Pantéa Javidan, JD, PhD.
@pjavidan.bsky.social
Faculty & Research Fellow @ Stanford Center for Human Rights & International Justice + Human Rights in Trauma Mental Health Lab. Views mine.
“Thiel’s talks read as expansive and meandering, melding religious screeds with anti-regulatory ideology, all the while weaving in petty interpersonal feuds and fixations.”
Article explains Thiel thinks religious extremism is the only way to get people to take his BS seriously
Article explains Thiel thinks religious extremism is the only way to get people to take his BS seriously
October 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“Thiel’s talks read as expansive and meandering, melding religious screeds with anti-regulatory ideology, all the while weaving in petty interpersonal feuds and fixations.”
Article explains Thiel thinks religious extremism is the only way to get people to take his BS seriously
Article explains Thiel thinks religious extremism is the only way to get people to take his BS seriously
Indoor air contamination is an under-prioritized biohazard.
This scoping review calls for workplace IAQ standards to reduce airborne risk.
Indoor air quality & airborne transmission under the One Health framework
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
This scoping review calls for workplace IAQ standards to reduce airborne risk.
Indoor air quality & airborne transmission under the One Health framework
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
September 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Indoor air contamination is an under-prioritized biohazard.
This scoping review calls for workplace IAQ standards to reduce airborne risk.
Indoor air quality & airborne transmission under the One Health framework
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
This scoping review calls for workplace IAQ standards to reduce airborne risk.
Indoor air quality & airborne transmission under the One Health framework
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Anti-science disinformation campaigns linked to real-world violence and erosion of governance.
www.hhrjournal.org/2025/09/18/p...
www.hhrjournal.org/2025/09/18/p...
September 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Anti-science disinformation campaigns linked to real-world violence and erosion of governance.
www.hhrjournal.org/2025/09/18/p...
www.hhrjournal.org/2025/09/18/p...
WHO reiterates no credible evidence for acetaminophen–autism link; vaccines do not cause autism.
WHO joins global health leaders rejecting U.S. acetaminophen warnings
WHO joins global health leaders rejecting U.S. acetaminophen warnings
September 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
WHO reiterates no credible evidence for acetaminophen–autism link; vaccines do not cause autism.
WHO joins global health leaders rejecting U.S. acetaminophen warnings
WHO joins global health leaders rejecting U.S. acetaminophen warnings
Comparative study of Italy and Hungary shows pandemic anti-vaxx mobilization as a “critical juncture” enabling radical-right (RR) alliances
RR exploited the pandemic as a novel opportunity for (old & new) RR actors to gain visibility, mobilize, and re-shape politics writ large, via pandemic policy
RR exploited the pandemic as a novel opportunity for (old & new) RR actors to gain visibility, mobilize, and re-shape politics writ large, via pandemic policy
September 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Comparative study of Italy and Hungary shows pandemic anti-vaxx mobilization as a “critical juncture” enabling radical-right (RR) alliances
RR exploited the pandemic as a novel opportunity for (old & new) RR actors to gain visibility, mobilize, and re-shape politics writ large, via pandemic policy
RR exploited the pandemic as a novel opportunity for (old & new) RR actors to gain visibility, mobilize, and re-shape politics writ large, via pandemic policy
“She should be celebrated globally as an ‘information hero’, not trapped in brutal prison conditions…”
September 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
“She should be celebrated globally as an ‘information hero’, not trapped in brutal prison conditions…”
“An independent United Nations inquiry has concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and that the country’s top leaders have incited genocide, in what it described as the ‘most authoritative UN finding to date.’”
September 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
“An independent United Nations inquiry has concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and that the country’s top leaders have incited genocide, in what it described as the ‘most authoritative UN finding to date.’”
Charlie Kirk stating that if his 10-year-old daughter was a victim of forced pregnancy via sexual assault, she should have to carry the baby to term.
September 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Charlie Kirk stating that if his 10-year-old daughter was a victim of forced pregnancy via sexual assault, she should have to carry the baby to term.
Charlie Kirk:
"It's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.”
"It's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.”
September 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Charlie Kirk:
"It's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.”
"It's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.”
Charlie Kirk, about journalist Mehdi Hasan:
“Send him back to the country he came from… Revoke his visa… He’s a foreigner with a British accent who’s a prostitute for the pharmaceutical companies.”
“Send him back to the country he came from… Revoke his visa… He’s a foreigner with a British accent who’s a prostitute for the pharmaceutical companies.”
