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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 8h

Absolutely agree! And the NHS is unparalleled when it comes to things like IVF, insulin, in-home care, and emergency services. But I don't think "it's ok that it's bad because it's free" is a persuasive argument, and "wait a year for free surgery or pay for it now" IS socioeconomic stratification.

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 8h

But US doctors are much more worried about getting sued! In my experience they overtest and overtreat (where insurance allows it) so as not to miss or misdiagnose anything, while the NHS takes pride in conserving its limited resources. There are obvious upsides and downsides to both approaches.

Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 10h

Not asking for perfection! Asking for help/accountability when the NHS messes up (they majorly messed up a loved one's care) and basic preventative care. When my husband moved to the US as an adult he thought he was dying because his new GP ordered a routine blood test and HE'D NEVER HAD ONE BEFORE.

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 10h

I lived in the UK for years and I have relatives there who've dealt with serious illnesses. I'm very pro-NHS and pro-socialized medicine in general; it's just not everything most idealistic Americans imagine it to be. My British husband is now a convert to US healthcare--but he has "good" insurance.

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 11h

Very dependent on how good your insurance is! Which is totally effed up. A similar injury in the US got me codeine, a cast in a kicky color of my choice, and follow-up x-rays to make sure it had healed properly. Was all that medically necessary? Maybe not! Did it make my recovery much easier? Yes!

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 11h

For sure, affordable healthcare is a fundamental human right and paying for bad healthcare is worse than not paying for it. But my American friends imagine the NHS as "the best version of US healthcare but free" when you can't really compare them--they're different systems with different priorities.

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 13h

Not that this nonsense doesn't happen in the US but when my fellow blue-staters wax lyrical about socialized medicine I like to tell them about the time I broke my arm in the UK and the NHS ER told me to put it in a sling and take paracetamol (Tylenol), both of which I had to go buy myself at Boots.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15h

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/a...

The Shutdown Closes Smithsonian Museums, Shutting Out Tourists

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 5d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely--and I haven't see the show so I'm planning to do that after I read the books.

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 1d

Just got back from London where 3 people separately insisted that I read Mick Herron's Slough House series, so I'm working my way through those.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 1d

💯. Not limited to young women, but it's also not at all surprising that young women in the US might feel particularly powerless right now, when reproductive health, voting rights, higher education, and DEI are under attack....

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 1d

"'Archive' is suffering the same fate as the word curation. If it once added a glaze of authority to an item, it has now been overused to the point of obsolescence." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/s...

The Word Everyone in Fashion Can’t Stop Using

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/m...

Diane Keaton’s Unmistakable Look Also Was Key to Her Art

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C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 1d

Yet Kid Rock is still triggered by it.

Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 2d

Important 🧵!!!

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 2d

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 2d

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 2d

Should have been Woody Allen.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 2d

Mark Zuckerberg in a previous life, and with A+ codpiece: seated youth painted in 1544 by Georg Pencz, whose day is today.

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 2d

The entire history of fashion illustrates it. Dressing in an intimidating/expensive/sexually provocative way has always been a flex, for men and women alike.

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 2d

As a fashion historian, I will die on this hill: the point of having blue hair and nose rings (or spiky nails or stripper heels or tattoos or an all-black wardrobe) is not to look pretty or cool. It's to look (and feel) powerful--something many young American women crave right now. And it's working.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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