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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 4d

Kieran Andrieu, a British Palestinian member of the Global Sumud Flotilla, now back in London, shares what happened when he and fellow activists were captured and imprisoned by Israel.

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Tereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 14d

This is a very important empirical (!) study accounting for the mental health impact of genocide on health care workers in Gaza. Much respect to the researchers who conducted a survey under the hardest conditions, especially those in Gaza. These urgent testimonies warrant to be read and acted upon

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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 21d

2nd Annual Doctors Against Genocide Conference, this weekend, at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Theme: Genocide and Mass Atrocities as a Global Public Health Emergency

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karim @sariahmed.bsky.social · 26d

Relevant data from an overlapping and larger sample collected with @msf.ca and the Palestinian MOH, which we didn't find during the latest revision. Reporting very high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression in mid to late 2024, nearly a year later. sciencepg.com/article/10.1...

karim @sariahmed.bsky.social · 28d

thanks for sharing!

karim @sariahmed.bsky.social · 29d

I hope others will use the means at your disposal to break the ghastly silence which has been so pervasive throughout the medical community. #MedSky #PsychSky @madhupai.bsky.social @seyeabimbola.bsky.social @terezahendl.bsky.social @mbarber.bsky.social

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karim @sariahmed.bsky.social · 29d

The notion of "conflict and health" common in health services literature falls apart in the context of genocide. An attack on your person is different from an attack meant to, in Albanese's words, "ostentatiously" violate every aspect of Palestinian life and dignity.

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karim @sariahmed.bsky.social · 29d

Our work on the mental health of health workers in Gaza is now out in @plosglobalpublichealth.org. The findings are not surprising - health workers were being terrorized from the beginning of the genocide (data from December 2023- Jan 2024 peer review is slow).
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Displacement, personal loss, and psychological strain among physicians and nurses working in Gaza, 2023–2024

On January 26th 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) recognized plausible grounds for genocide being committed in Gaza by Israel. A hallmark of the violence has been unprecedented attacks on...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29d

Palestinian children in Gaza are seen collecting the remnants of dough prepared by their mother after an Israeli attack destroyed their tents.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Sep 9

Qatari PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has condemned the Israeli strike on Doha as “state terrorism”, warning that Qatar will not tolerate violations of its sovereignty.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · Sep 9

Nothing is more dangerous to Netanyahu than a ceasefire. He had 2 years to bomb Hamas in Doha and he chose to do so while they were meeting to discuss a ceasefire deal.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Sep 9

In the past 24 hours, Israel has bombed:

• Palestine (Gaza)
• Syria (Homs, Latakia, Palmyra)
• Lebanon (Hermel, Bekaa)
•Tunisia (aid flotilla)

and now

• Qatar (Doha)

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karim @sariahmed.bsky.social · Sep 9

The #Crozer8 were arrested during a sit-in demanding the re-opening of closed Crozer-Chester Hospital in Chester, PA. Hundreds of hospitals are threatened w/ the same. Part of the #NonviolentMedicaidArmy #NVMA National Day of Action for Medicaid. In the @inquirer.com web.archive.org/web/20250908...

Eight protesters arrested after sit-in at shuttered Crozer-Chester Medical Center

Put People First PA!, an organization that advocates for Medicaid and hospital access, organized a rally at Crozer’s Upland campus to raise awareness about the need for hospital services in Delco.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Sep 6

It’s all an attitude of being fine with authoritarianism, just not in their preferred cities. High crime rates in Republican-led states isn’t a gotcha! It’s a tragedy and a canary in a coal mine about what systemic racism and poverty beget. Do better, y’all. Not one city should be occupied.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Sep 6

When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Mar 15

one of the most baffling parts of this. I spent the last decade or so prepping to make the "first they came for ethnic studies" version of the Niemoller point to libs. while they did (see the CRT offensive and book bans) I absolutely did not think children's cancer researchers would be next in line

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · Mar 15

Someone really needs to point out to Bret Stephens types that burning down the entire university to get to the ethnic studies department is unlikely to work, because lots of people who would otherwise throw them to the wolves now see themselves as de facto on the same side as them.

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Seye Abimbola @seyeabimbola.bsky.social · Aug 20

Please read our new @lancetgh.bsky.social paper "Dignity-based practice in global health research: a framework of expectations" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We analysed complaints on knowledge practices in global health to identify expectations that affirm the dignity of marginalised knowers.

