Vanessa Global
@vanessaglobal.bsky.social
Native American brown gal, Oregonian, veteran, globetrotter, linguist, teacher, critical thinker, reader, learner, atheist, nature & animal lover, 'hockeyist', constructive, motivated, independent, lifelong ANTI-Trumpamagelon, realist - NO BS!!!
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Vanessa Global
@vanessaglobal.bsky.social
· Sep 26
Bluesky labeled me SPAM claiming excessively frequent & irrelevant things like posting & following. I follow users with compatible interests to share, learn & have civil, intelligent conversations on very relevant topics & 25,000 follow me. I don't understand. It seems like character assassination.
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“The Untold Story of How the U.S. Government Assassinated a Young Leader Who Taught the Poor to Organize”
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Fred Hampton Was Building a Movement America Couldn’t Control — So They Erased Him
“The Untold Story of How the U.S. Government Assassinated a Young Leader Who Taught the Poor to Organize”
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December 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“The Untold Story of How the U.S. Government Assassinated a Young Leader Who Taught the Poor to Organize”
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medium.com/@gxldsociety...
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WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
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This devastating piece describes what it’s like to die of blood cancer. It also describes what it feels like to do so while your cousin is Secretary of Health & Human Services & a ghoul. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This devastating piece describes what it’s like to die of blood cancer. It also describes what it feels like to do so while your cousin is Secretary of Health & Human Services & a ghoul. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
December 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
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We are officially here
a black and white photo of a group of people standing around a large fire
ALT: a black and white photo of a group of people standing around a large fire
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December 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We are officially here
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It’s a sad day in history read below👇👇
January 1, 2026 at 2:37 AM
It’s a sad day in history read below👇👇
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THE US taxpayer PAID for that information. IT belongs to US, not a greedy grasping idiot named Trump, nor do they belong to Gawdy Oligarch Party.
December 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
THE US taxpayer PAID for that information. IT belongs to US, not a greedy grasping idiot named Trump, nor do they belong to Gawdy Oligarch Party.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Love the Community Note
January 1, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Love the Community Note
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Dementia does not just erase memory — it exposes how institutions treat those who can no longer speak for themselves. I’ve written about my father’s Alzheimer’s and what it revealed about dementia care in the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...
open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...
A Dickensian Tale for Christmas
The Erasure of Memory: Dementia and Systemic Failures in Care
open.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Dementia does not just erase memory — it exposes how institutions treat those who can no longer speak for themselves. I’ve written about my father’s Alzheimer’s and what it revealed about dementia care in the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...
open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...
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It’s been a seismic year for public health.
While there have been many challenges, there were also wins to celebrate and momentum on key issues going into 2026.
Swipe through to read about public health breakthroughs that happened during 2025.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/public-...
While there have been many challenges, there were also wins to celebrate and momentum on key issues going into 2026.
Swipe through to read about public health breakthroughs that happened during 2025.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/public-...
December 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It’s been a seismic year for public health.
While there have been many challenges, there were also wins to celebrate and momentum on key issues going into 2026.
Swipe through to read about public health breakthroughs that happened during 2025.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/public-...
While there have been many challenges, there were also wins to celebrate and momentum on key issues going into 2026.
Swipe through to read about public health breakthroughs that happened during 2025.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/public-...
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Good news, someone ripped my video and put it on the Internet Archive. If you're having trouble downloading from Filemail, here it is:
archive.org/details/60mi...
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Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Good news, someone ripped my video and put it on the Internet Archive. If you're having trouble downloading from Filemail, here it is:
archive.org/details/60mi...
archive.org/details/60mi...
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The long-held belief that only female mosquitoes bite may not be true after all.
Very excited to have had the opportunity to contribute to this study showing that male mosquitoes can also bite and feed on blood.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very excited to have had the opportunity to contribute to this study showing that male mosquitoes can also bite and feed on blood.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The long-held belief that only female mosquitoes bite may not be true after all.
Very excited to have had the opportunity to contribute to this study showing that male mosquitoes can also bite and feed on blood.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very excited to have had the opportunity to contribute to this study showing that male mosquitoes can also bite and feed on blood.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I grew up with very few toys & niceties & rarely asked for anything as I knew better. From my 4th birthday, as ordered that day, I worked hard daily to earn my keep. But what I did have, to my parents' apathetic toleration, were pets & BOOKS galore, 2 incredibly nourishing collections gleaned...1/2
January 2, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I grew up with very few toys & niceties & rarely asked for anything as I knew better. From my 4th birthday, as ordered that day, I worked hard daily to earn my keep. But what I did have, to my parents' apathetic toleration, were pets & BOOKS galore, 2 incredibly nourishing collections gleaned...1/2
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Back home, and found my Christmas present from when i was about 10:
The Cambridge Encyclopedia.
