Erin Banks (she/her)
@erinbanks.bsky.social
FNP-C, GI specialist. Former ICU RN. All opinions my own. No official medical advice. I once liked the internet. Now I’m just here?
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My favorite gift was kissing a baby’s neck over and over and him laughing hysterically every time and then leaning in for me to do it again
December 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
My favorite gift was kissing a baby’s neck over and over and him laughing hysterically every time and then leaning in for me to do it again
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Oh no! I wish someone had warned us about this 👀
Texas faces a power grid overload due to a surge in demand from Al
Utility CEO on the data center crunch: America's 'check engine light' is on and 'no one's going to pay attention until it breaks down' | Fortune
"We are telling policy makers the warning lights are on," Exelon CEO Calvin Butler told Diane Brady at Fortune Brainstorm AI in San Francisco.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Oh no! I wish someone had warned us about this 👀
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We Wish You Baby,
A Merry It's Cold
Christmas Outside
🤝
not going until
you get some
A Merry It's Cold
Christmas Outside
🤝
not going until
you get some
December 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We Wish You Baby,
A Merry It's Cold
Christmas Outside
🤝
not going until
you get some
A Merry It's Cold
Christmas Outside
🤝
not going until
you get some
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Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.
December 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.
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“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“ The daughter of a well known conservative operative , whose paper did not answer the topic at hand and had a carefully planned media campaign , had a trans instructor fired for grading a paper according to the agreed upon rubric”
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Something that's getting lost in this story is that the "instructor" in question is not a professor with a PhD; she is a Graduate Teaching Assistant, meaning the University of Oklahoma has thrown one of ITS OWN STUDENTS under the bus to appease a right wing grifter who tried to dunk on a trans woman
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Something that's getting lost in this story is that the "instructor" in question is not a professor with a PhD; she is a Graduate Teaching Assistant, meaning the University of Oklahoma has thrown one of ITS OWN STUDENTS under the bus to appease a right wing grifter who tried to dunk on a trans woman
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This is profoundly un-American.
No—that's not right.
It's *anti*-American.
It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.
The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.
No—that's not right.
It's *anti*-American.
It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.
The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.
December 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is profoundly un-American.
No—that's not right.
It's *anti*-American.
It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.
The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.
No—that's not right.
It's *anti*-American.
It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.
The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.
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WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
Merry Christmas!
The President of Peace just bombed Nigeria.
The President of Peace just bombed Nigeria.
December 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
My favorite thing about this list is that I haven’t heard of any of these books but the first one (from school reading) but I’m interested in reading almost all of them.
(Then I remember how bad I’ve been at finding time to read recently, but hey, that’s gotta change eventually 😅)
(Then I remember how bad I’ve been at finding time to read recently, but hey, that’s gotta change eventually 😅)
Speaking of which, I should do my list of books I loved this year. I read 64 books this year. Of those, I loved ten (I try to be really selective on like vs love). Here they are:
About ten years ago, I started keeping a spreadsheet of what I read for diversity (race/gender of author, but also non-US books, non-fiction, stuff like that). I don't have hard rules, but it just lets me know when I'm falling into a rut
December 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
My favorite thing about this list is that I haven’t heard of any of these books but the first one (from school reading) but I’m interested in reading almost all of them.
(Then I remember how bad I’ve been at finding time to read recently, but hey, that’s gotta change eventually 😅)
(Then I remember how bad I’ve been at finding time to read recently, but hey, that’s gotta change eventually 😅)
Why is the new advertising trend on social media faking out a closing or going out of business post?
“Saying goodbye 😢…
…To sleepless nights!
…To our favorite prints as they leave the warehouse to ship to you!”
I just hate gimmicks.
“Saying goodbye 😢…
…To sleepless nights!
…To our favorite prints as they leave the warehouse to ship to you!”
I just hate gimmicks.
December 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Why is the new advertising trend on social media faking out a closing or going out of business post?
“Saying goodbye 😢…
…To sleepless nights!
…To our favorite prints as they leave the warehouse to ship to you!”
I just hate gimmicks.
“Saying goodbye 😢…
…To sleepless nights!
…To our favorite prints as they leave the warehouse to ship to you!”
I just hate gimmicks.
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Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
In maybe our peak parenthood moment so far, my wife and I both couldn’t fall back asleep at 5 am so we got up to finish the last hour and 45 minutes of the new Benoit Blanc movie that we watched the first 45 minutes of several nights ago and haven’t found time to finish.
December 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In maybe our peak parenthood moment so far, my wife and I both couldn’t fall back asleep at 5 am so we got up to finish the last hour and 45 minutes of the new Benoit Blanc movie that we watched the first 45 minutes of several nights ago and haven’t found time to finish.
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The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
December 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
As my middle of the night rants said: money is the water in the pipes and billionaires and wealth hoarding are clogs set to explode everything. The money is supposed to KEEP MOVING.
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
As my middle of the night rants said: money is the water in the pipes and billionaires and wealth hoarding are clogs set to explode everything. The money is supposed to KEEP MOVING.
Bold claim given that the rates of AI-induced psychosis of people doing exactly this are staggering, and the connected death toll is climbing.
These rebranding attempts are getting more ridiculous.
The CEO of Microsoft AI says AI chatbots are a powerful way for humans to offload emotions and 'detoxify ourselves'
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI's CEO, has described using AI for guidance on life decisions as "something that the world needs."
www.businessinsider.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Bold claim given that the rates of AI-induced psychosis of people doing exactly this are staggering, and the connected death toll is climbing.
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The idea that AI can “detoxify” people reframes emotional overwhelm as a software problem, and it treats loneliness and strain as things to route into a machine rather than conditions that require support, care, and structural repair. 1/*
These rebranding attempts are getting more ridiculous.
The CEO of Microsoft AI says AI chatbots are a powerful way for humans to offload emotions and 'detoxify ourselves'
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI's CEO, has described using AI for guidance on life decisions as "something that the world needs."
www.businessinsider.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The idea that AI can “detoxify” people reframes emotional overwhelm as a software problem, and it treats loneliness and strain as things to route into a machine rather than conditions that require support, care, and structural repair. 1/*
Okay, hear me out: the economy, or society, or whatever is like plumbing and wealth hoarding (and billionaires) is like a giant clog in the pipes.
It’s why societies always rupture at a certain point of wealth hoarding or wealth gap—because there’s a giant block.
It’s why societies always rupture at a certain point of wealth hoarding or wealth gap—because there’s a giant block.
December 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Okay, hear me out: the economy, or society, or whatever is like plumbing and wealth hoarding (and billionaires) is like a giant clog in the pipes.
It’s why societies always rupture at a certain point of wealth hoarding or wealth gap—because there’s a giant block.
It’s why societies always rupture at a certain point of wealth hoarding or wealth gap—because there’s a giant block.
The more upsetting plot hole is that if the power went out, how come all the automatic timers their house (and all the houses on the block because I assume more than their house got knocked out?) still worked?
**Wakes you up in the middle of the night pacing in a fit of rage** IT WAS THE 90s! THE MCCALLISTERS HAD LOOT & YOURE GONNA TELL ME THEY DIDNT HAVE A FUCKIN LANDLINE TO CALL KEVIN?!? IT DOESNT ADD UP! THE MATH AINT MATHIN!
December 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The more upsetting plot hole is that if the power went out, how come all the automatic timers their house (and all the houses on the block because I assume more than their house got knocked out?) still worked?
Yeah but see everyone knows you unplug the landlines before you travel internationally! Obviously.
**Wakes you up in the middle of the night pacing in a fit of rage** IT WAS THE 90s! THE MCCALLISTERS HAD LOOT & YOURE GONNA TELL ME THEY DIDNT HAVE A FUCKIN LANDLINE TO CALL KEVIN?!? IT DOESNT ADD UP! THE MATH AINT MATHIN!
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Yeah but see everyone knows you unplug the landlines before you travel internationally! Obviously.
You know, I used to think the literal plot of the emperor’s new clothes would never be able to be pulled off, but has anyone tried selling him a magic new suit?
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
You know, I used to think the literal plot of the emperor’s new clothes would never be able to be pulled off, but has anyone tried selling him a magic new suit?
Turns out sleeping for the majority of 3 days makes it hard to sleep later
December 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Turns out sleeping for the majority of 3 days makes it hard to sleep later
Can I confess a thing that idk if it’s my brain just refusing to grasp a concept actually universe brain?
When we talk about billionaires and billions of dollars… like, does a billion dollars even technically exist? Could you put all in one room?
When we talk about billionaires and billions of dollars… like, does a billion dollars even technically exist? Could you put all in one room?
December 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Can I confess a thing that idk if it’s my brain just refusing to grasp a concept actually universe brain?
When we talk about billionaires and billions of dollars… like, does a billion dollars even technically exist? Could you put all in one room?
When we talk about billionaires and billions of dollars… like, does a billion dollars even technically exist? Could you put all in one room?
What if instead of this we just got another two seasons of Kaos?
The first trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is here 👀
In theaters July 17, 2026
In theaters July 17, 2026
December 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
What if instead of this we just got another two seasons of Kaos?
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Yes, it’s illegal. Like changing it to Department of War, like ten thousand other things. Part of the Trump strategy is to break the law and convey “the rule of law is weak and feminine and laughable and should be overridden by Our Guy.” Trump is fundamentally anti-law.
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NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Yes, it’s illegal. Like changing it to Department of War, like ten thousand other things. Part of the Trump strategy is to break the law and convey “the rule of law is weak and feminine and laughable and should be overridden by Our Guy.” Trump is fundamentally anti-law.
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By doing so here, the Trump Administration runs smack into the prohibition on Medicare and Medicaid regulating the practice of medicine (as opposed to deciding what they'll pay for). Congress recognized regulating the practice of medicine is a state function, not one for Medicare/Medicaid.
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
By doing so here, the Trump Administration runs smack into the prohibition on Medicare and Medicaid regulating the practice of medicine (as opposed to deciding what they'll pay for). Congress recognized regulating the practice of medicine is a state function, not one for Medicare/Medicaid.