Cassandra
@clarose.bsky.social
Attorney + MPH | health policy | proudly pro-abortion | HSD, POTS, MCAS, etc | views my own | she/her pronouns
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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"... trans and nonbinary youth were asked about the best ways to support them. The top three were: 'Trusting that I know who I am,' 'Standing up for me,' and 'Not supporting politicians who support anti-LGBTQ [policies]...'"
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
How To Talk To Kids About Trump's Anti-Trans Rhetoric
Yes, politicians' language has an impact. But so does parents'.
www.huffpost.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"... trans and nonbinary youth were asked about the best ways to support them. The top three were: 'Trusting that I know who I am,' 'Standing up for me,' and 'Not supporting politicians who support anti-LGBTQ [policies]...'"
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Ok so if we are looking to stop using Meta platforms and TikTok, does anyone know where to connect in the same way? Best way to find similar interest-based communities on here?
January 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ok so if we are looking to stop using Meta platforms and TikTok, does anyone know where to connect in the same way? Best way to find similar interest-based communities on here?
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Yesterday, President Biden said in a press statement that he ratified the #EqualRightsAmendment and it is now the law of the land . . . but not so fast. 🧵 #CivilRights #ReproRights #GenderJustice
January 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Yesterday, President Biden said in a press statement that he ratified the #EqualRightsAmendment and it is now the law of the land . . . but not so fast. 🧵 #CivilRights #ReproRights #GenderJustice
As someone from New England, I really cannot wrap my mind around schools being closed for 3 days because of 8 inches of snow
January 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
As someone from New England, I really cannot wrap my mind around schools being closed for 3 days because of 8 inches of snow
Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah Internet pals!
December 25, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah Internet pals!
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I am out of the office for the rest of the year so naturally today SCOTUS takes Kerr v Planned Parenthood and whether or not beneficiaries have a right to chose their own providers which is one way states try to defund Planned Parenthood
December 18, 2024 at 5:45 PM
I am out of the office for the rest of the year so naturally today SCOTUS takes Kerr v Planned Parenthood and whether or not beneficiaries have a right to chose their own providers which is one way states try to defund Planned Parenthood
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Trump and his Congressional allies are spending this #UniversalHealthCoverage Day strategizing on how they will pay for tax cuts for billionaires by cutting #Medicaid. NHeLP is ready to fight back. By Madeline Morcelle @reprolawyer.bsky.social #UHCDay #ProtectMedicaid healthlaw.org/medicaid-cut...
Medicaid Cuts Loom on Universal Health Coverage Day
December 12th is International Universal Health Coverage Day. On this day, advocates around the world remind our governments that universal health coverage—equitable access to affordable, high-quality...
healthlaw.org
December 12, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Trump and his Congressional allies are spending this #UniversalHealthCoverage Day strategizing on how they will pay for tax cuts for billionaires by cutting #Medicaid. NHeLP is ready to fight back. By Madeline Morcelle @reprolawyer.bsky.social #UHCDay #ProtectMedicaid healthlaw.org/medicaid-cut...
I just had a rib subluxation fixed yesterday and woke up this morning with it back out. Chronic illness is so fun!
December 12, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I just had a rib subluxation fixed yesterday and woke up this morning with it back out. Chronic illness is so fun!
I have been waiting to be able to schedule a sleep study for over a year. It also took 5 months to get an appointment with the only allergist in my area who specializes in mast cell diseases.
In college, I wasn’t able to schedule surgery until 6 months after a wrist injury occurred.
In college, I wasn’t able to schedule surgery until 6 months after a wrist injury occurred.
I’m obviously frustrated with the constant allegation that the huge (and only one they can come up with) benefit of the US healthcare system is “not having to wait for services.” Are there any of you that have a story about having to wait to your health detriment for US healthcare? Please share.
December 8, 2024 at 5:14 PM
I have been waiting to be able to schedule a sleep study for over a year. It also took 5 months to get an appointment with the only allergist in my area who specializes in mast cell diseases.
