Mary Gurney, RPh, PhD, BCPA, FAPhA
@rphteach.bsky.social
Pharmacist educator, pharmacy law, Patient advocate. #pinksocks #medx #Savvy Co-op #OpenNotes Alum: @DrakeCPHS @UWMadPharmacy Thoughts are my own. (she/her)
@americanair.bsky.social I hope my 4th flight trying to get home isnt cancelled. Have been trying to get MIA to PHX yesterday. My original flight cancelled. 2nd flight diverted from LAX to ONT and then the crew timed out. 1st rebooked flight cancelled and the 2nd is delayed from 1255 to 823 pm.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@americanair.bsky.social I hope my 4th flight trying to get home isnt cancelled. Have been trying to get MIA to PHX yesterday. My original flight cancelled. 2nd flight diverted from LAX to ONT and then the crew timed out. 1st rebooked flight cancelled and the 2nd is delayed from 1255 to 823 pm.
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"It’s not just the meteorologists I talk to who are in full support for a new 'National Weather Safety Board.' Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are excited about this approach."
How to Weather the Next Storm
In the wake of the Texas floods and ongoing cuts to NOAA and NWS, we need a National Weather Safety Board
contrarian.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"It’s not just the meteorologists I talk to who are in full support for a new 'National Weather Safety Board.' Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are excited about this approach."
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Three years after the Supreme Court opened the door to state abortion bans, most U.S. adults say abortion should be legal — views that look similar to before the landmark ruling.
Most U.S. adults think abortion should be legal 3 years after Roe was overturned, poll shows
The new findings from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll show that about two-thirds of U.S. adults think abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Three years after the Supreme Court opened the door to state abortion bans, most U.S. adults say abortion should be legal — views that look similar to before the landmark ruling.
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"Treating homelessness with a police force and curtailing strategies that work—all while slashing funding for the social safety net—is the sort of cruel, red-meat performative politics that juices up the MAGA base but does nothing to address the problem."
Words & Phrases We Can Do Without
‘Civil commitment’ means locking up people without housing
contrarian.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Treating homelessness with a police force and curtailing strategies that work—all while slashing funding for the social safety net—is the sort of cruel, red-meat performative politics that juices up the MAGA base but does nothing to address the problem."
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Trump is now posting private mortgage documents from Adam Schiff, and I URGE people who have less self-control than Pavlov's dogs to EMPHASIZE that it is likely a crime for him to have accessed these docs, if you do post them.
July 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Trump is now posting private mortgage documents from Adam Schiff, and I URGE people who have less self-control than Pavlov's dogs to EMPHASIZE that it is likely a crime for him to have accessed these docs, if you do post them.
Eating my feelings with a controlled size of soft serve ice cream. It's one of those days.
July 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Eating my feelings with a controlled size of soft serve ice cream. It's one of those days.
I'm not just sorry to see this story, I am scared about what it will mean for '60 Minutes" as a news program. www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
'60 Minutes' chief resigns, saying show's independence was compromised
The longtime head of CBS' 60 Minutes resigned Tuesday, as the network's parent company grapples with President Trump's lawsuit over an interview the show did with Kamala Harris last fall.
www.npr.org
April 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm not just sorry to see this story, I am scared about what it will mean for '60 Minutes" as a news program. www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
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When courts are defied, powers usurped, and legal residents disappeared, we’re not approaching crisis—we’re already there. Jen Rubin on how to start marshaling the will to end it.
Stop Waiting for a Formal Declaration of “Crisis”
It is here. We are living through it.
contrarian.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
When courts are defied, powers usurped, and legal residents disappeared, we’re not approaching crisis—we’re already there. Jen Rubin on how to start marshaling the will to end it.
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So the University of Minnesota is the only university in the country to have a contract with ICE. We also produce more ammunition for them than any other state, and we are only behind Texas in terms of leasing gun ranges to them. From the @minnesotareformer.com minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/18/w...
April 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
So the University of Minnesota is the only university in the country to have a contract with ICE. We also produce more ammunition for them than any other state, and we are only behind Texas in terms of leasing gun ranges to them. From the @minnesotareformer.com minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/18/w...
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In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.”
So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
What It Means to Tell the Truth About America
And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”
www.theatlantic.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.”
So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
Need to get rid of medications you no longer take or that are expired? The spring DEA National Take Back Day is Saturday, April 26, 2025. Need to find a collection location - check out the link to find locations --> www.dea.gov/takebackday#...
April 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Need to get rid of medications you no longer take or that are expired? The spring DEA National Take Back Day is Saturday, April 26, 2025. Need to find a collection location - check out the link to find locations --> www.dea.gov/takebackday#...
