Stephanie Mathis, MLS(ASCP) 😷💜
@stephmu00mls.bsky.social
USA nationally certified Medical Laboratory Scientist who has traveled to 11 states in 20 years,
works overnight shift, and loves Microbiology and Blood Bank!
(Also singing, reading, cooking/baking, & cuddling/playing with her Mom's kitties! 😻)
works overnight shift, and loves Microbiology and Blood Bank!
(Also singing, reading, cooking/baking, & cuddling/playing with her Mom's kitties! 😻)
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How long until Trump starts/escalates a war with UVA?
January 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
How long until Trump starts/escalates a war with UVA?
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Some more info from WaPo here on two other UVA BoV members who Spanberger asked to resign. Doug Wetmore should be fired if he doesn’t step down; he’s one of Youngkin’s stooges who targeted anything related to diversity and inclusion. www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
January 17, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Some more info from WaPo here on two other UVA BoV members who Spanberger asked to resign. Doug Wetmore should be fired if he doesn’t step down; he’s one of Youngkin’s stooges who targeted anything related to diversity and inclusion. www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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Mission accomplished!
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Mission accomplished!
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Before Chadha, majorities in both houses could have undone tariffs imposed under IEEPA (as these are). After Chadha, it requires a 2/3 vote in both houses to override the inevitable presidential veto.
January 17, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Before Chadha, majorities in both houses could have undone tariffs imposed under IEEPA (as these are). After Chadha, it requires a 2/3 vote in both houses to override the inevitable presidential veto.
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Just a reminder once again that the Supreme Court is the one that undermined Congress's ability to precisely this instance papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
January 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Just a reminder once again that the Supreme Court is the one that undermined Congress's ability to precisely this instance papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Mike Johnson compellingly making the case for abolishing ICE ...
Mike Johnson: "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do"
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Mike Johnson compellingly making the case for abolishing ICE ...
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People really don’t understand how bad Minnesota is at this point. The news is openly discussing the federal plans to use old Amazon prime facilities in places like Woodbury and other suburbs as fascist detention centers.
We are fully through the glass and people need to fully take in that reality
We are fully through the glass and people need to fully take in that reality
January 14, 2026 at 9:03 PM
People really don’t understand how bad Minnesota is at this point. The news is openly discussing the federal plans to use old Amazon prime facilities in places like Woodbury and other suburbs as fascist detention centers.
We are fully through the glass and people need to fully take in that reality
We are fully through the glass and people need to fully take in that reality
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14 days in. This is why establishment Democrats went so hard against this guy. Because he's demonstrating that good politicians who actually want to improve people's lives can simply implement popular policies and...govern effectively. He's giving their whole game away.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:08 PM
14 days in. This is why establishment Democrats went so hard against this guy. Because he's demonstrating that good politicians who actually want to improve people's lives can simply implement popular policies and...govern effectively. He's giving their whole game away.
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Sometimes bullying/shaming still works.
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Sometimes bullying/shaming still works.
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But I thought mental health was the issue and not the guns
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. n.pr/4qn9Iwz
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.
n.pr
January 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM
But I thought mental health was the issue and not the guns
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Not loving myself enough to command the respect I deserve from others. If I sense you're condescending me, conversation's over. I no longer have time for that.
What is the thing that is no longer serving you?
January 15, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Not loving myself enough to command the respect I deserve from others. If I sense you're condescending me, conversation's over. I no longer have time for that.
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This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
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I actually think one reason why D.C. is FAIRLY well-run (at least in comparison to many American cities) is because we get to use our local tax dollars on ourselves. The revenue we generate isn't being redirected toward conservative rural voters who despise us. We reinvest it in our communities.
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I actually think one reason why D.C. is FAIRLY well-run (at least in comparison to many American cities) is because we get to use our local tax dollars on ourselves. The revenue we generate isn't being redirected toward conservative rural voters who despise us. We reinvest it in our communities.
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
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Or: How soon we forget.
In my day job, I was surprised at how quickly people started to go on cruise vessels (which are basically an epidemic starting point waiting to happen) again.
Many people want to get back to what they've been doing before, instead of thinking what went wrong.
In my day job, I was surprised at how quickly people started to go on cruise vessels (which are basically an epidemic starting point waiting to happen) again.
Many people want to get back to what they've been doing before, instead of thinking what went wrong.
January 17, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Or: How soon we forget.
In my day job, I was surprised at how quickly people started to go on cruise vessels (which are basically an epidemic starting point waiting to happen) again.
Many people want to get back to what they've been doing before, instead of thinking what went wrong.
In my day job, I was surprised at how quickly people started to go on cruise vessels (which are basically an epidemic starting point waiting to happen) again.
Many people want to get back to what they've been doing before, instead of thinking what went wrong.
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Everyone gets mad that people blank out this period, but it's a coping mechanism like any other. I don't find thinking about it or shows about it cathartic at all, just triggering which is unusual for me. The most cathartic pandemic show I've ever watched was... Station Eleven 😆.
January 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Everyone gets mad that people blank out this period, but it's a coping mechanism like any other. I don't find thinking about it or shows about it cathartic at all, just triggering which is unusual for me. The most cathartic pandemic show I've ever watched was... Station Eleven 😆.
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"We're putting him on a ventilator, so we expect him to get better soon."
Painful.
I'll never forget doing crisis com for a senior living client that went from "8 people have mind symptoms, no need to worry" to "15 people are dead" in just 10 days.
Painful.
I'll never forget doing crisis com for a senior living client that went from "8 people have mind symptoms, no need to worry" to "15 people are dead" in just 10 days.
January 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM
"We're putting him on a ventilator, so we expect him to get better soon."
Painful.
I'll never forget doing crisis com for a senior living client that went from "8 people have mind symptoms, no need to worry" to "15 people are dead" in just 10 days.
Painful.
I'll never forget doing crisis com for a senior living client that went from "8 people have mind symptoms, no need to worry" to "15 people are dead" in just 10 days.
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Watching a murder show set in the early days of lockdown and had to keep reminding myself that was an event that really happened. Realized the entirety of future series set in the 2020s will most likely feel that way.
January 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Watching a murder show set in the early days of lockdown and had to keep reminding myself that was an event that really happened. Realized the entirety of future series set in the 2020s will most likely feel that way.
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BREAKING: Orange and Blue are snoozing while physically touching. This has never happened. After 2.5 years, I think we might have…cuddling?!
January 17, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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Eric Swalwell answering a question on how the next governor of California will protect Californians from ICE.
“They're going to lose their immunity. They're not going to be able to drive. I will take your driver's license. Good luck walking to work, assholes.”
“They're going to lose their immunity. They're not going to be able to drive. I will take your driver's license. Good luck walking to work, assholes.”
January 17, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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Trudeau quote that'll long be remembered:
“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙖, 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙. 𝘼𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙍𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙖, 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙑𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙧 𝙋𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙣: 𝙖 𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧. 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚."
“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙖, 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙. 𝘼𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙍𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙖, 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙑𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙧 𝙋𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙣: 𝙖 𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧. 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚."
March 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trudeau quote that'll long be remembered:
“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙖, 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙. 𝘼𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙍𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙖, 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙑𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙧 𝙋𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙣: 𝙖 𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧. 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚."
“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙖, 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙. 𝘼𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙍𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙖, 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙑𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙧 𝙋𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙣: 𝙖 𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧. 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚."
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But at least it’ll probably also wear down your battery more quickly so you buy a new phone earlier, right? Gotta assume that’s one of the bright ideas
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
But at least it’ll probably also wear down your battery more quickly so you buy a new phone earlier, right? Gotta assume that’s one of the bright ideas