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drsaori.bsky.social
Woman. Past lives include: Physician, ESL teacher, Red Cross. Current life: small business operator, parent, and wife.
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Meet "En passant". #muppet1 had the opportunity to play at Chess SuperNationals over the weekend and brought him home to me as a Mother's Day gift.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff. - Carl Sagan, Cosmos

#mymuppets had been out all day, and I just asked Big One "do you want to walk with me to the grocery store?" His response: "that's too much outside for one day" I felt it in my soul.

www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n... Another Project 2025 item. This time, we can't say he didn't keep his promises, except it wasn't the promises he made on the campaign trail...

apnews.com/article/domi... Heartbroken for my dear SDQ. I know how hard they are working and how difficult this is.

Every time he accused Biden of bringing turmoil to the stock market, I thought "Bu surely one person can't control that?". I stand corrected.

This is a Title 1 Schools Chess Tournament. This is the kind of programming that eliminating the DOE risks losing. I can't believe people actually voted to take opportunities away from kids.

Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.

We lost a dear friend yesterday. These are the days I regret my choice to not pursue a more active clinical role, because I have many "could've"-s in my head. Also, we need more patient advocacy. People of color need to be heard, or we risk poor outcomes.

If you live in a tourist city, you know by now that all of these measures are already having an impact in your community. Visitors are telling each other to avoid coming to the US, the numbers visiting restaurants are down, and I'll see more about that when the weekend's big event is over.

Good group chats: Planning girls' getaway Kids' PTA Family stuff Neighborhood alerts Old friends who live far away Bad group chats: Plans about attacking a foreign country

Sometimes a small life that allows for an accidental misfired text in a group chat, or a butt-dial without big consequences, is a good life to have.

Will we ever get invited to have a beer again?

Couture: 700 billion in fraud that only he could find, yet hasn't produced the receipts… this is all about undermining your confidence in the program’s legitimacy so they can raid that trust fund

When "Tesla crashes" has more than one meaning, the headlines make me do a double-take.

I ask myself this all the time. I have a very dear friend who is a pillar of the community, one of the most amazing people; she just entered hospice and is going to leave all of us who love her behind. So unfair.

Update: all kids who went on my bus, returned in my bus. Everyone made it back intact, but oh-so-tired.

Challenge of the day: come back with as many as boarded the bus this morning.

Just got word that one of my dear friends welcomed his 2nd child. In all the sadness I was feeling this morning, that news just made my heart fill with music.

It's not "Can he do that?", it's "What can be done to stop/reverse it?"

1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed. Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance. My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...

I just saw the 2024-2025 reading list for a high school I want #muppet1 to go to. I am hoping they hold steadfast and keep those types of books by the time he gets to join them. #readbannedbooks #read

apnews.com/article/trum... So, TIL that we're at war with Venezuela...

#medsky

Looking back on the heyday of the MTV days after seeing that really weird turn Adam Curry took, I also blame them for Jenny McCarthy and the anti-vaccine movement. Maybe my mom was right and MTV really rotted brains.

Some color today.

US added to the global human rights watchlist due to declining civil liberties.