ImPatient
@im-patient.bsky.social
I like stories, language, and talking about healthcare. Disabled/chronically ill self-advocate — NOT a healthcare professional.
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Check in with @nolanews.bsky.social today. We have dozens of reporters working on finding out more, and our paywall is down.
January 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Check in with @nolanews.bsky.social today. We have dozens of reporters working on finding out more, and our paywall is down.
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In my experience working for a union, struggles over dignity and material issues were inextricable and mutually reinforcing. Hotel housekeepers had to organize and fight for the right to wear pants. Is that idpol? Or materialism? A good union knows that either way it builds the union.
December 16, 2024 at 3:38 PM
In my experience working for a union, struggles over dignity and material issues were inextricable and mutually reinforcing. Hotel housekeepers had to organize and fight for the right to wear pants. Is that idpol? Or materialism? A good union knows that either way it builds the union.
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It's unfair and nonsensical to demand that every person, in their everyday life and work, follow best practices for clear political messaging, just in the off chance that some national pundit will clip their work and post it out of context. We are not all public figures or spokespeople.
December 18, 2024 at 7:02 PM
It's unfair and nonsensical to demand that every person, in their everyday life and work, follow best practices for clear political messaging, just in the off chance that some national pundit will clip their work and post it out of context. We are not all public figures or spokespeople.
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Love the idea of the Renaissance as a time of beauty. Yeah man, if the rich people were having fun I guess everything else was just fine.
December 14, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Love the idea of the Renaissance as a time of beauty. Yeah man, if the rich people were having fun I guess everything else was just fine.
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I am all for critiquing the media and challenging journalism decisions. But as any journalist will tell you, breaking news can be chaotic, with a lot of misinformation that often travels much faster than the truth. Caution is good. Patience is good. Yet people so often seem to want us to be neither.
January 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I am all for critiquing the media and challenging journalism decisions. But as any journalist will tell you, breaking news can be chaotic, with a lot of misinformation that often travels much faster than the truth. Caution is good. Patience is good. Yet people so often seem to want us to be neither.
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Fun experiment: Look at BlueSky in a private window, without being signed in. It’s flooded with this stuff, among others. This is all in less than 30 seconds of scrolling. These accounts are primed for the flip if they want to.
November 29, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Fun experiment: Look at BlueSky in a private window, without being signed in. It’s flooded with this stuff, among others. This is all in less than 30 seconds of scrolling. These accounts are primed for the flip if they want to.
It was as if I needed a “good reason” not to read something, and they decided my reason wasn't good enough. I wonder if that's related to this.
November 28, 2024 at 9:28 PM
It was as if I needed a “good reason” not to read something, and they decided my reason wasn't good enough. I wonder if that's related to this.
A few months back, I mentioned that I stopped reading a novel. Immediately someone demanded to know WHY.
I answered. Then they asked why again, because they just didn't understand why I stopped reading a book “just because” I hated its protagonist.
I answered. Then they asked why again, because they just didn't understand why I stopped reading a book “just because” I hated its protagonist.
November 28, 2024 at 9:28 PM
A few months back, I mentioned that I stopped reading a novel. Immediately someone demanded to know WHY.
I answered. Then they asked why again, because they just didn't understand why I stopped reading a book “just because” I hated its protagonist.
I answered. Then they asked why again, because they just didn't understand why I stopped reading a book “just because” I hated its protagonist.
I've seen a couple general calls for it, especially in medical contexts (IIRC).
Because making assumptions like pregnancy = woman *in a hospital* leads to some really bad situations: www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...
So it makes sense — accuracy matters sometimes, even if it seems annoying to you.
Because making assumptions like pregnancy = woman *in a hospital* leads to some really bad situations: www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...
So it makes sense — accuracy matters sometimes, even if it seems annoying to you.
November 28, 2024 at 6:03 PM
I've seen a couple general calls for it, especially in medical contexts (IIRC).
Because making assumptions like pregnancy = woman *in a hospital* leads to some really bad situations: www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...
So it makes sense — accuracy matters sometimes, even if it seems annoying to you.
Because making assumptions like pregnancy = woman *in a hospital* leads to some really bad situations: www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...
So it makes sense — accuracy matters sometimes, even if it seems annoying to you.