Kristi
@kristilyn.bsky.social
"All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others." ~ Desmond Tutu
Y'all! My groomer took Christmas pics of my dogs! Hubby just sent me this photo. This was the joy I needed today ❤️🌲⛄🎅
December 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Y'all! My groomer took Christmas pics of my dogs! Hubby just sent me this photo. This was the joy I needed today ❤️🌲⛄🎅
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It is easy to feel discouraged.
But we want to thank the many public health professionals, like Dr. Deb Houry, who continue to fight. Sharing her powerful op-ed.
And a huge thank to all the current and former CDC career staff who work tirelessly to protect all people. 💚
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
But we want to thank the many public health professionals, like Dr. Deb Houry, who continue to fight. Sharing her powerful op-ed.
And a huge thank to all the current and former CDC career staff who work tirelessly to protect all people. 💚
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act."
time.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It is easy to feel discouraged.
But we want to thank the many public health professionals, like Dr. Deb Houry, who continue to fight. Sharing her powerful op-ed.
And a huge thank to all the current and former CDC career staff who work tirelessly to protect all people. 💚
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
But we want to thank the many public health professionals, like Dr. Deb Houry, who continue to fight. Sharing her powerful op-ed.
And a huge thank to all the current and former CDC career staff who work tirelessly to protect all people. 💚
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
Watching the CDC go from an institution considered to be the leading knowledge on public health - the innovator and the place to go to for guidance - to what it is now - a sham and a farce actively harming public health. I cannot state how much this hurts my heart and enrages me at the same time.💔
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Watching the CDC go from an institution considered to be the leading knowledge on public health - the innovator and the place to go to for guidance - to what it is now - a sham and a farce actively harming public health. I cannot state how much this hurts my heart and enrages me at the same time.💔
What if we - just hear me out - did NOT change this?
Hep B vaccines at birth save newborn lives. Why would we want to interfere with that?
What is wrong with people???
Hep B vaccines at birth save newborn lives. Why would we want to interfere with that?
What is wrong with people???
Ahead of the ACIP meeting tomorrow where they’ll be considering removing the Hep B birth dose recommendation, here’s a good breakdown of why that’s a bad thing:
New Analysis Shows Delaying the Hepatitis B Birth Dose May Lead to Thousands of Preventable Infections and Hundreds of Millions in Avoidable Healthcare Costs - HepVu
hepvu.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What if we - just hear me out - did NOT change this?
Hep B vaccines at birth save newborn lives. Why would we want to interfere with that?
What is wrong with people???
Hep B vaccines at birth save newborn lives. Why would we want to interfere with that?
What is wrong with people???
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this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
Whelp!
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Whelp!
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To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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Can't believe I have to say this, but: Nursing IS a profession. By classifying it as "not professional," Trump is making it more expensive & difficult for students to study nursing. This adds to the affordability crisis & makes staffing shortages worse. @wsna.bsky.social www.wsna.org/news/2025/ws...
WSNA opposes excluding nursing from “professional degree” programs
Without access to sufficient loans, the impact on the nursing workforce, including the work of preparing new nurses to enter the workforce, can be severe.
www.wsna.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Can't believe I have to say this, but: Nursing IS a profession. By classifying it as "not professional," Trump is making it more expensive & difficult for students to study nursing. This adds to the affordability crisis & makes staffing shortages worse. @wsna.bsky.social www.wsna.org/news/2025/ws...
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DPH member Mary Canales, PhD, RN, has just published an *excellent* piece on the need for nurses to speak to truth to power in this moment.
I know there are a ton of nurses doing exactly that, and I thank you for that, but hey we can always use more!
You can read her paper here:
I know there are a ton of nurses doing exactly that, and I thank you for that, but hey we can always use more!
You can read her paper here:
Revisiting Speaking Truth to Power: A Return to Its Roots | Defend Public Health
Defend Public Health member Mary Canales, PhD, RN shares her thoughts on the attacks on public health, and why it is time for medical professionals to speak truth to power.
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
DPH member Mary Canales, PhD, RN, has just published an *excellent* piece on the need for nurses to speak to truth to power in this moment.
