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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 4h

I say that to most of my consult patients as well

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 5h

FFS

“I can’t tell you a single actionable initiative to come out of it,” the second official said.”

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 11h

What??! Why?!

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US Army accepting roughly $1 million donation to bring senior leaders to DC conference as troops brace for missed paycheck | CNN Politics

The US Army is accepting a donation of roughly $1 million for the travel and lodging of senior leaders to a professional development conference in Washington, DC, next week, as active duty forces are ...

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UW Infectious Disease Fellowship Program @uwidfellowship.bsky.social · 17h

No MMWR update yesterday due to gov’t shutdown so we’ll run with last week’s update on Tularemia! Fluoroquinolones and doxycycline now first line treatment… #IDSky

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 11h

One of my main takeaways from this, besides Ladapo being a charlatan, is the question: why are so many Navy SEALs so f’ing weird as well

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11h

Florida’s surgeon general’s anti-vax beliefs are only the tip of a very deeply weird iceberg.

Joseph Ladapo’s guiding voice? His wife, who believes she can talk to “Archangel Michael, Mary Magdalene, and many other beings of light.”

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 11h

“Those options include Trump shifting available funds”

The cherry on top of all of this would be the administration doing something illegal to pay the troops, and then DFAS pulls the money back later and folks get a “no pay due” LES 🫠

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Trump could shift funds to pay troops, White House officials say

GOP congressional leaders are resisting standalone military pay legislation, fearing it will take pressure off Democrats.

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 11h

Congrats to her!

Sassy Girl GIF

Alt: Sassy Girl GIF A young girl wearing a large white scarf puts on a pair of large sunglasses while holding a coffee mug, looking very large and in charge for such a small Person

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 11h

I’m not a betting man, but if I was, it would be that the troops miss two paychecks before this is all over.

“the Chair announced the Speaker's designation of the period from Tuesday, October 14, 2025, through Sunday, October 19, 2025, as a "district work period"

The screen shot from the House of Representatives website that has an itemized list of official actions, one of which at 12:33 PM states”the Chair announced the Speaker's designation of the period from Tuesday, October 14, 2025, through Sunday, October 19, 2025, as a "district work period"”

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 11h

Maybe because of the federal shut down.

Or… The HHS secretary has discovered what the phrase plenary power means…

Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 11h

ACIP Meeting Delayed Indefinitely; COVID-19 Vaccines Continue To Show Benefit in New Study www.biospace.com/policy/acip-...

ACIP Meeting Delayed Indefinitely; COVID-19 Vaccines Continue To Show Benefit in New Study

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was scheduled to convene Oct. 22 to 23, but this meeting has been postponed, with no new date specified. The delay comes as the VA published new ...

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 12h

With time, this can potentially transition into the strategically used “low voice” or “the look”.

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 12h

I think when there is an immediate safety issue then doing something to fully get their attention- specifically a sharp loud correction- to refocus and correct is absolutely appropriate if you know from past experience that other things don’t work.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 14h

MIT “became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump administration’s higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment… “the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit”

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 12h

People who then actually get influenza (and not just a random rhinovirus cold) universally regret this decision

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 12h

“I'll read all of them carefully. And they will be held in the strictest of confidence.”

LOL- translation: I’ll convert them into AI slop and then arbitrarily fire 15-20% of you then demand a raise

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 16h

New: In a note to staff this morning, New CBS EIC Bari Weiss asked everyone across CBS News to send her a memo by next Tuesday explaining how they spend their workday and what’s working/not working…

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 14h

Did this happen at other agencies?

Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 14h

Federal civilian pay runs on an every two week cycle, compared to active duty, which is twice per month. I just got roughly 3/4 of my normal pay for days worked prior to October 1.

For the first time it’s going to be the active duty really taking the brunt of this first missed paycheck next week.

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 14h

And yet, I bet she’s the boss

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 14h

Soooooo tiny

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 14h

Putting some new flags in rotation.

The the flag of NATO. A blue field with a blue and white four point star overlaying a circle.

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 14h

IMO little longish skinny ones are the way to go. I’ll also break off the fatter base of Shelby’s and give it to Lacey (the lab)

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 1d

"In North Carolina and other states, low-income families who normally get no-cost Covid-19 vaccines for their kids have been told those shots aren’t available because states have been unable to order Covid-19 vaccines through the VFC program."

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Low-income families are still waiting on Covid-19 vaccines for kids, but states say they’re coming | CNN

Many low-income families who normally get no-cost Covid-19 vaccines for their kids through the Vaccines for Children program have been told those shots aren’t available because states have been unable...

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 18h

“We should replace Bad Bunny with Lee Greenwood” is an also a perfect summation of the “deal” they’ve offered universities.

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 18h

Same Shelby… same.

A small black and white dog is curled up and laying atop a fuzzy brown blanket and against a white pillow

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Maz Jovanovich @mazjovanovich.bsky.social · 19h

They say a picture tells a thousand words - and this one definitely does.

I found it unexpectedly today while in search of another image and it stopped me in my tracks.

Smiling pregnant woman in military uniform being promoted by another woman and a man, who are both putting new rank slides onto her shirt, in front of an aircraft.

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 18h

👀
“The disastrous football coach isn't enough,” they wrote. “The careers of faculty, staff and students at both of these schools are being sacrificed to Roberts’ ego.”

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 19h

The Nobel committee lauded Machado as a "key, unifying figure in a political opposition that was once deeply divided — an opposition that found common ground in the demand for free elections and representative government."

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2025 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela opposition leader, for promoting democracy

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for democracy in her country.

www.cbsnews.com

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