Kathy Hursen
@67rn.bsky.social
“There’s always light if only we are brave enough to see it; if only we are brave enough to be it.”~Amanda Gorman
"Every storm runs out of rain." Maya Angelou
#Nurse #PublicHealthEducator #Democracy #HealthCare4All #ClimateHealth #HumanRights
"Every storm runs out of rain." Maya Angelou
#Nurse #PublicHealthEducator #Democracy #HealthCare4All #ClimateHealth #HumanRights
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"Make America Sick Again" with the highest reported US measles cases in 25 years.
-94% are unvaccinated.
-23% are 0-4 years of age
-TX has the most reported cases
-Airport exposures: Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, Denver, Boston, Raleigh-Durham, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Richmond, and New York.
-94% are unvaccinated.
-23% are 0-4 years of age
-TX has the most reported cases
-Airport exposures: Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, Denver, Boston, Raleigh-Durham, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Richmond, and New York.
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The Olympic Pipeline leak this November released thousands of gallons of fuel near Everett, threatening public health, wildlife, and nearby farms.
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Washington delegation demands answers from BP after weeks-long Olympic Pipeline gas leak
A cohort of Washington delegates is demanding answers from the energy behemoth after a leak in the Olympic Pipeline released thousands of gallons of fuel.
komonews.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The Olympic Pipeline leak this November released thousands of gallons of fuel near Everett, threatening public health, wildlife, and nearby farms.
komonews.com/news/local/w...
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The truth always finds you, even on Truth Social...🤣🤣🤣
December 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The truth always finds you, even on Truth Social...🤣🤣🤣
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What is #ClimateChange?
Why we need to take #ClimateAction
Watch▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0XT...
PL RP🩷💚💙
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@beth0712.bsky.social @lstewartsc.bsky.social
@sandytreewoman.bsky.social @v56737787.bsky.social
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What is #ClimateChange?
Why we need to take #ClimateAction
Watch▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0XT...
PL RP🩷💚💙
@jblyle.bsky.social @birthdaybob.bsky.social
@beth0712.bsky.social @lstewartsc.bsky.social
@sandytreewoman.bsky.social @v56737787.bsky.social
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What is Climate Change? (explainer video with extra detail)
YouTube video by My Zero Carbon
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Trump's Campaign to Make America Sick and Poor
Every dollar invested in research in the US returns at least $5. More than 99 percent of the drugs approved by the FDA from 2010 to 2019 were partly supported by NIH funds.
Trump terminated billions of dollars in research grants.
Every dollar invested in research in the US returns at least $5. More than 99 percent of the drugs approved by the FDA from 2010 to 2019 were partly supported by NIH funds.
Trump terminated billions of dollars in research grants.
The Trump Administration’s Most Paralyzing Blow to Science
Cuts to research may have spoiled the country’s appetite for bold exploration.
www.theatlantic.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Trump's Campaign to Make America Sick and Poor
Every dollar invested in research in the US returns at least $5. More than 99 percent of the drugs approved by the FDA from 2010 to 2019 were partly supported by NIH funds.
Trump terminated billions of dollars in research grants.
Every dollar invested in research in the US returns at least $5. More than 99 percent of the drugs approved by the FDA from 2010 to 2019 were partly supported by NIH funds.
Trump terminated billions of dollars in research grants.
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#GVerse #FBaRmy #Unite - #TimeToUnite
We are only louder when we have one voice, time to come together and fight this fascist #WhoreHouse #LetsGo
We are only louder when we have one voice, time to come together and fight this fascist #WhoreHouse #LetsGo
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
#GVerse #FBaRmy #Unite - #TimeToUnite
We are only louder when we have one voice, time to come together and fight this fascist #WhoreHouse #LetsGo
We are only louder when we have one voice, time to come together and fight this fascist #WhoreHouse #LetsGo
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Rick Scott's Company,Columbia/HCA, Was Charged With Fraud.
Typical RepubliKKKan Fraudster.....
Typical RepubliKKKan Fraudster.....
December 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Rick Scott's Company,Columbia/HCA, Was Charged With Fraud.
Typical RepubliKKKan Fraudster.....
Typical RepubliKKKan Fraudster.....
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“The MAGA base convinced themselves the Epstein files would expose their opponents. But Trump knows that the Epstein files are a mirror that reflects what his supporters actually voted for: a world where men like Trump and his friends can get away with decades of sexual violence.”
December 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“The MAGA base convinced themselves the Epstein files would expose their opponents. But Trump knows that the Epstein files are a mirror that reflects what his supporters actually voted for: a world where men like Trump and his friends can get away with decades of sexual violence.”
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We suspect ICE commits crimes at a far higher rate than the people they are kidnapping.
December 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
We suspect ICE commits crimes at a far higher rate than the people they are kidnapping.
Trump's enthusiasm for sexual violence is no secret to the people who didn’t vote for him.
Whereas, Trump’s most loyal voters developed elaborate mythologies to deny the truth about him. Now they don’t want to face this dark truth about Trump and about themselves and what they support.
Whereas, Trump’s most loyal voters developed elaborate mythologies to deny the truth about him. Now they don’t want to face this dark truth about Trump and about themselves and what they support.
In 2025, Epstein showed MAGA who they really are
Trump is desperate to distract his base
www.salon.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Trump's enthusiasm for sexual violence is no secret to the people who didn’t vote for him.
