Ciocia Nina (she/ella/她)
@ciocianina.bsky.social
C0VID-safe RN appalled with the state of healthcare in the US, and heartbroken over our authoritarian oligarchy destroying the world through war and climate disaster.
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I wish I could write or draw something amazing to use as my first post... to look back on. I have no such abilities. I am good with spoken words, science, textile skills, and logic. I appreciate all that you all will make me feel and think about here.
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THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP: EEOC admin judge Karen Ortiz resisted an order to hand over all LGBT cases for “review” and told colleagues to resist too. She knows she’ll likely to be fired.
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk
Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP: EEOC admin judge Karen Ortiz resisted an order to hand over all LGBT cases for “review” and told colleagues to resist too. She knows she’ll likely to be fired.
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
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When our nation shifts toward authoritarianism, it affects all of us. But we have the power to reverse that shift. We put together a (non-exhaustive) list of actions each of us can take right now to make an impact. Let us know what action(s) you've taken.
How You Can Protect Democracy
29 concrete actions you can take right now to protect democracy.
protectdemocracy.org
February 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When our nation shifts toward authoritarianism, it affects all of us. But we have the power to reverse that shift. We put together a (non-exhaustive) list of actions each of us can take right now to make an impact. Let us know what action(s) you've taken.
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As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
February 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
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Where are the Democrats but also
Where are the churches
Where are the celebrities
Where are the NGOs
Where are the Universities
Where are professional groups like AMA
Where are the athletes
Where are the unions
What people/groups do and don’t do for next month determines our collective future
Where are the churches
Where are the celebrities
Where are the NGOs
Where are the Universities
Where are professional groups like AMA
Where are the athletes
Where are the unions
What people/groups do and don’t do for next month determines our collective future
February 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Where are the Democrats but also
Where are the churches
Where are the celebrities
Where are the NGOs
Where are the Universities
Where are professional groups like AMA
Where are the athletes
Where are the unions
What people/groups do and don’t do for next month determines our collective future
Where are the churches
Where are the celebrities
Where are the NGOs
Where are the Universities
Where are professional groups like AMA
Where are the athletes
Where are the unions
What people/groups do and don’t do for next month determines our collective future
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Wear a mask to protect yourself and others who may be particularly vulnerable to covid and other viruses, including the elderly and immunocompromised. It’s the right thing to do and costs you nothing. #MaskUp
If you want to fight fascism? Wear a mask.
If you want to show solidarity with disabled people? Wear a mask.
If you want to protect your own health? Wear a mask.
If you recognize that no one is coming to save us? Wear a mask.
My ultimate guide to respirators:
If you want to show solidarity with disabled people? Wear a mask.
If you want to protect your own health? Wear a mask.
If you recognize that no one is coming to save us? Wear a mask.
My ultimate guide to respirators:
We’re Witnessing the Fall of Public Health… and Your Best Tool is a Mask
Measles in Texas, bird flu in Louisiana, tuberculosis in Kansas and Covid everywhere. Public health has been dying a slow death for years, we can’t count on it anymore. What can we count on? A mask!
www.disabledginger.com
February 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Wear a mask to protect yourself and others who may be particularly vulnerable to covid and other viruses, including the elderly and immunocompromised. It’s the right thing to do and costs you nothing. #MaskUp
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Seems like a good time to mention this story that was a pain in the ass to report but we thought could be important. Upshot - military officials insisted the JAsG (I think that's technically what it should be) would review the orders. Same officers who were axed tonight.
Since I didn't post this here before, an important story from @ktoropin.bsky.social over the summer on the safeguards, or lack thereof, around potentially illegal orders www.military.com/daily-news/2...
What Happens if the President Issues a Potentially Illegal Order to the Military?
Military.com spent several months trying to unearth what existing safeguards and policies are in place to protect what has long been considered a hallmark of the U.S. -- an apolitical military that us...
www.military.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Seems like a good time to mention this story that was a pain in the ass to report but we thought could be important. Upshot - military officials insisted the JAsG (I think that's technically what it should be) would review the orders. Same officers who were axed tonight.
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If you live in Wisconsin, you need to get involved with Susan Crawford's campaign now.
Far-right activists have been talking about this race since November.
If you live out of state, consider phone banking for crawford or throwing dough to her campaign or grassroots groups organizing for her.
Far-right activists have been talking about this race since November.
If you live out of state, consider phone banking for crawford or throwing dough to her campaign or grassroots groups organizing for her.
A reminder that there's a big state supreme court race in Wisconsin coming up April 1st.
It's between a progressive who has defended planned parenthood in court, and Wisconsin's former AG who supports archaic abortion laws.
Guess which one Musk is supporting?
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
It's between a progressive who has defended planned parenthood in court, and Wisconsin's former AG who supports archaic abortion laws.
Guess which one Musk is supporting?
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
January 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you live in Wisconsin, you need to get involved with Susan Crawford's campaign now.
Far-right activists have been talking about this race since November.
If you live out of state, consider phone banking for crawford or throwing dough to her campaign or grassroots groups organizing for her.
Far-right activists have been talking about this race since November.
