NursingA-Z
@nursingatoz.bsky.social
RN, writer, cancer patient. Lives in Vermont. #Medsky
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Literally a Mafia state
Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Literally a Mafia state
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It's largely lost today because we've allowed constitutional law to become the exclusive preserve of lawyers, but the original idea of written constitutionalism was partly one of public education, publicity, & (proto-)democracy—people should be able to read & come to know the law which binds them
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's largely lost today because we've allowed constitutional law to become the exclusive preserve of lawyers, but the original idea of written constitutionalism was partly one of public education, publicity, & (proto-)democracy—people should be able to read & come to know the law which binds them
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Condemned to scraping 1/2-1 inch of snow off the sidewalk every 24 to 48 hours, like Sisyphus
December 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Condemned to scraping 1/2-1 inch of snow off the sidewalk every 24 to 48 hours, like Sisyphus
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jasmine crockett being booted out of her own district is wild. the us ain't a serous place.
December 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
jasmine crockett being booted out of her own district is wild. the us ain't a serous place.
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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A rehash of Nazi and post-Reconstruction era rhetoric about the purity of the race
All this hate for migrants when nothing transforms a culture more than capital. No amount of immigrants will ever change America, the capitol of capital, more than America transforms immigrants into American businesspeople, citizens of money.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A rehash of Nazi and post-Reconstruction era rhetoric about the purity of the race
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Early in evolution, we animals lost the ability to manufacture nine of the 20 building blocks needed to make proteins. Herbivores evolved an impressive array of tricks to ensure their dietary needs are met.
✍️ Katarina Zimmer
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✍️ Katarina Zimmer
knowmag.org/49VWwcC
How plant-eaters snag their essential amino acids
Early in evolution, we animals lost the ability to manufacture nine of the 20 building blocks needed to make proteins. Herbivores evolved an impressive array of tricks to ensure their dietary needs…
knowmag.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Early in evolution, we animals lost the ability to manufacture nine of the 20 building blocks needed to make proteins. Herbivores evolved an impressive array of tricks to ensure their dietary needs are met.
✍️ Katarina Zimmer
knowmag.org/49VWwcC
✍️ Katarina Zimmer
knowmag.org/49VWwcC
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
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No one could’ve predicted that putting a lot of Opus Dei weirdos on the Supreme Court would end our democracy
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
No one could’ve predicted that putting a lot of Opus Dei weirdos on the Supreme Court would end our democracy
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This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
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This is great. One of the things we should be teaching is "taste" and "discernment." This used to not be unusual. I have an experience in The Writer's Practice that's a "passion argument" where students have to convince the audience to do something (like read a particular book). I used it often.
Had a lot of fun writing this review of @tomcomitta.bsky.social’s strange, moving, and hilarious book. Gets us to think, as I argue here, about the value of an aesthetic education—something we all should aim for as we teach our kids.
mid-theory.com/2025/12/04/u...
mid-theory.com/2025/12/04/u...
Unwanted Reading: A Review of Tom Comitta’s ‘People’s Choice Literature’
The Sunday before I taught Beloved last spring, I sat on my couch wondering how I was going to convince a room full of second semester seniors that, before they left high school that June, they sho…
mid-theory.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is great. One of the things we should be teaching is "taste" and "discernment." This used to not be unusual. I have an experience in The Writer's Practice that's a "passion argument" where students have to convince the audience to do something (like read a particular book). I used it often.
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I endorse this so hard, AI will eat us alive if we can't be clear about the difference between affectively enjoying something and understanding *why* we enjoy things, and what that then means for art
This is great. One of the things we should be teaching is "taste" and "discernment." This used to not be unusual. I have an experience in The Writer's Practice that's a "passion argument" where students have to convince the audience to do something (like read a particular book). I used it often.
Had a lot of fun writing this review of @tomcomitta.bsky.social’s strange, moving, and hilarious book. Gets us to think, as I argue here, about the value of an aesthetic education—something we all should aim for as we teach our kids.
mid-theory.com/2025/12/04/u...
mid-theory.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I endorse this so hard, AI will eat us alive if we can't be clear about the difference between affectively enjoying something and understanding *why* we enjoy things, and what that then means for art
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I have supported Nurse Hammam. Please join me.
December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I have supported Nurse Hammam. Please join me.
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🇳🇱 BREAKING: Netherlands withdraws from #Eurovision 2026, following the results of the EBU General Assembly today.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🇳🇱 BREAKING: Netherlands withdraws from #Eurovision 2026, following the results of the EBU General Assembly today.
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“An accessible alternative to the Pap smear has been endorsed by the American Cancer Society. On Thursday, it released new guidelines saying that self-collection is an acceptable way to test for the virus that causes cervical cancer.
The guidelines reflect years of data &recent regulatory approvals”
The guidelines reflect years of data &recent regulatory approvals”
American Cancer Society Endorses Pap Smear Alternative
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“An accessible alternative to the Pap smear has been endorsed by the American Cancer Society. On Thursday, it released new guidelines saying that self-collection is an acceptable way to test for the virus that causes cervical cancer.
