Josie

Mom to 2

[#DepressedWhileBlack @DepressedWBlack]

TW: suicide

Fun fact: the government knows exactly how many suicide attempts could be reduced if they raise the minimum wage.

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

Romarilyn Ralston earned 3 degrees during her 23 years in prison. Now, she’s working to help other people who were formerly incarcerated to find community and hope through higher education too.

[New York Times Books @nytimesbooks]

“How Not to Kill Yourself” roams high, low and in between, grasping at wisps of wisdom wherever they can be found. Clancy Martin’s memoir is “a doozy,” our critic says. “Messy, confessional but ultimately beneficent.” https://t.co/whbNsI7gfn

[The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @LorenzoTheCat]

Enough with this St. Patrick stuff. Today is also St. Gertrude's Day and she is the Patron Saint of Cats.

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Totally. At @TexasChildrens @BCM_TropMed we feel the same about our low-cost patent-free Covid vaccines for global health (100 million doses so far administered) + our new vaccines for neglected parasitic infections, each diseases of extreme poverty

[Relevant Tennis @RelevantTennis]

Today, Peng Shuai turns 37.

A few days ago, WTA stated that there has not been any change in WTA position on a return to China, which will require a resolution to the Peng Shuai situation. They also asked to meet her privately.

Happy birthday... Hope you're safe. 🙏

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

In Germany, patients pay just about $10 a day at the hospital. That’s a big reason they’re not drowning in medical debt like Americans.

📝: @NoamLevey https://t.co/gzg8nW52z0

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Greta Thunberg is 19 years old and single-handedly humiliated 36-year-old Andrew Tate, who is now arrested for human trafficking in Romania after trying to “clap back” at Greta. Never mess with Greta. An absolute legend and icon. The best of Gen Z.

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

What is something you thought was fancy as a kid, but in reality it was not?

Four words:

General Foods International Coffee

[Daphne M. Penn (daphnempenn.bsky.social) @DaphneMPenn]

Medical gaslighting is real. For two weeks, I’ve experienced numbness and tingling on my left side. It became so frightening that I went to the ER. They tried to convince me that I was just stressed and anxious. The nurse suggested that it could be radiation from cellphone use.

[Devyn Nixon, NP @DtheNP]

Being Black in a predominantly white work environment makes you hypervisible. In my eval, the comment “I don’t see you very much,” was made. Another colleague said, “We don’t want to bug you. It’s helpful if you’re close by.” Y’all. I’m going to do my best to articulate this 1/

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

When rail workers want to strike: “but it’ll hurt the economy!”

When nurses want to strike: “what about the patients?!”

When teachers want to strike: “what about the kids?!”

This is union-busting propaganda.

Strikes are hard on workers and are an essential part of bargaining.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Engineer and entrepreneur, Jerry Lawson, created the technology that paved the way for modern gaming.

His groundbreaking technology became the foundation for Atari, Nintendo and Sega.

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Yasuke was an enslaved African who arrived in Japan in 1579 and may have been the first black Samurai. This is a statue of him created by Nicola Roos.

[ACOG @acog]

Doctors such as Caitlin Bernard, MD, FACOG, who provide respectful, appropriate, patient-centered care to women, children, and people needing abortion care are being targeted and attacked. Legal intimidation and unchecked aggression against medical professionals are unacceptable.

[Tyler Olson, EA @olsonplanner]

Yeah there is NO excuse for this.

[🌻 c h l o é h a y d e n 🌻 @chloeshayden]

Thinking about everyone’s obsession with Wednesday bc of her quirks, bluntness, brutal honesty, weirdness, interests, expressions, lack of social cues etc as if this isn’t the exact thing autistic people are bullied for

[Lonely Autistic ✨(She/Her)✨ @BenignNumbness]

Are you the type of autistic that can't show emotions or the one that can't not show it?
Me, personally depends a lot. I can't hide my emotions very well, but sometimes I can't express what I'm feeling in the "correct" way!