Sarana
@saranamehra.bsky.social
Artist. Activist. Cyborg. Bifurcated. Cassandra. Micro in the macro.
MFA, BFA
Lon-LA
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Lon-LA
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“As Americans, we have a constitutionally protected right to protest. As Angelenos, we have a moral obligation to protest Ice raids on members of our community."
‘A moral obligation to protest’: LA residents on being thrust into chaos
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“As Americans, we have a constitutionally protected right to protest. As Angelenos, we have a moral obligation to protest Ice raids on members of our community."
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I swear I am not making this up. Tonight Trump will go to the Kennedy Center to see “Les Miserables,” a play about a mass uprising against a tyrannical king. I hereby retire from satire.
June 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I swear I am not making this up. Tonight Trump will go to the Kennedy Center to see “Les Miserables,” a play about a mass uprising against a tyrannical king. I hereby retire from satire.
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There are heroes among us and right now they are at the NIH. They are risking everything for science and humanity.
🧪 #AcademicSky
apnews.com/article/nih-...
🧪 #AcademicSky
apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
There are heroes among us and right now they are at the NIH. They are risking everything for science and humanity.
🧪 #AcademicSky
apnews.com/article/nih-...
🧪 #AcademicSky
apnews.com/article/nih-...
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President Trump’s order to send National Guard troops to Los Angeles is “both ahistoric and based on false pretenses,” writes the editorial board, “and is already creating the very chaos it was purportedly designed to prevent.”
Opinion | Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency
The president’s use of the National Guard serves his own interests above the country’s.
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
President Trump’s order to send National Guard troops to Los Angeles is “both ahistoric and based on false pretenses,” writes the editorial board, “and is already creating the very chaos it was purportedly designed to prevent.”
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ICE crossed a line in LA
June 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
ICE crossed a line in LA
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Jackie Robinson mural in Miami defaced with racial slurs and swastikas
Jackie Robinson mural in Miami defaced with racial slurs and swastikas
Miami murals honoring baseball trailblazers Jackie Robinson and Minnie Minoso were defaced with swastikas and racist slurs this week
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Jackie Robinson mural in Miami defaced with racial slurs and swastikas
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Trump Budget Bill Would Lead to 51,000 More Deaths Each Year, as Health Experts Urge Medicare for All
Trump Budget Bill Would Lead to 51,000 More Deaths Each Year, as Health Experts Urge Medicare for All
President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” now before the Senate could result in over 51,000 preventable deaths each year in the United States. That’s according to public health experts at...
www.democracynow.org
June 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trump Budget Bill Would Lead to 51,000 More Deaths Each Year, as Health Experts Urge Medicare for All
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“When the unthinkable recedes at least a bit,” our columnist M. Gessen writes, “it’s easy to mistake it for proof that the dark times are ending. But these comparatively small victories don’t alter the direction of our transformation — they don’t even slow it down measurably.” nyti.ms/3Hg3GvQ
May 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“When the unthinkable recedes at least a bit,” our columnist M. Gessen writes, “it’s easy to mistake it for proof that the dark times are ending. But these comparatively small victories don’t alter the direction of our transformation — they don’t even slow it down measurably.” nyti.ms/3Hg3GvQ
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A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship in the first three months of this year, and for the right to live and work in Britain indefinitely, according to official data.
Record Number of Americans Apply for British Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship in the first three months of this year, and for the right to live and work in Britain indefinitely, according to official data.
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More than 50 disabled people’s organisations have called on the equality watchdog to investigate the “urgent threat” to the equality and human rights of disabled people posed by the new #Labour government.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/equality-wat...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/equality-wat...
Equality watchdog must investigate ‘urgent threat’ posed by Labour policies, say DPOs
More than 50 disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have called on the equality watchdog to investigate the “urgent threat” to the equality and human rights of disabled people posed by the new Labo…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
More than 50 disabled people’s organisations have called on the equality watchdog to investigate the “urgent threat” to the equality and human rights of disabled people posed by the new #Labour government.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/equality-wat...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/equality-wat...
