Gretchen
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Nobody who sees patients should be boasting about capturing more revenue without additional hospital resources, as if it’s a virtue. As if maximum financial extraction won’t worsen outcomes. As if it won’t cost some patients their lives.
February 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Nobody who sees patients should be boasting about capturing more revenue without additional hospital resources, as if it’s a virtue. As if maximum financial extraction won’t worsen outcomes. As if it won’t cost some patients their lives.
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Fun fact: The divorce scene in the Kid Rock show was an actual divorce showing a wife leaving her conservative husband.
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Fun fact: The divorce scene in the Kid Rock show was an actual divorce showing a wife leaving her conservative husband.
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In an email to medical staff and caregivers on Wednesday, PeaceHealth officials said they are “confident the new partnership is the right fit for the future in their emergency departments.”
PeaceHealth to replace local emergency room doctors with out-of-state ApolloMD
For decades, PeaceHealth Oregon has contracted with the local group, Eugene Emergency Physicians, to staff its emergency departments. Come June, that contract will not be renewed. Instead, the hospital system has chosen Atlanta-based ApolloMD as its emergency medicine partner in Springfield, Florence and Cottage Grove.
www.opb.org
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
In an email to medical staff and caregivers on Wednesday, PeaceHealth officials said they are “confident the new partnership is the right fit for the future in their emergency departments.”
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At this point in internet history, anything not running on an open protocol is a waste of time. I’d recommend @skylight.social for a TikTok alternative
January 27, 2026 at 2:06 AM
At this point in internet history, anything not running on an open protocol is a waste of time. I’d recommend @skylight.social for a TikTok alternative
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Lest we forget:
On Sat night, as Minnesotans braved Arctic cold to honor Alex Pretti and demand that ICE/CBP leave their state...
...Tim Cook was at the White House for "friends and family" premiere of payola-based 'Melania' movie. Also Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO.
Bezos was at fashion show in Paris.
On Sat night, as Minnesotans braved Arctic cold to honor Alex Pretti and demand that ICE/CBP leave their state...
...Tim Cook was at the White House for "friends and family" premiere of payola-based 'Melania' movie. Also Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO.
Bezos was at fashion show in Paris.
January 26, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Lest we forget:
On Sat night, as Minnesotans braved Arctic cold to honor Alex Pretti and demand that ICE/CBP leave their state...
...Tim Cook was at the White House for "friends and family" premiere of payola-based 'Melania' movie. Also Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO.
Bezos was at fashion show in Paris.
On Sat night, as Minnesotans braved Arctic cold to honor Alex Pretti and demand that ICE/CBP leave their state...
...Tim Cook was at the White House for "friends and family" premiere of payola-based 'Melania' movie. Also Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO.
Bezos was at fashion show in Paris.
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The last three times a new Pope was elected, the Seahawks have made the Super Bowl as the No. 1 seed.
◽️ 2005: Pope Benedict XVI elected, SEA to SB XL
◽️ 2013: Pope Francis elected, SEA to SB XLVIII
◽️ 2025: Pope Leo XIV elected, SEA to SB LV
◽️ 2005: Pope Benedict XVI elected, SEA to SB XL
◽️ 2013: Pope Francis elected, SEA to SB XLVIII
◽️ 2025: Pope Leo XIV elected, SEA to SB LV
January 26, 2026 at 4:12 AM
The last three times a new Pope was elected, the Seahawks have made the Super Bowl as the No. 1 seed.
◽️ 2005: Pope Benedict XVI elected, SEA to SB XL
◽️ 2013: Pope Francis elected, SEA to SB XLVIII
◽️ 2025: Pope Leo XIV elected, SEA to SB LV
◽️ 2005: Pope Benedict XVI elected, SEA to SB XL
◽️ 2013: Pope Francis elected, SEA to SB XLVIII
◽️ 2025: Pope Leo XIV elected, SEA to SB LV
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DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."
January 24, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."
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You can’t “we need our guns” your way to perpetuating school shootings while “he had a gun” your way to justifying public executions.
A nurse.
Someone who’s actually saved lives.
A nurse.
Someone who’s actually saved lives.
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
You can’t “we need our guns” your way to perpetuating school shootings while “he had a gun” your way to justifying public executions.
A nurse.
Someone who’s actually saved lives.
A nurse.
Someone who’s actually saved lives.
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If you are a journalist who is not already using @signal.org or wants to learn more about digital security more broadly (for some reason) check out our guides. Thanks @evacide.bsky.social!
If you are organizing folks in Minneapolis right now, you may find this guide to Signal for beginners by @mshelton.bsky.social useful: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Signal, the secure messaging app: A guide for beginners
Also available in Spanish.
freedom.press
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
If you are a journalist who is not already using @signal.org or wants to learn more about digital security more broadly (for some reason) check out our guides. Thanks @evacide.bsky.social!
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
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It’s essential that prominent accounts abandon the AI revenge porn and CSAM site formerly known as X.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-new-epst...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-new-epst...
The New Epstein Island Is Right In Your Pocket: It’s Time To Abandon Elon Musk’s Paradise of Abuse
It has long been time to leave X. Now, it’s essential.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 AM
It’s essential that prominent accounts abandon the AI revenge porn and CSAM site formerly known as X.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-new-epst...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-new-epst...
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I've been commissioned to write a piece about games based on real places that changed peoples' perception of that place or had some kind of local impact - are you a dev who made a game like this? Or are you a player who has a story about a game that inspired you to visit somewhere? Let me know!
January 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I've been commissioned to write a piece about games based on real places that changed peoples' perception of that place or had some kind of local impact - are you a dev who made a game like this? Or are you a player who has a story about a game that inspired you to visit somewhere? Let me know!
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During a segment on College Gameday before the Orange Bowl, both Coach Dan Lanning and Pat McAfee generously donated $100K each to the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute!
Appreciate you, Coach and Pat! Best of luck tonight in the Peach Bowl 🦆
#GoDucks #GiveCancerHell
Learn more: https://bit.ly/456LX33
Appreciate you, Coach and Pat! Best of luck tonight in the Peach Bowl 🦆
#GoDucks #GiveCancerHell
Learn more: https://bit.ly/456LX33
Dan Lanning Commits $100K to Fight Cancer After Missing Pat McAfee's Six-Figure GameDay Challenge
Dan Lanning missed Pat McAfee's GameDay challenge but still committed $100K of his own money. Here's what happened.
bit.ly
January 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
During a segment on College Gameday before the Orange Bowl, both Coach Dan Lanning and Pat McAfee generously donated $100K each to the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute!
Appreciate you, Coach and Pat! Best of luck tonight in the Peach Bowl 🦆
#GoDucks #GiveCancerHell
Learn more: https://bit.ly/456LX33
Appreciate you, Coach and Pat! Best of luck tonight in the Peach Bowl 🦆
#GoDucks #GiveCancerHell
Learn more: https://bit.ly/456LX33
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any job that pays under $20 should just be given to you without any effort on your part, you should be able to click and now you are employed
January 7, 2026 at 3:08 AM
any job that pays under $20 should just be given to you without any effort on your part, you should be able to click and now you are employed
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Dan Lanning urges earlier playoff schedule and home games following Oregon’s Orange Bowl victory.
Dan Lanning pushes for earlier playoff start and home games after win
Dan Lanning urges earlier playoff schedule and home games following Oregon’s Orange Bowl victory.
bit.ly
January 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Dan Lanning urges earlier playoff schedule and home games following Oregon’s Orange Bowl victory.
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fun fact about that Rose Bowl in 1917:
UO didn't have money to send the team to Pasadena, so they sold the campus bookstore.
The company that ran it was so awful that in 1920 students, faculty, and staff raised money to buy it.
The Duck Store is the nonprofit co-op they established 105 years ago.
UO didn't have money to send the team to Pasadena, so they sold the campus bookstore.
The company that ran it was so awful that in 1920 students, faculty, and staff raised money to buy it.
The Duck Store is the nonprofit co-op they established 105 years ago.
January 1, 2026 at 8:56 PM
fun fact about that Rose Bowl in 1917:
UO didn't have money to send the team to Pasadena, so they sold the campus bookstore.
The company that ran it was so awful that in 1920 students, faculty, and staff raised money to buy it.
The Duck Store is the nonprofit co-op they established 105 years ago.
UO didn't have money to send the team to Pasadena, so they sold the campus bookstore.
The company that ran it was so awful that in 1920 students, faculty, and staff raised money to buy it.
The Duck Store is the nonprofit co-op they established 105 years ago.
After over a decade watching the Ducks, I’ve started covering my eyes when they try 4th down conversions. But I never really had a doubt. #GoDucks
January 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
After over a decade watching the Ducks, I’ve started covering my eyes when they try 4th down conversions. But I never really had a doubt. #GoDucks
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President Trump’s unlawful executive order to upend AI safety laws infringes on states’ legal right to enact common-sense protections.
80% of people want AI safety rules, but the Trump administration would rather reward tech CEOs than help working people. https://bit.ly/497EJy0
80% of people want AI safety rules, but the Trump administration would rather reward tech CEOs than help working people. https://bit.ly/497EJy0
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
President Trump’s unlawful executive order to upend AI safety laws infringes on states’ legal right to enact common-sense protections.
80% of people want AI safety rules, but the Trump administration would rather reward tech CEOs than help working people. https://bit.ly/497EJy0
80% of people want AI safety rules, but the Trump administration would rather reward tech CEOs than help working people. https://bit.ly/497EJy0
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I hope the Dems realize that if they extend the ACA subsidies, and take no other steps, they are giving carte blanche to the biggest insurance companies and major hospital systems to find new ways to game the system and increase costs.
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I hope the Dems realize that if they extend the ACA subsidies, and take no other steps, they are giving carte blanche to the biggest insurance companies and major hospital systems to find new ways to game the system and increase costs.