September 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Charlie Kirk, about journalist Mehdi Hasan:
“Send him back to the country he came from… Revoke his visa… He’s a foreigner with a British accent who’s a prostitute for the pharmaceutical companies.”
“Send him back to the country he came from… Revoke his visa… He’s a foreigner with a British accent who’s a prostitute for the pharmaceutical companies.”
Charlie Kirk:
“The southern border is, of course, the great replacement. They’re trying to make the country less white… It is an anti-white agenda.”
“The southern border is, of course, the great replacement. They’re trying to make the country less white… It is an anti-white agenda.”
September 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Charlie Kirk:
“The southern border is, of course, the great replacement. They’re trying to make the country less white… It is an anti-white agenda.”
“The southern border is, of course, the great replacement. They’re trying to make the country less white… It is an anti-white agenda.”
Charlie Kirk:
“If you enter, we have lethal force, and we’re willing to use it… Remember the whole whip fiasco?… of course you should be able to use whips against foreigners that are coming into your country.”
“If you enter, we have lethal force, and we’re willing to use it… Remember the whole whip fiasco?… of course you should be able to use whips against foreigners that are coming into your country.”
September 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Charlie Kirk:
“If you enter, we have lethal force, and we’re willing to use it… Remember the whole whip fiasco?… of course you should be able to use whips against foreigners that are coming into your country.”
“If you enter, we have lethal force, and we’re willing to use it… Remember the whole whip fiasco?… of course you should be able to use whips against foreigners that are coming into your country.”
Charlie Kirk:
“MLK was awful… He’s not a good person… We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”
“MLK was awful… He’s not a good person… We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”
September 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Charlie Kirk:
“MLK was awful… He’s not a good person… We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”
“MLK was awful… He’s not a good person… We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”
Charlie Kirk:
“I can’t stand the word empathy… I think empathy is a made-up, New Age term that… does a lot of damage.”
“I can’t stand the word empathy… I think empathy is a made-up, New Age term that… does a lot of damage.”
September 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Charlie Kirk:
“I can’t stand the word empathy… I think empathy is a made-up, New Age term that… does a lot of damage.”
“I can’t stand the word empathy… I think empathy is a made-up, New Age term that… does a lot of damage.”
The elite want a scapegoat for the socio-economic problems they cause, and will continually attempt to construct and blame a group of “outsiders” to take the heat off themselves. And it doesn’t seem to matter how unconvinced the public is; they will keep trying to make it happen.
September 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The elite want a scapegoat for the socio-economic problems they cause, and will continually attempt to construct and blame a group of “outsiders” to take the heat off themselves. And it doesn’t seem to matter how unconvinced the public is; they will keep trying to make it happen.
Governors of Washington, Oregon and California announced that the 3 states will form a West Coast Health Alliance to independently pursue public health strategies, citing increasing concerns about the CDC under the Trump regime, including mass firings and peddling ideology over science.
September 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Governors of Washington, Oregon and California announced that the 3 states will form a West Coast Health Alliance to independently pursue public health strategies, citing increasing concerns about the CDC under the Trump regime, including mass firings and peddling ideology over science.
God help us all.
O’Neill as director of CDC is yet another seriously dangerous escalation, pouring fuel on the fire of anti-science that is burning down scientific & medical advancement and public health management in the US. 🧵
O’Neill as director of CDC is yet another seriously dangerous escalation, pouring fuel on the fire of anti-science that is burning down scientific & medical advancement and public health management in the US. 🧵
August 29, 2025 at 4:51 AM
God help us all.
O’Neill as director of CDC is yet another seriously dangerous escalation, pouring fuel on the fire of anti-science that is burning down scientific & medical advancement and public health management in the US. 🧵
O’Neill as director of CDC is yet another seriously dangerous escalation, pouring fuel on the fire of anti-science that is burning down scientific & medical advancement and public health management in the US. 🧵
Instead of handling gun violence & proliferation, societal decay, and men who need therapy targeting innocent children “to make society pay,” Florida will further exploit non-consenting schoolchildren by subjecting them to a maniacal experiment of introducing armed drones in schools… for “safety.”
August 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Instead of handling gun violence & proliferation, societal decay, and men who need therapy targeting innocent children “to make society pay,” Florida will further exploit non-consenting schoolchildren by subjecting them to a maniacal experiment of introducing armed drones in schools… for “safety.”
