Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD
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Having to write these bios gives me a sense of existential dread. In other news, some people on other platforms think I occasionally have interesting things to say.
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
I know not everyone can keep up with all the grant terminations, but it’s important to know what we’re losing so I’ll try to compile them here.
First is a study on intimate partner violence with perinatal women (note: the #1 cause of death during pregnancy is homicide)
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
First is a study on intimate partner violence with perinatal women (note: the #1 cause of death during pregnancy is homicide)
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
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If you're going to shop this week, the best thing you can do for your community & workers is focus on small businesses, local shops, and independent artists. Hit up your Main Street. Order some great queer stories from @riptidepublishing.bsky.social or bath & body from healthy-plantet.square.site ;D
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM
If you're going to shop this week, the best thing you can do for your community & workers is focus on small businesses, local shops, and independent artists. Hit up your Main Street. Order some great queer stories from @riptidepublishing.bsky.social or bath & body from healthy-plantet.square.site ;D
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Hi, I'm a NY times bestseller and a multiple National Magazine Award-winning journalist.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Hi, I'm a NY times bestseller and a multiple National Magazine Award-winning journalist.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
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Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
I would guess an extremely high proportion of Americans who know who Dershowitz is despise him. Shows how out of touch Weiss is that she said the majority of Americans align with him.
I’m still thinking about Bari Weiss saying that Hasan Piker (extremely popular influencer) is less of a measure of where Americans are than Alan Dershowitz (extremely unpopular Epstein associate, his own neighbors won’t sell him a pierogi)
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I would guess an extremely high proportion of Americans who know who Dershowitz is despise him. Shows how out of touch Weiss is that she said the majority of Americans align with him.
I should have mentioned I was still on a limited-minutes phone plan bc that’s what we had in 2002. I would get notifications I was over minutes some months.
Sales rep had no idea what I was talking about. He also didn’t know how we texted before smartphones and thanked me for a history lesson 🤣
Sales rep had no idea what I was talking about. He also didn’t know how we texted before smartphones and thanked me for a history lesson 🤣
I am actually calling my phone company to switch my phone plan, a plan I’ve had since 2002. This is a recession indicator.
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I should have mentioned I was still on a limited-minutes phone plan bc that’s what we had in 2002. I would get notifications I was over minutes some months.
Sales rep had no idea what I was talking about. He also didn’t know how we texted before smartphones and thanked me for a history lesson 🤣
Sales rep had no idea what I was talking about. He also didn’t know how we texted before smartphones and thanked me for a history lesson 🤣
I am actually calling my phone company to switch my phone plan, a plan I’ve had since 2002. This is a recession indicator.
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I am actually calling my phone company to switch my phone plan, a plan I’ve had since 2002. This is a recession indicator.
As we all get bombarded with emails and texts about holiday sales, a reminder that there is a blackout happening from today through Monday. Pls consider at least not buying from major corporations during this time unless you think things are hunky dory.
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
As we all get bombarded with emails and texts about holiday sales, a reminder that there is a blackout happening from today through Monday. Pls consider at least not buying from major corporations during this time unless you think things are hunky dory.
@msroth.bsky.social is the only one of the university leaders in this conversation who sees this moment clearly and is willing to call it out. It does not bode well for us, as a society, that the other folks don’t seem to get it.
“I think this initiative has as much to do with scientific research as the early [antisemitism] initiative had to do with protecting Jews. This is an extortionist move to try to hold institutions that are heavily dependent on federal funding, as research institutions are, to have leverage over them.
Opinion | ‘We Lost Our Mission’: Three University Leaders on the Future of Higher Ed
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@msroth.bsky.social is the only one of the university leaders in this conversation who sees this moment clearly and is willing to call it out. It does not bode well for us, as a society, that the other folks don’t seem to get it.
When the author asks RFK Jr about his nicotine habit and use of tanning booths, both of which are health hazards, RFK Jr says people shouldn’t do what he does—they should just get in shape.
His team is out there blaming individuals for their health problems, but there’s no accountability for him.
His team is out there blaming individuals for their health problems, but there’s no accountability for him.
Icky? Way worse! He looks like Magda in There's Something About Mary, except that's REAL and not makeup! He's a waste of human skin whose death belongs in the front section of every newsmedia🤮
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
When the author asks RFK Jr about his nicotine habit and use of tanning booths, both of which are health hazards, RFK Jr says people shouldn’t do what he does—they should just get in shape.
His team is out there blaming individuals for their health problems, but there’s no accountability for him.
His team is out there blaming individuals for their health problems, but there’s no accountability for him.
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He was traveling from Oklahoma to DC, not even an international trip
The professor was detained on his way to an academic conference in Washington, D.C., according to the colleague.
ICE Detains University of Oklahoma Professor With H-1B Visa, Colleague Says
www.newsweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM
He was traveling from Oklahoma to DC, not even an international trip
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*Have* come to harm. I recently learned he was one of the HIV-AIDS denialists. His lies have probably cost hundreds if not thousands of lives.
This is an irresponsibly favorable profile of RFK Jr, painting him as a vaccine skeptic rather than what he is: fervently anti-vaccine. Whether the reporter caved to pressure from RFK Jr or is so ignorant of science he doesn’t understand how many will come to harm bc of him, this is shameful. +
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
*Have* come to harm. I recently learned he was one of the HIV-AIDS denialists. His lies have probably cost hundreds if not thousands of lives.
The real poverty line is around $140k for a family of four, but it’s perversely hard to get there:
“Every dollar you earn climbing from $40,000 to $100,000 triggers benefit losses that exceed your income gains. You are literally poorer for working harder.”
“Every dollar you earn climbing from $40,000 to $100,000 triggers benefit losses that exceed your income gains. You are literally poorer for working harder.”
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The real poverty line is around $140k for a family of four, but it’s perversely hard to get there:
“Every dollar you earn climbing from $40,000 to $100,000 triggers benefit losses that exceed your income gains. You are literally poorer for working harder.”
“Every dollar you earn climbing from $40,000 to $100,000 triggers benefit losses that exceed your income gains. You are literally poorer for working harder.”
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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Appreciate @nationalacademies.org speaking up about the RFK jr directed changes to CDC website and pointing out that the science cited did not include the greater context or full body of research. Where is the “radical transparency”?
National Academies - Statement on CDC’s Updated Vaccine Guidance
National Academies respond to CDC’s updated vaccine guidance, offering scientific context and clarity on vaccine safety.
www.nationalacademies.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Appreciate @nationalacademies.org speaking up about the RFK jr directed changes to CDC website and pointing out that the science cited did not include the greater context or full body of research. Where is the “radical transparency”?
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Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest survivor of The Tulsa Race Massacre passed away. Let’s honor her memory by remembering her story
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest survivor of The Tulsa Race Massacre passed away. Let’s honor her memory by remembering her story
He was traveling from Oklahoma to DC, not even an international trip
The professor was detained on his way to an academic conference in Washington, D.C., according to the colleague.
ICE Detains University of Oklahoma Professor With H-1B Visa, Colleague Says
www.newsweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM
He was traveling from Oklahoma to DC, not even an international trip
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Fletcher fought for greater recognition of one of the deadliest incidents of race violence in US history.
Viola Ford Fletcher, survivor of 1921 Tulsa Massacre, dies age 111
Fletcher fought for greater recognition of one of the deadliest incidents of race violence in US history.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Fletcher fought for greater recognition of one of the deadliest incidents of race violence in US history.
This is an irresponsibly favorable profile of RFK Jr, painting him as a vaccine skeptic rather than what he is: fervently anti-vaccine. Whether the reporter caved to pressure from RFK Jr or is so ignorant of science he doesn’t understand how many will come to harm bc of him, this is shameful. +
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This is an irresponsibly favorable profile of RFK Jr, painting him as a vaccine skeptic rather than what he is: fervently anti-vaccine. Whether the reporter caved to pressure from RFK Jr or is so ignorant of science he doesn’t understand how many will come to harm bc of him, this is shameful. +
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And now, the case against Letitia James is dismissed too, same rationale but minus the statute of limitations complication.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
And now, the case against Letitia James is dismissed too, same rationale but minus the statute of limitations complication.
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
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BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Hot off the press! Just got my copy of GLASS WALLS in paperback. Release date is Dec 11, along with audiobook format. Preorder here: amy-diehl.com/book
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Hot off the press! Just got my copy of GLASS WALLS in paperback. Release date is Dec 11, along with audiobook format. Preorder here: amy-diehl.com/book
Here is someone who sees her cousin, RFK Jr, clearly, even as she nears the end of her too-short life: “he was running for President as an Independent, but mostly as an embarrassment to me and the rest of my immediate family.”
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Here is someone who sees her cousin, RFK Jr, clearly, even as she nears the end of her too-short life: “he was running for President as an Independent, but mostly as an embarrassment to me and the rest of my immediate family.”
I’m perplexed by that woman who thinks the solution to young Jewish people seeing people in Gaza murdered every day is to take away cell phones, not for Israel to stop murdering people. It’s an astounding conclusion.
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I’m perplexed by that woman who thinks the solution to young Jewish people seeing people in Gaza murdered every day is to take away cell phones, not for Israel to stop murdering people. It’s an astounding conclusion.