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science & history nerd, public health fan, acute care nurse, nature enjoyer, library patron, public transit user, unlikely Appalachian in Canada
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who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
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Autumn Moose
Holly Cheverie ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
After seeing the enshitification and fallout from Uber, Facebook, Twitter, the "gig economy," rent fixing software, Elon Musk generally - and what they have done to San Francisco specifically - I'm pretty sure I'd pay to never have to hear anything ever again from any tech leaders.
Just saw a subway ad selling tickets to some event with "tech's most innovative leaders".
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Dr Oz speaks from looooong experience here
Dr Oz: "We have an advantage with AI. You know why? We don't think the way fraudsters think. That's just not what our minds do. The bank managers don't think about bank fraud. They want to do loans and help businesses. Fraudsters think about fraud. So the AI can think the way a fraudster thinks."
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Working people don’t need “budgeting tips.” They need a fair share of the wealth they create.
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The repeal of the ACA is going to destroy healthcare. Prior to its passage people would get divorced to avoid the government seizing their assets for their healthcare.

People used to cede custody of kids to relatives so they could have healthcare.

You could be denied CHEMO b/c you had acne at 16
Sanders: I am not a great fan of the affordable care act. I believe in medicare for all. I think that health care is a human right, but I will be damned if I'm going to see people in Vermont and around this country see a doubling in their premiums.
After years of reading articles like this, contagious illness like Norovirus is one of the first things I associate when I hear about cruise ships.
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In July, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
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Every Child is a Universe
Christi Belcourt ~ Métis
2025
Despite everything, Toronto lives:
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🚨"The organization representing Ohio emergency doctors has warned that the losses in revenue and increased costs will affect all patients.”
In other words, cuts to Medicaid, the ACA & other health care programs mean higher costs for everyone. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/23/o...
Ohio's rural and safety-net hospitals will lose big under new Medicaid rules, analysis says • Ohio Capital Journal
New Medicaid work requirements will cost millions care. For many hospitals, that will decrease revenue and increase costs, a new report says.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
Huntington's is an incredibly cruel disease. I'll never forget seeing what it did to a patient and family I worked with.

This sounds amazing!
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Autumn Moose
Linus Woods ~ Dakota, Ojibwe
n.d.
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Two babies have died of Whooping cough in Louisiana, a vaccine preventable disease.

All pregnant patients and their families should be vaccinated to protect the newborn.

This is Louisiana's worst Whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in 30 years. buff.ly/pez25q3

#medsky #pedsky🛟😷