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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · 6d

This could slow things down....

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · 6d

We need to make this a thing ASAP

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · 6d

Honestly we wouldn't even need 3 weeks, we could set him straight in like 4 days lol

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · 28d

Go team!!

Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · 29d

Our book is out!! Happy publication day to our fantastic team of editors and authors.

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · Sep 3

Just got my author copy of the NursingClio reader! Please everyone get like 12 copies and support the incredible work of @nursingclio.bsky.social!!

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · Aug 4

Do Less Harm is FINALLY here! Y'all should buy like 12 copies each k thanks

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · Jun 29

🚨I just posted EVERY U.S. Senator phone number in DC. We ALL must call our Senators and tell them NO on this bill! 17 MILLION AMERICANS WILL LOSE HEALTHCARE ACCESS TO PAY FOR TAX CUTS. 🤬

Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · Jun 29

List of ALL 100 U.S. Senators DC Contact Information:

Alabama
Senator Tommy Tuberville 202-224-4124
Senator Katie Boyd Britt 202-224-5744

Alaska
Senator Lisa Murkowski 202-224-6665
Senator Dan Sullivan 202-224-3004

Arizona
Senator Mark Kelly 202-224-2235
Senator Ruben Gallego 202-224-4521

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · Jun 29

CALL YOUR REPS

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Jun 29

Late last night, Senate Republicans voted to advance Trump’s Tax Scam.

But it’s still not clear if the GOP has enough votes for final passage of the reconciliation bill, so we need to make *lots* of calls today.

Call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

Senate Republicans advance Trump's tax and spending cuts bill after dramatic late-night vote

Senate Republicans cleared a key procedural step as they race to pass Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline.

apnews.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Jun 29

Late last night, Senate Republicans voted to advance Trump’s Tax Scam.

But it’s still not clear if the GOP has enough votes for final passage of the reconciliation bill, so we need to make *lots* of calls today.

Call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

Senate Republicans advance Trump's tax and spending cuts bill after dramatic late-night vote

Senate Republicans cleared a key procedural step as they race to pass Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline.

apnews.com

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · Jun 26

I don't have enough words for how horrible this is
Make sure to donate to your local Planned Parenthood!

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court ALLOWS states to defund Planned Parenthood, holding that Medicaid does not give patients a right to obtain care from its providers. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · Jun 26

Contact your senators to protect higher ed

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Your Senators: Protect Higher Ed & Student Aid

Use this form to generate an email to your senators telling them to protect our students and institutions from drastic cuts in student aid proposed in H.R. 1 - The One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the p...

actionnetwork.org

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · Jun 22

Yup totally hate this

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · Jun 21

Contact your reps!!

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Jun 21

Trump’s Tax Scam to slash Medicaid and SNAP would also dramatically increase ICE’s budget.

We need to keep up the pressure on GOP senators: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

Or you can help us connect voters in key states with their Republican senators: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

(over an image of ICE agents) WHILE RIPPING FOOD & HEALTHCARE AWAY FROM MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, REPUBLICANS' BIG UGLY BILL:
• Increases ICE's detention budget by 13x
• Funds 10,000 new ICE agents
POLICE
• Provides bonuses for ICE agents
• Makes ICE the highest-funded law enforcement agency in the federal government
F*CK THAT. TAKE ACTION:
INDIVISIBLE.ORG/STOPTHECUTS

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Stanford AAUP @stanfordaaup.bsky.social · Jun 1

Two VA pulmonologists rebuked by Trump administration for warning, in a @nejm.org article, that cancelled contracts, layoffs, and planned staff reductions jeopardize the health of a million veterans seeking help for conditions linked to toxic exposure.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Exclusive: US veterans agency orders scientists not to publish in journals without clearance

Move that seeks political control of doctors’ and scientists’ published research fits a pattern of censorship by the Trump administration, veterans advocates say

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · Jun 1

You're getting my brain waves!

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · May 31

Make sure to contact your reps. See the resources in the thread

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · May 31

How bad will it be? Catastrophic.

Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.

But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.

Speak up now before it is too late.

(inflation adjusted $-s below)

NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · May 30

Tell your senators to take a stand against the “No Contempt Clause” act.indivisible.org/sign/senator...

Tell your senators to take a stand against the “No Contempt Clause”

Congressional Republicans hid a provision deep in their Medicaid-slashing megabill to shield Trump and his cronies from contempt of court orders. Their “No Contempt Clause” would cause chaos for our c...

act.indivisible.org

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · May 14

CT folks, come through tonight!!

Brad Bolman @bolman.bsky.social · May 14

Tonight at 6 in New Haven at Possible Futures. @ayahnerd.bsky.social and I will talk dogs, eugenics, and more

Elaine Ayers @eayers0.bsky.social · May 14

Really wish I could be at @bolman.bsky.social's discussion of his new book, Lab Dog, with @ayahnerd.bsky.social this evening in New Haven. If you're in the area, go! He'll be in Brookline in June.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · May 9

Carla Hayden was tremendous. Always looking out for the people and knowledge. We were lucky to have her.

Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · May 9

BREAKING: President Trump just fired our nation's Librarian. My statement here:

President Trump fired our nation’s Librarian, Dr. Carla Hayden, by email at 6:56pm tonight, taking his assault on America’s libraries to a new level.

Over the course of her tenure, Dr. Hayden brought the Library of Congress to the people, with initiatives that reached into rural communities and made the Library accessible to all Americans, in person and online.

While President Trump wants to ban books and tell Americans what to read – or not to read at all, Dr. Hayden has devoted her career to making reading and the pursuit of knowledge available to everyone.

Be like Dr. Hayden.

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · May 6

🚨 ICE is conducting raids in DC today and they've been spotted in various spots, incl Fort Totten, Dupont Circle, and K Street.

DC folks in need of legal support can contact Amica Center for Immigrant Rights at (202) 331-3320. More via @migrantinsider.bsky.social migrantinsider.com/p/ice-raids-...

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · May 6

CT folks come through!!

Brad Bolman @bolman.bsky.social · May 6

Then I’ll be joined by the inimitable @ayahnerd.bsky.social to talk Lab Dog at Possible Futures on May 14 www.possiblefuturesbooks.com/events/22511...

5/14 - Book Talk with Brad Bolman: Lab Dog

beloved community, neighborhood bookspace, independent bookstore

www.possiblefuturesbooks.com

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · Apr 29

Please highlight this story.

ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.

kfor.com/news/local/w...

'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects

A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Apr 24

Trump has announced that his adminstration will no longer be enforcing the civil rights act because "merit" is when you can discriminate on against non-whites and get away with it www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. A

www.whitehouse.gov

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · Apr 20

At least 140,000 children and 67,000
adults have died as a result of Musk, the orange, and Rubio terminating USAID support to healthcare and food aid. The lag effects of HIV/AIDs, TB and malnutrition will soon start increasing the toll more rapidly.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Apr 19

Never forget that the richest man in the world chose to take food from the mouths of the world’s poorest children.

Burn in hell.

An extract of an article in the New York Times. These are the opening paragraphs. They read:

The children died one after the other. Twelve acutely malnourished infants living in one corner of Sudan's war-ravaged capital, Khartoum.
Abdo, an 18-month-old boy, had been rushed to a clinic by his mother as he was dying. His ribs protruded from his withered body. The next day, a doctor laid him out on a blanket with a teddy bear motif, his eyes closed.
Like the other 11 children, Abdo starved to death in the weeks after President Trump froze all U.S. foreign assistance, said local aid workers and a doctor. American-funded soup kitchens in Sudan, including the one near Abdo's house, had been the only lifelines for tens of thousands of people besieged by fighting.
Bombs were falling. Gunfire was everywhere. Then, as the American money dried up, hundreds of soup kitchens closed in a matter of days.
"It was catastrophic," said Duaa Tariq, an aid worker.
The stark consequences of Mr. Trump's slashing of U.S. aid are evident in few places as clearly as in Sudan, where a brutal civil war has set off a staggering humanitarian catastrophe and left 25 million people - more than half of the country's population - acutely hungry.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · Apr 19

Northwestern just announced that the university will meet the funding needs of any research that is being impacted by stop orders. LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO! #edusky #academicsky

wgntv.com/evanston/nor...

Northwestern University to self-fund research despite Trump administration freeze

While university officials said they’ve still not received official word of such action, they acknowledged receiving about 100 stop-work orders from the federal government on roughly 100 fede…

wgntv.com

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