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Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 1d

A central question is whether Colorado’s law impermissibly interferes with free speech or is a legal regulation on professional conduct.
Medical organizations began to speak out against the practice in the late 1990s, citing a growing body of research.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Highlights of the Conversion Therapy Argument at the Supreme Court

www.nytimes.com

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Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 1d

Reaching for a bottle of my #HIV medication that I keep in my desk drawer at work, alongside some of stuff I keep for dealing with other issues I live with.

Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 2d

When I was in college during the Reagan years, many of liberal classmates believed that only “older generations” were conservative and that Republicans would eventually die out.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 3d

You work hard as a journalist. You lead with empathy, and you sweat details. You operate in good faith. You believe in honesty and truth. You get yelled at by the president of the United States. You worry that you'll get laid off. Again and again.

And then you see this. www.wsj.com/business/med...

Paramount Buys Bari Weiss’s the Free Press for $150 Million

Weiss, who once said she was done with legacy media, is to take control of CBS News’s editorial vision, aiming for “news that reflects reality.”

www.wsj.com

Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 2d

A masked guy in a baseball cap, t-shirt and jeans trying to help arrest/detain/kidnap someone and throwing them into a private vehicle on Chicago’s Southwest Side. What part of this is legal?

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t let this picture fool you. I’m taking my #HIV medication, like any other day, but it’s not any other day. I spent most of the morning listening to @wbez.org, Chicago’s #NPR station, reporting on the occupation of my city by federal agents and the National Guard.

Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 3d

Sunday brunch with my friend Charlie, Sunday #HIV medication!

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Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 5d

Nazis didn’t cease to exist just because World War II ended.

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Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 5d

Fruity yogurt parfait has become an occasional treat to go with my #HIV medication.

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Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 6d

After a 7a. Zoom webinar (it was mostly out of Europe), I was ready to get to the office. I added some fresh squeezed lemon and honey to the water that I had with my #HIV medication.

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Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 8d

“...we’re going to straighten them out one by one. And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room,” he said in a speech to military leaders. “That’s a war too. It’s a war from within.”

time.com/7321940/hegs...

Trump Signals Greater Use of Military in U.S. Cities

In a deeply political address to top generals, Trump warned he would make greater use of the U.S. military in American cities.

time.com

Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 8d

Working from home today. My desk is set up identically at home and at TPAN, right down to my #HIV medication.

Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 9d

Difficult as the day’s news is, one thing I can do is take my #HIV medication while staying informed.

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Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 9d

If you look “white” enough, you’ll probably be OK.

Gregory Bovino, commander at large of the border force, contrasted the people being arrested with a white WBEZ reporter, saying agents consider a person’s appearance before taking them into custody.

www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’

U.S. Border Patrol agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of inti...

www.wbez.org

Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 10d

“...vengeance is an old language. It goes back to the ancient Greeks and the Bible... this sort of “holy violence” that it seems to authorize, where people are morally empowered to do horrible things that they wouldn't ordinarily feel themselves authorized to do.”
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Trump Is Building the Blue Scare

Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 09/24/2025 · 1h 27m

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Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 10d

Literally every time I see Rand Paul, this scene from “Ghostbusters” comes to mind:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7OJ...

Ghostbusters - Yes, it's true, this man has no dick

YouTube video by cordero327

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Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 10d

Literally every time I see Rand Paul, this scene from “Ghostbusters” comes to mind:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7OJ...

Ghostbusters - Yes, it's true, this man has no dick

YouTube video by cordero327

www.youtube.com

Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 10d

Glad to see that my favorite coffee place was so busy this morning. Perfect time and place to take my #HIV medication.

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NPR @npr.org · 10d

In an interview with NPR to be aired in October, Kennedy said he is "very worried" about America today.

'The cases swung, not me': Ex-Justice Kennedy reflects on a changing Supreme Court

In an interview with NPR to be aired in October, Kennedy said he is "very worried" about America today.

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Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 11d

En el Día Nacional de Concientización sobre el VIH y el SIDA en Hombres Gays, reemplaza el estigma, el juicio y los chismes con información, conciencia y una conversación abierta.

Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 11d

On National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, replace stigma, judgement and gossip with awareness, information and open conversation. #NGMHAAD

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Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 11d

Instead of a typical weekend breakfast, opting for something light this morning with my #HIV medication.

Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 12d

Citing cost, CVS Health Corporation, parent of the pharmacy benefit manager CVS Caremark, won’t be adding #Yeztugo, the twice-yearly injectable #HIV prevention medication, to its formularies—at least for now.
positivelyaware.com/cvs-says-no

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Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 12d

Before things got busy, I took my #HIV medication this morning at my desk; it wasn’t until the day was nearly over that I was able to post the picture.

Rick Guasco @rickguasco.bsky.social · 14d

India-based generic drugmakers @drreddy.bsky.social and Hetero Labs sign deals with @unitaid.bsky.social & @gatesfoundation.bsky.social to produce a generic version of Gilead Sciences’ 6-month injectable #lenacapavir for #HIV prevention for about $40 a year.
positivelyaware.com/generic-lena...

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