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Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 12d

The impact that Assata Shakur has on me as a man is immeasurable. She is one of the most important Black revolutionaries to have ever lived. My daughter Diani recited one of her speeches as an intro for my latest album with Madlib, Liberation 2. Rest in power sister Assata. youtu.be/joD3kNzRphE?...

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 24d

Such a good point. We often do this in public health too. We implicitly -sometimes explicitly- reduce the socioeconomic determinants of health to poverty and we forget the social bit. Our societal divisions are rooted in ideology not only deprivation. Denial of this harms our efforts towards equity.

David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 25d

I'm genuinely grateful for the solidarity, irrespective of how rare this is from a politician. But fascism can't be reduced to displaced economic concerns. It doesn't stand up analytically, it won't help politically or strategically, and I really wish the left (of which I'm part) wouldn't do this.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25d

The scenes on our streets are shameful consequences of decades of austerity - government after government fanning the flames of anti migration instead of tackling inequality.

We can & must make different choices. Solidarity to all communities under attack. We stand together.

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Niyati Shah @niyati.bsky.social · Jun 7

Thrilled to celebrate the amazing Coco Gauff!

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 7

From @theathletic.bsky.social: Coco Gauff won the French Open, prevailing over the No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka in a tense and chaotic final match on Saturday. She is the first American woman to win on the clay since Serena Williams in 2015. nyti.ms/43OLRf7

Coco Gauff on an orange clay tennis court, celebrating a win with a fist pump and an open mouth. A headline reads: "Coco Gauff Becomes First U.S. Woman to Win French Open in a Decade." Photo by Julien De Rosa/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Niyati Shah @niyati.bsky.social · May 9

Yessss 🙌🏽

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · May 8

"We have to understand that the climate movement’s strength comes from being a moral and a human movement, not exclusively one that is about science and technology. If we’re not strengthening that and proving that all the time, I don’t know where we’ll be, especially at this level of chaos."

The Climate Movement Should Become a Human Movement

It needs to tap into our emotional life in ways that will link us to material struggles rather than distract us from them.

hammerandhope.org

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Niyati Shah @niyati.bsky.social · May 8

💯

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Niyati Shah @niyati.bsky.social · Apr 18

Thrilled you’re back!!!

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Niyati Shah @niyati.bsky.social · Apr 16

Congratulations- such wonderful news!!!

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · Mar 23

You can now register at www.eventbrite.com/e/dair-prese...

⏰Friday April 11 9am-12pm PDT | 12pm-3pm EDT | 6pm-9pm CEST | 7pm-10pm EAT

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Niyati Shah @niyati.bsky.social · Mar 16

Indeed our power is in our collective action AND care, connect, build spaces and cultivate them to keep connecting, and to keep taking care of each other.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Mar 15

Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

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Niyati Shah @niyati.bsky.social · Mar 13

Free course, and a great way to support mentoring those interested in expanding their skills.

Prevention Collaborative @prevention-collaborative.org · Mar 12

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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · Mar 13

#CivicSpace is under threat. Civic space is what protects us from #totalitarianism #authoritarianism #fascism & enables healthy, equitable #democracy & universal #humanrights. Read more: www.ohchr.org/en/civic-space

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Mar 6

AOC was right.

It's probably the right time for a lot of people to start entering the fray and running establishment Dems out of office.

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Niyati Shah @niyati.bsky.social · Feb 14

Love and solidarity 💜

Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · Feb 14

We, for whom revolution is irresistible, find each other through love and solidarity, Jordan says.

Let us conspire, this Valentine’s Day.

Let us conspire! Will you be my comrade?! www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-tend...

Essay: Tender is the Fight

Image: Robert E.

www.feministgiant.com

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · Feb 12

Hearing that @indivisible.org and @moveon.org are pissing off house dems by mobilizing their constituents to call them too much is frankly the single best endorsement I've ever heard for a political action groups.

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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · Feb 7

The fight for gender equality starts earlier than we think—at the moment children first engage with toys, books and screens.

From Playtime to Patriarchy: The Role of Toys in Gender Inequality - Ms. Magazine

The fight for gender equality starts earlier when we are girls—at the moment children first engage with toys, books and screens.

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · Feb 6

We already see the shutdown's cost. Kids with drug-resistant TB, turned away from clinics, are not just dying - they're spreading the disease. People around the world w HIV, denied their medicine, will soon start transmitting virus. The damage is global.

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · Feb 1

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.

Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.

Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.

Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.

open.substack.com

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Niyati Shah @niyati.bsky.social · Feb 2

Yes! 🙌🏽 And to add on and quote another one my favorite cultural change agents,
Arundhati Roy, “…On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

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Niyati Shah @niyati.bsky.social · Feb 1

This beyond concerning.

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · Feb 1

Bleak. The USAID website has gone dark.

Niyati Shah @niyati.bsky.social · Feb 1

Just awful

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Niyati Shah @niyati.bsky.social · Feb 1

This is beyond awful

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · Jan 31

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say

Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

www.reuters.com

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · Feb 1

This is why #publichealth agencies should be independent of governments.
And not only in the US.
The stakes are too high.

Daniel Sunderland, DO @thebandageman.bsky.social · Feb 1

#Vaccine information sheets are no longer available on the CDC website. What the actual hell?

#medsky

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Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · Feb 1

A constitutional crisis requires friction to make it legible. That often comes from conflict between the branches of government, but a Republican-controlled Congress and SCOTUS are not interested in challenging Trump’s lawlessness. That why it’s *especially* important for Democrats to act.

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Niyati Shah @niyati.bsky.social · Jan 30

Collective care and action 🌟

adrienne maree brown @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social · Jan 30

two drafts

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