Carlos Vargas
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Carlos Vargas
@littlekazooboy.bsky.social
Long-term care doc (SNFist); Hospice & PC; Medical Acupuncture; MFA student; Kazoos; Toto fan; Founding member Kitchin 109 Book Club; 🏳️‍🌈ally; Posts my own (he/him)
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A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
October 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Family includes everyone! ❤️
November 17, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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Can we all take a moment to appreciate what everyone at @meidastouch.com does every day to keep people informed when other media won’t. Their work is relentless and we owe them a round of applause that never ends.
September 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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“You cannot argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience” -Mark Twain

This is why the medical experts are leaving the CDC.
August 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.
August 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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August 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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In 1968, 43 African American soldiers at Fort Hood in Texas refused deployment for riot control at DNC in Chicago.

“We shouldn’t have to go out there and do wrong to our own people."

When will our state's National Guard do the same?

#RESIST through #PeacefulProtest
#NONViolenceIsPower
#StopICE
📣“We shouldn’t have to go out there and do wrong to our own people.” 📣

43 African American soldiers at Fort Hood in Texas refused deployment for riot control at DNC in Chicago, #tdih 1968.

Punished with court-martial, hard labor, & reductions in rank.

www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fo...
August 23, 1968: Forty-Three Black Soldiers Stage Sit-In at Ft. Hood
When the “Fort Hood 43” refused to board a plane to Chicago for riot-control duty against fellow African Americans, their non-violent act became one of the largest demonstrations of dissent in U.S. mi...
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August 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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James Talarico, (D) Texas State Representative is spot on how he is roasting Christian Nationalists and comparing Trump to Jesus! I hope this amazing man’s message gets through to many of these hypocrites! He’s amazing’.

Please watch! ⬇️⬇️

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

youtube.com/shorts/ycDWU...
Let's Compare Trump and Jesus.
YouTube video by The Tony Michaels Podcast
youtube.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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"Is there a doctor on the plane?"✈️

This JAMA article has printable cards that can remind you what to do in a medical emergency on an airplane.

In-Flight Medical Emergencies: A Review buff.ly/3rjEqc1

There is also an iphone app called AirRx.

#medsky #nursesky 🛟
August 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Ann Johnson
@voteannjohnson.bsky.social
Representative for Texas House District 134 (Houston, Bellaire, Southside Place, and West University).
August 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
August 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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1/ It’s been 5.5 years (!!) since this newsletter began and what a ride it’s been. Together, we’ve weathered a pandemic, tackled falsehoods, and built a public health community grounded in curiosity, empowerment, and clarity. Now, we have a big announcement!
August 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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July 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Sandy Hook parent says tragedies are inherently political: “You may not believe in climate change, but insurance companies absolutely do.”
July 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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June 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Dissected Lego Frog. For all you science geeks, like me!
June 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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You know, Europe has lots of Democratic Socialists in their parliaments. Oh and free national healthcare.
June 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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There's still time to register for this afternoon's (ET) training session for scientists on how to defend yourself against online abuse. 🧪 By @sciline.org & @penamerica.bsky.social www.sciline.org/learn/online...
Online abuse self-defense training - SciLine
www.sciline.org
June 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Really interesting policy solution from Colorado. Sounds like a great way to protect vaccine access!
Colorado just passed a law to safeguard vaccine policy from RFK Jr.’s CDC overhaul.

Now the state must weigh vaccine advice from top medical orgs — AAP, AAFP, ACOG, ACP — not just the CDC.

More states need to follow.
But where's IDSA in all this?
Update Disease Control Statutes | Colorado General Assembly
leg.colorado.gov
June 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Important read from all 17 highly qualified ACIP members who recently dismissed - read and share widely

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a Crossroads
In this Viewpoint, former members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) caution that the sudden change in the ACIP may reverse the achievements of US immunization policy, includin...
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June 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Very proud to have my #poem "Chronic Pain" published in @offbeatlit.bsky.social/ The Disappointed Housewife! This one is particularly important to me and close to home. I'd love to know what you think about it!
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/06/10/c...
💙📚 #booksky 📝 #writing 📖 #poetry
Chronic Pain ~ poetry by Colleen S. Harris
Chronic Pain          “The cure for pain is in the pain” – Rumi The tink of the gold band tumbling down a shower drain. Finding the unposed photograph of your mother at seventeen, falling in love w…
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June 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM