Jules Netherland
@julesnetherland.bsky.social
Sociology PhD, drug policy reform enthusiast. Resistance as self care and self care as resistance. Opinions my own.
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Drug Policy Researchers! Don't forget to submit your policy-relevant drug research poster abstract by April 30th so you can present your findings at our upcoming Reform Conference
in Detroit! More information here: reformconference.org/research
in Detroit! More information here: reformconference.org/research
April 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Drug Policy Researchers! Don't forget to submit your policy-relevant drug research poster abstract by April 30th so you can present your findings at our upcoming Reform Conference
in Detroit! More information here: reformconference.org/research
in Detroit! More information here: reformconference.org/research
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This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
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This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.
March 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.
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Reports are coming in that Trump-era ICE agents have arrested even American-born citizens during raids. If you’re just heading to work or the grocery store, how would you prove you’re an American? This is getting out of hand—Americans have a right to privacy.
March 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Reports are coming in that Trump-era ICE agents have arrested even American-born citizens during raids. If you’re just heading to work or the grocery store, how would you prove you’re an American? This is getting out of hand—Americans have a right to privacy.
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We must protect health services that keep people safe, like naloxone access, addiction treatment, and overdose prevention. Yet, these services are on the federal funding chopping block. Urge Trump and Congress to protect them and keep Americans safe. engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/take-... #drugsky
March 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We must protect health services that keep people safe, like naloxone access, addiction treatment, and overdose prevention. Yet, these services are on the federal funding chopping block. Urge Trump and Congress to protect them and keep Americans safe. engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/take-... #drugsky
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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Who are the smartest, most dynamic experts and advocates doing great drug policy reform and harm reduction work? We want to hear who you want to see speak at Reform 2025. Submit your nominations by Friday, April 4th. reformconference.org/speakers
March 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Who are the smartest, most dynamic experts and advocates doing great drug policy reform and harm reduction work? We want to hear who you want to see speak at Reform 2025. Submit your nominations by Friday, April 4th. reformconference.org/speakers
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For the first time, we @drugpolicy.org are accepting research posters for display at our upcoming 2025 Reform Conference in Detroit!
Submit your policy-relevant research poster by April 30th at reformconference.org/research!
Submit your policy-relevant research poster by April 30th at reformconference.org/research!
March 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
For the first time, we @drugpolicy.org are accepting research posters for display at our upcoming 2025 Reform Conference in Detroit!
Submit your policy-relevant research poster by April 30th at reformconference.org/research!
Submit your policy-relevant research poster by April 30th at reformconference.org/research!
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Francis Collins led the mapping of the human genome, and chose to do big scientific to benefit the public. He is a a former NIH Director.
He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
March 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Francis Collins led the mapping of the human genome, and chose to do big scientific to benefit the public. He is a a former NIH Director.
He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
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Harm reduction isn’t about nudging people toward abstinence—it’s about rejecting the idea that drug use makes someone disposable in the first place.
March 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Harm reduction isn’t about nudging people toward abstinence—it’s about rejecting the idea that drug use makes someone disposable in the first place.
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🚨BREAKING: We closed down Tesla in NYC
Well we, went down to the rich man's house and we 🎶
Took back what he stole from us
Took back our dignity
Took back our humanity
📣Resistance Revival Chorus
Thank you to everyone who joined us. PEOPLE POWER⚡️
#TeslaTakedown #StoptheCoup #Resist
Well we, went down to the rich man's house and we 🎶
Took back what he stole from us
Took back our dignity
Took back our humanity
📣Resistance Revival Chorus
Thank you to everyone who joined us. PEOPLE POWER⚡️
#TeslaTakedown #StoptheCoup #Resist
March 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🚨BREAKING: We closed down Tesla in NYC
Well we, went down to the rich man's house and we 🎶
Took back what he stole from us
Took back our dignity
Took back our humanity
📣Resistance Revival Chorus
Thank you to everyone who joined us. PEOPLE POWER⚡️
#TeslaTakedown #StoptheCoup #Resist
Well we, went down to the rich man's house and we 🎶
Took back what he stole from us
Took back our dignity
Took back our humanity
📣Resistance Revival Chorus
Thank you to everyone who joined us. PEOPLE POWER⚡️
#TeslaTakedown #StoptheCoup #Resist
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“The DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, as first reported by Bloomberg, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the General Requirements section that prohibit surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.”
