@sanjaysharmaus.bsky.social
I have a passion for using technology to advance progressive causes and promote social justice. I believe in the power of technology to bring about positive change, and I strive to use my skills and knowledge to help create a more equitable world.
Sad to hear about the passing of David Gergen. He was a thoughtful commentator, full of wisdom. His final year were painful due to Lewy body dementia. RIP Mr Gergen.
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David Gergen, Adviser To 4 U.S. Presidents, Dies At 83
The political analyst and former longtime White House adviser died in a retirement community in Lexington, Massachusetts.
www.huffpost.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Sad to hear about the passing of David Gergen. He was a thoughtful commentator, full of wisdom. His final year were painful due to Lewy body dementia. RIP Mr Gergen.
www.huffpost.com/entry/david-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/david-...
Trump transitions from McDonalds to TACO🐔
May 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Trump transitions from McDonalds to TACO🐔
A good day after what seems like eternity. Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election! Sen Booker’s record breaking speech!
April 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A good day after what seems like eternity. Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election! Sen Booker’s record breaking speech!
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Valid visa and now gone. BTW, she was here to SAVE LIVES.
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor and Doctor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Valid visa and now gone. BTW, she was here to SAVE LIVES.
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
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These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
March 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
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Whether Judge Boasberg was correct on the law is largely irrelevant to whether the government is in contempt for willfully disobeying it. If the Trump administration knew there was an order from a federal judge and then willfully violated it, that is the end of the analysis.
March 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Whether Judge Boasberg was correct on the law is largely irrelevant to whether the government is in contempt for willfully disobeying it. If the Trump administration knew there was an order from a federal judge and then willfully violated it, that is the end of the analysis.
I did not watch the speech tonight. Who wants to listen to a bunch of lies!
March 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I did not watch the speech tonight. Who wants to listen to a bunch of lies!
For folks who recently joined #bluesky @debbieohi.com has an excellent guide. publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/qu...
b. Quickstart Guide - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish
This is a bare-bones guide for those who just want to get started, and would rather just jump in and try stuff out before learning more details, though I STRONGLY encourage you check out moderation o…
publish.obsidian.md
January 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
For folks who recently joined #bluesky @debbieohi.com has an excellent guide. publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/qu...
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America voluntarily turned into a near fascist state within a decade. That's how quickly it happened. The pain will last for years.
January 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
America voluntarily turned into a near fascist state within a decade. That's how quickly it happened. The pain will last for years.
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The US is basically a fire sale under Trump.
January 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The US is basically a fire sale under Trump.
So Zuck is not blaming Sheryl Sandberg for DEI initiatives. What a spineless dude!
January 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
So Zuck is not blaming Sheryl Sandberg for DEI initiatives. What a spineless dude!
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Remarkable woman.
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.
First Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after desegregation dies
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.
www.npr.org
January 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Remarkable woman.
UnitedHealth overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
“The Big 3 PBMs marked up numerous specialty generic drugs dispensed at their affiliated pharmacies by thousands of percent, and many others by hundreds of percent,”
fortune.com/2025/01/15/f...
“The Big 3 PBMs marked up numerous specialty generic drugs dispensed at their affiliated pharmacies by thousands of percent, and many others by hundreds of percent,”
fortune.com/2025/01/15/f...
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.
fortune.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
UnitedHealth overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
“The Big 3 PBMs marked up numerous specialty generic drugs dispensed at their affiliated pharmacies by thousands of percent, and many others by hundreds of percent,”
fortune.com/2025/01/15/f...
“The Big 3 PBMs marked up numerous specialty generic drugs dispensed at their affiliated pharmacies by thousands of percent, and many others by hundreds of percent,”
fortune.com/2025/01/15/f...
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Just when you think you can’t hear anything worse about the insurance industry, a new horror story comes out. There’s been an uptick in stories about insurers limiting coverage of prosthetic limbs and questioning their medical necessity […]
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mstdn.social
January 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Just when you think you can’t hear anything worse about the insurance industry, a new horror story comes out. There’s been an uptick in stories about insurers limiting coverage of prosthetic limbs and questioning their medical necessity […]
Hoping that peace finally dawns in Gaza!
Asmaa Tayeh: "You can never imagine how excited and nervous people are here," she told the BBC. "Everyone is waiting as if they will only survive after the announcement."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Asmaa Tayeh: "You can never imagine how excited and nervous people are here," she told the BBC. "Everyone is waiting as if they will only survive after the announcement."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Palestinians and Israelis daring to hope a Gaza deal is close
Mediator Qatar says there are no major issues blocking a ceasefire and hostage release agreement.
www.bbc.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Hoping that peace finally dawns in Gaza!
