Diane E Meier
dianeemeier.bsky.social
Diane E Meier
@dianeemeier.bsky.social
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Great interview on the Big Budget Bomb that is now before the Senate. Asked to summarize the impacts, @crampell.bsky.social said the bill is "a transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich, from the young to the old and from the future to the past."
May 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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“Six years ago, I found myself face to face with a white farmer preparing for the government to take his land.

This did not happen in South Africa. It was in South Texas, and it was because of Trump…”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
When Trump Was the One Taking Land From Farmers
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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“Most of that grant money is appropriated by Congress for the National Institutes of Health to disburse to fund biomedical research after a lengthy application process by individual scientists, work that is not typically done at trade schools…”

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump considers redirecting $3 billion in Harvard grants to US trade schools
President Donald Trump said he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money for scientific and engineering research away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools.
www.reuters.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Comparative Safety of Medications for Severe Agitation: A Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines 2.0 Systematic Review. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Dr. Amrita Shrestha emphasises the irreplaceable role of human connection in palliative care. True care goes beyond treatment; it's about empathy, presence, and addressing all aspects of a patient's needs. Technology alone isn’t enough; people make the difference. #PalliativeCare #UKAidMatch
May 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Hospital Membership: Maximize your #palliative care team’s quality, efficiency and success. Just one CAPC membership fee provides both your entire team—and your org's entire staff—with full access to CAPC training, tools and expert resources.

Explore >> buff.ly/4jnSXxQ
May 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Recent research from Dr. Robert "Tyler" Braun and colleagues examines the consequences of U.S. #hospice acquisitions by private equity firms and publicly traded corporations on key financial and clinical outcomes. Learn more: www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S088...
May 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “NYC SUNDAYS: Worth Fighting For – Target Majority NYC Community Meetings” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/americanprog...
NYC SUNDAYS: Worth Fighting For – Target Majority NYC Community Meetings · American Progress
Hello, friend. As we enter the first 100 days of Trump 2.0, we need to gather for mutual support and collective action, because we together, we can help shape the road ahead. Join us in building resi...
www.mobilize.us
April 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Unreal.
"Hundreds of Thousands Will Die: The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. senior official Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world."

www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
Hundreds of Thousands Will Die
The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. senior official Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world.
www.newyorker.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Looking forward to this! Come see @geripal.bsky.social live! #hapc #geriatrics
March 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Join virtual office hours with Allison Silvers, MB, and Sonia Malhotra, MD, MS, FAAP, to ask questions, discuss challenges and share creative solutions with #palliative care clinicians from palliative care programs in #rural and safety-net organizations. >> buff.ly/40BkhS8
March 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Hospital Membership: Maximize your #palliative care team’s quality, efficiency and success. Just one CAPC membership fee provides both your entire team—and your org's entire staff—with full access to CAPC training, tools and expert resources.

Explore >> ow.ly/KU1q50P0KSV
March 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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It's been 50 years since the first Palliative Care unit was opened in Quebec. But have we lost something along the way? #medsky

Guests Sue Britton (1st nurse hired at that 1st PC unit), Michael Kearney, & Justin Sanders.

bit.ly/GeriPalEp347 - hosts @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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“Punishing even one person for their speech is meant to intimidate others into self-censorship…these threats cut to the core of what it means to live in a pluralistic democracy. journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-fac...
A Statement from Columbia Journalism School Faculty Defending Press Freedom | Columbia Journalism School
journalism.columbia.edu
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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"The White House has directed the military to draw up options for increasing the US troop presence in Panama to achieve Trump’s goal of 'reclaiming' the Panama Canal"

And *yes*, this does include:

the "option of U.S. troops seizing the Panama Canal by force"

www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say
Potential plans range from partnering more closely with Panamanian security forces to a less likely option of U.S. troops seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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They installed the TV...

At his request...

So he can play video games...

In his office...

In the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Trump just withdrew the bad CDC nominee after public blowback about the measles vaccine.

Scientists, we can achieve the same with the bad NIH nominee. Public pressure can force out Bhattacharya.
Your voices are needed now. Please take action. 🧪
White House withdraws Trump's pick Dave Weldon as CDC director pick
The White House is withdrawing President Donald Trump's nomination of Republican former congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon to serve as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a source briefed on the matter said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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At the protest for veterans in DC.
March 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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The question isn't, "Should medicine and politics mix," but "How do medicine and politics mix?" open.substack.com/pub/familyme... #medsky
Autonomous Patients, Isolated People
What Beliefs About People Do to the Care of Bodies
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March 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Your work deserves the spotlight! Submit your poster abstract for the #CAPCSeminar25 by March 28. Topic areas include ensuring care quality in the context of limited resources, team well-being, advancing equitable care, and more. www.capc.org/seminar/post... #hapc #hpm #CAPCSeminar25
March 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The DOGE Helpline
Comms from Armageddon
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March 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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🗺️ Our recent study mapped the evidence that exists regarding the delivery of palliative and end-of-life care for adolescents and young adults living with cancer

👇Check it out:

lnkd.in/gRkp6QWF

#AYACSM #AYACancer #TYACancer #BCSM #BTSM #CancerResearch #HPM #PalliativeCare
February 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM