Patricia M Sears
@pmsears.bsky.social
#LifeEnthusiast #DeathLiteracySpecialist #Connector #Community #Communicator
If something happened to you tomorrow, would your family know what to do?
I’ve sat with both kinds of families. The difference isn’t luck.
patriciamsears.substack.com/p/if-somethi...
I’ve sat with both kinds of families. The difference isn’t luck.
patriciamsears.substack.com/p/if-somethi...
If something happened to you tomorrow, would your family know what to do?
I’ve sat with both kinds of families. The difference isn’t luck.
patriciamsears.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:48 AM
If something happened to you tomorrow, would your family know what to do?
I’ve sat with both kinds of families. The difference isn’t luck.
patriciamsears.substack.com/p/if-somethi...
I’ve sat with both kinds of families. The difference isn’t luck.
patriciamsears.substack.com/p/if-somethi...
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NEW: Volodymyr Zelenskyy continued his push for U.S. Tomahawk missiles during a meeting with American senators on the sidelines of #MSC2026.
The Ukrainian leader has said these weapons could help Kyiv strike targets deep inside Russia.
More on our blog: www.politico.eu/article/muni...
The Ukrainian leader has said these weapons could help Kyiv strike targets deep inside Russia.
More on our blog: www.politico.eu/article/muni...
February 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
NEW: Volodymyr Zelenskyy continued his push for U.S. Tomahawk missiles during a meeting with American senators on the sidelines of #MSC2026.
The Ukrainian leader has said these weapons could help Kyiv strike targets deep inside Russia.
More on our blog: www.politico.eu/article/muni...
The Ukrainian leader has said these weapons could help Kyiv strike targets deep inside Russia.
More on our blog: www.politico.eu/article/muni...
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Jeffrey Epstein spent years building ties to well-known hackers
Jeffrey Epstein spent years building ties to well-known hackers
The convicted sex offender also expressed an interest in attending the annual DEFCON and Black Hat conferences in Las Vegas between 2014 and 2018.
dlvr.it
February 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Jeffrey Epstein spent years building ties to well-known hackers
You Can Print That
YOU CAN PRINT THAT... honestly, too many outlets not being able to share this obvious and dangerous truth is a big part of how we've gotten to where we are.
“I don't see any plan, any strategy, any end game,” says Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the University of Vermont. “I don't see anything from this administration, just fuck everything up as much as you can. You can print that.”
Sounds accurate to me.
Sounds accurate to me.
February 14, 2026 at 1:25 PM
You Can Print That
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Donald Trump has a pattern of insisting that a situation is so serious that it requires unprecedented action—and then walking away when he encounters pushback, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:
The ‘You Can’t Fire Me—I Quit’ Presidency
Trump has a pattern of taking radical steps to deal with what he says are serious problems—and then walking away once he encounters pushback.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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Palantir, Deloitte, and the private prison giant GEO Group took in more than $22 billion from ICE and CBP last year. Behind the spreadsheets and contracts, there's a quieter truth: someone is getting rich from cages, borders, and human pain. Profit has always been fluent in the language of cruelty.
Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown
Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Palantir, Deloitte, and the private prison giant GEO Group took in more than $22 billion from ICE and CBP last year. Behind the spreadsheets and contracts, there's a quieter truth: someone is getting rich from cages, borders, and human pain. Profit has always been fluent in the language of cruelty.
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While this is true, nobody in the Trump admin or MAGA movement believes this.
February 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
While this is true, nobody in the Trump admin or MAGA movement believes this.
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Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis was shot in the leg during the incident. Another Venezuelan man was also accused of attacking an immigration officer.
DHS says immigration agents appear to have lied about shooting in Minnesota
Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis was shot in the leg during the incident. Another Venezuelan man was also accused of attacking an immigration officer.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis was shot in the leg during the incident. Another Venezuelan man was also accused of attacking an immigration officer.
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🚨 Dept of Homeland Security is sending tech companies administrative subpoenas for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize ICE agents
Google, Meta & Reddit complied
🎁 @nytimes.com
Google, Meta & Reddit complied
🎁 @nytimes.com
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:38 AM
🚨 Dept of Homeland Security is sending tech companies administrative subpoenas for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize ICE agents
Google, Meta & Reddit complied
🎁 @nytimes.com
Google, Meta & Reddit complied
🎁 @nytimes.com
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
February 14, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
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Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
January 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
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People need to stop pretending the U.S. government isn’t actively rebranding as a white supremacist movement.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 AM
People need to stop pretending the U.S. government isn’t actively rebranding as a white supremacist movement.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
Yes… and I’m exhausted and cranky.
That heaviness you feel after events like yesterday is real. We've all accumulated a lot of mental and emotional weight in the first year of Trump's disastrous presidency. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...
The physical weight of Trumpism
That heaviness you feel, that drag on your mental health, that drain on your emotional energy and lethargy in the face of world events, like yesterday, is real.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 9, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Yes… and I’m exhausted and cranky.
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Vermont State Police say both lanes of Vermont Route 100 in Eden are obstructed due to a fire incident in the area of the Eden General Store.
