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vee.soy

@vashetc.bsky.social

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ph.d, msw. perpetually horizontal. writer, researcher, simmer. pfp: brown skin lady with dark curly hair wearing a tan dress smiles, seated in wheelchair. banner: same lady holds megaphone wearing a cops off campus shirt at protest

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 4d

just finished watching the Severed documentary and panel event with Mohamed, it was really beautiful

Watch it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILWT...

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Severed: The Story of a Boy From Gaza

YouTube video by The Nation

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 5h

why obama have to chime in, just why

vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 5h

chile the way i contact my old dissertation chair for all the little logistical questions i have. its 7pm and im like hey there its meeeee -- again 😭 how do u do this . i feel like i have my training wheels on still bro. i. hope that feeling goes away one day lol. cuz the imposter syndrome sucks

vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 6h

Tech + policy friends, my old job is hiring a new ED. I am so sad to see Harlan phasing out, but he truly founded an incredible organization. The team is amazing, the work they do is impactful, and the intention they put behind all of their work is inspiring. Check out the details here:

Upturn Announces Executive Director Transition

After nearly 15 years of leading Upturn, Harlan Yu plans to step down from his role as Executive Director in June 2026.

www.upturn.org

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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 17h

A federal investigation exposed a shady deal that has bigger ramifications for one of the metro area’s disappearing Black enclaves. capitalbnews.org/clippers-int...

In LA, Olympic Dreams Lead to Nightmares for a Historic Black Community

A federal investigation exposed a shady deal that has bigger ramifications for one of the metro area’s disappearing Black enclaves.

capitalbnews.org

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 17h

Black preaching has always been about survival and revival. And Rev. Dr. Kelly U. Farrow wants to ensure the next generation of preachers knows how to do both: “We teach preaching as formation — not performance.”
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Black Preaching Has Always Been About Survival and Revival

Rev. Dr. Kelly U. Farrow wants to ensure the next generation of preachers knows how to do both.

wordinblack.com

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 17h

Though Israel and its allies have derided Palestinian resistance groups for holding hostages in Gaza, Israel itself is holding thousands of Palestinian hostages, both dead and alive, in its own prisons.

At least 250 Palestinian bodies have not been returned to their families.

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 17h

🧸 Risk of LC doubled in children following SARS-C0V-2 reinfection

🩸 Researchers may have found a biomarker & treatment target for cognitive dysfunction in LC

💉 Clinical trial recruiting to test the GLP-1 agonist drug Liraglutide for LC

This week's #LongCOVID research updates: bit.ly/48j2kMt

🧸 A new study that found the risk of Long COVID doubled in children following SARS-C0V-2 reinfection made mainstream headlines this week. As part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RECOVER program, researchers assessed health records from over 460,000 participants under the age of 21 across 40 hospital systems and found that the risk of developing Long COVID may be cumulative with each infection. The authors stated the findings aligned with studies on adults and emerging evidence on immune waning post-infection. “The new evidence that reinfections can trigger or worsen this chronic condition suggests that the societal burden is set to grow,” researcher Danilo Buonsenso (who was not involved with the study) wrote in an editorial about it.

🩸 Researchers in Japan may have found a potential biomarker and treatment target for cognitive dysfunction in Long COVID. The small study, published in Brain Communications, assessed 30 participants with the disease and compared them to 80 controls using advanced brain imaging. They discovered a significantly increased density of AMPA receptors in people with Long COVID; these are learning and memory receptors found in the brain and spinal cord. Based on their findings, the researchers suggested future clinical trials on drugs that target AMPA receptors, like perampanel, which is used to treat some types of epilepsy.

💉 A new phase 1 clinical trial is currently recruiting to test the GLP-1 agonist drug Liraglutide for Long COVID, multiple sclerosis, and acute leukemia. The small study plans to recruit 30 participants with a body mass index over 27 at its study site in Chicago, Illinois. Researchers will measure how the drug affects a disease marker called Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF). The NIH’s RECOVER-Treating Long COVID initiative is also planning a clinical trial for Long COVID using another GLP-1 agonist drug (the exact drug has not been officially announced). Study contact: cancerclinicaltrials@bsd.uchicago.edu.

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

Liat has me struggling through rehabilitation frameworks, also I’m just now becoming more acquainted with mad studies and im learning a lot

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

I just finished reading decarcerating disability, it was really good. i learned a lot about deintstiutionalization! I feel like it is essential reading for political ed

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not looking for perfect, just a starting point that grapples with these issues.

vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you I will take a look!

vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

Ie: serial rapists, gun violence (including mass shooters)

vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, I’m pretty acquainted with the website and batjc use of pod mapping which I share w folks a ton! I’m moreso looking for cases post-prevention in which CA has failed or is not possible and the person causing harm continues to cause harm in worsening severity or increasing frequency

vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so sad to hear about Kent Wong’s passing. @uclalabor.bsky.social helped me get my PhD and provided me with the experience needed to land my first job as a senior policy analyst. It was bc of ppl like Kent, Victor, Tia, and the rest of the labor center family. What a tremendous loss. 💔

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

Lately I have been struggling with abolition, not bc I dont believe in it, but bc I am still left with questions about what to do in real-time after ppl have been harmed and when community accountability has failed or those causing harm dont consent to CA. I am thinking of mass shooters and ppl like

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 1d

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

Would post about how much Newsom sucks but last time I did I got called “worse than maga“ & was told to kill myself lmao

vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

I have been trying to formulate the words needed to write a short piece about the recent teen deaths, and one of the through lines I found is that teens and pre teens are “shifting”. Didn’t even know what shifting was until I looked it up. It makes me so deeply sad.

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

Friends. When you have written about something in the past and your mind changes, how do you reflect that in future works? Do you just literally say your thoughts on it have changed

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

I have been so embarrassed to ask due to possibly being shamed but I agree, and I want to learn so badly from others but I have not really found things to really help me think through this in a real time way post-harm

vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

I always ask myself, will this burden always require the person harmed to remain hyper vigilant about where they live and who has access to them ? myself and friends I’ve helped have really struggle with this (this is me just writing my thoughts not asking you personally! Haha)

vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

I Would love to read. I was in a working group for child sexual abuse and I really understood the premise of the why prevention needs to occur and how relational and structural supports can come. But what on earth do we do when those harming others do not change and commit mass atrocities

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

again, I understand the why of abolition. I’ve studied that what we need is structural change and a shift in ideologies as well, but I really struggle with real time lasting harm reduction and safety once very violent harm has already been caused

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

if anyone has examples of readings that include successful projects or ideas about this, (things that have helped ppl who have already caused the violent harm/been harmed) I’d be grateful. I’m pretty well versed in the WHY of abolition

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 1d

serial rapists. And I know many abolitionist works say well they’re already roaming free (which is not always true) and oh they’re one offs, but I feel in my spirit unsettled by this. I really want to learn more about anti carceral approaches to things specifically like this. I’m looking to study,

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