Susan Nichols
@fjordmonkey.bsky.social
Texan living in Norway, global expert adviser for the Norwegian Refugee Council, with a soft spot for satire, social justice & red pandas. My views are my own.
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That's the point isn't it. Asylum seekers shouldn't be in hotels. they should be in dedicated, safe accommodation that provides for their most basic needs whilst their claims are being assessed.
August 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
That's the point isn't it. Asylum seekers shouldn't be in hotels. they should be in dedicated, safe accommodation that provides for their most basic needs whilst their claims are being assessed.
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We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
July 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
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Type 1 Diabetes is not reversible but acknowledging that would get in the way of the ableism that allows the organization our Health Secretary founded to grift off parents of sick kids
July 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Type 1 Diabetes is not reversible but acknowledging that would get in the way of the ableism that allows the organization our Health Secretary founded to grift off parents of sick kids
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To those saying concentration camps can't be concentration camps because they have "medical facilities" well listen to this woman explain the history of concentration camps and thier so called medial facilities. The concentration camp in Florida is absolutely a concentration camp! #Pinks
July 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To those saying concentration camps can't be concentration camps because they have "medical facilities" well listen to this woman explain the history of concentration camps and thier so called medial facilities. The concentration camp in Florida is absolutely a concentration camp! #Pinks
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“We relied on those USAID-funded kits to treat our villagers when they were sick or injured. Now we have nothing left to give them,” says a volunteer medic in Sagaing (Myanmar), a region ravaged by conflict and recently by natural disaster.”
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The human cost of abandonment: US aid cuts and Myanmar’s crisis - DVB
Guest contributor Harry Myo Lin “We relied on those USAID-funded kits to treat our villagers when they were sick or injured. Now we have nothing left to give them,” says a volunteer medic in Sagaing, ...
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July 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“We relied on those USAID-funded kits to treat our villagers when they were sick or injured. Now we have nothing left to give them,” says a volunteer medic in Sagaing (Myanmar), a region ravaged by conflict and recently by natural disaster.”
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I really don’t understand how anyone in this administration, or anyone who supports them, sleep at night.
USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say
An analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet projects that cuts to the agency will lead to more deaths from diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I really don’t understand how anyone in this administration, or anyone who supports them, sleep at night.
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I know I've posted these pie charts before.
This may be the last time I do so for the statewide versions.
Here's the 46 MILLION Americans who WILL either lose their healthcare entirely OR face a mountain of red tape/paperwork and/or MASSIVE premium hikes to keep it:
acasignups.net/25/06/25/sta...
This may be the last time I do so for the statewide versions.
Here's the 46 MILLION Americans who WILL either lose their healthcare entirely OR face a mountain of red tape/paperwork and/or MASSIVE premium hikes to keep it:
acasignups.net/25/06/25/sta...
State by state: The ~46 million Americans whose healthcare is threatened by the GOP's budget bill
With all the understandable focus on Congressional Republicans efforts to effectively end Medicaid coverage for nearly 21 million Americans enrolled via ACA expansion, there's been much less attention...
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June 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I know I've posted these pie charts before.
This may be the last time I do so for the statewide versions.
Here's the 46 MILLION Americans who WILL either lose their healthcare entirely OR face a mountain of red tape/paperwork and/or MASSIVE premium hikes to keep it:
acasignups.net/25/06/25/sta...
This may be the last time I do so for the statewide versions.
Here's the 46 MILLION Americans who WILL either lose their healthcare entirely OR face a mountain of red tape/paperwork and/or MASSIVE premium hikes to keep it:
acasignups.net/25/06/25/sta...
I feel seen. If you aren’t already following The Daily Tism, I highly recommend it.
June 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I feel seen. If you aren’t already following The Daily Tism, I highly recommend it.
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Mass murderer.
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Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
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June 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Mass murderer.
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"Ethiopia’s forgotten war is the deadliest of the 21st century, with around 600,000 civilian deaths"
- every couple of weeks I think about how this happened between 2020 and 2022 and just...never really made or stayed in the news.
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- every couple of weeks I think about how this happened between 2020 and 2022 and just...never really made or stayed in the news.
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Ethiopia’s forgotten war is the deadliest of the 21st century, with around 600,000 civilian deaths
Estimates by European institutions and academics say over half a million non-combatants have died during the Tigray conflict as a result of a government blockade that kept out humanitarian aid
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June 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"Ethiopia’s forgotten war is the deadliest of the 21st century, with around 600,000 civilian deaths"
- every couple of weeks I think about how this happened between 2020 and 2022 and just...never really made or stayed in the news.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
- every couple of weeks I think about how this happened between 2020 and 2022 and just...never really made or stayed in the news.
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It's eugenics it's eugenics it's eugenics. This regime is run by eugenicists. They want to poor, disabled, elderly, children, queer folks dead. Their policies are killing us. On purpose.
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It's eugenics it's eugenics it's eugenics. This regime is run by eugenicists. They want to poor, disabled, elderly, children, queer folks dead. Their policies are killing us. On purpose.
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Pope Leo:
"The Church is brokenhearted at the cry of pain rising from places devastated by war, especially Ukraine, Iran, Israel and Gaza
"In the name of human dignity and international law, I repeat to those in positions of responsibility what Pope Francis used to say:
'War is always a defeat!'
"The Church is brokenhearted at the cry of pain rising from places devastated by war, especially Ukraine, Iran, Israel and Gaza
"In the name of human dignity and international law, I repeat to those in positions of responsibility what Pope Francis used to say:
'War is always a defeat!'