Whereas, Trump’s most loyal voters developed elaborate mythologies to deny the truth about him. Now they don’t want to face this dark truth about Trump and about themselves and what they support.
Whereas, Trump’s most loyal voters developed elaborate mythologies to deny the truth about him. Now they don’t want to face this dark truth about Trump and about themselves and what they support.
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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
December 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs
Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
www.statnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
His biomedical research lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent.
His lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent
John Quackenbush built a lab that is at the forefront of human genetics research and bioinformatics. Trump administration cuts have put it in danger of collapse.
www.statnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
His biomedical research lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent.
What West Virginia teens lost when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cuts ended their fight against Big Tobacco
What West Virginia teens lost when CDC cuts ended their fight against Big Tobacco
What West Virginia teens lost when CDC cuts ended their fight against Big Tobacco.
www.statnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What West Virginia teens lost when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cuts ended their fight against Big Tobacco
Working with monkeys was this lab tech’s dream job. Now she’s staffing an IT help desk. Experts worry that funding uncertainty under Trump will drive others from science, too
Working with monkeys was this lab tech’s dream job. Now she’s staffing an IT help desk
Trump’s reshaping of science has fueled fears researchers will leave the U.S. This lab tech's story shows it can drive people out of science altogether.
www.statnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Working with monkeys was this lab tech’s dream job. Now she’s staffing an IT help desk. Experts worry that funding uncertainty under Trump will drive others from science, too
Trump has ‘shaken the hell’ out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now?
Trump has ‘shaken the hell’ out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now?
Trump has "shaken the hell" out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now?
www.statnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Trump has ‘shaken the hell’ out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now?
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent.
It took Trump less than a year to shred that crucial alliance.
A multipart series on how the Trump administration has disrupted labs, upended lives, and delayed discoveries.
It took Trump less than a year to shred that crucial alliance.
A multipart series on how the Trump administration has disrupted labs, upended lives, and delayed discoveries.
American Science, Shattered
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent. It took Trump less than a year to shred that
www.statnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent.
It took Trump less than a year to shred that crucial alliance.
A multipart series on how the Trump administration has disrupted labs, upended lives, and delayed discoveries.
It took Trump less than a year to shred that crucial alliance.
A multipart series on how the Trump administration has disrupted labs, upended lives, and delayed discoveries.
A 10-part series by STAT, a health care publication that shares a parent company with The Boston Globe, highlights the wide-ranging impacts of the president’s hacksaw approach to science.
The US may very well lose its status as a global powerhouse in scientific research and discovery.
The US may very well lose its status as a global powerhouse in scientific research and discovery.
President Trump’s damage to American science is incalculable - The Boston Globe
A STAT series highlights the wide-ranging impact of the president’s hacksaw approach.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A 10-part series by STAT, a health care publication that shares a parent company with The Boston Globe, highlights the wide-ranging impacts of the president’s hacksaw approach to science.
The US may very well lose its status as a global powerhouse in scientific research and discovery.
The US may very well lose its status as a global powerhouse in scientific research and discovery.
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And since I saw this via her repost, this article by @hcrichardson.bsky.social from 2024 touches on this idea and how the US government used to educate our own military on the dangers of fascism.
www.milwaukeeindependent.com/heather-rich...
www.milwaukeeindependent.com/heather-rich...
Indifference and ignorance: Why America became a fertile ground for Trump's Fascist messages to thrive | Milwaukee Independent
www.milwaukeeindependent.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
And since I saw this via her repost, this article by @hcrichardson.bsky.social from 2024 touches on this idea and how the US government used to educate our own military on the dangers of fascism.
www.milwaukeeindependent.com/heather-rich...
www.milwaukeeindependent.com/heather-rich...
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BREAKING: The Department of Justice failed to redact the identity of a survivor of Epstein's crimes in a released document, per an exclusive comment to MeidasTouch.
Justice Department Fails to Redact Name and Personal Information of Epstein Survivor
Released documents tied to the Epstein Files Transparency Act reportedly included the name and phone number of Danielle Bensky, raising concerns over survivor privacy and government oversight
meidasnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Justice failed to redact the identity of a survivor of Epstein's crimes in a released document, per an exclusive comment to MeidasTouch.
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That's Not Fair,But In Chumplandia
It Is A Reality......
It Is A Reality......
December 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
That's Not Fair,But In Chumplandia
It Is A Reality......
It Is A Reality......
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Loser Mike Johnson hopes we forgot about extending ACA tax credits while he was on Christmas vacation.
Let’s make it very clear how wrong he is:
Let’s make it very clear how wrong he is:
Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Loser Mike Johnson hopes we forgot about extending ACA tax credits while he was on Christmas vacation.
Let’s make it very clear how wrong he is:
Let’s make it very clear how wrong he is:
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This is Part 2 of the Worst Things Trump Did in 2025. It goes from late February to early April.
101-200 in chronological order. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
101-200 in chronological order. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
500 Worst Things Trump Did in 2025 - Pt. 2
#101-200. February-April 2025
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This is Part 2 of the Worst Things Trump Did in 2025. It goes from late February to early April.
101-200 in chronological order. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
101-200 in chronological order. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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HAHAHAHA pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30101594/
Object personification in autism: This paper will be very sad if you don't read it - PubMed
Object personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human agents. In online forums, autistic individuals commonly report experiencing this phenomenon. Given that approximately half of all autistic individuals experience difficulties identifying their own emotions, the suggestio …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
HAHAHAHA pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30101594/