Sarah D. Wald
@sarahdwald.bsky.social
environmental humanities prof at U of Oregon | Environmental justice | Living with MBC (she/her)
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Sarah D. Wald
@sarahdwald.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Hello! I mostly post about environmental justice, public lands, alternative ecological imaginaries, and cancer. I was diagnosed with 2 separate cancers under 40, including denovo metastatic breast cancer. #notdeadyet #bcsm
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I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’
I have been forced to move my classes online.
If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.
I have been forced to move my classes online.
If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.
October 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’
I have been forced to move my classes online.
If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.
I have been forced to move my classes online.
If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.
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So much great research coming out at #ASCO25 that will have a major impact for patients with #breastcancer
And as a community med onc, thrilled to see new data come out for several agents we have in clinical trials & can offer to our patients close to home! 🏡
And as a community med onc, thrilled to see new data come out for several agents we have in clinical trials & can offer to our patients close to home! 🏡
The #ASCO25 #OncoAlertTOP10 Abstracts in #BreastCancer
These are some of our picks of TOP abstracts we look forward to be presented at the upcoming ASCO Meeting in Chicago🇺🇸
@elisaagostinetto.bsky.social
@erikahamilton9.bsky.social
@drsgraff.bsky.social
@elisabettabonzano.bsky.social
These are some of our picks of TOP abstracts we look forward to be presented at the upcoming ASCO Meeting in Chicago🇺🇸
@elisaagostinetto.bsky.social
@erikahamilton9.bsky.social
@drsgraff.bsky.social
@elisabettabonzano.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
So much great research coming out at #ASCO25 that will have a major impact for patients with #breastcancer
And as a community med onc, thrilled to see new data come out for several agents we have in clinical trials & can offer to our patients close to home! 🏡
And as a community med onc, thrilled to see new data come out for several agents we have in clinical trials & can offer to our patients close to home! 🏡
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Researchers at MD Anderson are leading the way with studies like the Diet and Immune Effects Trial (DIET), which explores how diet may impact response to cancer treatment.
New results from this important study will be shared at #ASCO25. Learn more: http://spr.ly/63324N2YtA #EndCancer
New results from this important study will be shared at #ASCO25. Learn more: http://spr.ly/63324N2YtA #EndCancer
Nutrivention: Food as medicine
Nutrivention is using dietary interventions to impact response to cancer treatment. Increasing fiber intake can improve response rates for patients undergoing immunotherapy treatment for melanoma because fiber is a food source for beneficial bacteria in our gut microbiome. Increasing fiber intake to even just 30 grams per day may lead to positive changes.
spr.ly
May 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Researchers at MD Anderson are leading the way with studies like the Diet and Immune Effects Trial (DIET), which explores how diet may impact response to cancer treatment.
New results from this important study will be shared at #ASCO25. Learn more: http://spr.ly/63324N2YtA #EndCancer
New results from this important study will be shared at #ASCO25. Learn more: http://spr.ly/63324N2YtA #EndCancer
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In advance of #ASCO25, @cmannunziata.bsky.social told me, “We are worried that the cuts to the NIH will drastically impact our ability to do research, to find these new molecular mechanisms of cancer and develop new cures. If we don't have the funding to do the research, this will not happen.”
May 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
In advance of #ASCO25, @cmannunziata.bsky.social told me, “We are worried that the cuts to the NIH will drastically impact our ability to do research, to find these new molecular mechanisms of cancer and develop new cures. If we don't have the funding to do the research, this will not happen.”
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#ASCO25: Artificial Intelligence assistance can help improve accuracy in identifying HER2-Low and HER2-Ultralow breast cancers, avoid misclassification www.saluteh24.com/il_weblog_di...
#ASCO25: Artificial Intelligence assistance can help improve accuracy in identifying HER2-Low and HER2-Ultralow breast cancers, avoid misclassification
“Accurate HER2 scoring is important to ensure that patients receive the best treatment for their breast cancer. This international study shows that an AI-assisted approach improved HER2 scoring, inclu...
www.saluteh24.com
May 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
#ASCO25: Artificial Intelligence assistance can help improve accuracy in identifying HER2-Low and HER2-Ultralow breast cancers, avoid misclassification www.saluteh24.com/il_weblog_di...
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Join us for the Final Quackdown practice picket, march, and rally on Friday, March 14th, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., starting at the Ford Alumni Center. A massive turnout sends a powerful message—drop everything and be there!
March 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Join us for the Final Quackdown practice picket, march, and rally on Friday, March 14th, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., starting at the Ford Alumni Center. A massive turnout sends a powerful message—drop everything and be there!
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Look for UA in today's Eugene Weekly. There is an article on page five and this beauty!
March 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Look for UA in today's Eugene Weekly. There is an article on page five and this beauty!
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This could mean we patients won’t get the next breakthrough treatment.
A whole generation of early career scientists and physician-scientists, including colleagues and myself, are particularly vulnerable to these funding freezes and cuts, with jobs and careers depending on federal grants.
#IDsky
#Medsky
#Episky
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#IDsky
#Medsky
#Episky
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U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
www.science.org
February 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This could mean we patients won’t get the next breakthrough treatment.
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🗃️ CFP for a special issue of The Public Historian.
🚨Check out this CFP! 🚨
Excited to be co-editing a special issue of The Public Historian with Delia Fernández-Jones and Chantel Rodriguez on Public History in the Latinx Midwest. Proposals due May 31, articles due early next year. Send us your pitch!
online.ucpress.edu/tph
Excited to be co-editing a special issue of The Public Historian with Delia Fernández-Jones and Chantel Rodriguez on Public History in the Latinx Midwest. Proposals due May 31, articles due early next year. Send us your pitch!
online.ucpress.edu/tph
February 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
🗃️ CFP for a special issue of The Public Historian.