UN marks World Humanitarian Day, issuing grim report documenting the killing of 383 aid workers around the world in 2024—a 31% rise from the year before, driven largely by Israeli attacks on Gaza, where 181 humanitarian workers were killed by Israel last year
August 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
UN marks World Humanitarian Day, issuing grim report documenting the killing of 383 aid workers around the world in 2024—a 31% rise from the year before, driven largely by Israeli attacks on Gaza, where 181 humanitarian workers were killed by Israel last year
San Francisco’s own DOGE situation deserves much more attention
$9.4 M from crypto firm billionaire illustrates how “philanthropy” masks corruption, thieves private data to expand surveillance, erodes democratic oversight, allows private wealth to dictate policy outside accountable public processes
$9.4 M from crypto firm billionaire illustrates how “philanthropy” masks corruption, thieves private data to expand surveillance, erodes democratic oversight, allows private wealth to dictate policy outside accountable public processes
August 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
San Francisco’s own DOGE situation deserves much more attention
$9.4 M from crypto firm billionaire illustrates how “philanthropy” masks corruption, thieves private data to expand surveillance, erodes democratic oversight, allows private wealth to dictate policy outside accountable public processes
$9.4 M from crypto firm billionaire illustrates how “philanthropy” masks corruption, thieves private data to expand surveillance, erodes democratic oversight, allows private wealth to dictate policy outside accountable public processes
Stanford infectious disease expert:
RFK Jr’s decision to cancel $500 million in mRNA vaccine research grossly misrepresents study findings, is methodologically seriously flawed, and actually contains evidence supporting vaccination, meaning his stated justification contradicts the science he cites
RFK Jr’s decision to cancel $500 million in mRNA vaccine research grossly misrepresents study findings, is methodologically seriously flawed, and actually contains evidence supporting vaccination, meaning his stated justification contradicts the science he cites
August 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Stanford infectious disease expert:
RFK Jr’s decision to cancel $500 million in mRNA vaccine research grossly misrepresents study findings, is methodologically seriously flawed, and actually contains evidence supporting vaccination, meaning his stated justification contradicts the science he cites
RFK Jr’s decision to cancel $500 million in mRNA vaccine research grossly misrepresents study findings, is methodologically seriously flawed, and actually contains evidence supporting vaccination, meaning his stated justification contradicts the science he cites
RFK Jr’s delayed MAHA report is a minefield of pseudoscience, misplaced priorities, & dangerous cuts to public health
The Defend Public Health IHAT report offers the opposite: science-based solutions tackling hunger, pollution, healthcare access, pandemic readiness & misinformation 🧵
The Defend Public Health IHAT report offers the opposite: science-based solutions tackling hunger, pollution, healthcare access, pandemic readiness & misinformation 🧵
August 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
RFK Jr’s delayed MAHA report is a minefield of pseudoscience, misplaced priorities, & dangerous cuts to public health
The Defend Public Health IHAT report offers the opposite: science-based solutions tackling hunger, pollution, healthcare access, pandemic readiness & misinformation 🧵
The Defend Public Health IHAT report offers the opposite: science-based solutions tackling hunger, pollution, healthcare access, pandemic readiness & misinformation 🧵
There's a scene in Carlito's Way, where Carlito (Al Pacino) realizes his lawyer, Dave (Sean Penn), has crossed into the criminal world, putting them both in grave danger. "You ain't a lawyer no more, Dave. You a gangster now...whole new ball game."
You ain't a scientist, JB. You a political op.
You ain't a scientist, JB. You a political op.
August 13, 2025 at 7:42 AM
There's a scene in Carlito's Way, where Carlito (Al Pacino) realizes his lawyer, Dave (Sean Penn), has crossed into the criminal world, putting them both in grave danger. "You ain't a lawyer no more, Dave. You a gangster now...whole new ball game."
You ain't a scientist, JB. You a political op.
You ain't a scientist, JB. You a political op.
"The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you're overreacting."
- Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz, in response to Trump threatening to duplicate these efforts in New York City, Baltimore, and Oakland.
- Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz, in response to Trump threatening to duplicate these efforts in New York City, Baltimore, and Oakland.
August 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you're overreacting."
- Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz, in response to Trump threatening to duplicate these efforts in New York City, Baltimore, and Oakland.
- Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz, in response to Trump threatening to duplicate these efforts in New York City, Baltimore, and Oakland.