Celeste
@cyoung888.bsky.social
On the internet, no one knows you're a cat.
Recovering tech/startup exec and beginner Buddhist chaplain. Student of Lama Tsultrim Allione and member of the Tara Mandala global Sangha. Childless cat mom and passable knitter.
Recovering tech/startup exec and beginner Buddhist chaplain. Student of Lama Tsultrim Allione and member of the Tara Mandala global Sangha. Childless cat mom and passable knitter.
Today's Obvious Deep Thought: Waiting for someone to die is the hardest waiting of all. (Close 2nd: waiting to see if someone will pull through.) Doesn't matter if they are going fast or slow. It's sad, beautiful, terrifying, moving, and excruciating all together. #chaplaincy #chaplain #death
November 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today's Obvious Deep Thought: Waiting for someone to die is the hardest waiting of all. (Close 2nd: waiting to see if someone will pull through.) Doesn't matter if they are going fast or slow. It's sad, beautiful, terrifying, moving, and excruciating all together. #chaplaincy #chaplain #death
Yeeikes. So much for freedom of religion.
Hegseth wants to make his "Christian Nationalist" church the sole church recognized by the Pentagon, and he is terminating chaplaincy contracts with Catholics and mainstream protestants. This is what "freedom of religion" means to Trump.
November 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Yeeikes. So much for freedom of religion.
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A note to future historians:
if you are wondering
why we let things get so bad,
(why we let things get even worse)
please understand
it’s not that we didn’t know
what was happening
(or what we could do)
it’s that ultimately
too many of us
just did not want
to be inconvenienced.
if you are wondering
why we let things get so bad,
(why we let things get even worse)
please understand
it’s not that we didn’t know
what was happening
(or what we could do)
it’s that ultimately
too many of us
just did not want
to be inconvenienced.
July 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A note to future historians:
if you are wondering
why we let things get so bad,
(why we let things get even worse)
please understand
it’s not that we didn’t know
what was happening
(or what we could do)
it’s that ultimately
too many of us
just did not want
to be inconvenienced.
if you are wondering
why we let things get so bad,
(why we let things get even worse)
please understand
it’s not that we didn’t know
what was happening
(or what we could do)
it’s that ultimately
too many of us
just did not want
to be inconvenienced.
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Remember, we aren’t free until we ALL are free.
July 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Remember, we aren’t free until we ALL are free.
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pretty weird how there's always billion dollars just lying around whenever ICE needs concentration camps but there's never any money when children need healthcare or a simple school lunch. oh well just one of those things I guess
July 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
pretty weird how there's always billion dollars just lying around whenever ICE needs concentration camps but there's never any money when children need healthcare or a simple school lunch. oh well just one of those things I guess
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Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
July 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
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Happy Please End the Day With the Same Number of Fingers You Started It With Day
July 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Happy Please End the Day With the Same Number of Fingers You Started It With Day
Sitting in the backyard enjoying the sun, the sound of birds, and a perfectly fresh latte made by my brother. Feeling very grateful and not taking this peaceful moment for granted. 🌞☕🐦⬛🙏🏽❤️
June 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sitting in the backyard enjoying the sun, the sound of birds, and a perfectly fresh latte made by my brother. Feeling very grateful and not taking this peaceful moment for granted. 🌞☕🐦⬛🙏🏽❤️
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Another sign that the dollar’s dominance is in trouble: US importers are increasingly being asked by their foreign counterparties to settle transactions in currencies other than the US dollar, such as euros, RMB, Mexican pesos, and Canadian dollars.
Many Exporters No Longer Want Dollars, US Bank Executive Says
When Paula Comings, the head of currency sales for US Bancorp, talks to US importers, she increasingly hears the same message: Their foreign counterparties no longer want to be paid in dollars.
www.bloomberg.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Another sign that the dollar’s dominance is in trouble: US importers are increasingly being asked by their foreign counterparties to settle transactions in currencies other than the US dollar, such as euros, RMB, Mexican pesos, and Canadian dollars.
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Yes, they’re going after Medicare too. Trump’s bill guts help for 1,300,000 vulnerable seniors and people with disabilities by changing how they enroll in programs that cover out-of-pocket costs. Many will skip care. Some will die. Don’t let them hide it.
