iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

As we approach America250, I wish to point out that if not for woke George Washington mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox, we probably wouldn’t have made it to America001.

251641387

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

40% Deet spray on every surface, long pants, boots…ticks were so thick you would’ve thought I wore tick attractant. Pulled off upwards to 40-50. What is going on??! They’ve never been this bad. On a positive note, the butterflies love the milkweed I planted in the field.

000

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Think of the absolutely most corrupt behavior of a sitting President, and Trump will exceed even your imagination. We can’t even predict absurdities in corruption because these pale in comparison to what he’ll actually do. 🤬

000

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Striping committee membership from state reps removes representation from every single person in those reps district whether they voted for them or not. Completely undemocratic. Absolutely unacceptable.

110

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

In case the pressure on NES to improve customer service has been diminished with time, let me report that it took me about 2 hours (multiple long holds, two dropped calls and customer service “research.”) to get electricity on at one of my rentals. @mayorfreddie.bsky.social

010

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

No Kings in Nashville was galvanizing and a great way to spend a beautiful day. I came up with what I thought was a clever sign and it was super fun to spontaneously find others who had similar signs!

020

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

No Kings. Find your event for this Saturday, March 28th. www.nokings.org #NoKings

27279483745

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I really appreciate this TikToker with Tourette syndrome, Shay, for taking the time to educate so many of us (including me) about her disability and coprolalia in light of what happened at the BAFTAs with John Davidson when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage. I learned a lot.

7450391691

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

People born in the 2000s will never understand a nation once so innocent that an ice skater kneecapping another ice skater sent us into an existential crisis.

294480497

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I did this training. Helpful and well organized.

000

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

000

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Y’all, they know we know they’re lying. They don’t care. They know we can see the videos. We can no long be incredulous at the boldness of their lies.

120

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Tennessee has at least one letter now. The harm done by RFK Jr. is immense.

042

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

ICYMI: Here's my op-ed in the NYT today about Trump's occupation of Minneapolis and other American cities, and why it's uniquely dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

nytimes.com

Opinion | I’ve Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years. What ICE Is Doing Is Different.

7279105

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Saint Paul Public Schools, one of the biggest school districts in the state, is closed for the next two days because teachers need time to build hybrid learning because unaccountable masked, armed federal government goons have made it too difficult for nonwhite children to leave their homes.

122877890

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." —MLK Jr.

3936241102

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Even the polar bears are anti-fascist in Nashville. Anti-ICE protest/march was well attended for such short notice with lots of drivers honking and waving in support. #antifascism

010

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Impressive and important work by @philinvestigates.com. @newyorker.com your piece this week regarding political violence catalogued some of the recent events but missed the monied and coordinated menace wanting to normalized political violence. This is a bigger threat than the solo actors.

000

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

New interview! On Trump corruption in Central America and the Middle East and more www.youtube.com/watch?v=jymh...

youtube.com

Trump Ties to Russian Mob, Sarah Kendzior

YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show

1014863

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 02/12/2025

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

144117794045

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows How did the city do it? Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue

This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

313190175515

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

"The issue of government has always been whether individual men and women will have to serve some system of government and economics, or whether a system of government and economics exists to serve individual men and women." —FDR, 1932

11977412038

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Best image of the day:

589351009140

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Jane Mayer makes a great point that Trump has made so much $ off his recent grift, he no longer needs Musk. So corrupt. Truly curious why this corruption is not a bigger deal for voters.

000

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

😕 pretty much

14186302672

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Tennessee, we could have had this. 😢

010

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Nope, @nytimes.com I cannot stomach the VP on The Daily this am. Too full of rage and dread over blowing up the deficit and defunding effective funding to give to the ultra-wealthy. I hope you held his feet to the fire, but even if you did, I just can’t listen to his unpatriotic word vomit. 🤮

000

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Prairiesunshine @scottishox2.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

If everyone received the vaccine at 10 yo, it would prevent HPV in the entire population. Eventually no one would carry the virus & it could not be spread to others Side Benefit is reduction in cases of both #Cervical and #Penile cancers.

07225

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Read now and put the recommended solutions on the list of “future to do.” That is, if we get the chance. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...

nytimes.com

Opinion | Trump Isn’t the First Politician to Sell the Office

010

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

There's more than this essay can capture, but this is a good start. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...

nytimes.com

Opinion | The Enduring Fantasy of Porn’s Harmlessness

000

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Whenever you hear conservative politicians preach from the gospel of "fiscal responsibility," remember that one of the biggest drivers of deficits lately are the Bush and Trump tax cuts, which have added nearly $10 trillion to the national debt.

10744331373

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

No child has to die of measles. We have actively and collectively decided to let children die rather than prevent a vaccine-preventable disease. We are stupid, and our children pay the price.

000

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I guess it’s useless to ask how these Advance Financial ppl sleep at night, but holy cow, what terrible greed.

000

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Amazing to watch the understandable hubris of Anthony Bourdain’s first episode of Parts Unknown in Myanmar. I watched the other day, and the discussion about possible democracy taking hold in Myanmar was from the perspective of the presumed “fact” that our democracy was not fragile. Gutting.

010

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/05/2025

1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans. These are their stories 🧵

15984223417

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Who among us could cope with all of this and a minimal level of support? Not me.

000

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Congrats everyone — we are at the point where The Onion and real life are indistinguishable from one another. 😳🇺🇸 theonion.com/ice-agents-w...

409165705630

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

This is anti-science, anti-intellectualism, anti-standards.

010

Reposted by Ruth Stewart, MD

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

21495567119672

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

It IS a defining feature. Lots of numb folks walking around looking for new ways to numb them selves. My numbing drug of choice is work for sure.

000

Ruth Stewart, MD @ruthstewart.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

“In the effort for transparency.” So, transparently, they will strip rights away and deport American citizens.

010