Dr. Holly Singh
@drhollyhds.bsky.social
Anthropologist @USouthFlorida, @UVA Ph.D., Ed.board @SocSciMed. Reproduction & #ReproJustice, South Asia, demography, feminisms, infertility, #MedHum. My views. http://linktr.ee/drhollyhds
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New evidence on how ICE is affecting student learning
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New evidence on how ICE is affecting student learning
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
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"The collective wealth of the top 10 US billionaires has soared by $698bn in the past year, according to a new report from Oxfam America published on Monday on the growing wealth divide."
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"The collective wealth of the top 10 US billionaires has soared by $698bn in the past year, according to a new report from Oxfam America published on Monday on the growing wealth divide."
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NEW 🚨 The violence is the point. Elected Dems must call for widespread resignations (RFK, Bhattacharya, Prasad) in response to the CDC shooting. Public health must demand this of them, and the public must demand that of us. With @publichealthguy1.bsky.social in STAT: www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...
The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6
“In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine," write an epidemiologist and a former CDC staffer.
www.statnews.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NEW 🚨 The violence is the point. Elected Dems must call for widespread resignations (RFK, Bhattacharya, Prasad) in response to the CDC shooting. Public health must demand this of them, and the public must demand that of us. With @publichealthguy1.bsky.social in STAT: www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...
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UK-born guitarist Mark Knopfler says 3 COVID infections have affected his health and guitar skills, prompting him to switch from picks to finger-picking, but he’s confident he’ll recover.
www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/m...
www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/m...
Mark Knopfler says three bouts of COVID have stunted his abilities – but he'll get over it
“You develop lazy techniques. I’m forever doing that. It wouldn’t make a teacher very happy.” Mark Knopfler on Brothers In Arms and what happens when you don't practice enough
www.guitarplayer.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
UK-born guitarist Mark Knopfler says 3 COVID infections have affected his health and guitar skills, prompting him to switch from picks to finger-picking, but he’s confident he’ll recover.
www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/m...
www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/m...
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Deported under a little-known wartime law, more than 130 Venezuelans were sent from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now released, several tell NPR they endured beatings, sexual abuse, and near-total isolation.
'Hell on Earth': Venezuelans deported to El Salvador mega-prison tell of brutal abuse
Deported under a little-known wartime law, more than 130 Venezuelans were sent from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now released, several tell NPR they endured beatings, sexual abuse, and near-total isolation.
n.pr
July 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Deported under a little-known wartime law, more than 130 Venezuelans were sent from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now released, several tell NPR they endured beatings, sexual abuse, and near-total isolation.
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People keep saying foundations are going to pick up the funding slack, but even Wenner Gren notes that they are seeing a massive uptick in applications as other foundations (not just federal funding agencies!) are themselves not funding basic science as much as they used to.
Wenner Gren is closing Sapiens because, among other things, they anticipate being able to fund fewer than 10% of their applications... at the same time as other funding sources from the federal government are being destroyed. This funding environment is an existential crisis for anthropology 🏺🧪
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
People keep saying foundations are going to pick up the funding slack, but even Wenner Gren notes that they are seeing a massive uptick in applications as other foundations (not just federal funding agencies!) are themselves not funding basic science as much as they used to.
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“If HCWs wear N95 respirators and surgical masks throughout [the treatment], the total infection risk can be reduced by 94.7 % and 53.9 %, respectively.”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Transmission of respiratory infectious diseases based on real close contact behavior in an emergency room
The risk of transmission of respiratory infectious diseases in emergency rooms is high, posing a severe threat to the health of healthcare workers (HC…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“If HCWs wear N95 respirators and surgical masks throughout [the treatment], the total infection risk can be reduced by 94.7 % and 53.9 %, respectively.”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Another demographer advising against “underpopulation panic”:
“strong communities [are] important, because not only do they help support people with younger kids, they also help support you throughout this demographic transition, so the older people can get the kind of care that they need”
“strong communities [are] important, because not only do they help support people with younger kids, they also help support you throughout this demographic transition, so the older people can get the kind of care that they need”
There Is No Demographic Crisis. Only a Crisis of Care
The world’s population is expected to start shrinking this century. Political demographer Jennifer Sciubba says that’s no reason to panic.
www.bloomberg.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Another demographer advising against “underpopulation panic”:
“strong communities [are] important, because not only do they help support people with younger kids, they also help support you throughout this demographic transition, so the older people can get the kind of care that they need”
“strong communities [are] important, because not only do they help support people with younger kids, they also help support you throughout this demographic transition, so the older people can get the kind of care that they need”
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The vampire has been about many things in many cultures, anxieties about infection/blood, sex, death, and the power of women’s bodies (the yakshi in Kerala, for eg), but in modern societies there is truly no more vampiric an entity than the billionaire seeking power, longevity and even more wealth
You can understand how people in different cultures independently came up with the idea of vampires, of things that look like humans but exist only to consume humans in order to extend their unnatural lives.
July 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The vampire has been about many things in many cultures, anxieties about infection/blood, sex, death, and the power of women’s bodies (the yakshi in Kerala, for eg), but in modern societies there is truly no more vampiric an entity than the billionaire seeking power, longevity and even more wealth
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🚨 House Republicans could try to pass Trump’s Tax Scam today. We only need to flip four votes to save Medicaid and SNAP from being gutted to fund billionaire tax cuts. If you or anyone you know is represented by a Republican, they need to hear from you immediately: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
July 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🚨 House Republicans could try to pass Trump’s Tax Scam today. We only need to flip four votes to save Medicaid and SNAP from being gutted to fund billionaire tax cuts. If you or anyone you know is represented by a Republican, they need to hear from you immediately: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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There is not a single person in the Democratic Party who is treating the death of USAID with the gravity it deserves. There’s no political issue more important than the death of 14 million people, but they’re just delivering boilerplate condemnations and nothing more.
July 2, 2025 at 5:24 AM
There is not a single person in the Democratic Party who is treating the death of USAID with the gravity it deserves. There’s no political issue more important than the death of 14 million people, but they’re just delivering boilerplate condemnations and nothing more.
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If you listen to this & want more, I want to remind you I have an ENTIRE BOOK that completely debunks popular understandings of the menstrual cycle and teaches you not only the problems with the eugenic history of this science, but helps you understand the real science:
bookshop.org/p/books/peri...
bookshop.org/p/books/peri...
June 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If you listen to this & want more, I want to remind you I have an ENTIRE BOOK that completely debunks popular understandings of the menstrual cycle and teaches you not only the problems with the eugenic history of this science, but helps you understand the real science:
bookshop.org/p/books/peri...
bookshop.org/p/books/peri...
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June 12th is Loving Day, a holiday that commemorates the Loving v. Virginia case, which allowed interracial marriage in all parts of the U.S. NPR readers share how the case changed their lives.
NPR readers share stories of love and adversity in honor of Loving Day
June 12th is Loving Day, a holiday that commemorates the Loving v. Virginia case, which allowed interracial marriage in all parts of the U.S. NPR readers share how the case changed their lives.
n.pr
June 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
June 12th is Loving Day, a holiday that commemorates the Loving v. Virginia case, which allowed interracial marriage in all parts of the U.S. NPR readers share how the case changed their lives.
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Arkansas' experiment with Medicaid work requirements found no evidence of increased employment but substantial reductions to health care coverage and access.
The GOP is still pushing for nationwide implementation in their massive spending bill. buff.ly/376e041 #medicaid #polisky
The GOP is still pushing for nationwide implementation in their massive spending bill. buff.ly/376e041 #medicaid #polisky
There’s no evidence work requirements for Medicaid recipients will boost employment, but they are a key piece of Republican spending bill
Past experience suggests that adding work requirements to Medicaid will strip health services from millions of American without increasing employment.
buff.ly
June 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Arkansas' experiment with Medicaid work requirements found no evidence of increased employment but substantial reductions to health care coverage and access.
