A huge congratulations to Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD for being honored in TIME's TIME100 Health issue. Dr. Hotez is cited for his public engagement, including his recent book 'The Deadly Rise of Anti-science.'
time.com/6968402/peter-…

2 weeks ago, we reported on a deadly strike in Gaza. The harrowing image of children's bodies splayed around a foosball table impossible to forget.
A CNN analysis of evidence recovered and documented at the scene of the strike now points to the likely cause: a precision-guided

Jeff Sharlet Dartmouth 🌲 Those cops were brutal to me. I promise I did absolutely nothing wrong. I was standing with a line of women faculty in the their 60s to 80s trying to protect our students. I have now been banned from the campus where I have taught for 34 years.

“The Pulitzer Prize Board would like to recognize the tireless efforts of student journalists across our nation’s college campuses, who are covering protests and unrest in the face of great personal and academic risk.”

My friend Dr Adnan Al-Bursh was beaten to death by the Israeli prison guards.

If states are going to ban the Carolina Squat for being dangerous, they should also ban lift kits that let trucks tower over everyone else on the road.

thedrive.com/news/driving-a…

The campaign “United Against Gender Apartheid” tells the stories of women in Iran and Afghanistan, living under the shadow of the Taliban and the Islamic Regime in Iran. It invites the world to listen to these testimonies, exposing the systematic violence against women 1/4

we are in a real moment of defining everything down. anything that offends zionists is now blood libel. property damage is now kristallnacht. any protest where you don't just have a polite march is violence.

Wrote about *that* Dana Bash segment on CNN, which is simply one of the most shameful pieces of propaganda I have ever seen on cable news discourseblog.com/p/cnns-disgrac…

I am extremely alarmed by information that Dr. Adnan Albursh, a well-known surgeon at #alshifa_hospital , has died while detained by Israeli forces in the Ofer military prison. While I acquire more information, I URGE the diplomatic community to intervene with CONCRETE MEASURES to

Israeli universities are in turmoil, too. Palestinian citizens of Israel face jail over social media posts, while violent rhetoric against them is ignored.

I spoke to the top lawyer at Adalah taking on their legal battles:

My latest in Slate:
slate.com/human-interest…

Important read. Also, read that 'spiral' paragraph - this is coming for VA, too - w/ dire consequences for all of us (like 80% of physicians train at VA, so even non-vets will suffer)

npr.org/2024/05/02/124…

Couldn’t agree more with Nathaniel Raymond’s stark warning in today’s The Guardian piece from Kaamil Ahmed

#KeepEyesOnSudan

I’m quoted in this spot on 🎯 The Guardian piece today on El Fasher about the humanitarian blockade and sporadic fighting strangling a city on the brink of catastrophe. READ IT 👇 theguardian.com/global-develop…

Before Roe v. Wade, I was forced to carry my dead stillborn baby boy in my womb for 3 months to term. As his flesh disintegrated, it poisoned my bloodstream, and I almost died!

It was considered illegal to induce labor, even to save my life.

WE CAN’T GO BACK FLORIDA!

Daily Beast reporters aren't thrilled with new boss Joanna Coles's story ideas, including:

-An investigation of Trump's “stress farts or sleep farts.”
-“Is Protesting the New Sex for Gen Z?”
-Are the campus protests astroturfed?

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A few #BirdFlu updates courtesy of CIDRAP

FDA finds no live #H5N1 avian flu virus in sour cream or cottage cheese, will assess raw milk cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenz…

Far too much terrorism analysis & policy narrative is driven by [accurate] assessments of ' #AlQaeda Central's' relative weakness, but the extent to which affiliates (especially in #Africa ) have learned, adapted & expanded thru 'localization' goes dangerously under-acknowledged.