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Pumpkin Spice 🎃

@jennc99.bsky.social
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Family Nurse Practitioner and social media lurker. In the trenches of primary care. Opinions are my own.

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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Family Nurse Practitioner here. Please go to the ER. DVTs are easily assessed and treated. But if the clot moves, we start running out of time very quickly.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We gave out this much candy last year and ran out! Good thought on stocking up early.
Anonymous kiddo sitting with an entire plastic storage container filled with candy and a kitty sneaking out of frame
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I like Abracadabra from Lady Gaga, most things ABBA (Gimmee/Man after midnight or any of the dance mixes), or Blackpink's Jump or Go. Those are really good at getting me out the door.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 28/08/2026
The Trump administration is pressuring the National Park Service to hand over a part of Yosemite to a real estate developer. trib.al/fhwuQgp
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Trump Wants to Give Away a Piece of Yosemite National Park
The Trump administration is pressuring the National Park Service to hand over a part of Yosemite to a real estate developer.
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Ryan Ritter @ndtex.gamin4aven.org · 26/08/2026
I’m gonna watch this video over and over again. Be like Dolly.
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found Facebook's parent company, Meta, is directly paying several controversial content creators including a white nationalist with Neo-Nazi links and a prominent anti-vaxxer.
abc.net.au
Facebook pays controversial creators to produce rage-bait content
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Roku has also been pushing Troy (terrible) but they also keep moving Jimothy around on the screensaver (delightful)
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
One of my former students lives in the evacuation area. I reached out but haven't heard back yet. Keeping my fingers crossed everyone's okay.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My husband is from Wisconsin and I introduced him and my son to the Gorge earlier this summer. They loved it. First day had some whining from my 9 year old about hiking instead of Minecraft. But Day 2? Total convert demanding to go to the fish ladder.
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Dr Rebecca Hall WakeProductions @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
youtube.com/shorts/4EDKU...
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The wealthiest 10% are responsible for 2/3 of global warming.
YouTube video by Seizethemeansstreet
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Too many male veteran minds would explode if "girl problems" were "real"
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I love those glasses!
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
That was my thought- RyanAir and Boeing leaves a LOT of room for error
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
My grandma had a *door length* poster of a shirtless Tom Selleck from his Magnum PI days in her bedroom.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"I have spent more than 40 years in pulmonary and critical care medicine. I have seen children harmed by disease, poverty, by bad luck. I had not, until now, seen them harmed so methodically by their own government."
theguardian.com
I’m a critical care doctor. I’ve never seen the US harm its children this deliberately | Robert B Shpiner
At every stage of childhood, the Trump administration is withdrawing a protection. It is also dismantling the tools that would measure the harm
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/06/2026
Here's the article. diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
diabetesjournals.org
Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!
The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
My mom in Post Falls said it was like the storms she remembers from Nebraska!
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I would think the fact that Ukraine has done this recently would prove the concept (there are some very cool articles out there on exactly how they did it). And we've done it historically. But if we're talking about moving patients on the *American* rail network, that has some different challenges.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
He did Putin’s dirtiest work for a decade. Now, Ilya Remeslo says Putin should face justice as a "war criminal and a thief"—and warns the Russian leader will be toppled by his own circle. Read his stunning defection: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/putin-is-l...
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Physically painful. I once had a couple of obvious California transplants assure me that they were locals- in Coeur d'alene. When I asked further, they'd been there less than five years.
media.tenor.com
a woman in a blue and white dress is saying `` oh ok , yeah sure '' .
Alt: Jennifer Lawrence nodding skeptically, giving a thumbs up and saying ``oh ok , yeah sure ''.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
We Need to Prepare for the Mammoth Task of De-Trumpification
The damage he and his cronies have wrought could take decades to repair, particularly when it comes to science and public health.
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Such an important piece from @drhigginsmd.bsky.social. I had similar conclusions when I looked at the Politico poll in question, but Dr. Higgins expressed it more eloquently than I ever could. Vaccine hesitancy is not mainstream and we should not present it as such.
statnews.com
Don’t believe headlines saying that vaccine skepticism is widespread
Despite some headlines, a new poll does not show that most Americans no longer trust vaccines.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I just laughed so hard I nearly choked on my coffee! Eastern Washington is exactly the same! Signed, the girl who saw way too many fish ladders as a kid
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
It is very Idaho to be especially shitty to trans kids but also not do their homework, lol
