Joe Chapman
@jreidchapman.bsky.social
palliative care chaplain • minister of word and sacrament in PC(USA) • poems in Best American Poetry and Boston Review • chronically ill • MUFC
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I did check myself but, against all odds, still found a way to wreck myself.
February 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I did check myself but, against all odds, still found a way to wreck myself.
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In case you forgot a valentine for that special someone, we’ve got you covered! ❤️
February 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In case you forgot a valentine for that special someone, we’ve got you covered! ❤️
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ME: [extremely burnt out] I need to take the day off to relax
ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive
ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive
December 13, 2024 at 9:11 PM
ME: [extremely burnt out] I need to take the day off to relax
ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive
ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive
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“…you cannot expect to live in a society where that rage goes nowhere”
December 13, 2024 at 10:07 PM
“…you cannot expect to live in a society where that rage goes nowhere”
Tell me a horror story in one skeet
I'm an extrovert to my core because it doesn't matter how bad things are, I'm always happy as long as I have a visitor. That's all I need.
December 11, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Tell me a horror story in one skeet
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My dad has dementia, and every time something changes about his condition we wait months for someone to see him. He has all the resources anyone would want and great insurance. There are great doctors and nurses, but the system they work in is broken everywhere we interact with it.
People who are like “I don’t mind our current clusterfuck of a health care system because people with socialized medicine have to wait six months for an appt” have obviously never had to see a specialist for anything ever
December 11, 2024 at 4:53 PM
My dad has dementia, and every time something changes about his condition we wait months for someone to see him. He has all the resources anyone would want and great insurance. There are great doctors and nurses, but the system they work in is broken everywhere we interact with it.
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Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.
People in the US live with illness for 12.4 years on average – up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association
People in the US live with illness for 12.4 years on average – up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association
Americans Spend More Years Sick Than Rest of World, Study Finds
Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.
www.bloomberg.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.
People in the US live with illness for 12.4 years on average – up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association
People in the US live with illness for 12.4 years on average – up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association
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Talk to me about how chronic pain has affected your politics and political life.
December 9, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Talk to me about how chronic pain has affected your politics and political life.
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Forget the title, the real race is whatever United and Spurs are competing for
December 8, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Forget the title, the real race is whatever United and Spurs are competing for
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Breathtaking levels of cognitive dissonance
December 6, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Breathtaking levels of cognitive dissonance
Gentle reminder for those of you who live with other human beings. These are apex predators and destroy the environment around them so it’s best to keep them indoors.
December 5, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Gentle reminder for those of you who live with other human beings. These are apex predators and destroy the environment around them so it’s best to keep them indoors.
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Some new hobbies I am thinking about getting into:
• witnessing the beloved in the monstrous
• witnessing the monstrous in the divine
• traversing the boundaries of space, time, & corporeality
• communing with the shadow
• apotheosis
• French pastry??
• witnessing the beloved in the monstrous
• witnessing the monstrous in the divine
• traversing the boundaries of space, time, & corporeality
• communing with the shadow
• apotheosis
• French pastry??
December 4, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Some new hobbies I am thinking about getting into:
• witnessing the beloved in the monstrous
• witnessing the monstrous in the divine
• traversing the boundaries of space, time, & corporeality
• communing with the shadow
• apotheosis
• French pastry??
• witnessing the beloved in the monstrous
• witnessing the monstrous in the divine
• traversing the boundaries of space, time, & corporeality
• communing with the shadow
• apotheosis
• French pastry??
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There is an overwhelming body of evidence that the industry of football - governing bodies, clubs, prominent individuals - is desperate to be seen as progressive & all-inclusive while simultaneously courting regimes that actively suppress the rights of the very same minorities they claim to support.
December 4, 2024 at 11:51 AM
There is an overwhelming body of evidence that the industry of football - governing bodies, clubs, prominent individuals - is desperate to be seen as progressive & all-inclusive while simultaneously courting regimes that actively suppress the rights of the very same minorities they claim to support.
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1. In April 2024, California raised the minimum wage for fast food chains to $20/hour
The industry claimed it would be devastating & require significant job cuts and prices increases
Here is what really happened: workers got a raise, prices went modestly, and the industry continued to add jobs
The industry claimed it would be devastating & require significant job cuts and prices increases
Here is what really happened: workers got a raise, prices went modestly, and the industry continued to add jobs
What really happened after California raised its minimum wage to $20 for fast food workers
What would happen to the fast food industry if it had to pay its workers something closer to a living wage?
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December 3, 2024 at 3:24 PM
1. In April 2024, California raised the minimum wage for fast food chains to $20/hour
The industry claimed it would be devastating & require significant job cuts and prices increases
Here is what really happened: workers got a raise, prices went modestly, and the industry continued to add jobs
The industry claimed it would be devastating & require significant job cuts and prices increases
Here is what really happened: workers got a raise, prices went modestly, and the industry continued to add jobs
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about to go stage at a rap battle and i see my opponent holding a file with my name on it i glance in the crowd and my therapist is there wearing a new fur coat
December 2, 2024 at 10:01 PM
about to go stage at a rap battle and i see my opponent holding a file with my name on it i glance in the crowd and my therapist is there wearing a new fur coat
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This adds a whole new resonance to Inigo Montoya’s “You killed my father. Prepare to die” speech
December 3, 2024 at 6:48 PM
This adds a whole new resonance to Inigo Montoya’s “You killed my father. Prepare to die” speech
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Finally watched Arrival last night and I really think we should be allowed more big-budget films about linguistics.
December 1, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Finally watched Arrival last night and I really think we should be allowed more big-budget films about linguistics.
@drrebeccaryan.bsky.social I was so intrigued by your connection between MCAS and endometriosis! Question: how would you treat someone with endo and suspected MCAS? Standard MCAS treatment or would LDN be your first line of treatment?
December 1, 2024 at 10:42 PM
@drrebeccaryan.bsky.social I was so intrigued by your connection between MCAS and endometriosis! Question: how would you treat someone with endo and suspected MCAS? Standard MCAS treatment or would LDN be your first line of treatment?
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Hey, #NEISvoid and researchy folks.
What is that study I'm thinking of in which 30-some-odd patients with a 'psychosomatic' diagnosis were followed over time and eventually each received some other somatic diagnosis, many of them cancer or neurological disease? Ethan somebody was the author maybe?
What is that study I'm thinking of in which 30-some-odd patients with a 'psychosomatic' diagnosis were followed over time and eventually each received some other somatic diagnosis, many of them cancer or neurological disease? Ethan somebody was the author maybe?
November 26, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Hey, #NEISvoid and researchy folks.
What is that study I'm thinking of in which 30-some-odd patients with a 'psychosomatic' diagnosis were followed over time and eventually each received some other somatic diagnosis, many of them cancer or neurological disease? Ethan somebody was the author maybe?
What is that study I'm thinking of in which 30-some-odd patients with a 'psychosomatic' diagnosis were followed over time and eventually each received some other somatic diagnosis, many of them cancer or neurological disease? Ethan somebody was the author maybe?
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Did you know? The feast of Christ the King was added to liturgical calendars as a response to the rise in fascism in 1925. Pope Pius XI was frustrated over the popularity of the Mussolini movement
#christtheking #pcusa #churchhistory
#christtheking #pcusa #churchhistory
November 24, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Did you know? The feast of Christ the King was added to liturgical calendars as a response to the rise in fascism in 1925. Pope Pius XI was frustrated over the popularity of the Mussolini movement
#christtheking #pcusa #churchhistory
#christtheking #pcusa #churchhistory
this is a cat
November 23, 2024 at 6:29 PM
this is a cat