Meghan
@megincognito.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist, cat person, Unitarian Universalist. Southeastern USA. Pronouns: she/her.
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Today, two local men were either seized by the Department of Homeland Security or abducted by imposters, but there seems to be no way to know which is the case, because both have the same MO. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid
Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.
dailyprogress.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Today, two local men were either seized by the Department of Homeland Security or abducted by imposters, but there seems to be no way to know which is the case, because both have the same MO. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
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Read this article. This is what's happening. This is what the media isn't reporting.
They're terrorizing our federal employees in real ways and the impact is devastating for all of us. I spoke to a VA employee and FBI Agent about what they're experiencing and it will shock you. This is the most important thing I've written. Please read and share. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
Terrorizing our fellow Americans
Russ Vought promised to traumatize Federal workers, and it's happening
open.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Read this article. This is what's happening. This is what the media isn't reporting.
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“going to work everyday feels like…working on the Titanic. ‘Half the people on the boat are still in the ballroom partying and 25 percent of them are actively telling me I'm hysterical’”
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Trump's policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources say
The Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the largest providers of mental health care in the U.S. Its integrated care model means patients are already feeling the cuts and changes that are underway...
www.npr.org
March 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“going to work everyday feels like…working on the Titanic. ‘Half the people on the boat are still in the ballroom partying and 25 percent of them are actively telling me I'm hysterical’”
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
“In Newspeak there is no word for ‘Science’.”
March 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“In Newspeak there is no word for ‘Science’.”
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Save VA!
🔬VA employs ~ 5k researchers - impacting vets *and* public.
🏥 VA legal mandate = backup healthcare system; during COVID, VA = public ICU beds
🩺 70% of all docs (>1k psychologists) complete some of their training at VA
thewarhorse.org/va-employees...
🔬VA employs ~ 5k researchers - impacting vets *and* public.
🏥 VA legal mandate = backup healthcare system; during COVID, VA = public ICU beds
🩺 70% of all docs (>1k psychologists) complete some of their training at VA
thewarhorse.org/va-employees...
Battered by Cuts and Firings, VA Employees Describe Serving Veterans Under ‘Invisible Cloud of Dread’
Cuts to resources and staff at Veterans Affairs will harm provider moral and veteran care, employees say.
thewarhorse.org
March 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Save VA!
🔬VA employs ~ 5k researchers - impacting vets *and* public.
🏥 VA legal mandate = backup healthcare system; during COVID, VA = public ICU beds
🩺 70% of all docs (>1k psychologists) complete some of their training at VA
thewarhorse.org/va-employees...
🔬VA employs ~ 5k researchers - impacting vets *and* public.
🏥 VA legal mandate = backup healthcare system; during COVID, VA = public ICU beds
🩺 70% of all docs (>1k psychologists) complete some of their training at VA
thewarhorse.org/va-employees...
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black student enrollment at the university of virginia barely cracks 7 percent and that is too much for glenn youngkin and his toadies www.baconsrebellion.com/uva-board-di...
UVA Board Dissolves DEI Office | Bacon's Rebellion -
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors passed a resolution today dissolving the university's Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Community Partnerships and ordering a review of university programs ...
www.baconsrebellion.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
black student enrollment at the university of virginia barely cracks 7 percent and that is too much for glenn youngkin and his toadies www.baconsrebellion.com/uva-board-di...
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I fear this is just the start
Trump Comes for Single People
How Trump, Musk, and DOGE are hurting single people
belladepaulo.medium.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I fear this is just the start
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NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan
prospect.org/health/2025-...
prospect.org/health/2025-...
VA Research Funding Slashed
Though not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut.
prospect.org
February 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan
prospect.org/health/2025-...
prospect.org/health/2025-...
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Please read and share our statement re: Meta's hateful conduct policy! It is signed by several clinical psych organizations.
div12.org/announcement...
div12.org/announcement...
SCP, SSCP, CAAPS, Division 44, SAP, and Division 32 Statement re: Meta’s hateful conduct policy | Society of Clinical Psychology
div12.org
February 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Please read and share our statement re: Meta's hateful conduct policy! It is signed by several clinical psych organizations.
div12.org/announcement...
div12.org/announcement...
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RFK's not-so-veiled threat to take mental health drugs away is even worse than it looks at first blush.
He wants to replace these medications with labor camps.
This fits with the larger, eugenics-informed Trump/Musk agenda.
www.salon.com/2025/02/19/r...
He wants to replace these medications with labor camps.
This fits with the larger, eugenics-informed Trump/Musk agenda.
www.salon.com/2025/02/19/r...
RFK 's plan to make America healthy again? Round up people with mental health conditions in camps
Kennedy wants to replace standard psychological care with unpaid labor on "wellness farms"
www.salon.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
RFK's not-so-veiled threat to take mental health drugs away is even worse than it looks at first blush.
He wants to replace these medications with labor camps.
This fits with the larger, eugenics-informed Trump/Musk agenda.
www.salon.com/2025/02/19/r...
He wants to replace these medications with labor camps.
This fits with the larger, eugenics-informed Trump/Musk agenda.
www.salon.com/2025/02/19/r...
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NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...
Letter From a Federal Worker
This is a heartbreaking letter that a federal worker has asked me to share with the public.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...
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Buprenorphine cuts opioid withdrawal, cravings, and overdose risk by 50%—yet only 1 in 4 who need it get it. A family medicine provider examines the access gap in Philadelphia - and how some progress is being made. https://buff.ly/4b1e5pX
Ben Cocchiaro, Drexel University #opioids
Ben Cocchiaro, Drexel University #opioids
How opioid deaths tripled in Philly over a decade − and what may be behind a recent downturn
After nearly a decade of annual upticks in overdose deaths, the city saw a drop in 2023, the latest data available. Something may finally be working − but what?
buff.ly
February 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Buprenorphine cuts opioid withdrawal, cravings, and overdose risk by 50%—yet only 1 in 4 who need it get it. A family medicine provider examines the access gap in Philadelphia - and how some progress is being made. https://buff.ly/4b1e5pX
Ben Cocchiaro, Drexel University #opioids
Ben Cocchiaro, Drexel University #opioids
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AI can't replace healthcare workers because AI could never have depression
February 13, 2025 at 6:33 AM
AI can't replace healthcare workers because AI could never have depression
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Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.
February 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.
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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 as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:41 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 as “targets.”
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Reddit's r/FedNews is on fire.
February 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Reddit's r/FedNews is on fire.
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MAGA is revenge of the mediocre on the meritorious.
The war on federal workers — who makes MAGA types feel shame by being decent, smart people — is just the latest example.
www.salon.com/2025/01/31/m...
The war on federal workers — who makes MAGA types feel shame by being decent, smart people — is just the latest example.
www.salon.com/2025/01/31/m...
MAGA is revenge of the mediocre on the meritorious — Trump's war on federal workers proves it
"I will not be pushed out by two billionaire trust fund babies"
www.salon.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
MAGA is revenge of the mediocre on the meritorious.
The war on federal workers — who makes MAGA types feel shame by being decent, smart people — is just the latest example.
www.salon.com/2025/01/31/m...
The war on federal workers — who makes MAGA types feel shame by being decent, smart people — is just the latest example.
www.salon.com/2025/01/31/m...
Cody, the world’s sweetest dog
January 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Cody, the world’s sweetest dog
I have no last name and no exact location. I may or may not work for the federal government. I may have been notified last week that criticizing the administration on social media will result in losing my job. #therapistsky #psychscisky
January 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I have no last name and no exact location. I may or may not work for the federal government. I may have been notified last week that criticizing the administration on social media will result in losing my job. #therapistsky #psychscisky
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Reminded of and crying about the fact that Rev. Budde is also the person who provided Matthew Shepard's family with a safe haven for their son's remains.
This is the person these fascists trying to brand themselves as Christians are targeting with hate, right now.
www.npr.org/2018/10/26/6....
This is the person these fascists trying to brand themselves as Christians are targeting with hate, right now.
www.npr.org/2018/10/26/6....
'You Are Safe Now': Matthew Shepard Laid To Rest At National Cathedral
Twenty years ago, the brutal killing of a young gay man in Laramie, Wyo., drew national attention and led to an expansion of a federal hate-crimes law.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Reminded of and crying about the fact that Rev. Budde is also the person who provided Matthew Shepard's family with a safe haven for their son's remains.
This is the person these fascists trying to brand themselves as Christians are targeting with hate, right now.
www.npr.org/2018/10/26/6....
This is the person these fascists trying to brand themselves as Christians are targeting with hate, right now.
www.npr.org/2018/10/26/6....
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In retrospect, getting large numbers of anxious academics to join one small social media platform en masse was a mistake
a man from schitt 's creek says he 's feeling this like deep aching sense of dread
ALT: a man from schitt 's creek says he 's feeling this like deep aching sense of dread
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
In retrospect, getting large numbers of anxious academics to join one small social media platform en masse was a mistake
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I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
It Is MLK Day. Do Not Despair. This Year Especially, We Have Work To Do.
With delicious anticipation, we imagined it.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...