Sarah Dougherty
@flubber.bsky.social
Int’l human rights lawyer (JD/MPH). Health, detention, torture, natsec, medical ethics & medical complicity. Prior: Physicians for Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, GlobalPost/PRI, DC Courts, American Political Science Association
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There has been strong night-time bird migration in recent nights, for example last night.
The new radar-based tool has revealed that birds can reach heights of almost 4 km (!) over southern Finland.
ilmu.fmi.fi/realtime
The new radar-based tool has revealed that birds can reach heights of almost 4 km (!) over southern Finland.
ilmu.fmi.fi/realtime
September 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
There has been strong night-time bird migration in recent nights, for example last night.
The new radar-based tool has revealed that birds can reach heights of almost 4 km (!) over southern Finland.
ilmu.fmi.fi/realtime
The new radar-based tool has revealed that birds can reach heights of almost 4 km (!) over southern Finland.
ilmu.fmi.fi/realtime
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🚨NEW: VoteVets Responds to Trump’s Use of the National Guard in DC:
“Trump himself refused to activate the Guard when our Capitol was under attack; he should be embarrassed he is activating them now.”
“Trump himself refused to activate the Guard when our Capitol was under attack; he should be embarrassed he is activating them now.”
August 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🚨NEW: VoteVets Responds to Trump’s Use of the National Guard in DC:
“Trump himself refused to activate the Guard when our Capitol was under attack; he should be embarrassed he is activating them now.”
“Trump himself refused to activate the Guard when our Capitol was under attack; he should be embarrassed he is activating them now.”
RFK twitter: “medical decisions should be made based on one thing: the wellbeing of the person-never on a financial bonus or a government mandate. Doctors deserve the freedom to use their training, follow the science & speak the truth without fear of punishment”
Tl;dr: THOSE HOLES ARE SPEEDHOLES
Tl;dr: THOSE HOLES ARE SPEEDHOLES
August 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
RFK twitter: “medical decisions should be made based on one thing: the wellbeing of the person-never on a financial bonus or a government mandate. Doctors deserve the freedom to use their training, follow the science & speak the truth without fear of punishment”
Tl;dr: THOSE HOLES ARE SPEEDHOLES
Tl;dr: THOSE HOLES ARE SPEEDHOLES
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The enemy of my enemy is also an asshole.
July 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The enemy of my enemy is also an asshole.
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It isn't the comments that undermine the integrity of the judiciary, it's Trump's and Bondi's actions that do that. What Boasberg has done is what's known as telling the truth.
DOJ escalates its attacks on judges who rule against Trump
July 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It isn't the comments that undermine the integrity of the judiciary, it's Trump's and Bondi's actions that do that. What Boasberg has done is what's known as telling the truth.
I once would have considered this a wildly oversimplified and problematic meme. Now it’s just a distillation of reality.
July 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I once would have considered this a wildly oversimplified and problematic meme. Now it’s just a distillation of reality.
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Yesterday, Wilmer Chavarria, a Vermonter & US Citizen, was held and interrogated for hours in the Houston airport by CBP agents.
He's a school superintendent. So don’t try to tell us this is about removing violent criminals. This is how they use psychological terror to intimidate us into silence.
He's a school superintendent. So don’t try to tell us this is about removing violent criminals. This is how they use psychological terror to intimidate us into silence.
July 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Yesterday, Wilmer Chavarria, a Vermonter & US Citizen, was held and interrogated for hours in the Houston airport by CBP agents.
He's a school superintendent. So don’t try to tell us this is about removing violent criminals. This is how they use psychological terror to intimidate us into silence.
He's a school superintendent. So don’t try to tell us this is about removing violent criminals. This is how they use psychological terror to intimidate us into silence.
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Her name is Dr. Elizabeth Potter, a microsurgeon who specializes in complex breast cancer surgery. And this insurance company is now trying to destroy her reputation & bankrupt her surgery center since she spoke out about their practices.
I’m sure you’ll never guess which health insurance company.
I’m sure you’ll never guess which health insurance company.
July 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Her name is Dr. Elizabeth Potter, a microsurgeon who specializes in complex breast cancer surgery. And this insurance company is now trying to destroy her reputation & bankrupt her surgery center since she spoke out about their practices.
I’m sure you’ll never guess which health insurance company.
I’m sure you’ll never guess which health insurance company.
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A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
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Story from the Times of London. You can almost hear the disbelief from the UK that our healthcare system is like this.
Dr Elisabeth Potter: I criticised UnitedHealth — now I’m facing ruin share.google/XzyRb4K6zC3L...
Dr Elisabeth Potter: I criticised UnitedHealth — now I’m facing ruin share.google/XzyRb4K6zC3L...
Dr Elisabeth Potter: I criticised UnitedHealth — now I’m facing ruin
The breast surgeon has won the backing of billionaire Bill Ackman and thousands of online donors in a fight with America’s insurance giant
share.google
July 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Story from the Times of London. You can almost hear the disbelief from the UK that our healthcare system is like this.
Dr Elisabeth Potter: I criticised UnitedHealth — now I’m facing ruin share.google/XzyRb4K6zC3L...
Dr Elisabeth Potter: I criticised UnitedHealth — now I’m facing ruin share.google/XzyRb4K6zC3L...
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It doesn't matter why he's worried about the Epstein files. You don't need to know why. It only matters that he's shown us it is an open wound, and it is our job only to shove a rotten 2x4 into it.
July 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It doesn't matter why he's worried about the Epstein files. You don't need to know why. It only matters that he's shown us it is an open wound, and it is our job only to shove a rotten 2x4 into it.
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🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area.
Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.
Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.
July 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area.
Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.
Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.
Noem has bony old people arms. That is all.
July 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Noem has bony old people arms. That is all.
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Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
July 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
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A lesson on how to write a headline.
Man Afraid to Ride Subway Named Head of NASA
Trump has tapped Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as NASA administrator.
www.rollingstone.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A lesson on how to write a headline.
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Speaking as a high school teacher with 20+ years of experience, we continue to be unprepared to deal with the deluge of white supremacist hate our students are being exposed. And now we want to partner with the latest bigotry firehose? Not in my classroom.
Also, today's news about Grok posting antisemitic filth shows how vulnerable these "services" are to manipulation by their owners. If educators partner with these companies, what protection do they have from a billionaire deciding to tweak the systems to push hatred and filth?
None.
Just say no.
None.
Just say no.
July 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Speaking as a high school teacher with 20+ years of experience, we continue to be unprepared to deal with the deluge of white supremacist hate our students are being exposed. And now we want to partner with the latest bigotry firehose? Not in my classroom.
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An I the only person alarmed that the U.S. military thinks a “show of presence” of heavily armed soldiers in a park in Los Angeles where kids play soccer is just fine and dandy?
Military documents confirm that the LA operation today was a “show of presence” intended to send a message to LA residents about the power of the federal government.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
July 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
An I the only person alarmed that the U.S. military thinks a “show of presence” of heavily armed soldiers in a park in Los Angeles where kids play soccer is just fine and dandy?
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Spent most of my life in WV (moved recently), witnessing it turn from reliably blue (voted for Dukakis!) to darkest of reds. But what sticks out to me is transformation of state govt, once a familiar story of nepotism & neglect to now a depraved story of exploitation & subversion of the common good.
July 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Spent most of my life in WV (moved recently), witnessing it turn from reliably blue (voted for Dukakis!) to darkest of reds. But what sticks out to me is transformation of state govt, once a familiar story of nepotism & neglect to now a depraved story of exploitation & subversion of the common good.
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What Prof. Weishart said.
It's not a "funding freeze" or "hold." It's an unlawful seizure of federal funds and it's categorically unconstitutional.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Trump’s $7 Billion Education Funding Freeze Blindsides Schools
Superintendents are scrambling to figure out what to do with programs funded by the money now under review.
www.wsj.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
What Prof. Weishart said.
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Frankly this feels like a show of force in many ways. CBP has their own press guys here, lots of their own folks taking photos of bystanders
July 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Frankly this feels like a show of force in many ways. CBP has their own press guys here, lots of their own folks taking photos of bystanders
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Border patrol now sweeping the park
July 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Border patrol now sweeping the park
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I’m sorry, “yes we sourced a story using stolen personal data about a nonwhite politician brokered by a neonazi BUT the story illuminates the complex nature of racial identity” does not pass the laugh test
July 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I’m sorry, “yes we sourced a story using stolen personal data about a nonwhite politician brokered by a neonazi BUT the story illuminates the complex nature of racial identity” does not pass the laugh test
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Here’s the true reported scandal of NYT’s scandalously bogus hit job on Mamdani spoon fed to the paper by a white supremacist shill. As thread says NYT should now cover *this* story with far greater fervor & outrage than it covered Claudine Gray - but don’t hold yr breath waiting for it to do that.
The saga of the NYT's anti-Mamdani story taken from notorious white supremacist Jordan Lasker (they call him an "academic") gets even more amazing: Lasker's only impactful paper, which claimed white people are smarter, is infamous: it misused data so badly it got his tenured co-author fired. 2/
July 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Here’s the true reported scandal of NYT’s scandalously bogus hit job on Mamdani spoon fed to the paper by a white supremacist shill. As thread says NYT should now cover *this* story with far greater fervor & outrage than it covered Claudine Gray - but don’t hold yr breath waiting for it to do that.
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the whole story is worth reading, and the implication is that as Bezos got a personal trainer, divorced, sought a celebrity lifestyle *and* felt like he was mistreated by the Biden administration, his views about the purpose of the Post evolved accordingly
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Is Jeff Bezos Selling Out the Washington Post?
The Amazon founder was once thought to be the newspaper’s savior—now its journalists are fleeing for the exits. Clare Malone reports on how the paper that brought down Nixon is struggling to survive t...
www.newyorker.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
the whole story is worth reading, and the implication is that as Bezos got a personal trainer, divorced, sought a celebrity lifestyle *and* felt like he was mistreated by the Biden administration, his views about the purpose of the Post evolved accordingly
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...