I know there are a ton of nurses doing exactly that, and I thank you for that, but hey we can always use more!
You can read her paper here:
I know there are a ton of nurses doing exactly that, and I thank you for that, but hey we can always use more!
You can read her paper here:
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Whelp. I wasn't planning on tears this morning, but here we are anyway.
This kid is solid. And so on point.
This kid is solid. And so on point.
This is my favorite of his.
The Poor
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Whelp. I wasn't planning on tears this morning, but here we are anyway.
This kid is solid. And so on point.
This kid is solid. And so on point.
I earned a degree, completed specialized training, and passed boards. Then I returned, did more advanced hands-on training, and passed another board. I also have to maintain continuing education and pay to keep both.
But somehow, they claim nursing isn’t a professional degree.
Make it make sense.
But somehow, they claim nursing isn’t a professional degree.
Make it make sense.
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I earned a degree, completed specialized training, and passed boards. Then I returned, did more advanced hands-on training, and passed another board. I also have to maintain continuing education and pay to keep both.
But somehow, they claim nursing isn’t a professional degree.
Make it make sense.
But somehow, they claim nursing isn’t a professional degree.
Make it make sense.
Some professions will always require people - healthcare, education, social services. The Education Department trying to reclassify them as something else in a strange attempt to make it harder for people to pay for degrees in these needed fields is just - bonkers. This is bad for all of us.
How y’all feeling about this? I’m f*cking irate.
We’re not professionals? RNs in particular for me…..who do you think monitors for changes/care in the hospital because your MD isn’t at bedside? WHO do you think THEY depend on?
(Ps this was in Project 2025)
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
We’re not professionals? RNs in particular for me…..who do you think monitors for changes/care in the hospital because your MD isn’t at bedside? WHO do you think THEY depend on?
(Ps this was in Project 2025)
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Some professions will always require people - healthcare, education, social services. The Education Department trying to reclassify them as something else in a strange attempt to make it harder for people to pay for degrees in these needed fields is just - bonkers. This is bad for all of us.
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
This will absolutely not help people at all. In case anyone was wondering.
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This will absolutely not help people at all. In case anyone was wondering.
Good job, US. So glad we are prioritizing public health and science. Oh wait...
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Good job, US. So glad we are prioritizing public health and science. Oh wait...
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Until anybody has the balls or innovation to take down Fox News and the other machines of right wing propaganda, we won’t get close to the goal of returning to any kind of normalcy.
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Until anybody has the balls or innovation to take down Fox News and the other machines of right wing propaganda, we won’t get close to the goal of returning to any kind of normalcy.
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Watch this and suddenly your own problems won’t feel so heavy. The good news: people stepped up and raised about $246 k+ on GoFundMe to help this woman and her baby.
There really are good people out there.
There really are good people out there.
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Watch this and suddenly your own problems won’t feel so heavy. The good news: people stepped up and raised about $246 k+ on GoFundMe to help this woman and her baby.
There really are good people out there.
There really are good people out there.
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How is any of this a surprise??? Women knew.
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
How is any of this a surprise??? Women knew.
Yanno - I've been a Democrat a long time. But this latest cave has me thinking maybe it's time for a new home. WFP is looking pretty good. . .
join WFP! they’ll send you stickers and a card to carry, and they won’t say things like “standing up to Trump doesn’t work”
Sign up: wfpus.org/JoinUs
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Yanno - I've been a Democrat a long time. But this latest cave has me thinking maybe it's time for a new home. WFP is looking pretty good. . .
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This is absurd and plainly illegal. The courts should reject this fringe theory.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is absurd and plainly illegal. The courts should reject this fringe theory.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
But the real news here is Trump will do anything to try to kill an agency that has returned more than $21 billion to scammed Americans, but he'll do nothing to lower costs for American families.
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New Yorker cartoons don’t miss.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New Yorker cartoons don’t miss.
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For the first time all year, Democrats were riding high and the regime was on the ropes.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
For the first time all year, Democrats were riding high and the regime was on the ropes.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.