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Gina Catena, MS, NP, CNM

@ginacatena.bsky.social

Musings of a Nurse-Midwife raised in Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's cult. Clinical faculty OB-Gyn. Member & contributor International Cultic Studies Association. Opinions mine. retweets πŸ€”πŸ§

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19.10.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I saw this blocklist of all the new government accounts if anyone is interested

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17.10.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 11
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US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

And they're revoking visas of people who post things they don't like. This is just the beginning 😩

17.10.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Kaiser / TPMG offered to cut our pay, benefits, and pension - WTF? Already under compensated vs NPs who have less scope and liability.

Any mega million annual exec willing to work nights w multiple patients’ life & death in their hands, plus liability, blood, juggling crisis?

15.10.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And NoCal Nurse-Midwives, Nurse Anesthetists, PAs, Acupuncturists, Physical Therapists, and so Cal RNs, surgical techs, and more in Hawaii.

15.10.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Finland’s President Delivers Most Inspiring, Powerful UN Speech Yet on Multipolar World Order | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News Finland’s President Delivers Most Inspiring, Powerful UN Speech Yet on Multipolar World Order | AC1G

youtu.be/ECaqX1hCQ6g

25.09.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes, We Continue Wearing Masksβ€”Here’s Why: Common Questions Answered - WHN Picture a typical family gathering today. Most people have moved on from masking: kids run around freely, aunts and uncles chat over snacks, and only a couple of family members still choose to wear we...

Shoutout to @thewhn.bsky.social for putting together an excellent, science-based Q&A on why many of us are still masking😷

"Yes, We Continue Wearing Masksβ€”Here’s Why: Common Questions Answered."

whn.global/yes-we-conti...

22.09.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

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08.09.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 420    πŸ” 141    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 8
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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

Nine former heads of the CDCβ€”appointed by presidents of both partiesβ€”warn the nation of the immense peril RFK Jr is putting the country in.

Gift link, please send to families and friends www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

01.09.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 702    πŸ” 363    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 12

This is so embarrassing

19.08.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two Texas moms were forced to wait for urgent care after pregnancy loss. They died β€” The Dallas Morning News At the outset of Texas’ abortion ban, medical experts worried pregnant women would die from delays in care. The Dallas Morning News examined two such cases.

Two Black Mom’s.

Two Texas moms were forced to wait for urgent care after pregnancy loss. They died - The Dallas Morning News

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18.08.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 530    πŸ” 350    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 26
NOT-OD-25-143: NIH Will Stop Posting Notices of Funding Opportunities in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts in FY2026 NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: NIH Will Stop Posting Notices of Funding Opportunities in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts in FY2026 NOT-OD-25-14...

This is big news. #NIH is not going to post NOFOs on Guide anymore.

16.08.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A friend of mine, who had been raised in a polygamist Mormon spinoff sect, and I once commiserated about the popularity of MLMs in both the cults of our respective upbringings.

11.08.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image 10.08.2025 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8415    πŸ” 2935    πŸ’¬ 190    πŸ“Œ 125

This is devastating… and, sadly, so not surprising

06.08.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely read the gutting @rollingstone.com article by @swin24.bsky.social, which is linked in this article

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

29.07.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Doctors Have Lost Their Mount Olympus of Medicine

Sad, but true. Not only the USA will suffer with the losses at NIH & CDC.

Doctors Have Lost Their Mount Olympus of Medicine www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...

29.07.2025 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to Make Sure CBS Isn't Anti-Trump FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a

After the Paramount-Skydance merger, CBS will now officially become state media for the Trump regime.

Brendan Carr, Chairman of the FCC, said the government is placing β€œan ombudsman in place for two years,” which he described as β€œbasically a bias monitor that will report directly to the President.”

25.07.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1254    πŸ” 729    πŸ’¬ 219    πŸ“Œ 122
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California Department of Public Health

Health workers, & concerned citizens : Please inundate California Dept of Public Health for removal of ethnicity questions on newborn screening test. In current fraught climate, such questions provoke anxiety.

Submit a complaint to CDPH : (916) 558-1784.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social

www.cdph.ca.gov

25.07.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why is there such a Bible Study group for upper echelons of our government?

29.06.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Important thread about how important it is to listen to women - and the high price women pay when we are not listened to!

22.05.2025 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh my god

05.05.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4012    πŸ” 629    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 10

πŸ™‹πŸ»β€β™€οΈ I do the same

25.04.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A JAMA study found that at current state-level vaccination rates, measles may become endemic again; increasing vaccine coverage would prevent this.

Read the full Original Investigation covered by the @washingtonpost.com. @nathanlo.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

25.04.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

Let’s dream up to ways to shit on women. Oh hey, let’s cancel the largest clinical trial ever for women www.science.org/content/arti...

23.04.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1492    πŸ” 627    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 70

I'm not a catholic, but I thought that Pope Francis was one of the beacons of light and hope in this world.

21.04.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 362    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

One can hope . . . πŸ™πŸΌ

14.04.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, @corybooker.com for your dedication to truth, freedom, liberty, our constitutional separation of powers, and ever working for the greater good for all of usβ£οΈπŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ€©πŸ™πŸΌπŸ’–πŸ˜

02.04.2025 05:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HHS’s Long COVID Office Is Closing. What Will This Mean for Future Research and Treatments? The Office for Long COVID Research and Practice was instrumental in coordinating the U.S. government’s initiatives to treat, diagnose and prevent the mysterious postviral condition that affects millio...

HHS Long Covid Office closing

www.scientificamerican.com/article/hhss...

30.03.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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