In college, I wasn’t able to schedule surgery until 6 months after a wrist injury occurred.
In college, I wasn’t able to schedule surgery until 6 months after a wrist injury occurred.
Started this account over a year ago, but it was a bit quiet so I deleted the app. Hearing way more folks have come over now. Is this the new place to be??
November 26, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Started this account over a year ago, but it was a bit quiet so I deleted the app. Hearing way more folks have come over now. Is this the new place to be??
This. It isn’t over the top consumerism if this is the only time of year you can afford certain things.
November 25, 2023 at 11:49 AM
This. It isn’t over the top consumerism if this is the only time of year you can afford certain things.
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“In Maine, the deaf community is particularly intimate because of how sparsely populated the state is,” said Amy Richardson, who was friends with two of the victims.
“We are grieving,” she signed, using two hands moving in opposite directions on her chest, as if she was twisting her heart in half.
“We are grieving,” she signed, using two hands moving in opposite directions on her chest, as if she was twisting her heart in half.
Maine’s deaf community reeling after shooting claimed four of their own
Many of Maine’s deaf people went to school together, and the loss of four deaf people in Wednesday’s shooting in Lewiston has hit the tightknit community hard.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2023 at 5:11 PM
“In Maine, the deaf community is particularly intimate because of how sparsely populated the state is,” said Amy Richardson, who was friends with two of the victims.
“We are grieving,” she signed, using two hands moving in opposite directions on her chest, as if she was twisting her heart in half.
“We are grieving,” she signed, using two hands moving in opposite directions on her chest, as if she was twisting her heart in half.
As noted, Lewiston wouldn’t seem like a Black city by those in more diverse states, but it *has* been used nationally as an example to rile up racism and anti-refugee sentiment. It’s a dog whistle example and big in NIMBY circles.
Just to say it again, Maine has the highest percentage of white people of any state at around 95%., Black population about 1%. Going people hunting in an area that 20% POC/13% Black and specifically Somali Muslim is a choice.
apnews.com/article/us-n...
apnews.com/article/us-n...
October 26, 2023 at 3:50 PM
As noted, Lewiston wouldn’t seem like a Black city by those in more diverse states, but it *has* been used nationally as an example to rile up racism and anti-refugee sentiment. It’s a dog whistle example and big in NIMBY circles.
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putting this here: Lewiston is a notably Black and Muslim city. mental illness doesn’t make you racist and it doesn’t make you Islamophobic.
October 26, 2023 at 3:51 AM
putting this here: Lewiston is a notably Black and Muslim city. mental illness doesn’t make you racist and it doesn’t make you Islamophobic.
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Just to say it again, Maine has the highest percentage of white people of any state at around 95%., Black population about 1%. Going people hunting in an area that 20% POC/13% Black and specifically Somali Muslim is a choice.
apnews.com/article/us-n...
apnews.com/article/us-n...
October 26, 2023 at 9:34 AM
Just to say it again, Maine has the highest percentage of white people of any state at around 95%., Black population about 1%. Going people hunting in an area that 20% POC/13% Black and specifically Somali Muslim is a choice.
apnews.com/article/us-n...
apnews.com/article/us-n...
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Lewiston is still in lock down. Since the gun debate is so often framed around freedom what about the freedom of movement, to leave your house, go to work, go out? Why does your right to Rambo cosplay trump my mom's right to run to the grocery store?
Mass shooting in my home town. Suspect at large according to the local newspaper. My mom is fine. It's just...the "serious" people who tell me I'm suppose to respect the people & opinions that keep this country drowning in guns. Fuck that & fuck them
www.sunjournal.com/2023/10/25/m...
www.sunjournal.com/2023/10/25/m...
October 26, 2023 at 1:04 PM
Lewiston is still in lock down. Since the gun debate is so often framed around freedom what about the freedom of movement, to leave your house, go to work, go out? Why does your right to Rambo cosplay trump my mom's right to run to the grocery store?
