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Maternal Child Health RN. Healthcare is a human right.
Life happens between coffee & wine. ☮️🐾⚕️
Life happens between coffee & wine. ☮️🐾⚕️
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Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
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Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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“We do not need leaders who would so divide a people against each other.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
'Last Christmas'
It would be difficult to overstate just how unhealthy what Trump is doing to the United States, and the world at large, is for the soul.
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“We do not need leaders who would so divide a people against each other.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
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support independent media. idk what else to say right now.
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
support independent media. idk what else to say right now.
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“Today is a defining moment for our country,” @mtosterholm.bsky.social, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.”
🧪 #giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
🧪 #giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“Today is a defining moment for our country,” @mtosterholm.bsky.social, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.”
🧪 #giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
🧪 #giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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“I simply hope that the committee will accept its responsibility when the harm is caused,”— they want the harm, they are anti-vaccine nihilists and, like all nihilists, relish harm to humans
www.biopharmadive.com/news/acip-cd...
www.biopharmadive.com/news/acip-cd...
‘Discredited’ CDC panel weakens endorsement for newborns’ hepatitis B shot
After initially delaying a vote, ACIP backed a softer stance that dissenting members warned would cause harm to children in the future.
www.biopharmadive.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“I simply hope that the committee will accept its responsibility when the harm is caused,”— they want the harm, they are anti-vaccine nihilists and, like all nihilists, relish harm to humans
www.biopharmadive.com/news/acip-cd...
www.biopharmadive.com/news/acip-cd...
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The best holiday stream is back: the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ EagleCam is now live for a second season at its new location. New tech will improve video quality and a strategy to cover the possibility of two different nest locations inspires hope to bird seekers.
Lights, camera, talons: EagleCam is back online with new tech
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ EagleCam is back for a second season at its new location, with new tech to improve video quality and a strategy to cover the possibility of two different...
www.mprnews.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The best holiday stream is back: the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ EagleCam is now live for a second season at its new location. New tech will improve video quality and a strategy to cover the possibility of two different nest locations inspires hope to bird seekers.
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I wish I had a better message about the CDC website becoming a 4chan conspiracy.
November 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I wish I had a better message about the CDC website becoming a 4chan conspiracy.
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"Make America Healthy Again" will make not only America but the entire world sicker. RJK Jr and the MAGA movement are modern Lysenkoists, and the consequences of their anti-science agenda will be severe, as I write in @emboreports.org www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Make America Healthy Again" will make not only America but the entire world sicker. RJK Jr and the MAGA movement are modern Lysenkoists, and the consequences of their anti-science agenda will be severe, as I write in @emboreports.org www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
😎"Welcome to the Land of 10,000 weather extremes." - Paul Huttner @paulhuttnerweather.bsky.social
The Twin Cities reached a record-breaking 72 degrees around 2 p.m. This also sets a new record for the latest and warmest temperature on record in the Twin Cities. The previous record was 71 degrees on Nov. 17, 1953.
Fall glitches as record-high temperatures soar Friday
A burst of unseasonable warmth is sweeping across the region Friday, sending mid-November temperatures soaring far above normal and potentially breaking daily records.
www.mprnews.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
😎"Welcome to the Land of 10,000 weather extremes." - Paul Huttner @paulhuttnerweather.bsky.social
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Yeah, man, because putting all the people who need expensive care in one pool has never blown up in an unsustainable, out of control spiral every time it's been tried.
Even going down this road should get you yanked by a huge hook or sucked down a trap door you didn't know was there.
Even going down this road should get you yanked by a huge hook or sucked down a trap door you didn't know was there.
Tom Emmer: "You're gonna have to create high risk pools again. Just go back where Minnesota was before the ACA."
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Yeah, man, because putting all the people who need expensive care in one pool has never blown up in an unsustainable, out of control spiral every time it's been tried.
Even going down this road should get you yanked by a huge hook or sucked down a trap door you didn't know was there.
Even going down this road should get you yanked by a huge hook or sucked down a trap door you didn't know was there.
