Mary Hollis CNM Midwifery Service

09/23/2024

09/16/2024

The biggest thing happening on our planet: The Earth is continuing to heat dramatically.

The 2nd biggest thing: Finally renewable energy seems to be reaching some a takeoff point.

The third biggest thing: the 2024 presidential election, which may determine how high the temperature goes and how fast we turn to clean power.

Can Trump reverse the tide towards renewable energy? No, not entirely—it’s too strong, based on the ever-falling cost of sun, wind and batteries. But he can slow it down considerably. America’s buildout of renewables is dependent, among other things, on overcoming the bewildering array of permitting requirements that make every transmission line a harrowing bureaucratic battle.

If a Trump administration was merely going to be a four-year interregnum, it would be annoying. But it comes at precisely the moment when we need, desperately, acceleration.

Bill McKibben reports at the link below: https://bit.ly/3XHVutX
📸: Mother Jones illustration; Patrick Semansky/AP; Unsplash

07/24/2024

Eric and Don Jr. are pushing a narrative that threat experts warn is dangerous.

07/24/2024

"This is a win for democracy."

07/10/2024

Republicans' nod to enshrining "fetal personhood" paves the way for a national abortion ban.

07/08/2024

Just a reminder: Project 2025 is an out-in-the-open scheme to steer the US toward far-right autocracy.

In case you never heard of it, here's a rundown:

Dozens of conservative outfits—led by the Heritage Foundation—have banded together to produce what they call Project 2025, which has released a 1,000-page report, Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, which provides a blueprint for a wannabe-White-House-autocrat.

Their proposals include removing protections for federal employees so perhaps as many as 50,000 could be fired and replaced with Trump (or Republican) loyalists.

This would be done under the banner of annihilating the supposed “deep state” bureaucracy and smashing the “administrative state.”

This would destroy the civil service, booting out of federal agencies employees with expertise and experience and replacing them with political hacks. We’re talking about EPA lawyers who might inform a White House that its proposal to sell oil leases off environmentally sensitive coastlands would violate the law.

There’s much more in Project 2025 than eviscerating the civil service. It'll also do the following:

-Ban and criminalize the use and sale of abortion pills
-Roll back enviornmental regulations
-Reverse actions to address climate change
-Abolish the Pentagon's diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

And so. Much. More.

breaks down this impending risk of authoritarianism below: https://bit.ly/3WdiHDS
📸: Charlie Neibergall/AP

05/04/2023

“So this happened in Montana. I'm on my way to go to my interview this morning when I get pulled over by a police officer.

I am native American and my friend that was with me is black. Just saying.

Both brake lights decided to go out this time.

As he walked to the car and I was pulling out my stuff, he quickly said,

"Don't worry about pulling anything out. I just want you to know that your brake lights are out."

So I'm immediately upset, because I just got them replaced like last month.

So I explained to him how Firestone wants to charge me $600 just to run a test on the wiring of the car.

He looked at me like 😨 and told me to pop the trunk.

He checked the lights in the trunk and tapped them, but they didn't come on.

So he told me to pop the hood to check the relay box then asked me to get out to check the other one.

Then worked on the wiring under the dash.

He could've easily given me a ticket, but Officer Jenkins stepped out of officer role, and into mechanic role, and human role to make sure I was straight.

By the way HE FIXED THEM."

09/11/2022

11/14/2021

I noticed more people viewing this page but I closed my independent practice 7 years ago. If you wish to contact me, you can text me on my main fb page at Mary Hollis. I check messages once a day.

03/14/2021

Looking for me? PM me at Mary Hollis page. No longer working at UPMC Horizon.

04/06/2019

Hello all!
Still at UPMC Horizon
Delivering babies!!!
I miss my own office but I missed this more...

10/15/2018

Job is filled. Thank you to all who applied!

08/09/2018

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