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@athofer.bsky.social

Public health policy and practice. Health justice. Mitigating and reducing harm. HIV, STI, COVID, drug user health practice areas. Decoding systems for end users/ laypeople. DIY til I die.

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Brad Lander is an elected official and mayoral candidate in NYC.

17.06.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Power Causes Brain Damage How leaders lose mental capacitiesβ€”most notably for reading other peopleβ€”that were essential to their rise

I keep thinking back to this research. Power, such as great wealth, consistently causes people to act as if they've suffered a traumatic brain injury. Unless you ground yourself by remembering when you were powerless, you'll navigate life as if in a hazy stupor. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

11.05.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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They don't need a warrant A federal kidnapping in Worcester

A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...

08.05.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5785    πŸ” 3069    πŸ’¬ 293    πŸ“Œ 556

So grateful to work with such incredible colleagues @anniewaldman.bsky.social @maxblau.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social @propublica.org!

Thank you to all the families, doctors, therapists, lawyers and workers who shared their stories with us.

Our series: www.propublica.org/series/ameri...

06.05.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 241    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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🚨 68% of voters in battleground districts say cutting Medicaid is a bad idea.

Medicaid = mental health care.

Voters get it. Lawmakers should too. #HandsOffMedicaid

06.05.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

BRING HIM HOME!

Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family β€” before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.

SMART General President…

13.04.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 16123    πŸ” 4872    πŸ’¬ 265    πŸ“Œ 248

Woke up this morning in my Philadelphia neighborhood to a truck driving around my neighborhood with a siren and flashing lights and repeatedly yelling over a loudspeaker "Liberals, progressives [something unintelligible] you will be DOGEd."

07.04.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Philadelphia County stands to lose $397 million. See national impact of federal health research cuts scienceimpacts.org

30.03.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

USAID is essential
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09.02.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

By way of illustration - Uganda, as I understand it, gets all its antiretroviral therapeutics for both HIV treatment and PrEP paid for through PEPFAR.

This also includes standard-of-care arms of ongoing clinical trials .

28.01.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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