Anjoli
@anjolianand.bsky.social
She/her. Non-Communicable Disease advisor at Doctors Without Borders/MSF | Once-upon-a-time-ER Doctor | Former EIS Officer. Views are my own.
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There’s 1,000 times more chatter about the Maine senate race in a year than about Maine’s ballot measure in 3 weeks that’d bring voter ID and crack down on mail voting… maybe let’s start there??? boltsmag.org/maine-questi...
A Ballot Measure Targets Mail Voting in Maine - Bolts
Question 1, on the November ballot, would set up a barrage of new restrictions on absentee ballots that would considerably affect older voters and people with disabilities.
boltsmag.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
There’s 1,000 times more chatter about the Maine senate race in a year than about Maine’s ballot measure in 3 weeks that’d bring voter ID and crack down on mail voting… maybe let’s start there??? boltsmag.org/maine-questi...
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Claire Magone talks to us from outside Nasser hospital, in the south of Gaza, which, like other health facilities in the Strip, is entirely overwhelmed by the medical needs of people who are facing a daily onslaught of violence.
October 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Claire Magone talks to us from outside Nasser hospital, in the south of Gaza, which, like other health facilities in the Strip, is entirely overwhelmed by the medical needs of people who are facing a daily onslaught of violence.
Cool about GLP1s, but I'm more excited about the addition of rapid acting analogue insulin! This is actually a big deal! In LMICs, MOHs rely on the EML when deciding what to cover. Including rapid acting insulins to the list opens the door a little bit wider to better prices and more access.
WHO adds GLP-1 drugs for diabetes, others to essential medicines list reut.rs/45PsEfr
WHO adds GLP-1 drugs for diabetes, others to essential medicines list
The World Health Organization has added GLP-1 drugs to treat diabetes to its essential medicines list alongside treatments for cystic fibrosis and cancer, and said it hopes this will help improve global access to the costly drugs.
reut.rs
September 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Cool about GLP1s, but I'm more excited about the addition of rapid acting analogue insulin! This is actually a big deal! In LMICs, MOHs rely on the EML when deciding what to cover. Including rapid acting insulins to the list opens the door a little bit wider to better prices and more access.
Imagine if all this actually results in corporations paying their fair share into the government? Corporate Dems would never.
(Don't worry, I know where that money will really go)
(Don't worry, I know where that money will really go)
Critics warn that Trump's demands for business leaders to step down, and for the government to take a cut of sales, threaten American-style capitalism.
Trump is tightening the screws on corporate America — and CEOs are staying mum
Critics warn that Trump's demands for business leaders to step down, and for the government to take a cut of sales, threaten American-style capitalism.
n.pr
August 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Imagine if all this actually results in corporations paying their fair share into the government? Corporate Dems would never.
(Don't worry, I know where that money will really go)
(Don't worry, I know where that money will really go)
We need more and more frequent buses in Eastern Queens! We don't have any subway lines. I've barely been to other parts of the borough I grew up in because of how hard it is to get around it efficiently.
Today I'm so honored to earn the endorsement of @drichardsqns.bsky.social, who fights for the world's borough every day.
We recently rode the Q4 in Jamaica, one of the five bus lines made free in our fare free bus pilot. Ridership jumped 30%, and everyone's commute got a little bit easier.
We recently rode the Q4 in Jamaica, one of the five bus lines made free in our fare free bus pilot. Ridership jumped 30%, and everyone's commute got a little bit easier.
August 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We need more and more frequent buses in Eastern Queens! We don't have any subway lines. I've barely been to other parts of the borough I grew up in because of how hard it is to get around it efficiently.
Probably doesn't help that they've defunded the NPS.
Why the hell was a wildfire allowed to burn at the Grand Canyon in the middle of July during one of the driest years on record?
I’m demanding answers and a full investigation from the Department of the Interior.
I’m demanding answers and a full investigation from the Department of the Interior.
