My work is getting noticeably harder and more stressful, with parents quoting RFK Jr and turning down vaccines. I feel bad for them being misled. And put in this weird position where they get care from a system they distrust. It must be terrifying. Also makes me want to retire.

Send in comments to federal register on this proposed anti-trans kid rule. I know there will be lawsuits. Entirely hinges on a bizarre assertion that gender affirming care is "not healthcare" bc otherwise CMS is not allowed to pull this.https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf

Dreamed I opened my front door and an orange cat ran in, which I had to usher out bc allergic, and suddenly this anxious saleswoman was standing there talking a mile a minute and showing me carpet samples. I smiled but as she kept talking she started crying bc she knew I wasn't buying and ran off

Going tonight to Eureka city council mtng to speak in favor of trans sanctuary city resolution. A few weeks ago we proposed it and now it's up for vote! If your city doesn't have one, pls think about asking.

Every so often a parent tells me the school said their kid can't attend without adhd med. This is against the law for public schools including headstart. The right med can be life changing but education is a right regardless.

Our chorale concert is tonight! www.youtube.com/live/N8ZnInh...

SCOTUS undermining state vaccine requirements reminds me of how the religious exemption was handled in Alabama when I lived there. The health department was gloriously picky-- couldn't be a personal religious view, had to be part of an established religion. Catholics would ask for exemption

Getting a minor daily thrill from this jelly advent calendar-- flavor combos I never thought of-- and wondering what if they made a perpetual jelly calendar and never repeated a recipe!!? Jelly and circuses 😂

Anyone know of a good parent resource that would go into more detail about how to evaluate medical evidence that is NOT from a source hesitant parents would automatically dismiss? Not saying this replaces formal education but to give a more detailed overview of the complex processes.

I used my new trick to remake it with alt text! Bc too funny not to share 😂

TIL there's a way to use an OCR (optical character recognition) on a text screenshot to create alt text! I have avoided posting these at all because retyping the whole thing is daunting. I'm going to try and show you here. First add your screenshot, then click alt text

United at DIA has changed my gate 7 times this morning including just now with less than 20 minutes to boarding. 😂 Getting those steps in I guess. Wonder if there will be a sprint in last 5 minutes

I want to dig holes for some plants in my yard. There's an 811 system to get the utilities marked-- they notify the companies. Everyone responded but internet. So I texted them and the rep said "I would like to advise you this is Optimum" and ended the chat. I just got sir this is a Wendy's by AI.

DSA is officially over 90,000 members strong (and counting)! Be part of the movement. Join us. dsausa.org/join

Some good news!

Wtaf. Bsky complying with inappropriate subpoenas. I might be done here.

Employee insurance open enrollment. My share of premium nearly doubles for 2026. Higher costsharing overall. New 3rd party claims management, Pinnacle... bad reviews online. Know I am lucky to have a policy at all.

Many people were driven into military service because impoverished communities had so few choices for escaping a cycle of poverty, it was the only path by design. This Veteran's Day I think of them, and others who laid down their lives for a country betraying its own principles of "freedom."

Never play the long game with fascism bc then you get long fascism instead of short fascism.

I'm in the second year of watching Met operas livestreamed in a small local theater with friends, starting as a know-nothing. Yesterday was La Bohéme. My fav and baffling line, sung as if profound: "They call me Mimi; I don't know why." She doesn't seem annoyed, only 🤷🏻‍♀️

Long elaborate dream last night where I was part of a physicist group planning a big experiment and the main investigator turned out to be unsure if hitting the start button would destroy the known universe. The rest of the dream was me chasing him down to confront him

In local comments on our proposed trans sanctuary city, someone wants to extradite me to Alabama 😂. Also, they don't want me to have surgery privileges. Wise, as I am... not a surgeon. kymkemp.com/2025/11/07/e...

If this is a defense of altfda's recent cruel ageism, Altssa might not give fucks but I do. It's a bad time for a lot of us. Not just Feds. How we treat others when under stress shows who can be trusted. And who can't.

I hope everyone is going to local govt meetings when they can. I am excited to be part of asking city council to pass a trans sanctuary resolution. It's a little intimidating to stand up there but you get over it after awhile. Jump in! media.discordapp.net/attachments/...