Back in the mid-20th century, the FBI could place an individual under surveillance solely for being LGBTQ. This is what enabled the anti-queer witch hunts of the McCarthy era. Now, DHS permits surveillance of LGBTQ people again. Just being queer makes you a suspect. www.advocate.com/politics/dhs...
DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity
The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.
www.advocate.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“The DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, as first reported by Bloomberg, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the General Requirements section that prohibit surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.”
Good in depth look at how UHC is continue its practices of denying care to sick folks and pushing back on requests for increased transparency. Under siege after a tragedy, UnitedHealth grapples with fresh security threats and a customer backlash www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/u... via @statnews.com
Under siege after a tragedy, UnitedHealth grapples with fresh security threats and a customer backlash
Heightened security at UnitedHealth Group's Minnesota headquarters in the wake of a top executive’s killing is the most conspicuous sign of a company under siege.
www.statnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Good in depth look at how UHC is continue its practices of denying care to sick folks and pushing back on requests for increased transparency. Under siege after a tragedy, UnitedHealth grapples with fresh security threats and a customer backlash www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/u... via @statnews.com
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NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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🚨NEW: Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance industry saw profits explode to reach $371 BILLION.
More than 40% of that net income went to UnitedHealth Group, whose annual profits have skyrocketed by nearly 400% since 2010.
www.levernews.com/health-insur...
More than 40% of that net income went to UnitedHealth Group, whose annual profits have skyrocketed by nearly 400% since 2010.
www.levernews.com/health-insur...
Health Insurers’ $371 Billion Windfall
Since the Affordable Care Act’s passage, the top five health insurers’ annual profits have jumped 230 percent, with much of that going to UnitedHealthcare.
www.levernews.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:13 PM
🚨NEW: Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance industry saw profits explode to reach $371 BILLION.
More than 40% of that net income went to UnitedHealth Group, whose annual profits have skyrocketed by nearly 400% since 2010.
www.levernews.com/health-insur...
More than 40% of that net income went to UnitedHealth Group, whose annual profits have skyrocketed by nearly 400% since 2010.
www.levernews.com/health-insur...
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Interested in joining DPA’s team? We’re currently hiring for five different remote positions! We value diversity and inclusivity. We encourage applicants who have been impacted by the drug war. If you enjoy rewarding work, benefits, and competitive pay apply now! drugpolicy.org/careers #drugsky
December 11, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Interested in joining DPA’s team? We’re currently hiring for five different remote positions! We value diversity and inclusivity. We encourage applicants who have been impacted by the drug war. If you enjoy rewarding work, benefits, and competitive pay apply now! drugpolicy.org/careers #drugsky
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This is a nightmare scenario for trans people. If language like this gets into an HHS funding bill that becomes law, pretty much every hospital and doctor's office that treats trans people of any age would stop doing so.
This is the most extreme anti-trans push yet.
This is the most extreme anti-trans push yet.
![For the last few years, the GOP has coalesced around an idea that would short-circuit essentially all trans health care in America: banning federal funds from going to businesses that provide health care specific to changing one's sex or gender identity, including hormones and surgeries. It would essentially signal to the private sector that if it wants federal dollars, it needs to stay away from sex-or gender-affirming care, and bow down to right-wing pundits who aim to, in their own words,
"eradicate" and "erase" this form of
health care.
Language in House Republicans' most recent funding bill for the Health and Human Services Department would do just that - ban money from any federal program to entities that do "social transitioning" or drugs and surgery for "gender dysphoria." Gender dysphoria is the specific diagnosis doctors use to justify those medical interventions. This legislation has not gotten a vote yet and would need to be reintroduced next Congress to be considered. But it has been a top priority for Republican lawmakers in the House, and Trump himself has promised he'd ask Congress "to permanently stop federal taxpayer dollars from being used to promote or pay for these [trans] procedures." (You can hear all his promises on trans health care in this short campaign video.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hf7ezrajxadu7v3tzcyij424/bafkreid3evqccjqsjbwtdleb4kkevl4nepvc3h7wornyv37q5po7swxsei@jpeg)
December 10, 2024 at 2:24 PM
This is a nightmare scenario for trans people. If language like this gets into an HHS funding bill that becomes law, pretty much every hospital and doctor's office that treats trans people of any age would stop doing so.
This is the most extreme anti-trans push yet.
This is the most extreme anti-trans push yet.