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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 1d

The landscape of school nursing is shifting under our feet. After years of pandemic response, social-emotional upheaval, and new waves of public health challenges, the need for robust, meaningful connections has never been more urgent.
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The Relentless School Nurse: The School Nurse is IN, for Each Other

If you’ve ever walked into your office before the school day begins, coffee still warm and waiting, and inbox already full, you know the rhythm of school nursing. There’s a unique flow to our work—…

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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Joan! I appreciate you sharing my blog post.

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Joan Detz @joandetz.bsky.social · 4d

Excerpt: “From AI-driven health screening to the pervasiveness of cell phones, tech in education is rewriting the rules on privacy, data equity…Decisions are made in boardrooms and tech labs, it’s school nurses, often excluded from policy-making, who witness firsthand the risks”

Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 4d

Every day, the digital transformation of schools accelerates, and with it, the potential to either safeguard or jeopardize the future of every student.
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The Relentless School Nurse: Digital Dilemmas – How School Nurses Can Lead on Privacy, Equity, and Safer Tech in Schools

Every day, the digital transformation of schools accelerates, and with it, the potential to either safeguard or jeopardize the future of every student. From AI-driven health screening to the pervas…

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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 4d

Every day, the digital transformation of schools accelerates, and with it, the potential to either safeguard or jeopardize the future of every student.
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The Relentless School Nurse: Digital Dilemmas – How School Nurses Can Lead on Privacy, Equity, and Safer Tech in Schools

Every day, the digital transformation of schools accelerates, and with it, the potential to either safeguard or jeopardize the future of every student. From AI-driven health screening to the pervas…

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6d

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6d

Dean: The president is unhinged

Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him

Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals.

Johnson: I didn’t see it.

Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 7d

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 7d

Are you a healthcare worker or scientist (or know someone who is)? #RFKJr is bragging that he has your support. Time to let Congress know HCWs and scientists do NOT support this man. Take a few minutes to send in a postcard. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/hel...

Help Prove RFK Jr. is Wrong | Defend Public Health

When Senator Wyden stated he’d heard from thousands of doctors and scientists concerned by RFK Jr’s policies, Kennedy responded "I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day.” Let's prove Kennedy ...

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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 7d

The OpEd Nurses @donnagaffney.bsky.social & @nurseteria.bsky.social are published again! They have a warning about RFK Jr. & MAHA we can’t ignore:

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The Relentless School Nurse: The “OpEd Nurses” Have A Warning We Can’t Ignore

As preventable diseases like measles and whooping cough resurface across the United States, the stakes for public health leadership could not be higher. Instead of strengthening the agencies tasked…

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 8d

URGENT! Today the pedal hits the metal. Democrats have to play hardball to protect public health, healthcare and science. Write to your Senators and Representatives and share this post! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Democrats to Stand Up for Public Health in the Budget

With negotiations on a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government open past September 30th at a standstill, Defend Public Health believes that House and Senate Democrats MUST play ha...

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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 8d

If public outrage can restore a talk show host in days, then surely we can summon that same energy for safe schools. The task ahead is to make the prevention of needless deaths just as urgent as the defense of free expression.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Free Speech Deserves Top Billing – And So Does School Safety

Jimmy Kimmel was suspended from his late-night show after making controversial remarks about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, sparking a firestorm of political and public backlas…

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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you, #DavidRiedman @k12ssdb.bsky.social for tracking gun violence in schools, even though I so wish it was not needed, ever...but here we are in 2025 America. I shared your most recent week of school shootings that must not go unnoticed or normalized.
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The Relentless School Nurse: Another Week of Gun Violence in Schools

This past week in America’s schools was nothing short of harrowing. I’ve been following David Riedman’s K-12 School Shooting Database for years, and each week, his reporting paints a sobering pictu…

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Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 🇲🇽 🇨🇦 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 11d

Going to the store 🏬 Add postcard to your list. Click on link for instructions. Call ☎️ a friend and elicit their help. Democracy requires participation. #StopRFKJR

Nurse Teri 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 🇲🇽 🇨🇦 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👊🏼 @nurseteria.bsky.social · 13d

Sick (you probably are with his idiotic policies) and tired (every single day it's something) of RFK Jr.? You aren't alone!

Join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social campaign! All you need is a postcard and stamp.

Directions-- www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/hel...

Help Prove RFK Jr. is Wrong | Defend Public Health

When Senator Wyden stated he’d heard from thousands of doctors and scientists concerned by RFK Jr’s policies, Kennedy responded "I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day.” Let's prove Kennedy ...

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Office of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander @nyccomptroller.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: @repdangoldman.bsky.social and I are referring the ICE officer who assaulted an individual yesterday for felony prosecution.

Shoving a bereft woman to the ground causing injuries is a criminal act and should be investigated as such. We demand accountability and an end to this lawless policy.

Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 11d

Yesterday, an ICE officer violently threw a young mother to the ground at 26 Federal Plaza in front of her 2 children—sending her to the hospital.

This assault is a blatant violation of her rights.

@NYCComptroller.bsky.social and I have referred this officer to AG Bondi for criminal investigation.

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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 12d

Get out your pens, friends & send a postcard to @wyden.senate.gov to fill his mailbag. RFK Jr challenged him to see whose mailbag is bigger...let's join the effort. Thank you @nurseteria.bsky.social for sharing the campaign with me!
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The Relentless School Nurse: Postcards are POWERFUL Tools – Join the Campaign to Save Public Health

Add Your Voice to Prove that RFK Jr. is Wrong Defend Public Health has launched a postcard campaign to counter Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dangerous disinformation. At the September 4, 2025, Senate Fin…

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12d

Since Lindsey Halligan personally indicted Comey she should personally try the case and not hand it off to someone else. She can show us how competent and qualified she is for this job in front of a jury.

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James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 12d

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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 14d

Revisiting the quotes from the worst presidential news conference in my lifetime.
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A strange Presidential autism news conference

“the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, and dangerous advice"

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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 14d

There are moments when we come across a story so deeply rooted in compassion that it leaves a lasting imprint. Philawell.org is one of those stories.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Kamala Harris: "It feels chaotic, but what I would offer you is what we are witnessing is the swift implementation of a plan that was decades in the making. Project 2025 didn't just drop out of thin air. That's a product of decades of work. Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation ... "

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15d

Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.

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Robin Cogan @robincogan.bsky.social · 16d

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Later today, the White House is expected to announce that they have “identified the cause of autism in children.” Reports indicate they will blame Tylenol use during pregnancy for autism—a claim that is not supported by science and is deeply harmful.

The Relentless School Nurse: No, Tylenol Doesn’t Cause Autism – Why Facts Matter Over Fear

Later today, the White House is expected to announce that they have “identified the cause of autism in children.” Reports indicate they will blame Tylenol use during pregnancy for autism—a claim …

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17d

Good point.

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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 19d

Disney, a famously litigious corporation, should handle the Jimmy Kimmel situation the same way they handle every other legal matter: Nexstar and Sinclair for breach of contract until Kimmel is back on the air and sue the FCC into submission.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19d

Disney “would like to put the show back on the air, said the people, but that will depend on finding a path forward that satisfies Kimmel, 57, as well as his critics. .. The company hasn’t asked Kimmel to apologize, nor does Kimmel have any plans to do so ..”

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