Lover of all animals. Nature admirer. Elderly advocate. Bookworm. Sarcastic & compassionate. Music lover. Fierce Mama bear. #WeNotMe #COVIDISAIRBORNEhttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3mtwhhovzfk2tDolly Parton has died https://people.com/dolly-parton-dead-756585325 Aug 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwhhovzfk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3mtkc5pscjs2sIn case anyone missed my post, If you need to stock up on readimasks, you can use the code MeetJess20 for 20% off !! If you haven’t tried these masks yet, I love them. readimask.com [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkc5pscjs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3mtd3h57p7k2aI genuinely LOVE my Readimasks and use them for things like scans, the dentist, and my hair appointments. They make these situations so much easier for me💛 If you’ve been meaning to try them, or already do, use MeetJess20 for 20% off! (I earn a small commission from sales) readimask.com https://readimask.com/18 Aug 2026 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtd3h57p7k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3mloe5a4jy22mParents spent years begging for cleaner air, safer schools, & basic protections. They were told children would be fine. Systems are scrambling over hantavirus exposure in kids. The message feels painfully clear Children were always worth protecting. Society just chose not to12 May 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloe5a4jy22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3ml4725xnw22uMet Gala 2026: Cardi B Has Fever, Reveals She's Sick "You wanna know a secret?" Cardi told reporters outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “I'm actually sick and I have a fever." Of course .. nothing says high fashion like viral transmission … https://www.eonline.com/news/1431643/met-gala-2026-cardi-b-has-fever-reveals-shes-sick05 May 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4725xnw22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3mkcxod6os22pI had to spend an afternoon at the children’s hospital A little boy, IV in hand, walking out of oncology in an N95. His parents behind him, unmasked. Something about that moment I can’t shake—the smallest person in the room holding the most responsibility for his own safety.25 Apr 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcxod6os22phttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3m3kue7hslc2uLooking to connect with a Canadian health reporter. Several provinces, are no longer offering the COVID vaccine to kids under 12. This decision needs public attention. DM if you're interested in covering the story. #cdnpoli #covid19 #healthnews19 Oct 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3kue7hslc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lsgrukr44k2zLet’s stop pretending this is just about “comfort” or “personal choice.” Masks aren’t about fear. They’re about duty of care. They’re about science. They’re about respect for life.25 Jun 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsgrukr44k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3ls63omgpmc2gLiving in 2025 is just scrolling through apocalyptic headlines in between emails that say “hope this finds you well.”22 Jun 2025 03:08 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls63omgpmc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lrmg4kj4b22oSelf-care is hard when the world is in collapse and your brain is like “should we spiral or just doomscroll with snacks?”15 Jun 2025 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrmg4kj4b22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lovceu4e5k2nTo the mothers who are no longer with us, the soon-to-be mothers, the mothers with babies up in heaven, the step-moms, the chosen moms, the moms who adopt, who foster, who surrogate, the women yearning to be moms, the women in mother roles, even the fur moms Happy Mother’s Day 💝11 May 2025 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lovceu4e5k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3loroo23ovk2wThis Mother’s Day, I’m thinking about the moms who’ve carried more than most people will ever understand 🧵10 May 2025 00:28 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3loroo23ovk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3loo6o6sdik27Measles. Is. Back. A disease we had basically eradicated in the U.S. is now spreading in schools, hospitals, and communities. Why? Because misinformation kills. 🧵08 May 2025 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3loo6o6sdik27https://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lomk4miph227We’re not “hanging on by a thread.” We’re hanging on by a nerve. Exposed. Raw. Snapping under the weight of a world that’s pretending it isn’t dying 🧵07 May 2025 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lomk4miph227https://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lodqpl23g22wIt’s exhausting, being the strong one. The one who still cares. Still masks. Still warns. Still grieves. But hear this: You’re not alone. There’s an invisible army of the aware. Quiet, compassionate, masked-up warriors choosing truth over convenience04 May 2025 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lodqpl23g22whttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lockdownas2s🧵 A Day in the Life (The Parent Who Knows the Pandemic Never Ended). Voiceover.04 May 2025 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lockdownas2shttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lo6hosoldc2zRepeat COVID Infections & Dementia A time bomb no one wants to talk about 🧵02 May 2025 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo6hosoldc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lo2wqspnqs2pTrying your best as a parent in a world like this is like walking a tightrope with no safety net. You love them so fiercely, but the world is a storm, & no matter how hard you try to shield them, it’s still coming for them. But you keep going. You keep trying. It’s all you can do30 Apr 2025 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo2wqspnqs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lnxet4zpds22Fascism doesn’t win by convincing everyone. It wins by exhausting you. By making decency seem radical. By making resistance seem futile. By normalizing the absurd until you forget how bad it really is. Fascism has no place in a just world. Not now. Not ever.29 Apr 2025 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnxet4zpds22https://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lnuysgamvk2qYour immune system isn't a Tamagotchi that dies if you don't play with it. "Immunity debt" is a marketing term to make you blame yourself instead of bad policy. Getting sick constantly isn't normal — it’s a public health failure.28 Apr 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnuysgamvk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lntfuzpdss2kSending kids into poorly ventilated schools and acting shocked when they get sick is like tossing them in a pool and being surprised they’re wet.27 Apr 2025 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lntfuzpdss2khttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lnqumy7omk2cEvery year, tens of thousands of people go to the hospital for help — and end up catching infections that cost them their lives. We have the tools that could stop so much of that pain and loss. It's time to talk about why we need permanent mask mandates in healthcare 🧵26 Apr 2025 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqumy7omk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lndpbsszuk2n2025 is basically a zombie apocalypse, but the zombies are us, and instead of brains, we’re after the last bit of sanity. #EndOfTheWorldIsNow #StayWeird21 Apr 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndpbsszuk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lncunvakfk2cPope Francis dies aged 88 His death comes a day after he appeared in St Peter's Square to wish "Happy Easter" to thousands of worshippers https://www.bbc.com/news/live/crknlnzlrzdt21 Apr 2025 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lncunvakfk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lnax5fcn6s25Happy Easter from those of us holding society together with respirators, filtered air, caffeine, and emotional duct tape. 🐰🩷🐰🩷20 Apr 2025 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnax5fcn6s25https://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lmzagojyyc2dFascism doesn't arrive waving a flag. It shows up when we're too tired, too distracted, and too flooded to fight back. A 🧵 about the climate crisis and the authoritarian creep:17 Apr 2025 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzagojyyc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lmxxogdhws2uIt’s hard to grieve what hasn’t died. Friendships. Trust. Normalcy. They’re still there—just not the same. That’s called ambiguous loss. And it’s everywhere now. A quick thread 🧵17 Apr 2025 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmxxogdhws2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lmv72pfbjk2kThey told me parenting would be hard. They didn’t say I’d be managing airborne transmission, collapsed institutions, and mass delusion before my morning coffee. A 🧵 for the last parents standing:15 Apr 2025 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmv72pfbjk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lmu4i2q43s2jLong COVID is real. It’s common. It’s disabling millions. And no one talks about it—because if we looked too closely, we’d have to change So instead, we decided: Let people get sick. Let kids struggle. Let the vulnerable disappear. Let the numbers stop counting.15 Apr 2025 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmu4i2q43s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/meetjess.bsky.social/post/3lmt2nympbs2uStill masking in 2025? Absolutely. Because unlike “good vibes,” N95s actually filter viruses. A quick 🧵 on why I haven’t retired my mask (and neither should you)15 Apr 2025 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:5k55azqjbawdevmtkilwocp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmt2nympbs2u