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Rae Walker
@raewalker.bsky.social
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Tired trans nurse who studies A.I. & power
AAAS Invention Ambassador
They/them, probably a 🐉
#NurseSky #STS no longer a FAAN
Views always my own as a private citizen & not my employer’s (wild that I have to state this)
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So this is, uhhhhh, quite the take.
A screenshot of a headline in The Economist that reads, “Universal child care can harm children.” The image shows a pink cartoon infant hand playing with an abacus-like toy against a yellow background.
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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I love breakfast 💜👻
A breakfast plate on a wooden counter. A cloth napkin with black checks is on the left. A Korean pancake, scrambled eggs with hot sauce, cherry tomatoes, green parsley & French fries sit on the plate. In the upper right corner there is a black book with the title, Gothic Chilling Ghost Short Stories. Coffee it’s in a colorful NEPM mug at the top.
October 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Spied a grass spider web 😍
A small white web lies atop brown leaves and grass Closer image of a small white web that lies atop brown leaves and grass
October 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Yesterday was our youngest cat’s 2nd birthday. This is Teaspoon. He found an empty cauldron & immediately climbed in.
A young black cat peeks out from inside a black cauldron. A young black cat sticks his head even farther out from inside a black cauldron. He has yellow eyes.
October 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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I love breakfast. 💜
A breakfast plate with a local tomato salad, fresh eggs, sourdough & bacon is set on a black coffee table. A mug of hot coffee sits beside, next to a tall white vase of flowers from a nearby farm. In the background, a calico cat sits atop a futon with a chicken pillow. There is a large fig plant to the left. Drying herbs hang from the ceiling above.
August 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Reading the chosen headline alone, you might never know that what really happened is a violent male partner shot a mother (his girlfriend) in the stomach, before taking his own life, while her 2 children were in the house. And that almost the same thing had happened in the same town 2 yrs earlier.
A Boston Globe newspaper page with a photo of a house front in the woods & the headline: “Couple shot to death in Raynham home; children found safe”
August 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Challenge: post your last photo taken in D.C. to show what a hell hole it is
A psychedelic collage of colors (fuschia, purple, orange, green) converge in patterns and shapes projected onto a white surface. In the background, several people sit or stand, watching.
August 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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1/ Yesterday the Am Acad of Nursing announced disbanding its Health Equity & Ethics expert panels, so those themes can be threaded throughout the org

Here’s what I know about what happens when you dismantle a line item to make it a ‘cross-cutting theme’:

No one is responsible for it & it gets lost
Screenshot of the AAN health equity expert panel description, from their website. The description reads: “As defined by the CDC, health equity is the state in which all people have a fair and just opportunity to attain the highest standard of health. The Health Equity expert panel considers sociocultural perspectives and factors influencing health inequities leading to disparate physical and mental health outcomes in our work. Of particular concern are structural and systemic racism, social and structural determinants of health, and the historical and contemporary injustices that continue to impact the health status of individuals, families, communities, and populations.”
August 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Bundled so many herbs yesterday after pruning my garden (this is just a handful)
A series of green herbaceous bundles hang from wooden rafters filling the room with the scent of lavender, sage, bee balm & nepeta
August 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Good morning

The headlines remain horrifying yet we persist & seeds take root

Even when you can’t see what’s happening on that surface

Here are some timeline-cleansing scenes from my garden 🪴
A small ripening strawberry amidst glossy leaves A bright yellow and orange wildflower amidst a cluster of wildflowers, with blue cornflowers in background Two ripening red Roma paste tomatoes in the midst of a large tomato plant A large pot of herbs with several vines (hops, morning glory, cucumber) growing up a trellis, and a gherkin hanging in the background
August 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Timeline cleanse in the midst of a dumpster fire:

My child & I made fruity drinks* & this is my little snail. I think it’s now my favorite.

*child so obvs no alcohol was involved
A ceramic mug in the shape of a tan snail, festooned with fruit. It sits on a placemat with yellow sunflowers. A reusable straw protrudes from the top.
July 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Today was a sh*t show but the fight is far from over, & tomorrow is another day.