First page of article titled Dignity-based practice in global health research: a framework of expectations"

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karim @sariahmed.bsky.social · Aug 28

Please give generously to this relative of my research collaborator. #MedSky #PsychSky www.gofundme.com/f/help-abdul...

Donate to Helping a Family That Lost Their Daughter in the War on Gaza, organized by Ibrahim Alwahidi

Abdallah never imagined reaching this point and asking for he… Ibrahim Alwahidi needs your support for Helping a Family That Lost Their Daughter in the War on Gaza

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karim @sariahmed.bsky.social · Aug 26

Cool paper - not sure how well the MCQ-based design and the output metrics approximate clinical reasoning, but the fact is that we have plenty of researchers asking 'how can we put AI everywhere' and too few asking 'why are we putting AI everywhere?' #MedSky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Fidelity of Medical Reasoning in Large Language Models

This cross-sectional study evaluates whether the performance of large language models on medical benchmarks reflects logical reasoning or pattern recognition.

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karim @sariahmed.bsky.social · Aug 25

Our organizing theory and practice as it relates to #Medicaid is grounded in the tradition of poverty abolition. You can read about it in the journal of the University of the Poor. Artwork by one of our members. universityofthepoor.org/the-nonviole...

The Nonviolent Medicaid Army: A Healthcare Revolution from Below - University of the Poor

The Nonviolent Medicaid Army: A Healthcare Revolution from Below By Nijmie Zakkiyyah Dzurinko, Karim Sariahmed, John Wessel-McCoy and Harrison Farina What We’re After: The Unity of the Poor The Univ...

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Paul Christine @pauljchristine.bsky.social · Aug 8

Public health efforts are rightly focused on reducing opioid overdose deaths. We know relatively little about severe morbidity among overdose survivors. Our new paper in @journalgim.bsky.social provides the first national estimates of overdose-related hypoxic-ischemic brain injury

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National Estimates of Opioid Overdose Hospitalizations Resulting in Hypoxic-ischemic Brain Injury

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Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · Aug 19

Excited to announce an upcoming event w @nyuengelberg.org!
My first back at @nyulaw.bsky.social!

"Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York"

5:30-7 pm Thur Sep. 25, 2025 @ NYU

Co-hosted w T1International & @racepowerpolicy.org!

Zoom & IRL, free & open to all! Join us!

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karim @sariahmed.bsky.social · Aug 13

Where is working class blue sky? I just want a place to share my research without the cheer leading.

karim @sariahmed.bsky.social · Aug 11

New work laying foundations on somatic therapy for PTSD (and chronic pain?) in a primary care context. Really enjoyed conducting these interviews. Among our patients and staff, a body-first orientation to trauma resonates strongly. #MedSky #PsychSky pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The Acceptability of Somatic Therapy for PTSD Among Patients at an Urban Safety Net Primary Care Clinic

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has higher prevalence in safety net settings, which also face structural barriers to the use of gold-standard, exposure-focused treatments. Somatic therapies (STs)...

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Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · Jul 8

Must-read story from @jeneeninterlandi.bsky.social on Trump & RFK Jr's catastrophic assault on the FDA.
I'm quoted briefly, echoing a warning @reshmagar.bsky.social, @drjoshs.bsky.social & other watchdogs reiterated for years: FDA's unnecessary, excessive secrecy fueled conspiracy theories.

Reshma Ramachandran @reshmagar.bsky.social · Jul 8

Honored to have @yalecrrit.bsky.social's work featured in this excellent @nytimes.com Mag piece on the ongoing assault and decimation of @fda.gov. There is no doubt the agency is imperfect but taking a sledgehammer to our national regulator is not the way. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/m... #MedSky

Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A.

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karim @sariahmed.bsky.social · Jul 5

@bma.org.uk demonstrates some moral clarity, support for academic freedom and freedom of speech more broadly. All people should feel emboldened to raise the question of direct and indirect support for war, occupation, genocide in their organizations. www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...

An update on the BMA’s position on the Israel-Gaza conflict

The BMA is aware of a number of social media posts and queries about motions passed at ARM relating to the crisis in Gaza. Some information being shared is incorrect. We are releasing this statement t...

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