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Patricia M Sears

@pmsears.bsky.social

#LifeEnthusiast #DeathLiteracySpecialist #Connector #Community #Communicator

46 Followers  |  55 Following  |  94 Posts  |  Joined: 19.01.2025  |  1.7404

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14.02.2026 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

15.01.2026 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6562    πŸ” 2809    πŸ’¬ 169    πŸ“Œ 161

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.

15.01.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 10167    πŸ” 3197    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 107
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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.

15.01.2026 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3665    πŸ” 1745    πŸ’¬ 138    πŸ“Œ 79

Yes… and I’m exhausted and cranky.

09.01.2026 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

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.

21.12.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Blames Rob Reiner for His Own Murder This morning’s Truth Social post was nauseating even by the president’s standards.

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.

15.12.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 2
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β€œA Supported Death” vs. β€œA Good Death”: Why Words Matter Why the language we use shapes how we grieve

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...

15.12.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Even Death Doulas Procrastinate on Their Own End-of-Life Planning Why She's Joining Us at Midnight from England

I have a hard time avoiding procrastination. I follow it everywhere.

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13.12.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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What a line-up of guests for Season 2:

patriciamsears.substack.com/p/announcing...

27.09.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
JuJuBee Buzz Screening (#3) - JuJuBee JuJuBee Premiere - In Celebration of Winter Solstice Wise About Life Keynote Conversation with Dr. Jude Smith Rachele & End-of-Life Doula Trish SearsΒ  Sign Up Form

Book Your Free Ticket Here: tinyurl.com/WinterSolsti...

30.11.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wise About Life: A Solstice Gathering Join us for a conversation about life's full arc β€” birth, death, and the transitions that shape us all.

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...

30.11.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Patricia M Sears (@patriciamsears) β€˜We’ve been taught that asking our elders about their lives, their regrets, their proudest moments, and yesβ€”what they want at the endβ€”is somehow morbid or inappropriate. So we wait. We bookmar...

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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26.11.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hide Reply is a miracle of modern social media. Thanks BlueSky.

20.10.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1606    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 10

One of perverse dynamics of Trumpism, how a frequently toadyish establishment press undergirds a system in which Trumpists regularly accuse Democrats of being β€œthe Nazis” and we have frequent revelations in which Trump insiders tell each other β€œwe’re the Nazis”

20.10.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1123    πŸ” 269    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 8

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...

21.10.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1345    πŸ” 601    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 24
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Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs The layoffs have raised fears that the administration could be effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women.

The Trump administration has targeted a federal office that oversees a $300 million family planning program for layoffs, raising fears that it is effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women, according to people with knowledge of the events.

16.10.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 231    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 15

Still find it wild how they shut down USAID with no Congressional approval

15.10.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1194    πŸ” 212    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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This is a very good paragraph.

From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

By Nancy A. Youssef

16.10.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1288    πŸ” 478    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 10

Before it was illegally destroyed by Musk and co., USAID had a budget of $35 billion (in 2024)

15.10.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 795    πŸ” 341    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 7

Pernicious

13.10.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

11.10.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 15324    πŸ” 8407    πŸ’¬ 843    πŸ“Œ 1103

No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, β€œOne day, I’ll invade Oregon.”

08.10.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 17113    πŸ” 3573    πŸ’¬ 453    πŸ“Œ 112

β€œNo one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

06.10.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 21847    πŸ” 6738    πŸ’¬ 378    πŸ“Œ 212

This is worth reading

03.10.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I literally wrote earlier today that ICE and CBP are "a portrait of an authoritarian secret police that seems set to model itself on history’s worst fascist enforcers." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...

Case in point here:

03.10.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1030    πŸ” 361    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 7
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Buttigieg: You’ve got a president and a Republican Congress who would rather see the entire government shut down than allow Americans to afford their healthcare.

03.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6534    πŸ” 1974    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 60
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Early Bird Registration for next workshop (21 Oct - 25 Nov. Perfect timing for upcoming family Holidays.): linktr.ee/pmsears

03.10.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When we win by having someone else lose, we set up a conflict.
It’s clear, direct but not generative.
But when we win by confronting our fear, everyone benefits.
Often, people who choose to battle others are actually better off looking at their fear instead. - Seth Godin
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03.10.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When we win by having someone else lose, we set up a conflict.
It’s clear, direct but not generative.
But when we win by confronting our fear, everyone benefits.
Often, people who choose to battle others are actually better off looking at their fear instead. - Seth Godin
linktr.ee/pmsears

03.10.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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