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kyburg- Sun, 18:42: RT @tedlieu: As more and more damning evidence against @realDonaldTrump comes into public view, it becomes clear why he is hiding informati…
- Mon, 06:49: RT @tedlieu: As a former active duty JAG, I know the main purpose of the UCMJ is to impose good order & discipline, which Washington called…
- Mon, 06:50: RT @blushsprout: Since I didn’t exactly want to pack up 200lbs of merch & setup equipment and haul it through hordes of attendees in the mi…
- Mon, 06:50: RT @pattonoswalt: This is another one of those stories that is beautiful and hopeful at first glance until you contemplate WHY it even need…
- Mon, 06:51: RT @schunyr: @pattonoswalt It’s like those stories about people who start GoFundMe pages to pay for expensive medical bills who are then ov…
- Mon, 06:51: RT @PreetBharara: So you’re a House Dem. You’re not sure impeachment is electorally smart but you ARE sure impeachment is constitutionally…
- Mon, 06:51: RT @DavidJuurlink: I'd like to share some reflections on the death of a patient. I’ve thought about her a lot. She gave me explicit consen…
- Mon, 06:51: RT @DavidJuurlink: She came to hospital as octogenarians often do: with generalized weakness, falls, poor oral intake, fever, hypotension.…
- Mon, 06:51: RT @DavidJuurlink: But she also complained of pain in her groin and thigh. It was new, progressive and debilitating. Even moving around in…
- Mon, 06:51: RT @DavidJuurlink: A month earlier, she’d been found to have a large pseudoaneurysm arising from her external iliac artery. (And yes, that…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: Because she was septic and in pain, we scanned her again. The new CT showed extensive gas within the pseudoaneurysm. It…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: We continued antibiotics. She improved. We got her pain under reasonable control with hydromorphone and various other me…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: She wanted no more surgery. Her mind was now sharp, and she was clear about that. But antibiotics alone weren’t going…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: We discussed this option at length. She didn’t want it either. She explained why. Pain was one reason. Meds helped a l…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: Her even greater concern, looking forward, was quality of life. Over the preceding months, she’d lost her mobility and…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: She foresaw being confined to her apartment, in pain, struggling with her walker. No more walks outside. No trips to t…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: We discussed palliative care: stopping antibiotics, increasing her pain meds, and keeping her comfortable while the infe…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: She knew she was nearing the end of her life. What she wanted, she told us, was for it to end peacefully, with her mind…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: We held a family meeting. Relatives came from near and far. They were unconditionally supportive. As it turned out, she…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: I saw her every day after that. Managed her pain. Listened to her stories. Learned about family members who’d died, and…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: After the requisite waiting period and medical assessments, the day had come. I visited her at 7:30 that morning. She w…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: A few hours later, her room was packed with family and friends. It was literally a party. There was talking and laughin…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: I then watched as a colleague reviewed everything one last time, confirmed her wishes, explained what would happen, and…
- Mon, 06:52: RT @DavidJuurlink: She received midazolam and dozed off peacefully, her children holding her hands and stroking her head. Next came propof…
- Mon, 06:53: RT @DavidJuurlink: There were tears, of course. All around. But mostly the atmosphere in the room was one of serenity and gratitude, and a…
- Mon, 06:53: RT @DavidJuurlink: I’m no MAiD expert, and I get that some people are opposed to it for various reasons. But I’ve been a doctor for 25 year…
- Mon, 06:53: RT @DavidJuurlink: We all die eventually. This patient helped me realize that when my time comes, I'll be fortunate if MAiD is an option.…
- Mon, 06:54: RT @Stonekettle: Fuck you. Fuck this. And fuck no. https://t.co/ocy2CVxw68
- Mon, 06:54: RT @Lin_Manuel: Gmorning. Chapter one, page one. Everything so far has been backstory. Chapter one, page one. Your story begins today.
- Mon, 06:54: RT @catvalente: Funny how Thanos has a whole fandom and a giant subreddit called ThanosDidNothingWrong even though he killed half the unive…
- Mon, 06:54: RT @Stonekettle: Monday morning. Get up to usual pain. Hot shower. Play with dogs while espresso machine warms up. Stumble out to the offic…
- Mon, 10:08: RT @yashar: Just seeing this @BillNye video and I am thoroughly deceased 😂 https://t.co/RC4PAzhFsJ
- Mon, 10:09: RT @NormOrnstein: The links between Deutsche Bank, Justice Anthony Kennedy and his son, and Donald Trump, along with Brett Kavanaugh, need…
- Mon, 10:10: RT @Stonekettle: Fondly remembering three years ago when I said: show up and vote... ...and Progressive Twitter screamed, fuck you, man! I…
- Mon, 10:11: RT @SeidmanLea: YOU GUYS STAR VS THE FORCES OF EVIL ended today and I’m HAPPY and SAD. It was so gorgeous and funny and sweet and sinister…
- Mon, 10:11: RT @SeidmanLea: You can 100% GFY, @animecentral. So many cons being run like this is why I stopped attending most cons years ago. Always to…
- Mon, 10:12: Peeps, this happens within earshot of me? Nobody is packing up shit. Guess what happens next. #NoYouMove… https://t.co/e9fFmSp8ot
- Mon, 10:13: RT @blushsprout: Since the con is over now — here is the original tweet that the head of Acen’s Artist Alley told me to delete: https://t.c…
- Mon, 10:13: RT @blushsprout: A post that the head made last night, and my response. As of 5am this morning, the head has also contacted me privately to…
- Mon, 10:13: RT @KeithOlbermann: MERLE’S EXUBERANCE WAS TOO MUCH FOR HER HUMAN, SO SHE DIES TUESDAY. She’s the black dog in the video, loving life, read…
- Mon, 10:14: RT @m0thmana: The sun finally came out for a second, so here's a better look at the actual color-changing effect on my monster hunter cospl…
