A. M. Metivier @ammetivier.bsky.social

I write stories. I mash up genres but tend toward spec fic and lit fic with magical realism, fantasy, and alt history thrown in. Dark themes and dark humor. Will update when new stories get published.

It’s not rhetoric, but action that proves how different the two parties are. Can we PLEASE stop treating them as if they’re two sides of the same coin? It’s not only lazy, but dead wrong.

Leland Melvin @Astro_Flow has the distinction of being an amazing person, an astronaut, having the BEST NASA portrait with his dogs, AND being the first astronaut to serve with a disability. So YES, it HAS been done.

Did I happen to mention that I am currently working on a Covid ward... Yep, so glad that this Covid thing is "finished." Yet, every day is another new case... Not that anyone in DC cares, but hey @RepJahanaHayes @ChrisMurphyCT @SenBlumenthal @rosadelauro @POTUS @VP HCW vote too.

@cvspharmacy and @StopandShop both have made signing up for Covid vaccines as inconvenient + complicated as possible. Yet... the people who need it the most (the elderly) have only the option of using "the app" to make an appt bc they are so app-savvy. So glad Covid is "over."

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Over at the beautiful sky of blue, I got a follow from an 0nly F@ns celeb. I mean, thank you for the follow, but I really think you are barking up the wrong ace tree.

Oh, and that BS about how "men will just choose the best proctologist"--There are a lot of men who choose women PCPs and proctologists because of the same reasons above. Gynecological/proctological care is NOT equivalent to getting your hair done. This doc's misogyny is showing.

Half of all women in the US has experienced sexual violence + over a third has experienced rape or attempted rape (CDC stats). Most of this violence done by MEN. Any gynecologist should KNOW these stats + the trauma caused by it. If you DON'T KNOW, you aren't a "good" MD.

Yes, please.

Wow, the sky is really blue at blue sky. Just saying.

The whole thread.

I'm going over to that big blue sky of social media nd would love to follow you and have you follow me back. Same handle. Same-ish content.

My newest cartoon obsession is The Great North. A solid family who sincerely love each other living a simple complicated life with occasional yetis, herring, and dry 'nachos.'

You know what’s funny about the “teaching history makes white kids feel bad” argument? It assumes white children should only identify with the slaveholders of history & not the white abolitionists Reveals a lot about those arguing it 💀

My day has been saved by Murphy.

So the next time that you think "no one wants to work" or complain ceaselessly about the hospital/clinic/nursing facility/doc office "not having enough staff," ask yourself this question: Would you want to do this job for $17/hr? 11/11end

No one wants to do my job... for $17/hr. Every day, there are fewer and fewer experienced people who work in healthcare. They are retiring, exiting, and changing professions. Healthcare management expects to fill their positions paying only $17/hr (sometimes LESS)... 10/11

Soapbox Rant Thread (you have been warned) No one wants to do my job... for $17/hr. I work a full shift often without a break and usually without sitting down once ALL NIGHT LONG. I average 10K steps a night just working on one hallway... 1/11