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Last person in the world to figure this out, but Tokyo. It was always on my "to-do someday" list but never a priority. Then I had to go for work and had an absolute blast. I would love to get back and explore more!
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
He has always been tremendously talented but just never seemed to find his place.
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Ladyred1956 @ladyred1956.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
No Kings No Kings youtube.com/watch?v=pTYc...
youtube.com
Jesse Wells and Joan Baez “No Kings”
YouTube video by George Baldwin
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
No surprise this is starting at the Air Force Academy, they've been going this way for years
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Good for you, running is so good for you. Great way to discover how much the muscles in your butt help to move you around :)
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I'm betting he'll head to North Idaho to join all of the other fleeing California MAGA
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
All the kids were throwing snowballs at the bus stop this morning! My kid asked if he can ski down the street when he gets home, so I hope it sticks around at least until after school ❄️
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
My kid never really connected with Dogman, but loved the creativity of Cat Kid Comic Club. And it models healthy family relationships in a really sweet way.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
My kid has enjoyed Catstronauts, Cat Kid Comic Club, First Cat in Space Ate Pizza series. There's also Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which I don't love bc they seem to encourage some not great behavior. But kids love them, and they're a good step between graphics and text if you're at that stage.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I started with Boones Farm Strawberry Hill and stepped up to jungle juice. Less gut rot.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
They do love cooking themselves! My cats love sleeping on the receiver, so much so that we had to block it with a toy dinosaur (that they could totally move, but he's SCARY)
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I tried this as a young RN in 2011, and I regret to say that it did not work. After trying to sleep on an Oktoberfest Express bus, I still had to pull my 12 hour shift starting at 0700. The nap I took at my lunchtime in the clean linen room was all of the sleep cycles in 30 minutes.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This is Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been imprisoned by ICE for a year. He was about to get new prosthetic legs when he was kidnapped… and they won’t let him have them. His health is declining & there’s been almost no media coverage. No protests. No noise.
disabledginger.com
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Idaho Spuds will always make me think of my dad. And Aplets and Cotlets are the candy of my childhood. As a kid, I always thought that they were the same thing as Turkish Delight and couldn't fathom why Edward would want it so much!
Pic of Idaho Spud candy bar and wrapper. Candy bar is a chocolate covered marshmallow and coconut flakes.
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Sangsin Lee @sslee.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The judge is also stating that South Korean society as a whole has suffered immeasurable damage due to Yoon's insurrection, a cost that the entire nation must now bear.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
JAGs, like everyone in the military, have a service obligation. These can be as short as 1 year, but junior JAG officers often have longer obligations bc they owe time for their education. They can't quit. They can try for some sort of discharge, but they can't resign until their obligation is up.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
JAGs can't just quit, that's not how military service works.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
My dad tried to teach me on our old Volvo, and I got stuck at a light. After a light or two and some honking, I got out of the driver's seat crying, and my dad took over, super red-faced and angry. After that, driver's Ed at the high school with science teacher Mr. Damm.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wow.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Extremely grim how many of those schools we have established relationships and programs with. Cornell offers free graduate programs for military nurses!
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Jill-Duh @gildafoster.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Beware the Trump-backed so-called "Save America Act" (HR 7296), which:

1. Requires that states establish voter purge programs using systems that experts call unreliable, such as the DHS's "SAVE" system (as updated by "DOGE") & the SSA's #verification system.

2. Subjects election officials to citizen suits & potential prison time for a single erroneous registration (even if the voter is a citizen), but not for erroneous voter purges.

3. Requires that anyone registering to vote or changing their registration (or re-registering after a faulty voter purge) prove their citizenship in person with approved documentation, such as a U.S. passport (an expensive option that many voters lack).

4. Omits Real IDs from the list of approved registration documentation, unless:

a. The Real ID "indicates the applicant is a [U.S.] citizen", a requirement that excludes most Real IDs because only 5 states issue Real IDS that indicate citizienship, or

b. The Real ID is presented with a certified birth certificate that matches the Real ID, which won't work for up to 69M women whose last names don't match their birth certificates.

5. Omits marriage certificates from the list of approved registration documents, effectively disenfranchising the women in 4b, above, unless they can afford passports.

6. Won't let you cast a ballot without Voter ID documents that again prove you are a U.S. citizen.
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Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @jennc99.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Both Country Roads and Sweet Caroline are in regular rotation in any German fest tent, but even more so at Oktoberfest!
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