Asmaa Tayeh: "You can never imagine how excited and nervous people are here," she told the BBC. "Everyone is waiting as if they will only survive after the announcement."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Asmaa Tayeh: "You can never imagine how excited and nervous people are here," she told the BBC. "Everyone is waiting as if they will only survive after the announcement."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Go Wikipedia and other community driven initiatives like #Mastodon
In a minefield of glitchy AI search and social media, Wikipedia becomes one of the most reliable places on the internet
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/14/business/wikipedia-meta-x-fact-check-nightcap/index.html
In a minefield of glitchy AI search and social media, Wikipedia becomes one of the most reliable places on the internet
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/14/business/wikipedia-meta-x-fact-check-nightcap/index.html
In a minefield of glitchy AI search and social media, Wikipedia has suddenly become the most reliable place on the internet | CNN Business
Over the past two decades, the free-to-use online encyclopedia has carried on with its mission, expanding its global community of volunteer editors, known as Wikipedians, and ultimately resisting the kinds of platform decay that have claimed other 2000s-era internet phenoms.
www.cnn.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Go Wikipedia and other community driven initiatives like #Mastodon
In a minefield of glitchy AI search and social media, Wikipedia becomes one of the most reliable places on the internet
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/14/business/wikipedia-meta-x-fact-check-nightcap/index.html
In a minefield of glitchy AI search and social media, Wikipedia becomes one of the most reliable places on the internet
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/14/business/wikipedia-meta-x-fact-check-nightcap/index.html
An attorney representing the Republican candidate in a tight race for the North Carolina Supreme Court went before a Wake County judge this week without notifying opposing counsel to seek an order blocking certification of the election
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Attorney went around opposing counsel for order blocking certification of a disputed state Supreme Court election
Attorney Craig Schauer, who represents Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin, went before a Wake County judge earlier this week without opposing counsel present to get an order bl...
www.wunc.org
January 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
An attorney representing the Republican candidate in a tight race for the North Carolina Supreme Court went before a Wake County judge this week without notifying opposing counsel to seek an order blocking certification of the election
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
Trump team running back to Cannon.
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Chris Geidner on Substack
BREAKING: In a last-ditch effort on Monday night, Donald Trump asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to extend her injunction purporting to block the Justice Department from releasing the volume of ...
substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Trump team running back to Cannon.
substack.com/@chrisgeidne...
substack.com/@chrisgeidne...
Shein's factories in Guangzhou, China, are operating with excessive overtime hours, violating Chinese labor laws, and exploiting workers, who often earn below the living wage and work up to 75 hours a week.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Shein: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling the company's success
Workers making clothes for the fast fashion giant tell the BBC they labour for up to 75 hours a week.
www.bbc.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Shein's factories in Guangzhou, China, are operating with excessive overtime hours, violating Chinese labor laws, and exploiting workers, who often earn below the living wage and work up to 75 hours a week.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
TikTok has called a report that China is considering allowing a sale of the social media company's US operations to Elon Musk "pure fiction."
I am sure Trump will try to tip the scale in Musk's favor.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I am sure Trump will try to tip the scale in Musk's favor.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
TikTok: Firm calls report of possible sale to Musk 'pure fiction'
The social media platform has repeatedly said that it will not sell its US operation.
www.bbc.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
TikTok has called a report that China is considering allowing a sale of the social media company's US operations to Elon Musk "pure fiction."
I am sure Trump will try to tip the scale in Musk's favor.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I am sure Trump will try to tip the scale in Musk's favor.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Meta moderators were already in Texas. The move is nothing more than a blatant appeal to Donald Trump ...
Why am I not surprised!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Why am I not surprised!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta moderators were already in Texas before Zuckerberg announced move, say ex-workers
Ex-workers say CEO declaring relocation of moderation and safety teams from California just a play for Trump approval
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Meta moderators were already in Texas. The move is nothing more than a blatant appeal to Donald Trump ...
Why am I not surprised!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Why am I not surprised!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Good move @jenrubin.bsky.social. @washingtonpost.com is dying. Sad to see an institution die but they stopped being a news standard a while back ...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...
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Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’ | CNN Business
Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.
www.cnn.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Good move @jenrubin.bsky.social. @washingtonpost.com is dying. Sad to see an institution die but they stopped being a news standard a while back ...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...
Looks like Apple is not following other companies in gutting DEI initiatives.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Apple board pushes against diversity rollback call
The tech giant has asked investors to reject a proposal from a conservative group to end its DEI policies.
www.bbc.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Looks like Apple is not following other companies in gutting DEI initiatives.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...