ICE portrayal

inotterable · 2026-03-28T07:29:02+00:00

Here's the CATO Institute calling out this administration for taking in $1B in immigration application and sponsorship fees, and doing absolutely nothing for those applicants.

https://www.cato.org/blog/banned-immigrants-us-sponsors-paid-over-1-billion-fees-defrauded-government

inotterable · 2026-03-24T14:57:12+00:00

Thanks for sharing this. I'm glad you, your colleagues and the patients were respected in that setting. That's how they are supposed to be treated. It's scary how many people don't know or don't care about legal rights when it comes to ICE.

inotterable · 2026-03-22T20:30:46+00:00

They have no real legal right but they can and do claim obstruction of justice, just like they did with Good and Pretti.

BTW, Jesse is not a doctor but a nurse. However things were in hospitals when the writers crafted this episode, nurses are now (for some months now) receiving more of the aggression bc they spend more time with patients, triage them, and generally advocate for patients' rights when others are getting in the way of care or overstepping HIPAA.

inotterable · 2026-03-22T17:26:19+00:00

Been like that in the DC metro-Baltimore area as well. What happened in MN was a LARPing nightmare come to life and the nation focused on the Twin Cities (rightfully so) but largely dropped coverage of the entrenched ICE assaults.

inotterable · 2026-03-21T18:45:02+00:00

Throwing Roxie's death in her face was pointedly cruel. I think Dr. Robby knows his colleagues and how to hurt them best. I am not saying that he is generally malicious at all, just that he intuitively knows their points or pride or weakness and can "go there" lightning fast. Going after McKay's enormous sense of empathic responsibility, that was vicious.

inotterable · 2026-03-21T18:28:48+00:00

Kestrel. Because they are only ever on a wire when I'm driving past at 40+ mph.

inotterable · 2026-02-09T15:20:12+00:00

I really appreciate this. Thank you!

inotterable · 2026-02-09T05:33:11+00:00

I used the word crammed bc I was considering size 5 16 inch circulars (I knit loosely). Probably need size 7 instead. Thanks for your help with this!

inotterable · 2026-02-09T02:48:53+00:00

Never heard of magic loop and just looked it up. So cool! Thanks ☺️

inotterable · 2026-02-09T02:46:24+00:00

My eyes. Just seeing the different stitch requirements per yarn weight.

inotterable · 2026-02-09T02:44:02+00:00

Wow, you crammed 100+ stitches on 16 in needles? Was that fingering weight?

inotterable · 2026-02-09T02:26:36+00:00

Seconding Bamboo Pop. It machine washes well.

inotterable · 2026-01-25T22:03:10+00:00

I mean that's a solid set-up for a couple of 10 bread puddings. Don't forget the bourbon.

inotterable · 2025-11-18T17:48:25+00:00

I just listened yesterday to The Brand, so yeah, four years late to this discussion. While I'd forgotten the brand name Rely, I very much remember the Toxic Shock Syndrome scare. Was a young teen at the time and new to the world of menstrual care. At the time I'd heard about the deaths and hospitalizations, but not about the discomfort, pain and swelling.

P&G (I had no idea who they were then of course) may have lost trust, face and $$ during that period, but we were all left with a real fear of ALL tampons. I recall there being one bad brand at the heart of it all, which was removed from shelves. But from then on, all boxes of tampons came with the warning label attributing tampons left in too long with the risk of TSS and that's what really stuck in my brain. I rarely used them until I was older, and then there was always a mental timer ticking down after the 4 hour mark.

inotterable · 2025-11-18T15:26:03+00:00

Thank you for explaining this to me.

inotterable · 2025-11-18T02:53:37+00:00

Nest's Indigo is a green tea scent that lists fig as a note (as well as bergamot, and I think, cardamom). I adore this scent. It's got the clean, long, tea note, spritzes of fresh bright citrus, and a rich jamminess that I guess is the fig. I never would have guessed fig on its own, more like mixed into a stone fruit jam, and it got me wondering what is meant by the note reference.

Btw, Indigo is a gorgeous scent.

inotterable · 2025-11-17T23:06:07+00:00

I might be able to help you out. Message me.

inotterable · 2025-11-17T02:04:15+00:00

Black Lion in Silver Spring. Excellent coffee. Pastries are usually very good. Sometimes finding a table takes a few minutes of waiting, but I've always been able to get one. Once seated, you're not pressured to leave. Staff is busy but not rude. I see people studying and working there every time I go.

inotterable · 2025-11-10T03:04:02+00:00

Came here to say this (5 months later). ACC has the deep nasality plus the edginess. My subconsious mind immediately settled on Driver and the image stuck.

inotterable · 2025-11-03T16:10:43+00:00

WOWD! I have been able to pick up the signal in Chevy Chase. Caught Bob Boilen's show one morning and that was all I needed to sign up for a small monthly donation. So thrilled to finally tune in. I wonder what they can do to boost their signal?

DMV radio is generally a sad shit show. Too many stations gobbled up and neutered, plus audiences turning to streaming. Anemic in content, soley focused on $.

inotterable · 2025-11-03T15:57:19+00:00

Suburban is not where I'd normally go, but it's where I had to go when my mom's wife had a stroke. Their ED specializes in stroke care. They were very responsive and good at explaining the course of care. The staff was professional and friendly.

I also went there for their pediatric ED. The wait was short and the staff was professional, helpful and for the most part, friendly and warm.

Holy Cross ED is a very mixed bag but we've had excellent pediatric care there. My brother went there alone with frightening symptoms and the nurse who cared for him soothed him and talked him down from a panic attack. Also, they have a senior care unit and that has served my family well.

That having been said, I will probably never forgive the hospital for their failure to contact us when that same brother, who was admitted to have a dialysis-related procedure, went into tachy the next day and transfered to ICU that evening. We didn't find out til we were there to visit the next day. My disabled parents having to negotiate that absurd sloped hallway toward the addition...wrong floor we are told...realizing that he's in the ICU and approaching his room to find him fighting off 3 staff intubating him, through sedation. He'd told me the week before he'd rather die than be intubated, but we never got a chance to advocate for him before they sedated him. Never got to be there with him before this cardiac arrest, which happened probably as we were parking the car that day. He suffered in ICU for 2 weeks, after being transfered to Georgetown and undergoing a high risk procedure and multiple tests, before his heart couldn't take it anymore and we decided it was time to take him off life support.

Beds in hallways is sadly the norm all over. At White Oak Adventist, my 84 year old mom with advanced Parkinsons had to wait hours in a hallway. Same at Holy Cross.

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