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Arctostaphylos Regismontana
@arctostaphylos-r.bsky.social
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Retired RN JD, mom to adults. Interests include fiber arts, health care, epidemiology, law, politics and biomedical ethics.
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Fraud or factitious disorder? Either way, a frightening propensity for self harm.

newjerseyglobe.com/congress/van...
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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calmerfuture.bsky.social
life IS lived forward

unless you die really prematurely and needlessly because of preventable diseases
ddiamond.bsky.social Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 4d
Anna also asked Cassidy directly: do you regret your vote for RFK Jr?

Cassidy declined to answer, saying “life is lived forward” and he’s focused on vaccine safety.
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
One of the people arrested on September 27 at Broadview was a 70-yo Air Force veteran who was hospitalized with his injuries from ICE assault. First charged w/felony, then misdemeanor.

He was going to call Greg Bovino at trial.

It just got dismissed.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71489...
United States v. Briggs, 1:25-cr-00610 - CourtListener.com
Docket for United States v. Briggs, 1:25-cr-00610 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
arctostaphylos-r.bsky.social
Please do not panic over Mark Wolf's resignation without reading his entire statement! Trump CANNOT appoint his replacement!

From the article: "When I became a senior judge in 2013, my successor was appointed, so my resignation will not create a vacancy to be filled by the president."
yappelbaum.bsky.social Yoni Appelbaum @yappelbaum.bsky.social · 15d
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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“Dr Bob Morris founder of @scienceai.bsky.social compared public health to a house on fire: ‘We must put out the fire. We'll need to rebuild the house. But first, we need to get rid of the arsonist, RFK has got to go!’ he said.” www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...
Public Health Workers March to HHS, Demand RFK Jr.'s Removal
American Public Health Association closes its annual meeting with organized protest
www.medpagetoday.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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bita137.bsky.social
Raise a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight and honor her memory and scientific contributions
jeremymberg.bsky.social Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 17d
NYT obituary of Jim Watson.

A long and fairly balanced view of a complicated man who participated in one of the greatest discoveries in biology.

[Gift Link]

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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justingee69.bsky.social
Trillions for Musk and Pennies for YOU!

Let's upset the 75% of the YES shareholders, who voted for this disgusting pay package!

#MuskTrillionaire
#TeslaTakedown
#NaziMusk
#BoycottTesla
#BoycottTwitter
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
arctostaphylos-r.bsky.social
Important 🧵!!!
astridoverthere.bsky.social I said abolish and I fucking meant it @astridoverthere.bsky.social · 18d
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Screenshot of the top of a Bsky feed, with a red circle around the hamburger menu in the top left.
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Yes, I carved these myself!
@raginggrannies.bsky.social
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@the-wolves.bsky.social
#pumpkins #prop50 #halloween
#voting #california
Two carved pumpkins during the daytime. The one on the left says VOTE YES! The one on the right says PROP 50 Two carved pumpkins at night, lit by internal candles. The one on the left says VOTE YES! The one on the right says PROP 50.
November 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
arctostaphylos-r.bsky.social
Here is John Oliver's take on Medicare Advantage (aka Medicare Part C). Yes, he makes jokes, but the information he provides is completely accurate. MA sounds like a great deal until you actually need it!
youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc
Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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October 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
arctostaphylos-r.bsky.social
This is what happens when public health is politicized: people are sickened and the most vulnerable die. Shameful!

Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak
After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
arctostaphylos-r.bsky.social
I finished two 45"×45" quilts from my pile of tops; they are similar, but not identical. Someone had put 218 2.5"×2.5" 19th century repro squares in a ziplock bag & tossed them in the free bin; the bag contained enough patterned squares to make two tops with two squares left over! #quiltsky #quilt
A quilt featuring nine connected pixelated diamonds surrounding four background spaces. Each background space contains a heart. A quilt featuring nine connected pixelated diamonds surrounding four background spaces. Each background space contains a heart.
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
arctostaphylos-r.bsky.social
New protest sign!
A protest sign containing two lines of text. To the left of the first line is a black box containing a green check mark. The first line says FIRST AMENDMENT yes! To the left of the second line is a black box containing a red X. The second line says TRUMP RETALIATION no!
October 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
arctostaphylos-r.bsky.social
youtu.be/9afLnHacFRY
#quiltsky #quilt #quilting
Fat Quarter Girls: Quilting Parody for Every Quilter (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Mary B
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October 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
arctostaphylos-r.bsky.social
And worn sewing machine needles spoil fabric and skip stitches! Change your needle before you hear that tell-tale popping sound with each stitch!
#sewing #quiltsky
October 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
arctostaphylos-r.bsky.social
"First trimester isotretinoin exposure."
stresshoop.bsky.social Trailer Park Orthopod @stresshoop.bsky.social · Oct 12
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

"Peer-to-peer required."
apbohn.bsky.social Andrew Bohn MD @apbohn.bsky.social · Oct 12
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

"Nice person, painless jaundice."
October 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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lizardky.bsky.social
We're gonna need an update to this song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmhg...
I Was Not A Nazi Polka
YouTube video by The Mitchell Trio - Topic
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October 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
arctostaphylos-r.bsky.social
PREACH!!!
A photograph of the flag of Puerto Rico flying against a blue sky. The caption underneath says, "SOME MAGAS ARE SAYING BAD BUNNY SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THE SUPER BOWL. I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER AND ARREST THE PRESIDENT OF HIS COUNTRY. -Steve Hofstetter
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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joeheller.bsky.social
Today's Cartoon- Evidence
October 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.
Text card: Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary. #OnTyranny
October 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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This video is short, but if you're pressed for time, the answer is FICTION!
youtube.com/shorts/ErLip...
"Harvard and Johns Hopkins showed Tylenol causes autism!" Fact or Fiction? Doctor Explains! #shorts
YouTube video by Karen Tang, MD
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October 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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This new column by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social makes me think about when I recently had to talk to the police for yet another safety plan, I tried to “lighten” the mood by saying that we all knew this wasn’t my first rodeo. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
For at least the past 15 years, my colleagues in academia have grappled with angry letters to university officials for doing their jobs. They have weathered campaigns for their firing. They have contended with an internet army obsessed with doxxing them, their parents, their kids. I’ve been contacted by the F.B.I. more than once in my career. Not because I hold any important state secrets or know a biker gang but because one of my colleagues has lived with so much sustained harassment from right-wing “activists” that it has become a matter of federal concern. Watch lists (one of which was constructed by Kirk’s organization) do not distinguish between public intellectuals at wealthy enclaves and hoi polloi who teach popular classes at cash-strapped schools. In either case, an army of trained provocateurs stands ready to destroy their lives to prove their bona fides as conservative activists.
October 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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youtu.be/KwmOeR9Vags
Tylenol
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
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September 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM