Nassim Assefi
@nassefi.bsky.social
women's health/global health/human rights physician, novelist, creative content catalyst, TED(+MED)ster, single mama, Iranian-American, global nomad, feminist, thrillionaire; www.nassimassefi.com
This whistleblowing hero is a textbook political asylum case. Free Guan Heng! www.npr.org/2025/12/17/g...
December 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This whistleblowing hero is a textbook political asylum case. Free Guan Heng! www.npr.org/2025/12/17/g...
Want to help bring disenfranchised children some joy and skills? Join me in donating to the amazing Mini Mobile Circus for Kids, an organization I know up close from my days in Afghanistan. Just $15 gets them to qualify for DK govt funds: www.linkedin.com/posts/mmccgl...
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🔗 Please visit & share: https://lnkd.in/dchJjAWa
A $15 membership helps MMCC qualify to apply for government funding, multiplying the impact far beyond the individual contribution.
Today, MMCC support...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Want to help bring disenfranchised children some joy and skills? Join me in donating to the amazing Mini Mobile Circus for Kids, an organization I know up close from my days in Afghanistan. Just $15 gets them to qualify for DK govt funds: www.linkedin.com/posts/mmccgl...
I love how @erictopol.bsky.social has framed these advancements in autoimmune disease treatment as cancer's mirror biology. A bit dense for lay public, but well worth the read and powers of concentration needed: erictopol.substack.com/p/the-exhili...
The Exhilirating Movement From Treatment to Cures for Autoimmune Diseases
Exploiting Lessons from Cancer's Mirror Biology
erictopol.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I love how @erictopol.bsky.social has framed these advancements in autoimmune disease treatment as cancer's mirror biology. A bit dense for lay public, but well worth the read and powers of concentration needed: erictopol.substack.com/p/the-exhili...
There is no democracy without a free press. Join me in supporting critical unheard stories about women, the lives of migrants + repressive governments, etc--stories legacy media rarely covers. Author and journalist @faribanawa.bsky.social is one of the best in the field chuffed.org/project/onsp...
The “Sex for Residency” Scandal: Help us document sexual abuse survivors' fight for justice
He’s talking to a migrant woman – she argues with him, then stands still. The agent shoves her into a corner against the wall and sexually abuses her, knowing there’s a camera filming the abuse. The m...
chuffed.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
There is no democracy without a free press. Join me in supporting critical unheard stories about women, the lives of migrants + repressive governments, etc--stories legacy media rarely covers. Author and journalist @faribanawa.bsky.social is one of the best in the field chuffed.org/project/onsp...
Dear ICE, let this man go and allow his legal, political asylum case to proceed. He is a hero.
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Dear ICE, let this man go and allow his legal, political asylum case to proceed. He is a hero.
Loved this essay by Mackenzie Scott about her philanthropy, her humble origins, and her interconnectedness to all things: yieldgiving.com/essays/we-ar... (She's given over 7 billion to non-profits over the past year).
Yield Giving
Established by MacKenzie Scott to share a financial fortune created through the effort of countless people, Yield is named after a belief in adding value…
yieldgiving.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Loved this essay by Mackenzie Scott about her philanthropy, her humble origins, and her interconnectedness to all things: yieldgiving.com/essays/we-ar... (She's given over 7 billion to non-profits over the past year).
The @tignotaro.bsky.social is talented, hilarious and kind. One of the best things she's ever done is make this film: Come See Me in the Good Light, about the extraordinary life and love of poet Andrea Gibson. On Apple TV. Don't miss it! Life-affirming to the max. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Come See Me in the Good Light review – frank, funny and inspiring documentary tackles cancer
The Sundance award-winner, now landing on Apple TV+, is a remarkably unvarnished look at a couple dealing with a devastating diagnosis
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The @tignotaro.bsky.social is talented, hilarious and kind. One of the best things she's ever done is make this film: Come See Me in the Good Light, about the extraordinary life and love of poet Andrea Gibson. On Apple TV. Don't miss it! Life-affirming to the max. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
YASSSSS!!! Proud to be from WA state.
Congratulations to Girmay Zahilay, new King County Executive, and Katie Wilson, new Seattle Mayor, bringing fresh, youthful leadership to Washington State.
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
YASSSSS!!! Proud to be from WA state.
Huge loss. Such a privilege to know her and be on her board.
Sharon Camp, a public policy expert and advocate for women’s reproductive health who was known as the mother of Plan B, the emergency contraceptive pill, and who founded what was surely one of the world’s smallest pharmaceutical companies to bring it to market, died on Oct. 25 in Maryland.
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 83
An advocate for women’s reproductive health, she started one of the world’s smallest pharmaceutical companies to bring an emergency birth-control method to market.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Huge loss. Such a privilege to know her and be on her board.
Love the concept behind Ig Nobel Awards--laugh first, then think. Here's this year's winners. It turns out that being tipsy really does improve your foreign language fluency. www.popsci.com/science/ig-n...
The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes honor garlicky babies, drunk bats, and more
The annual awards celebrate achievements that make us ‘laugh then think.’
www.popsci.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Love the concept behind Ig Nobel Awards--laugh first, then think. Here's this year's winners. It turns out that being tipsy really does improve your foreign language fluency. www.popsci.com/science/ig-n...
As a polyglot, I find this to be an amazingly affirming study! Multilingualism linked to greater gray matter, cognitive potential, executive function, and increased healthspan! Thanks, @erictopol.bsky.social, for your always illuminating blog posts. erictopol.substack.com/p/multilingu...
Multilingualism and Extending Healthspan
Evidence for a new independent lifestyle factor linked to healthy aging
erictopol.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
As a polyglot, I find this to be an amazingly affirming study! Multilingualism linked to greater gray matter, cognitive potential, executive function, and increased healthspan! Thanks, @erictopol.bsky.social, for your always illuminating blog posts. erictopol.substack.com/p/multilingu...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Maybe dumping poop on voters from an airplane is not a surefire electoral strategy
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Maybe dumping poop on voters from an airplane is not a surefire electoral strategy
A seminal framework for thinking through Sexual and Reproductive Health Well-being from a former star med student of mine, Dr. Christine Dehlendorf (just elected to NAM!). This seems so obvious and yet it's paradigm-shifting. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2... cc @drjengunter.bsky.social
ajph.aphapublications.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A seminal framework for thinking through Sexual and Reproductive Health Well-being from a former star med student of mine, Dr. Christine Dehlendorf (just elected to NAM!). This seems so obvious and yet it's paradigm-shifting. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2... cc @drjengunter.bsky.social
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In @nytopinion
“When your country pursues abhorrent policies, when the face it turns to the world is the face of a monster, what does that say about you?” our columnist M. Gessen writes after speaking with Jewish Israeli dissidents.
“When your country pursues abhorrent policies, when the face it turns to the world is the face of a monster, what does that say about you?” our columnist M. Gessen writes after speaking with Jewish Israeli dissidents.
Opinion | These Israeli Dissidents Can Show Americans How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country
And why it matters so much to try.
nyti.ms
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
In @nytopinion
“When your country pursues abhorrent policies, when the face it turns to the world is the face of a monster, what does that say about you?” our columnist M. Gessen writes after speaking with Jewish Israeli dissidents.
“When your country pursues abhorrent policies, when the face it turns to the world is the face of a monster, what does that say about you?” our columnist M. Gessen writes after speaking with Jewish Israeli dissidents.
A chilling piece about Iran's persecution of human rights activists abroad by the excellent @faribanawa.bsky.social, who has an amazing podcast on this subject. I'm grateful to the Nazemi sisters, Narges Mohammadi, Nasrin Soutodeh + so many others fighting 4 our rights. theworld.org/stories/2025...
From Turkey to France: Iranian women’s rights activist continues her work despite ongoing threats from Iranian regime - The World from PRX
Iranian activists and dissidents who live abroad are often trailed and harassed by government agents from Iran. One woman shares her story about being followed, detained and having her life threatened...
theworld.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A chilling piece about Iran's persecution of human rights activists abroad by the excellent @faribanawa.bsky.social, who has an amazing podcast on this subject. I'm grateful to the Nazemi sisters, Narges Mohammadi, Nasrin Soutodeh + so many others fighting 4 our rights. theworld.org/stories/2025...
Thank you to the humanitarian medical workers (Arab and Jewish) who are risking their lives to try and help with the horrific situation on the ground in Gaza. The silence of our fellow Americans has been deafening. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Standing by Our Colleagues in Gaza — A Plea to the U.S. Medical Community | NEJM
In the face of Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza’s health system and the catastrophic
famine caused by the devastation, U.S. physicians have an ethical obligation to respond
and support immediate ch...
www.nejm.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Thank you to the humanitarian medical workers (Arab and Jewish) who are risking their lives to try and help with the horrific situation on the ground in Gaza. The silence of our fellow Americans has been deafening. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
super fascinating long read by the wonderful Larissa MacFarquhar. I'm definitely on the aphantasia spectrum myself, which is perhaps why I don't hold grudges and am less vulnerable to trauma and to work so hard to visualize anatomy in med school.
Mental imagery is associated with a bewildering variety of human traits and capacities: a propensity to hold grudges; a vulnerability to trauma; emotional awareness; ways of making art; memory of one’s life. What happens if you can’t see it?
Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound
Research has linked the ability to visualize to a bewildering variety of human traits—how we experience trauma, hold grudges, and, above all, remember our lives.
www.newyorker.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
super fascinating long read by the wonderful Larissa MacFarquhar. I'm definitely on the aphantasia spectrum myself, which is perhaps why I don't hold grudges and am less vulnerable to trauma and to work so hard to visualize anatomy in med school.
US delegation in Israel = Bibi-sitters 😂😂😂
October 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
US delegation in Israel = Bibi-sitters 😂😂😂
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It’s day 26 of the government shutdown.
Republicans are still refusing to come to the table to negotiate about Americans’ health care.
Republicans are still refusing to come to the table to negotiate about Americans’ health care.
October 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It’s day 26 of the government shutdown.
Republicans are still refusing to come to the table to negotiate about Americans’ health care.
Republicans are still refusing to come to the table to negotiate about Americans’ health care.
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Heartwarming
Speaking in front of Trump in Malaysia, Prime Anwar said the two leaders had a lot in common
"I was in prison, but you almost got there."
"I was in prison, but you almost got there."
October 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Heartwarming
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Wow, this is a chilling read. AI performing love, empathy, and intimacy without feelings or real witness. AI as a mirror of ourselves in its most reduced form. What kind of mass experiment are we conducting on our children?
A psychotherapist treated an A.I. chatbot as if it were one of his patients. What it confessed should worry us all.
Putting ChatGPT on the Couch
When I played doctor with the chatbot, the simulated patient confessed problems that are real—and that should worry all of us.
nyer.cm
October 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Wow, this is a chilling read. AI performing love, empathy, and intimacy without feelings or real witness. AI as a mirror of ourselves in its most reduced form. What kind of mass experiment are we conducting on our children?
excellent news about a safe and tested medication; despite our nutty current HHS leader and his politicized and off-kilter choices for US health.
NEWS: The F.D.A. approved a new generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/h...
F.D.A. Approves Generic Abortion Pill as Opponents Push Trump for New Restrictions
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
excellent news about a safe and tested medication; despite our nutty current HHS leader and his politicized and off-kilter choices for US health.
This is my first time reading Tangle News and I found it a very interesting way to dissect a complex issue and let the reader decide. If I were on the committee, I wouldn't have voted for MCM, despite the misery of the Venezuelan people. Many other worthy choices.
María Corina Machado, one of the leaders of the opposition in Venezuela and founder of the center-right party Vente Venezuela, won this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
Did she deserve it? Why has it been controversial?
Check out our coverage here:
www.readtangle.com/machado-wins...
Did she deserve it? Why has it been controversial?
Check out our coverage here:
www.readtangle.com/machado-wins...
The Nobel Peace Prize debate.
Plus, is Qatar building a military base in Idaho?
www.readtangle.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This is my first time reading Tangle News and I found it a very interesting way to dissect a complex issue and let the reader decide. If I were on the committee, I wouldn't have voted for MCM, despite the misery of the Venezuelan people. Many other worthy choices.