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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 1d

This is devastating but hard to think of more important journalism. 18,457 children have been killed in Gaza (many more not accounted for). Here, The Guardian prints their names and beautiful faces and tells us what they were like before Israel stole their lives. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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David Hudson @dwhdaily.bsky.social · 1d

“Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble.”

@theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

This was twenty-three months ago. Israeli forces have killed more than 16,365 kids since.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Jul 7

November 7, 2023 — Kids in Gaza host a press conference, in English, to beg the world for life.

“We come now to shout and invite you to protect us; we want to live, we want peace…we want to live as the other children live.”

At the time, Israel forces had killed over 4,200 kids like these.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 6d

If you reach out to me, I will help you with your pitch and look at a draft. Lollardfish at gmail.

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 6d

Here's the assignment folks. Write op-eds for your local papers and campus newspapers too. Just. Say. No. This is a classic authoritarian move and risks the future of higher education and science and innovation in the US. Speak out today. No time to lose. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 7d

She’s magnificent

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Sarah Dalglish @sarahdlish.bsky.social · 7d

Check out rue de Rivoli if you really want to salivate

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 8d

Another call for sources: I'm reporting on pediatric Covid vaccine access. If you've had trouble finding pediatric doses in stock, or if your child was turned away, I'd love to hear from you: [email protected].

Thanks to those who replied to my pregnancy callout; that story will be out soon.

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Sarah Dalglish @sarahdlish.bsky.social · 8d

Agreed! I don’t want to use the AI assistant and it’s annoying to close that window every damn time @adobe.com

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 9d

That's quite the chart annotation.

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

A chart of "Major concerns of PhD candidates." The top text says, "Financial pressures top the list of concerns faced by PhD candidates, but concerns differ among the sexes. Those studying in the United States rank the political landscape as their main worry." The chart shows that in the full survey, political landscape is the biggest concern for about 20% of students (a bit higher for women than men) but there's an annotation saying "In US PhD students, this rose to 64%". Overall, the highest-rated concern was financial pressures at around 40%.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 9d

America wants to be the light when in fact it’s the fire

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Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 9d

Widespread disruptions to the delivery of lifesaving US foreign assistance including antiretrovirals and malaria medicines laid out in this:

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9d

I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 10d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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Sarah Dalglish @sarahdlish.bsky.social · 9d

“[P]lease do not cry for me, because your tears cause me pain. I hope my clothes will be given to those in need, and my accessories should be shared between Rahaf, Sara, Lana, and Betur.”

Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 9d

"There is a war on children"

A clarion call for action and accountability from Dr. Thaer Ahmad who served in Gaza.

He reads the 'will' of a 10-year-old girl who Israel killed, as a way to honour her.

open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

Doctor Who Served in Gaza Reads the ‘Will’ of a 10-Year-Old Girl Who Was Killed

Dr. Thaer Ahmad gives an emotional statement at a high-level UN event about Israel's war on children in Gaza.

open.substack.com

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 9d

"There is a war on children"

A clarion call for action and accountability from Dr. Thaer Ahmad who served in Gaza.

He reads the 'will' of a 10-year-old girl who Israel killed, as a way to honour her.

open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

Doctor Who Served in Gaza Reads the ‘Will’ of a 10-Year-Old Girl Who Was Killed

Dr. Thaer Ahmad gives an emotional statement at a high-level UN event about Israel's war on children in Gaza.

open.substack.com

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K. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.social · 12d

If your Klein be Naomi, then listen, homie;
But if your Klein be Ezra, disregard what he sezra

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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 10d

I really love these studies in @healthpromint.bsky.social that share young peoples views. Really nice methods and photos in this study. Fascinating theme around mobility as connection:

"It is very lonely walking by yourself, even though it is a quick walk."

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‘Just normal’, ‘calming’ and ‘well looked after’: a qualitative exploration of adolescents’ constructions of active mobility and place in Australia

Abstract. The active mobility experiences of adolescents intersect with those of younger children and older youth in many ways. However, existing research

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 11d

Another win for deregulation

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11d

A listeria outbreak has killed four people and spread to 15 states, with U.S. officials linking it to frozen pasta meals sold at Walmart and Kroger. A related health alert cautioned about a similar product from Trader Joe’s.

