Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

November cannot come too quickly! Vote the Republicans OUT #MikeLawlerOut

November cannot come soon enough! These are the names of the Minnesota Republican the House of Representatives! Brad Finstad (District 1), Tom Emmer (District 6), Michelle Fischbach (District 7), Pete Stauber (District 8). #VoteThemOut

They say “where’s the gun?” — After the shots Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots

November cannot come too soon. Vote the spineless GOP out.

This is ok tho

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

The plethora of appointments, travel into the city, traffic jams, appointment delays, hours of sitting in medical facilities, fear, anger, mental gymnastics, anxiety all have become daily life for us. I sometimes mourn our lives prior to his diagnosis. #CancerBS #CancerCaregiver #PsychoOncology

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Everyone freezing on the East Coast or in the Midwest remember: Kyiv has the same weather, except that hundreds of thousands of people don't have electricity, heating or running water

Alberta nurses now the highest paid in Canada after voting 'overwhelmingly' in favour of new agreement edmontonjournal.com/news/politic... @kcindytran.bsky.social @albertanurses.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

Would someone happen to know if @joshhawleymo.bsky.social is related to the Hawley from the Smoot Hawley Tarrifs? You know the 6 degrees of separation and "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree"

I stand with Senator Cory Booker

@msnbc.com is just playing Senator Booker talking about his Dad with Parkinsons. Donald Trump & Elon Musk just fired the NIH world renowned physician researcher on Parkinsons.

That’s right. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Brain implant turns thoughts into speech in near real-time, with 80-millisecond latency www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/04/01/b... @cdnaffairs.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

No one voted for this. There are no words for the disgust I feel for the Trump regime and the most unqualified HHS Secretary in history. This is not right! None of it! #MomSky

Rollout of ‘miracle’ HIV prevention drug is threatened by Trump cuts to global AIDS relief program www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... @jasonmast.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

My 98 yr old Dad had just gotten his hair cut in the hospital. I love this picture of him. Just had to post it. He is such a kind man. I want him to live forever. I am so thankful he (and my Mom) taught me to love everybody and that everyone was created equal.

He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didn’t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.

Congratulations Susan Crawford and the people of Wisconsin for saying no to being bought by Oligarchs.

Today the people of Wisconsin said no to being bought by the oligarchy.

Today, April 1, is Canada's Caregiver Day! Managing a Paid Job and Family Caregiving Is a Growing Reality. The rate of employment is especially high for #familycaregivers ages 18 to 49: nearly ¾ (72%) report holding down a job while caregiving. bit.ly/3kURohG #WorkingCaregivers #NationalCaregiverDay

No concerns about whether or not Carney will win his seat in Nepean open.substack.com/pub/canadian...

Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc. Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight? scienceimpacts.org H/T to Prathima !

WATCH: Practicing Medicine In Canada Vs. The United States ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=wly7... @steveboots.bsky.social @codeblackamerica.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

Navigating Health and Community Services: What is out there? 📅 April 10, 2025 🕛 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM Join the Caregiver-Centered Care Champions for: ✨ Practical navigation strategies you can apply immediately Register: bit.ly/3DrugR9

Sign of the day…

Trump called Marco Rubio "little Marco." If the shoe fits?

When you've lost Karl Rove.

He Heels When He Hears His Master's Voice

It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation. I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!

Yes

Today's beatdown in the Oval Office was a turning point. Every story has an arch. It's the path the narrative takes, and a turning point that critical moment where the plot takes a major shift that alters the course of the story. Or, in this case, the course of history.

Little Marco

The uncomfortable Marcio Rubio

Hilary was right too. You have to believe what he says

If there's snow on the ground, that means it's a good day to knock on doors for Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court! Join (you can also phone bank from wherever you are, from indoors): WisDems.org/volunteer

Ukraine was asked for half of its mineral reserves, in exchange for nothing on.ft.com/4hW1x5y

More Than a Mayor Oh for goodness sake, you must read Dan Rather's substack and listen to Boston's Mayor, Michelle Wu play “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin with the Boston Pop's orchestra! Happy Family Day! open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...

Celebrating Family Day & Honoring Family Caregivers Today, as we celebrate Family Day, let’s take a moment to recognize the incredible contributions of family caregivers—the unsung heroes who tirelessly support loved ones through life’s challenges. Happy Family Day!

Are you using co-design or co-production? Is your experience similar to our experience: Transforming Care Through Co-Design: Developing Inclusive Caregiver-Centered Education in Healthcare www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/13...

Coming February 27: An Alberta Association on Gerontology Networking Event: The Silver Tech Revolution: Empowering Older Adults in the Digital Age with HealthCities Reg Joesph and ABInnovates Tim Murphy!

So very true.

NEW: Today, Premier Doug Ford will visit Ontario’s lieutenant governor to trigger the provincial election campaign. Here are all the reasons why calling an election now is politically advantageous to Ford and his Ontario PC Party. #onpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Take 3 minutes to watch the trailer of the Bradley Cooper film Caregiving www.youtube.com/watch?v=70b4... Then just think about who you will care for and who will care for you. Are you ready?