Anna
@athofer.bsky.social
Public health policy and practice. Health justice. Mitigating and reducing harm. HIV, STI, COVID, drug user health practice areas. Decoding systems for end users/ laypeople. DIY til I die.
Brad Lander is an elected official and mayoral candidate in NYC.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Brad Lander is an elected official and mayoral candidate in NYC.
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I keep thinking back to this research. Power, such as great wealth, consistently causes people to act as if they've suffered a traumatic brain injury. Unless you ground yourself by remembering when you were powerless, you'll navigate life as if in a hazy stupor. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Power Causes Brain Damage
How leaders lose mental capacities—most notably for reading other people—that were essential to their rise
www.theatlantic.com
May 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I keep thinking back to this research. Power, such as great wealth, consistently causes people to act as if they've suffered a traumatic brain injury. Unless you ground yourself by remembering when you were powerless, you'll navigate life as if in a hazy stupor. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...
They don't need a warrant
A federal kidnapping in Worcester
www.welcometohellworld.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...
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So grateful to work with such incredible colleagues @anniewaldman.bsky.social @maxblau.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social @propublica.org!
Thank you to all the families, doctors, therapists, lawyers and workers who shared their stories with us.
Our series: www.propublica.org/series/ameri...
Thank you to all the families, doctors, therapists, lawyers and workers who shared their stories with us.
Our series: www.propublica.org/series/ameri...
May 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
So grateful to work with such incredible colleagues @anniewaldman.bsky.social @maxblau.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social @propublica.org!
Thank you to all the families, doctors, therapists, lawyers and workers who shared their stories with us.
Our series: www.propublica.org/series/ameri...
Thank you to all the families, doctors, therapists, lawyers and workers who shared their stories with us.
Our series: www.propublica.org/series/ameri...
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🚨 68% of voters in battleground districts say cutting Medicaid is a bad idea.
Medicaid = mental health care.
Voters get it. Lawmakers should too. #HandsOffMedicaid
Medicaid = mental health care.
Voters get it. Lawmakers should too. #HandsOffMedicaid
May 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚨 68% of voters in battleground districts say cutting Medicaid is a bad idea.
Medicaid = mental health care.
Voters get it. Lawmakers should too. #HandsOffMedicaid
Medicaid = mental health care.
Voters get it. Lawmakers should too. #HandsOffMedicaid
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STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
April 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
Woke up this morning in my Philadelphia neighborhood to a truck driving around my neighborhood with a siren and flashing lights and repeatedly yelling over a loudspeaker "Liberals, progressives [something unintelligible] you will be DOGEd."
April 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Woke up this morning in my Philadelphia neighborhood to a truck driving around my neighborhood with a siren and flashing lights and repeatedly yelling over a loudspeaker "Liberals, progressives [something unintelligible] you will be DOGEd."
Philadelphia County stands to lose $397 million. See national impact of federal health research cuts scienceimpacts.org
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Philadelphia County stands to lose $397 million. See national impact of federal health research cuts scienceimpacts.org
USAID is essential
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February 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
USAID is essential
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By way of illustration - Uganda, as I understand it, gets all its antiretroviral therapeutics for both HIV treatment and PrEP paid for through PEPFAR.
This also includes standard-of-care arms of ongoing clinical trials .
This also includes standard-of-care arms of ongoing clinical trials .
Unconscionable
Perhaps the most disgusting announcement of a week full of disgusting announcements.
The impact PEPFAR has played in global fight against HIV/AIDS is a shining example of how investing in global health is in the national interest.
www.cbsnews.com/news/funding...
Perhaps the most disgusting announcement of a week full of disgusting announcements.
The impact PEPFAR has played in global fight against HIV/AIDS is a shining example of how investing in global health is in the national interest.
www.cbsnews.com/news/funding...
Funding for AIDS relief program to stop after foreign aid pause ordered
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, provides billions in funding to organizations to combat HIV.
www.cbsnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
By way of illustration - Uganda, as I understand it, gets all its antiretroviral therapeutics for both HIV treatment and PrEP paid for through PEPFAR.
This also includes standard-of-care arms of ongoing clinical trials .
This also includes standard-of-care arms of ongoing clinical trials .