Rocio Santamaria
@roxycaine.bsky.social
EM Consultant in the UK.
Believer in science.
Colombian diaspora.
She/Her
Believer in science.
Colombian diaspora.
She/Her
Pinned
Sharing a photo of a remarkable sunset. Behind the thick cloud that obscures the light splitting the sky in two, there is still the sun.
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NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
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A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
wapo.st
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
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The world is a little darker today. Rest in Power Alice Wong, you changed the world for the better and helped so many disabled people find their voice while challenging the ableism we all grew up with.
Read her books if you haven't: disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/
Read her books if you haven't: disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/
Books
Click on each title to learn more Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories …
disabilityvisibilityproject.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The world is a little darker today. Rest in Power Alice Wong, you changed the world for the better and helped so many disabled people find their voice while challenging the ableism we all grew up with.
Read her books if you haven't: disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/
Read her books if you haven't: disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/
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Depressing that the BBC has so little inherent institutional strength, it is kicked about so easily.
This is not good sign for our polity.
This is not good sign for our polity.
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Depressing that the BBC has so little inherent institutional strength, it is kicked about so easily.
This is not good sign for our polity.
This is not good sign for our polity.
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
Wow, this is a really crazy interesting thread.
HAPPENING NOW: Emergency hearing before Judge Karin Immergut on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment.
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
October 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Wow, this is a really crazy interesting thread.
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HAPPENING NOW: Emergency hearing before Judge Karin Immergut on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment.
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
October 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
HAPPENING NOW: Emergency hearing before Judge Karin Immergut on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment.
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
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Instead of interviewing Nigel Farage about his views on the use of paracetamol during pregnancy, what about asking him a few questions about this one here?
September 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Instead of interviewing Nigel Farage about his views on the use of paracetamol during pregnancy, what about asking him a few questions about this one here?
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📢 Access to medical abortion saves lives.
The medications used – #mifepristone and #misoprostol - are included on WHO’s list of Essential Medicines.
🔗 bit.ly/3OynjiA
The medications used – #mifepristone and #misoprostol - are included on WHO’s list of Essential Medicines.
🔗 bit.ly/3OynjiA
September 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📢 Access to medical abortion saves lives.
The medications used – #mifepristone and #misoprostol - are included on WHO’s list of Essential Medicines.
🔗 bit.ly/3OynjiA
The medications used – #mifepristone and #misoprostol - are included on WHO’s list of Essential Medicines.
🔗 bit.ly/3OynjiA
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If you want to understand this Trump administration's rampant corruption ... you have to go back to Eric Adams, and how they made the case against him disappear.
I got a bunch of new details on this deep dive for @nytimes.com ...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
I got a bunch of new details on this deep dive for @nytimes.com ...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
Opinion | Eric Adams, Donald Trump and the Case That Broke American Justice
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Telling disabled people to formally complain every time they're faced with inaccessibility or ableism, is a pretty privileged and ignorant suggestion.
We would constantly be complaining, and the processes are so inaccessible themselves, we don't have the energy or capacity.
We would constantly be complaining, and the processes are so inaccessible themselves, we don't have the energy or capacity.
August 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Telling disabled people to formally complain every time they're faced with inaccessibility or ableism, is a pretty privileged and ignorant suggestion.
We would constantly be complaining, and the processes are so inaccessible themselves, we don't have the energy or capacity.
We would constantly be complaining, and the processes are so inaccessible themselves, we don't have the energy or capacity.
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Say ‘wattage’ one more time.
July 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Say ‘wattage’ one more time.
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POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.
July 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.
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We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?
July 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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We just translated a wave of our ICE coverage into Spanish. No paywall, no email signup necessary. From leaks about Palantir's work with ICE to ICE's new facial recognition app, we think there is a massive public interest in this info. Read why and support us here: www.404media.co/were-publish...
July 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We just translated a wave of our ICE coverage into Spanish. No paywall, no email signup necessary. From leaks about Palantir's work with ICE to ICE's new facial recognition app, we think there is a massive public interest in this info. Read why and support us here: www.404media.co/were-publish...
Absolutely terrifying
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 4:43 PM
Absolutely terrifying
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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 113 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 113 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
July 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 113 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 113 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
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🆕 The UK becomes one of the first countries in the world to issue national evidence-based doxyPEP guidelines. This is a step forward in targeted STI prevention and addressing the continuing rise in syphilis cases in the UK.
🔗 www.bashh.org/news/1686/ba...
🔗 www.bashh.org/news/1686/ba...
June 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🆕 The UK becomes one of the first countries in the world to issue national evidence-based doxyPEP guidelines. This is a step forward in targeted STI prevention and addressing the continuing rise in syphilis cases in the UK.
🔗 www.bashh.org/news/1686/ba...
🔗 www.bashh.org/news/1686/ba...
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Yesterday, RFK Jr announced the U.S. wouldn't continue to support Gavi, the leading international vaccine organization.
I had a lot of thoughts, so I put them in my first ever Substack.
tl;dr—this is RFK Jr taking his anti-vaccine crusade global.
Read it here:
open.substack.com/pub/craigasp...
I had a lot of thoughts, so I put them in my first ever Substack.
tl;dr—this is RFK Jr taking his anti-vaccine crusade global.
Read it here:
open.substack.com/pub/craigasp...
June 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Yesterday, RFK Jr announced the U.S. wouldn't continue to support Gavi, the leading international vaccine organization.
I had a lot of thoughts, so I put them in my first ever Substack.
tl;dr—this is RFK Jr taking his anti-vaccine crusade global.
Read it here:
open.substack.com/pub/craigasp...
I had a lot of thoughts, so I put them in my first ever Substack.
tl;dr—this is RFK Jr taking his anti-vaccine crusade global.
Read it here:
open.substack.com/pub/craigasp...
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In the last year, we have helped over 800 patients return to the job they love. Here at Practitioner Health, we are proud to take care of the workforce that selflessly cares for others. #NHSPractitionerHealth
June 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In the last year, we have helped over 800 patients return to the job they love. Here at Practitioner Health, we are proud to take care of the workforce that selflessly cares for others. #NHSPractitionerHealth