July 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Probably doesn't help that they've defunded the NPS.
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Columbia announces it will adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism, "zero tolerance" approach to discrimination/harassment policy, partner with the ADL.
This is very similar to the terms of Barnard's settlement in Students Against Antisemitism v. Columbia; possible we will see another settlement
This is very similar to the terms of Barnard's settlement in Students Against Antisemitism v. Columbia; possible we will see another settlement
July 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Columbia announces it will adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism, "zero tolerance" approach to discrimination/harassment policy, partner with the ADL.
This is very similar to the terms of Barnard's settlement in Students Against Antisemitism v. Columbia; possible we will see another settlement
This is very similar to the terms of Barnard's settlement in Students Against Antisemitism v. Columbia; possible we will see another settlement
In dangerously high temperatures (and you don't know what that may be for someone) maybe we do a little less policing of how people stay cool. Your aesthetic preferences really don't matter to me here.
people on the tube with the little plastic fans. where is your dignity.
July 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In dangerously high temperatures (and you don't know what that may be for someone) maybe we do a little less policing of how people stay cool. Your aesthetic preferences really don't matter to me here.
While I don't deny an east coast election bias, I think a lot of this latest disproportionate coverage was driven by the opportunity to be both Islamaphobic and anti-social safety programs. They can't resist!
The nation's fifth most populous county, San Diego, just chose its political future today—and appears to have chosen to have a Democratic local government—and it's crickets everywhere. Quite the eye-popping example of the NY/East-Coast-bias of how elections get covered.
July 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
While I don't deny an east coast election bias, I think a lot of this latest disproportionate coverage was driven by the opportunity to be both Islamaphobic and anti-social safety programs. They can't resist!
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First Denmark, now the city of Lyon is switching from Microsoft to open source software. I can only hope others, including my institution, are wise enough to make this move. MS products are terrible, and potentially a danger. www.theregister.com/2025/06/26/l...
French city of Lyon ditching Microsoft for FOSS
: Ingredients of future software salade Lyonnaise will include Linux, PostgreSQL, and OnlyOffice
www.theregister.com
June 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
First Denmark, now the city of Lyon is switching from Microsoft to open source software. I can only hope others, including my institution, are wise enough to make this move. MS products are terrible, and potentially a danger. www.theregister.com/2025/06/26/l...
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Sen. Lee's bill to sell off public lands continues to hit roadblocks of his own making. The Senate Parliamentarian has once again axed the language on rules grounds. Sen. Lee continues to make edits, trying to set precedent for selling off public lands in Congress. HELP US KEEP THE PRESSURE ON.
June 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sen. Lee's bill to sell off public lands continues to hit roadblocks of his own making. The Senate Parliamentarian has once again axed the language on rules grounds. Sen. Lee continues to make edits, trying to set precedent for selling off public lands in Congress. HELP US KEEP THE PRESSURE ON.
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So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
Leftist Democrats in the state remember what happened to India Walton who fairly won the Democrat primary in Buffalo and then lost in the general with the state Democrat party ran their guy anyway, who lost the primary. You can't tell us Democrats believe in fair elections either.
June 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Leftist Democrats in the state remember what happened to India Walton who fairly won the Democrat primary in Buffalo and then lost in the general with the state Democrat party ran their guy anyway, who lost the primary. You can't tell us Democrats believe in fair elections either.
The problem is that Mamdani's campaign seemed very authentic to Mamdani himself, meanwhile the Dems love nothing more than the consultant class, a group of people who prefer to water down authenticity (see Tim Walz)
A party that actually wanted to mobilize young and disillusioned voters would be studying Zohran Mamdani’s campaign like the Bible
June 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The problem is that Mamdani's campaign seemed very authentic to Mamdani himself, meanwhile the Dems love nothing more than the consultant class, a group of people who prefer to water down authenticity (see Tim Walz)
This is an incredible breakthrough. Type 1 diabetes is such a hard thing to live with. In Sub Saharan Africa the life expectancy of a 10 year old child diagnosed with T1D is just 13 years old because they can't afford the absolute basics in care, how can we build equity into these kinds of advances?