TRAFFIC ALERT: Vt. Route 100 in Eden closed due to fire
Vermont State Police say both lanes of Vermont Route 100 in Eden are obstructed due to a fire incident in the area of the Eden General Store.
www.wcax.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Vermont State Police say both lanes of Vermont Route 100 in Eden are obstructed due to a fire incident in the area of the Eden General Store.
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After Rob Reiner’s murder, Donald Trump used his megaphone not to unite the country but in service of his political grievances, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
Trump Blames Rob Reiner for His Own Murder
This morning’s Truth Social post was nauseating even by the president’s standards.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
After Rob Reiner’s murder, Donald Trump used his megaphone not to unite the country but in service of his political grievances, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.
I've stopped using "good death" language in my work as an end-of-life doula.
If there are good deaths, there are bad deaths. And whose fault are those?
My new Substack post on why "supported death" is what we actually need:
patriciamsears.substack.com/p/a-supporte...
If there are good deaths, there are bad deaths. And whose fault are those?
My new Substack post on why "supported death" is what we actually need:
patriciamsears.substack.com/p/a-supporte...
“A Supported Death” vs. “A Good Death”: Why Words Matter
Why the language we use shapes how we grieve
patriciamsears.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I've stopped using "good death" language in my work as an end-of-life doula.
If there are good deaths, there are bad deaths. And whose fault are those?
My new Substack post on why "supported death" is what we actually need:
patriciamsears.substack.com/p/a-supporte...
If there are good deaths, there are bad deaths. And whose fault are those?
My new Substack post on why "supported death" is what we actually need:
patriciamsears.substack.com/p/a-supporte...
I have a hard time avoiding procrastination. I follow it everywhere.
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Even Death Doulas Procrastinate on Their Own End-of-Life Planning
Why She's Joining Us at Midnight from England
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I have a hard time avoiding procrastination. I follow it everywhere.
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September 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Winter Solstice is nearly here! Join us as we celebrate the mystery and wonder of birth, death, and the art of dying.
21 December 2025
2p Eastern | 1p CT | 12N MT | 11a PT
7p London | Western Europe
8p Central Europe | Africa
patriciamsears.substack.com/p/wise-about...
21 December 2025
2p Eastern | 1p CT | 12N MT | 11a PT
7p London | Western Europe
8p Central Europe | Africa
patriciamsears.substack.com/p/wise-about...
Wise About Life: A Solstice Gathering
Join us for a conversation about life's full arc — birth, death, and the transitions that shape us all.
patriciamsears.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Winter Solstice is nearly here! Join us as we celebrate the mystery and wonder of birth, death, and the art of dying.
21 December 2025
2p Eastern | 1p CT | 12N MT | 11a PT
7p London | Western Europe
8p Central Europe | Africa
patriciamsears.substack.com/p/wise-about...
21 December 2025
2p Eastern | 1p CT | 12N MT | 11a PT
7p London | Western Europe
8p Central Europe | Africa
patriciamsears.substack.com/p/wise-about...
What truth have I learned as an end-of-life doula? These conversations aren’t just about preserving memories for after someone is gone.
They’re about honoring the fullness of someone’s life while they’re still here to tell it.’ 🌟
@gracefultransition.bsky.social
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They’re about honoring the fullness of someone’s life while they’re still here to tell it.’ 🌟
@gracefultransition.bsky.social
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Patricia M Sears (@patriciamsears)
‘We’ve been taught that asking our elders about their lives, their regrets, their proudest moments, and yes—what they want at the end—is somehow morbid or inappropriate.
So we wait. We bookmar...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
What truth have I learned as an end-of-life doula? These conversations aren’t just about preserving memories for after someone is gone.
They’re about honoring the fullness of someone’s life while they’re still here to tell it.’ 🌟
@gracefultransition.bsky.social
substack.com/@patriciamse...
They’re about honoring the fullness of someone’s life while they’re still here to tell it.’ 🌟
@gracefultransition.bsky.social
substack.com/@patriciamse...
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Hide Reply is a miracle of modern social media. Thanks BlueSky.
October 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Hide Reply is a miracle of modern social media. Thanks BlueSky.
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One of perverse dynamics of Trumpism, how a frequently toadyish establishment press undergirds a system in which Trumpists regularly accuse Democrats of being “the Nazis” and we have frequent revelations in which Trump insiders tell each other “we’re the Nazis”
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
One of perverse dynamics of Trumpism, how a frequently toadyish establishment press undergirds a system in which Trumpists regularly accuse Democrats of being “the Nazis” and we have frequent revelations in which Trump insiders tell each other “we’re the Nazis”
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Along with the $20 billion U.S. taxpayer bailout to Argentina, the Trump admin announced another $20 billion for Argentina from private banks. But the banks won’t lend the money without a guarantee from the federal government. So it’s a $40B taxpayer bailout.
www.wsj.com/finance/arge...
www.wsj.com/finance/arge...
www.wsj.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Along with the $20 billion U.S. taxpayer bailout to Argentina, the Trump admin announced another $20 billion for Argentina from private banks. But the banks won’t lend the money without a guarantee from the federal government. So it’s a $40B taxpayer bailout.
www.wsj.com/finance/arge...
www.wsj.com/finance/arge...