Rafael Santana-Davila
@valdesan.bsky.social
Thoracic, Head and Neck oncologist #medsky #oncsky
Fred Hutch Cancer Center. @fredhutch.bsky.social
University of Washington.
Fred Hutch Cancer Center. @fredhutch.bsky.social
University of Washington.
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Starting a list of oncology related peopl. Please tell me more to add. Or any similar listd go.bsky.app/GKXp9Fy @n8pennell.bsky.social
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I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE: I noted that the new Republican Chair of the Senate Budget Committee often calls Social Security a "Ponzi scheme."
He actually called it a "LEGAL Ponzi scheme." Do his Republican colleagues agree?
He actually called it a "LEGAL Ponzi scheme." Do his Republican colleagues agree?
September 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM
I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE: I noted that the new Republican Chair of the Senate Budget Committee often calls Social Security a "Ponzi scheme."
He actually called it a "LEGAL Ponzi scheme." Do his Republican colleagues agree?
He actually called it a "LEGAL Ponzi scheme." Do his Republican colleagues agree?
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Medicare for All means we will no longer be nickeled and dimed by corporations who exist specifically to hold our healthcare dollars and pay out as little as possible.
September 16, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Medicare for All means we will no longer be nickeled and dimed by corporations who exist specifically to hold our healthcare dollars and pay out as little as possible.
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Imagine being the most decorated gymnast in history, almost dying, and media referring to you as “NFL Wife” as your greatest achievement.😑 Misogyny is a helluva drug. Smh.
Truly hope Simone is safe and makes a full recovery. What a horrible experience.
Truly hope Simone is safe and makes a full recovery. What a horrible experience.
June 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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Unbelievably chilling, shameful collaborationist behavior by a medical association
Ta-Nehisi Coates:
“We'll come out of this. And let me tell you something: If none of us are here to see it, tell your children who the cowards were.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates:
“We'll come out of this. And let me tell you something: If none of us are here to see it, tell your children who the cowards were.”
This is an example of a scientific association censoring its members, real scientists, for defending attacks on science.
The police were called to remove the scientists for handing out hard copies of this editorial.
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
The police were called to remove the scientists for handing out hard copies of this editorial.
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
June 6, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Unbelievably chilling, shameful collaborationist behavior by a medical association
Ta-Nehisi Coates:
“We'll come out of this. And let me tell you something: If none of us are here to see it, tell your children who the cowards were.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates:
“We'll come out of this. And let me tell you something: If none of us are here to see it, tell your children who the cowards were.”
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Read what got the authors booted from the American Diabetes Association meeting 👇🏻👇🏻
We need to make sure this editorial goes viral
Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
June 6, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Read what got the authors booted from the American Diabetes Association meeting 👇🏻👇🏻
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The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
May 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
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Yes
So basically, Trump used his party leverage to punish GOP state senators in Indiana who refused to rig their elections.
May 6, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Yes
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This is an abortion ban
Reuters: US APPEALS COURT TEMPORARILY BLOCKS MAIL-ORDER ACCESS TO ABORTION DRUG MIFEPRISTONE
May 2, 2026 at 12:51 AM
This is an abortion ban
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The most pathetic thing you'll see today. Here's President Bone Spurs trying to pretend he went to one of the military academies. I've no doubt millions of his followers will believe it.
March 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The most pathetic thing you'll see today. Here's President Bone Spurs trying to pretend he went to one of the military academies. I've no doubt millions of his followers will believe it.
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Dear Latino & Hispanic voters,
The Republican Party believes that masked federal thugs lawlessly roaming our streets, racially profiling brown & black people, and terrorizing immigrants & citizens is just a “little hiccup.” I thought you should know.
Best,
A Former Republican
The Republican Party believes that masked federal thugs lawlessly roaming our streets, racially profiling brown & black people, and terrorizing immigrants & citizens is just a “little hiccup.” I thought you should know.
Best,
A Former Republican
Johnson: "We had a little hiccup with some Latino & Hispanic voters for certain, b/c some of the immigration enforcement was viewed to be overzealous. Everybody can describe it differently, but here's the good news: we're in a course-correction mode right now. We're gonna have a new DHS secretary."
