Dr. Galina Portnoy
@drgalinaportnoy.bsky.social
Psychologist | Implementation Scientist | Health Services Researcher | Assistant Professor. Yale School of Medicine. Studying violence prevention, PTSD, IPV, and relationship health. Opinions mine. Reader. Runner. Mom. Activist. Gardner. Pun lover. She/her
Yesterday’s "No Kings Day" rallies were the second largest political protest ever, with 5.5-8.7 million participants. Why isn’t this front page news?! For example, even (left-leaning?) @nytimes.com decided today’s The Morning Newsletter should lead with postseason baseball?! 🤔
October 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Yesterday’s "No Kings Day" rallies were the second largest political protest ever, with 5.5-8.7 million participants. Why isn’t this front page news?! For example, even (left-leaning?) @nytimes.com decided today’s The Morning Newsletter should lead with postseason baseball?! 🤔
For those asking “but does protesting really do anything?”
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
For those asking “but does protesting really do anything?”
What the actual fuck?
RFK Jr: We had lots of guns when we were kids. Kids brought guns to school and were encouraged to do so. And nobody was walking into schools and shooting people. There are many things that could explain this. One is the dependence on psychiatric drugs.
September 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
What the actual fuck?
Grateful to @istss.bsky.social for selecting Baltimore as the host city for #ISTSS2025! Prioritizing self-care while conferencing = lovely sunrise run along the Inner Harbor 🌅
September 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Grateful to @istss.bsky.social for selecting Baltimore as the host city for #ISTSS2025! Prioritizing self-care while conferencing = lovely sunrise run along the Inner Harbor 🌅
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Exactly. They are looking for (or creating…) a pretext to justify dismantling democracy and consolidating power. This is all by design. This is the authoritarianism playbook.
September 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Exactly. They are looking for (or creating…) a pretext to justify dismantling democracy and consolidating power. This is all by design. This is the authoritarianism playbook.
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TIP FOR CONSERVATIVES:
If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.
If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.
September 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
TIP FOR CONSERVATIVES:
If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.
If you are bereft over the gun shooting of Charlie Kirk, just pretend he was a kid in an elementary school, and you will forget about the whole thing within a minute.
Slashing R&D and pretending climate change doesn’t exist won't stop it from existing, it just delays the solutions we imminently need.
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will shut down its Office of Research and Development and eliminate thousands of agency jobs. According to the agency, this office has long served as the scientific backbone of its efforts to protect both public health and the environment.
July 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Slashing R&D and pretending climate change doesn’t exist won't stop it from existing, it just delays the solutions we imminently need.
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US citizen and army vet was detained during immigration raid and held incommunicado for three days
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A US citizen and Army veteran was detained at an immigration raid and held for 3 days. His family scrambled to find him | CNN
George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran and father of two, had been planning his three-year-old daughter’s Minnie Mouse birthday party at the park for weeks.
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July 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
US citizen and army vet was detained during immigration raid and held incommunicado for three days
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If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?
June 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?
Thank you for this prayer, @marisaelana.bsky.social 💜
June 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Thank you for this prayer, @marisaelana.bsky.social 💜
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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
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Trump cut staffing at the VA, and now Dallas vets are waiting months for care.
Surgeries are being delayed. Vets are being left without mental health care.
I’ve called for an investigation—because if you claim to support veterans, act like it.
Surgeries are being delayed. Vets are being left without mental health care.
I’ve called for an investigation—because if you claim to support veterans, act like it.
May 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Trump cut staffing at the VA, and now Dallas vets are waiting months for care.
Surgeries are being delayed. Vets are being left without mental health care.
I’ve called for an investigation—because if you claim to support veterans, act like it.
Surgeries are being delayed. Vets are being left without mental health care.
I’ve called for an investigation—because if you claim to support veterans, act like it.
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Washington Post: 'NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.'
'A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.'
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'A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.'
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NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Washington Post: 'NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.'
'A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.'
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
'A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.'
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More American people and businesses should be distancing themselves from the cruelty, bullying, and xenophobic actions of this administration. Not just for the sake of diplomacy, but to preserve the soul of our nation. Thank you for your thoughtful and compassionate letter, @ricksteves.bsky.social.
An open letter from an American-owned tour company to our Canadian travel buddies 🍁
March 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
More American people and businesses should be distancing themselves from the cruelty, bullying, and xenophobic actions of this administration. Not just for the sake of diplomacy, but to preserve the soul of our nation. Thank you for your thoughtful and compassionate letter, @ricksteves.bsky.social.
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
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March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
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Yup. Even if my job is protected or moved to a purely clinical role (I'm a research & clinical psychologist), the majority of my research team are support roles, which if terminated, would halt my program of research, including my ongoing clinical trial in which veterans are currently enrolled.
March 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Yup. Even if my job is protected or moved to a purely clinical role (I'm a research & clinical psychologist), the majority of my research team are support roles, which if terminated, would halt my program of research, including my ongoing clinical trial in which veterans are currently enrolled.
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MAGA trashed posters about the diversity of afferent firing in the cochlea (research on HEARING!) at a conference in FL bc they thought it was DEI. I can't believe we need to tell people now that the word "diversity" is used to convey meaning other than what the administration calls "woke ideology"
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March 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
MAGA trashed posters about the diversity of afferent firing in the cochlea (research on HEARING!) at a conference in FL bc they thought it was DEI. I can't believe we need to tell people now that the word "diversity" is used to convey meaning other than what the administration calls "woke ideology"
The president of the United States is now using SpongeBob memes to troll his federal workforce. What an embarrassment.
February 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The president of the United States is now using SpongeBob memes to troll his federal workforce. What an embarrassment.
Have we started a "wrong answers only" thread yet? And please note, the email doesn't specify what you accomplished AT WORK 😂
#fednews #FederalEmployees #fedemployees #FederalWorkers #feds #altgov #resist
#fednews #FederalEmployees #fedemployees #FederalWorkers #feds #altgov #resist
Here’s the email everyone is getting from OPM. Embarrassing stuff.
February 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Have we started a "wrong answers only" thread yet? And please note, the email doesn't specify what you accomplished AT WORK 😂
#fednews #FederalEmployees #fedemployees #FederalWorkers #feds #altgov #resist
#fednews #FederalEmployees #fedemployees #FederalWorkers #feds #altgov #resist
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been thinking a lot about this quote lately
“There must have been a moment, at the beginning, where we could have said -- no. But somehow we missed it.”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
“There must have been a moment, at the beginning, where we could have said -- no. But somehow we missed it.”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
February 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
been thinking a lot about this quote lately
“There must have been a moment, at the beginning, where we could have said -- no. But somehow we missed it.”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
“There must have been a moment, at the beginning, where we could have said -- no. But somehow we missed it.”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
February 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
These pro-deportation flyers were scattered around my neighborhood this morning. I live in a very blue part of a blue state (New Haven County, CT). Imagine the fear, anxiety, and stigma that immigrant families are enduring in less safeguarded cities nationwide.
Hate does not make America great.
Hate does not make America great.
February 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
These pro-deportation flyers were scattered around my neighborhood this morning. I live in a very blue part of a blue state (New Haven County, CT). Imagine the fear, anxiety, and stigma that immigrant families are enduring in less safeguarded cities nationwide.
Hate does not make America great.
Hate does not make America great.
Check out our new scoping review of bidirectional IPV (both partners experiencing and using violence in the relationship) in dyadic datasets.
#academicsky #IPV #pubalert #violenceprevention #scopingreview #intimatepartnerviolence #bidirectionalIPV
#academicsky #IPV #pubalert #violenceprevention #scopingreview #intimatepartnerviolence #bidirectionalIPV
New scoping review highlighting complexities of measuring bidirectional IPV and the need for more consistent measurement and reporting in research. @drgalinaportnoy.bsky.social
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February 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Check out our new scoping review of bidirectional IPV (both partners experiencing and using violence in the relationship) in dyadic datasets.
#academicsky #IPV #pubalert #violenceprevention #scopingreview #intimatepartnerviolence #bidirectionalIPV
#academicsky #IPV #pubalert #violenceprevention #scopingreview #intimatepartnerviolence #bidirectionalIPV
First National Nuclear Security Administration employees and now USDA folks working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak?! 😳 Yikes.
February 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
First National Nuclear Security Administration employees and now USDA folks working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak?! 😳 Yikes.