Trader Joe’s and Walmart Frozen Meals May Have Listeria Linked to Outbreak

The outbreak has killed four people and spread to 15 states, with officials linking it to frozen pasta meals sold at Walmart and Kroger.

nyti.ms

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Sarah Dalglish @sarahdlish.bsky.social · 13d

Her autobiography, Assata, is inspiring and joyous. A true original and revolutionary. RIP.

Cover image of the book Assata with a picture of her looking over her shoulder

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 13d

The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.

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Sarah Dalglish @sarahdlish.bsky.social · 13d

“We found that the preapproval patents in 51% of FDA-approved drugs cited research produced by at-risk grants.”

(At-risk grants means those unlikely to be funded under Trump-initiated funding reductions.)

Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 13d

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

www.science.org

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 14d

new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced

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Marta Schaaf ❌ 👑 @martaschaaf.bsky.social · 14d

Fossil fuels sicken and kill people coming and going; the entire life cycle poisons communities. For decades, industry has insisted that we can’t live without fossil fuels. The truth is the opposite.

The Global Climate And Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social · 15d

"From pregnancy complications to chronic disease in old age, the evidence shows that the costs of coal, oil, and gas extend far beyond climate change." said @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social www.earth.com/news/fossil-...

Fossil fuel air pollution linked to millions of deaths annually

Fossil fuels don’t just drive climate change - they fuel disease, cancer, and early death, making pollution a global health emergency.

www.earth.com

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Seye Abimbola @seyeabimbola.bsky.social · 24d

In a world in which politically palatable downstream thinking reigns, teaching upstream determination of health inequity can be difficult.

But it’s what "global health” shld be about.

In this paper led by Neha Faruqui we share lessons from our experience & observations!

gh.bmj.com/content/10/9...

First page of an article titled “The upstream-downstream tension in the global health classroom”

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Sarah Dalglish @sarahdlish.bsky.social · 15d

Involving children in every decision - radical ask or fulfillment of a human right?

Not rhetorical - it’s the latter!

UNICEF @unicef.org · 15d

“My message for world leaders today is stop making empty promises. I believe that actions speak louder than words, so please start taking action and involve children in every decision you make.” Zunaira, 15, UNICEF Pakistan Youth Advocate.

#UNGA #ClimateAction

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Sarah Dalglish @sarahdlish.bsky.social · 16d

A frustrating part about living in Europe, explained.

European Greens @europeangreens.eu · 16d

😢 How are flights so much cheaper than trains?
Indeed, why are we forced to pick between cheap & polluting and expensive & sustainable?

Well @greenpeace.eu has the answer: subsidies and MASSIVE tax breaks.

A bright green poster with bold white and pink text at the top: “TRAINS ARE TOO OFTEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN FLIGHTS.” Below it reads: “Sustainable travel shouldn’t be a luxury.” A color-coded map of Europe shows the proportion of cross-border train routes that are more expensive than flights for the same journey. Colors: green (0–20%), yellow (20–40%), orange (40–60%), red (60–80%), purple (80–100%). For example, Spain, Portugal, and the UK are shaded purple (80–100%), while countries like Poland and Czechia are shaded green (0–20%). At the bottom, source text reads: “Greenpeace, Ticket Prices Of Planes Vs Trains, 2025. Only countries for which at least 4 cross-border routes met the methodological criteria are included in the Scorecard.”

Green background with bold text: “WHY ARE TRAINS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN PLANES?” Below is a comparison table with icons of a plane and a train at the top. Two rows:
VAT on international travel: Plane = “NO” (pink), Train = “YES” (yellow).
Kerosene/energy tax: Plane = “NO” (pink), Train = “YES” (yellow).
The chart highlights that flights avoid taxes trains must pay. Source: Greenpeace, Ticket Prices Of Planes Vs Trains, 2025.

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