Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
I know not everyone can keep up with all the grant terminations, but it’s important to know what we’re losing so I’ll try to compile them here.
First is a study on intimate partner violence with perinatal women (note: the #1 cause of death during pregnancy is homicide)
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First is a study on intimate partner violence with perinatal women (note: the #1 cause of death during pregnancy is homicide)
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
Lots of interesting advent calendars out there!
everything is bonkers right now and we need a timeline cleanse. let’s play a game. if I handed you a blank check but you could ONLY spend it on an Advent calendar, what absurdly pricy collection of little treats are you buying yourself?
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Lots of interesting advent calendars out there!
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This fucker so delusional. I don’t want to have to negotiate with the insurance companies.
Someone needs to ask him how much blood draws cost. CT scans. Chemotherapy. Major surgery. Someone who doesn’t understand any of that, even vaguely, should not be setting health policy
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
This fucker so delusional. I don’t want to have to negotiate with the insurance companies.
Someone needs to ask him how much blood draws cost. CT scans. Chemotherapy. Major surgery. Someone who doesn’t understand any of that, even vaguely, should not be setting health policy
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Someone needs to ask him how much blood draws cost. CT scans. Chemotherapy. Major surgery. Someone who doesn’t understand any of that, even vaguely, should not be setting health policy
She’s really been on a tear
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
She’s really been on a tear
Y’all remember that photo shoot that was stressing me out? Here’s the most popular shape from the poll
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Y’all remember that photo shoot that was stressing me out? Here’s the most popular shape from the poll
Nobody wants to negotiate their own insurance, and most of us don’t want to be entrepreneurs. This is terrible propaganda.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Nobody wants to negotiate their own insurance, and most of us don’t want to be entrepreneurs. This is terrible propaganda.
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The problem isn't that they caved for a promised vote; the problem is that the vote will be a meaningless gesture impressing no one but Senate Democrats.
It will fail. ACA beneficiaries will suffer considerably as a result and there will be no consequences of any kind for Republicans.
It will fail. ACA beneficiaries will suffer considerably as a result and there will be no consequences of any kind for Republicans.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The problem isn't that they caved for a promised vote; the problem is that the vote will be a meaningless gesture impressing no one but Senate Democrats.
It will fail. ACA beneficiaries will suffer considerably as a result and there will be no consequences of any kind for Republicans.
It will fail. ACA beneficiaries will suffer considerably as a result and there will be no consequences of any kind for Republicans.
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One of my HS classmates is a trucker who has hit hard times because of an on the job injury and since this country’s social safety net is trash, needs to raise funds to support his recovery. Please consider donating, even if you can’t offer much 🫶🏽
www.gofundme.com/f/help-jason...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-jason...
Donate to Help Jason Bell's Family During Spinal Surgery & Recovery, organized by Jason Bell
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November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
One of my HS classmates is a trucker who has hit hard times because of an on the job injury and since this country’s social safety net is trash, needs to raise funds to support his recovery. Please consider donating, even if you can’t offer much 🫶🏽
www.gofundme.com/f/help-jason...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-jason...
Despite being part of one of the most important scientific discoveries in history, the discovery of the structure of DNA, James Watson died in intellectual exile because he embraced racism and sexism to the bitter end, despite prevailing scientific evidence. What a shameful fall from grace.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Despite being part of one of the most important scientific discoveries in history, the discovery of the structure of DNA, James Watson died in intellectual exile because he embraced racism and sexism to the bitter end, despite prevailing scientific evidence. What a shameful fall from grace.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Finally in print - The 1st publication in the New England Journal of Medicine
describing the devastation of healthcare infrastructure & horrors in Gaza, calling on US Medicine to break silence.
And yes it’s still relevant after the ceasefire
#SilenceIsComplicity
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
describing the devastation of healthcare infrastructure & horrors in Gaza, calling on US Medicine to break silence.
And yes it’s still relevant after the ceasefire
#SilenceIsComplicity
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Finally in print - The 1st publication in the New England Journal of Medicine
describing the devastation of healthcare infrastructure & horrors in Gaza, calling on US Medicine to break silence.
And yes it’s still relevant after the ceasefire
#SilenceIsComplicity
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
describing the devastation of healthcare infrastructure & horrors in Gaza, calling on US Medicine to break silence.
And yes it’s still relevant after the ceasefire
#SilenceIsComplicity
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
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❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
✨Please share! My newsletter is out.
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
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Watch today’s CBS Sunday Morning Alzheimer’s research piece. Note the scientist says you can’t just stop research, studies, and trials in the middle and then pick them up again. They take years of building to a point. So-called “patriots” have thrown away this country’s greatness in so many ways💔🇺🇸😢
As I mentioned at my talk today for the @stanfordaaup.bsky.social teach-in, over 4,500 federal grants have been terminated at over 600 institutions. Those grants are valued at~$8B, with ~$3.5B being stolen from universities when those grants were terminated. The type of grants terminated varies +
November 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Watch today’s CBS Sunday Morning Alzheimer’s research piece. Note the scientist says you can’t just stop research, studies, and trials in the middle and then pick them up again. They take years of building to a point. So-called “patriots” have thrown away this country’s greatness in so many ways💔🇺🇸😢
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Wow.. integrity, honor, duty. Of course he's left the bench.
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Wow.. integrity, honor, duty. Of course he's left the bench.
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
“He knew his racist and sexist assertions would feature in [his obituaries]. Not even that could make him reconsider his beliefs, which only seemed to harden with criticism.” A recalcitrant bigot to the end.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“He knew his racist and sexist assertions would feature in [his obituaries]. Not even that could make him reconsider his beliefs, which only seemed to harden with criticism.” A recalcitrant bigot to the end.
Yet another talent I didn’t know was a thing
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Yet another talent I didn’t know was a thing
“progressivism, for most of the Democratic Party, was more posture than praxis.
And so we suffer, the world over, the consequences of a lazy and self-absorbed Democratic party dead-set on “playing dead.” Elected officials who would rather become the villain than take off the cape altogether.” 🔥
And so we suffer, the world over, the consequences of a lazy and self-absorbed Democratic party dead-set on “playing dead.” Elected officials who would rather become the villain than take off the cape altogether.” 🔥
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“progressivism, for most of the Democratic Party, was more posture than praxis.
And so we suffer, the world over, the consequences of a lazy and self-absorbed Democratic party dead-set on “playing dead.” Elected officials who would rather become the villain than take off the cape altogether.” 🔥
And so we suffer, the world over, the consequences of a lazy and self-absorbed Democratic party dead-set on “playing dead.” Elected officials who would rather become the villain than take off the cape altogether.” 🔥
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
www.propublica.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Do you think the administration cares that the Pope is constantly trolling them?
The Present Illness is available wherever you get your podcasts.
The Present Illness is available wherever you get your podcasts.
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Do you think the administration cares that the Pope is constantly trolling them?
The Present Illness is available wherever you get your podcasts.
The Present Illness is available wherever you get your podcasts.
Episode 6 is live! We discuss what happened with the elections this week and the fall-out among Republicans who renewed calls to repeal the 19th amendment. Can’t let those darn women ruin the workplace AND politics!
The Present Illness is available wherever you get your podcasts.
The Present Illness is available wherever you get your podcasts.
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Episode 6 is live! We discuss what happened with the elections this week and the fall-out among Republicans who renewed calls to repeal the 19th amendment. Can’t let those darn women ruin the workplace AND politics!
The Present Illness is available wherever you get your podcasts.
The Present Illness is available wherever you get your podcasts.
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If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.