Ruth Malone, RN, PhD
@remalone.bsky.social
UCSF Prof Emerita Nursing/Public Health Policy. Car-free Senior. Dismantle the billionaire benefit machine & help poor people. Call your Congressional Representatives. STOP FASCISM. FIGHT FOR DUE PROCESS. AND PUT BIG TOBACCO OUT OF BUSINESS!
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
Wow. Take courage from this message
“But you can’t ride a bike in places where it snows.”
December 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“But you can’t ride a bike in places where it snows.”
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The death of any child is tragic. We always think it will not be my child, they are healthy. Severe influenza can be unpredictable & deadly. Getting vaccinated considerably reduces dz severity and deaths. Please make sure you are vaccinated & your children are too.
people.com/alabama-boy-...
people.com/alabama-boy-...
Boy, 11, Dies After Severe Case of the Flu: ‘Jace Never Even Got to Open His Christmas Gifts’
Jace Watkins, 11, of Alabama died on Dec. 27 after being hospitalized due to complications from the flu.
people.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The death of any child is tragic. We always think it will not be my child, they are healthy. Severe influenza can be unpredictable & deadly. Getting vaccinated considerably reduces dz severity and deaths. Please make sure you are vaccinated & your children are too.
people.com/alabama-boy-...
people.com/alabama-boy-...
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The one that got away...
#MinimalMonday
I feel this counts as minimal 😊
#photography #birds #humour #EastCoastKin
#MinimalMonday
I feel this counts as minimal 😊
#photography #birds #humour #EastCoastKin
December 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The one that got away...
#MinimalMonday
I feel this counts as minimal 😊
#photography #birds #humour #EastCoastKin
#MinimalMonday
I feel this counts as minimal 😊
#photography #birds #humour #EastCoastKin
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Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
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"Stephen Miller and Jared Kushner were at the negotiating table today. No actual experts on Russia or Ukraine on our side of the table."
Why is the president's white nationalist immigration advisor involved in negotiating foreign policy?
Via @simonwdc.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Why is the president's white nationalist immigration advisor involved in negotiating foreign policy?
Via @simonwdc.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Trump Keeps Running Interference For Putin
Our addled, corrupt, and ailing leader continues to insult the people of Ukraine, Europe, and The United States of America
substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"Stephen Miller and Jared Kushner were at the negotiating table today. No actual experts on Russia or Ukraine on our side of the table."
Why is the president's white nationalist immigration advisor involved in negotiating foreign policy?
Via @simonwdc.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Why is the president's white nationalist immigration advisor involved in negotiating foreign policy?
Via @simonwdc.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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“You guys, Hitler wants to see Poland succeed”
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“You guys, Hitler wants to see Poland succeed”
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The efforts of regular people declining to go along with fascism is what has staved off the regime’s total consolidation of power per @leahgreenberg.bsky.social
If you need a sign going into the new year, this is it!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
If you need a sign going into the new year, this is it!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
December 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The efforts of regular people declining to go along with fascism is what has staved off the regime’s total consolidation of power per @leahgreenberg.bsky.social
If you need a sign going into the new year, this is it!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
If you need a sign going into the new year, this is it!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
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The history of the Statue of Liberty has some very 2025 vibes.
![There was criticism both of Bartholdi's statue and of the fact that the gift required Americans to foot the bill for the pedestal. In the years following the Civil War, most Americans preferred realistic artworks depicting heroes and events from the nation's history, rather than allegorical works like the Liberty statue.[82] There was also a feeling that Americans should design American public works—the selection of Italian-born Constantino Brumidi to decorate the Capitol had provoked intense criticism, even though he was a naturalized U.S. citizen.[83] Harper's Weekly declared its wish that "M. Bartholdi and our French cousins had 'gone the whole figure' while they were about it, and given us statue and pedestal at once."[84] The New York Times stated that "no true patriot can countenance any such expenditures for bronze females in the present state of our finances."[85] Faced with these criticisms, the American committees took little action for several years.[85]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vnuuuaw3mspozqkx6ovdvukr/bafkreid4ec2m3hnxrk34v4bwf45rifzqcooitozs5ta3o3xmoa5tmdfbri@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The history of the Statue of Liberty has some very 2025 vibes.
This morning I passed 12k miles ridden on my e-bike in hilly #SanFrancisco. That’s 12k miles I didn’t drive in a car. Am I proud? Yes! I never would have dreamt I could lose my total car dependence but life is so much better without it! #bike
December 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This morning I passed 12k miles ridden on my e-bike in hilly #SanFrancisco. That’s 12k miles I didn’t drive in a car. Am I proud? Yes! I never would have dreamt I could lose my total car dependence but life is so much better without it! #bike
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Awesome “They Live” lenticular art in a window on Dolores #SanFrancisco #TheyLive
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Awesome “They Live” lenticular art in a window on Dolores #SanFrancisco #TheyLive
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“The immature extremists are inexplicably ungrateful for the bold and ambitious commitments made by city leaders. By the time these kids have kids their age they may be able to use over 10% of streets in their city.”
"Annoying 8 year olds keep wanting to walk and bike to school despite city's best efforts to make it too dangerous."
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
December 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“The immature extremists are inexplicably ungrateful for the bold and ambitious commitments made by city leaders. By the time these kids have kids their age they may be able to use over 10% of streets in their city.”
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My spouse, me, and our 10 year old son all got the flu vaccine at the start of the season—it’s not too late 💪💪💪
NY is having a bad flu season. More hospitalizations last week than any week on record.
Health authorities are encouraging everyone aged 6mo+ to get the flu vax (it's not too late).
Find a provider here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated. You can filter for sites where there's no cost for the uninsured.
Health authorities are encouraging everyone aged 6mo+ to get the flu vax (it's not too late).
Find a provider here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated. You can filter for sites where there's no cost for the uninsured.
December 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My spouse, me, and our 10 year old son all got the flu vaccine at the start of the season—it’s not too late 💪💪💪
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“Car bloat”—increasingly oversized automobiles—worsens road safety, affordability and the environment.
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
www.vox.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Car bloat”—increasingly oversized automobiles—worsens road safety, affordability and the environment.
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
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Car bloat is limiting driver visibility in other ways, too. For instance, bigger cars require thicker A-pillars (the material btw the windshield and side mirrors).
At intersections, chunky A-pillars can easily conceal a pedestrian or cyclist.
At intersections, chunky A-pillars can easily conceal a pedestrian or cyclist.
Why Did Cars Get So Hard to See Out Of?
If it seems like forward visibility has gotten worse, you’re right: Since the 1990s, cars and trucks have grown bigger A-pillars that can create dangerous blind spots.
www.bloomberg.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Car bloat is limiting driver visibility in other ways, too. For instance, bigger cars require thicker A-pillars (the material btw the windshield and side mirrors).
At intersections, chunky A-pillars can easily conceal a pedestrian or cyclist.
At intersections, chunky A-pillars can easily conceal a pedestrian or cyclist.
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LEFT: @asharangappa.bsky.social four weeks ago
RIGHT: new NYT report
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
RIGHT: new NYT report
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
December 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
LEFT: @asharangappa.bsky.social four weeks ago
RIGHT: new NYT report
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
RIGHT: new NYT report
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
Absolutely. And they need to be compensated for the torture they were unjustly forced to endure.
We need Nuremberg trials for the Trump administration officials who illegally sent these men to a torture camp. No "forward, not backward" BS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We became famous, but at what cost?’: after the horrors of Cecot, the search for a normal life
After months of torture in the Salvadorian prison, the men deported from the US reunite with families in Venezuela
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Absolutely. And they need to be compensated for the torture they were unjustly forced to endure.
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Reposted by Ruth Malone, RN, PhD
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
Take heart! “We will end this.” Good people protesting the cruelty and injustice in Florida
“It’s so uplifting to see people whose paths might not otherwise have crossed, united in shared purpose, in a belief in our common humanity,” said Noelle Damico, Workers Circle Director of Social Justice, in a new piece from The Guardian. Read it here: shorturl.at/xy315
The protesters showing up every week to shut down ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘We will end this’
Every Sunday, protesters from Florida and beyond go to the notorious immigration jail and advocate for its closure
shorturl.at
December 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Take heart! “We will end this.” Good people protesting the cruelty and injustice in Florida
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Another example of oligarchy propaganda telling us to work until we drop dead.
December 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Another example of oligarchy propaganda telling us to work until we drop dead.
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Don’t use Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Don’t use Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
This is a great list! Doing even a few of these can make life in a city so much more fun and healthy for everyone!
“2. Speak at City Hall in SUPPORT of something good for your city, rather than just going to oppose things. And before you oppose something (such as well-designed density, new housing choices, or affordable housing), think carefully about who it’s meant to help, and put yourself in their place.”
December 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This is a great list! Doing even a few of these can make life in a city so much more fun and healthy for everyone!
“People come up to me and say, ‘Sir, you really are the most corrupt President in history, maybe in the history of the world.’ “
I’m not sure it’s even possible to know for sure, but it’s not outside the realm of possibility that by dollar value Trump is more corrupt than all other American elected officials combined, past and present.
December 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
“People come up to me and say, ‘Sir, you really are the most corrupt President in history, maybe in the history of the world.’ “
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I don’t wish to be judgemental but could it be time to ignore vile rich tossers and their pathetic lives and make reality TV shows about people who do something useful?
I know, I live in a radical leftist scum bubble, but really?
I know, I live in a radical leftist scum bubble, but really?
December 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I don’t wish to be judgemental but could it be time to ignore vile rich tossers and their pathetic lives and make reality TV shows about people who do something useful?
I know, I live in a radical leftist scum bubble, but really?
I know, I live in a radical leftist scum bubble, but really?
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When introverts see a cat at the holiday party:
a group of people standing in front of a stone wall with the words game of thrones on the bottom right
ALT: a group of people standing in front of a stone wall with the words game of thrones on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
When introverts see a cat at the holiday party: