"If you're baffled as to why they're murdering health workers in Gaza, it's because they are the people who will testify in court as to what has been done. They are killing the witnesses. Liam Cunningham

Gave some comments for this story in @science.org about a study in JAMA that shows a devastating decrease in NIH fellowships awarded to Black and Hispanic scientists. A lot of early career people are having their future meddled with. Some groups unequally... www.science.org/content/arti...

Study finds sharp decline in Black, Hispanic researchers receiving NIH funding

Drop in those receiving grants and fellowships in 2025 shows impact of Trump administration rollbacks to diversity initiatives

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All of this! AND especially this: The problem is not “medical mistrust”; it’s “institutional untrustworthiness.” If you’re someone who thinks about the health system and are striving towards justice in health and care, go give this a read!

Uché Blackstock, MD@ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In my new op-ed for @ms.now, I write about why the problem isn’t “medical mistrust.” It’s institutional untrustworthiness. From a 1960s NIH vaccine study involving Black infants to the Find A Black Doctor lawsuit, I explore why care where we feel seen is self-advocacy. www.ms.now/opinion/nih-...

Ugh among all the reasons I hate Elon Musk one is *purely* because the Nazi acquisition of Twitter meant I could no longer enjoy Black Twitter livetweeting the spelling bee for moments like this! youtu.be/LcbsXseV-xw?...

Viky Tanamala Stole The Show 🥹🐝

YouTube video by Scripps National Spelling Bee

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It will be no surprise to anyone that I enjoyed I Love Boosters.

I hate everything about this timeline.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 3mo ago

NEW: Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

If you are a medical worker looking to interrupt systems of criminalization, check out our Beyond Do No Harm network:

Beyond Do No Harm — Interrupting Criminalization

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Truthout@truthout.org · 3mo ago

Decades of anti-abortion stigma have paved the way for today’s wave of pregnancy criminalization, as states weaponize unrelated laws and even previously rejected bills to surveil and punish pregnant people.

“On average, these hospitals paid $15.7 million (SD, $46.1 million) for management consulting services, with each contract costing an average of $6.2 million (SD, $14.8 million). Management consulting contracts lasted an average of 1.4 years” Surely this is more useful than more staffing!

JAMA@jama.com · 3mo ago

US nonprofit hospitals spent $7.8 billion on management consultants from 2009 to 2023, but contracts were not associated with meaningful changes in finance, operations, or quality of care. ja.ma/48DfVO3

I was recently at an event where the speaker used the microphone, but the volume on the system was set such that only the front half of the audience could hear them clearly... I could barely hear anything, and it felt like a waste of time to attend!

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️@napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As someone who lost hearing in one ear for about a year and now has poor in that ear, I super appreciate anyone who uses a microphone.

I’m so scared for India. Where will all this hate and religious fundamentalism and violence end?

emergency need: my friend susan raffo, beloved minneapolis healing justice practitioner needs money for a queer Black woman & child trying to get out of an abusive situation today they need $2000 today, she’s only been able to find $100 venmo: @ziibiing

So fortunate to have my mom stay with me and give me cut-up fruit as I wrap up my last week of prep for my Step 2 medical licensing exam! 😭♥️ Truly cannot wait to be done…

I reported on how BIPOC LGBTQIA+ folx slip through the cracks as care for disordered eating remains grounded in white supremacy, settler-colonialism, etc. for which I interviewed Professor Sabrina Strings, Da’Shaun Harrison, Karen Washington, Patrilie Hernandez, etc: prismreports.org/2023/09/13/b...

BIPOC LGBTQIA+ communities deserve care for eating disorders

Activists, researchers, and theorists weigh in on this pressing issue

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We got rid of affirmative action so now Black kids have to define themselves by recounting personal trauma to signal that they are Black. overcast.fm/+AAHuusmwS-k

In college admission, trauma is shorthand for Blackness — Code Switch

At most elite colleges and universities, affirmative action is a thing of the past. But admissions offices are still interested in building racially diverse incoming classes — which can mean looking a...

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My best friend died an eminently preventable death after being ignored by doctors and nurses and accused of being a "seeker" (they had security toss her bags and throw out her medications). Turned out she had a pulmonary embolism.

Do something nice today if you can. I hope you make your goal, Ms. Edith!

Sudarshan Krishnamurthy, PhD@sudkrishnamurthy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

As someone who has had the chance to organize alongside Ms. Edith for 2 years, I can say with certainty that she shows up for everyone. She uses her car for multiple grocery runs a week so she can feed her neighbors! Please donate anything you can to help Ms. Edith and, by extension, Healy towers! 🫶🏽

As someone who has had the chance to organize alongside Ms. Edith for 2 years, I can say with certainty that she shows up for everyone. She uses her car for multiple grocery runs a week so she can feed her neighbors! Please donate anything you can to help Ms. Edith and, by extension, Healy towers! 🫶🏽

Matt Shields@mattbshields.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm hosting a fundraiser for an incredible community leader, Edith Chisholm: gofund.me/4095ab1ca. In addition to helping organize a powerful tenant union in her building, Edith collects grocery donations to help food insecure neighbors. She needs a new car. Please consider donating and share widely!

I'm hosting a fundraiser for an incredible community leader, Edith Chisholm: gofund.me/4095ab1ca. In addition to helping organize a powerful tenant union in her building, Edith collects grocery donations to help food insecure neighbors. She needs a new car. Please consider donating and share widely!

Donate to Help Ms. Edith Feed Her Neighbors!, organized by Matthew Shields

Ms. Edith Chisholm is a force of nature. She is one of the most inspiring leaders a… Matthew Shields needs your support for Help Ms. Edith Feed Her Neighbors!

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They were going to all of their appointments. And now their teachers, their peers at Burton Elementary, and Durham neighborhood are left missing them tremendously. Genesis, Denis and their parents were abducted without warning at a routine Charlotte immigration check-in on Monday.

choosing earth adriennemareebrown.net/2026/04/08/c...

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

The very obvious evil shit being done directly in our faces is part of my frustration with people committed to conspiracy theories.

Newsweek@newsweek.com · 4mo ago

Robot dogs, powered by AI, have been patrolling the streets, apartments, parking lots, and construction sites in Atlanta

As I sit through a night shift in the ED and watch the barrage of news alerts related to wars around the world come in, I certainly felt this part in my soul: "We are all dragging ourselves along, trying to keep up with whatever version of normalcy has been reconstructed each day."

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My latest. "The only place I know how to begin is here: We are at war, and I want it to stop."