Gabriela Arguedas

Gabriela Arguedas

@gabyarguedas.bsky.social

Professor. University of Costa Rica. #Bioethics #STS #Feminism #Decolonial

3,166 Followers 1,927 Following 279 Posts Joined Nov 2023
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They Want To Make It Legal... To Pollute A Small Tweak To A Wastewater Permit Could Have Disastrous Results For a Texas Community & Beyond

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Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.

NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed.

Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)

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Ex-pastor at Pete Hegseth’s church calls for public executions and says Bible backs Ice raids Podcast host Joshua Haymes voices range of extreme views and says liberalism a greater threat to US than neo-Nazism

“Ex-pastor at Pete Hegseth’s church calls for public executions and says Bible backs Ice raids ***
Podcast host Joshua Haymes voices range of extreme views and says liberalism a greater threat to US than neo-Nazism” 8/22/25 … 1/

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Fact check: RFK Jr. denies cuts to scientific research while slashing staff, funding Under the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services has canceled or frozen billions of dollars in scientific research grants and attempted to cull around 20,000 agency employee...

ICYMI, under the Trump administration, “NIH grants have been cut on topics ranging from…cancer and HIV to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.” 5/29/25

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This father says ICE agents fired tear gas into his car with six children inside, leaving his six‑month‑old unable to breathe and hospitalized.

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Katie Miller, wife of Stephen Miller, attacks birth control.

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In Minneapolis this afternoon—

Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.

It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.

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Obstetric violence, low natality rates, maternal deaths and misogyny A critical reflection on how panic over declining birth rates fuels misogynistic narratives, obscures maternal deaths, and connects to the structural roots of obstetric violence.

respectfulcare.eu/misogyny/

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Per Minneapolis Star Tribune
Her Name
Renee Nicole Good, 37
SHOULD BE ALIVE RIGHT NOW
Shot and killed by ICE
This Beautiful young woman
Our Heartfelt Condolences
Our Hearts Break
Omg ...Horrific and Wrong

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mprnews on Instagram: "In a video obtained by MPR News, federal agents are seen firing shots inside a vehicle in south Minneapolis near 34th Street and Po…" In a video obtained by MPR News, federal agents are seen firing shots inside a vehicle in south Minneapolis near 34th Street and Portland Avenue on Jan. 7.Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara confirmed the agent shot a 37-year-old woman and that she has died. The woman has not been named.Federal authorities said an ICE agent, “fearing for his life” killed a protester during a confrontation Wednesday in south Minneapolis.MPR News has authenticated the validity of the video. For more coverage of this event, visit mprnews.orgVideo courtesy Caitlin CallensonVideo edited by Anne GuttridgeView all 4,248 comments

The US is evidently a fascist State
There isn't the slightest doubt about that.
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Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.

After an order from Trump, federal officials unilaterally slash recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social report. Public health experts worry the move will sow confusion for parents.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...

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It’s official: RFK Jr has officially reduced recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, removing universal vaccine recommendations for RSV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, dengue and two types of bacterial meningitis.

This reckless contravention of science is going to kill people.

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Look at this

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Prime ministers of Greenland, Denmark tell Trump to stop U.S. takeover threats Denmark's PM said the U.S. has "no right to annex" Greenland and the territory's leader called Trump's comments today "disrespectful."

Prime ministers of Greenland, Denmark tell Trump to stop U.S. takeover threats www.axios.com/2026/01/05/g...

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For some reason this webpage automatically chage languages. How can I disable that function?

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Thank you, Daniel!

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Very agreeing that bioethics needs to engage with politics and take a clear stand against authoritarian, oppressive and genocidal forces and their socio-political and material impact: how else it would want to continue presenting itself as a field concerned with the protection of life and wellbeing?

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Tribal colleges and universities aren’t well known, but are a crucial steppingstone for Native students While more Native Americans living on reservations attend college than in decades prior, just 10.3% earned college degrees in 2020.

Tribal colleges have expanded access to higher education for Native students.

With median tuition of just $3,572, these affordable institutions focus on serving Native American students while teaching #Indigenous history, culture and language.

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Global Bioethics and Global Health in the Context of a New Antidemocratic Era - Journal of Medical Ethics blog by Gabriela Arguedas-Ramírez Five years ago, I wrote an editorial arguing that authoritarian and right-wing populism were a threat to global health and bioethics. Early this year, with colleagues from...

My brief essay on bioethics and global health in this anti-democratic global context. Thanks to the editors of the JME blog.
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Founder of Palantir Surveillance is Peter Thiel. JD Vance bankrolled by Thiel. Thiel also bankrolled Curtis Yarvin of Dark Enlightenment theory advocating Tech-CEO Autocracy replacing Democracy. Thiel, Musk & Tech Billionaires of Trump's coup all influenced by Yarvin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_...

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Balfour Mount, who revolutionized end-of-life care, died at palliative unit named in his honour | CBC News Mount devoted his life to caring for others and alleviating suffering. In interviews, his family and colleagues remembered him as both deeply compassionate and as a fierce advocate for the humanity of...

Dr. Balfour Mount, who coined the term "palliative care" and whose profound empathy helped revolutionize health-care in North America, died peacefully at the palliative care unit that bears his name. He was 86. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca

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Zelenskyy spoke at the Fifth Summit of the International Crimea Platform, emphasizing that the world cannot continue turning a blind eye to russian murder and occupation: “There must be no normalization of Russia’s war.”

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"U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called the court "a national security threat that has been an instrument for lawfare" against the United States and its ally Israel."
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"But all indications are that Washington will scale up its attack on the ICC, four diplomatic sources in The Hague and New York said.
"The road of individual sanctions has been exhausted. It is now more about when, rather than if, they will take the next step," a senior diplomat said."
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Tracking Trump’s actions Democracy under siege: how Trump’s authoritarian playbook threatens both US and European institutions

✍️ Tracking Trump’s actions

Democracy under siege: how Trump’s authoritarian playbook threatens both US and European institutions

By Helen Johnston

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