First (and heavy handed) police charges. via @LucAuffret

This is NOT crowd control. Firing tear gas into a dense crowd with most exits blocked.

According to the legal action team Collectif d'action judicaire that is assisting detained kids : “Police practices are not adapted to account for their status as minors.”. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child prohibits arbitrary detention and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (Art 37).

Arbitrarily detained students report brutality and sexualised threats from police officers, including threats to “fuck” them and being called “sluts”. Accounts describe physical violence including strangulation, intimidation and humiliation in police custody.

Protests have been met with unprecedented police brutality & mass detention: 1,949 on the 1st October, 90% minors. This exceeds daily arrest peaks during May 1968, Yellow Vests & 2005 & 2023. 215 injured kids. 15-year-old lost a hand; another an eye to a and another suffered a fractured jaw.

Samuel Hayat @samuelhayat.bsky.social · 7d ago

On me demande les sources. 1949 pour le 1er octobre 2026, source ministère. Pour la série, je l'avais collectée pour verifier que le pic d'arrestations des GJ le 8 décembre 2018 (1750 interpells) dépassait la plus grosse journée de mai-juin 68. C'était le record, et il n'a pas été dépassé en 2023.

At a student protest in Paris and wow there are a lot of cops. Appreciating this medical professional’s solidarity:

“They’re 16 years old and [the cops] are breaking their jaws” — Beating children who want to learn. C’est ça, la macronie.

Mediapart@mediapart.fr · 5d ago

🗣️ « Ils ont seize ans et on leur brise la mâchoire » : 1200 soutiens au mouvement lycéen Une tribune à retrouver dans Le Club de Mediapart 👉‍ https://l.mediapart.fr/Mzf

Such terrible crimes committed by those sworn to uphold the law. #NoAmnesty

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · last wk.

"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

Refer to “vulnerable populations” ... Do not say “people whose lives are shortened by deliberate policy choices that protect the power and privilege of other groups”. Blazing new commentary from @aaroncckoay.bsky.social @thewrittenro.bsky.social et al. Read now: journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

How (not) to write about health equity

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A periodic reminder that the US is the only UN member that is *not* a signatory to the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child

I Scare You Like Sound Dog@chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3w ago

“You see these children? These children perished under bombs with weapons used by the United States and Israel,” Pezeshkian said. “They were innocent, had committed no crimes.”

Avec la légalisation du suicide assisté et de l'euthanasie, on accepte collectivement de voir mourir des gens au lieu d'agir sur les causes structurelles de leurs souffrances. Les deux derniers exemples belges médiatisés sont édifiants.

You think you love knowledge? Get ready to feel humbled.

elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 4w ago

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

@aphrc.bsky.social with the Science for Africa Foundation and GSMA, invites African scholars & researchers to submit abstracts for the 3rd Africa Health and Development Annual Research Symposium.

Great sign 🪧 for a climate protest

Libération@liberation.fr · 4w ago

Entre pouvoir d’achat et climat, des mobilisations tous azimuts en France ce mardi ➡️ https://l.liberation.fr/G1u

"Women and Global South respondents emphasized normative goals: equity, justice, and structural reform.... In contrast, men and Global North respondents often framed success through processes: institutional innovation, efficiency, and procedural legitimacy." academic.oup.com/heapol/advan...

What is success in global health diplomacy? A qualitative analysis of gendered and global perspectives on success and failure

Abstract. Global health diplomacy is central to shaping the international response to health challenges, yet what counts as “success” or “failure” remains

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Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

May her cup runneth over (but also we need to tax her too)

Uplifting News@upliftingnews.bsky.social · 4w ago

A $50 million gift will fund Native student scholarships for the next five years and create a permanent endowment to support Indigenous students for generations.

Un rappel aux politiques de tous bords, sans mémoire : depuis une première tentative en 1939 (décret-loi Marchandeau abrogé par Vichy) et définitivement depuis 1972 (loi du 1er juillet 1972, dite "Loi Pleven"), le racisme n'est pas une opinion comme les autres : c'est un délit.

We love to see it 😍

Jane@localnotail.bsky.social · 4w ago

🔥 Hot welcome for Trump in Ireland 🔥 🫡🇮🇪

Holy shit, somehow I missed this (h/t @arrianna-planey.bsky.social). The attack on USians’ health is so sweeping and direct - are these people reporting to Death himself?

Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:

Great post on #sugartax in #Germany #healthaxes habibbenzian.substack.com/p/what-took-...

What Took Germany So Long?

How Germany turned voluntary action into a decade of delay on sugar regulation

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Possibly the most American news of all time

Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt

Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.

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@aphrc.bsky.social is still hiring 📢📢📢📌📌 #Ikokazi #Ikokazike #IamAPHRC 1. TERMS OF REFERENCE – CONSULTANCY FOR FLAGSHIP REPORT OF AFRICA HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM (AHDARS) Deadline: TODAY !! Check out the link for more details aphrc.org/career/terms...

Come study with us! If you are a domestic Australian student interested in policy responses to harmful industries we would love to hear from you ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Yes. I feel the same. I have experienced this all my life but this is a dangerous new level. The mass violence being directed against people who look like us at Europe‘s borders will soon come inland. It’s only a matter of time.

Birol Akkuş@akkusb.eurosky.social · 2mo ago

I was born and raised in the Netherlands, of Turkish descent, and have experienced discrimination and racism all of my life. But in the last years, people are definitely emboldened to express their contempt towards me more openly. The rise of fascism is abstract only to cis-hetero White Europeans

In LA, a 3 year old tries to cope after his Papi was taken by ICE. Young children separated from their parents after immigration raids are experiencing depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. lapublicpress.org/2026/08/la-i...

In LA, a 3 year old tries to cope after his Papi was taken by ICE

Young children separated from their parents after immigration raids are experiencing depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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regular reminder that most of the millions of projected deaths from USAID's destruction HAVE NOT HAPPENED YET—which means they can still be prevented. but this is only possible if we demand that democrats prioritize it once in power. it is a moral imperative that we actually act on these numbers

The Author, Séamas O'Reilly@seamas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.

New research by Kathrin Zangerl and colleagues: "Putting children at the heart of climate change adaptation policies via Allyship, Bias Recognition and Child Centeredness: A global qualitative interview study" journals.plos.org/climate/arti... @sarahdlish.bsky.social @ilankelman.bsky.social

Putting children at the heart of climate change adaptation policies via Allyship, Bias Recognition and Child Centeredness: A global qualitative interview study

Human-induced climate change significantly impacts human health, with children being particularly susceptible to its impacts. National Adaptation Plans serve as the main framework for countries to est...

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