Texas’s total abortion ban is associated with an increase in bleeding related severe morbidity among people experiencing pregnancy loss. My coauthors and I analyzed data from all hospitals in Texas from 2017-2023. Read more here: doi.org/10.2105/AJPH...

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American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

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As an Iranian American, it feels like I need to help explain something: A friend recently expressed confusion as to why those in the Iranian diaspora (liked myself), who hate the regime, would be opposed to the attacks on Iran. I’ll try to explain my thoughts/feelings. 🧵

God my absolute heart is with the people of Iran, who’ve fought so steadfastly for their own liberation, and are getting fucked half a dozen ways by a whole pantheon of geriatric war criminals while being told they should be grateful for it

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

Hit the streets tomorrow. Be nonviolent. Be joyfully defiant. Be defiantly joyful. Ridicule him. Condemn fascism. Oppose I.C.E. Affirm diversity. Embody America. Love your neighbor. Refuse to be intimidated. Be safe. Be loud. Be encouraged. #NoKingsDay

I am so sick of seeing people respond to anti-war posts with "so you want Iran to have nuclear weapons?" Believe it or not, there are lots of ways to prevent nuclear proliferation that don't include starting wars. The choices are not limited to "bomb residential buildings" or "nuclear armageddon."

The racist calls by those on the far-right for a “ban on third-world immigration” is grotesquely bigoted & a part of the project to gut the gains of the Civil Rights Movement. The 1965 Immigration & Nationality Act ended explicit racism in U.S. immigration policy. www.lbjlibrary.org/news-and-pre...

I just have to say for those of you not in LA that in the days before the horrible raids started, there was no crisis or whatever they would let you believe. It wasn't like something was escalating out of control and somebody had to step in. THEY are creating the problems.

People in Los Angeles rising up against ICE.

It’s not the rhetoric. It’s that ICE is causing irreparable harm and acting with impunity and people can see that. When you act like fascists, people are going to treat you like fascists.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · last yr.

Do not stop.

Horrific murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in the middle of DC. This kind of violence is illegal, immoral, inexcusable and of course - if the chant of ‘free Palestine’ by the alleged shooter is true - solves nothing and helps zero Palestinians.

Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum

Police said a suspect was in custody after the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum

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Utterly vile and a profound betrayal to the 9,000 Afghans living in the US who had been protected from deportation. In a statement as cruel as it is absurd, Kristi Noem claimed that allowing Afghan nationals to stay temporarily in the U.S. is 'contrary to the national interest.'

Noem revokes temporary deportation protections for some Afghans in the U.S. • Wisconsin Examiner

About 9,000 Afghans living in the United States who had been protected from deportation will no longer be shielded as of mid-July.

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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!

Faculty members Goleen Samari, PhD, MPH, MA and Daniel Soto, EdD, MPH, are on a mission to provide the kind of group mentorship and community-building program that would have benefitted them as students. @goleensamari.bsky.social @keck.usc.edu @rnbluthenthal.bsky.social keck.usc.edu/news/faculty...

Faculty bring first-of-its-kind mentoring and community-building program to USC

Related News Shubha Kumar to serve as Associate Vice Provost for Online Education December 13, 2023 Earth Day 2023: Integrating Innovative Climate Education into Curriculum April 25, 2023 The Departme...

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Steve Kerr’s father was president of the University of Beirut and was murdered by extremists. Almost no one better to speak on our political moment.

Ben Ross@benross.bsky.social · last yr.

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

To go further, it's not possible to square pronatalism with reproductive justice

Kelsey Atherton@atherton.bsky.social · last yr.

the left was absent at the "pro-natalism conference" because pro natalism without reproductive justice and work against state violence is just the soft gentle foyer of a eugenics conference full of nazis

This is why you never capitulate. This would be the end of Columbia university. It would be a testing ground for the direct fascist takeover of private universities by a dictator. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Dr. Diana Bianchi, director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, was fired this morning at 10AM EDT. Part of the NIH “reorg” (whatever that means)? Or the start of an NIH leadership bloodbath. Guess we will find out.

NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Columbia isn't getting that $400 million back. To the surprise of everyone who has ever dealt with a middle school bully, or watched a movie about one...

They are not playing 3-dimensional chess. They pulled the rug out from under their fellow Democrats from progressives to the Blue Dogs and showed the GOP their willingness to capitulate. 1/

This letter, written to cater to the interest of a foreign, Israeli, state, goes against every shred of academic integrity, imposing dictatorial process & adopting a false definition of antisemitism & practically shuttering Middle East studies dept. And there’s no doubt Columbia will comply. 1/

Our editorial board is committed to these principles & will continue to publish high-quality manuscripts that reflect the most current scientific ideas & language, regardless of if they appear on banned lists or other edicts that are incongruent w/academic freedom www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

What Health Equity Journal Stands For | Health Equity

Health Equity

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“Whether one is concerned about democracy, how scientific research can continue to position the U.S. as a global leader, how to solve global issues such as disease and climate change, or how to maintain a competitive edge with other nations…we need our universities.” @theatlantic.com

Academia Needs to Stick Up for Itself

American higher education would be in a much stronger position today if it had made a proactive case to the public for its own importance—and taken steps to address its very real shortcomings.

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This story was already terrifying and this is also a reproductive justice issue. People have a right to parent and raise their family in safe environments, free from state violence and oppression.

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · last yr.

Violently and illegally taking Mahmoud Khalil away from his wife when she is eight months pregnant so that she is alone and he can’t be there for the birth of their child is so evil and tragic. I hope they are reunited before then

Horrific and so damaging for generations of research.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last yr.

I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia. This is quite damaging to research and to individuals. This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...

Heartbreaking to see announcements of major layoffs at most research organizations that have played a vital role in supporting federal statistics for education and developing high-quality evidence about what policies/practices actually work. Below are just a few examples from my LinkedIn feed.

They adopted a posture of total submission and it bought them precisely nothing. A lesson for the Trump era www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

The Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University.

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JUST IN: The Census Bureau's #2030Census Advisory Committee has been terminated by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who oversees the bureau, Arturo Vargas, the committee's chair, confirms to @npr.org. I've reached out to the press offices of the bureau and the Commerce Department for comment...