Cheryl
@cherylshah.bsky.social
I'm in favor of equal human rights for all humans. I enjoy reading, capoeira, and working with the Microsoft Power Platform.
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Several times a day, I discover I'm carrying around a backpack full of rocks.
And then I realize I can simply...put it down. A short thread on my rage in 2025. 🧵
And then I realize I can simply...put it down. A short thread on my rage in 2025. 🧵
January 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Several times a day, I discover I'm carrying around a backpack full of rocks.
And then I realize I can simply...put it down. A short thread on my rage in 2025. 🧵
And then I realize I can simply...put it down. A short thread on my rage in 2025. 🧵
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Media and digital literacy are key to disrupting disinformation.
--clapping back/arguing just helps to amplify bad faith accounts & false material
--don't share "funny" disinfo to dunk on it; some will still believe it
--BLOCK, REPORT, and tell others to do same *without* sharing disinfo content
--clapping back/arguing just helps to amplify bad faith accounts & false material
--don't share "funny" disinfo to dunk on it; some will still believe it
--BLOCK, REPORT, and tell others to do same *without* sharing disinfo content
It was inevitable, but it’s still good to be aware that this is happening here, now.
If you see suspicious account/comment, remember: Don’t engage. Don’t argue. Don’t clap back. Don’t screenshot and share. Just block and move on.
today.rtl.lu/news/busines...
If you see suspicious account/comment, remember: Don’t engage. Don’t argue. Don’t clap back. Don’t screenshot and share. Just block and move on.
today.rtl.lu/news/busines...
A new 'Matryoshka' campaign: Pro-Russian disinformation makes its Bluesky debut
Disinformation similar to the pro-Russian "Matryoshka" campaign is emerging on Bluesky, using deepfakes and fake profiles to spread pro-Russian messages, prompting calls for more proactive action from...
today.rtl.lu
January 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Media and digital literacy are key to disrupting disinformation.
--clapping back/arguing just helps to amplify bad faith accounts & false material
--don't share "funny" disinfo to dunk on it; some will still believe it
--BLOCK, REPORT, and tell others to do same *without* sharing disinfo content
--clapping back/arguing just helps to amplify bad faith accounts & false material
--don't share "funny" disinfo to dunk on it; some will still believe it
--BLOCK, REPORT, and tell others to do same *without* sharing disinfo content
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
January 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
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Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
Here's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm
See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases
www.science.org
December 14, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.
December 5, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.
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Re-upping this.
Check out @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's substack, too. While she's one of the most clear-eyed chroniclers of our times, she's not a screaming doom-shrieker. You'll also find some of the most moving, edifying prose about beautiful american places with really good photos.
Check out @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's substack, too. While she's one of the most clear-eyed chroniclers of our times, she's not a screaming doom-shrieker. You'll also find some of the most moving, edifying prose about beautiful american places with really good photos.
Written five years ago, this beautiful piece by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social resonates even more now. Age of Trump becomes the new Gilded Age of the ruling class.
https://thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-heading-into-dark-times-this-is-how-to-be-your-own-light-in-the-age-of-trump/1611114266432-e23ea1a6
https://thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-heading-into-dark-times-this-is-how-to-be-your-own-light-in-the-age-of-trump/1611114266432-e23ea1a6
We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backers are taking us. That’s why I have a favor to ask you, my fellow Americans.
thecorrespondent.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Re-upping this.
Check out @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's substack, too. While she's one of the most clear-eyed chroniclers of our times, she's not a screaming doom-shrieker. You'll also find some of the most moving, edifying prose about beautiful american places with really good photos.
Check out @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's substack, too. While she's one of the most clear-eyed chroniclers of our times, she's not a screaming doom-shrieker. You'll also find some of the most moving, edifying prose about beautiful american places with really good photos.
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When the mask mandate was lifted from Mass General Brigham in May '23, hospital transmission of resp virus went up. When the mandate was re-instituted in Jan '24, infection rates went down. www.news-medical.net/news/2024052...
Study confirms face masks' effectiveness in reducing disease transmission, calls for improved public understanding
Researchers reviewed the benefits, practicalities, and harms of masks and masking, finding that masks are effective in reducing respiratory disease transmission despite some adverse effects, and empha...
www.news-medical.net
November 28, 2024 at 7:39 PM
When the mask mandate was lifted from Mass General Brigham in May '23, hospital transmission of resp virus went up. When the mandate was re-instituted in Jan '24, infection rates went down. www.news-medical.net/news/2024052...
