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· Aug 6
Be gentle with me, but don’t be gentle with me like I’m fragile. Be gentle with me like I’m worth something.
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As we see ANOTHER huge drop in the cost of curing tuberculosis, I am reminded that 1. drugs are not expensive because they're made of platinum or something, and 2. the fruits of activism are often harvested over many years. Thanks to all the folks who made this happen. www.stoptb.org/news/breakin...
Breaking News: Historical Drop of DR-TB Treatment Cost Below $300 After Third Major Cut in 2025 by Stop TB’s Global Drug Facility | Stop TB Partnership
www.stoptb.org
September 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
As we see ANOTHER huge drop in the cost of curing tuberculosis, I am reminded that 1. drugs are not expensive because they're made of platinum or something, and 2. the fruits of activism are often harvested over many years. Thanks to all the folks who made this happen. www.stoptb.org/news/breakin...
Be gentle with me, but don’t be gentle with me like I’m fragile. Be gentle with me like I’m worth something.
August 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Be gentle with me, but don’t be gentle with me like I’m fragile. Be gentle with me like I’m worth something.
QOTD via someone @trevorproject.bsky.social: “I'm going to wake up and keep trying to do good and so are you and nobody gets to vote on that”
July 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
QOTD via someone @trevorproject.bsky.social: “I'm going to wake up and keep trying to do good and so are you and nobody gets to vote on that”
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At least there are trees.
When I was younger, I thought trees were a big stupid waste of time except insofar as they provide us with oxygen.
Now, when I am sad and on the edge of something worse than sad, I think, "At least there are trees."
When I was younger, I thought trees were a big stupid waste of time except insofar as they provide us with oxygen.
Now, when I am sad and on the edge of something worse than sad, I think, "At least there are trees."
July 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
At least there are trees.
When I was younger, I thought trees were a big stupid waste of time except insofar as they provide us with oxygen.
Now, when I am sad and on the edge of something worse than sad, I think, "At least there are trees."
When I was younger, I thought trees were a big stupid waste of time except insofar as they provide us with oxygen.
Now, when I am sad and on the edge of something worse than sad, I think, "At least there are trees."
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Experts estimate USAID cuts are leading to 88 deaths PER HOUR. A UN office called these “the deepest funding cuts ever to hit the international humanitarian sector.” If funding isn't resumed, they estimate an additional 10 million cases & 2 million preventable deaths by 2030: tb.impactcounter.com
Tuberculosis Impact Counter | Tracking TB Funding Impact
Tracking the impact of TB funding via USAID
tb.impactcounter.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Experts estimate USAID cuts are leading to 88 deaths PER HOUR. A UN office called these “the deepest funding cuts ever to hit the international humanitarian sector.” If funding isn't resumed, they estimate an additional 10 million cases & 2 million preventable deaths by 2030: tb.impactcounter.com
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language actually matters! not super hard to choose your words sometimes! our side should know this!
July 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
language actually matters! not super hard to choose your words sometimes! our side should know this!
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Remembering Dr. Alan Hart for Pride, trans man from the early 1900s. He revolutionized the detection of tuberculosis, saved thousands of lives, and died using his name, as the man he always was meant to be.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
June 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Remembering Dr. Alan Hart for Pride, trans man from the early 1900s. He revolutionized the detection of tuberculosis, saved thousands of lives, and died using his name, as the man he always was meant to be.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
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I, for one, am tired of [gestures broadly]. I have grown weary of [points in all directions simultaneously].
May 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I, for one, am tired of [gestures broadly]. I have grown weary of [points in all directions simultaneously].
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“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.”
-Maya Angelou
Happy birthday, Maya Angelou.
-Maya Angelou
Happy birthday, Maya Angelou.
April 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.”
-Maya Angelou
Happy birthday, Maya Angelou.
-Maya Angelou
Happy birthday, Maya Angelou.
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Sen. Cory Booker's speech on the Senate floor went for 25 hours and 4 minutes.
His final words: "Let's get in good trouble, my friend. Madam President, I yield the floor."
His final words: "Let's get in good trouble, my friend. Madam President, I yield the floor."
April 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Sen. Cory Booker's speech on the Senate floor went for 25 hours and 4 minutes.
His final words: "Let's get in good trouble, my friend. Madam President, I yield the floor."
