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Valerie Learning

@valerie-learning.bsky.social

She/her. Fermenter, baker, knitter, RA,retired library lady, bird nerd.

175 Followers  |  163 Following  |  55 Posts  |  Joined: 16.02.2025  |  2.5237

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Sen. Alex Padilla: "This isn't about one comedian or one television personality or any one network. It's about whether we as Americans still have the freedom to laugh at those in power, to question authority, and to tell the truth without fear of retribution."

18.09.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 8384    πŸ” 2750    πŸ’¬ 201    πŸ“Œ 89

I mean, I understand that it takes some of these meds some time to work but whenever I start a new one, my doctor gives me a range and 12 weeks is almost always the outside time. Like you should know SOMETHING sooner ..

18.09.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not sustainable to wait months & feel disappointed/not heard/without options.Quit my PCP who wasn't listening right before I was hit w/RA & waited months for new one, then for rheumatologist appt. Worth it b/c they both listen... Good luck going forward!

18.09.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re on the verge of a government shutdown because Republicans refuse to fix the health care emergency in America.

I’m on my way to the Senate floor to sound the alarm.

18.09.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1711    πŸ” 319    πŸ’¬ 221    πŸ“Œ 21
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Seattle Children’s to cut 150 jobs, citing loss of federal funds The hospital says 154 employees will be laid off and 350 open positions eliminated in November.

Hospitals across Washington state are being forced to lay off staff, reducing services because of GOP health care cuts.

This is real. And it’s happening because Republicans chose tax cuts for billionaires over health care for our families.

I'm fighting to repeal these cuts.

18.09.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 273    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 5

Thank you.

18.09.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sending so much light your way. Frustrating does not cover it. I know a new rheumatologist is not always in the cards, but that's so very dismissive.

18.09.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

18.09.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 48194    πŸ” 15302    πŸ’¬ 1281    πŸ“Œ 634

An apology is insufficient. Everyone email foxfeedback@foxnews.com and tell them Kilmeade must be fired immediately. #GoodTrouble

14.09.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 14021    πŸ” 4823    πŸ’¬ 1552    πŸ“Œ 459
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41 Ways to Become More Self-Sufficient You can become more self-sufficient, no matter where you live! Here are 41 great ways to become less dependent on the store and live more self-sufficient, today

Self-reliance doesn't have to be about prepping for the Apacolypse. It’s about knowing how to function when shit happens.
#TheOutpost
41 No-BS Skills To Rely Less On The System
www.therusticelk.com/41-ways-to-b...

14.09.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

It's in no way a solution to our current problems, but try to do something nice for someone you don't know today or this week. It'll make you feel better. Just try it.

14.09.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1514    πŸ” 237    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 25

On Wednesday, Brian Kilmeade went on national television and called for homeless people to be killed by lethal injection. "Just kill 'em," he said.

There hasn't been one word about it in The New York Times or The Washington Post or USA Today.

14.09.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6881    πŸ” 2090    πŸ’¬ 173    πŸ“Œ 143

Block every goddamn Very Online dipshit who cheers shit like this on. They don't care about your safety. They don't care about your family's safety. They don't care about vulnerable people. They don't about the enduring consequences of political violence for all of us. They're selfish dumbasses.

10.09.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 885    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 7

Charlie Kirk called me a β€˜lunatic’ and a β€˜prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.

Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.

We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

10.09.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 39182    πŸ” 6111    πŸ’¬ 2443    πŸ“Œ 466

Several states have issued orders or taken similar actions to protect access to COVID vaccines including: CO, MA, MD, MN, NM, NY, PA, WA

Please call your Governor's office and demand that they take action to make sure COVID vaccines are accessible to everyone!

09.09.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2486    πŸ” 754    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 35

That part πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

09.09.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm the immunocompromised person being supported and as of Thursday, thankfully,in my state, my support person can. It's wild we have to go through this crap.

08.09.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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07.09.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Millions of Americans are about to get a notice letting them know their health care premiums are going to SKYROCKET.

Families are going to face higher costs & potentially even lose their coverage.

Democrats have a bill to stop it, but Republicans are REFUSING to even lift a finger.

07.09.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 268    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 4

β€œThe only reason the system hasn’t already collapsed is that the mission-driven staffers who remain are each doing the work of five people. They are holding Social Security together with shoestrings and chewing gumβ€” but they can’t do it forever.”

No we can’t. We really can’t. πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”

07.09.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1088    πŸ” 367    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 15
Yo-Yo Ma and James Taylor at Tanglewood
YouTube video by James Taylor Yo-Yo Ma and James Taylor at Tanglewood

A sweet moment sharing their love of music…two fantastic musicians.

youtu.be/UoURkWYiQKc?...

06.09.2025 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh, boo HISSS. I missed this. Very disappointed in SG.

06.09.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just spoke with my CDC sources.

They said RFK Jr. has ordered officials to hide tuberculosis cases, even as three active TB cases were just reported in Maine. He’s also suppressing bird flu reports.

Pandemics don’t start with viruses they start with secrecy.

RFK Jr. must resign now!

06.09.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 12089    πŸ” 5391    πŸ’¬ 438    πŸ“Œ 345
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The Enchantments in the Cascades is a beautiful stretch of land across 900 miles of trails.

Last year, there were 11 wilderness rangers patrolling the Enchantments.

This year, there’s ONEβ€”thanks to Trump.

I'm fighting to fund our forest service and SAVE OUR PUBLIC LANDS.

06.09.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 335    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 2

New category unlocked. #AltMilitary πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

05.09.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 396    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

RFKJ: Anybody can get the booster. We don’t recommend it.

Warren: if you don’t recommend it, people can’t get it.

RFK: I’m not taking it away. Most Americans will be able to get it for free. I’m not going to recommend drugs for which there is not clinical data.

THERE IS TONS OF CLINICAL DATA.

04.09.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 997    πŸ” 242    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 20

Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.

03.09.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7558    πŸ” 1940    πŸ’¬ 151    πŸ“Œ 53
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Washington, Oregon and California will issue their own vaccine recommendations, separate from CDC Citing a lack of faith in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's CDC, Washington, Oregon and California will issue their own vaccine recommendations.

Great news coming out of the #bestcoast.

Until we #FireRFK, it falls to the states to protect us.

03.09.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 897    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 14
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DeSantis administration pushes to eliminate all vaccine mandates in Florida β€’ Florida Phoenix School children, college students, and even nursing home residents would no longer have to be vaccinated against infectious diseases and viruses if Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and his boss, ...

Wow, Florida at it again… planning to become the first state to end all vaccine mandates, even for schoolkids. Don’t let the facts of decades of preventing outbreaks and protecting public health get in the way.

03.09.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1907    πŸ” 504    πŸ’¬ 259    πŸ“Œ 55
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Late Saturday night, with little to no notice, the US government sent private transportation contractors to shelters housing unaccompanied immigrant children with the intent to take away and illegally repatriate our child clients to Guatemala against their wishes.

01.09.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

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