they suspended students specifically so they could have them arrested for trespassing, according to staff and faculty who gave interviews. extremely cruel and unforgiveable.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoes a widely supported UN resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine.

It absolutely blows my mind how willing people are to accept that 'financial literacy' is the problem and not systemic poverty.

You can't 'financially manage' your way out of making $250 a week in a world where rent is $1800 a month, eggs are $5 a dozen, and gas is $4 a gallon.

I attended Columbia University Law School and currently teach human rights advocacy here. Deeply ashamed of this institution today.

Like a guy trying to convince you he doesn't need to wear a condom

🚨UPDATE: Students have taken to the streets to prevent the corrections buses with the students from leaving. The student body is on the side of the Encampment and Palestine!!! COME TO 114 and AMSTERDAM to show solidarity and protect our own!!!

UPDATE: The NYPD have now arrested the legal observers at the Columbia University Palestine solidarity encampment

Sounds familiar.
@thevertlartnic

The Supreme Court’s decision to let BLM activist DeRay McKesson be held liable for the actions of a single protester in 2016 is a terrifying assault on the 1st Amendment—and a serious threat to the right to protest in 3 southern states. Elie Mystal explains. bit.ly/3Q3M1ZW

Public Service Announcement!

“New Yorkers did not elect the most progressive, diverse Democratic supermajority in Council history to rubber stamp a return to the Giuliani era,” progressive Council Member Tiffany Cabán , a lawyer, told @POLITICO politi.co/49GAMNO

📣 Pls support IL HB3713 Clean Air for Healthy Equitable Schools. We already passed the House and are now hoping to be assigned to a Senate committee (deadline to pass out of committee was moved to 5/3). Please like & repost! Keep making noise! 📣 #twill

Thank you to all who came out yesterday to share your stories and demand that the SF Dept of Public Health (SFDPH) keep/improve the healthcare staff masking order, currently set to expire April 30. For anyone who missed Alice Wong’s speech, find it here: disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/04/16/kee…

I have noticed a significant increase in general laxity about PPE since COVID masking has been dropped. A significant % of OR staff (esp anesthesia & RTs) not bothering to mask inside actual OR even when sterile fields are open & set up.

How fun. Now I have COVID for the 5th time, and I am simultaneously having a shingles outbreak. Turns out there is some evidence COVID may increase the risk for a shingles outbreak in people over 50.
academic.oup.com/ofid/article/9…

Unmasked people in a cancer hospital are a certain kind of selfish.

Solidarity with the 12% of us who still mask and are not living in denial. #COVIDIsNotOver

PMC COVID-19 Forecast, Week of April 15, 2024 (U.S.)

🔹COVID-19 transmission is estimated to be its lowest level in 9 months (since July 16, 2023)
🔹1 in 123 people actively infectious
🔹390,000 infections/day (still high)
🔹Anticipated that the low point has passed or will…

Just spoke to a doctor’s office and they told me they aren’t taking COVID precautions any more. “It’s already been 4 years.” Apparently infection prevention and control has a deadline. Truly infuriating this is where we are at. #KeepMasksInHealthcare

More attention should be paid to COVID-19’s impact on the thyroid.

If you’re having symptoms after COVID, one thing to get checked is your thyroid.

Thread below on research: