Melissa Hicks
@llunarllama.bsky.social
craft ninja • patient advocate • et cetera
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Excited to attend this Bookbinding 101 workshop at @spudnikpress.bsky.social today! 📕📗📘📙📚💛
Get ready to conquer the world… of bookbinding, that is!😉 Join our upcoming Bookbinding 101 workshop with Teaching Artist Rob Kelsey on Saturday, March 1st at 10am!
Sign up now at spudnikpress.org/classes/marc...
#bookbinding #bookarts
Sign up now at spudnikpress.org/classes/marc...
#bookbinding #bookarts
March 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Excited to attend this Bookbinding 101 workshop at @spudnikpress.bsky.social today! 📕📗📘📙📚💛
Just picked up a prescription, and found that it was for a 2-day supply, instead of the 30-day supply I usually receive. CVS tells me this is all that @expressscripts.bsky.social will cover for the month. Wish someone had told me that before Friday night, so my doc was available to get it sorted.
March 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Just picked up a prescription, and found that it was for a 2-day supply, instead of the 30-day supply I usually receive. CVS tells me this is all that @expressscripts.bsky.social will cover for the month. Wish someone had told me that before Friday night, so my doc was available to get it sorted.
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Our new game, Laugh Lines, tests your #NewYorkerCartoons knowledge. See how you measure up.
Play Laugh Lines No. 6: Winter
Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?
www.newyorker.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Our new game, Laugh Lines, tests your #NewYorkerCartoons knowledge. See how you measure up.
"Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet."
www.seattletimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet."
February 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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The National Institutes of Health has dramatically changed its grant-making terms by limiting how much it will disperse for costs such as equipment and administration.
NIH announces new funding policy that rattles medical researchers
The National Institutes of Health has dramatically changed its grant-making terms by limiting how much it will disperse for costs such as equipment and administration.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The National Institutes of Health has dramatically changed its grant-making terms by limiting how much it will disperse for costs such as equipment and administration.
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Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.
![Hi, my name is [NAME], I'm a constituent in [ZIP CODE]. I'm calling because I saw that [TERRIBLE THING] is happening. I think this is appalling. [PERSONAL STORY, if you have one.] I want you to do everything you can to stop this. I will remember your actions when I cast my next vote. Thank you.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hwmmdl5nok26w3zhmg2d3fvt/bafkreigihtf5o2suhsnecpwijziyhsmxflvzzogbjre2okvstqagg6bw6y@jpeg)
February 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.
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An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
“'The fear is so great that it’s preventing people to seek life-saving treatment, preventive treatment,' Barrientos said."
Community Health treats more than 4,000 people a year and doesn’t ask a person’s legal status. Still, in the first two weeks after Trump took office, nearly 30% of patients didn’t show up or canceled their appointments or lab tests without rescheduling. www.wbez.org/2025/02/05/a...
Amid deportation fears, hundreds of patients skip appointments at one Chicago health clinic
At CommunityHealth, which serves a large immigration population, prescriptions have been left on shelves since President Donald Trump took office.
www.wbez.org
February 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“'The fear is so great that it’s preventing people to seek life-saving treatment, preventive treatment,' Barrientos said."
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"good luck getting the holy trifecta of a doctor to prescribe it, a pharmacist to dispense it, and an insurance company to pay for it"
This applies to too many medications. It shouldn't be this hard.
This applies to too many medications. It shouldn't be this hard.
Personhood is coming, it's only a matter of time open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
"Personhood" is Coming
Your medical care and rights are at risk
open.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"good luck getting the holy trifecta of a doctor to prescribe it, a pharmacist to dispense it, and an insurance company to pay for it"
This applies to too many medications. It shouldn't be this hard.
This applies to too many medications. It shouldn't be this hard.
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Fact checking RFK Jr.: No, antidepressants are not harder to quit than heroin.
Antidepressants harder to quit than heroin? Fact-checking RFK Jr.
Fact checking RFK Jr.: No, antidepressants are not harder to quit than heroin.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Fact checking RFK Jr.: No, antidepressants are not harder to quit than heroin.
Bookbinding project progress
February 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Bookbinding project progress
Apparently the 90s swing revival is now commonly regarded are cringe and corny. I'm still loving it. 🤷♀️
slate.com/podcasts/dec...
slate.com/podcasts/dec...
Jump, Jive and Fail: The ’90s Swing Craze
How did retro sounds, dance moves, and vintage suits come to dominate before suddenly disappearing?
slate.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Apparently the 90s swing revival is now commonly regarded are cringe and corny. I'm still loving it. 🤷♀️
slate.com/podcasts/dec...
slate.com/podcasts/dec...
Spread a little joy ❤️
January 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Spread a little joy ❤️
Dad gave me a book binding kit for Christmas. Started on my first book this afternoon. Made my signatures and sewed them together. Now waiting for the glue to dry. Next step is cutting the front edge, which I am so worried I will screw up.
January 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Dad gave me a book binding kit for Christmas. Started on my first book this afternoon. Made my signatures and sewed them together. Now waiting for the glue to dry. Next step is cutting the front edge, which I am so worried I will screw up.
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January 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Regardless of your immigration status in the U.S., you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Know your rights and assert them.
Independientemente de su estatus migratorio en los Estados Unidos, usted tiene derechos garantizados por la Constitución. Conozca sus derechos y hágalos valer.
Independientemente de su estatus migratorio en los Estados Unidos, usted tiene derechos garantizados por la Constitución. Conozca sus derechos y hágalos valer.
January 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Regardless of your immigration status in the U.S., you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Know your rights and assert them.
Independientemente de su estatus migratorio en los Estados Unidos, usted tiene derechos garantizados por la Constitución. Conozca sus derechos y hágalos valer.
Independientemente de su estatus migratorio en los Estados Unidos, usted tiene derechos garantizados por la Constitución. Conozca sus derechos y hágalos valer.
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it would never work
January 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
it would never work
Soundtrack at my desk today courtesy of The The.
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January 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Soundtrack at my desk today courtesy of The The.
