Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH

Congratulations to UPMC Children's Dr. Amy Houtrow, the winner of the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award from AAPMR! Read more about this fierce advocate for kids with disabilities on our blog. inside.upmc.com/upmc-pediatr... @houtrowmdphdmph.bsky.social
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I am lucky to have known her and am forever grateful for her advocacy. She was a true champion for disability justice.

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Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Some Halloween Humor amidst the Terrible Trump Truth.

Incredible work by @ellecordova.bsky.social

Jane Fonda Relaunches Committee for the First Amendment With Support of 550 Celebrities Including Pedro Pascal, Viola Davis and More Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment with the support of Pedro Pascal, Viola Davis and more.

Go, Jane, go! She's rounded up hundreds of Hollywood figures to revive the First Amendment organization her father championed. Fonda, in her late eighties, is in her prime as a climate champion and a powerful voice for justice.

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”

Nailed it.

'Just Kill 'Em': Fox Host Makes Shocking Comment On Homeless People "Fox and Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade made a jaw-dropping remark while discussing homelessness and mental health.

I am reminded of the poem by Pastor Martin Niemöller, "First they came for the ___, and I did not speak out b/c I was not a ___, then they came for the...." Feels terrifyingly close to home. MAGA comes for trans people, immigrants, the mentally ill, the homeless... www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-...

Erza is writing right-wing propaganda -let's call it what it is. We can't survive a political reality where spewing hateful rhetoric, amplifying lies, creating attack lists & promoting violence/oppression are considered "practicing politics the right way." Stop trying to gaslight us @nytimes.com

I have upped my s'more game with fresh marshmallows and chocolate and caramel spreads from Zingerman's. I also sometimes switch up the graham crackers with homemade shortbread or fresh grahams.

HBO becomes HBO Max then Max then HBO Max. Home Box Office is the important part. Who are these folks making these decisions

And here we have another example of the NYT acting as part of the right wing propaganda machine.

NYT is just a member of the right wing propaganda machine doing Cheato's work for him while they gaslight us into thinking NYT is left leaning.

Tell me how little you know about viruses without telling you know little about viruses... Can't be in a phylum if not in a kingdom.

eugenics

I am so glad your post was in my feed so I could learn about Lysenkoism. The attack on science and knowledge is so incredibly destructive with ramifications for generations to come.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

yes!

Congratulations! I am interested in reading your book. PS: I am on faculty at Pitt too.

Basically WaPo is a part of the right wing propaganda media machine. MAGA and other right wing extremists are just trying to gaslight the rest of us into believing WaPo is liberal legacy media.

oh, where was the original research published?

They certainly know this and either don't care, think is a reasonable price to pay to enrich wealthy people more or actually wish people to die.

A budget is a moral document. We are witnessing America's decay. We've always struggled and will always struggle to do the best by our communities, but this is an abomination. As constituents we need to raise our voices. Democracy requires our engagement at the ballot box and well beyond.

congratulations!! It is on my list to watch.

It is like saying to someone who claims that the earth is flat. We don't engage. Or someone who doesn't ascribe to gravity. Too bad buddy, gravity exists whether you believe it or not. Germs cause disease whether RFK Jr believes it or not.

besides Chuck

I find libertarians wholly unserious. Wanting the benefits of public goods & systems to work for them but not wanting to pay for it and want to exploit without penalty. Societies cannot function when everyone acts selfishly. Being a member of society includes responsibilities not just rights.

We've are actively being gaslit into believing the WAPO and NYT are part of liberal media. They are not. They are a legitimized portion of the pro-Cheato propaganda machine. They give him so much cover by softening the language and "two-siding" things.

They also misrepresented data in their article and NEJM as not addressed the problems

He sings the eugenics song with Dr. Oz who is well poised to help make sure people die.