Michelle Tsai
@michtsai.bsky.social
Immigration, healthcare, philanthropy, NYC, parenting, mycology, China and other fascinations. Former journo.
Rolling out the red carpet for white supremacists.
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Rolling out the red carpet for white supremacists.
“So while we await more formal autopsy reports and information, we offer this piece of history with a level of certainty: Our people have not historically hung ourselves from trees…” —NAACP
The body of 21-year-old Demartravion "Trey" Reed was found on September 15. The family is calling for an independent autopsy. Read more:
Trey Reed: NAACP, Politicians Call for Investigation Into Hanging Death
The body of 21-year-old Demartravion "Trey" Reed was found on September 15. The family is calling for an independent autopsy.
www.teenvogue.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
“So while we await more formal autopsy reports and information, we offer this piece of history with a level of certainty: Our people have not historically hung ourselves from trees…” —NAACP
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I have erased
your investments
that you built for many
decades
and which
you were probably
saving
for retirement
your investments
that you built for many
decades
and which
you were probably
saving
for retirement
April 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I have erased
your investments
that you built for many
decades
and which
you were probably
saving
for retirement
your investments
that you built for many
decades
and which
you were probably
saving
for retirement
He’s not even here illegally.
April 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
He’s not even here illegally.
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Columbia boycott: We call on everyone to sign on and demand that Columbia reverse all changes made in compliance with the Trump administration's harmful and illegitimate demands.
Sign here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
March 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Columbia boycott: We call on everyone to sign on and demand that Columbia reverse all changes made in compliance with the Trump administration's harmful and illegitimate demands.
Sign here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Highly recommend the “On Tyranny” book byTim Snyder.
The 1st points of his 20 lessons are:
-Do not obey in advance & -Protect Institutions
For us in healthcare, we need to stand behind everyone we know working at #CDC #NIH #FDA #VA #SAMHSA #AHRQ #HHS & others.
✊We are with you.
#Medsky #IDsky
The 1st points of his 20 lessons are:
-Do not obey in advance & -Protect Institutions
For us in healthcare, we need to stand behind everyone we know working at #CDC #NIH #FDA #VA #SAMHSA #AHRQ #HHS & others.
✊We are with you.
#Medsky #IDsky
March 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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“The amendment was actually an improvement over a previous version of the bill, which, state Democrats argued, would have allowed teachers to perform the genital examinations.”
GOP lawmakers pass bill allowing child genital exams without parental consent - LGBTQ Nation
And that was actually an improvement over a previous version of the bill.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“The amendment was actually an improvement over a previous version of the bill, which, state Democrats argued, would have allowed teachers to perform the genital examinations.”
US government tells Columbia (with all of higher ed watching) to go get the belt.
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
US government tells Columbia (with all of higher ed watching) to go get the belt.
Here’s a little deletion of history to go with your morning coffee
The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders | The United States Army
U.S. Army Heritage Asian American & Pacific Islander Microsite | The United States Army
web.archive.org
March 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Here’s a little deletion of history to go with your morning coffee
JFC. Can this family please get on the cover of @people.com so everyone in America knows that what we are doing these days is deporting families who are seeking medical care for their 10yo US citizen daughter who is recovering from BRAIN CANCER?
Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup for their 10-year-old U.S. citizen daughter, who has pediatric brain cancer. Parents were detained at an immigration checkpoint and deported. Their American children were removed to Mexico too. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer removed to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
www.nbcnews.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
JFC. Can this family please get on the cover of @people.com so everyone in America knows that what we are doing these days is deporting families who are seeking medical care for their 10yo US citizen daughter who is recovering from BRAIN CANCER?
Greencard holders arrested for political activities.
“Women” now a banned word.
Ukraine betrayed.
Science attacked.
Recession expected.
Alliances destroyed.
Autocrats exalted.
And eggs at $9/dozen.
“Women” now a banned word.
Ukraine betrayed.
Science attacked.
Recession expected.
Alliances destroyed.
Autocrats exalted.
And eggs at $9/dozen.
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Greencard holders arrested for political activities.
“Women” now a banned word.
Ukraine betrayed.
Science attacked.
Recession expected.
Alliances destroyed.
Autocrats exalted.
And eggs at $9/dozen.
“Women” now a banned word.
Ukraine betrayed.
Science attacked.
Recession expected.
Alliances destroyed.
Autocrats exalted.
And eggs at $9/dozen.
Hilarious waste of money
Crescent-shaped metal shields attached Tuesday to a bank of turnstiles at the Lower Manhattan complex are the MTA’s latest attempt to curb fare-evasion.
Turnstile Armor Is MTA’s Latest Defense Against Farebeaters
The new metal sheaths first appeared Tuesday at Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall, the latest line of defense thwarting chronic evasion of the $2.90 cost to enter subways.
buff.ly
February 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Hilarious waste of money
Trump "shake-up"? "Business empire"? Such flattery and gentle understatement! I think this is an example of "obeying in advance."
Headline should be "Elon Musk Lays Waste to U.S. Government, Prepares to Loot America"
Headline should be "Elon Musk Lays Waste to U.S. Government, Prepares to Loot America"
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is securing real beneifits as he helps Trump disrupt the federal government. Just how? The NYT takes a deep look today at these benefits: federal investigations targeting Musk companies that have been disrupted or now may die.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up (Gift Article)
Government investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling amid President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Trump "shake-up"? "Business empire"? Such flattery and gentle understatement! I think this is an example of "obeying in advance."
