@mgbip.bsky.social
I wish this were only the “RFK” version.
But this narrative is deeply embedded into mainstream medicine and psychiatry.
It’s also a core tenant of both neoliberal (meritocratic health, individual responsibility) and social democratic (bureaucratic biopolitics, psychologisation of health) politics.
But this narrative is deeply embedded into mainstream medicine and psychiatry.
It’s also a core tenant of both neoliberal (meritocratic health, individual responsibility) and social democratic (bureaucratic biopolitics, psychologisation of health) politics.
The RFK Jr. version of health, where health creates health and healthy people don't get sick and the thing that keeps you healthy is /living the right way/ is very seductive to a lot of people. It also places the burden of illness back on the ill, which decreases the value of human life.
May 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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"Detained, Tortured & Starved": Report Details Abuse of Gaza Doctors & Staff in Israeli Detention
“Detained, Tortured & Starved”: Report Details Abuse of Gaza Doctors & Staff in Israeli Detention
We continue to look at Israeli torture of Palestinian detainees with Naji Abbas from Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, which has just released a new report detailing the mistreatment of medical workers...
www.democracynow.org
February 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Detained, Tortured & Starved": Report Details Abuse of Gaza Doctors & Staff in Israeli Detention
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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
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👋🏾 I’m posting every 75mins because for 24 hours, we’re raising an urgent €700 towards housing Mohamed & family.
Donors are matching €350 towards this, so every dollar you can spare has twice the impact 🌿
Renew your commitment to Palestinian life!
Donors are matching €350 towards this, so every dollar you can spare has twice the impact 🌿
Renew your commitment to Palestinian life!
Help Mohammed's family bear the heavy burdens of life in Gaza
We write to you with hearts filled with sorrow and despair. I am Mohammed, writing on behalf of my family from our tent, where we shiver in the bitter cold of winter after our home was destroyed…
tiny.cc
February 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
👋🏾 I’m posting every 75mins because for 24 hours, we’re raising an urgent €700 towards housing Mohamed & family.
Donors are matching €350 towards this, so every dollar you can spare has twice the impact 🌿
Renew your commitment to Palestinian life!
Donors are matching €350 towards this, so every dollar you can spare has twice the impact 🌿
Renew your commitment to Palestinian life!
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Oracle, which has secret partnerships with Israel, has told employees to love the country or work elsewhere.
Poised to Take Over TikTok, Oracle Is Accused of Clamping Down on Pro-Palestine Dissent
The CEO of Oracle, whose company is ready to tate over TikTok, says its employees should love Israel or work elsewhere.
interc.pt
February 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Oracle, which has secret partnerships with Israel, has told employees to love the country or work elsewhere.
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Trump is calling for ethnic cleansing—“clean out that whole thing” was his phrase!—but the NYT manages to make him sound like a humanitarian.
January 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Trump is calling for ethnic cleansing—“clean out that whole thing” was his phrase!—but the NYT manages to make him sound like a humanitarian.
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"As fire management expert Stephen J Pyne has been arguing for decades, suppression is bad management. It derives from an inappropriate importation by colonists of European fire practices, and it makes wildfires worse."
- @leninology.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/environment/...
- @leninology.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/environment/...
Donald Trump’s disaster capitalism
Los Angeles was primed to burn – by human error and human greed.
www.newstatesman.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"As fire management expert Stephen J Pyne has been arguing for decades, suppression is bad management. It derives from an inappropriate importation by colonists of European fire practices, and it makes wildfires worse."
- @leninology.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/environment/...
- @leninology.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/environment/...
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Research has shown that GoFundMe amplifies existing biases within aid and, in some cases, exacerbates them. https://interc.pt/4g7hswE
January 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Research has shown that GoFundMe amplifies existing biases within aid and, in some cases, exacerbates them. https://interc.pt/4g7hswE
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It's been a terrible week for public health, but we have to remember how the last administration paved the way for this with their own misinformation campaigns. Nothing will ever change if we don't see the full context:
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/between-tr...
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/between-tr...
Between Trump Terms, Biden Quietly Killed Public Health
We have the receipts.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It's been a terrible week for public health, but we have to remember how the last administration paved the way for this with their own misinformation campaigns. Nothing will ever change if we don't see the full context:
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/between-tr...
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/between-tr...