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Robin St. Clare
@robinwrites.bsky.social
Pathologist 🔬 and writer of spooky spec fic. Philly expat in Carolina. Disabled POTSie. Ace is the place for me. 🇪🇨🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 she/her
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Oh I guess I need an updated intro post!

- stationary pathologist 🔬
- Writer having another existential crisis. Mainly SFFH. "Why is publishing like this" is my vibe
- Philly sports 🦅 \\V// 🏀
- disability/chronic illness (POTS + autoimmune)
- everything is on 🔥
- trans rights, free Palestine ✌️
Lots of new ppl here lately! Brief (lol) intro:

- traveling pathologist 🔬
- writer getting ready to query. Mainly SFFH. "This could have been an xfiles ep" is my vibe
- Philly sports 🦅 \\V// 🏀
- disability/chronic illness (POTS + autoimmune)
- yell about politics
- trans rights, free Palestine ✌️
Saw this on instagram from threads but it's too good not to share
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is a great question and I'm not sure this is really my answer, but I'm now thinking that a bourbon advent calendar would be a great way to sample small portions of a variety of my favorite alcohol, since I seriously limit my drinking these days
everything is bonkers right now and we need a timeline cleanse. let’s play a game. if I handed you a blank check but you could ONLY spend it on an Advent calendar, what absurdly pricy collection of little treats are you buying yourself?
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Last RS: This is why it's good to follow people on their newsletter/Patreon/etc, but I do wish they would get off Substack so I can follow them with a free conscience
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Wow what the fuck @support.bsky.team
Hey @support.bsky.team What is going on with Sarah Kendzior? Why was she suspended with no explanation? Are you doing this to lesser-known people that we’re never going to find out about?
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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***
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***

It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!

➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...

(Plus other donation options in thread!)
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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I don't know if anyone ever considered this before but I think we should have a left wing party in the United States. Just my opinion
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My phone switched to dark mode and I'm still at work. Do not like.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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1. This is stolen land. We have no moral right to exclude anyone.

2. "Illegal immigration" is a product of 20th century racism; your forebears came "legally" because there was no such thing as "illegal immigration" then.

3. Open borders are good. Borders are racist and colonial violence.
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Going to repeat this every time I see the GOP "plan":

I have kidney failure. I require dialysis to live. Three times a week every single week. It costs $1000 per treatment.

So either they need to give me a MINIMUM of $156,000 a year...or I'm going to die.
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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so, today I got the surgery center where I got my deviated septum fixed to send me an itemized bill so I could submit to my FSA for reimbursement

my out of pocket cost: $473

what my insurance paid: $4258

what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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According to the World Food Programme (WFP), only half the required food aid is currently reaching Gaza, while a coalition of Palestinian relief agencies said total aid deliveries amounted to just one-quarter of what was agreed under the ceasefire deal.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
US highlights Gaza aid surge; Palestinians allege ‘engineered starvation’
White House says nearly 700 aid trucks entering Gaza each day, a figure disputed by Palestinians and aid organisations.
www.aljazeera.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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I keep saying....Republicans are the worst kind of bullies but Democrats are the worst kind of cowards.

IMO both have got to go cuz we can do better and we absolutely deserve better than these assbutts.
even when the democratic party has leverage and one of the craziest election swings the party intentionally self immolates it’s just so exhausting what is even the point of these people
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week

Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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This vote has not happened yet. Call your Senators, especially your Democratic Senators, and tell them that a deal without protection NOW for health insurance tax credits is unacceptable.
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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This is Trump / Cassidy plan — and the appropriate response from Democrats is “you’re goddamn right we hate insurance companies, that’s why we’re introducing Medicare For All and calling on Trump to back this plan to destroy the insurance corporations that delay and deny your family’s healthcare”
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
You know, I didn't know it at the time, but turns out there was a third reason for me to stop travel doctoring and take a permanent position here
LGA looks like a parking lot.
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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CALL YOUR DEM SENATORS and tell them not to budge unless Republicans put the ACA subsidies back.
No future vote, no compromise without that, and no compromise by throwing trans people under the bus.
ACA tax subsidies or bust.
does this sound like a deal that’s done or someone trying to pressure dems into one
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Terribly disappointing.
A final update from Quirk Books Union ✊💔 Devastated that, in the three months since we unionized, management never met the union at the bargaining table -- and now the remaining four union members have all been laid off.
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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A final update from Quirk Books Union ✊💔 Devastated that, in the three months since we unionized, management never met the union at the bargaining table -- and now the remaining four union members have all been laid off.
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Sold
Pluribus is amazing. It’s like a gay prestige inverse take on the good place
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Pet parent pals! Reminder to send in your Chewy Claus list this year. Each submission is free, enters you into a giveaway, and Chewy donates 5 meals to shelter animals when your little buddy submits. Here are Boba and Tony's submissions!

www.chewy.com/education/ch...
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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I’ve been a T-Mobile customer for years. But the T stands for Trump now.

They carry Trump Mobile, killed DEI to please Trump’s FCC, union-bust, backed policies that strip healthcare, and are funneling millions to Musk.

I’m canceling my plan on Nov 15. Join me

youtube.com/shorts/q3nFt...
Boycotting T-Mobile: Trump ties, Musk money, and why I’m switching Nov 15
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Man I like this Lindsay kid (watching the Villanova game from last night because I forgot it was on lol)
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM