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Kellen Squire

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Perpetually undercaffeinated Author, ER Nurse, DNP Student, Pediatric Acute and Intensive Care and Emergency Department Clinical Instructor. "He's a Bernie Sanders type". https://buymeacoffee.com/cynicalrn

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I'm patiently waiting for the c-suite retcon for why we haven't bought a new Stryker stretcher since 2008 as a focus on patient safety because of their resilience to cyberwarfare.

12.03.2026 21:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is some serious bullshit

12.03.2026 16:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BRO WTF IS THIS

12.03.2026 00:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not me, I love to hypermile, and the lights on 29N are predictable in their lengths. It also lets me coast up and stop next to people who tore past me in a hurry to get to the red lights in a way that makes them furious.

11.03.2026 19:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh no, they did it to me, too

10.03.2026 23:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well Air Force 2 is apparently doing touch and goes at the Charlottesville Airport.

10.03.2026 16:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We need to get it in people's heads that they're choosing to do that on purpose, now, before it's too late.

10.03.2026 15:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know, I'm just absolutely astounded that The Folks That Be have made it entirely clear that the stock market is unmoored from anything but vibes and feelings. They're not even pretending.

Progressives need to hammer this. Because as soon as a Democrat wins, they'll crash the economy.

10.03.2026 15:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm an NZ-registered nurse, and I worked in Appalachia in the US during the worst of COVID. We had fast food freezer trucks full of dead bodies. You didn't want to be us.

10.03.2026 02:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kid: Dad, what does it mean that some guy was sucking the measles vaccine out of baby arms?

Source:

09.03.2026 23:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(It would also mean ending all exports and royally screwing all of our allies but looks like we're doing that anyway)

09.03.2026 11:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An interesting thing: The United States has more than enough oil production to satisfy every need that we have at what would be a reasonable price per gallon. But that would mean doing some scary socialisms.

And once you open the scary socialisms door...

09.03.2026 11:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If the Democrats are terrified of voting against funding for this stupid, illegal war, then they should at least insist we raise corporate taxes above the 2017 rate to pay for it. I mean, come the hell on, it's right there.

08.03.2026 16:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My goal is to see how close I can get to essentially quoting "The Way The World Works" by Bo Burnham verbatim in a scholarly paper.

08.03.2026 13:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, largely because they've used technology as a crutch for staffing, so whereas we had the staff to handle a disruption in technology when I was first an ER Nurse and we were still using (gasp) paper charts, we no longer have that.

07.03.2026 18:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's frankly pathetic how many people left of center will happily tolerate bald-faced liars if they think the liars are directionally supportive of their politics. Lying is bad, haven't we learned that? We will not win a political contest built around consequence-free lying.

03.03.2026 19:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 341 ๐Ÿ” 37 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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02.03.2026 15:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I mean, being an ER Nurse myself, I surely haven't seen that personally multiple times. It's not like I live in a place with a huge military/federal workforce, and, if I did, I surely couldn't post about it publicly in any case. No, no, this is all purely hypothetical.

26.02.2026 02:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know, not just this, but I bet the military is sending servicemembers to the ER for standard care related to everything from Plan B to ectopic pregnancies, charging the government tens of thousands of dollars and risking their lives in the process.

26.02.2026 02:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Not too shabby a look from the campground this morning.

24.02.2026 16:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fringe benefit.

23.02.2026 20:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So close. So close, yet so far away.

23.02.2026 20:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

How'd you feel about Fetterman or Sinema at the time?

22.02.2026 02:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do I have to fly to Australia? Because I will

21.02.2026 23:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

now cruel stars, cruel stars, cruel stars #3! no rest, only writing

21.02.2026 16:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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20.02.2026 22:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ooooh. I do like keeping up with new works from my favorite authors!

19.02.2026 22:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He's technically in it in what was the 6th District, which is now- for him- still the 6th District.

19.02.2026 00:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had an exciting time voting in 2008, Obama was ahead but it did feel like Virginia mattered, but that's the last and only time. Having grown up in Iowa and seeing the caucuses in person, I cannot disagree with you.

17.02.2026 16:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jesus Christ

15.02.2026 03:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0