March 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Dear Latino & Hispanic voters,
The Republican Party believes that masked federal thugs lawlessly roaming our streets, racially profiling brown & black people, and terrorizing immigrants & citizens is just a “little hiccup.” I thought you should know.
Best,
A Former Republican
The Republican Party believes that masked federal thugs lawlessly roaming our streets, racially profiling brown & black people, and terrorizing immigrants & citizens is just a “little hiccup.” I thought you should know.
Best,
A Former Republican
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
G.O.P. Congressman: We Need to Wake Up After Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...
Although i dont agree with everything said here. I completely echo the waking up part. @adamsmith.house.gov its time to lead a coalition
Although i dont agree with everything said here. I completely echo the waking up part. @adamsmith.house.gov its time to lead a coalition
Opinion | G.O.P. Congressman: We Need to Wake Up After Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:12 PM
G.O.P. Congressman: We Need to Wake Up After Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...
Although i dont agree with everything said here. I completely echo the waking up part. @adamsmith.house.gov its time to lead a coalition
Although i dont agree with everything said here. I completely echo the waking up part. @adamsmith.house.gov its time to lead a coalition
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On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.
January 26, 2026 at 3:47 AM
On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
@gluesenkampperez.house.gov you own today.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 AM
@gluesenkampperez.house.gov you own today.
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For those asking where we go from here: Not voting to fund ICE is a great place for us to start.
January 24, 2026 at 11:09 PM
For those asking where we go from here: Not voting to fund ICE is a great place for us to start.
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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Minnesota’s Congressional Democrats are united. We’re speaking with one voice to condemn the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti and to demand that ICE, DHS, and CBP agents leave our state immediately.
January 24, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Minnesota’s Congressional Democrats are united. We’re speaking with one voice to condemn the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti and to demand that ICE, DHS, and CBP agents leave our state immediately.
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Trump’s endless empowerment of federal immigration agents has resulted in yet another senseless killing. This brutal crackdown has to end.
I cannot and will not vote to fund DHS while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.
I cannot and will not vote to fund DHS while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.
January 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Trump’s endless empowerment of federal immigration agents has resulted in yet another senseless killing. This brutal crackdown has to end.
I cannot and will not vote to fund DHS while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.
I cannot and will not vote to fund DHS while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.
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Kristi Noem must be impeached. ICE must be abolished. Democrats in the Senate cannot fund DHS.
Trump has created a militarized police force accountable only to him. These agents need to leave our cities NOW.
Trump has created a militarized police force accountable only to him. These agents need to leave our cities NOW.
January 24, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Kristi Noem must be impeached. ICE must be abolished. Democrats in the Senate cannot fund DHS.
Trump has created a militarized police force accountable only to him. These agents need to leave our cities NOW.
Trump has created a militarized police force accountable only to him. These agents need to leave our cities NOW.
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The real “domestic terrorists” are in the White House.
The victim, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was reportedly a law abiding US citizen & an ICU nurse at the VA. He was licensed to carry a firearm.
Trump & Miller are responsible for his killing & are now lying to the American people.
The victim, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was reportedly a law abiding US citizen & an ICU nurse at the VA. He was licensed to carry a firearm.
Trump & Miller are responsible for his killing & are now lying to the American people.
Another brutal killing by Trump’s ICE agents.
Trump, Vance, Noem, Miller, & the whole morally depraved crew have blood on their hands. These killings are happening at their direction. They must be held accountable.
Congress must cut-off funding for these heinous acts NOW!
Trump, Vance, Noem, Miller, & the whole morally depraved crew have blood on their hands. These killings are happening at their direction. They must be held accountable.
Congress must cut-off funding for these heinous acts NOW!
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 PM
The real “domestic terrorists” are in the White House.
The victim, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was reportedly a law abiding US citizen & an ICU nurse at the VA. He was licensed to carry a firearm.
Trump & Miller are responsible for his killing & are now lying to the American people.
The victim, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was reportedly a law abiding US citizen & an ICU nurse at the VA. He was licensed to carry a firearm.
Trump & Miller are responsible for his killing & are now lying to the American people.
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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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.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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.
White. Hot. Rage.