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Here’s an easy way to find out how to donate to your local food bank this weekend. 🇺🇸
@feedingamerica.org
give.feedingamerica.org/a/donate
@feedingamerica.org
give.feedingamerica.org/a/donate
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Here’s an easy way to find out how to donate to your local food bank this weekend. 🇺🇸
@feedingamerica.org
give.feedingamerica.org/a/donate
@feedingamerica.org
give.feedingamerica.org/a/donate
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If they fought for health care half as hard as they do to keep food from hungry families, this whole mess would be solved by now.
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If they fought for health care half as hard as they do to keep food from hungry families, this whole mess would be solved by now.
"Her joins a City Council comprising seven women, making St. Paul a rare large city that’s entirely women-led."
minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/04/r...
@19thnews.org #women
minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/04/r...
@19thnews.org #women
Rep. Kaohly Her wins stunning upset in St. Paul mayoral race, making history • Minnesota Reformer
Rep. Kaohy Her scored a major upset over Mayor Melvin Carter Tuesday, emerging as St. Paul’s first Hmong-American and first woman mayor, capitalizing on voters’ dissatisfaction after Carter’s two term...
minnesotareformer.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"Her joins a City Council comprising seven women, making St. Paul a rare large city that’s entirely women-led."
minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/04/r...
@19thnews.org #women
minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/04/r...
@19thnews.org #women
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Let me add to this: There is no better use of government funds and resources than to make sure ALL people have access to food, clothing, shelter, health care, and education.
There are no circumstances where human beings should be without food. There are no qualifications that make someone undeserving of access to food. If you are a human being, you should get food. I don’t care about ability, job status, legal status, or anything else. If people are hungry, feed them.
October 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Let me add to this: There is no better use of government funds and resources than to make sure ALL people have access to food, clothing, shelter, health care, and education.
October 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This, full stop.
There are no circumstances where human beings should be without food. There are no qualifications that make someone undeserving of access to food. If you are a human being, you should get food. I don’t care about ability, job status, legal status, or anything else. If people are hungry, feed them.
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This, full stop.
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The Contrarian
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October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Contrarian
contrarian.substack.com/p/un-american
contrarian.substack.com/p/un-american
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On This Day in History: October 14, 1926
A. A. Milne released Winnie-the-Pooh, with E. H. Shepard’s drawings, gathering the Hundred Acre Wood and its friendships into a single volume. A gentle book about loyalty and play that proves the everlasting value of small kindnesses.
A. A. Milne released Winnie-the-Pooh, with E. H. Shepard’s drawings, gathering the Hundred Acre Wood and its friendships into a single volume. A gentle book about loyalty and play that proves the everlasting value of small kindnesses.
October 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
On This Day in History: October 14, 1926
A. A. Milne released Winnie-the-Pooh, with E. H. Shepard’s drawings, gathering the Hundred Acre Wood and its friendships into a single volume. A gentle book about loyalty and play that proves the everlasting value of small kindnesses.
A. A. Milne released Winnie-the-Pooh, with E. H. Shepard’s drawings, gathering the Hundred Acre Wood and its friendships into a single volume. A gentle book about loyalty and play that proves the everlasting value of small kindnesses.
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These Minnesota brothers created a nonprofit that is placing fishing gear in libraries and YMCAs for people to borrow. Their goal is sharing their passion with other youths.
Eden Prairie brothers win national award for their lending libraries of fishing gear
Brothers Vick and William Tan want to share their passion with other youths.
bit.ly
October 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
These Minnesota brothers created a nonprofit that is placing fishing gear in libraries and YMCAs for people to borrow. Their goal is sharing their passion with other youths.
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The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.
The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak
Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.
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"Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. This is bigger than politics. It’s about putting the health of Americans first."
- Six former U.S. surgeons general, who have served under both Republican and Democratic administrations
- Six former U.S. surgeons general, who have served under both Republican and Democratic administrations
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. This is bigger than politics. It’s about putting the health of Americans first."
- Six former U.S. surgeons general, who have served under both Republican and Democratic administrations
- Six former U.S. surgeons general, who have served under both Republican and Democratic administrations
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Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"
October 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"