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I'm a psych NP in Maine. I could tell you stories about access to mental health in this state that would make you cry.
October 26, 2023 at 12:10 PM
I'm a psych NP in Maine. I could tell you stories about access to mental health in this state that would make you cry.
I’m devastated by the mass shooting in my home state and so close to my hometown where most of my family still live.
I’m also begging everyone not to use this as an opportunity to stigmatize mental illness. People with mental illnesses are much more likely to be the victims of gun violence.
I’m also begging everyone not to use this as an opportunity to stigmatize mental illness. People with mental illnesses are much more likely to be the victims of gun violence.
October 26, 2023 at 12:28 PM
I’m devastated by the mass shooting in my home state and so close to my hometown where most of my family still live.
I’m also begging everyone not to use this as an opportunity to stigmatize mental illness. People with mental illnesses are much more likely to be the victims of gun violence.
I’m also begging everyone not to use this as an opportunity to stigmatize mental illness. People with mental illnesses are much more likely to be the victims of gun violence.
Girlie that’s called conspiracy and is in fact a crime. Hope this helps :)
This is not, in my humble opinion, a valid example of walking up to the line of illegality without crossing it. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/22/u...
October 24, 2023 at 12:27 PM
Girlie that’s called conspiracy and is in fact a crime. Hope this helps :)
Oh come on. This is nothing more than an attempt to take down Planned Parenthood as a major (but certainly far from the only) player in the abortion / repro rights space & send a message to others to back down. Defrauding Medicaid? Seriously? 🙄
New: Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, the judge who suspended approval of the abortion pill, in a now-sealed opinion held Planned Parenthood must face a trial in Texas' $1.8 billion lawsuit accusing it of defrauding Medicaid.
Planned Parenthood must face trial over Texas Medicaid fraud claims | Reuters
Planned Parenthood must face a trial in a $1.8 billion lawsuit by Texas accusing the organization of defrauding the Republican-led state's Medicaid health insurance program, a federal judge ruled on M...
www.reuters.com
October 24, 2023 at 12:15 PM
Oh come on. This is nothing more than an attempt to take down Planned Parenthood as a major (but certainly far from the only) player in the abortion / repro rights space & send a message to others to back down. Defrauding Medicaid? Seriously? 🙄
Being diagnosed with a disability that very few people in my close circles have even heard of, let alone understand, has been very isolating 🙃
October 15, 2023 at 4:57 PM
Being diagnosed with a disability that very few people in my close circles have even heard of, let alone understand, has been very isolating 🙃
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A thing about doubting people with invisible disabilities is that there's no way you can doubt me as hard as I doubt myself.
October 13, 2023 at 4:34 PM
A thing about doubting people with invisible disabilities is that there's no way you can doubt me as hard as I doubt myself.
I do not know what a single one of these British desserts are but I do feel like I could judge the great British bake off
October 6, 2023 at 11:07 PM
I do not know what a single one of these British desserts are but I do feel like I could judge the great British bake off
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Labor justice is disability justice.
Climate justice is disability justice.
Queer justice is disability justice.
Racial justice is disability justice.
Disability is extremely intersectional: you canNOT do the work to truly correct any of these issues without actively including disabled people.
Climate justice is disability justice.
Queer justice is disability justice.
Racial justice is disability justice.
Disability is extremely intersectional: you canNOT do the work to truly correct any of these issues without actively including disabled people.
August 23, 2023 at 11:45 AM
Labor justice is disability justice.
Climate justice is disability justice.
Queer justice is disability justice.
Racial justice is disability justice.
Disability is extremely intersectional: you canNOT do the work to truly correct any of these issues without actively including disabled people.
Climate justice is disability justice.
Queer justice is disability justice.
Racial justice is disability justice.
Disability is extremely intersectional: you canNOT do the work to truly correct any of these issues without actively including disabled people.