If you live out of state, consider phone banking for crawford or throwing dough to her campaign or grassroots groups organizing for her.
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Nurses rely on sound science and evidence based practice. On March 7th, nurses can stand up for our research and healthcare institutions. Find your local rally information here standupforscience2025.org
#standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence
#scienceforall
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence
#scienceforall
@standupforscience.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Nurses rely on sound science and evidence based practice. On March 7th, nurses can stand up for our research and healthcare institutions. Find your local rally information here standupforscience2025.org
#standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence
#scienceforall
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence
#scienceforall
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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People who can read English cursive, does the US National Archive have a fun opportunity for you!
apple.news/A51AaXZQZTXK...
apple.news/A51AaXZQZTXK...
Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for. — USA TODAY
The National Archives looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
apple.news
January 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
People who can read English cursive, does the US National Archive have a fun opportunity for you!
apple.news/A51AaXZQZTXK...
apple.news/A51AaXZQZTXK...
"You will be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 24, 2024 at 4:25 AM
"You will be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
December 22, 2024 at 11:58 PM
It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
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Top graph… what we have going on with C19 (scaled down compared to flu due to most people using RAT, or nothing).
Bottom graph, flu.
No matter how hard you stare at it, C19 graph is just refusing to morph into a tidy spike like flu.
Wishful thinking doesn’t work.
Bottom graph, flu.
No matter how hard you stare at it, C19 graph is just refusing to morph into a tidy spike like flu.
Wishful thinking doesn’t work.
December 17, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Top graph… what we have going on with C19 (scaled down compared to flu due to most people using RAT, or nothing).
Bottom graph, flu.
No matter how hard you stare at it, C19 graph is just refusing to morph into a tidy spike like flu.
Wishful thinking doesn’t work.
Bottom graph, flu.
No matter how hard you stare at it, C19 graph is just refusing to morph into a tidy spike like flu.
Wishful thinking doesn’t work.
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BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
How Amazon Ruined Christmas
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:05 PM
BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
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I have been wearing a 3M aura religiously since 2020 and I haven’t had any of these, at all, during this time. It is amazing. Masks.work people.
Masks work.
Masks.work
December 12, 2024 at 4:33 PM
I have been wearing a 3M aura religiously since 2020 and I haven’t had any of these, at all, during this time. It is amazing. Masks.work people.
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In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
December 5, 2024 at 9:12 PM
In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
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kinda feel like the Bsky team won't listen to trans users about this, so I'll say it as a Cis Person: I don't want Jesse Singal on here spreading his lying hateful "just asking questions" bullshit. he is not acting in good faith, he causes active harm, and he adds nothing worthwhile to this platform
December 7, 2024 at 8:33 PM
kinda feel like the Bsky team won't listen to trans users about this, so I'll say it as a Cis Person: I don't want Jesse Singal on here spreading his lying hateful "just asking questions" bullshit. he is not acting in good faith, he causes active harm, and he adds nothing worthwhile to this platform
Didn't realize this was today. Tough memories. Terrified for those LC folks experiencing something similar. Stay safe out there, my friends.
December 2, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Didn't realize this was today. Tough memories. Terrified for those LC folks experiencing something similar. Stay safe out there, my friends.
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The meme I didn't know I needed
November 29, 2024 at 1:06 AM
The meme I didn't know I needed
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Honey, it's a new world. Here is the best legal advice for living in it:
Thank you @dantynan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hc5...
Thank you @dantynan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hc5...
When stopped by the cops....
YouTube video by Family Friendly
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Honey, it's a new world. Here is the best legal advice for living in it:
Thank you @dantynan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hc5...
Thank you @dantynan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hc5...
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Food for thought with all the Karl Popper popping around
November 26, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Food for thought with all the Karl Popper popping around
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"he traveled throughout Iraq...& saw firsthand how this so-called clean war w/ fewer civilian casualties was made more lethal by other means: infrastructure collapse — the decimation of electricity plants, generators, sewage & water-treatment plants."
War/violence scholars are largely missing this.
War/violence scholars are largely missing this.
Modern Warfare Is Breeding Deadly Superbugs. Why? (Gift Article)
Researchers are trying to understand why resistant pathogens are so prevalent in the war-torn nations of the Middle East.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:10 PM
"he traveled throughout Iraq...& saw firsthand how this so-called clean war w/ fewer civilian casualties was made more lethal by other means: infrastructure collapse — the decimation of electricity plants, generators, sewage & water-treatment plants."
War/violence scholars are largely missing this.
War/violence scholars are largely missing this.
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CNN chyron: "Democrats search for answers after Trump landslide."
THERE WAS NO LANDSLIDE.
#NoMandateNoLandslide
THERE WAS NO LANDSLIDE.
#NoMandateNoLandslide
November 26, 2024 at 12:56 PM
CNN chyron: "Democrats search for answers after Trump landslide."
THERE WAS NO LANDSLIDE.
#NoMandateNoLandslide
THERE WAS NO LANDSLIDE.
#NoMandateNoLandslide
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This needs to be said, loud, and often.
November 25, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This needs to be said, loud, and often.