Lizzie Chadbourne
@lchad.bsky.social
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Lizzie Chadbourne
@lchad.bsky.social
· May 4
A Trump official spoke of an “autism registry” then walked it back. Organizers still fear infringements on rights.
truthout.org/articles/we-...
truthout.org/articles/we-...
We Can’t Let RFK Jr. Divide Our Autistic Community Based on Our Support Needs
A Trump official spoke of an “autism registry” then walked it back. Organizers still fear infringements on rights.
truthout.org
My latest on solidarity & RFK Jr. for Truthout:
“Many autistic self-advocates condemned these falsehoods by pointing to the reality that they themselves do pay taxes, write poetry, have been married for years, and much more…
But this argument fails to respond to the deeper problem…”
“Many autistic self-advocates condemned these falsehoods by pointing to the reality that they themselves do pay taxes, write poetry, have been married for years, and much more…
But this argument fails to respond to the deeper problem…”
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‼️🚨WHAT’S AT STAKE: Higher ed “has long served as a necessary counterweight to authoritarianism…
But that crucial role is possible only if universities support discourse that includes dissent and uphold their core values of inclusion, equity, and academic freedom consistently, not selectively” (5/6)
But that crucial role is possible only if universities support discourse that includes dissent and uphold their core values of inclusion, equity, and academic freedom consistently, not selectively” (5/6)
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
‼️🚨WHAT’S AT STAKE: Higher ed “has long served as a necessary counterweight to authoritarianism…
But that crucial role is possible only if universities support discourse that includes dissent and uphold their core values of inclusion, equity, and academic freedom consistently, not selectively” (5/6)
But that crucial role is possible only if universities support discourse that includes dissent and uphold their core values of inclusion, equity, and academic freedom consistently, not selectively” (5/6)
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Out today in the Columbia Spectator — faculty from CUIMC Stands Up & CU Faculty Alliance reframe the narrative about antisemitism at Columbia through an analysis of the HEALS data. Read it here ⬇️
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
Reframing the narrative on antisemitism at Columbia: What the data says
In March, President Donald Trump’s administration abruptly terminated numerous federally funded scientific research projects at Columbia. According to personal correspondence with multiple Columbia Un...
www.columbiaspectator.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Out today in the Columbia Spectator — faculty from CUIMC Stands Up & CU Faculty Alliance reframe the narrative about antisemitism at Columbia through an analysis of the HEALS data. Read it here ⬇️
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
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So far ~250 Columbia affiliates have signed a petition calling to remove Shoshana Shendelman from CU Board of Trustees + boards of CUIMC & VP&S: www.bit.ly/Remove-Trustee
After an FDA warning letter ‼️ she allegedly misled investors re: company prospects
Read more: theintercept.com/2025/05/27/c...
After an FDA warning letter ‼️ she allegedly misled investors re: company prospects
Read more: theintercept.com/2025/05/27/c...
Columbia Trustee Got Sued for Securities Fraud — Then Left Her Pharma Firm Under a Cloud
Columbia trustee Shoshana Shendelman sold millions in stock as she was going back and forth with the FDA. Then the drug got rejected.
theintercept.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
So far ~250 Columbia affiliates have signed a petition calling to remove Shoshana Shendelman from CU Board of Trustees + boards of CUIMC & VP&S: www.bit.ly/Remove-Trustee
After an FDA warning letter ‼️ she allegedly misled investors re: company prospects
Read more: theintercept.com/2025/05/27/c...
After an FDA warning letter ‼️ she allegedly misled investors re: company prospects
Read more: theintercept.com/2025/05/27/c...
