Anita Misra-Press, PhD
@anitamisrapress.bsky.social
Medical writer specializing in oncology; hiker, backpacker, photographer, mother, caregiver, & 🐕 lover.
Progressive Dem 🌊 and fighting for all things currently under attack.
www.anitamisra.com
Progressive Dem 🌊 and fighting for all things currently under attack.
www.anitamisra.com
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I found this collage made by my daughter in 7th grade from 2018.
She quoted Chesterton, "A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."
I am speechless as to how every sentiment is so needed today and why we must fight to be on the right side of history
#love ✨️
She quoted Chesterton, "A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."
I am speechless as to how every sentiment is so needed today and why we must fight to be on the right side of history
#love ✨️
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Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
Dr Paul Lau, OD extraordinaire, took so much time with my 88yr old mother with dementia, patiently trying to get her an accurate prescription. #Kindness rocks and I am so pleased to welcome Dr Lau to the #pinksocks community
@pinksocks.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Dr Paul Lau, OD extraordinaire, took so much time with my 88yr old mother with dementia, patiently trying to get her an accurate prescription. #Kindness rocks and I am so pleased to welcome Dr Lau to the #pinksocks community
@pinksocks.bsky.social
@maxpauer.bsky.social
@pinksocks.bsky.social
@maxpauer.bsky.social
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The majority of Americans are good. We have heart. We have compassion. When we see others struggle, we want to lend a hand.
For too long, we’ve been divided and pitted against each other by those who crave obscene wealth and power.
Let’s change that. One election at a time.
For too long, we’ve been divided and pitted against each other by those who crave obscene wealth and power.
Let’s change that. One election at a time.
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The majority of Americans are good. We have heart. We have compassion. When we see others struggle, we want to lend a hand.
For too long, we’ve been divided and pitted against each other by those who crave obscene wealth and power.
Let’s change that. One election at a time.
For too long, we’ve been divided and pitted against each other by those who crave obscene wealth and power.
Let’s change that. One election at a time.
The Oregon Department of Justice submitted multiple videos as trial exhibits that show federal officers using force against what appear to be nonviolent protesters outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on various nights since June.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
November 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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I’m just going to say it…
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I’m just going to say it…
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
Join Dr. Benjamin Levy from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center for this #CME activity by Med Learning Grp and with me as the Medical Director, as he discusses TROP2 antibody-drug conjugates in pts with heavily treated #NSCLC.
To register: www.medlearninggroup.com/cme-programm...
#MedSky #OncSky
To register: www.medlearninggroup.com/cme-programm...
#MedSky #OncSky
TROP2 ADCs for NSCLC: What Community Oncologists Need to Know - Med Learning Group
Thursday, November 13, 2025 12:00PM – 1:00PM ET Please note this TeleECHO program is 12:00PM Eastern, 11:00AM Central, 10:00AM Mountain and 9:00AM Pacific.
www.medlearninggroup.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Join Dr. Benjamin Levy from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center for this #CME activity by Med Learning Grp and with me as the Medical Director, as he discusses TROP2 antibody-drug conjugates in pts with heavily treated #NSCLC.
To register: www.medlearninggroup.com/cme-programm...
#MedSky #OncSky
To register: www.medlearninggroup.com/cme-programm...
#MedSky #OncSky
There are GOOD people in this world still!!!!
#pdx #NoKings #hereticcoffee
www.oregonlive.com/dining/2025/...
#pdx #NoKings #hereticcoffee
www.oregonlive.com/dining/2025/...
Portland coffee shop has now raised over $200,000 to feed people losing SNAP benefits
A Portland coffee shop that, as of Tuesday, had raised about $90,000 to help serve breakfast to people losing federal food benefits, has, a day later, raised nearly $200,000.
www.oregonlive.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
There are GOOD people in this world still!!!!
#pdx #NoKings #hereticcoffee
www.oregonlive.com/dining/2025/...
#pdx #NoKings #hereticcoffee
www.oregonlive.com/dining/2025/...
#pdx community coming together with heart and kindness 💓
The owner of a southeast Portland coffee shop said the shop has raised over $86,000 healthy people losing food benefits as the government shutdown continues.
Heretic Coffee 5120 S.E. 28Th Ave. volunteer nonprofit shop that trains people to become baristas and coffee roasters‼️
Heretic Coffee 5120 S.E. 28Th Ave. volunteer nonprofit shop that trains people to become baristas and coffee roasters‼️
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
#pdx community coming together with heart and kindness 💓
This administration is causing a mental health crisis for all of us who day after day are subjected to news that rips our foundational belief in the laws of this country.
#NoKings
www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
#NoKings
www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
White House fires entire commission that reviews designs for federal buildings
The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.
www.npr.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This administration is causing a mental health crisis for all of us who day after day are subjected to news that rips our foundational belief in the laws of this country.
#NoKings
www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
#NoKings
www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
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If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now.
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now.
Fajgenbaum was diagnosed with Castleman disease, a rare, life-threatening disorder. He analyzed his blood, convinced his docs to repurpose a drug he found existed against a protein he was overexpressing & saved his life. He has since repurposed 14 other drugs!
#MedSky
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
#MedSky
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
Medical School graduate, immunologist to receive John Scott Award by American Philosophical Society
The John Scott Award, which Fajgenbaum is set to receive by the American Philosophical Society, is presented to individuals whose inventions have improved the “comfort, welfare, and happiness” of huma...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Fajgenbaum was diagnosed with Castleman disease, a rare, life-threatening disorder. He analyzed his blood, convinced his docs to repurpose a drug he found existed against a protein he was overexpressing & saved his life. He has since repurposed 14 other drugs!
