Brenda Silvia-Torma
@bsilviatorma9.bsky.social
Health educator, patient and citizen advocate, proud union member and LGBTQIA ally. I choose inclusion, compassion, equity, empathy, love, kindness, diversity etc.
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An important lesson from Jean-Luc Picard that I’m still sharing all these years later.
April 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
An important lesson from Jean-Luc Picard that I’m still sharing all these years later.
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BYE BYE FREEDOM
Trump's Dept Homeland Security quietly eliminated ban on surveillance based solely on sexual orientation and gender identity.
It is now legal for the government to spy on you just because they don't like who you love or don't like how you identify your gender.
Trump's Dept Homeland Security quietly eliminated ban on surveillance based solely on sexual orientation and gender identity.
It is now legal for the government to spy on you just because they don't like who you love or don't like how you identify your gender.
DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity
The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.
www.advocate.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
BYE BYE FREEDOM
Trump's Dept Homeland Security quietly eliminated ban on surveillance based solely on sexual orientation and gender identity.
It is now legal for the government to spy on you just because they don't like who you love or don't like how you identify your gender.
Trump's Dept Homeland Security quietly eliminated ban on surveillance based solely on sexual orientation and gender identity.
It is now legal for the government to spy on you just because they don't like who you love or don't like how you identify your gender.
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BREAKING: USAID contractors/aid recipients say Secretary Rubio and USAID leader Peter Marocco should be held in civil contempt for violating a court order to lift spending freeze.
February 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
BREAKING: USAID contractors/aid recipients say Secretary Rubio and USAID leader Peter Marocco should be held in civil contempt for violating a court order to lift spending freeze.
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A federal judge just said that Cathy Harris, who chaired the Merit Systems Protection Board during the Biden admin, must be temporarily reinstated to her position — after she was fired by Trump — and returned full access to the benefits of her office until further order of the court.
February 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A federal judge just said that Cathy Harris, who chaired the Merit Systems Protection Board during the Biden admin, must be temporarily reinstated to her position — after she was fired by Trump — and returned full access to the benefits of her office until further order of the court.
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“If you think fertilized eggs are people but parents who've crossed oceans with their kids aren't, stop pretending your concerns are religious.”
February 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“If you think fertilized eggs are people but parents who've crossed oceans with their kids aren't, stop pretending your concerns are religious.”
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Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.
The average person with the flu gives it to around 1.4 people. The average person with measles gives it to between 12 and 18 people.
Measles cases continue to surge globally, putting millions of children at risk.
More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year.
bit.ly/48SAtkf
More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year.
bit.ly/48SAtkf
February 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![TOTE ASTRICT COLOR
DOCTORS FOR AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
Civil Action No. 25-322 (JDB)
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
Upon consideration of [6] Plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order, [8]
Plaintiff's supplemental declarations, [9] Defendants' opposition, [10] Plaintiff's reply, the
hearing on February 10, 2025, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated in the
accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that
1. Defendants Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control, and Food
and Drug Administration (hereinafter "defendants") shall, by not later than 11:59 pm on
February 11, 2025, restore to their versions as of January 30, 2025, each webpage and dataset
identified by Plaintiff on pages 6-12 of its Memorandum of Law in Support of the Motion for
a Restraining Order [ECF No. 6-1];
2. Defendants shall, in consultation with Plaintiff, identify any other resources that DF A members
rely on to provide medical care and that defendants removed or substantially modified on or
after January 29, 2025, without adequate notice or reasoned explanation; and defendants shall,
by February 14, 2025, restore those resources to their versions as of January 30, 2025;](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifoaihlyxzbiko32lmralzpicfxnzwfoxp3ki5w4wniiihonzxira@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Listen, things are fucked, but that doesn’t mean your accomplishments don’t matter. Wrote a book? Got accepted to a program? Recorded a song? One year sober? Whatever it is, share it. Maybe your joy will bring someone else a bit of joy, and we all need that.
February 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Listen, things are fucked, but that doesn’t mean your accomplishments don’t matter. Wrote a book? Got accepted to a program? Recorded a song? One year sober? Whatever it is, share it. Maybe your joy will bring someone else a bit of joy, and we all need that.
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Under fascism, no one is safe.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
February 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Under fascism, no one is safe.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
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Ooo this is a good one ☺️
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ooo this is a good one ☺️
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Sorry... why are we still referring to Cassidy as a doctor?
Surely he lost that honorific today?
After knowingly aiding and abetting a man whose anti-science quackery killed Samoan kids and will kill more in the years ahead?
How is anything Cassidy did today acceptable under the Hippocratic Oath?
Surely he lost that honorific today?
After knowingly aiding and abetting a man whose anti-science quackery killed Samoan kids and will kill more in the years ahead?
How is anything Cassidy did today acceptable under the Hippocratic Oath?
The Doctor Who Let RFK Jr. Through
The opposition folds.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Sorry... why are we still referring to Cassidy as a doctor?
Surely he lost that honorific today?
After knowingly aiding and abetting a man whose anti-science quackery killed Samoan kids and will kill more in the years ahead?
How is anything Cassidy did today acceptable under the Hippocratic Oath?
Surely he lost that honorific today?
After knowingly aiding and abetting a man whose anti-science quackery killed Samoan kids and will kill more in the years ahead?
How is anything Cassidy did today acceptable under the Hippocratic Oath?
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Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them at one point as “targets.” The website lists mostly Black employees.
Federal health workers terrified after 'DEI' website publishes list of 'targets'
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies.
www.aol.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them at one point as “targets.” The website lists mostly Black employees.
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Thank you, Canada!
February 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Thank you, Canada!
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i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
January 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
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Never forget the past so it doesn’t happen again!
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January 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Never forget the past so it doesn’t happen again!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...