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Still thinking about the official Columbia Medical Center @columbiamed.bsky.social X account posting about the “importance of collaboration” between pharma and Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) as if MAHA is a legit org and not a gov. committee & broader movement, both widely considered unscientific
@columbiamed.bsky.social posted this on X? CUIMC has many obesity medicine docs, dietitians, etc. who study nutrition. Trustee Shoshana Shendelman isn’t one of them She’s been sued for fraud (hiding FDA concerns). Faculty have a petition to remove her from CU leadership: bit.ly/Remove-Trustee
June 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Still thinking about the official Columbia Medical Center @columbiamed.bsky.social X account posting about the “importance of collaboration” between pharma and Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) as if MAHA is a legit org and not a gov. committee & broader movement, both widely considered unscientific
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Not to mention that MAHA also isn’t your typical community health org. It’s a politically charged initiative tied to RFK Jr., with a shaky scientific foundation and commercial interests. Columbia should be more transparent about who they’re using their platform to promote.
June 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Not to mention that MAHA also isn’t your typical community health org. It’s a politically charged initiative tied to RFK Jr., with a shaky scientific foundation and commercial interests. Columbia should be more transparent about who they’re using their platform to promote.
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@columbiamed.bsky.social posted this on X? CUIMC has many obesity medicine docs, dietitians, etc. who study nutrition. Trustee Shoshana Shendelman isn’t one of them She’s been sued for fraud (hiding FDA concerns). Faculty have a petition to remove her from CU leadership: bit.ly/Remove-Trustee
June 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
@columbiamed.bsky.social posted this on X? CUIMC has many obesity medicine docs, dietitians, etc. who study nutrition. Trustee Shoshana Shendelman isn’t one of them She’s been sued for fraud (hiding FDA concerns). Faculty have a petition to remove her from CU leadership: bit.ly/Remove-Trustee
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Columbians won’t tolerate kings — which is why we’re standing up AGAINST authoritarianism and FOR democratic values & shared governance at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and in all levels of government!
CUIMC, join us! There’s an interest form linked on our website homepage: www.cuimcstandsup.org
CUIMC, join us! There’s an interest form linked on our website homepage: www.cuimcstandsup.org
June 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Columbians won’t tolerate kings — which is why we’re standing up AGAINST authoritarianism and FOR democratic values & shared governance at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and in all levels of government!
CUIMC, join us! There’s an interest form linked on our website homepage: www.cuimcstandsup.org
CUIMC, join us! There’s an interest form linked on our website homepage: www.cuimcstandsup.org
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Columbians Against Kings! 🦁❌👑
We had such a vibrant Columbia contingent at the NYC No Kings March!! 💙✊
Columbia faculty and staff will continue standing up for our research, our teaching, and most crucially, our students!
📸: @ninaber.bsky.social
#NoKings #RiseUpHigherEd #HandsOffOurStudents
We had such a vibrant Columbia contingent at the NYC No Kings March!! 💙✊
Columbia faculty and staff will continue standing up for our research, our teaching, and most crucially, our students!
📸: @ninaber.bsky.social
#NoKings #RiseUpHigherEd #HandsOffOurStudents
June 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Columbians Against Kings! 🦁❌👑
We had such a vibrant Columbia contingent at the NYC No Kings March!! 💙✊
Columbia faculty and staff will continue standing up for our research, our teaching, and most crucially, our students!
📸: @ninaber.bsky.social
#NoKings #RiseUpHigherEd #HandsOffOurStudents
We had such a vibrant Columbia contingent at the NYC No Kings March!! 💙✊
Columbia faculty and staff will continue standing up for our research, our teaching, and most crucially, our students!
📸: @ninaber.bsky.social
#NoKings #RiseUpHigherEd #HandsOffOurStudents
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‼️Action item for Columbia affiliates‼️
We urgently need to stand up for shared governance at Columbia!
Please sign our petition in support of CU-AAUP’s recommendations for moving forward — grounded in democratic values: bit.ly/cu-defend-sh...
We urgently need to stand up for shared governance at Columbia!
Please sign our petition in support of CU-AAUP’s recommendations for moving forward — grounded in democratic values: bit.ly/cu-defend-sh...