#MedSky
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
#MedSky
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
My neighbor and I are thinking of starting a food drive in a few weeks as well for @liftupportland @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social We have to take care of our own during these surreal times.
Today, my wife had to start an emergency food pantry where she works for employees that are about to lose their benefits.
Food pantries and churches are already tapped out.
It’s going get a lot worse. Let’s continue to look out for each other.
Food pantries and churches are already tapped out.
It’s going get a lot worse. Let’s continue to look out for each other.
October 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
My neighbor and I are thinking of starting a food drive in a few weeks as well for @liftupportland @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social We have to take care of our own during these surreal times.
Harvard cuts >75% PhD student admissions in science and >60% in arts and humanities for the next 2yrs. This administration is doing so much long-term damage.
#Education #EduSkyChat #MedSky #NoKings
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
#Education #EduSkyChat #MedSky #NoKings
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Harvard cuts >75% PhD student admissions in science and >60% in arts and humanities for the next 2yrs. This administration is doing so much long-term damage.
#Education #EduSkyChat #MedSky #NoKings
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
#Education #EduSkyChat #MedSky #NoKings
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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#mRNA #vaccine appears to boost anti #cancer treatment!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
— Cancer patients treated with checkpoint inhibitors show stronger anti-tumor immunity if had COVID19 mRNA vaccine
— Vaccine activates immune system throughout entire body including inside the tumor
#science 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
— Cancer patients treated with checkpoint inhibitors show stronger anti-tumor immunity if had COVID19 mRNA vaccine
— Vaccine activates immune system throughout entire body including inside the tumor
#science 🧪
People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine
mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer ― in an unexpected way.
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#mRNA #vaccine appears to boost anti #cancer treatment!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
— Cancer patients treated with checkpoint inhibitors show stronger anti-tumor immunity if had COVID19 mRNA vaccine
— Vaccine activates immune system throughout entire body including inside the tumor
#science 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
— Cancer patients treated with checkpoint inhibitors show stronger anti-tumor immunity if had COVID19 mRNA vaccine
— Vaccine activates immune system throughout entire body including inside the tumor
#science 🧪
#AmericanMedicalAssociation and 56 other professional medical groups argued that the US is unable to generate enough physicians to care for its aging population. 23% of #physicians who practiced in our country last year were foreign-trained.
#MedSky #Healthcare
www.thelundreport.org/content/ohsu...
#MedSky #Healthcare
www.thelundreport.org/content/ohsu...
OHSU pauses recruiting foreign-born students after U.S. raises barrier for specialized immigrant visas
Trump said the U.S. will impose a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applicants. OHSU has about 250 people working under the specialized visa program.
www.thelundreport.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
#AmericanMedicalAssociation and 56 other professional medical groups argued that the US is unable to generate enough physicians to care for its aging population. 23% of #physicians who practiced in our country last year were foreign-trained.
#MedSky #Healthcare
www.thelundreport.org/content/ohsu...
#MedSky #Healthcare
www.thelundreport.org/content/ohsu...
This is what a peaceful protest of Americans who LOVE their country looks like
#NoKingsPdx #PortlandResists #pdx #NoKingsProtest
#NoKingsPdx #PortlandResists #pdx #NoKingsProtest
October 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is what a peaceful protest of Americans who LOVE their country looks like
#NoKingsPdx #PortlandResists #pdx #NoKingsProtest
#NoKingsPdx #PortlandResists #pdx #NoKingsProtest
October 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
October 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I love that there is movement of frogs in my city, now, we just need this energy to collectively take our democracy back! Let's go! 🐸🪄
#NoKings #yestoprotestfrogs #pdx
#NoKings #yestoprotestfrogs #pdx
Downtown Portland has some new art at 5th and Washington🐸 👀
Click the link to read more about Portland's Protest Frog: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Click the link to read more about Portland's Protest Frog: www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
October 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I love that there is movement of frogs in my city, now, we just need this energy to collectively take our democracy back! Let's go! 🐸🪄
#NoKings #yestoprotestfrogs #pdx
#NoKings #yestoprotestfrogs #pdx
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
We have problems in our city but not the kind you are being told!
And, for more mayhem, remember the ‘Emergency’ World Naked Bike Ride is scheduled for 2:30pm, Oct 12th protesting Trump's decision to federalize 200 Oregon National Guard troops!
#portlandprotest #wnbr #pdxnbr #nakedbikerideprotest
And, for more mayhem, remember the ‘Emergency’ World Naked Bike Ride is scheduled for 2:30pm, Oct 12th protesting Trump's decision to federalize 200 Oregon National Guard troops!
#portlandprotest #wnbr #pdxnbr #nakedbikerideprotest
October 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
We have problems in our city but not the kind you are being told!
And, for more mayhem, remember the ‘Emergency’ World Naked Bike Ride is scheduled for 2:30pm, Oct 12th protesting Trump's decision to federalize 200 Oregon National Guard troops!
#portlandprotest #wnbr #pdxnbr #nakedbikerideprotest
And, for more mayhem, remember the ‘Emergency’ World Naked Bike Ride is scheduled for 2:30pm, Oct 12th protesting Trump's decision to federalize 200 Oregon National Guard troops!
#portlandprotest #wnbr #pdxnbr #nakedbikerideprotest