Headline should be "Elon Musk Lays Waste to U.S. Government, Prepares to Loot America"
Headline should be "Elon Musk Lays Waste to U.S. Government, Prepares to Loot America"
50 protests. 50 states. 1 day. Monday, Feb 17.
NYC: Protest at Union Square and march to Washington Square.
fiftyfifty.one
NYC: Protest at Union Square and march to Washington Square.
fiftyfifty.one
February 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
50 protests. 50 states. 1 day. Monday, Feb 17.
NYC: Protest at Union Square and march to Washington Square.
fiftyfifty.one
NYC: Protest at Union Square and march to Washington Square.
fiftyfifty.one
A good guide for today and the days ahead, from @sifill.bsky.social. It's got everything except maybe a recipe for tonight's dinner.
https://buff.ly/4gGtehI
https://buff.ly/4gGtehI
February 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A good guide for today and the days ahead, from @sifill.bsky.social. It's got everything except maybe a recipe for tonight's dinner.
https://buff.ly/4gGtehI
https://buff.ly/4gGtehI
Significant growth for electoral autocracies in recent years.
For the last two decades, the world has experienced a democratic retreat, a phenomenon always prefigured or accompanied by the curtailing of human rights. Today, 71% of the world’s population—5.7 billion people—live in autocracies, an increase from 48% just ten years ago, according to V-Dem.
February 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Significant growth for electoral autocracies in recent years.
Hitler destroyed German democracy in 53 days. We’re on Day 20.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hitler destroyed German democracy in 53 days. We’re on Day 20.
Why are federal agents using stun grenades when they face no threat of violence?
Operation ICE Ride-Along isn’t going as planned. 🔥
Fox News tagged along with ICE, hoping for an exclusive look at “dangerous criminals.” Instead, they got a whole lot of nothing. No threats, no big arrests—just a community that wasn’t having it. The narrative is falling apart.
Fox News tagged along with ICE, hoping for an exclusive look at “dangerous criminals.” Instead, they got a whole lot of nothing. No threats, no big arrests—just a community that wasn’t having it. The narrative is falling apart.
February 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Why are federal agents using stun grenades when they face no threat of violence?
Pathogens don’t respect politicians. Excellent piece in @thelancet.bsky.social by my friend @suwang88.bsky.social .
👇 Our piece on the sudden sabotage of disease control & #publichealth.
“We confront the possibility of millions of lives/livelihoods at stake & a generation or more of lost progress.
The current catastrophic threat to #globalhealth must be stopped.”
@thelancet.bsky.social @pippa-matt.bsky.social
“We confront the possibility of millions of lives/livelihoods at stake & a generation or more of lost progress.
The current catastrophic threat to #globalhealth must be stopped.”
@thelancet.bsky.social @pippa-matt.bsky.social
New Correspondence - Wang et al - Pathogens don’t respect politicians: US federal disruption poses a new threat to global public health
https://buff.ly/4hsVANG
#MedSky #IDSky #GastroSky #HepSky @pippa-matt.bsky.social
@suwang88.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/4hsVANG
#MedSky #IDSky #GastroSky #HepSky @pippa-matt.bsky.social
@suwang88.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Pathogens don’t respect politicians. Excellent piece in @thelancet.bsky.social by my friend @suwang88.bsky.social .
The incarcerated firefighters placing their lives on the line are forced to work 24-hour shifts for $5.80 to $10.24 A DAY.
By contrast, non-incarcerated firefighters braving the frontlines alongside them make $42.26 per hour.
By contrast, non-incarcerated firefighters braving the frontlines alongside them make $42.26 per hour.
Incarcerated firefighters risk their lives in LA wildfires for slave wages, writes Hannah Greene in an op-ed. Californians voted against banning slave labor in prisons. A few months later, 1,000+ incarcerated firefighters were deployed to save the very state that upheld their exploitation.
Incarcerated firefighters risk their lives for slave wages
Incarcerated firefighters were deployed to contain the LA fires just months after Californians voted against banning slave labor in prisons
prismreports.org
February 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The incarcerated firefighters placing their lives on the line are forced to work 24-hour shifts for $5.80 to $10.24 A DAY.
By contrast, non-incarcerated firefighters braving the frontlines alongside them make $42.26 per hour.
By contrast, non-incarcerated firefighters braving the frontlines alongside them make $42.26 per hour.
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And it begins.
FBI class action lawsuit against the retaliatory purge.
First Amendment
Violation of Due Process
Rights to Privacy
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
FBI class action lawsuit against the retaliatory purge.
First Amendment
Violation of Due Process
Rights to Privacy
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
February 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
And it begins.
FBI class action lawsuit against the retaliatory purge.
First Amendment
Violation of Due Process
Rights to Privacy
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
FBI class action lawsuit against the retaliatory purge.
First Amendment
Violation of Due Process
Rights to Privacy
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Example of civic action that was a show of force against the unacceptable:
On this day in 1964, 464,000 New York City school kids — almost half of the city’s student body — boycotted school as part of a protest against school segregation.
On this day in 1964, 464,000 New York City school kids — almost half of the city’s student body — boycotted school as part of a protest against school segregation.
February 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Example of civic action that was a show of force against the unacceptable:
On this day in 1964, 464,000 New York City school kids — almost half of the city’s student body — boycotted school as part of a protest against school segregation.
On this day in 1964, 464,000 New York City school kids — almost half of the city’s student body — boycotted school as part of a protest against school segregation.