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Everything was going great until this whole breast cancer thing.
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Great thread! Read it and remember: it's our country.
#wethepeople #democracy #voices4victory #proudblue
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Conservatives have a strategy: discourage, divide, and demoralize the public so they can cling to power. It’s not chaos, it’s by design. They want you to check out. Here’s their step-by-step playbook. Know it, name it, fight it.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
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Decades of progress have improved cancer survival rates, but for some, effective treatments remain elusive. Researchers have turned to an unexpected ally: vaccines. Before mRNA vaccines helped fight COVID-19, they were explored as a way to target cancer—and that work continues:

#OncoSky #CanSky
How mRNA Cancer Vaccines Could Treat Pancreatic and Other Types of Cancer
From COVID shots to cancer therapy, mRNA is changing medicine.
spklr.io
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Following a #cancer diagnosis, you should be able to focus on your journey to wellness—not treatment costs.

Did you know we offer #FinancialAssistance for 24 types of cancers? From #CLL to #WM, we're here to help you access the care you need.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4r3RDnI

#OncSky #CanSky
Finding Financial Assistance for Cancer Treatment - Conquer: the journey informed
For patients facing the financial strain of cancer treatment, the PAN Foundation offers grants for medication costs, transportation, and more. Discover how this nonprofit has helped over 1.3 million p...
ampmed.site
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Nobody prepares you for the quiet after treatment ends – the follow-up scans, the weird guilt, the pressure to be “back to normal” when you’re still exhausted. It’s okay to rebuild slowly and ask for help. #CancerSurvivor #cancer #YouBeatCancerNowWhat #oncoksy #cansky
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This looks promising. ;) #CanSky
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Folks, it’s almost December.

USE. YOUR. BENEFITS.

Book a massage every day. Go to the dentist. Get your glasses. Talk to a therapist god knows you need to.

If you don’t use your benefits the capitalists are stealing from you.

USE YOUR BENEFITS.
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee outlines all the ways YOU can stand up for research and speak out to make sure funding for science is not cut further. letswinpc.org/research/res... #OncSky #CanSky
Stand Up, Speak Out
Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee outlines all the ways YOU can stand up for research and speak out to make sure funding for science is not cut further.
letswinpc.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"None are backed by peer-reviewd #CTs in humans & all are sold as 'resrch chemicals' not subjct 2 FDA reg. 3 injectible peptides raise red flags, exprts say, warnng the claimd health benefits are unprovn, the advertised ingredients are oftn incorrect, & their potential SEs are inadequately studied."
Some celebrities swear by peptides, but doctors warn of serious risks
Influencers are making big claims about the potential of unapproved peptide injections to build muscle and aid fat loss. Experts urge caution.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is pretty worrisome. #IDSky #COVID
NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"A Jan study in Social Science & Medicine found that volunteering slows down aging in retirees: the DNA of ppl who volunteered the equivalent of 1 to 4 hrs a week showed distinctive biomarkers associated w/decelerated epigenetic aging, w/the most pronounced effects among retired ppl."
#resist
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Your moment of Zen.
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Nurses should take over."
Seriously. The country does need healing. #CanSky #MedSky
" ... contraband teakettle & toaster. They told me abt their kids & their dating lives & their 1st trips 2 Europe. 👉I have never encountered a group of ppl who are more competent, more full of grace & empathy, more willing 2 serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over." 👈2/2 #CanSky #IDSky
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Yes! I completely agree!
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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I’ve told all my friends that if I ever hear them refer to my cancer as a “journey” or a “battle,” that I will haunt them after I’m gone.
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Yes agreed. The Journey thing gets me as bad as the fight, battle, warrior crap. I guess just poor choice of words?
Maybe people do not understand and think about the true meaning of what they are saying?
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
So w/this guy. It's never a journey, it's #cancer!

"People w/other such complex chronic diseases, & of course #cancer, also read & hear their experiences referred to as 'journeys' by well-meaning sympathizers. The treacly word triggers my gag reflex & I’m far from alone. Virtually ..." 1/2 #CanSky
I have long Covid. Don’t call my chronic disease a ‘journey’
A “journey” is something you choose. No one chooses chronic illness.
www.statnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"Today, #lungcancer is the only major #cancer that requires pts 2 recount their past behavior 2 determine whether they deserve #earlydetection. No other screening program requires a behavioral confession. No other cancer demands a precise accounting of past conduct as ..." 1/2 #CanSky #stigmasucks
The hidden reason lung cancer screening is not working
The lung cancer screening system “is not a risk assessment. It is a judgment system designed as one,” writes the director of a cancer prevention institute.
www.statnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Just one of the gems in this beautiful essay.

"The nurses brought me warm blankets & let me sit on the floor of the skyway w/my son, even tho I wasn’t supposed 2 leave my room. They ate up the gossip I gathered; they looked the other way when they saw I had a ..." 1/2 #CanSky #IDSky #MedSky
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Many of the ways nature helps us are straightforward: Bees fertilize our crops. Trees suck climate-warming carbon dioxide out of the air. New interdisciplinary research is also revealing hidden ways nature is protecting ..." 1/2 #ScienceSky

Beautiful story on how nature keeps us alive & healthy.
50 species that save us
Explore the ways animals and plants protect human health and what’s at stake when species are endangered.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Today in #history: After a week of high winds & rain in 1990, the Lake Washington Floating Bridge breaks apart & sinks. It's later discovered that hatchways into the concrete pontoon air pockets were left open, allowing water 2 enter, as the 50-yr-old bridge was being ... 1/2 #Seattle
The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History - HistoryLink.org
HistoryLink.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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🚨BREAKING: Senator Rand Paul is pushing for a full audit of the Federal Reserve. 

THANK GOD!! THIS ADMINISTRATION IS ROBBING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BLIND!!
November 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge has dismissed the DOJ’s cases against FBI Director James Comey and New York AG Letitia James, ruling that the prosecutor Trump handpicked to charge them had been unlawfully serving since September.
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump’s Political Prosecutions of former FBI Chief Comey, NY AG James
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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And now, the case against Letitia James is dismissed too, same rationale but minus the statute of limitations complication.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“A majority of the #lungcancer pts in this country wld not meet screening criteria as it exists currently. If we have a more broader screening program, similar 2 breast & colon, then we wld be able 2 detect substantially more pts at earlier stage.” #CanSky #LC
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Why screening for the deadliest cancer in the U.S. misses most cases
A new study reveals that current lung cancer screening guidelines could be missing most cases, prompting calls for changes to detect the disease earlier.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Good Monday morning friends!

A Healthy List:

Sleep more
Eat less sugar
Roll more dice
Remove clutter
Stay teachable
Show gratitude
Actually exercise
Drink more water
Read & write more
Perform random acts of kindness
Spend quality time with loved ones

#MondayMotivation
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM