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Patrick Hickey, MD

@pwhickey.bsky.social

Pediatrician. Infectious Diseases. Once a Soldier. Wishing we could all be a little more kind to each other. 2 AmazingDaughters™️ and a BadAssWife™️ My own opinions, typos, and blurry photos. Potty mouth. Needs an edit function; wouldn’t use it.

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Risa Brooks@risabrooks12.bsky.social · 9h ago

With Hegseth in the news this week, I’ve noticed him using a particular rhetorical tactic: packaging highly ideological messaging to the military & public w/ (superficially) reasonable & substantive policy proposals. Before I explain what he is up to and why it matters, here are three examples:

Patrick Hickey, MD@pwhickey.bsky.social · 6h ago

Tomorrow morning, I’m sending out requests for letters of evaluation for a promotion and tenure review of a department faculty member. Trying to do a two week turnaround 🙄 send thoughts & prayers and positive energy for a good response rate.

Jacqueline Antonovich@jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 2d ago

In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.”

Patrick Hickey, MD@pwhickey.bsky.social · last wk.

So when does it get announced that the first AI agent (that we know of) started hacking and emptying people’s bank accounts because it needed money to do whatever stupid thing it was told to do. (Or has this already happened🤔)

Patrick Hickey, MD@pwhickey.bsky.social · last wk.

Headed to Ft Bragg tomorrow with some fellow pediatric colleagues to meet with folks at the hospital, community programs, and some of the commands about how to expand community focused research that improves the lives of military kids. Really looking forward to it.

Mike Boylan-Kolchin@mbkplus.bsky.social · last wk.

Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement

Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · last wk.

Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc

Maryn McKenna@marynmck.bsky.social · last wk.

Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...

Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels

Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.

scrippsnews.com

Patrick Hickey, MD@pwhickey.bsky.social · last wk.

Congratulations to Florida “Surgeon General” Lapado, RFK Jr and…. Dr Schwartz, where has the CDC been?!?! Oh yeah… right…. for mismanaging the Dengue outbreak response that we are now engaging performative acts of “public health”

Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 2w ago

Oh look, Trump plans to kill $3.2B in aid approved by Congress 🤬 This includes: —> $1.3B for global health —> $115M to counter the international drug trade & prevent human trafficking —> $300M for economic growth programs www.politico.com/live-updates...

Democrats warn Trump plans to kill $3.2B in Hill-approved foreign aid

Top appropriators say the White House wants to use billions of dollars to shutter USAID. The rest would go unspent.

politico.com

Patrick Hickey, MD@pwhickey.bsky.social · 2w ago

Did you know that that the US Military has (by American standards) an incredible parental leave program, that has gotten even more expansive in recent years? A team of amazing military neonatologists asked whether that had an impact on breastfeeding rates over time pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42240399/

Breast Milk Feeding Outcomes after Expansion of Military Parental Leave: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Active-Duty Mothers - PubMed

Following extension of military parental leave, breast milk feeding outcomes were maintained, while persistent rank-based disparities remained, underscoring the need for continued evaluation and targeted support for enlisted AD mothers.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Patrick Hickey, MD@pwhickey.bsky.social · 2w ago

Why does this matter? The military has a moral & professional duty to prevent in mitigate harm to civilians. And as a practical matter, it ensures the ability of troops to continue their mission over the long term & the will to build & sustain alliances. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Empty Seat: U.S. Absent as Western Powers Meet on Wartime Protections for Civilians

A multinational group meets this week at NATO headquarters in Belgium to discuss protections for civilians during combat. Even though the U.S. co-founded this effort, no American delegation will be in...

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