Sign In Defense of Shared Governance at Columbia University
Initiated May 8, 2025
Dear Members of the Columbia University (faculty, staff, students, and alumni),
The Columbia University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (CU-AAUP) exe...
bit.ly
May 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
‼️Action item for Columbia affiliates‼️
We urgently need to stand up for shared governance at Columbia!
Please sign our petition in support of CU-AAUP’s recommendations for moving forward — grounded in democratic values: bit.ly/cu-defend-sh...
We urgently need to stand up for shared governance at Columbia!
Please sign our petition in support of CU-AAUP’s recommendations for moving forward — grounded in democratic values: bit.ly/cu-defend-sh...
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I will not rewrite my research to exclude the communities who need this work most. Science must reflect those it aims to serve. www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/lett...
LETTER: UNLV researcher laments cuts to federal grants
I will not rewrite my research to exclude the communities who need this work most.
www.reviewjournal.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I will not rewrite my research to exclude the communities who need this work most. Science must reflect those it aims to serve. www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/lett...
My latest on solidarity & RFK Jr. for Truthout:
“Many autistic self-advocates condemned these falsehoods by pointing to the reality that they themselves do pay taxes, write poetry, have been married for years, and much more…
But this argument fails to respond to the deeper problem…”
“Many autistic self-advocates condemned these falsehoods by pointing to the reality that they themselves do pay taxes, write poetry, have been married for years, and much more…
But this argument fails to respond to the deeper problem…”
A Trump official spoke of an “autism registry” then walked it back. Organizers still fear infringements on rights.
truthout.org/articles/we-...
truthout.org/articles/we-...
We Can’t Let RFK Jr. Divide Our Autistic Community Based on Our Support Needs
A Trump official spoke of an “autism registry” then walked it back. Organizers still fear infringements on rights.
truthout.org
May 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My latest on solidarity & RFK Jr. for Truthout:
“Many autistic self-advocates condemned these falsehoods by pointing to the reality that they themselves do pay taxes, write poetry, have been married for years, and much more…
But this argument fails to respond to the deeper problem…”
“Many autistic self-advocates condemned these falsehoods by pointing to the reality that they themselves do pay taxes, write poetry, have been married for years, and much more…
But this argument fails to respond to the deeper problem…”
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Scenes from our demonstration today urging the Columbia Board of Trustees to protect our patients, students, research and teaching.
April 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Scenes from our demonstration today urging the Columbia Board of Trustees to protect our patients, students, research and teaching.
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RIGHT NOW:
Columbia physicians, nurses, researchers, & faculty are calling on the Board of Trustees to resist the Trump admin’s assault on students, research, teaching, and patients.
@cuimcstandsup.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social
Columbia physicians, nurses, researchers, & faculty are calling on the Board of Trustees to resist the Trump admin’s assault on students, research, teaching, and patients.
@cuimcstandsup.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
RIGHT NOW:
Columbia physicians, nurses, researchers, & faculty are calling on the Board of Trustees to resist the Trump admin’s assault on students, research, teaching, and patients.
@cuimcstandsup.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social
Columbia physicians, nurses, researchers, & faculty are calling on the Board of Trustees to resist the Trump admin’s assault on students, research, teaching, and patients.
@cuimcstandsup.bsky.social
@aaupcu.bsky.social
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Our call to the Board in full detail is here.
April 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Our call to the Board in full detail is here.
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We call on the Columbia University Board of Trustees to take the following steps:
1. Stand up for our higher ed! Propose & establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. This request is rooted in principles of academic freedom, institutional integrity, and the research enterprise.
1. Stand up for our higher ed! Propose & establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. This request is rooted in principles of academic freedom, institutional integrity, and the research enterprise.
April 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We call on the Columbia University Board of Trustees to take the following steps:
1. Stand up for our higher ed! Propose & establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. This request is rooted in principles of academic freedom, institutional integrity, and the research enterprise.
1. Stand up for our higher ed! Propose & establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. This request is rooted in principles of academic freedom, institutional integrity, and the research enterprise.
