OArrah
@oharrahg.bsky.social
Southerner-specifically Louisianian. Physician. 📍DC/NO
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Denial is a troublesome problem. Fascism isn't really a surprise; it's helped shape what US society is today. For @prismreports.org, I wrote about how refusing to accept the reality of how we got here aids fascist growth. We have to confront many contradictions.
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Another way out: How denying reality aids fascism
Fascism doesn’t just thrive on hate—it also feeds on denial. As institutions crumble and history is rewritten, the refusal to confront reality becomes one of the most dangerous political acts of all
prismreports.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Denial is a troublesome problem. Fascism isn't really a surprise; it's helped shape what US society is today. For @prismreports.org, I wrote about how refusing to accept the reality of how we got here aids fascist growth. We have to confront many contradictions.
prismreports.org/2025/10/20/a...
prismreports.org/2025/10/20/a...
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
There was always fear. Pregant women (rightfully so) ask a lot of questions and deliberate carefully over the advice/recommendations they are being given. Never had one scenario where that was not the case.
This business erodes trust and further *heightens* the fear unneccesarily.
This business erodes trust and further *heightens* the fear unneccesarily.
September 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
There was always fear. Pregant women (rightfully so) ask a lot of questions and deliberate carefully over the advice/recommendations they are being given. Never had one scenario where that was not the case.
This business erodes trust and further *heightens* the fear unneccesarily.
This business erodes trust and further *heightens* the fear unneccesarily.
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All of this is so deeply upsetting because children will have preventable febrile seizures, mothers may miscarry due to untreated fever, and some pregnancies will be more challenging due to unmanaged pain. There are no upsides to this reckless misinformation from the top just harm and pain.
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
All of this is so deeply upsetting because children will have preventable febrile seizures, mothers may miscarry due to untreated fever, and some pregnancies will be more challenging due to unmanaged pain. There are no upsides to this reckless misinformation from the top just harm and pain.
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The thing about health disinformation is that when it comes from the highest office, people believe it. Parents & pregnant women want to do the right thing but are now making health decisions based on fear.
This is causing real harm.
It's also making our jobs as healthcare professionals harder.
This is causing real harm.
It's also making our jobs as healthcare professionals harder.
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The thing about health disinformation is that when it comes from the highest office, people believe it. Parents & pregnant women want to do the right thing but are now making health decisions based on fear.
This is causing real harm.
It's also making our jobs as healthcare professionals harder.
This is causing real harm.
It's also making our jobs as healthcare professionals harder.
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This was called “incidental contact” by the on air crew.
That’s like if I called a blizzard “a little snow”
That’s like if I called a blizzard “a little snow”
Alyssa Thomas steals the ball from Phee, Cheryl Reeve asolutely loses her mind and has to be held back by several members of the staff before finally leaving after being ejected. Phee's leg collided with Thomas's and she rolled her ankle badly
September 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This was called “incidental contact” by the on air crew.
That’s like if I called a blizzard “a little snow”
That’s like if I called a blizzard “a little snow”
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- September 27, 1994.
September 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
- September 27, 1994.
(that is my steady state. permanent shift worker disorder plus age)
September 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
(that is my steady state. permanent shift worker disorder plus age)
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Did we all sleep poorly and woke up earlier than we wanted?
September 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Did we all sleep poorly and woke up earlier than we wanted?
The joy I felt at a new Tayari Jones book coming.
September 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The joy I felt at a new Tayari Jones book coming.
I do hope and think she will be okay
September 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I do hope and think she will be okay
I am wondering if I understsnd physics differently than the people saying the contact was Napheesa’s fault. I admittedly cannot stand AT but what was Phee supposed to do…ascend in to the air????
September 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I am wondering if I understsnd physics differently than the people saying the contact was Napheesa’s fault. I admittedly cannot stand AT but what was Phee supposed to do…ascend in to the air????
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So today I learned that Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the white social scientist who pontificated on the "crisis of the negro family", denigrated black mothers as matriarchs and decried 'absentee' black fathers was himself raised by a single mom after his alcoholic father abandoned their family.
September 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
So today I learned that Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the white social scientist who pontificated on the "crisis of the negro family", denigrated black mothers as matriarchs and decried 'absentee' black fathers was himself raised by a single mom after his alcoholic father abandoned their family.
Was just having this same thought. A lot of the worry about ourselves only posts on here are demoralizing and counter to our history. We have a rich legacy of internationalism.
September 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Was just having this same thought. A lot of the worry about ourselves only posts on here are demoralizing and counter to our history. We have a rich legacy of internationalism.
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Read the third quote folks!
I need to figure out which of these Assata quotes I can get away with in my Eighth Grade class today.
September 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Read the third quote folks!
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Chilling.
Maybe the best example yet of how smartphones are the primary weapon that global authoritarians are using to take over the world.
Maybe the best example yet of how smartphones are the primary weapon that global authoritarians are using to take over the world.
JERUSALEM (AP) — In 'unprecedented operation,' Israeli army takes over mobile phones of Gaza residents to carry Netanyahu UN speech live.
September 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Chilling.
Maybe the best example yet of how smartphones are the primary weapon that global authoritarians are using to take over the world.
Maybe the best example yet of how smartphones are the primary weapon that global authoritarians are using to take over the world.
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Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."
She was 78.
She was 78.
Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died
Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
www.whatimreading.net
September 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."
She was 78.
She was 78.
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"The house is also calling for the merging of CDC’s division of [TB] elimination, and STI prevention, and opioid related infectious diseases with a combined cut of $34 million with the funding altogether being $300 million. These proposals are cruel, and will cost lives."-@taghivscience.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"The house is also calling for the merging of CDC’s division of [TB] elimination, and STI prevention, and opioid related infectious diseases with a combined cut of $34 million with the funding altogether being $300 million. These proposals are cruel, and will cost lives."-@taghivscience.bsky.social
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For context: "House Labor, Health and Human Services proposed $2 billion in federal cuts to domestic HIV programs, including plans that would dismantle the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention and slash $535 million from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program...."
September 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
For context: "House Labor, Health and Human Services proposed $2 billion in federal cuts to domestic HIV programs, including plans that would dismantle the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention and slash $535 million from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program...."
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In a world in which politically palatable downstream thinking reigns, teaching upstream determination of health inequity can be difficult.
But it’s what "global health” shld be about.
In this paper led by Neha Faruqui we share lessons from our experience & observations!
gh.bmj.com/content/10/9...
But it’s what "global health” shld be about.
In this paper led by Neha Faruqui we share lessons from our experience & observations!
gh.bmj.com/content/10/9...
September 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
In a world in which politically palatable downstream thinking reigns, teaching upstream determination of health inequity can be difficult.
But it’s what "global health” shld be about.
In this paper led by Neha Faruqui we share lessons from our experience & observations!
gh.bmj.com/content/10/9...
But it’s what "global health” shld be about.
In this paper led by Neha Faruqui we share lessons from our experience & observations!
gh.bmj.com/content/10/9...
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For those who care about TB—and humanity—this is a terrific and well-referenced article about the death and destruction sown by the current U.S. administration. www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis... thank you @cidrap, for this comprehensive reporting. @tbfighters.org @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Experts warn loss of USAID endangers the fight against deadly TB
www.cidrap.umn.edu
September 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
For those who care about TB—and humanity—this is a terrific and well-referenced article about the death and destruction sown by the current U.S. administration. www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis... thank you @cidrap, for this comprehensive reporting. @tbfighters.org @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social