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Faye Getz
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Ill-tempered Auntie now haunting EG, Rhode Island. Wrote books etc. on history of science/medicine, mostly medieval. Always in trouble for something. Old. Hangs with prof who writes lots on global capitalism and science. Multinational. Uncollegial.
Nursing is a profession. That’s all.
Trump's Education Dept wants to 'declassify' nursing as a professional field. In its proposal, the department is changing definitions of professional degree programs & excludes nursing altogether. Changing the definition blocks nursing students from federal loans & loan forgiveness programs👇
Opinion | Declassifying Nursing As 'Professional' Is a Grave Mistake
The DoE's updated definition is dangerous for clinicians and patients alike
www.medpagetoday.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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David Sedaris, on seeing middle aged male american tourists wearing logo’ed t-shirts, ball caps, shorts and sneakers on the Paris subway wrote that they “look they’re here to mow someone’s lawn”
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Friends, we gather to honor the dearly departed icons of the early web. 🖥️⚰️ Though they have vanished from our screens, their spirit endures both in our memory & in the Wayback Machine, preserved across 1 trillion pages of web history.

Pay your respects ⤵️
archive.org/details/in-m...

#Wayback1T
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Actually kind of wild to consider that Karloff is born within 70 years of the publication of Frankenstein, and only 56 from the 1831 edition!
Boris Karloff (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969)
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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$100 says she's never read Article 92 of the UCMJ. Hell, she probably can't spell UCMJ.
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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the trump admin wants to pick a fight about the military code with a guy who has this resume?

cool. lets go.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Citizens are demanding clarity, justice, and safety. The European Parliament must respond with unity and courage.
Let's fight for a simple, clear, and effective European definition of rape
Citizens are demanding clarity, justice, and safety. The European Parliament must respond with unity and courage.
euobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Now that MTG is feeling all soft, and free, and easy, it might be a good time to ask her why before even being sworn-in she was one of the 10 members of the House who met with Trump in December 2020 to discuss “Stop the Steal” plans, and the details of the convo….

www.axios.com/2022/07/12/h...
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Applications open Nov. 15 for a new state program that will offer forgivable loans that cover the cost of “necessary repairs” to homeowners whose household income is 80% or less of the AMI. Learn more: ⤵️
Rhode Island program will pay for necessary home repairs
Qualifying Rhode Islanders can apply for the state’s home repair program starting on Nov. 15.
www.wpri.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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This is fu*king outrageous!

The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.

apnews.com/article/utah...
Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses
The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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#CervicalCancer could be the first cancer EVER in the world to be eliminated, if:

9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment

Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Pick Your Champion 🏆
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Oh wait this is actually a good idea
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Philadelphia Marathon. One can but admire. Go Lori!
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Internet Winner: Clinical Medicine Division
Just saw someone described as an "ontologist" and now I want Clinical Ontologist to be a job title.

Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Just saw someone described as an "ontologist" and now I want Clinical Ontologist to be a job title.

Welcome to the Department of Clinical Ontology. Let's go over your chart. I see that you are. Are you still as you were or are you otherwise? For your case of being, I prescribe becoming.
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Honest question—why are people still on X?
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Myusy, a festive sea slug, is a mascot for the coastal town of Hayama, in Kanagawa Prefecture. Myusy supports beach cleanups and activities to protect the marine environment.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
ICE surrounded a car carrying a superior court judge and his high school intern, whom they had harassed in the courthouse, threatening to break car windows. Court security defended the two and ICE eventually let them go.
www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Pam Bondi: “It took the work of 1,000 FBI agents, but here they are — the Epstein files.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Happening Now! Breaking News! Reporter asks follow-up question. It can be done. Women are angry. Stay angry. Do your job.
Leavitt: Why aren't you talking about what these members of congress are doing to encourage violence…. They're literally saying to 1.3 million active duty service members not to follow lawful orders

Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM