1. #LongCOVID resource for those who might need it or know someone who does — I found a map of where in the US there are Post COVID Care Centers. We currently have them in 43 states. Click on state for detail.
1. I didn't know Cathy was going to write this when I responded to her other thread but deeply appreciate it. 🙏
There's no good way to combat misinformation about yourself but I haven't wanted anyone else to get dragged into this mess so I've stayed silent on this for months.
2. Some of it was happening when I was dealing with medical crises and added to my stress level because I had to spend time documenting everything in case it escalated and I needed it later.
3. I knew that talking about it publicly would likely make the situation worse but having talked with other people who have experienced much worse than I have, I'm done staying silent on this.
As a lawyer, she should be aware of what the laws on stalking are and that she can make these false allegations against people and face no professional consequences is incredible. ↓
I was also one of the first people to raise questions about the disproportionate treatment she was receiving for what at the time seemed like a misunderstanding by writing about this ludicrous and inhumane petition. ↓
1. Wow, these police chiefs in the western suburbs of Minneapolis sound desperate and defeated. They’re from Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Maple Grove, Plymouth, and New Hope where gun violence is at a level “they’ve never seen before”.
2. Brooklyn Park Police Chief Craig Enevoldsen:
“It’s intentional that you didn’t hear from us.”
“Nobody wanted to hear from us for 15, 18 months and we finally just decided for the betterment of our community we gotta say something.”
3. When asked what’s going on, Brooklyn Park resident Cinnecole Lee says “We have no idea, Tom.”
Of the people committing gun violence she says “they don’t respect the police department anymore, they don’t respect themselves by being out here doing what they’re doing."
1. Smith alumna Jodi Shaw '93, who resigned from her role as a Residence Life Student Support Coordinator in February (was formerly their Reference, Instruction & Outreach Librarian) is exploring a run for mayor of Northampton, where Smith is located.
1. I ended up at an emergency appointment yesterday to see my PCP’s NP because I called to inquire about some bizarre burning pain I had in or behind my left breast on Tuesday.
I was just calling to ask how concerned I should be & the asst offered me an appt in an hour. 😬
2. NP was very nice, asked me lots of questions, wanted to do an EKG to make sure it wasn’t my heart (I have high blood pressure), did a physical exam which hurt though I hadn’t had the burning pain since Tuesday.
Tl;dr: I seem to be fine.
3. She felt that whatever it was, it wasn’t in my breast but under/behind it. Most likely some sort of muscle issue, possibly a cyst. She offered me an ultrasound order but ultrasounds increase my pain so I wasn’t keen on going and spending time at the hospital to get it done.
1. Always fascinating to read tweets from people who have no earthly idea what is going on in a situation and are being misled by a conflict entrepreneur but don’t know enough to know what they don’t know.
2. Because these folks are often in a bubble of their own making, they can’t get any outside info to learn more and debunk what they think they know, although even if that info is made available to them, they wouldn’t believe it.
3. Also fascinating how these conflict entrepreneurs can get into a toxic feedback loop with their followers/enablers. Their falsehoods are supported by the people who believe them and don’t know better and keep telling them to keep going on the basis of the false info.