Simon Palfreyman RN PhD
sjpalf.bsky.social
Simon Palfreyman RN PhD
@sjpalf.bsky.social
Nurse educator. Yorkshireman living in Canada. Research interest in wound care and quality of life.
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“‘I was put in a cell, and I had to sleep on a mat with no blanket, no pillow, with an aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body for two and a half days.’”
Canadian woman put in chains, detained by ICE after entering San Diego border
A Canadian entrepreneur detained by ICE is speaking out after she got arrested while trying to enter the San Diego border to obtain a visa last Monday.
www.10news.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”

There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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"Trump barely pretends to understand the broad outlines, much less the nuances, of his own agenda. Pressed on actual issues, he flatters himself and talks about how great he’s going to make everything. But he offers few details, and when he does, they're conspiracy theories and lies."
Trump's Time interview provides a sobering reminder
He's staggeringly unfit. Always has been. Always will be.
www.publicnotice.co
December 17, 2024 at 4:45 PM
It’s sad that these zombie issues refuse to die and keep getting resurrected.
Scientists have already investigated this. The result? The doctor pushing this junk science had his license revoked for spreading deadly lies about vaccines.
December 8, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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By far and away, my favourite thing about this spectacularly dumb post...

Is that that's THE MATTERHORN
December 3, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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The birth of a star as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope
November 21, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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Learning CPR on manikins without breasts puts women’s lives at risk, study finds
Learning CPR on manikins without breasts puts women’s lives at risk, study finds
Analysis of training models on global market found all had flat torsos with just one having a breast overlay Most CPR manikins don’t have breasts, which contributes towards women being less likely to receive life-saving first aid from bystanders, a study…
dlvr.it
November 21, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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A very useful article on words/phrases to avoid and alternatives to use with patients
November 19, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Worn down by the hate mob, so giving here a bit of a go. Interests in no particular order education, politics, nursing, wound care, and science.
November 15, 2024 at 5:03 AM