💥 🍃 🏥 New Stem Cell Therapy Effective for Severe Diabetes (Type 1)
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Single treatment led to reduced or no need for insulin in all 12 patients
New England Journal of Medicine Report
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2506549
Gift Article NYT
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Single treatment led to reduced or no need for insulin in all 12 patients
New England Journal of Medicine Report
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2506549
Gift Article NYT
People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is an incredible breakthrough. Type 1 diabetes is such a hard thing to live with. In Sub Saharan Africa the life expectancy of a 10 year old child diagnosed with T1D is just 13 years old because they can't afford the absolute basics in care, how can we build equity into these kinds of advances?
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God my absolute heart is with the people of Iran, who’ve fought so steadfastly for their own liberation, and are getting fucked half a dozen ways by a whole pantheon of geriatric war criminals while being told they should be grateful for it
June 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
God my absolute heart is with the people of Iran, who’ve fought so steadfastly for their own liberation, and are getting fucked half a dozen ways by a whole pantheon of geriatric war criminals while being told they should be grateful for it
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Removing pepperball residue from clothing and other items. This is based on my (unfortunately extensive) personal experience and experimentiation.
Pepperballs contain powdered PAVA, an oily, synthetic capsaicin analog. The only reliable way to remove it is with a good surfactant soap and water. 1/
Pepperballs contain powdered PAVA, an oily, synthetic capsaicin analog. The only reliable way to remove it is with a good surfactant soap and water. 1/
June 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Removing pepperball residue from clothing and other items. This is based on my (unfortunately extensive) personal experience and experimentiation.
Pepperballs contain powdered PAVA, an oily, synthetic capsaicin analog. The only reliable way to remove it is with a good surfactant soap and water. 1/
Pepperballs contain powdered PAVA, an oily, synthetic capsaicin analog. The only reliable way to remove it is with a good surfactant soap and water. 1/
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I was a medic at the Santa Ana protests in OC today.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
June 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I was a medic at the Santa Ana protests in OC today.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
I watched police fire tear gas, flash bangs, & rubber bullets into crowds of men, women, & children.
Other medics and I were clearly marked with red crosses, and the police were targeting us.
One of the most fucked up things I’ve ever seen.
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Jessica Ramos’ deranged endorsement of Cuomo is great news for everyone who was interested in ranking Michael Blake but didn’t know who to bump from their top 5.
June 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Jessica Ramos’ deranged endorsement of Cuomo is great news for everyone who was interested in ranking Michael Blake but didn’t know who to bump from their top 5.
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June 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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The people on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which is meant to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza are saying there is a drone hovering over their ship, which they take as a threat given what happened last time.
This is happening right now.
This is happening right now.
June 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The people on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which is meant to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza are saying there is a drone hovering over their ship, which they take as a threat given what happened last time.
This is happening right now.
This is happening right now.
Leave the outer boroughs out of this.
Around D.C., the new going rate is well-known: $5 million for a one-on-one dinner with Trump, but gov-affairs execs have “no clue where the money is eventually going,” one said. Another told me it’s “outer-borough Mafia sh*t.” My new piece is out @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump’s Politics of Plunder
The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.
www.newyorker.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Leave the outer boroughs out of this.
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Scoop: CBS News pulled a "60 Minutes" segment that focused on job losses at the Internal Revenue Service hours before it was scheduled to air, replacing it with a feature story on Cajun music.
Story: www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
Story: www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
May 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Scoop: CBS News pulled a "60 Minutes" segment that focused on job losses at the Internal Revenue Service hours before it was scheduled to air, replacing it with a feature story on Cajun music.
Story: www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
Story: www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...