If you scroll down to the details on exit polling, you'll see Mamdani's LGTBQ+ voters made up more than the margin he won by. All the transphobe pandering pols should take serious note.

I dreamed I was in a meeting where I felt I had to say "god willing" for safety and my dead Baptist ex-FIL sitting beside me laughed and whispered "you mean Buddha willing" and I thought uh oh he knows I'm an atheist but he doesn't know I'm not a Buddhist 😂

Sanctuary cities and states should mean more. It should mean active protection and defense against harm, not just refraining from helping ICE.

I'm so tired all the time, and everyone I know looks tired. One of my friend groups does potlucks about every 6 wks and we are fading out earlier and earlier. Idk if we all have long covid or if it's fascism or both. I felt bad for my son when he asked if we were doing anything for Halloween

Happy Halloween! I went with forest elf

If Trump decided hospitals providing asthma treatment for kids would be defunded, and administrators told docs to stop treating asthma to keep hospitals open, would docs comply? If not, how is it different for gender affirming care? #transrightsarehumanrights www.advocate.com/news/trump-g...

I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is [email protected] and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.

Just went down a rabbit hole of 20 yr old emails looking for something my daughter asked about and ... whew, idk what to think about 41 yr old me. I am either smarter or less smart now, and damn if I know which 😂.

Among people who seek power in our current system, the likelihood of being a secret Nazi is higher than normal. Boot the Nazis, of course. But understand: the whole structure of power is screwed up. It must be changed from the base up or we will never be free of Nazis.

What is going on within our oyster fisherman communities

My son says he's practicing small talk. Yesterday he hit me up with "so, what are your goals for this fall?" And I'm like omg goals? Was I supposed to have a goal? I'm one foot in front of the other without a goal, just trying to exist 😂😂😂

I am worried about the lapse in authorization for Medicaid telehealth. My patients live 6 hrs from peds specialists. Travel is especially hard and stressful for families of special needs children, instead of a video call to review labs, xray results, etc.

Bernie needs to retire. No nazi apologists. This is not hard.

Possibly sappy moment here but it's my cope. Decades ago when I decided I wanted to do peds, I hesitated because when it's sad, it's devastating. I don't think you can get used to that part. We cry in clinic if a kid dies. But then I thought "if I am not there, it still happens. If I am there 1/n

Just found out my local DSA has a socialist book club meeting this Saturday. I have lived here two yrs and have met some cool folks but had been trying to find a grp like this. Yay!

I got one of those mandatory soc sec phone appt letters for my son's disability. I can't get off work at the arbitrary time they set. I usually call and reschedule to my admin 1/2 day. But this time no one answers. Bc of shutdown OFC. And they will cancel his medicaid if I no show, supposedly.

Ugh, I don't see a way to block that poop video from my feed and it's everywhere. Can only block words or people so far as I can tell. Why are ppl helping spread his poop? His face alone gives me nausea.

and maybe I'm a whiny baby the past few days but I'd like something significant, somewhere to get easier - for all of us.

Quote from local news story about our protest: "There were age ranges, musicians, and dogs that were mostly peaceful." I personally didn't see any less peaceful age ranges... but sometimes those babies bite. Got those sharp new teeth. 😂

The US gov have official accounts sprouting up here, conveniently the day before the anti-Trump government protests across the US. Handy little blocklist below 👇 bsky.app/profile/did:...

I'm just using the same protest sign every time, Trans Rights= Human Rights on one side and We Will Not Comply With Fascists on the other. I think I should be more creative but also I feel like those two things cover the bases

100%. Keep moving, help others get to safety.

Eff this. I feel like blocking half of bsky. They think the best comments to make about these nazis is that they are fat. And that if we complain that's why the dems lose voters. It sure doesn't take much for the veneer of compassion to vanish into cruelty.

Despite a high % of atheists (yay!), my county, Humboldt, is hostage to the abusive supernatural beliefs of a Catholic hospital. Our AG had to file a new injunction against them bc the bishop issued a binding letter saying no emergency abortion unless "certain death" of both pregnant person + fetus

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