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TOMORROW AT 12:30PM: Join us on the Low Library steps as we call on Columbia and the Board of Trustees to resist the Trump administration's assault on our students, research, teaching and patients!
April 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
TOMORROW AT 12:30PM: Join us on the Low Library steps as we call on Columbia and the Board of Trustees to resist the Trump administration's assault on our students, research, teaching and patients!
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Join us on Monday as we call on Columbia and the Board of Trustees to resist the Trump administration's assault on our students, research, teaching and patients!
📍Low Library Steps
⏰ 12:30pm Monday April 14
📍Low Library Steps
⏰ 12:30pm Monday April 14
April 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Join us on Monday as we call on Columbia and the Board of Trustees to resist the Trump administration's assault on our students, research, teaching and patients!
📍Low Library Steps
⏰ 12:30pm Monday April 14
📍Low Library Steps
⏰ 12:30pm Monday April 14
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A petition from @humanists.uk to have #abortion decriminalised
"From 1861-2022 only 3 women had ever been prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in the UK. In the past 2 years at least 6 women appeared in court."
humanists.uk/action/prote...
"From 1861-2022 only 3 women had ever been prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in the UK. In the past 2 years at least 6 women appeared in court."
humanists.uk/action/prote...
Sign our petition: Take abortion out of the British criminal code
We are calling on the Government to protect legal abortions in the UK for all time by taking abortion out of the Criminal Code
humanists.uk
April 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A petition from @humanists.uk to have #abortion decriminalised
"From 1861-2022 only 3 women had ever been prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in the UK. In the past 2 years at least 6 women appeared in court."
humanists.uk/action/prote...
"From 1861-2022 only 3 women had ever been prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in the UK. In the past 2 years at least 6 women appeared in court."
humanists.uk/action/prote...
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“America wants a country that benefits from advancing knowledge. We have to fight for that.”
—Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychiatry @ Columbia University Irving Medical Center
#defendresearch
#defendscience
#defendhighered
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@aaup.bsky.social
—Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychiatry @ Columbia University Irving Medical Center
#defendresearch
#defendscience
#defendhighered
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@aaup.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“America wants a country that benefits from advancing knowledge. We have to fight for that.”
—Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychiatry @ Columbia University Irving Medical Center
#defendresearch
#defendscience
#defendhighered
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@aaup.bsky.social
—Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychiatry @ Columbia University Irving Medical Center
#defendresearch
#defendscience
#defendhighered
@aaupcu.bsky.social
@aaup.bsky.social
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Over 200 CUIMC medical, public health, and nursing researchers, clinical, support staff, and students took a stand in Haven Plaza Thursday March 27th. Standing up to Protect our Research, Protect our Students, Defend Science, Academic freedom and voicing the need for Columbia to Fight Back!!!
March 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Over 200 CUIMC medical, public health, and nursing researchers, clinical, support staff, and students took a stand in Haven Plaza Thursday March 27th. Standing up to Protect our Research, Protect our Students, Defend Science, Academic freedom and voicing the need for Columbia to Fight Back!!!
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🚨 The NIH RIF plan is becoming more clear, sources say.
The consolidation of peer review is a blueprint for what is to come. Policy, grants management, budget, comms, admin staff will be hit hardest.
The end result: Each IC will have less autonomy and NIH director will have more direct control.
The consolidation of peer review is a blueprint for what is to come. Policy, grants management, budget, comms, admin staff will be hit hardest.
The end result: Each IC will have less autonomy and NIH director will have more direct control.
March 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🚨 The NIH RIF plan is becoming more clear, sources say.
The consolidation of peer review is a blueprint for what is to come. Policy, grants management, budget, comms, admin staff will be hit hardest.
The end result: Each IC will have less autonomy and NIH director will have more direct control.
The consolidation of peer review is a blueprint for what is to come. Policy, grants management, budget, comms, admin staff will be hit hardest.
The end result: Each IC will have less autonomy and NIH director will have more direct control.