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Tim White @timwhiteri.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: An airport contract worker was arrested trying to bring a firearm into a secure area at TF Green. A spokesperson says the TSA "identified" the gun and denied the person access. w/ @Eli_Sherman www.wpri.com/target-12/t-...
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T.F. Green worker arrested after trying to bring firearm into airport
Airport officials say security protocols worked as intended, detecting the prohibited item before access was granted.
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NBC 10 WJAR, Providence New Bedford @nbc10wjar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Helena Foulkes told NBC 10 Friday she would endorse, and will vote for, democratic socialist David Morales in the Providence mayor’s race. bit.ly/46Tc2TT
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Foulkes will vote for, would endorse Morales
Helena Foulkes told NBC 10 Friday she would endorse, and will vote for, democratic socialist David Morales in the Providence mayor’s race.
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Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Shoved, pushed, scratched, bitten. Violence against healthcare workers + staffing shortages is helping fuel strikes at hospitals nationwide. shorturl.at/WhMCI @npr.org @kffhealthnews.org
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Striking hospital employees sound alarm over workplace violence
In addition to pay, striking hospital workers say patient violence is an issue. Hospital workers are seven times more likely to be injured at work due to violent acts than the general working populati...
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NPR @npr.org · 19/08/2026
In addition to pay, striking hospital workers say patient violence is an issue. Hospital workers are 7 times more likely to be injured at work due to violent acts than the general working population. n.pr/4cQ2MD8
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Striking hospital employees sound alarm over workplace violence
In addition to pay, striking hospital workers say patient violence is an issue. Hospital workers are seven times more likely to be injured at work due to violent acts than the general working population.
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
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John Marion @johnmarion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
So today is the 30-day voter registration deadline for Rhode Island's September 9th primary election. If you haven't already, take the time to make sure you're registered to vote, and that your address is up-to-date. vote.sos.ri.gov
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Welcome to your Voter Information Center
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 10/08/2026
RECALL: Taylor Farms is pulling pre-packaged salsa and guacamole for contaminated jalapenos.
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Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk
Taylor Farms on Sunday said it was recalling more than ​a dozen prepared food items containing jalapeños, including ‌salsas and guacamole, from retailers over concerns about potential salmonella conta...
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Aneri Pattani @aneripattani.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
For years, D.C., has paid for Medicaid out of its general budget. Now, it's shifting part of that cost to opioid settlement dollars — even though a city law seems to forbid it and @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social & @cmchenderson.bsky.social have concerns about it. kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
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Budget Battle Erupts in Nation’s Capital Over Opioid Settlement Money - KFF Health News
Washington, D.C.’s 2027 fiscal-year blueprint reflects a debate playing out around the U.S.: whether opioid settlement money should be used to free up taxpayer dollars by paying for existing responsib...
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Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This makes no sense! shorturl.at/2xqmz
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Trump signs executive order to break up measles, mumps, rubella vaccine
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Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
www.nepm.org/regional-new... #union
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Ocean State Media, Rhode Island’s NPR and PBS organization, has voted to unionize
A majority of employees at Ocean State Media, Rhode Island’s joint NPR and PBS organization, voted to form a union with SAG-AFTRA on Wednesday.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
ProPublica analyzed the genetic code of America’s measles outbreaks and here’s what we found: The measles virus still spreading in Utah as of this May is very closely related to the one that sickened Texans over a year ago. @natlash.bsky.social @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
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What ProPublica Found in the Genetic Code of America’s Measles Outbreaks — ProPublica
The U.S. eliminated measles a quarter century ago, but to keep its “measles-free” designation, officials will have to make a strong case that measles is not continuously spreading within its borders. ...
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Amanda Milkovits @amandamilkovits.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Some good news on the public records front, maybe?
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Amanda Milkovits @amandamilkovits.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Federal court in Rhode Island strikes down Trump immigration freeze based on nationality “This ruling affirms the American doctrine of the rule of law and a place for refuge and equality for all,” says Omar Bah, founder of the Refugee Dream Center www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/05/m...
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Federal court in Rhode Island strikes down Trump immigration freeze based on nationality - The Boston Globe
Federal policies that had halted asylum, work permits and green cards, left countless immigrants in the United States in “indeterminate legal limbo,” the judge wrote.
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Edward Fitzpatrick @fitzprov.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
“I urge my colleagues to support their constituents — the 80%, not the 1%," @tanzister.bsky.social said. “I’m shocked that some of the people who represent the poorest communities in our state are standing up and shilling for the billionaires. It blows my mind.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/05/m...
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R.I. House approves $15.2 billion state budget that phases in millionaires tax - The Boston Globe
The budget also funds an independent inspector’s general office, which would oversee the executive branch but not the legislative or judicial branches.
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Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The RI Senate approved it. Will the House? #opioids #MAT pbn.com/senate-oks-b...
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Senate OKs bill removing administrative barriers to opioid treatment
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate on May 3 approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Lori Urso, D-Pawtucket, that would prohibit health insurance companies from requiring or conducting a mid-treatment utiliza...
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Edward Fitzpatrick @fitzprov.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
R.I. Ethics Commission will investigate complaint against former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi. The commission voted 6 to 1 to probe whether he violated the “revolving door” provision of the ethics code by applying for a seat on the state Supreme Court. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/02/m...
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R.I. Ethics Commission will investigate complaint against former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi - The Boston Globe
The commission voted 6 to 1 to probe whether the former R.I. House speaker violated the “revolving door” provision of the ethics code by applying for a seat on the state Supreme Court.
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ACLU of Rhode Island @riaclu.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
“I think the public ought to know if the police department is routinely arresting people and holding them, and letting them go without charges, but this opinion is that it’s perfectly all right to do that and keep it secret.” – ACLU of RI exec. director Steven Brown
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Robyn @mamahipster.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
With all that privilege, but, she was still just a woman
We should pass a woman's heartbeat law: If a woman has a heartbeat, you can't tell her what to do with her goddamn body. Ever. Period.
@WOMENSRIGHTS_NEWS
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/05/2026
11/ But on the other end of the line, an aide asked, “What is it you expect the governor’s office to do?” The sisters tried to explain the dire situation. They had language prepared about the abortion ban’s exception for emergencies. None of it worked.
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Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Wow! This new podcast is so cool!!! Check it out via @ProPublica podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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Introducing “Paper Trail”
Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · Trailer · 5m
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Zvyozdochka 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 @zvyozdochka.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Engineered stone is banned in Australia. www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/safety-topic...
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NPR @npr.org · 18/05/2026
Over 550 men in California have fallen ill after cutting natural or factory-made stone countertops. But epidemiologists say this isn't just a California problem. n.pr/4tRh1O0
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Thousands of U.S. countertop workers could have damaged lungs, safety expert says
Over 550 men in California have fallen ill after cutting natural or factory-made stone countertops. But epidemiologists say this isn't just a California problem.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.
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Thousands attend protests in Selma and Montgomery for voting rights | Alabama Reflector
Speakers at the All Roads Lead to the South events urge people to mobilize to oppose redistricting efforts by Legislatures in the south.
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💙Christine Slemmer💙 @slem63.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
“The Reflecting Pools in Washington, D.C. were designed for one purpose: reflection. They are supposed to mirror the beauty, dignity, and symbolism of the monuments around them. They were never intended to look like a chlorinated Olympic swimming pool where you can count pennies on the bottom.”
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Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Did landlords’ campaign contributions change a city councilor’s vote? via @OceanstateMedia Reporter Ben Berke #Providence #rentcontrol www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/bef...
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Before voting against rent control, Providence councilor raised thousands from landlords
Providence City Councilor Ana Vargas supported rent control during her election campaign. As she prepared to vote on it, she received the largest political donations of her career
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Kim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ
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Julie K. Brown receives Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on Jeffrey Epstein case
Brown's 2017 and 2018 reporting was cited at the awards ceremony. “Her work, and the government’s release of the Epstein files, continue to reverberate around the world.”
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Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The workers at Rhode Island's NPR and PBS stations are unionizing! Will the bosses listen? @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social @npr.org @sagaftra.org www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/04/b...
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Employees at Ocean State Media, R.I.’s public radio and TV outlet, are forming a union - The Boston Globe
The unionization effort comes roughly two years after Rhode Island PBS and The Public’s Radio merged to form Ocean State Media.
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Ocean State Media @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Detainees in ICE custody report being transferred without notice, complicating their immigration cases and leaving lawyers scrambling. Learn more: www.oceanstatemedia.org/immigration/...
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He built a life in Rhode Island. ICE moved him out of state overnight
Detainees in ICE custody report being transferred without notice, complicating their immigration cases and leaving lawyers scrambling
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Beauty in motion
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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 02/05/2026
Friday’s federal appeals decision on the abortion pill mifepristone sends a clear message, Jill Filipovic writes: “No woman in America, no matter where she lives, has total control over whether to continue or end a pregnancy.”
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Opinion | It Just Got Harder to Get an Abortion for Every Woman in America
A ruling by a federal appeals court has blocked access to abortion pills via telemedicine.
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NPR @npr.org · 21/04/2026
For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to understanding today's inequality. n.pr/4e0RHRi
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The hidden power keeping wages low
For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to understanding today's inequality.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Last night, after an hours-long public hearing, Monterey Park became the first city in California to pass an ordinance permanently banning data centers. The city council voted unanimously to declare data centers a public nuisance, and to "prohibit all data centers within city limits." My story:
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Monterey Park becomes the first city in California to ban "all data centers within city limits"
Residents of the small enclave east of LA not only killed their city's proposed 250,000 square foot data center, they pushed city council to ban them altogether
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/04/2026
Sen. Jack Reed to Warsh as he dodges questions about divesting his assets: "Excuse me. I must commend you on the way you can circularly go around questions and not answer them. It's a skill. Unfortunately it's not a good skill for the chairman of the Fed."
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Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
ICYMI: #measles www.wpri.com/health/measl...
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Measles case confirmed in Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Department of Health has confirmed that a case of the measles has been identified in Rhode Island.
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Kenny Uong @kennyuong.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Meanwhile inside Providence City Hall:
Post on X from Providence Mayor Brett Smiley: There is no quick fix to our housing crisis and no single solution.

But one thing is clear: policies that lead to higher rents and less housing are not the answer. That’s why I vetoed the proposed rent stabilization ordinance and remain focused on strategies that deliver long-term relief.

From new housing development to emergency rental assistance, we are working to expand access and lower costs across Providence.

Read more in my latest newsletter: https://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=184633&f=9009&s=12781&m=538810&t=e15471990d613c05268bcda6e0822a8245b7f3e4b31a17ca9ae14500f8da294c
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Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Thought-provoking article on the #IrynaZarutska mural by @antoniafarzan.bsky.social
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Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Why not in Rhode Island? @RIHealth www.npr.org/2026/04/08/n...
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In states where abortion is legal, urgent care centers could become model for care
In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, an urgent care center is seeing patients who want a medication abortion. It's a model other states can use when operating a reproductive rights clinic becomes too hard.
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𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓡𝓮𝔂 🦋 My emotions identify as Sɪɢʜ﹗Gᴜʟᴘ﹗Hᴀʜᴀ﹗Sᴏʙ﹗ @lindarey.com · 02/04/2026
IT'S TIIIIIIMMMMMMEEEEEEEE!! Drastic times call for drastic measures. If you can stay home, AWESOME. If you can't, please consider NOT BUYING anything that day. The POINT is the pressure of OUR POWER. #MAYDay #May1st #GeneralStrike #NOBusinessAsUSUAL www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...
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Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer | Common Dreams
Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin announces nationwide general strike on May 1 in next No Kings mass action.
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Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Why can’t we have this in Providence? #compostable #evironmdnt
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The Hill @thehill.com · 31/03/2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson broke with her two fellow liberal justices Tuesday as she dissented alone from the Supreme Court’s decision backing a challenge to Colorado’s “conversion therapy” ban.
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Jackson breaks with liberal justices in backing ‘conversion therapy’ ban
Supreme Court rules for Christian counselor in ‘conversion therapy’ ban case Read: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson strikes out alone dissenting on conversion therapy Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson bro…
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Ian Donnis @iandonnis.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I’m setting up 9 am - noon tomorrow (April 1) at Coffee Depot in Warren if you’d like to chat
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Exercising fathers and metabolic health of offspring, summarized nature.com/articles/s41... www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
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Robin @rlub.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
No Kings Rally on Boston Common
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 28/03/2026
Florida understood the job today. The turnout. The chants. The solidarity. This is what it looks like when working people refuse to stay quiet. #NoKings
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Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Thanks to fellow Rhode Islanders standing up for a free press at #NoKings protest! @pvdstreets.bsky.social #pressfreedom
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Ian Donnis @iandonnis.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Listen to @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social during All Things Considered today or Morning Edition tom'w for the radio excerpt of my One on One interview with Col. Oscar Perez of the Providence Police Dept. We talk mass shootings, ICE, soccer + more
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
“.. Google Searches for ‘Help With Mortgage’ have soared to the highest level in history, surpassing even the peak of the Global Financial Crisis.” (via @barchart.com)
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/03/2026
The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S. Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them. (Published Nov. 2025)
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The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
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Lynn Arditi @lynnarditi.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Heartbreaking & infuriating #uninsured #ACA tinyurl.com/bdhc4wvx
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The Impossible Predicament of the Uninsured
My aunt couldn’t afford to go to the hospital. She ended up there anyway.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This is a recurrent fiasco. Health care companies that know the serious risk of their device or drug but keep selling it and do not acknowledge the hazard. Until so many people are harmed. Today's front page @nytimes.com Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...
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She Died After Her Pacemaker Battery Failed. Its Maker Knew of Problems for Years.
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