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Alarm over defence agreement giving US ‘unhindered access’ to Danish airbases
Alarm over defence agreement giving US ‘unhindered access’ to Danish airbases
Deal would allow US to carry out military activities in and from Denmark, giving them powers over Danish civilians
When Copenhagen signed a new defence agreement giving the US “unhindered access” to Danish airbases in December 2023, the idea of granting sweeping powers to US forces on Danish soil was quite a different proposition to what it is today.
The US, then under the Biden administration, was an unwavering Nato ally that Denmark had followed into wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Nordic neighbours Sweden, Finland and Norway had similar agreements with the US. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Alarm over defence agreement giving US ‘unhindered access’ to Danish airbases
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From: The Little Mermaid (1968), dir. Ivan Aksenchuk, Soyuzmultfilm
May 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
From: The Little Mermaid (1968), dir. Ivan Aksenchuk, Soyuzmultfilm
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Two British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
May 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Two British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
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President Trump has floated changing the name of the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Gulf ahead of a trip to the Middle East next week, infuriating Iran and its people. The body of water has been called the Persian Gulf since at least 550 B.C. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/w...
May 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
President Trump has floated changing the name of the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Gulf ahead of a trip to the Middle East next week, infuriating Iran and its people. The body of water has been called the Persian Gulf since at least 550 B.C. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/w...
This is absolutely true
We didn't need a study to confirm this, but... glad to see some empirical evidence + media coverage of what is an extremely common occurrence. (Also remember to run from any OB-GYN who does this ⤵️)
Doctors often gaslight women w/ pelvic disorders & pain, study finds
www.nbcnews.com/health/women...
Doctors often gaslight women w/ pelvic disorders & pain, study finds
www.nbcnews.com/health/women...
Doctors often gaslight women with pelvic disorders and pain, study finds
In a survey, patients reported dismissive comments and being told to lose weight, go to therapy or drink more alcohol to cope with sexual dysfunction.
www.nbcnews.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This is absolutely true
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Public health officials in Los Angeles County have declared an outbreak of hepatitis A, a highly contagious liver infection driven by a virus that can, in rare cases, cause severe illness. Here’s what to know.
What to Know About the Hepatitis A Outbreak in L.A. County
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Public health officials in Los Angeles County have declared an outbreak of hepatitis A, a highly contagious liver infection driven by a virus that can, in rare cases, cause severe illness. Here’s what to know.
Welp - here we go
“The Constitution is clear — and that, of course, is the supreme law of the land — that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion,” Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser, told reporters. “So it’s an option that we’re actively looking at.”
WATCH: Stephen Miller says Trump administration is 'actively looking at' suspending habeas corpus
Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser, said the administration is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the country illegally.
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May 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Welp - here we go
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Awesome kid
Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
May 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Awesome kid
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen and that he hopes it will not.
Putin says he hopes Russia will not need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
In comments aired Sunday in a film by Russian state television about his quarter of a century in power, Putin said Russia has the strength and the means to bring the conflict in Ukraine to a “logical…
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May 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen and that he hopes it will not.
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PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Friday that President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR was blatantly unlawful. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
PBS chief slams Trump's executive order aiming to cut federal funding for PBS and NPR as unlawful
The broadcasters get roughly half a billion dollars in public money and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump's election.
www.pbs.org
May 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Friday that President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR was blatantly unlawful. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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Hubble Sees a Star Set to Explode - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/j6gpDL
![Floating at the center of this new Hubble image is a lidless purple eye, staring back at us through space. This ethereal object, known officially as [SBW2007] 1 but sometimes nicknamed SBW1, is a nebula with a giant star at its center. The star was originally twenty times more massive than our sun, and is now encased in a swirling ring of purple gas, the remains of the distant era when it cast off its outer layers via violent pulsations and winds.
But the star is not just any star; scientists say that it is destined to go supernova. Twenty-six years ago, another star with striking similarities went supernova — SN 1987A. Early Hubble images of SN 1987A show eerie similarities to SBW1. Both stars had identical rings of the same size and age, which were travelling at similar speeds; both were located in similar HII regions; and they had the same brightness. In this way SBW1 is a snapshot of SN1987a's appearance before it exploded, and unsurprisingly, astronomers love studying them together.
At a distance of more than 20 000 light-years it will be safe to watch when the supernova goes off. If we are very lucky it may happen in our own lifetimes.
Credit: ESA/NASA, acknowledgement: Nick Rose
NASA image use policy.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz5uoq2emhdgxcnndqq5our4/bafkreigir6i5zercq56i5vsdaplhzjntyllk35shouxmmqaf4pkhwttk2u@jpeg)
April 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hubble Sees a Star Set to Explode - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/j6gpDL
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During Covid, Pope Francis extended grace & assistance to a group of trans women in Torvaianica, Italy, with whom he remained close and had monthly lunches
And in 2023, Francis said that Transgender people could be baptized and serve as godparents too
www.newwaysministry.org/2023/11/22/p...
And in 2023, Francis said that Transgender people could be baptized and serve as godparents too
www.newwaysministry.org/2023/11/22/p...
Pope Francis Hosts Transgender Women for Vatican Luncheon - New Ways Ministry
Pope Francis welcomed a group of transgender women, with whom he has formed an ongoing relationship, to a luncheon at the Vatican last week marking the church's World Day of the Poor.
www.newwaysministry.org
April 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
During Covid, Pope Francis extended grace & assistance to a group of trans women in Torvaianica, Italy, with whom he remained close and had monthly lunches
And in 2023, Francis said that Transgender people could be baptized and serve as godparents too
www.newwaysministry.org/2023/11/22/p...
And in 2023, Francis said that Transgender people could be baptized and serve as godparents too
www.newwaysministry.org/2023/11/22/p...
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‘It makes me want to scream’: Nobel peace prize winner horrified by planned exits from landmine treaty
‘It makes me want to scream’: Nobel peace prize winner horrified by planned exits from landmine treaty
Plans by five Nato countries to pull out of life-saving agreement are ‘stupid’, says Nobel laureate Jody Williams
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
‘It makes me want to scream’: Nobel peace prize winner horrified by planned exits from landmine treaty
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Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday said that federal authorities may once again seek reporters’ phone records and compel their testimony in leak investigations, reversing a Biden administration policy meant to protect journalism from intrusive efforts to identify and prosecute leakers.
Justice Dept. Policy Now Allows Pursuit of Reporters’ Records in Leak Inquiries
A new memo suggests that investigations may be launched not just for leaks of classified information, but where disclosures “undermine” Trump administration policies.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday said that federal authorities may once again seek reporters’ phone records and compel their testimony in leak investigations, reversing a Biden administration policy meant to protect journalism from intrusive efforts to identify and prosecute leakers.
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"Is Theo Von podcasting from the right or the left?"
The comedian and podcaster is one of the defining conversationalists of media’s new MAGA-friendly mainstream, our critic Jon Caramanica writes, but he can be harder to pin down, politically and culturally, than his bro-cast peers.
The comedian and podcaster is one of the defining conversationalists of media’s new MAGA-friendly mainstream, our critic Jon Caramanica writes, but he can be harder to pin down, politically and culturally, than his bro-cast peers.
Theo Von Dismantles the Interview Show
The comedian and podcaster is one of the defining conversationalists of media’s new MAGA-friendly mainstream. But he can be harder to pin down, politically and culturally, than his bro-cast peers.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Is Theo Von podcasting from the right or the left?"
The comedian and podcaster is one of the defining conversationalists of media’s new MAGA-friendly mainstream, our critic Jon Caramanica writes, but he can be harder to pin down, politically and culturally, than his bro-cast peers.
The comedian and podcaster is one of the defining conversationalists of media’s new MAGA-friendly mainstream, our critic Jon Caramanica writes, but he can be harder to pin down, politically and culturally, than his bro-cast peers.