Stefan is gonna nurse again

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

In answering anecdata with anecdata, I used to work as an ICU nurse in a unit that looked after post op cardiac patients. No, but might skew towards males.

Note that female signs & symptoms of chest pain & AMI are different to “classic” (ie, male) and there is an ongoing push to recognise this.

It has to be said, someone is tarnishing Linda Reynold’s reputation.

I can’t say who, though.

Explain to me why “conversion therapy” is banned in 28 countries and ABA is not, when they have the same creator (O. Ivar Lovaas) and utilize similar if not identical principles, techniques, and goals (forced assimilation).

That feeling where you write and delete several posts about…a thing…but can’t write it properly, so you just…don’t.

Behind the mask, I am the hidden face of poverty in WA Increasingly in WA, poverty looks like me: a 67-year-old grandmother who once ran a thriving business, owned a home, and raised two sons surrounded by love and opportunity.

www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...

As Anti-Poverty weeks begin in Australia, for those affected by it, it’s a long journey of loss.

Loss of security, home, safety, health and dignity.

The #masks many must wear may fool you. #StructuralInequality and #homelessness is unacceptable. #auspol 😔 🏠

#AusVotes2028

One of the main impediments to accessibility for disabled people is the majority think of accessibility as a bonus disabled people are being given.

In “things I didn’t expect today…”
…at least we know what their Grand Nagus Staves would look like.

Apparently Americans are annoyed that there was booing of their national anthem at the wrestling in Australia at the weekend.

We fought fascism together 80 years ago.

Idle thought, if it offends you that one of your hardiest ally doesn’t like what your anthem represents, maybe go think about that.

Ping @amellee.bsky.social

Mogh.

(sorry)

…and today I’ve discovered another former colleague gone.

We all need to know it’s ok, not to be ok.

And we all need to be able to check in on anyone in our workspaces regardless of power and responsibility…

Fvck. Anaesthetists in particular are not ok. I’m sure I’ve lost others I don’t know yet.

NSW police wrongly categorise ‘significant’ number of incidents as antisemitic Anti-Palestinian graffiti and verbal abuse of pro-Palestine protestors incorrectly recorded as antisemitism in figures government cited to defend restrictions on protests

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I missed that part.

And now I’m confused about whether to feel lucky I did or not.

Due to the proximity of posts I was rather startled to discover Linda Reynolds had won the Nobel Peace Prize.

But alas…

Sunset

LOL

Wish it were so. I’m glad you’re able to avoid it when you need to.

For some of us, though, it’s a terrifying competitive sport that you can’t ever win. You can only lose. (eg “And now someone else thinks I’m weird”)

He knows that the rate of circumcision in most populations globally has been falling for years…

And AFAB don’t have foreskins anyway?

I mean, even if you ignore the *actual* autism facts, there’s less circumcision practiced than there ever was…

Damn I hate that.

You think you get everything right, you leave work and take some homework with you (clinical quiz stuff).

Then you get an email from someone you don’t need to think about.

So now I have my first fvcking sick day because 🥄🥄🥄, and I only started *this* week.

(Grumble grumble)

Is there a new term for “snow-dropping”?

Where you lose the items hanging on the washing line to someone who needs them more than you do?

They were from a local op-shop, so I hope the universe intended for you to have them…

Through LOTR in there and you get Force of Hobbit in a habit…

Hinton Battle, after checking (and 2002)

This AuADHD thing is wild.

Hilton someone his name is.

Will look it up…but surprised/not surprised I know this much after nearly 25 years of not thinking about it.

Now, where are my keys?

…and I have admin to do, but surely that can wait a day or two…because I know now a shutdown is looming…it’s just a question of how big it’ll be…3/3

…but feelings are happening. And I’m not contacting family because I’ve worked really hard at setting boundaries and none of them know what that means.

So now I’m in bed early, wondering if I’ve made some massive mistakes or if I just need to hold it together for about one more fortnight…⅔

So. Bit of a public confessional.

I’ve moved for work, but waiting to *actually* earn. In the meantime, my significant other has returned (currently flying) home to be with cats (always planned this way, will FIFO when organised & resourced).

But…mum died last week. I thought I was over it…⅓

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.