MichelleRNRetired
@michellernretired.bsky.social
MIchelleRN, Retired. Former CHPN, OCN, CCRC. Native Californian, San Diego since 1970.
Sincerely sarcastic, yet oddly optimistic. I am an acquired taste.
Blue all the way.
No DM's or lists unless I know you.
Sincerely sarcastic, yet oddly optimistic. I am an acquired taste.
Blue all the way.
No DM's or lists unless I know you.
Pinned
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
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Keep 'em coming
JUST IN: A federal judge has blocked DHS from enforcing a new prohibition on “unusual noise” outside a government building in Oregon, saying it unconstitutionally criminalizes and chills free speech storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Keep 'em coming
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There is no "peace deal," FFS. It's a $$ deal between Trump, Kushner, Witkoff, Putin's Russia
Trump talks Ukraine peace deal with Macron, Merz and Starmer
Trump talks Ukraine peace deal with Macron, Merz and Starmer
The call came days after the president blasted European leadership in an interview with POLITICO.
dlvr.it
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There is no "peace deal," FFS. It's a $$ deal between Trump, Kushner, Witkoff, Putin's Russia
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Recent discourse has really cemented for me that many objections to mask wearing are rooted in an insecure kind of masculinity. Wearers seen as 'weak' or 'scared'. This idea is as absurd as calling a soldier weak or scared because he or she chooses to wear a Kevlar vest.
December 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Recent discourse has really cemented for me that many objections to mask wearing are rooted in an insecure kind of masculinity. Wearers seen as 'weak' or 'scared'. This idea is as absurd as calling a soldier weak or scared because he or she chooses to wear a Kevlar vest.
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Why should we pay attention to red states?
Everybody in this country just lost access to student loan forgiveness because of the state of Missouri.
You don’t need a coup when you can bribe red state AGs.
Everybody in this country just lost access to student loan forgiveness because of the state of Missouri.
You don’t need a coup when you can bribe red state AGs.
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Why should we pay attention to red states?
Everybody in this country just lost access to student loan forgiveness because of the state of Missouri.
You don’t need a coup when you can bribe red state AGs.
Everybody in this country just lost access to student loan forgiveness because of the state of Missouri.
You don’t need a coup when you can bribe red state AGs.
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California’s DOJ Announces New Online Portal for Public to Document Unlawful ICE Activity
California's DOJ Announces New Online Portal for Public to Document Unlawful ICE Activity
California's Department of Justice has announced a new online portal for members of the public to share videos, photos and other evidence documenting unlawful activity by ICE agents.
www.democracynow.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
California’s DOJ Announces New Online Portal for Public to Document Unlawful ICE Activity
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JFC. The weakening of America continues.
December 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
JFC. The weakening of America continues.
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This interview confirms again that Trump is just catastrophically unfit to be making any of these decisions. Dems should use this to hound Republicans to the ends of the earth if they don't agree to get to the bottom of all of it.
Some questions to pursue here:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Some questions to pursue here:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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At least 400,000 kids dead & counting.
"The MAGA comebacks to cries that Trump is a fascist dictator often claim innocent people aren’t getting slaughtered as happened under Hitler or Mao Zedong or other despots. The truth is...death cult"
If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it©
"The MAGA comebacks to cries that Trump is a fascist dictator often claim innocent people aren’t getting slaughtered as happened under Hitler or Mao Zedong or other despots. The truth is...death cult"
If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it©
It's great that the media, Congress is going all Watergate on one of Trump's many crimes, the 'double-tap' murder of 2 Caribbean sailors
But the reality is that Trump's death cult has killed hundreds of thousands, mostly through senseless USAID cuts
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
But the reality is that Trump's death cult has killed hundreds of thousands, mostly through senseless USAID cuts
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Trump regime murders that aren’t on video | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, troubled Mount Airy Lodge is a perfect Trump venue.
www.inquirer.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
At least 400,000 kids dead & counting.
"The MAGA comebacks to cries that Trump is a fascist dictator often claim innocent people aren’t getting slaughtered as happened under Hitler or Mao Zedong or other despots. The truth is...death cult"
If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it©
"The MAGA comebacks to cries that Trump is a fascist dictator often claim innocent people aren’t getting slaughtered as happened under Hitler or Mao Zedong or other despots. The truth is...death cult"
If @willbunch.bsky.social wrote it, you should read it©
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I stopped at a Barnes and Noble today… they told me they were bought out by an investment firm and the firm got rid of all the chairs.
We should kill private equity before it’s too late.
I’m sick of this.
They took toy r us and now my B&N?
KILL THEM!
We should kill private equity before it’s too late.
I’m sick of this.
They took toy r us and now my B&N?
KILL THEM!
a close up of bert from sesame street with a very angry look on his face
ALT: a close up of bert from sesame street with a very angry look on his face
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I stopped at a Barnes and Noble today… they told me they were bought out by an investment firm and the firm got rid of all the chairs.
We should kill private equity before it’s too late.
I’m sick of this.
They took toy r us and now my B&N?
KILL THEM!
We should kill private equity before it’s too late.
I’m sick of this.
They took toy r us and now my B&N?
KILL THEM!
