Deborah Shapiro
@dsmdnyc.bsky.social
Rheumatologist, photographer, birder, transitioning from photojournalism to bird photography.
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Repression almost never announces itself by targeting everyone at once. It begins quietly, aimed at minorities, those with less power, fewer allies, or voices that are easier to ignore. Their rights are restricted, their freedoms narrowed, and their suffering dismissed as exceptional or deserved.
January 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Repression almost never announces itself by targeting everyone at once. It begins quietly, aimed at minorities, those with less power, fewer allies, or voices that are easier to ignore. Their rights are restricted, their freedoms narrowed, and their suffering dismissed as exceptional or deserved.
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Leave aside the free-speech implications for a moment.
Musk, an immigrant who came to N America at 18, may not know it, but the claim that the "US is built on stolen land" is roughly true--it's just a fact.
Take California (Musk's home). The US acquired it via the 1848 Treaty ...
Musk, an immigrant who came to N America at 18, may not know it, but the claim that the "US is built on stolen land" is roughly true--it's just a fact.
Take California (Musk's home). The US acquired it via the 1848 Treaty ...
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Leave aside the free-speech implications for a moment.
Musk, an immigrant who came to N America at 18, may not know it, but the claim that the "US is built on stolen land" is roughly true--it's just a fact.
Take California (Musk's home). The US acquired it via the 1848 Treaty ...
Musk, an immigrant who came to N America at 18, may not know it, but the claim that the "US is built on stolen land" is roughly true--it's just a fact.
Take California (Musk's home). The US acquired it via the 1848 Treaty ...
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Sometimes I think about how Kristi Noem bragged about shooting a puppy
January 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Sometimes I think about how Kristi Noem bragged about shooting a puppy
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If you only have time to read one piece today, read this. It voices the particular pain civil servants have felt since “the purge”, which was never about waste, but rather removing the scientific and professional foundations of American government, making it easier to raid, sell, and manipulate.
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
If you only have time to read one piece today, read this. It voices the particular pain civil servants have felt since “the purge”, which was never about waste, but rather removing the scientific and professional foundations of American government, making it easier to raid, sell, and manipulate.
Protester at today’s march in New York City calling for abolishing ICE and releasing the Epstein files #protest #demonstration #newyorkcity #photojournalism #ICE #Epsteinfiles #democracy
January 12, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Protester at today’s march in New York City calling for abolishing ICE and releasing the Epstein files #protest #demonstration #newyorkcity #photojournalism #ICE #Epsteinfiles #democracy
Thousands protested against the Trump administration today on Fifth Avenue in New York City #protest #demonstration #newyorkcity #antiwar #democracy #photojournalism
January 12, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Thousands protested against the Trump administration today on Fifth Avenue in New York City #protest #demonstration #newyorkcity #antiwar #democracy #photojournalism
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Several hundred people form a human banner spelling out “IT WAS MURDER — ICE OUT!!” at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach during a protest Saturday in response to the recent fatal shooting in Minneapolis of Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent.
📸: Erik Castro/Special to The Chronicle
📸: Erik Castro/Special to The Chronicle
January 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Several hundred people form a human banner spelling out “IT WAS MURDER — ICE OUT!!” at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach during a protest Saturday in response to the recent fatal shooting in Minneapolis of Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent.
📸: Erik Castro/Special to The Chronicle
📸: Erik Castro/Special to The Chronicle
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Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News
January 9, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News
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Some personal news, as they say: My first book, CATCH THE DEVIL, comes out July 14! I’m hugely grateful to @nytimes.com for naming it as one of the books everyone will be talking about in 2026.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/b...
January 8, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Some personal news, as they say: My first book, CATCH THE DEVIL, comes out July 14! I’m hugely grateful to @nytimes.com for naming it as one of the books everyone will be talking about in 2026.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/b...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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I would think Maduro has head of state immunity from prosecution under international law (with exception for grave human rights violations, see, e.g., Pinochet)
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I would think Maduro has head of state immunity from prosecution under international law (with exception for grave human rights violations, see, e.g., Pinochet)
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Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
January 1, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
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I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
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Tatiana Schlossberg has passed away at 35. Please read this beautiful essay she published last month. It's one of the best things I've read in a long time.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Tatiana Schlossberg has passed away at 35. Please read this beautiful essay she published last month. It's one of the best things I've read in a long time.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
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Christmas greetings from a 34-time convicted felon who has no room for compassion in his heart... indeed, he has no heart.
December 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Christmas greetings from a 34-time convicted felon who has no room for compassion in his heart... indeed, he has no heart.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Consumers don’t know if their medications came from factories that used dirty water, were infested by insects or birds, or were outright banned from shipping drugs to the U.S.
Our new app provides answers that the FDA won’t.
Our new app provides answers that the FDA won’t.
Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t
We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.
www.propublica.org
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Consumers don’t know if their medications came from factories that used dirty water, were infested by insects or birds, or were outright banned from shipping drugs to the U.S.
Our new app provides answers that the FDA won’t.
Our new app provides answers that the FDA won’t.
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check it out
For the first time, every cover, article, and issue in the magazine’s hundred-year history can be enjoyed on newyorker.com.
www.newyorker.com/news/press-r...
For the first time, every cover, article, and issue in the magazine’s hundred-year history can be enjoyed on newyorker.com.
www.newyorker.com/news/press-r...
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
check it out
For the first time, every cover, article, and issue in the magazine’s hundred-year history can be enjoyed on newyorker.com.
www.newyorker.com/news/press-r...
For the first time, every cover, article, and issue in the magazine’s hundred-year history can be enjoyed on newyorker.com.
www.newyorker.com/news/press-r...
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It was amazing to watch the journalists who built this tool at work. Months and months of painstaking effort, careful reporting behind every decision.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It was amazing to watch the journalists who built this tool at work. Months and months of painstaking effort, careful reporting behind every decision.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
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Moral depravity, n—a state of extreme corruption, wickedness, or a profound departure from accepted moral standards, involving a deep-seated inclination towards evil, injustice, and baseness. It signifies a severe impairment of moral principles, leading to behavior that shocks societal conscience
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Moral depravity, n—a state of extreme corruption, wickedness, or a profound departure from accepted moral standards, involving a deep-seated inclination towards evil, injustice, and baseness. It signifies a severe impairment of moral principles, leading to behavior that shocks societal conscience
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My bet, based largely on the sudden posting of promotional materials for vendors of cannabis products on Trump's Truth Social account over the last six months, is that Trump and his children and members of his entourage, have made substantial investments in cannabis companies in the last few months.
December 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My bet, based largely on the sudden posting of promotional materials for vendors of cannabis products on Trump's Truth Social account over the last six months, is that Trump and his children and members of his entourage, have made substantial investments in cannabis companies in the last few months.