Sarah Dobes
@practicalpebble.bsky.social
Backpacker, craft nerd, queer autist, primary care doctor.
“What is true is already so. Ignoring it won’t make it better. Acknowledging it won’t make it worse. We can stand what is true, for we are already enduring it.”
“What is true is already so. Ignoring it won’t make it better. Acknowledging it won’t make it worse. We can stand what is true, for we are already enduring it.”
YIKES! This really sucks.
“By the way, anybody who uses Libby or other e-reader programs... guess where the money for those programs comes from.
“Stay strong out there, hopefully people will say something when they come for you.”
“Stay strong out there, hopefully people will say something when they come for you.”
March 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
YIKES! This really sucks.
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Here is a nice mushroom
February 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Here is a nice mushroom
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That this country has come apart at the seams may be the most optimistic telling of this part of history. What will historians make of this period of time? It’s all just so completely off the rails and weird and surreal. Am I in a story by Borges?
the fact that this is just a straightforward retelling of yesterday's events without hyperbole
February 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
That this country has come apart at the seams may be the most optimistic telling of this part of history. What will historians make of this period of time? It’s all just so completely off the rails and weird and surreal. Am I in a story by Borges?
Some much needed good news!
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Some much needed good news!
What fresh horror is this? 😭 I really respected Whitman Walker until now. This is truly deplorable, and very concerning.
This is a stunning betrayal by Whitman Walker in DC.
You CANNOT jettison the trans community to protect yourself.
It’s shameful. I got my name changed at WWH. I have promoted their research.
Now they are capitulating to save gay people at trans people’s expense by trying to erase us.
You CANNOT jettison the trans community to protect yourself.
It’s shameful. I got my name changed at WWH. I have promoted their research.
Now they are capitulating to save gay people at trans people’s expense by trying to erase us.
NEW: Whitman Walker, a LGBTQ health center in Washington DC, has scrubbed its site of descriptions of gender affirming care services.
This is pure cowardice and stabbing the trans community in the back. While services are not affected, it will limit access to resources if patients can't find them.
This is pure cowardice and stabbing the trans community in the back. While services are not affected, it will limit access to resources if patients can't find them.
February 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
What fresh horror is this? 😭 I really respected Whitman Walker until now. This is truly deplorable, and very concerning.
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This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
They Are a Minority
Get your mind right.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
Some much needed humor for today
I always thought Wallace Shawn had the ideal career: you get to be this well-regarded highbrow playwright and art house movie maker
AND you also get to be a part of millions of people‘s childhoods by being in Clueless, the Princess Bride, and Toy Story. What a life.
AND you also get to be a part of millions of people‘s childhoods by being in Clueless, the Princess Bride, and Toy Story. What a life.
Wallace Shawn Emerges As Frontrunner To Replace Daniel Craig As James Bond
February 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Some much needed humor for today
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This is fucking incredible.
![REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an oath to defend this country, people who have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fire for this country. I want to know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional- REYES: In a commonsense way. This is a policy from the President of the United States affecting thousands of people ... to call an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who are undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: I don't have an answer for you. REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it... People can make solid arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the military We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States dealing with a group of people serving their country... calling them liars. (Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school from appearing before her because "they're all liars and lack integrity and are undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government" She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mmtjkssv6jeneahkgfdxuy7p/bafkreicmr3wybkn6acxmmdf4vuqnzxho2nk7kp3v7tx7vkclg2cjmwvixm@jpeg)
February 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is fucking incredible.
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This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.
February 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.
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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
February 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
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This is an incredible piece of art.
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This is an incredible piece of art.
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The gender affirming care ban executive order has been blocked in court!
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Federal judge blocks Trump order on health care for transgender youth
A federal judge in Baltimore blocked executive orders signed by President Donald Trump that targeted transgender people and their health care, giving temporary relief to LGBTQ individuals and their fa...
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The gender affirming care ban executive order has been blocked in court!
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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They literally removed the T from LGBTQ and erased any mention of trans people who were present at the Stonewall Riots. They're trying to erase us from history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
They literally removed the T from LGBTQ and erased any mention of trans people who were present at the Stonewall Riots. They're trying to erase us from history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
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This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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“We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party or your views, change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less.”
The ABA supports the rule of law
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...
www.americanbar.org
February 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party or your views, change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less.”
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Posted around NYC, Chicago, DC and other cities. Be creative. Do something!
February 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Posted around NYC, Chicago, DC and other cities. Be creative. Do something!
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The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.
February 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.
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Big ups to @signal.org @meredithmeredith.bsky.social for allowing usernames instead of phone numbers last year (signal.org/blog/phone-n...).
Washington basically runs on Signal right now and that one change has made reporting and whistleblowing way more private and secure.
Washington basically runs on Signal right now and that one change has made reporting and whistleblowing way more private and secure.
February 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Big ups to @signal.org @meredithmeredith.bsky.social for allowing usernames instead of phone numbers last year (signal.org/blog/phone-n...).
Washington basically runs on Signal right now and that one change has made reporting and whistleblowing way more private and secure.
Washington basically runs on Signal right now and that one change has made reporting and whistleblowing way more private and secure.
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New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
February 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
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Huge win in DC. A TRO has been placed on DOJ from transferring multiple incarcerated trans folks.
New filing: "Doe v. McHenry (transgender inmate reclassified as male II)"
Doc #23: .Order AND Memorandum & Opinion
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Doc #23: .Order AND Memorandum & Opinion
Download PDF | View Full Case
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February 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Huge win in DC. A TRO has been placed on DOJ from transferring multiple incarcerated trans folks.
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Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org
February 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org
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“Screaming. A million mouths screaming but also laughing the sky will bleed and there shall be a great flensing a burning away of the flesh it is coming there is no way to stop what is coming.”
February 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“Screaming. A million mouths screaming but also laughing the sky will bleed and there shall be a great flensing a burning away of the flesh it is coming there is no way to stop what is coming.”