Showed up late to the concert but my reward was a rainbow & this view.
An idyllic sunset over the Berkshires on the green campus of Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts
July 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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I’ve done it.
I’ve found the gayest gate at the airport. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️💜
Counter at the Southwest gate of Bradley airport, looking like a bar in the Castro during June. Every surface is covered in Pride decorations & rainbows, even the sides of the computer terminal area have been wrapped. “Happy Pride” banners hang from the sides. A Progress Pride flag hangs in the center between the 2 sets of screen displays and another in front of that. Queer icon photos & bios line the front of the counter.
June 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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3/ The article begins by reviewing established harms of A.I. on care workers and our collective well-being, translated via an adapted framework for care worker collective well-being in the context of surveillant AI technologies

I review harms in domains like opportunity, vitality & connectedness
Screenshot of Figure 1 of the article, depicting a framework for care worker collective well-being in the context of surveillant A.I.
June 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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ATTN Health Care Workers-New pub alert!

Digital Defense Toolkit: Protecting Ourselves from Artificial Intelligence-related Harms

doi.org/10.3912/OJIN...

has been published via the ANA's Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Follow me for a quick review of what this toolkit is & why it exists (🧵)⬇️
Screenshot of the article on the OJIN website, titled, "Digital Defense Toolkit: Protecting Ourselves from Artificial Intelligence-related Harms".
June 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Love this photo of my cat Teaspoon, a veritable white-fanged Bunnicula, staring down the camera with demonic eyes

(Don’t worry, I didn’t let him or his sibling eat the peonies)
A black cat with bright yellow eyes stares up at the camera while lounging on a wooden counter near some peonies
June 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Month to everyone who recognizes this shoreline ;)
The sandy shoreline of Provincetown, Massachusetts in day time. There’s a beach in the foreground, and a series of buildings with a very tall stone tower in the center.
June 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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This is fascism. And I do not use that word lightly.
A Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition entry for the term “Fascism” which reads, “a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascist) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and forcible suppression of opposition”
May 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Anime Boston was nerdy, fun & delightfully queer, per usual

Love seeing folks lean into their alternate identities & fantasy selves

Also scored some absolutely gorgeous art by @madbrake.bsky.social
Photo of an original print with foil highlights depicting a water rodent with reddish brown fur emerging from a colorful explosion of teal blue waves, looking regal. A halo-like sun, reminiscent of a stained glass icon, sits behind its head. White text in the center of the image says “Photo of original art by Mad Brake” to help prevent piracy & generative A.I. training
May 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Proud of my university for doubling down on its commitments to social justice, pursuit of knowledge and truth, DEI, science humanities & the arts, and welcoming international students & scholars at today’s 2025 Doctoral Commencement

Also I spied this up top & it made me smile
Photo looking at a stage with maroon curtains and a large screen that reads “2025 Commencement Doctoral Celebration” in white text against a read background. A series of scholars in doctoral robes stand on the platform. Above the stage hang 3 flags from left to right: the State of Massachusetts, the American flag (center) & the Canadian flag (right)
May 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Behold, my plate from just *one station* at @umassamherst.bsky.social’s Worcester Dining Commons. Chili mussels, fried noodles, veggie spring roll & fresh bok choi. UMass Dining forever. Yum! 😋
A delicious plate of food with chili mussels in a red sauce, over a pile of yellow fried noodles, with bright green fronds of sautéed bok Choi, and a golden fried spring roll.
May 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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In other news, SIX (!) nurses who work on the same maternity unit at Newton-Wellesley Hospital have recently reported benign brain tumors.

Glad to see the state is taking this cluster seriously.
A newspaper front page where the headline reads, “Nurses’ brain tumors raise alarms”
April 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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“Science matters” “when a fundamental untruth [is shared] we must speak up”
A slide titled “Some fundamental truths to guide our response” “evidence from peer-reviewed, rigorous studies must be the cornerstone guiding our response”; bullet points beneath state: vaccines save lives, efforts to expand health insurance coverage (Medicaid, ACA), provide health care access for millions of Americans, sexual and gender identity are distinct from biological sex, neither are a choice, and LGBTQ+ discrimination & erasure harms physical & mental health, a health care workforce that is representative of the population it serves (I. E. Ethnic-racial patient provider concordance), is associated with improved health outcomes, the healthcare system is broken & characterized by inequity, racial & ethnic inequities are real, they cost lives, and are perpetuated by existing inequities
April 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos addressing common responses to the current political moment in his #ENRS2025 keynote
Dr Guilamo-Ramos stands at a podium at the front of the room against a black backdrop, with a large screen to his right
April 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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This will be FUN 🎉
A poster depicting the cast of Pirates! The musical, an adaptation of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. The cast are dressed as revelers, a British General, a police sargeant & several pirates. Starring Ramin Karimloo, Jinkx Monsoon, David Hyde Pierce, Nicholas Barasch, Samantha Williams & Preston Truman Boyd
March 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM