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Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 1h

Not Diane Keaton 😭😭😭😭💔💔💔

RIP, Queen!

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 6h

“For more than 3 hours, officers can be seen walking past while he lay on the floor in his urine in obvious distress…noting he was foaming at the mouth & having seizure-like activity…mistaking his medical emergency for a drug overdose…”

Except a drug overdose is also a medical emergency...

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 4h

letting people die because of your prejudices. What has humanity come to?!

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Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 4h

Your government health officials are actively out to harm kids. There is no other possible explanation for this

Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 4h

Difficult to find an ethical justification for this measure to slow the spread of a virus that is very well understood and for which there is a very safe and effective preventive intervention.

That was not the case with Covid-19 when it was ravaging through communities around the globe.

Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 5h

Kids are missing school because our inept medical can’t handle measles.

Remember this when they claim they “would have contained covid.

NBC NEWS
WATCH
MEASLES OUTBREAK
Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks
At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 7h

Grateful for my caring, compassionate, amazing kids 🍂🍁

#thanksgiving

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Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 9h

I remember a time when Western nations attempting to do businesses with corrupt governments that frequently engaged in human rights violations was frowned upon.

Does this standard only apply to the Global South? Or we’ve thrown away the playbook all together?

T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 9h

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Carney pitches Keystone XL restart in exchange for progress on aluminum, steel

Following the prime minister’s meeting with president Donald Trump on Tuesday in Washington, CTV News has learned that Mark Carney and Trump discussed Keystone XL pipeline expansion.

www.ctvnews.ca

Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 9h

Go Leo! ✊🏾✊🏾

Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 9h

Latino on Latino crime … this is what life in the USA does to a soul 💔💔💔💔

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Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 9h

Reading all this over the Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend. Amazing work, Neşe and co.!

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Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 9h

Well worth a very careful read.

Interesting suggestion that strategies used by Silicon Valley to push for the AI-ification of American life - which impact will ultimately be felt globally- are also used in the psychedelics space by some of the same players.

Perhaps “grassroots” isn’t after all?

Neşe Devenot, PhD @neselsd.bsky.social · 1d

Announcing: "The Psychedelic Syndicate: How Silicon Valley Used Veterans to Hijack the Psychedelic Industry"

Now on @Psymposia's website in four parts.

www.psymposia.com/psychedelic-...

The Psychedelic Syndicate: Executive Summary

A year-long investigation reveals how a small group of Silicon Valley elites sought to capture the psychedelic therapy industry — using a network of affiliated organizations to scapegoat critics whi

www.psymposia.com

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 18h

"Evidence shows that Housing First – an approach that prioritizes housing as a critical foundation for engagement in health care services – results in high rates of housing stability and brings down high-cost health care utilization."
theconversation.com/a-denver-md-...

A Denver MD has spent 2 decades working with hospitalized patients experiencing homelessness − here’s what she fears and what gives her hope

Homelessness is solvable through affordable and supportive housing. Hospitals should be part of the solution.

theconversation.com

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NPR @npr.org · 10h

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

n.pr

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 12h

“The growing movement around women’s health innovation is to be welcomed. But to be genuinely transformative, it must be political”

@jocalynclark.bsky.social @bmj.com

www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Upending women’s health

This year is unleashing a series of devastating blows to women’s health worldwide. Cuts to foreign aid.1 Denial of abortion access and reproductive autonomy (doi:10.1136/bmj.r459).2 Targeted attacks o...

www.bmj.com

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 10h

For two long years, the people of #Gaza have survived the worst bombardment, displacement, loss and grief.

UNRWA teams have been there — every single day — delivering lifesaving food, medicines and essential supplies.

We will stay and continue to serve those who need us the most.

#UNRWAworks

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

“This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison”

This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

zeteo.com

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 1d

"Madagascar faced an outbreak of polio between 2020 and 2023, leaving dozens of people paralyzed." This is the story of what it took to fight it, and the victory is still fragile.
www.devex.com/news/against...

Against the odds: Madagascar’s fragile polio victory | Devex

Join Devex as we trek across Madagascar to hear the stories of those who’ve worked to keep polio at bay.

www.devex.com

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Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 22h

Share the website please!

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 1d

A principled stance from HRW 🔥

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 1d

The Confusion Over Antidepressants During Pregnancy Is Harming People: Casting doubt on antidepressants & other well-studied drugs, govt health agencies are choosing minimal risk to a fetus over the major risk to the person carrying it - Catherine Birndorf www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

The Confusion Over Antidepressants During Pregnancy Is Harming People

By casting doubt on antidepressants and other well-studied drugs, our government health agencies are choosing minimal risk to a fetus over the major risk to the person carrying it

www.scientificamerican.com

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 1d

Immigrant scientists make a massive contribution wherever they go

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 1d

Will call it now: the most popular Halloween costume will be the Portland resistance frog 🐸✊🏾

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 1d

The Trump administration and its allies have taken several steps to ensure that medical schools in the US dismantle all diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

It is patients who will be the victims of this, write @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Paola Cubillos @paolacubillosr.bsky.social · 1d

YES!!!!!

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 1d

The most immediate threat of AI is not the technology running amok on its own, but how it will be wielded by the business leaders that own it.