
Or wish you knew where to start?
Apply for GANGLIA, a game-development program providing instruction, mentorship, community and funds - with
@zachlondon.bsky.social & me!
Deadline April 2026
neurdgames.com/ganglia
Or wish you knew where to start?
Apply for GANGLIA, a game-development program providing instruction, mentorship, community and funds - with
@zachlondon.bsky.social & me!
Deadline April 2026
neurdgames.com/ganglia
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Everything is a zoonosis! Drawing/listing challenge.
#22- Duck
Again promoting this excellent resource by Iowa State School of Veterinary Medicine
(confession: I learned ducks are considered poultry 🤪; pero English is my second language so 🤷🏻♀️)
#IDSky #VetSky
www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Assets/zoono...
#22- Duck
Again promoting this excellent resource by Iowa State School of Veterinary Medicine
(confession: I learned ducks are considered poultry 🤪; pero English is my second language so 🤷🏻♀️)
#IDSky #VetSky
www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Assets/zoono...
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Everything is a zoonosis! Drawing/listing challenge.
#22- Duck
Again promoting this excellent resource by Iowa State School of Veterinary Medicine
(confession: I learned ducks are considered poultry 🤪; pero English is my second language so 🤷🏻♀️)
#IDSky #VetSky
www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Assets/zoono...
#22- Duck
Again promoting this excellent resource by Iowa State School of Veterinary Medicine
(confession: I learned ducks are considered poultry 🤪; pero English is my second language so 🤷🏻♀️)
#IDSky #VetSky
www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Assets/zoono...
CDC group DF-2 (dysgonic fermenter type 2)! And its friends.
Psst. Want to know everything you need to on Capnocytophagia?
Got 15 minutes?
Listen here.
Free pun included! It’s a regular ‘Cap Friday’ deal!
#idsky #microsky
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Got 15 minutes?
Listen here.
Free pun included! It’s a regular ‘Cap Friday’ deal!
#idsky #microsky
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
podcasts.apple.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
CDC group DF-2 (dysgonic fermenter type 2)! And its friends.
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New episode out today: Listen in to this team from LA as they walk through several mini-cases and chat IV vs PO antibiotics!
Feat: Fourth year medical student Hannah Chute, Dr. Paloma Reta-Impey, and @bradspellberg.bsky.social
Also check out: www.bradspellberg.com/oral-antibio...
#IDsky #MedSky
Feat: Fourth year medical student Hannah Chute, Dr. Paloma Reta-Impey, and @bradspellberg.bsky.social
Also check out: www.bradspellberg.com/oral-antibio...
#IDsky #MedSky
December 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New episode out today: Listen in to this team from LA as they walk through several mini-cases and chat IV vs PO antibiotics!
Feat: Fourth year medical student Hannah Chute, Dr. Paloma Reta-Impey, and @bradspellberg.bsky.social
Also check out: www.bradspellberg.com/oral-antibio...
#IDsky #MedSky
Feat: Fourth year medical student Hannah Chute, Dr. Paloma Reta-Impey, and @bradspellberg.bsky.social
Also check out: www.bradspellberg.com/oral-antibio...
#IDsky #MedSky
Small Business Saturday!
An educational card game for healthcare workers and other pharmacology enthusiasts. Check out Pharmageddon: Bugs vs Drugs on our Etsy store!
labbeaglegames.etsy.com/listing/1452...
An educational card game for healthcare workers and other pharmacology enthusiasts. Check out Pharmageddon: Bugs vs Drugs on our Etsy store!
labbeaglegames.etsy.com/listing/1452...
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Small Business Saturday!
An educational card game for healthcare workers and other pharmacology enthusiasts. Check out Pharmageddon: Bugs vs Drugs on our Etsy store!
labbeaglegames.etsy.com/listing/1452...
An educational card game for healthcare workers and other pharmacology enthusiasts. Check out Pharmageddon: Bugs vs Drugs on our Etsy store!
labbeaglegames.etsy.com/listing/1452...
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But cities used to be affordable, and with lighter building regulations, they built fast and densified very quickly.
Why did that end? What brought about 'the Great Downzoning'?
Samuel Hughes evaluates the theories in a great new piece for Works in Progress.
worksinprogress.co/issue/the-gr...
Why did that end? What brought about 'the Great Downzoning'?
Samuel Hughes evaluates the theories in a great new piece for Works in Progress.
worksinprogress.co/issue/the-gr...
The Great Downzoning - Works in Progress Magazine
It was once legal to build almost anything, anywhere. Then, in the space of a few decades, nearly every city in the West banned densification.
worksinprogress.co
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
But cities used to be affordable, and with lighter building regulations, they built fast and densified very quickly.
Why did that end? What brought about 'the Great Downzoning'?
Samuel Hughes evaluates the theories in a great new piece for Works in Progress.
worksinprogress.co/issue/the-gr...
Why did that end? What brought about 'the Great Downzoning'?
Samuel Hughes evaluates the theories in a great new piece for Works in Progress.
worksinprogress.co/issue/the-gr...
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I had a lot of fun making this choropleth map of property sales prices in Germany.
Predictably, big cities have the highest property prices. This pattern is typical now.
Predictably, big cities have the highest property prices. This pattern is typical now.
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I had a lot of fun making this choropleth map of property sales prices in Germany.
Predictably, big cities have the highest property prices. This pattern is typical now.
Predictably, big cities have the highest property prices. This pattern is typical now.
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Novels' sentences are much shorter than they used to be.
Part of this is about punctuation: we use periods as people used to use semi-colons. And shorter sentences aren't necessarily simpler to read, since jargon can condense complicated ideas.
Part of this is about punctuation: we use periods as people used to use semi-colons. And shorter sentences aren't necessarily simpler to read, since jargon can condense complicated ideas.
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Novels' sentences are much shorter than they used to be.
Part of this is about punctuation: we use periods as people used to use semi-colons. And shorter sentences aren't necessarily simpler to read, since jargon can condense complicated ideas.
Part of this is about punctuation: we use periods as people used to use semi-colons. And shorter sentences aren't necessarily simpler to read, since jargon can condense complicated ideas.
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Fascinating reading about unheralded women game designers in the C19th.
daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-h...
daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-h...
The Hidden History of Women Game Designers - JSTOR Daily
Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters.
daily.jstor.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Fascinating reading about unheralded women game designers in the C19th.
daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-h...
daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-h...