It will surprise none of my followers to learn this book is my origin story.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia.
It will surprise none of my followers to learn this book is my origin story.
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Back home, and found my Christmas present from when i was about 10:
The Cambridge Encyclopedia.
It will surprise none of my followers to learn this book is my origin story.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia.
It will surprise none of my followers to learn this book is my origin story.
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🎖️📄Top infectious disease journal articles from 2025 is out! May be good for a quick review to see if you missed anything or if you need to pick a journal club article. #pharmacist #infectiousdiseases #pharmacyschool #FYP #IDstewardship @absteward.bsky.social
www.idstewardship.com/year-in-revi...
www.idstewardship.com/year-in-revi...
December 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🎖️📄Top infectious disease journal articles from 2025 is out! May be good for a quick review to see if you missed anything or if you need to pick a journal club article. #pharmacist #infectiousdiseases #pharmacyschool #FYP #IDstewardship @absteward.bsky.social
www.idstewardship.com/year-in-revi...
www.idstewardship.com/year-in-revi...
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The @natureportfolio.nature.com published a really good spotlight on #influenza two weeks ago. I have not read all the articles yet (but I will). The ones I have read are great, learned a lot. Highly recommend checking them out. #IDSky
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
Influenza
Every year, there are about one billion cases of influenza globally, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths.
www.nature.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The @natureportfolio.nature.com published a really good spotlight on #influenza two weeks ago. I have not read all the articles yet (but I will). The ones I have read are great, learned a lot. Highly recommend checking them out. #IDSky
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
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Kaitlin Davis is a social worker in Oklahoma who drives close to nine hours round-trip to meet face-to-face with foster children. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on building hope for better futures. https://to.pbs.org/4jnxV2T
A Brief But Spectacular take on helping children in foster care
Kaitlin Davis is a social worker in Oklahoma who drives close to nine hours round-trip in the flatlands to meet face-to-face with foster children. With a shortage of foster families, especially in rur...
to.pbs.org
January 1, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Kaitlin Davis is a social worker in Oklahoma who drives close to nine hours round-trip to meet face-to-face with foster children. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on building hope for better futures. https://to.pbs.org/4jnxV2T
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I keep kicking myself for NOT pulling out my phone to photograph the AWESOME vintage 70s VW hippie van I saw this week here in Portland. It wasn't just painted, but created as a glass & ceramic clay mosaic. I love classic cars & they are common here, but this was a true creative blast from the past.
January 2, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I keep kicking myself for NOT pulling out my phone to photograph the AWESOME vintage 70s VW hippie van I saw this week here in Portland. It wasn't just painted, but created as a glass & ceramic clay mosaic. I love classic cars & they are common here, but this was a true creative blast from the past.
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For the last few days on X, people (mainly women, and sometimes children) have had nonconsensual images of them in swimsuits (or much worse) requested by users and created by Grok.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 12:53 AM
For the last few days on X, people (mainly women, and sometimes children) have had nonconsensual images of them in swimsuits (or much worse) requested by users and created by Grok.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
In the 70s I was startled & confused by weird changes in nature & I journaled about them. Directly experiencing patterns & variations in nature illuminated complexities beyond mere words. Walking on & inside glaciers, constructively crystallized them in my mind.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
‘Ranger Doug’ Witnessed America’s Glaciers Melting in Real Time
Over his six-decade tenure as a ranger, Douglas Follett explained the wonders of nature to park visitors.
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:17 AM
In the 70s I was startled & confused by weird changes in nature & I journaled about them. Directly experiencing patterns & variations in nature illuminated complexities beyond mere words. Walking on & inside glaciers, constructively crystallized them in my mind.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The political circles the Collective--and first husband B and I traveled in--intersected. I was active in a number of feminist groups, mostly re: legalizing sex work, and had a deep admiration for the women who wrote/updated OBOS. GREAT read. #giftarticle
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Activist Who Became Radicalized by Working on ‘Our Bodies, Our Selves’ (Gift Article)
Norma Swenson exposed the systematic sexism within the medical establishment.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The political circles the Collective--and first husband B and I traveled in--intersected. I was active in a number of feminist groups, mostly re: legalizing sex work, and had a deep admiration for the women who wrote/updated OBOS. GREAT read. #giftarticle
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...