The Monica
@mclemoremr.bsky.social
Nurse|scientist|geek|wino|Editor in Chief - Health Equity #tenured #Dr @mclemoremr everywhere
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The Monica
@mclemoremr.bsky.social
· Jun 12
Health care and economic security of Washingtonians at risk
By Monica R. McLemore, Hiroshi Nakano and John Schapman
www.spokesman.com
My first OpEd as WHBE Board chair. "To be clear, access to health insurance is not a partisan issue – it helps people on all sides of the political spectrum. As bipartisan members of the Washington Health Benefit Exchange Board, we are Republicans and Democrats."
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Seriously. And for white folx policing feeds around accuracy, fuck you too. 🤷🏿♀️
the general media's reaction to both musical performances at the Super Bowl is an indictment of what is lost when every major outlet gets rid of all the culture writers who know what symbolism is
February 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Seriously. And for white folx policing feeds around accuracy, fuck you too. 🤷🏿♀️
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Agreed. And folx are stunned that no matter where I am in the world, I fly home in time to teach my undergrad & accelerated students their first course in Nursing school. When I tell folx there are between 275 and 320 students with 4 faculty they really act shocked. 🤷🏿♀️
There’s a “superstar” layer at every R1 institution I’ve been at that isn’t composed of academics in any sense I recognize. They’re there so the institution can claim them, but they use the university as a launchpad to contracts and speaking engagements. They’re not teaching the intro classes.
February 7, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Agreed. And folx are stunned that no matter where I am in the world, I fly home in time to teach my undergrad & accelerated students their first course in Nursing school. When I tell folx there are between 275 and 320 students with 4 faculty they really act shocked. 🤷🏿♀️
So glad for this conversation. Thanks
On the next episode of A Moment with Erik Fleming!
#blacksky #politics #podcast
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#blacksky #politics #podcast
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February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
So glad for this conversation. Thanks
Lissssssennnnn. I remember when we used to discuss this on Twitter with Xeni and getting threatened about these insights. Dr. Chanda is not wrong here.
Been thinking a bit about the way that John Brockman acted as Epstein's scientist collector and would organize dinners where Epstein would just happen to show up and I think a lesson here for *white scientists* is if you're being invited to all-white events, that might be actively intentional 🧪
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Lissssssennnnn. I remember when we used to discuss this on Twitter with Xeni and getting threatened about these insights. Dr. Chanda is not wrong here.
One thing of many about this is so vile? I guess we are just supposed to go about our day undisturbed by this huh? While watching everyone do nothing about this?
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
One thing of many about this is so vile? I guess we are just supposed to go about our day undisturbed by this huh? While watching everyone do nothing about this?
Day late…
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
(1/2 🧵)
(1/2 🧵)
February 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Day late…
Reminder: I’m on team fuck: AI, ICE, lashes, nails and Substack. Hope I cleared that up.
February 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Reminder: I’m on team fuck: AI, ICE, lashes, nails and Substack. Hope I cleared that up.
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
@dsc250.bsky.social nice to hear you on WHYY this am while in Seattle 🫶🏿
January 29, 2026 at 2:34 PM
@dsc250.bsky.social nice to hear you on WHYY this am while in Seattle 🫶🏿
I always evaluate decisions I make. I will never regret divesting from this have it both ways mess.
🫠 aannet.org/news/718885/...
🫠 aannet.org/news/718885/...
American Academy of Nursing Response to Federal Enforcement Tactics as a Public Health Concern - American Academy of Nursing (AAN)
aannet.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I always evaluate decisions I make. I will never regret divesting from this have it both ways mess.
🫠 aannet.org/news/718885/...
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Black women's unemployment has skyrocketed. Here’s what happened. 19thnews.org/2026/01/blac... via @19thnews.org
Black women's unemployment has skyrocketed. Here’s what happened.
The rate is now equivalent to White women’s during the bleakest moments of the Great Recession.
19thnews.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Black women's unemployment has skyrocketed. Here’s what happened. 19thnews.org/2026/01/blac... via @19thnews.org
Never Forget y'all. My memory is LONG and there are a lot of folx I'll never forgive for this. www.forbes.com/sites/nichol...
Amy Coney Barrett Forgets Right To Protest Is A First Amendment Freedom
After naming four, Barrett says, “What else am I missing?”
www.forbes.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Never Forget y'all. My memory is LONG and there are a lot of folx I'll never forgive for this. www.forbes.com/sites/nichol...
