Cory Ellen

"Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work." Gustave Flaubert

poets: …hear me out, though

Trying to remember that I’m frustrated because I’m ambitious. I could settle for less, or take on easier challenges. But I don’t. And that’s the person I want to be.

My kitchen tonight is like the Island of Misfit Bakes

When you pointed out that it looked like a duck, they called you hysterical.

When you pointed out that it also swam like a duck, they said sheesh Bluesky is such an echo chamber.

When you said and now it's really quacking a lot like a duck, they accused you of relativizing earlier ducks.

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Evidently it is time for my semiannual social media comments fight.

It’s about goddamn time

Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

a nurse who worked for the VA

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Alex Pretti was a nurse and an an alum of UMN.

It is very hard to focus on this NIH Biosketch with fascism growling so loudly

How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota Last edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa…

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Places to donate: www.standwithminnesota.com

Andrea Pitzer, the scholar who wrote an entire history of concentration camps, has been very very clear about how in her literally expert opinion that term is entirely appropriate here

The joy of multigenerational living (ages 91-17) becomes extra special at laundry time

Put two pairs of cute glasses in my cart, then cancelled the transaction and sent that money to a friend living in a van. This timeline. Whew.

You get me

I am not allowed to buy more yarn I am not allowed to buy more yarn I am not allowed to buy mo - *weeps*

NYT article “America is turning against gay people”

The Times passed on my op ed about the federal redefinition of “professional” to exclude nursing being a pronatalist Project 2025 tactic for … this?

A true hero. Rest in power.

I had no idea! I hope everything good goes with you, everything bad stays behind, and even better awaits you there ❤️

Abolishing ICE is the moderate position, or it’s our job to make it the moderate position.

Abolition was impossible before it was common sense.

Civil rights were impossible before they it became common sense.

Abolishing ICE is possible and that's what we should push for.

I know the world has bigger problems but I might die of revising citations and I need someone to know

Demonstrators at the January 7, 2026, evening vigil for Renee Nicole Good. A tall flag reads "Fuck ICE."

Minneapolis.

I cheerfully chirped “influenza is at a 25 year high! ERs are overwhelmed!” at my 91 year old mom’s unmasked geriatrician yesterday. To her credit, she sighed and masked up.

I have … complaints.

If you don’t live in California, you might be unaware of all the ICE mayhem. Here’s just part of the @latimes.com front page right now

Have you ever had to leave a coffee shop because the date happening next table over was too awkward to witness anyway if you’ll excuse me

DON'T BRING YOUR PHONE TO A PROTEST

I cast my eyes unto the mutual aid networks whence cometh my help.

A screenshot of 5calls.org. It's has the number and name for my local house representative. There is also a written script provided to use.

A screenshot of a part of 5calls.org website. Put in your locatioon, pick a struggle (a topic lol), and info will come up for you (ie; your rep's name and number and a script you can read during your phone call).

I JUST CALLED MY HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE TO LET EM KNOW I OPPOSE THE "One Big Beautiful Bill Act".

Steps:

1. Went to 5calls.org
2. Picked a topic I cared about
3. Entered where I live and BOOM I get a script and phone number to call.

DASSIT! YOUR TURN!!!!