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Gale Pryor

@gp7pools.bsky.social

Writing on Boston Harbor about the butterfly wings among us. Also, content director for healthcare/biotech communications.

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I know a young man who attended high school with Jeremy Lewin. I asked if he remembered him: β€œyeah, he’s a huge piece of sh*t.”

02.04.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œYou don’t get to take away our rights.” We need to hear more of that. THEY need to hear more of that.

14.03.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If Republicans in Congress want to help make our country safe, I have some ideas for them.

05.03.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3967    πŸ” 784    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 120
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My dad, the explorer, can still find true north Gale Pryor's dad, Tap, is 93 and legally blind. He uses a wheelchair to get around, but he's still an intrepid explorer. Reaching his 90s without losing his essential self is a triumph for my father, ...

Meet my old dad, Tap. At 93, he’s the same intrepid explorer he was at 17. My essay for WBUR’s Cognescenti:

www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

27.02.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was suspicious and now know for certain. Since MAGA/Musk took over, the mansplainers are totally unleashed. So far, in just 45 minutes at O’Hare Airport, some dumbshit has told me how to put my bag through TSA, that self-checkout at kiosks is ending soon, and a better way to push my roller bag.

19.02.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Karen Pryor, Guru of Positive Reinforcement, Is Dead at 92 She was so successful at training dolphins that she began applying the same techniques to other creatures, including dogs β€” and humans.

Thank you, @greenpnyt.bsky.social, for capturing my mother Karen Pryor’s life in an extraordinary New York Times obituary. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...

03.02.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump officials ask US health agencies to pause external communications, Washington Post reports The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites and social media posts, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing a dozen current and former officials and sources.

This is both a draconian measure and a profoundly dangerous one.

We rely on data to make choices and inform the public.

This cannot stand.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

22.01.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

Pay attention. Our public health experts and systems are under attack.

23.01.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

America needed a hero. I give you Bishop Marian Edgar Budde

21.01.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump will overplay his hand. Be ready for when he does. Friends,

open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

19.01.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Can't make this up': Mike Johnson slammed for denying pregnant lawmaker a proxy vote This week, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) denied a request by Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) to pass her bipartisan resolution to allow pregnant congresswomen to have other members cast their votes...

Mike Johnson says proxy voting by representatives who happen to be mothers of new babies β€œdoesn’t fit with the language of the constitution.” You know what else β€˜doesn’t fit’ with the constitution, Mike? Insurrection. www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...

16.01.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My extraordinary mother, Karen Pryor, has passed. If you have ever breastfed a baby or used positive reinforcement to teach a dog or change a relationship, you have been guided by Karen’s clarity, curiosity, and kindness in countless ways. Karenwpryor.com. Clickertraining. Nursing Your Baby

05.01.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sometimes Nextdoor comes through. Okay, once a post on Nextdoor mattered. Looks like she got a dress.

31.12.2024 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We call it β€œa touch of the β€˜tism” in our family, and cherish it.

20.12.2024 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit.

But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.

Don’t get fooled by the β€œprivatization” label. It means β€œfor profit” and YOU are the cost.

08.12.2024 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 35896    πŸ” 10701    πŸ’¬ 1090    πŸ“Œ 489
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You may not understand why, but the healthcare insurance and PBM contracts YOU have signed for Tesla, SpaceX , @X, along with CEOs of other big companies , have more impact on healthcare costs and quality of care in this country, than anything you can do with DOGE

05.12.2024 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 49206    πŸ” 9835    πŸ’¬ 2237    πŸ“Œ 506

β€œJust do the next right thing.” How much we can learn from runaway cows.

04.12.2024 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Healthcare associations need to step up. The American Academy of Pediatrics needs to lead on vaccine education. The American College of Ob/Gyn needs to fulfill its mission to protect women’s health. Medical experts need to get off the sidelines.

02.12.2024 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Obamacare IS The Conservative Alternative: No "More Conservative" Plan Works The Affordable Care Act (β€œACA” or β€œObamacare”) was the conservative health care plan, fulfilling all major conservative principles.

The ACA is in the bones of US healthcare now. It’s how the system works β€” and the system doesnt work that well, perhaps because the ACA was a conservative plan from the beginning. www.huffpost.com/entry/obamac...

28.11.2024 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve been a voracious reader since I learned to read. Now almost 100% listening because I can devour so many more books while driving, shopping, cooking, gardening, and getting done all the things that keep me from nestling in my reading chair. Listening is reading.

22.11.2024 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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