Read the room y’all. An ICU nurse just was murdered by ICE. Editors seriously y’all 🙄
"Strikes by nurses are not common -- but they do happen."
Read the #OpEd from ethicist Arthur Caplan, PhD, on the moral questions raised around nurses' strikes: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/119522?trw=no
Read the #OpEd from ethicist Arthur Caplan, PhD, on the moral questions raised around nurses' strikes: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/119522?trw=no
Opinion | Are Nurse Strikes Ethical?
A look at tough moral questions as the NYC strike persists
www.medpagetoday.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Read the room y’all. An ICU nurse just was murdered by ICE. Editors seriously y’all 🙄
I hope our nursing colleagues speak up…
If you worked with or knew Alex Pretti, I would love to hear from you for a story I'm reporting: Melody.schreiber@theguardian.com. (please share!)
January 24, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I hope our nursing colleagues speak up…
Omg 🙄
🚨🚨🚨 "At least 63 times since 2007, data from some of the 28 human genomic repositories that the N.I.H. controls was improperly released to researchers, used for unapproved purposes or made vulnerable to theft..." (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Omg 🙄
May go live later for all the do nothing, naysaying cowards who didn’t want sue. Every post I see submitting R01s & other grants, don’t be surprised when I ignore or ::side eye:: you in public if a “thank you” or apology isn’t part of your greeting #SuingWorks
www.stlamerican.com/business/tru...
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Trump administration will drop anti-DEI criteria for stalled NIH grants
While Missouri’s former Attorney General Andrew Bailey did not join a federal lawsuit seeking to protect National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants from Trump administration interference, Washington U...
www.stlamerican.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
May go live later for all the do nothing, naysaying cowards who didn’t want sue. Every post I see submitting R01s & other grants, don’t be surprised when I ignore or ::side eye:: you in public if a “thank you” or apology isn’t part of your greeting #SuingWorks
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If you find this article interesting, I *strongly* recommend reading:
* Virginia Eubanks’ 2018 book “Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police & Punish the Poor”
*Ruha Benjamin’s 2019 book “Race After Technology”; &
*Cathy O’Neil’s 2016 classic “Weapons of Math Destruction”
* Virginia Eubanks’ 2018 book “Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police & Punish the Poor”
*Ruha Benjamin’s 2019 book “Race After Technology”; &
*Cathy O’Neil’s 2016 classic “Weapons of Math Destruction”
Predictive algorithms in hiring, creditworthiness, and welfare programs are sold as objective and efficient, writes James O’Sullivan. In practice, however, they operationalize historical bias, scale discrimination, and launder political choices through opaque technical systems, he argues.
How Algorithmic Systems Automate Inequality
James O’Sullivan explains how automated decision-making can reinforce inequality, obscure accountability, and reshape power under the guise of efficiency.
buff.ly
January 18, 2026 at 6:01 AM
If you find this article interesting, I *strongly* recommend reading:
* Virginia Eubanks’ 2018 book “Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police & Punish the Poor”
*Ruha Benjamin’s 2019 book “Race After Technology”; &
*Cathy O’Neil’s 2016 classic “Weapons of Math Destruction”
* Virginia Eubanks’ 2018 book “Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police & Punish the Poor”
*Ruha Benjamin’s 2019 book “Race After Technology”; &
*Cathy O’Neil’s 2016 classic “Weapons of Math Destruction”
Omg 🤬
BREAKING: Senate Republicans just blocked the clean ACA tax credit extension that the House passed to save millions of people thousands of dollars each.
If you’re paying double or even triple for health insurance, blame Trump and the Senate GOP.
If you’re paying double or even triple for health insurance, blame Trump and the Senate GOP.
January 15, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Omg 🤬
I just want folx to understand as much as I work and produce this took me out today. Cause he said the quiet part out loud and I know a lot of yall agree with him. #ThinkingUnderDuress #Angrier
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I just want folx to understand as much as I work and produce this took me out today. Cause he said the quiet part out loud and I know a lot of yall agree with him. #ThinkingUnderDuress #Angrier
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
Exactly. Behavior change is required.
Every time I see someone yammering about abolish ICE / policing and how DEEPLY UNPOPULAR it is, I want to remind them that the GOP abolished Roe v. Wade and that was also deeply, deeply unpopular, and here they are, in charge of everything still.
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Exactly. Behavior change is required.