Yes, They’re Going After Medicare Too
A wonky change in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill would hammer some of the very people Republicans insist they are protecting.
www.thebulwark.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Yes, they’re going after Medicare too. Trump’s bill guts help for 1,300,000 vulnerable seniors and people with disabilities by changing how they enroll in programs that cover out-of-pocket costs. Many will skip care. Some will die. Don’t let them hide it.
I'm sure this will be fine.
June 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I'm sure this will be fine.
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FIFA Club World Cup ticket sales tank dramatically after the Dept. of Homeland Security bragged that agents would be “suited and booted" at the stadium in a now-deleted social media post
FIFA Club World Cup Ticket Sales TANK After DHS Says Agents Will Be At Stadium
Tickets to the opening match that were once $349 (and up) could be had for just $4.
www.huffpost.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
FIFA Club World Cup ticket sales tank dramatically after the Dept. of Homeland Security bragged that agents would be “suited and booted" at the stadium in a now-deleted social media post
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🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
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“The study estimated the cuts could cause nearly 2 million people to lose their primary doctor, 1.3 million people to not fill medications they need and 380,270 women to skip a mammogram. More than 16,600 people could die as a result of losing access to or forgoing care, the researchers estimated.“
Proposed Medicaid cuts could lead to thousands of deaths, study finds
Several provisions in the bill passed by House Republicans last month, including Medicaid work requirements, would lead to the loss of coverage for millions of people.
www.nbcnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“The study estimated the cuts could cause nearly 2 million people to lose their primary doctor, 1.3 million people to not fill medications they need and 380,270 women to skip a mammogram. More than 16,600 people could die as a result of losing access to or forgoing care, the researchers estimated.“
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political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
Should we deport people who have lived here for many years without committing any crimes? 61% no, 24% yes.
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?
Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%
June 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics
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Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported
April 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported
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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
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People all over the world see the mental instability, gross incompetence, and fascist aspirations of the person occupying the White House.
It's a tragedy that so many people in America can't.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-just-got...
It's a tragedy that so many people in America can't.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-just-got...
I Just Got Back From Europe. They All Know That America's a Mess and That He's Nuts.
My family and I had barely been in our Lisbon Uber for ninety seconds when our gregarious driver Nuno, recognizing our accents asked, “So… are you pro-Trump or anti-Trump?”
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
People all over the world see the mental instability, gross incompetence, and fascist aspirations of the person occupying the White House.
It's a tragedy that so many people in America can't.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-just-got...
It's a tragedy that so many people in America can't.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-just-got...
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Last Friday, Trump's EPA shut down a Biden-era website mapping locations of dangerous chemical plants.
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
The Government’s Chemical Disaster Tracking Tool Just Went Dark
The chemical lobby demanded Trump make the locations of high-risk chemical plants secret. The EPA did just that.
www.levernews.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Last Friday, Trump's EPA shut down a Biden-era website mapping locations of dangerous chemical plants.
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?
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🚨 Still not getting the attention it deserves:
Critical systems behind Medicare, Medicaid, and more—programs that serve over 150 million Americans—are at risk of collapse.
Wired article explains how mass layoffs in HHS IT + cybersecurity leave our health infrastructure dangerously exposed. 🧵
Critical systems behind Medicare, Medicaid, and more—programs that serve over 150 million Americans—are at risk of collapse.
Wired article explains how mass layoffs in HHS IT + cybersecurity leave our health infrastructure dangerously exposed. 🧵
HHS Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say
The purging of IT and cybersecurity staff at the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten the systems used by the agency’s staff and the safety of critical health data.
www.wired.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🚨 Still not getting the attention it deserves:
Critical systems behind Medicare, Medicaid, and more—programs that serve over 150 million Americans—are at risk of collapse.
Wired article explains how mass layoffs in HHS IT + cybersecurity leave our health infrastructure dangerously exposed. 🧵
Critical systems behind Medicare, Medicaid, and more—programs that serve over 150 million Americans—are at risk of collapse.
Wired article explains how mass layoffs in HHS IT + cybersecurity leave our health infrastructure dangerously exposed. 🧵
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I just learned that the entire press team at the FDA was fired last week. The *entire* press team.
It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.
To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟
It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.
To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟
April 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I just learned that the entire press team at the FDA was fired last week. The *entire* press team.
It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.
To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟
It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.
To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