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Isn’t it funny how the U.S. media is suddenly posting stories about the improving inflation picture now that the election is over? 🧐
November 26, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Isn’t it funny how the U.S. media is suddenly posting stories about the improving inflation picture now that the election is over? 🧐
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Learning a ton about the Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazis in my German classes in high school and then watching the changes in the American political climate over the last decade has been a really special kind of bleak
November 25, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Learning a ton about the Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazis in my German classes in high school and then watching the changes in the American political climate over the last decade has been a really special kind of bleak
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This is our plan for getting through the next two years with our democracy as intact as possible. Our new guide provides tangible ways to organize locally and leverage the power we have to block the most dangerous elements of Trump’s agenda: indivisible.org/guide
November 25, 2024 at 2:11 PM
This is our plan for getting through the next two years with our democracy as intact as possible. Our new guide provides tangible ways to organize locally and leverage the power we have to block the most dangerous elements of Trump’s agenda: indivisible.org/guide
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Anyone who is anti-vax is pro-death. Period. The science and data do not lie. And they don’t care about your podcast.
November 24, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Anyone who is anti-vax is pro-death. Period. The science and data do not lie. And they don’t care about your podcast.
Sunset a few days ago
November 24, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Sunset a few days ago
I've done the first two of these things many times, but never with croissants. Always glad to learn of opportunities for self improvement!
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.
November 23, 2024 at 8:11 PM
I've done the first two of these things many times, but never with croissants. Always glad to learn of opportunities for self improvement!
Short intro on my favorite hobby
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What is capoeira? (1min teaser)
YouTube video by M & M Arts
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November 22, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Short intro on my favorite hobby
youtu.be/SecqYX_wPxI?...
youtu.be/SecqYX_wPxI?...
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Important set of resources here
wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/how-...
wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/how-...
How we can meet the challenges of authoritarianism
This is not our first rodeo with authoritarianism. Americans have collectively risen to seemingly impossible challenges in the past, and we can again.
wagingnonviolence.org
November 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Important set of resources here
wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/how-...
wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/how-...
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If you’re looking for a gift or some holiday reading, please consider my book, “Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America.“ You can order a personalized, signed copy from Ann Arbor’s Literati Book Store by completing the “order comments” section here. https://buff.ly/3OesPHG
November 22, 2024 at 2:45 PM
If you’re looking for a gift or some holiday reading, please consider my book, “Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America.“ You can order a personalized, signed copy from Ann Arbor’s Literati Book Store by completing the “order comments” section here. https://buff.ly/3OesPHG
Sun rays coming through the pine trees and reflecting off the early morning mist.
November 18, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Sun rays coming through the pine trees and reflecting off the early morning mist.
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The biggest superpower in a autocracy are saying the words "no, I won't comply."
We outnumber them. Autocrats require constant effort to maintain control. Forcing them to expend effort to enforce compliance is our asymmetrical advantage.
We outnumber them. Autocrats require constant effort to maintain control. Forcing them to expend effort to enforce compliance is our asymmetrical advantage.
November 17, 2024 at 3:44 PM
The biggest superpower in a autocracy are saying the words "no, I won't comply."
We outnumber them. Autocrats require constant effort to maintain control. Forcing them to expend effort to enforce compliance is our asymmetrical advantage.
We outnumber them. Autocrats require constant effort to maintain control. Forcing them to expend effort to enforce compliance is our asymmetrical advantage.
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2.
DEFEND INSTITUTIONS
👉🏼Institutions will not automatically defend themselves. They need to be defended.
👉🏼Many reasonable people assumed in Germany in 1933, as many do now, that rulers who came to power through institutions cannot destroy them. This assumption was wrong.
#SnyderOnTyranny
DEFEND INSTITUTIONS
👉🏼Institutions will not automatically defend themselves. They need to be defended.
👉🏼Many reasonable people assumed in Germany in 1933, as many do now, that rulers who came to power through institutions cannot destroy them. This assumption was wrong.
#SnyderOnTyranny
November 16, 2024 at 2:27 AM
2.
DEFEND INSTITUTIONS
👉🏼Institutions will not automatically defend themselves. They need to be defended.
👉🏼Many reasonable people assumed in Germany in 1933, as many do now, that rulers who came to power through institutions cannot destroy them. This assumption was wrong.
#SnyderOnTyranny
DEFEND INSTITUTIONS
👉🏼Institutions will not automatically defend themselves. They need to be defended.
👉🏼Many reasonable people assumed in Germany in 1933, as many do now, that rulers who came to power through institutions cannot destroy them. This assumption was wrong.
#SnyderOnTyranny
I took this six years ago today but I like it so much I'm using it for my first post here. All the real science, pretty photos, and book stuff here are great. Hope it lasts.
November 14, 2024 at 8:05 PM
I took this six years ago today but I like it so much I'm using it for my first post here. All the real science, pretty photos, and book stuff here are great. Hope it lasts.