Retiredrph
@retiredrph.bsky.social
Retired pharmacist, professional writer, artist, reader, gardener, birdwatcher, living in Oregon.
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
THIS should be included in every future history of our country, should be required reading in high school, alongside the American Revolution. America is still being born, still fighting to stay free and this is what it means to defend and hallow democracy. We are a nation of immigrants!
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Or maybe it’s this kind of day: youtu.be/9CbeZcQgA28?....
Allman Brothers Band Jessica
YouTube video by Southern Rocker
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Or maybe it’s this kind of day: youtu.be/9CbeZcQgA28?....
Or maybe it’s this kind of day: youtu.be/9CbeZcQgA28?....
Allman Brothers Band Jessica
YouTube video by Southern Rocker
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Or maybe it’s this kind of day: youtu.be/9CbeZcQgA28?....
Seems like this kind of day: youtu.be/O8_fGCCitEc?....
Ray LaMontagne - Beg Steal or Borrow (Official Audio)
YouTube video by raylamontagneVEVO
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Seems like this kind of day: youtu.be/O8_fGCCitEc?....
Well written article about autoimmune disease, good to share with others if you have one of these complicated, hard to treat conditions. #autoimmunedisease #lupus
This was a good read if anyone is curious about autoimmune disease and hasn’t experienced it personally.
Disease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity’s dark side
It's one of medicine's biggest mysteries — why sometimes our immune system attacks our own bodies. Autoimmune diseases affect as many as 50 million Americans and millions more worldwide.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Well written article about autoimmune disease, good to share with others if you have one of these complicated, hard to treat conditions. #autoimmunedisease #lupus
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Being on SNAP benefits for 17 years, I've NEVER been told I wouldn't be paid my benefits. NEVER. What is going on is BEYOND cruel. The ppl w/disabilities, ppl w/chronic illnesses & cancer, seniors already isolated, the 16M hh's w/children. WE REFUSE TO BE A NUMBER. WE ARE PEOPLE. WE DESERVE DIGNITY.
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Being on SNAP benefits for 17 years, I've NEVER been told I wouldn't be paid my benefits. NEVER. What is going on is BEYOND cruel. The ppl w/disabilities, ppl w/chronic illnesses & cancer, seniors already isolated, the 16M hh's w/children. WE REFUSE TO BE A NUMBER. WE ARE PEOPLE. WE DESERVE DIGNITY.
I absolutely love this photo of a Hooded Merganser capturing a fresh meal. 🪶
📸 Kenneth Lui
www.audubon.org/magazine/202...
📸 Kenneth Lui
www.audubon.org/magazine/202...
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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I absolutely love this photo of a Hooded Merganser capturing a fresh meal. 🪶
📸 Kenneth Lui
www.audubon.org/magazine/202...
📸 Kenneth Lui
www.audubon.org/magazine/202...
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I absolutely love this photo of a Hooded Merganser capturing a fresh meal. 🪶
📸 Kenneth Lui
www.audubon.org/magazine/202...
📸 Kenneth Lui
www.audubon.org/magazine/202...
THIS should be included in every future history of our country, should be required reading in high school, alongside the American Revolution. America is still being born, still fighting to stay free and this is what it means to defend and hallow democracy. We are a nation of immigrants!
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
THIS should be included in every future history of our country, should be required reading in high school, alongside the American Revolution. America is still being born, still fighting to stay free and this is what it means to defend and hallow democracy. We are a nation of immigrants!
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Wowza! I spotted a Red-tailed Hawk hunting on the Harlem Meer's Duck Island, and when it took off, I was able to capture it at eye level! Yes, it's still peak foliage here! 😍😍😍 #Hawks #CentralPark #birding
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Wowza! I spotted a Red-tailed Hawk hunting on the Harlem Meer's Duck Island, and when it took off, I was able to capture it at eye level! Yes, it's still peak foliage here! 😍😍😍 #Hawks #CentralPark #birding
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Even though it’s counterintuitive, exercise can improve overall well being in chronic disease, including cancer. Patients do need guidance by medical team though.
"This supports the call for exercise, and specifically supervised exercise with a resistance exercise component, to be integrated as a standard component of cancer care for patients."
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
Trial finds exercise has benefits for advanced breast cancer patients - UPI.com
Exercise can help women with advanced breast cancer better withstand both cancer treatments and the ravages of the disease, a clinical trial found.
www.upi.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Even though it’s counterintuitive, exercise can improve overall well being in chronic disease, including cancer. Patients do need guidance by medical team though.
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Happy Wastewater Wednesday! What’s the current sitch with COVID? Well, it’s kind of hard to tell, on account of the federal shutdown.
Thank you to @michael-hoerger.bsky.social for the map and graph, and OHA for continuing to track the data coming from our wastewater treatment centers!
Thank you to @michael-hoerger.bsky.social for the map and graph, and OHA for continuing to track the data coming from our wastewater treatment centers!
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Happy Wastewater Wednesday! What’s the current sitch with COVID? Well, it’s kind of hard to tell, on account of the federal shutdown.
Thank you to @michael-hoerger.bsky.social for the map and graph, and OHA for continuing to track the data coming from our wastewater treatment centers!
Thank you to @michael-hoerger.bsky.social for the map and graph, and OHA for continuing to track the data coming from our wastewater treatment centers!
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Politics came for healthcare and the only way to fight back is by getting political.
