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Ruth Malone, RN, PhD

@remalone.bsky.social

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UCSF Prof Emerita Nursing/Public Health Policy. Car-free Senior. Dismantle the billionaire benefit machine & help poor people. Call your Congressional Representatives. STOP FASCISM. FIGHT FOR DUE PROCESS. REFUSE! AND PUT BIG TOBACCO OUT OF BUSINESS!

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Ruth Malone, RN, PhD @remalone.bsky.social · 8d

Wow. Take courage from this message

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 9d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 17h

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 3d

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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LisaLisa @lisalisa42.bsky.social · 19h

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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Ruth Malone, RN, PhD @remalone.bsky.social · 11h

But I’m sure that he has “a CONCEPT of a plan”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?

MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.

(So, no plan)

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 17h

A common criticism of global warming is: “It’s only a few degrees”.
It may not sound like much but consider this…
Compare Earth’s escalating warmth to your body’s fever.
Now all of a sudden a few degrees is the difference between life and death!
Follow along for more… 1/

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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 13h

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13h

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Ruth Malone, RN, PhD @remalone.bsky.social · 11h

Lovely to hear real #rain on the roof again after so many months! Homemade vegetable soup night! #SanFrancisco

Ruth Malone, RN, PhD @remalone.bsky.social · 11h

JUST SAY NO

Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 12h

I think this is *sort of* good news in that it suggests they've concluded the initial offering to a few favored victims was a flop and now they just want to be able to put some institutions—any institutions—in the yes column, to create momentum.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 13h

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a source

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12h

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 1d

I am proud of MIT for standing up.

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Ruth Malone, RN, PhD @remalone.bsky.social · 12h

WOW. This is chillingly awful. Academic freedom is apparently gone in Texas

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 13h

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁 @stevewaycott.bsky.social · 12h

This Great Shearwater posed nicely on my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #GRSH #marinelife #nature #photography

A mostly brown seabird with white throat and breast is swimming from left to right on a downward sloping swell in the grey ocean water.

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 7d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 1d

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KM Apothecary @apothcarysees.bsky.social · 1d

Billionaires evaded $168 billion in taxes last year while undocumented immigrants paid $100 billion in taxes (without receiving benefits).

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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 1d

This is very sad, but also not surprising. The science has warned for a long time, including in IPCC reports, that even modest levels of global warming will devastate virtually all coral reefs.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 1d

'Cognitive decline in real time': Ex-CNN reporter says it's time to discuss Trump's removal

www.alternet.org/trump-cognit...

'Cognitive decline in real time': Ex-CNN reporter says it's time to discuss Trump's removal

In an article published in his Substack Sunday, senior journalist and former CNN political commentator Jim Acosta argued that President Donald Trump’s behavior and proposals reflect a degree of mental...

www.alternet.org

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Phil Chamberlain @philchamberlain.bsky.social · 1d

Reporting on @tcrgbath.bsky.social, Investigative Desk and Tax Justice Network Africa analysis of British American Tobacco in Africa - and the mysterious missing millions
open.substack.com/pub/p/unmask...

Unmasking Big Tobacco: Inside the “Missing Millions” That Shook PAC 2025

Aggressive tax avoidance by multinationals like BAT exacerbates these issues, reducing government income amid rising civil unrest over tax hikes on ordinary citizens.

open.substack.com

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 1d

About 5 years #carfree for us. Well north of £10k saved. I’m used to it now but ‘free’ is the right term. It honestly felt like having a weight lifted. No stressing about insurance, huge unexpected bills & money wasted at petrol pumps. Journeys are now fun. 🚆 🚊 🚃 🚌 🚲 🚶‍♀️

Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 1d

3+ years #carfree for me too 🚶🏻‍♀️🚲🚌🚖

Walk, ride, public transport, and the occasional car share (Co-Wheels) or taxi when needed. Honestly? It’s nowhere near as hard as we thought it would be

Still saving money, still getting places, still feeling good.
#CarFree #NoRegrets #ActiveTravel #BrumbyBike

A woman (me!) wearing a red jacket is standing next to her bike beside a street sign which reads ‘Carless Avenue’

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The Sidewalk School @thesidewalkschool.bsky.social · 1d

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.

Portland cyclists strip down in pouring rain to protest ICE facility and Trump troop deployment

“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.

www.oregonlive.com

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, he's doing the Nazi blow-up sex toy pose again. It's starting to look deliberate.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

Portland, the lies vs. the reality.

youtube.com/shorts/BSkDJ...

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised. #dailyshow

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Rural Freedom Network @ruralfreedomnet.bsky.social · 1d

We need more of this. We need scientists and engineers and doctors and educators AND LAWYERS to do this, too.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center

A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

www.fox32chicago.com

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