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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2h

Troops in the state. Cops on my train. But there are also people with protests materials and bullhorns ready to make some constitutionally protected noise.

a woman wearing glasses and a blue shirt is asking what a week huh ?

ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a blue shirt is asking what a week huh ?

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 14h

"Again, the medical community does know: AMA, APA, & other relevant experts have all condemned conversion therapy. But that doesn’t actually matter, because the Court is using an imaginary controversy to make conflicting inferences about states’ legislative authority."

The Conservative Justices Don't Trust Any Science That Supports LGBTQ Kids

States that want to facilitate discrimination against LGBTQ people have the Court's blessing. States that want to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination do not.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 16h

Finally, in many ways, listening to the arguments of the federal governments and Chiles/ADF have been their own forms of conversion therapy. So, when I am more lucid, I will hopefully return to this topic and provide a more cogent and analytical rant. (4/4)

Thank you for your time.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 16h

health care is pretty rich in a nation that has & continues to underfund & recognize appropriate mental health services. We also have a president that says "tough it out" when it comes to PHYSICAL symptoms & RFK, Jr who is determined to hollow out rigorously tested Rx mental health treatments. (3/4)

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 16h

Second, and equally insulting, because there is (in my opinion) no actual harm here, and no factual record, we once again have sexual minorities analogized against dogs (although I love pitties) and terrorists. Third, the questioning of the standard of care and history and tradition of mental (2/4)

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 16h

Having just listened to the entirety of Chiles, I am incandescent with rage. First, to hear Justice Alito throw out Buck v. Bell to attack the known, documented harms of conversion therapy--when it is his ideological movement driving crackpot theories in science--is fucking insulting. (1/4)

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 17h

Love it. *This* is the type of quid pro quo the will make NORTH America great again.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 18h

The only immigration problems the city of Chicago and state of Illinois are facing is the dangerous crisis of Canadian Geese along the running and biking trails.

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Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 1d

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 22h

It's analogous to the allowance of crisis pregnancy centers which do not provide medical interventions. Yet, as Justice Sotomayor nicely fleshes out in her analogy to eating disorder treatments, the prospect of tangible physical harm to patients is very real. (2/2)

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 22h

Chiles v. Salazar: A distinction challengers raise is that talk therapy isn't medicine, & that the speech is distinct from medical treatment. That is an enormous problem. In general, the public are unable to distinguish the two (psychology vs psychiatry), & will assume therapy IS medical care. (1/2)

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Michael R. Ulrich @michaelrulrich.bsky.social · 1d

Oral argument for Chiles v. Salazar, challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors is set to begin

Me & @turban.bsky.social talked about the implications of the case in @jamapediatrics.com

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

I can do all of the things you discuss in the first paragraph, so the fact that you can't is . . . sad.

But congratulations on your success with this piece and I'll definitely check it out.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

This is the second piece by @lookheron.bsky.social that I need to read. See also: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

OMG I'M SOBBING 😭

SOMEONE ADOPT NICO!

James Brandt @jamesbrandt.bsky.social · 1d

My shelter buddy Nico has been waiting for someone to adopt him for 219 days.

I made a short video to help advertise him to New Mexico residents. If you want to do a small kindness today, consider liking or sharing the Reddit post, so that it reaches more people.

From the SantaFe community on Reddit: Santa Fe Animal Shelter volunteer James made a video to celebrate his buddy Nico (also featuring some aspens to stay on theme)

Explore this post and more from the SantaFe community

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite citation is the anonymous Reddit post.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

"We didn't want this!" says misinformed bros who lack all forms of critical thought and insight

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

This was a great episode to see live: super educational and fun!

Perhaps the greatest lesson I took away from seeing @julianastratton.bsky.social, was that I need to start wearing hot pink jumpsuits.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 2d

does anyone know if we have america tomorrow

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

What this case also discusses is NY's sepsis mandate ("Rory's Regulations"), a law that requires hospitals to develop protocols to quickly identify and treat sepsis. The challenge in following this law (and so many other screening laws) is our under-resourced, fractured health care system.

Daniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · 2d

Although medical negligence cases are mostly a dying breed in the US (thanks mostly to the misbegotten "tort reform" movements of the 80s and 90s), the details of cases where the error/negligence boundary is fuzzy can be so, so tragic.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/w...

It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead.

www.nytimes.com

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

Well now you've lost me: Paranoid and self-protective academics erecting barriers of faux prestige?? Crazy talk!

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly. It is a self-created and self-sustained problem that many simply don't want to change or have no incentive to change.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

At this point, I can only assume RFK, Jr.'s attempt to expand compensation avenues for alleged vaccine injuries is so that he, too, can (baselessly) recover for whatever the fuck is wrong with him.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 2d

In a written response to 60 Minutes, HHS Sec. Robert Kennedy Jr. said that he would like vaccine court to go back to its original intent: “idealistic, compassionate, and sensible.” He also hopes to “expand the table” to create an easier path to compensation. cbsn.ws/3IWvuGM

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

It's not hacky. It's correct. And a lot more people think it than voice it.

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