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Help me become a Urology resident by sharing and donating to my two last interviews that require both flight and hotel stays anything truly helps. Thank you all
I’m a cancer survivor and current surgical resident pursuing my dream of becoming a urologist. Residency interviews are underway, and I need help covering travel & hotel costs. Any support means the world. 💙
🙏 GoFundMe: gofund.me/a95f31738
💸 Venmo: @jbrisbon1181
#Urology #Medsky #CancerSurvivor
🙏 GoFundMe: gofund.me/a95f31738
💸 Venmo: @jbrisbon1181
#Urology #Medsky #CancerSurvivor
Donate to Becoming Dr Brisbon, organized by Jonathan Brisbon
My name is Dr. Jonathan Lee Brisbon, and I am currently a Preliminary General Surgery resident at… Jonathan Brisbon needs your support for Becoming Dr Brisbon
gofund.me
December 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Help me become a Urology resident by sharing and donating to my two last interviews that require both flight and hotel stays anything truly helps. Thank you all
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'Speaking on RTÉ's This Week, Mr Gloster* added that hospital emergency department attendance was at its "highest ever" last Monday'
Highest ever.
*The HSE Chief Executive.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
Highest ever.
*The HSE Chief Executive.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
IMO warns that flu has hit Ireland 'fast and hard'
The Irish Medical Organisation has warned that the flu has hit Ireland "fast and hard" and will add enormous strain to the already stretched public hospital system.
www.rte.ie
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
'Speaking on RTÉ's This Week, Mr Gloster* added that hospital emergency department attendance was at its "highest ever" last Monday'
Highest ever.
*The HSE Chief Executive.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
Highest ever.
*The HSE Chief Executive.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
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Deck the hallzzzzzz😴
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Deck the hallzzzzzz😴
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This is horrifying
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is horrifying
This is a report from Amnesty International that describes Human Rights violation, including torture that is happening in detention facilities in Florida.
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is a report from Amnesty International that describes Human Rights violation, including torture that is happening in detention facilities in Florida.
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EXCUSE ME?! Sue the hell out of them. This is a sitting member of Congress.
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
EXCUSE ME?! Sue the hell out of them. This is a sitting member of Congress.
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
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LOL. Keep 'em coming.
Got a close up look at Trump’s medal
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
LOL. Keep 'em coming.
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The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel voted to change the recommendation for a child’s first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Instead of a first dose within 24 hours of birth — the protocol for more than 30 years — the panel voted to recommend delaying it until two months old. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants
In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel voted to change the recommendation for a child’s first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Instead of a first dose within 24 hours of birth — the protocol for more than 30 years — the panel voted to recommend delaying it until two months old. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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This is exactly what happens when a novel seasonal influenza strain meets a population with Covid-induced immune dysregulation; it's not 'like Covid again', it's the ongoing and continuous effects of Covid.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Flu: It is like Covid again, says principal as 170 pupils sick
Confirmed flu cases among adults and children across Northern Ireland have more than trebled in the last two weeks.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is exactly what happens when a novel seasonal influenza strain meets a population with Covid-induced immune dysregulation; it's not 'like Covid again', it's the ongoing and continuous effects of Covid.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Never give up on yourself. Keep sharing please ❤️
I’m a cancer survivor and current surgical resident pursuing my dream of becoming a urologist. Residency interviews are underway, and I need help covering travel & hotel costs. Any support means the world. 💙
🙏 GoFundMe: gofund.me/a95f31738
💸 Venmo: @jbrisbon1181
#Urology #Medsky #CancerSurvivor
🙏 GoFundMe: gofund.me/a95f31738
💸 Venmo: @jbrisbon1181
#Urology #Medsky #CancerSurvivor
Donate to Becoming Dr Brisbon, organized by Jonathan Brisbon
My name is Dr. Jonathan Lee Brisbon, and I am currently a Preliminary General Surgery resident at… Jonathan Brisbon needs your support for Becoming Dr Brisbon
gofund.me
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Never give up on yourself. Keep sharing please ❤️
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I went to New Orleans to see what it looks like when a great American city comes under siege from the government, as masked goons of 'Catahoula Crunch' lie about nabbing bad guys before swarming Home Depot, roofing jobs for folks with brown skin
My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
Life during wartime in New Orleans as feds terrorize Latinos who saved a city | Will Bunch
The first day of long-feared federal immigration raids across Greater New Orleans exposes the Big Lie of mass deportation.
www.inquirer.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I went to New Orleans to see what it looks like when a great American city comes under siege from the government, as masked goons of 'Catahoula Crunch' lie about nabbing bad guys before swarming Home Depot, roofing jobs for folks with brown skin
My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
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Some patients do attend A&E with problems that could be dealt with by other healthcare services. However, the article makes clear this cadre represents 2% of patients. If you really want to reduce pressure on A&Es, offer Covid vaccines free for all.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles
NHS bosses warn the public to use hospitals wisely amid concern this could be a tough winter.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Some patients do attend A&E with problems that could be dealt with by other healthcare services. However, the article makes clear this cadre represents 2% of patients. If you really want to reduce pressure on A&Es, offer Covid vaccines free for all.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again