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That’s the same basic idea behind the current system of indirect cost rates for universities.
A university has buildings with labs and furniture and electricity and IT systems (and on and on). They don’t need to buy those things all over again each time a new research study is funded. 7/
A university has buildings with labs and furniture and electricity and IT systems (and on and on). They don’t need to buy those things all over again each time a new research study is funded. 7/
February 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
That’s the same basic idea behind the current system of indirect cost rates for universities.
A university has buildings with labs and furniture and electricity and IT systems (and on and on). They don’t need to buy those things all over again each time a new research study is funded. 7/
A university has buildings with labs and furniture and electricity and IT systems (and on and on). They don’t need to buy those things all over again each time a new research study is funded. 7/
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From @aaup.bsky.social, what to do if ICE is on your campus.
January 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
From @aaup.bsky.social, what to do if ICE is on your campus.
I’m trying to figure out where all my cancer meds are manufactured tonight while worrying about access and shortages. It sure is a fun time to have cancer!
February 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I’m trying to figure out where all my cancer meds are manufactured tonight while worrying about access and shortages. It sure is a fun time to have cancer!
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Let’s try something. We here at @altnih4science.bsky.social want to boost descriptions of NIH-funded science.
If you’re a scientist with a post or thread that describes your work, please tag us or DM us, and we’ll repost.
We’ll use the #NIHFundsGreatScience hashtag so people can read in future. 🧪
If you’re a scientist with a post or thread that describes your work, please tag us or DM us, and we’ll repost.
We’ll use the #NIHFundsGreatScience hashtag so people can read in future. 🧪
February 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Let’s try something. We here at @altnih4science.bsky.social want to boost descriptions of NIH-funded science.
If you’re a scientist with a post or thread that describes your work, please tag us or DM us, and we’ll repost.
We’ll use the #NIHFundsGreatScience hashtag so people can read in future. 🧪
If you’re a scientist with a post or thread that describes your work, please tag us or DM us, and we’ll repost.
We’ll use the #NIHFundsGreatScience hashtag so people can read in future. 🧪
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Follow this link to find out how to advocate for MBC patients in light of the recent directive to halt external communications from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Advocate in Response to HHS Directive | METAvivor
METAvivor is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing awareness of advanced breast cancer and equity in research and patient support.
www.metavivor.org
January 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Follow this link to find out how to advocate for MBC patients in light of the recent directive to halt external communications from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans
The Trump administration's federal freeze has shut Illinois out of Medicaid, according to Gov. JB. Pritzker's office. The government-funded health insurance program covered about 3.9 million people in...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
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Formerly incarcerated firefighter Eddie Herrera just wants people to treat incarcerated firefighters like human beings.
What it’s like to be an incarcerated firefighter - High Country News
Eddie Herrera, a formerly incarcerated firefighter, talks about the job and how he sees what’s happening in Los Angeles.
buff.ly
January 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Formerly incarcerated firefighter Eddie Herrera just wants people to treat incarcerated firefighters like human beings.
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random sampling of 100 major grant-in-aid programs in no particular order and with no particular selection rule.
January 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
random sampling of 100 major grant-in-aid programs in no particular order and with no particular selection rule.
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#Eugenics on a global scale
BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
#Eugenics on a global scale
Who knew “and then they came for the cancer patients” was gonna be so high up in the poem?
The administration is murdering cancer patients
Freezing scientific funding isn’t abstract. In medicine, life or death is often dictated by time. Temporary delays can cause great harm.
January 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Who knew “and then they came for the cancer patients” was gonna be so high up in the poem?
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I was set to enter a clinical trial in February.
It's since been canceled.
You are spot on with "cancer itself will not agree to such a delay."
#Cansky
It's since been canceled.
You are spot on with "cancer itself will not agree to such a delay."
#Cansky
"...if NCI-supported trials really are delayed or suspended for a meaningful amount of time, that means delayed discoveries, delayed drug approvals, delayed potential treatments for people whose cancer will not itself agree to such a delay."
I talk to multiple people inside NCI and NIH:
I talk to multiple people inside NCI and NIH:
Trump's Assault on NIH Will Kill People With Cancer
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I was set to enter a clinical trial in February.
It's since been canceled.
You are spot on with "cancer itself will not agree to such a delay."
#Cansky
It's since been canceled.
You are spot on with "cancer itself will not agree to such a delay."
#Cansky
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Most folks do not understand how far in advance the planning and logistics of NIH grants take.
We prepare for months or years for these submissions for one of 3 cycles per year.
This study section cancellation delays grants by at least 6 months when study sections are cancelled.
We prepare for months or years for these submissions for one of 3 cycles per year.
This study section cancellation delays grants by at least 6 months when study sections are cancelled.
January 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Most folks do not understand how far in advance the planning and logistics of NIH grants take.
We prepare for months or years for these submissions for one of 3 cycles per year.
This study section cancellation delays grants by at least 6 months when study sections are cancelled.
We prepare for months or years for these submissions for one of 3 cycles per year.
This study section cancellation delays grants by at least 6 months when study sections are cancelled.
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Today a reporter reached out to me after seeing posts I made on Bluesky about what’s going on at NIH.
Keep typing, keep talking, keep shouting, because your voice goes beyond the void.
Keep typing, keep talking, keep shouting, because your voice goes beyond the void.
January 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Today a reporter reached out to me after seeing posts I made on Bluesky about what’s going on at NIH.
Keep typing, keep talking, keep shouting, because your voice goes beyond the void.
Keep typing, keep talking, keep shouting, because your voice goes beyond the void.