The guidelines reflect years of data &recent regulatory approvals”
The guidelines reflect years of data &recent regulatory approvals”
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Spanish network RTVE withdrawing from Eurovision because of participation of Israel:
“The humanitarian situation in Gaza and the use of the competition for political objectives on the part of Israel make it harder and harder to keep Eurovision a neutral cultural event”
“The humanitarian situation in Gaza and the use of the competition for political objectives on the part of Israel make it harder and harder to keep Eurovision a neutral cultural event”
December 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Spanish network RTVE withdrawing from Eurovision because of participation of Israel:
“The humanitarian situation in Gaza and the use of the competition for political objectives on the part of Israel make it harder and harder to keep Eurovision a neutral cultural event”
“The humanitarian situation in Gaza and the use of the competition for political objectives on the part of Israel make it harder and harder to keep Eurovision a neutral cultural event”
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A Republican Congressman, in good standing, referring to Muslims peacefully praying and exercising their 1st Amendment rights as "barbarians."
But, no criticism for Israel's genocide against Palestinians. In fact, Fine is a full-throated supporter.
But, no criticism for Israel's genocide against Palestinians. In fact, Fine is a full-throated supporter.
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A Republican Congressman, in good standing, referring to Muslims peacefully praying and exercising their 1st Amendment rights as "barbarians."
But, no criticism for Israel's genocide against Palestinians. In fact, Fine is a full-throated supporter.
But, no criticism for Israel's genocide against Palestinians. In fact, Fine is a full-throated supporter.
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This rules people.com/halle-berry-...
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This rules people.com/halle-berry-...
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The cited reasoning? "Women will just go and have babies and quit being doctors anyway, so why let them in and waste our time/resources?"
Which I find fucking HILARIOUS, considering Japan's dumpster-tier birthrate.
I wouldn't want to have a baby in that climate, either.
Which I find fucking HILARIOUS, considering Japan's dumpster-tier birthrate.
I wouldn't want to have a baby in that climate, either.
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The cited reasoning? "Women will just go and have babies and quit being doctors anyway, so why let them in and waste our time/resources?"
Which I find fucking HILARIOUS, considering Japan's dumpster-tier birthrate.
I wouldn't want to have a baby in that climate, either.
Which I find fucking HILARIOUS, considering Japan's dumpster-tier birthrate.
I wouldn't want to have a baby in that climate, either.
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Only tangentially related, but FUN FACT, gang: At least 9 Japanese medical schools, including the illustrious Tokyo Medical University, have been caught CHANGING THE SCORES on admission exams to exclude female applicants for the last 20 YEARS.
This is real! It happened!
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
This is real! It happened!
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Only tangentially related, but FUN FACT, gang: At least 9 Japanese medical schools, including the illustrious Tokyo Medical University, have been caught CHANGING THE SCORES on admission exams to exclude female applicants for the last 20 YEARS.
This is real! It happened!
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
This is real! It happened!
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
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This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
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The problem is almost nobody fucking asked for or wants AI, yet now it's in everything. No, I don't want an AI summary of my Google search. No, I don't want AI on my Zoom call while it's happening. Fuck off. Get out of my face. It's smothering me and thinks that's love. It makes me hate it more.
December 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The problem is almost nobody fucking asked for or wants AI, yet now it's in everything. No, I don't want an AI summary of my Google search. No, I don't want AI on my Zoom call while it's happening. Fuck off. Get out of my face. It's smothering me and thinks that's love. It makes me hate it more.
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You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
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As a gen-x'er it is so fucking infuriating that we've known about all of these problems my entire life, and no one will actually step up to work together to solve them.
Government isn't just failing now. Its been failing my entire life.
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/s...
Government isn't just failing now. Its been failing my entire life.
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/s...
Social Security's day of reckoning is nearly here
There is a tug-of-war between the benefits future retirees receive and the taxes that working-age people pay.
www.axios.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
As a gen-x'er it is so fucking infuriating that we've known about all of these problems my entire life, and no one will actually step up to work together to solve them.
Government isn't just failing now. Its been failing my entire life.
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/s...
Government isn't just failing now. Its been failing my entire life.
www.axios.com/2025/11/29/s...
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In July 2024, both a local pastor and a former lawmaker were banned from the Commissioners Court and issued trespass warnings for expressing concerns about the alarming number of deaths occurring at Tarrant County Jail. There have been multiple arrests at commission hearings this year.
In Tarrant County, a Grassroots Coalition Pushes Back on Christian Nationalists
The recent redistricting of the county commissioners court has galvanized progressive organizers heading into 2026.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In July 2024, both a local pastor and a former lawmaker were banned from the Commissioners Court and issued trespass warnings for expressing concerns about the alarming number of deaths occurring at Tarrant County Jail. There have been multiple arrests at commission hearings this year.