The GOP is still pushing for nationwide implementation in their massive spending bill. buff.ly/376e041 #medicaid #polisky
The GOP is still pushing for nationwide implementation in their massive spending bill. buff.ly/376e041 #medicaid #polisky
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The Fulbright Program has been one of America’s most prestigious diplomatic tools—sending scholars abroad, welcoming researchers in and building soft power through education. This flagship exchange program is now under existential threat from the State Department that runs it.
One of the best examples of 'soft power' is on the chopping block, experts say - The World from PRX
Since the end of World War II, the Fulbright Program has been one of America’s most prestigious tools of diplomacy — sending scholars abroad, welcoming researchers in and building soft power through e...
theworld.org
June 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The Fulbright Program has been one of America’s most prestigious diplomatic tools—sending scholars abroad, welcoming researchers in and building soft power through education. This flagship exchange program is now under existential threat from the State Department that runs it.
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from White Rose Resistance's thread
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"Palantir has always been the main threat, since Vance was named VP candidate. Vance is Thiel's (Palantir's) creature and between the facial recognition and mass data aspects of Palantir, he's being granted untold powers.
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"Palantir has always been the main threat, since Vance was named VP candidate. Vance is Thiel's (Palantir's) creature and between the facial recognition and mass data aspects of Palantir, he's being granted untold powers.
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Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
from White Rose Resistance's thread
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"Palantir has always been the main threat, since Vance was named VP candidate. Vance is Thiel's (Palantir's) creature and between the facial recognition and mass data aspects of Palantir, he's being granted untold powers.
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"Palantir has always been the main threat, since Vance was named VP candidate. Vance is Thiel's (Palantir's) creature and between the facial recognition and mass data aspects of Palantir, he's being granted untold powers.
...
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Hurricane season is here.
NOAA is in shambles because of Elon and DOGE.
What could go wrong? www.vox.com/climate/4148...
NOAA is in shambles because of Elon and DOGE.
What could go wrong? www.vox.com/climate/4148...
Hurricane season is here. NOAA is in shambles. What could go wrong?
Trump could make this year’s hurricane season deadlier.
www.vox.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Hurricane season is here.
NOAA is in shambles because of Elon and DOGE.
What could go wrong? www.vox.com/climate/4148...
NOAA is in shambles because of Elon and DOGE.
What could go wrong? www.vox.com/climate/4148...
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Gaza: Pregnancy and childbirth a growing risk under Israeli blockade and bombardment
Gaza: Pregnancy and childbirth a growing risk under Israeli blockade and bombardment
Rather than representing the hope of new life, babies in Gaza have come to epitomise the struggle to survive.
www.bbc.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Gaza: Pregnancy and childbirth a growing risk under Israeli blockade and bombardment
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Many people think that DOGE has stopped or slowed down, but the federal employees I talk to echo this scoop (it's more that DOGE is burrowing into the departments and the work may be hidden because they are deploying AI).
SCOOP: Elon Musk will not be fully exiting DOGE.
In fact, federal workers from at least six agencies tell WIRED that DOGE-style work is escalating in their departments, and President Trump himself said in a press conference today that “Elon's really not leaving.”
In fact, federal workers from at least six agencies tell WIRED that DOGE-style work is escalating in their departments, and President Trump himself said in a press conference today that “Elon's really not leaving.”
DOGE Is Busier Than Ever—and Trump Says Elon Musk Is 'Really Not Leaving'
Federal workers from six agencies tell WIRED that DOGE-style work is escalating in their departments as both new and familiar DOGE faces have appeared in meetings and at new office.
www.wired.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Many people think that DOGE has stopped or slowed down, but the federal employees I talk to echo this scoop (it's more that DOGE is burrowing into the departments and the work may be hidden because they are deploying AI).
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Aside from the fact that anyone can get seriously ill from COVID, a key point they are deliberately hiding when removing access is that COVID vaccines reduce transmission. People choose to get vaccinated to protect other people. It is wrong and harmful to take that choice away.
May 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Aside from the fact that anyone can get seriously ill from COVID, a key point they are deliberately hiding when removing access is that COVID vaccines reduce transmission. People choose to get vaccinated to protect other people. It is wrong and harmful to take that choice away.