Qeme
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Qeme
@ukdaniel.bsky.social
My work spans across: Building systems for African founders at the Beta Collective, global health doc, low carbon solution innovations.
Formerly Johns Hopkins
Coffee 🤓
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IANAL but this guy is and he has an excellent explainer up on how to behave if an undocumented person flees immigration enforcement into your home or business.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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I think Americans are realizing that democracy is a participation sport, and the the government is ours if we want it to be. I feel like we got complacent and hoped some other third party would do the work for us. Seems like we have to learn that lesson every generation.
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Today was Palestinian Independence Day.

As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does.

Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Big news out of Indiana today as Republican legislators surprise everyone by saying no to Donald Trump.

Each crack in Trump’s facade of inevitability will lead to more. Let’s keep it up!
October 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.

msf.org/msf-denounce...
October 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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WATCH: "They are underwater across the board, and they know it. And that is causing them to double down in public. But it is backfiring. That is why—whether it's a shutdown, whether it's all of this—they want us to blink first. And we have too much to save," says AOC.
October 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Having children is a commitment to the future.
And too many people don’t feel secure enough about their lives now or in the future to make that commitment and have the children they’d like.

And until we address that issue, birth rates are unlikely to increase. My op-ed in @newsweek.com.
Low Birth Rates Are Here To Stay | Opinion
Individuals and families need to be supported by a strong social safety net that includes paid leave and a robust child care infrastructure. There are no quick fixes.
www.newsweek.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Amazing!
So, right now, the only reliable way to diagnose endometriosis is with exploratory surgery. But finally, real scientists (instead of male scientists), are on the job & of course they’ve identified multiple markers in menstrual blood that point to noninvasive testing.

www.science.org/content/arti...
Driven by the pain of endometriosis, this scientist is uncovering clues to its causes
Katie Burns is helping reveal the immune system’s role in the long-neglected disease
www.science.org
September 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The absence of mourning is not equal to the presence of celebration, and it’s strange how many people have conflated the two over the last day.
September 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Welp, the lying about economic numbers — which everyone predicted would happen — has commenced. And the press is dutifully gobbling it up.
All these cite one source - US Commerce Department “revision”

They explain it as a result of “huge investment and production output” plus strong “purchasing power by US consumers”

All this doesn’t really make sense given the reality we live in - tariffs (aka tax on consumers), unemployment..
August 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Democratic governors and leaders, fight while you can, as hard as you can.

Trump and MAGA are going full fascist.

They're coming after all of us, including you.

You can't make "deals" with fascists. You have to FIGHT them.

FIGHT, finally, please.
August 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Exactly this.
I can’t understand the mindset of a person who sees masked snatch squads disappearing people off the street and thinks “This will never affect me.” How do you convince yourself that once it finishes with all the Bad People the state’s paramilitary kidnapping function is going to disband itself.
August 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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“Ask for what actually fixes the problem — and then go out there and fight for it.”

On Monday, @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social came to NYC to talk about universal childcare, and why we shouldn’t listen to billionaires who say making life affordable for working families isn't possible.
August 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Exactly this.
And this zigzagging is dizzying!
I wonder if leaders will ever admit that smearing all protests to stop the genocide actually contributed to the genocide. Will there ever be that level of self reflection and honesty or are we just going to get fake surprise like this after mass death.
Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border.

The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
July 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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This week, I’m hosting The Daily Show Tuesday through Thursday.

It’s my first time hosting anything on TV. Ever.

I’ve spent years writing behind the scenes, learning from truly great and talented people. Now, for three nights, I get to sit at the desk and do it myself.
July 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
lol I’m definitely getting more invested in NYC mayoral race. Seems like Mamdani has always had this fun energy!
lmaoooo YouTube recommended this to me and I was like

::squint::

is that MAMDANI???????
Young Cardamom & HAB - Kanda (Chap Chap)
YouTube video by Young Cardamom & HAB
youtu.be
July 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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“Today it’s migrants - and tomorrow it’s you or me, or Rosie O’ Donnell. The federal government of the U.S.A. is essentially being stripped for parts by a gang of hooligans and miscreants pretending to be the good guys.”
July 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Very aptly put.
What voters think nativism will mean: stop giving benefits to others, so you can focus resources on citizens

What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
July 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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📢BREAKING: Just left the courthouse for our NIH grant termination case

Judge ruled terminations are “VOID & ILLEGAL”

As a plaintiff, I felt a wave of relief & hope; he acknowledged the discrimination & harm

Closed by asking, ‘Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?’
June 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.

This is a major win for public health.
June 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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June 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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"So here's the plan -- we impose massive tariffs on the nations that sell us food."

"Hmm."

"But it's OK, because we just rely more on states like California that grow a lot of the same things."

"Oh, I guess that ..."

"And then we go to war with California."
June 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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May 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM