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Challiss McDonough

@challiss-m.bsky.social

Advocate. Recovering humanitarian. Ex-journalist. Runner. Hiker.

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Challiss McDonough@challiss-m.bsky.social · last yr.

Absolutely irate at NYT story that includes this quote, does NOT explain what a Gleason score or grade group means, but DOES include 3 grafs of irrelevant BS about the Democratic Party. I get that breaking news is hard but this is basic journalism, and the AP story includes that info. Inexcusable.

Text screenshot: The diagnosis came after Mr Biden reported urinary symptoms, which led doctors there find a “small nodule” on his prostate. Mr Biden’s cancer is “characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,” the statement said.
Sumita Pahwa@sumitapahwa.bsky.social · last yr.

Coups are unstable initially, till they consolidate their institutions. There's an opportunity here - public opinion and judicial pushback can still make a difference. Stand behind federal employees, protest, ensure Congress uses every bit of their remaining power to check the executive. /4

Challiss McDonough@challiss-m.bsky.social · last yr.

I have spent a lot of time in authoritarian states and dictatorships. They all had elections. They all had legislatures. It isn’t institutions or elections they make a democracy, it’s accountability.

Sumita Pahwa@sumitapahwa.bsky.social · last yr.

Chaps. You don't have to nitpick about the coup/not-a-coup definition. In competitive authoritarian systems, you have elections that don't produce a change of government, legislatures that make marginal, busywork laws to uphold a predetermined policy agenda, a judiciary that punishes any dissent../1

Anjali Dayal@anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 2y ago

reasonable people can quibble about how USAID does some of this, but that’s not what’s on the table—the question on the table is stark: do we want the might of the US state to provide people w/aid & assistance, or do we just want it to crush people? Do we want to protect the people who provide aid?

Dr. Rachel Schine@rachelschine.bsky.social · 2y ago

USAID is, frankly, one of the few arms of the government that does actually, unadulteratedly good things for the world (and with decent efficiency, given that that’s the notional concern). Not a coincidence that they’re the primary target here.

Sumita Pahwa@sumitapahwa.bsky.social · 2y ago

I have lived through a military coup: watched tanks roll down the street, distracted my toddler from them, dealt with curfew, had to make urgent calls while hearing gunshots in the distance. Immediate threats of violence matter, but don't define coups. The illegal takeover of executive power does.

Laura Seay@texasinafrica.bsky.social · 2y ago

Seeing folks talking about mailing used clothing to Los Angeles. Please do not do this unless you are responding to a specific request from a reputable relief organization.* Otherwise, you contribute to a second disaster. You'll do more good by donating the money you would have spent on shipping.

Want to help after a disaster? Give cash, not clothing | Julia Brooks

Most of the stuff sent to disaster areas is inappropriate or useless. Get your wallet out instead so the professionals can buy what they need

theguardian.com