Kellen Squire
@ksquire.bsky.social
Perpetually undercaffeinated Author, ER Nurse, DNP Student, Pediatric Acute and Intensive Care and Emergency Department Clinical Instructor. "He's a Bernie Sanders type".
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I'm not and have never been Catholic but I'm driving with the 17yo though Richmond and Hampton Roads traffic and I suddenly remembered my Hail Marys
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I'm not and have never been Catholic but I'm driving with the 17yo though Richmond and Hampton Roads traffic and I suddenly remembered my Hail Marys
I always did enjoy "La Marseillaise". Very catchy tune!
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I always did enjoy "La Marseillaise". Very catchy tune!
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
I never say this, but Hakeen Jeffries is right.
My statement on the spending legislation and Republican healthcare crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I never say this, but Hakeen Jeffries is right.
Allison Spillman ✔️
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Allison Spillman ✔️
I feel like there's something important I'm supposed to do today? I forget. Hmm.
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I feel like there's something important I'm supposed to do today? I forget. Hmm.
Even though I'm not even halfway over managing a sleepover with a bevy of 12yo boys, I'd like to move that every middle school teacher in America have their salaries immediately doubled.
November 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Even though I'm not even halfway over managing a sleepover with a bevy of 12yo boys, I'd like to move that every middle school teacher in America have their salaries immediately doubled.
FUCK THE UNIVERSE FOR MAKING ME FINALLY HAVE TO LISTEN TO WHAT BARI WEISS SOUNDS LIKE, I'VE GONE YEARS NOT HAVING TO ENGAGE WITH ANYTHING RELATED TO HER, BLISSFUL YEARS THAT ARE NOW OVER
October 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
FUCK THE UNIVERSE FOR MAKING ME FINALLY HAVE TO LISTEN TO WHAT BARI WEISS SOUNDS LIKE, I'VE GONE YEARS NOT HAVING TO ENGAGE WITH ANYTHING RELATED TO HER, BLISSFUL YEARS THAT ARE NOW OVER
GodDAMN, this game
October 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
GodDAMN, this game
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Today the UVA School of Nursing passed, with overwhelming support, a resolution demanding that the rector and interim president reject the compact. bit.ly/3KPRMKV
SON resolution against the compact
The University of Virginia School of Nursing places the ethical principles of our profession at the center of its work. The American Nurses Association's Nursing Code of Ethics affirms nurses' obligat...
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Today the UVA School of Nursing passed, with overwhelming support, a resolution demanding that the rector and interim president reject the compact. bit.ly/3KPRMKV
Folks with the most to lose are often the ones who are more likely to standup and fight than the ones who are comfortable and could speak out more easily.
So many normal people being brave and then all these wealthy and powerful people being cowards. History will not be kind to the people like shari Redstone who enabled Trump.
October 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Folks with the most to lose are often the ones who are more likely to standup and fight than the ones who are comfortable and could speak out more easily.
Reposted by Kellen Squire
Here’s video of the incident
October 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Here’s video of the incident
This was the crux of every person I had to watch die of COVID who said, "But they said it wasn't that bad, it wasn't a problem!" They're living in an information environment and will stay in it until it literally kills them.
imo a core issue with this approach to resistance is that it fundamentally misunderstands the way in which our society is broken. there is *plenty* of evidence for our enemies’ brutality already; the problem is many people live in a completely different epistemic reality from us and cannot see it.
October 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This was the crux of every person I had to watch die of COVID who said, "But they said it wasn't that bad, it wasn't a problem!" They're living in an information environment and will stay in it until it literally kills them.
Gearing up the print copy of my COVID-19 compilation, and looks like I'm going to be forced to raise the price by 40% just to give bookstores a discount, instead of just selling it as cheap as possible?
October 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Gearing up the print copy of my COVID-19 compilation, and looks like I'm going to be forced to raise the price by 40% just to give bookstores a discount, instead of just selling it as cheap as possible?
There's a guy who our local Democratic delegate spent $500k calling a super crazy Republican (and why would anyone lie about that?), and I checked with him, and he would 100% be okay being used as an official "other side" voice here.
**Action for Albemarle Residents** Turning Point USA (a "hard right extremist group" per the SPLC) has invited an explicitly anti-trans presentation to be given to the kids at WAHS.
Email schoolboard@k12albemarle.org
Tell them to support trans & LGBTQ+ students & keep kids safe in school!
Email schoolboard@k12albemarle.org
Tell them to support trans & LGBTQ+ students & keep kids safe in school!
October 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
There's a guy who our local Democratic delegate spent $500k calling a super crazy Republican (and why would anyone lie about that?), and I checked with him, and he would 100% be okay being used as an official "other side" voice here.
Out today on all ebook platforms, "Arcane Prime"- a sarcastic and hilarious look at current events in the style of Terry Pratchett & Douglas Adams.
"Your spell has been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any apocalypse this may cause."
books2read.com/u/bMOEMa
"Your spell has been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any apocalypse this may cause."
books2read.com/u/bMOEMa
October 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Out today on all ebook platforms, "Arcane Prime"- a sarcastic and hilarious look at current events in the style of Terry Pratchett & Douglas Adams.
"Your spell has been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any apocalypse this may cause."
books2read.com/u/bMOEMa
"Your spell has been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for any apocalypse this may cause."
books2read.com/u/bMOEMa
My nine-year old used the phrase "thousand yard stare" exactly correctly in a sentence out of nowhere, and I'm simultaneously proud and terrified
September 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My nine-year old used the phrase "thousand yard stare" exactly correctly in a sentence out of nowhere, and I'm simultaneously proud and terrified
GOOD THINGS OCCASIONALLY STILL HAPPEN
September 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
GOOD THINGS OCCASIONALLY STILL HAPPEN
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y'all not talking about this found evidence because it doesn't fit your leftist narrative
September 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
y'all not talking about this found evidence because it doesn't fit your leftist narrative
You know, toting my youngest around campus while I was in nursing school wasn't fun, but I've got a friend who's my age and has a three year old, and I suddenly have many thanks to me-from-17-years-ago for taking care of that bullshit then
September 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
You know, toting my youngest around campus while I was in nursing school wasn't fun, but I've got a friend who's my age and has a three year old, and I suddenly have many thanks to me-from-17-years-ago for taking care of that bullshit then
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I’m no economist but I am pretty sure saving $6.2 million in NICU costs in infancy alone has also gotta translate to hundreds of millions of dollars of lifetime benefit, and not just in healthcare savings
A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life.
Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.
Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.
The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’
Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I’m no economist but I am pretty sure saving $6.2 million in NICU costs in infancy alone has also gotta translate to hundreds of millions of dollars of lifetime benefit, and not just in healthcare savings