June 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Pope Leo:
"The Church is brokenhearted at the cry of pain rising from places devastated by war, especially Ukraine, Iran, Israel and Gaza
"In the name of human dignity and international law, I repeat to those in positions of responsibility what Pope Francis used to say:
'War is always a defeat!'
"The Church is brokenhearted at the cry of pain rising from places devastated by war, especially Ukraine, Iran, Israel and Gaza
"In the name of human dignity and international law, I repeat to those in positions of responsibility what Pope Francis used to say:
'War is always a defeat!'
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We created inequality so our excessive wealth can be used to eradicate the hardship of writing an email. And not hunger
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OpenAI boss: Meta offering $100m plus to poach my staff
Sam Altman said so far none of his
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June 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We created inequality so our excessive wealth can be used to eradicate the hardship of writing an email. And not hunger
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A Boston University professor of global health has done the math and created a website to visualize and track the effects of the Trump/DOGE dismantling of USAID.
"As of June 15, the death toll for adults and children from aid funding cuts topped 340,000 and came out to 103 deaths per hour."
"As of June 15, the death toll for adults and children from aid funding cuts topped 340,000 and came out to 103 deaths per hour."
The impact of Trump's cuts to humanitarian aid, by the numbers
Brooke Nichols, a professor of global health who models infectious diseases and used to work on a USAID-funded program herself, is crunching the numbers to quantify the impact of the pullback on U.S. ...
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June 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A Boston University professor of global health has done the math and created a website to visualize and track the effects of the Trump/DOGE dismantling of USAID.
"As of June 15, the death toll for adults and children from aid funding cuts topped 340,000 and came out to 103 deaths per hour."
"As of June 15, the death toll for adults and children from aid funding cuts topped 340,000 and came out to 103 deaths per hour."
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ACLU says another three US citizen children were disappeared from their own country today: www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
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April 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
ACLU says another three US citizen children were disappeared from their own country today: www.aclu.org/press-releas...
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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well i am sure this administration will take strong action to make sure food safety is a top priority going forwa…
hold on i am getting an update
hold on i am getting an update
NBC News EXCLUSIVE: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
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A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.
www.nbcnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
well i am sure this administration will take strong action to make sure food safety is a top priority going forwa…
hold on i am getting an update
hold on i am getting an update
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At today's March on Washington for Gaza, little kids' shoes and sandals ran down Pennsylvania Ave to represent the 17,400 Palestinian children that "the US has paid for Israel to murder."
📸s from the demonstration (1)
📸s from the demonstration (1)
April 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
At today's March on Washington for Gaza, little kids' shoes and sandals ran down Pennsylvania Ave to represent the 17,400 Palestinian children that "the US has paid for Israel to murder."
📸s from the demonstration (1)
📸s from the demonstration (1)
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In less than 24 hours, Israel has killed 420 Palestinians and injured over 500. US media is asking whether maaaaaaybe they broke the ceasefire. I can’t with this world.
March 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
In less than 24 hours, Israel has killed 420 Palestinians and injured over 500. US media is asking whether maaaaaaybe they broke the ceasefire. I can’t with this world.
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"I’m sorry for the morbid analogy but I think of those Chernobyl scenes with people who’ve already been irradiated by don’t realize it yet. They think they’re fine. But they’re not. They’ll find out in a few days."
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Taking Stock of Friday Morning
I’m trying to bring together the latest information on the funding bill...
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March 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"I’m sorry for the morbid analogy but I think of those Chernobyl scenes with people who’ve already been irradiated by don’t realize it yet. They think they’re fine. But they’re not. They’ll find out in a few days."
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Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s dismantling of USAID will lead to millions of preventable deaths.
The decision of the richest person in the world to destroy an agency that delivers life-saving aid to the poorest people on the planet is unconscionable.
The decision of the richest person in the world to destroy an agency that delivers life-saving aid to the poorest people on the planet is unconscionable.
March 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s dismantling of USAID will lead to millions of preventable deaths.
The decision of the richest person in the world to destroy an agency that delivers life-saving aid to the poorest people on the planet is unconscionable.
The decision of the richest person in the world to destroy an agency that delivers life-saving aid to the poorest people on the planet is unconscionable.
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We congratulate all who worked on No Other Land on winning an Oscar last night.
May this moment serve as a reminder to all of us to stand in steadfast solidarity with those enduring ethnic cleansing at the hands of the Israeli military in Masaffer Yatta and all of Palestine.
May this moment serve as a reminder to all of us to stand in steadfast solidarity with those enduring ethnic cleansing at the hands of the Israeli military in Masaffer Yatta and all of Palestine.
March 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We congratulate all who worked on No Other Land on winning an Oscar last night.
May this moment serve as a reminder to all of us to stand in steadfast solidarity with those enduring ethnic cleansing at the hands of the Israeli military in Masaffer Yatta and all of Palestine.
May this moment serve as a reminder to all of us to stand in steadfast solidarity with those enduring ethnic cleansing at the hands of the Israeli military in Masaffer Yatta and all of Palestine.
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“Musk and his little Heydrichs are literally snatching nutrient paste out of the mouths of starving babies. That is the kind of people we are dealing with.” prospect.org/world/2025-0...
Elon Musk’s Looming Disease Holocaust
The shadow president is gutting America’s vast humanitarian aid system. Millions may die.
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March 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“Musk and his little Heydrichs are literally snatching nutrient paste out of the mouths of starving babies. That is the kind of people we are dealing with.” prospect.org/world/2025-0...
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The UK should be "supporting" Zelenskyy and not "fawning over Putin", Sir Keir Starmer tells Nigel Farage 👏
March 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The UK should be "supporting" Zelenskyy and not "fawning over Putin", Sir Keir Starmer tells Nigel Farage 👏