His final words: "Let's get in good trouble, my friend. Madam President, I yield the floor."
As a young person, I needed to see a grown up pushing back against everything. Thank you, Senator.
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
As a young person, I needed to see a grown up pushing back against everything. Thank you, Senator.
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It’s voting day, Wisconsin.
Voting guide: Crawford, Underly, No.
Then go get Culver’s.
Voting guide: Crawford, Underly, No.
Then go get Culver’s.
April 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It’s voting day, Wisconsin.
Voting guide: Crawford, Underly, No.
Then go get Culver’s.
Voting guide: Crawford, Underly, No.
Then go get Culver’s.
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Today is Monday, March 31.
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell.
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell.
March 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Today is Monday, March 31.
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell.
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell.
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I have been anxious for so long. It is like I am trying to break the world record for how long you can consecutively be anxious.
March 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I have been anxious for so long. It is like I am trying to break the world record for how long you can consecutively be anxious.
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It’s GET OUT & VOTE time in Wisconsin!
Early voting is open all week.
As of now, it’s best to walk in your vote by mail ballot.
Make sure to be heard by April 1. Let Felon47 & his owner know WI is not for sale!
#DemVoice1
Even the Wisconsin State Journal is tired of Schimel & Republican chaos!
Early voting is open all week.
As of now, it’s best to walk in your vote by mail ballot.
Make sure to be heard by April 1. Let Felon47 & his owner know WI is not for sale!
#DemVoice1
Even the Wisconsin State Journal is tired of Schimel & Republican chaos!
March 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It’s GET OUT & VOTE time in Wisconsin!
Early voting is open all week.
As of now, it’s best to walk in your vote by mail ballot.
Make sure to be heard by April 1. Let Felon47 & his owner know WI is not for sale!
#DemVoice1
Even the Wisconsin State Journal is tired of Schimel & Republican chaos!
Early voting is open all week.
As of now, it’s best to walk in your vote by mail ballot.
Make sure to be heard by April 1. Let Felon47 & his owner know WI is not for sale!
#DemVoice1
Even the Wisconsin State Journal is tired of Schimel & Republican chaos!
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It's true: Tuberculosis is more than a disease. It's a form and expression of injustice. atmos.earth/for-john-gre...
For John Green, Tuberculosis Is More Than A Disease | Atmos
The bestselling author says our inability to fix solvable crises is an indictment of our empathy and shared humanity.
atmos.earth
March 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's true: Tuberculosis is more than a disease. It's a form and expression of injustice. atmos.earth/for-john-gre...
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By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make the world’s deadliest infectious disease untreatable again, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social writes.
The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse
By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again.
www.theatlantic.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make the world’s deadliest infectious disease untreatable again, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social writes.
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I didn't need twitter. Twitter needed me. My attention is the product, and the places that monetize my attention need me more than I need them.
March 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I didn't need twitter. Twitter needed me. My attention is the product, and the places that monetize my attention need me more than I need them.
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Under the U.S Constitution, the President is very explicitly not a king. The President's wishes and decrees do not magically become law.
March 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Under the U.S Constitution, the President is very explicitly not a king. The President's wishes and decrees do not magically become law.
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Protect your peace.
I’m not watching nonsense.
March 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Protect your peace.
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“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
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Hearing from Community Partners International, which works from Myanmar to Bangladesh, that USAID cuts mean 14,000 people with HIV losing access to lifesaving meds and a total stop in all HIV and TB screening. So many people will die due to these chaotic, sudden, horrifically implemented cuts.
February 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hearing from Community Partners International, which works from Myanmar to Bangladesh, that USAID cuts mean 14,000 people with HIV losing access to lifesaving meds and a total stop in all HIV and TB screening. So many people will die due to these chaotic, sudden, horrifically implemented cuts.
Action links in the thread!!
February 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Action links in the thread!!
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🧵 PIH condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the Trump Administration's mass termination of United States Government grants and contracts supporting essential health care delivery and humanitarian assistance around the world.
Here’s what you need to know—and how you can take action 👇
Here’s what you need to know—and how you can take action 👇
February 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🧵 PIH condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the Trump Administration's mass termination of United States Government grants and contracts supporting essential health care delivery and humanitarian assistance around the world.
Here’s what you need to know—and how you can take action 👇
Here’s what you need to know—and how you can take action 👇