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Yuliya Shneyderman (she/her)
@doctoryuliya.bsky.social
Public health professor, nerd, social justice warrior, queer
Very important to understand the below before new pandemics come again.
In today’s video, I breakdown 3 reasons why U.S. foreign spending on HIV is not “aid” or an”gift”
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
September 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Safe streets in Astoria petition - please sign if your can! The safe streets and protected bike lanes on McGuiness Blvd in Brooklyn have been very nice and feel much safer after their redesign.
chng.it/x7H2kDX85Q
Have you seen this petition yet?
Bring Safety Improvements to 31st Street in Astoria
chng.it
August 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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If anyone could help call an Arkansas prison about the fact that my pen pal, Kenndric Hunt, is in immediate danger with a credible threat on his life from his fellow inmates, I would FOREVER BE IN YOUR DEBT. Someone in the pen pal program, Letters for Liberation, wrote up a script for us (thread):
August 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.

Now, their stories will begin to be told.

Starting here 👇
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been…
www.propublica.org
July 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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"What in God’s name has happened to the Jewish community, that we can sit idly by and watch a minority population being targeted in this way: dehumanized, lied about, harassed, arrested, and shipped off to 'facilities' around the country?" asks @jaymichaelson.bsky.social.
Have we become the 'ordinary Germans' now?
How can American Jews stand by while thousands of innocent people are illegally arrested, imprisoned and tortured?
forward.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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When at full capacity -- 5,000 beds, it will cost U.S. taxpayers at least $1 million a day. These people were living their lives, contributing to their families and our country but now we will be paying for them to be underfed and mistreated -- against our will. And this is only 1 facility.
'A Form of Torture': Detainees Allege Mistreatment at 'Alligator Alcatraz' | Common Dreams
"We're human beings; we're not dogs," said one detainee. "We're like rats in an experiment."
www.commondreams.org
July 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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gofund.me/cb13b7a0

If less than 30 people donated $5 to this, the need would be met!! Let's do this!!
#mutualaid
Donate to help genderqueer drag artist survive long covid, organized by Dia Dear
Hello friends, family, and community, As some of you know, I have Long Co… Dia Dear needs your support for help genderqueer drag artist survive long covid
gofund.me
July 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings or Marvel.
June 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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It's not just #NIH. It's not just #NSF. It's not just #NASA.

The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US.

We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.
June 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been reporting for weeks about this systematic killing, and today Haaretz newspaper exposed testimonies from soldiers in the Israeli military who were instructed by their commanders to open fire at unarmed crowds gathering to receive aid. This horror must stop.
June 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it.

Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
June 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Surely this kind of thing is a problem for anyone detained, pregnant or not. Everyone deserves food, shelter, the ability to sleep, medical care. These are universal human rights.
A pregnant woman lost her baby after ICE refused to give her prenatal care.

She begged for help and was denied. She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor.

This is absolutely disgusting and we should all be outraged. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...
Detained immigrant's pregnancy fails while in ICE custody - Nashville Banner
ICE's treatment of undocumented immigrants raises concerns as a woman's experience highlights what she described as inadequate medical care while in detention.
nashvillebanner.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I really hope that whatever happens, the Democratic party can actually learn from Zohran's campaign. But I don't actually believe that they will. It has been heartening to see the groundswell of super, the grassroots people power.
June 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Those of us in the path of the heat dome, what are you all doing to prepare? We're charging all our devices and putting gas in the car in case the power grid gives out, freezing water bottles and making ice cubes, getting cool packs, and updating/checking on our emergency bags.
June 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes
June 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Wow, what a read.
You wanna see something really scary? open.substack.com/pub/amandagu...
June 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I love this sassy eagle. Happy Pride!
June 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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if you still don't know who you're ranking in the june primary, this will help:
Take the Quiz: Meet Your Mayor 2025
Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.
projects.thecity.nyc
May 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Did you know your insurance company can just say "nah not feeling it" even if your doctor thinks you need urgent tests?

Probably you did. Anyway. Ha. 20% off sale, if you want some rainbow shit can we interest you in some rainbow shit? 💓

thebrokencircle.etsy.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Who are the functionaries carrying out the destruction of the NIH? The Gang of Four: Memoli, McElroy, Schnabel, Bhattacharya. There are others, but these men play major day-to-day roles, they are the implementers, the enforcers, the true believers. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Inside the Bloodbath at the NIH
Sources say that a climate of fear has spread throughout the agency as the Trump administration takes a hatchet to its core functions.
www.thenation.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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An absolutely jaw-dropping interview. Every paragraph is more shocking than the last, and it brilliantly demonstrates how Bhattacharya is a total crank. He holds onto that fake victimhood stance so common to MAGA politicians in response to being asked fairly straight-forward questions.
In which the Senate-confirmed director of the National Institutes of Health

- talks down to the highly experienced @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social

- says "it's not me personally" who cancels agency grants

- claims @nature.com is spreading rumors, hours before he confirms said rumors
‘It’s been a tough period’: NIH’s new director speaks with Science
Jay Bhattacharya discusses staff morale, grant cuts, and “rumors”
www.science.org
May 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Weird late night genius - rice cakes and condensed milk.
April 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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For more than a week, conservative media and politicians have worked themselves into a frenzy over a spectacle manufactured by a fencer who refused to compete against a 19-year-old trans woman. Here is the target of that hate campaign, finally, in her own words.
'My Entire Life Is Political': Trans Fencer Attacked by Conservative Outrage Machine Speaks Out
Red Sullivan, a fencer targeted by the anti-trans outrage machine after an opponent refused to duel her, says it was all a media stunt from the start.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM