Joe Thomas, MD, FHM
@docwithbowtie.bsky.social
He/His. Hospitalist. #MedTwitter Bow tie enthusiast. Deputy Editor of Digital Media, Journal of Hospital Medicine. Side of #Drums/Music. Shouts into political void mine, not representing any organization. https://youtu.be/foaTUq40Dmc?si=bXXivSbV7eB7AAUQ
We have lots to find ~kinda chic~ as the new residents have finally mastered their new logins and (mostly) finding their way around the hospital. Which of these resonates with you most? Is it a #TWDFNR? #howwehospitalist #JHM #hospitalmedicine #internyear #kindachic
Does anyone actually own any of those, like, superhero-themed athletic wear products? Are they actually any good? I’m content with my Walmart gym shorts and old t-shirts, but…one wonders.
If you’re out here trying to claim that hospitals were empty during peak COVID 2020-22, you’re either a liar or you’ve been lied to. I don’t care which it is (because you’re probably wrong about other things, too), because either way you need to stop it.
No one who chose not to vaccinate without a legit medical exemption deserves an apology. Pleading the Fifth as a refusal to play into a perjury trap is not an admission of guilt. COVID killed millions. Dr. Fauci helped keep that from going higher. The vaccines saved lives.
2 major GOP talking points: people are getting ab*rtions with zero consideration, and that #transgender athletes are a scam for mediocre male athletes to suddenly win. Both are nonsense and MAGA is just perpetuating #myth to maintain control. Don’t be fooled! Vote them out.
The folks making laws with abortion bans don’t care what happens to pregnant folks or to fetuses after birth. The people making laws against transgender athletes claiming “safety in women’s sports” don’t actually care about women’s sports. Or women.
Shocking that hiring the most craven, racist, cowardly, idiotic incels to be a terrorist goon squad for a wannabe dictator with the same traits turns out to be a terrible-yet-deadly waste of time, money, resources, and life.
Don’t ignore actual and applicable #publicHealth recommendations or #ClimateChange safety precautions just because you didn’t vote for who said it. #AirQuality
A #Netflix #documentary might be the only way to convince some people that COVID was not a government conspiracy and v*ccine mandates aren’t government overreach. Actual conspiracy: Jay #Bhattacharya trying to hide that 💉 saved lives and actually protect against ❤️ disease!
I know this comes up from time to time, so the next someone tries to say that evolution or gravity are “theories” as a reason to think they aren’t facts, you can send them this. #theory #gravity #evolution
Back in May, hand-foot-and-mouth WRECKED our household for a week - first kid was sick, then my wife and me. I had it the worst, and eventually the skin on my hands and feet started completely peeling off. Happy to say I realized today that I have fingerprints again!
The momentary panic when one of your Libby holds comes through and you get the “ready to borrow!“ Notice but you are only halfway through your current read. 😬
I am genuinely concerned #UshaVance is going to be the first person with a platform focused on reading who will end up discouraging people from reading and drop literacy rates.
This video is brought to you by SCOTUS votes on #BirthrightCitizenship, #Transgender athletes, and #CampaignFinance. They only got one of those right, but #ClarenceThomas was on the wrong side of all of them, as usual.
My entire adult life I’ve known that the preferred energy-saving thermostat settings are 68 F during winter and 78 F in summer, adjusting for individual home and comfort when possible. Mayor Mamdani just recommends what the Dept of Energy does and MAGA loses their minds. Socialist temperatures!
As a child of immigrants, I am relieved to see SCOTUS confirm that the Constitution is, in fact, constitutional. The vote was way too close, and clearly Justices Alito, Kavanagh, Gorsuch, and Thomas (really dude?) want to make racism the law of the land.
Univera delayed my patient’s discharge to rehab for multiple days because they are supposedly understaffed. Cry me a damn river, Univera. Take money from your CEO’s bloated salary and your corrupt lobbying and pay people to approve the care my patients need.
Is Clarence Thomas literally the worst person on the planet who shares my last name? I think he might be. 
I’ve laughed at TV shows where they show the baby making mealtime a mess, but man, when you’re just trying to feed your toddler but he insists on feeding himself and then you look away long enough and he tosses the bowl on the floor…I’m pretty patient, but Lord give me strength.
Wild and hilarious that in a matter of weeks Hunter Biden has become one of the best follows on multiple platforms while the kids of the current president (well, mostly one specifically named after him) remain sycophantically terrible accounts.
Reminder that states make voting a secure process and #VoterID laws are redundant and often racist because the current process already requires ID to register and verification to #vote! #PrimaryDay #IVoted
In an episode of #TheOffice, Michael puts the gang through a comedic Survivor-style competition to figure out who his replacement should be. As team captains, he picks all dudes, and for the 3 white guys he lists personality traits. For the Black man he just says he picked him because he’s Black.(1/
My baby boy’s daycare has a shelter in place drill next week so suffice it to say I will continue to give zero fucks about your argument against gun safety legislation.
MAHA: Pretending to make America healthier by pretending to change useless things that don’t make food more healthful. MAGA: Pretending to make America great again while actually sabotaging every aspect of American life and monuments, and costing us so much more.
I look at my own baby boy and then at pictures of #KohenWiley and it's hard not to weep in grief and rage. Police training, discipline, and goals need serious reform. Too often they protect property over people and it is Black lives who suffer or end for it.(1/2)
Evidence-guided expertise >> Memed Misinformation. It’s easy to make stuff up based on kernels of truth or a misinterpretation of science or context! It’s more work to find the answers, so I turn to real experts and high-quality, peer-reviewed journals.(1/2) 📖Excerpt: @rubinallergy.bsky.social