So proud to be one of many doctors running for office this cycle and so grateful for @314action.bsky.social and their support. 🇺🇸
So proud to be one of many doctors running for office this cycle and so grateful for @314action.bsky.social and their support. 🇺🇸
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Politics came for healthcare and the only way to fight back is by getting political.
So proud to be one of many doctors running for office this cycle and so grateful for @314action.bsky.social and their support. 🇺🇸
So proud to be one of many doctors running for office this cycle and so grateful for @314action.bsky.social and their support. 🇺🇸
Artists! Round up those gently used, but "not your favorite" art supplies (even used canvases, just re-gesso), and take them to your NAMI site. NAMI helps families and patients navigate better mental health, featuring art therapy. Track them down here www.nami.org #arttherapy #artists 🎨🧑🎨🖌️
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NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
www.nami.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Artists! Round up those gently used, but "not your favorite" art supplies (even used canvases, just re-gesso), and take them to your NAMI site. NAMI helps families and patients navigate better mental health, featuring art therapy. Track them down here www.nami.org #arttherapy #artists 🎨🧑🎨🖌️
Never has it been more important to think about the sources of your food. Buy from local farmer’s markets, buy local seafood, be wary of processed food. A recent outbreak and deaths were probably due to improperly cooked or chilled premade ingredients going into frozen dinners. #foodsafety
NEW: Foreign food safety inspections have hit a historic low after Trump staffing cuts. The dramatic shift in oversight comes as the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food.
“It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.
“It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.
Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fruit.
www.propublica.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Never has it been more important to think about the sources of your food. Buy from local farmer’s markets, buy local seafood, be wary of processed food. A recent outbreak and deaths were probably due to improperly cooked or chilled premade ingredients going into frozen dinners. #foodsafety
You know what to do! Support your local food bank, because people are hungry TODAY! @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social @feedingamerica.org
SNAP recipients go without food after benefits don't arrive. November payments have been significantly delayed, forcing families to go hungry. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to distribute benefits in full by Friday.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Balance zero: SNAP recipients go without food after benefits don't arrive
November payments have been significantly delayed, forcing families to go hungry. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to distribute benefits in full by Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
You know what to do! Support your local food bank, because people are hungry TODAY! @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social @feedingamerica.org
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Yes, we did👇🏻
Hundreds of public health workers & their allies marched from the National Mall toward HHS headquarters at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building on Wednesday.
Their mission: Demand HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s resignation.
Hundreds of public health workers & their allies marched from the National Mall toward HHS headquarters at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building on Wednesday.
Their mission: Demand HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s resignation.
Public Health Workers March to HHS, Demand RFK Jr.'s Removal
American Public Health Association closes its annual meeting with organized protest
www.medpagetoday.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Yes, we did👇🏻
Hundreds of public health workers & their allies marched from the National Mall toward HHS headquarters at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building on Wednesday.
Their mission: Demand HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s resignation.
Hundreds of public health workers & their allies marched from the National Mall toward HHS headquarters at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building on Wednesday.
Their mission: Demand HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s resignation.
Birders! If you see dazed, sick or dead wild birds at nature reserves, parks, call your state Fish and Game Dept. immediately! Wild birds spread bird flu, which spreads to domestic flocks, and to PEOPLE! I have done this when local agency fell down on the job. #birdflu #birds www.dfw.state.or.us
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Birders! If you see dazed, sick or dead wild birds at nature reserves, parks, call your state Fish and Game Dept. immediately! Wild birds spread bird flu, which spreads to domestic flocks, and to PEOPLE! I have done this when local agency fell down on the job. #birdflu #birds www.dfw.state.or.us
Making America Unemployed: Layoffs the highest in October since 2003, hiring slowest in 14 years, according to large outplacement firm in Chicago: www.challengergray.com/blog/october... #unemployment #AI #artificialintelligence #layoffs
October Challenger Report: 153,074 Job Cuts on Cost-Cutting & AI
Challenger reports 153,074 October job cuts, up 175% year over year and 183% month over month. YTD cuts reached 1,099,500, up 65% from 2024 YTD and already 44% above full-year 2024. Warehousing led Oc...
www.challengergray.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Making America Unemployed: Layoffs the highest in October since 2003, hiring slowest in 14 years, according to large outplacement firm in Chicago: www.challengergray.com/blog/october... #unemployment #AI #artificialintelligence #layoffs
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I may need to order a Medic Alert bracelet that says "Dr. Oz is to never touch me".
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I may need to order a Medic Alert bracelet that says "Dr. Oz is to never touch me".
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Yep. Politicians who mindlessly promote data centers are buying into a political liability. Data centers are even worse than the old 'subsidize my factory' scam, creating fewer jobs and draining local water & energy supplies, problems that will get increasingly worse under Trump's bad policies.
my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against rampant AI development.
heatmap.news
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Yep. Politicians who mindlessly promote data centers are buying into a political liability. Data centers are even worse than the old 'subsidize my factory' scam, creating fewer jobs and draining local water & energy supplies, problems that will get increasingly worse under Trump's bad policies.
Ward Cleaver is working nights to pile up food for the winter pantry, for June and Beaver Cleaver, the rest of our local beavers…
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Ward Cleaver is working nights to pile up food for the winter pantry, for June and Beaver Cleaver, the rest of our local beavers…
I think my dog wants me to quit doing artwork…curled up beneath my easel
November 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I think my dog wants me to quit doing artwork…curled up beneath my easel