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The Trump administration has quietly doubled down on its decision to stop sending emergency food to children starving in Bangladesh, Somalia, and other countries. Without urgent intervention, these children might die within months, @hana-kiros.bsky.social reports. https://theatln.tc/kQAZFJJw
April 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The Trump administration has quietly doubled down on its decision to stop sending emergency food to children starving in Bangladesh, Somalia, and other countries. Without urgent intervention, these children might die within months, @hana-kiros.bsky.social reports. https://theatln.tc/kQAZFJJw
There is no autism epidemic, just a public health threat named RFK Jr.
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There is no autism epidemic, just a public health threat named RFK Jr.
RFK Jr. has profited off this ableist lie for decades. Now he’s using his power to make it health policy.
open.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
There is no autism epidemic, just a public health threat named RFK Jr.
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An important listen:
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
#democracy #courage
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
#democracy #courage
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
open.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
An important listen:
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
#democracy #courage
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
#democracy #courage
An essential read about a system that should have more checks and balances. NYT article "Organ Transplant System 'in Chaos' as Waiting Lists are Ignored.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Organ Transplant System ‘in Chaos’ as Waiting Lists Are Ignored (Gift Article)
The sickest patients are supposed to get priority for lifesaving transplants. But more and more, they are being skipped over.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
An essential read about a system that should have more checks and balances. NYT article "Organ Transplant System 'in Chaos' as Waiting Lists are Ignored.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What happens when we gut federal science funding?
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What happens when we gut federal science funding?
An experiment I would prefer not to conduct.
open.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
What happens when we gut federal science funding?
open.substack.com/pub/noahpini...
open.substack.com/pub/noahpini...
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Interested in providing input on AI?
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February 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Interested in providing input on AI?
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Hi, ASL interpreter of 30 yrs & a person w/ Deaf family here.
In response to the anti-ASL horseshit going around:
ASL and English are not the same language.
ASL has no written form.
Reading English subs is not = to seeing ASL & many Deaf ppl need sign to fully understand info.
In response to the anti-ASL horseshit going around:
ASL and English are not the same language.
ASL has no written form.
Reading English subs is not = to seeing ASL & many Deaf ppl need sign to fully understand info.
January 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Hi, ASL interpreter of 30 yrs & a person w/ Deaf family here.
In response to the anti-ASL horseshit going around:
ASL and English are not the same language.
ASL has no written form.
Reading English subs is not = to seeing ASL & many Deaf ppl need sign to fully understand info.
In response to the anti-ASL horseshit going around:
ASL and English are not the same language.
ASL has no written form.
Reading English subs is not = to seeing ASL & many Deaf ppl need sign to fully understand info.
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How do LLMs really perform in diagnosis? There are claims of superhuman AI performance on clinical vignettes, which have much of the relevant information included. That's not how medicine works. That’s why @rajpurkar.bsky.social and I worked on CRAFT-MD: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An evaluation framework for clinical use of large language models in patient interaction tasks - Nature Medicine
By simulating realistic doctor–patient conversations, a framework can be applied to large language models to investigate shortcomings and bias in patient interactions, providing insight before actual ...
www.nature.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
How do LLMs really perform in diagnosis? There are claims of superhuman AI performance on clinical vignettes, which have much of the relevant information included. That's not how medicine works. That’s why @rajpurkar.bsky.social and I worked on CRAFT-MD: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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In late November, when Adam Lambert talked to me, very thoughtfully, about playing the Emcee in “Cabaret,” he spoke about trying to guide the audience through “If You Could See Her.” He also mentioned that the audience’s drinking is a factor in their response.
Here’s a chunk I left out, for space.
Here’s a chunk I left out, for space.
January 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In late November, when Adam Lambert talked to me, very thoughtfully, about playing the Emcee in “Cabaret,” he spoke about trying to guide the audience through “If You Could See Her.” He also mentioned that the audience’s drinking is a factor in their response.
Here’s a chunk I left out, for space.
Here’s a chunk I left out, for space.
Join SAMHSA as we recognize the first national Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month. Help raise awareness and share resources that connect people to the treatment they might need: samhsa.gov/observances/treatmentmonth #RecoveryIsPossible
January 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Join SAMHSA as we recognize the first national Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month. Help raise awareness and share resources that connect people to the treatment they might need: samhsa.gov/observances/treatmentmonth #RecoveryIsPossible
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if you're hysterical about tiktok, but never make a peep about the massive, odious and largely unregulated international data broker surveillance economy, I'm gonna have a hard time taking you seriously on privacy
Wyden: Data Broker Used Abortion Clinic Visitor Location Data To Help Send Targeted Misinformation To Vulnerable Women
Every few weeks for the last 20 years there’s been a massive scandal involving some company, telecom, data broker, or app maker over-collecting your detailed personal location data, …
www.techdirt.com
March 13, 2024 at 8:33 PM
if you're hysterical about tiktok, but never make a peep about the massive, odious and largely unregulated international data broker surveillance economy, I'm gonna have a hard time taking you seriously on privacy