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Chaitna Deshmukh

@chaitnad.bsky.social
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UW '26 | Writer for the UW Daily | LSJ & Public Health | Seattleite | book lover | unironic fan of things Most of my writing is here: www.dailyuw.com/search?sid=4984620&…

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
D&D has released an official statblock for Jimothy
Jimothy statblock from DnD: You cannot gain XP by fighting him. He has agile and compact frame traits; his action is hurl garbage.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This shit with Taylor Farms is exactly what I’m talking about when I say you may say you “don’t do politics,“ but politics are more than happy to do you. The microbes political bribes got out the door and into your intestines don’t particularly care that you find it all beneath you.
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Sophia Sostrin @sophiasostrin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
SCOOP: UW laid off 13 employees in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health, just four days after graduation. Read my coverage here: www.dailyuw.com/article/uw-l...
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UW lays off 13 in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health, just four days after graduation
UW lays off 13 in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health, just four days after graduation
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2026
NEW: Across Africa, the State Department has demanded access to health data for millions of people as a condition of giving countries billions of dollars in aid needed to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other illnesses.
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“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns
The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the info...
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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The cosmic crisp is the poor man's* honeycrisp and it's excellent. Source: trust me bro I went to elementary school in Washington state *Not rich person's
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This is exactly it. The work is the point.
When I assign analysis, I am not trying to extract a polished product; I am trying to put the student’s mind through resistance in order to make it stronger. Offloading the struggle to a chatbot does not “free students up for higher-order work.” It deprives them of building the strength to do any substantial cognitive work at all.
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The Daily of the University of Washington @thedailyuw.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
MEMORIAL: A singer, a scientist, and a dear friend: The UW community remembers Juniper Blessing (via @alexalindsay56.bsky.social and @evearch.bsky.social) www.dailyuw.com/article/a-si...
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A singer, a scientist, and a dear friend: The UW community remembers Juniper Blessing
A singer, a scientist, and a dear friend: The UW community remembers Juniper Blessing
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Frosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I think about this a lot.
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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
My latest for @thedailyuw.bsky.social!
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Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com · 25/05/2026
⚽ "For members of the Iranian and Egyptian diaspora who identify as queer, this might be one of the few opportunities they have to see their identities celebrated together." ✍️ @chaitnad.bsky.social, @thedailyuw.bsky.social #FIFAWorldCup #LGBTQ
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Iran, pride, and diaspora: Complications of the World Cup
Iran, pride, and diaspora: Complications of the World Cup
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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
elon musk had his brain melted by right wing twitter slop and illegally shut it down. six figure body count plus a new strain of ebola is ravaging africa as we speak. the discourse is about whether they hired enough conservatives to justify not torpedoing the agency. illegally, i might add
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/05/2026
These 8 Democrats voted to pass a national ban on trans teachers and mention of LGBTQ topics. Rep Henry Cuellar (TX) Rep. Don Davis (NC) Rep. Cleo Fields (LA) Rep. Laura Gillen (NY) Rep. Vicente González (TX) Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH) Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Rep. Eugene Vindman (VA)
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McKenna Sweet @mckennasweet.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
My heart aches for my UW community and especially the friends and family of Juniper Blessing. I want to uplift the diligent and thoughtful reporting coming out of my former newsroom @thedailyuw.bsky.social. Student journalists will always know their community best. www.dailyuw.com/article/gpy4...
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‘This is a loss that’s really going to impact the UW community’: roommate of student killed at Nordheim Court reflects on the tragedy
‘This is a loss that’s really going to impact the UW community’: roommate of student killed at Nordheim Court reflects on the tragedy
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Cascadia(PNW) @cascadiarevolting.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Gov. Gavin Newsom portrays himself as a resistance leader—though in his budget proposal, he is once again attacking Medicaid funded home care that helps disabled people live independently. My latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Newsom's budget shows he's not the resistance leader you think he is
Disabled people on Medicaid-funded home care are often "conditioned to accept crumbs."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
"The Trump administration has struck what some see as the final blow to PEPFAR, the vaunted US program that has saved the lives of 26 million people living with HIV. The State Dept now says that as of 30 September, CDC support for PEPFAR will end in most countries." www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump administration cuts CDC’s key role in global program to stop HIV
State Department would send PEPFAR money directly to countries, which could then pay fees to health agency for help
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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Absolutely, we shouldn't stop there! And also, free primary care would be a great first step to universal healthcare if that's the politically viable way to do it and prove that it works. A lot of conditions that require specialists wouldn't escalate to that point with good access to primary care
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Project for Awesome @projectforawesome.com · 15/05/2026
The Project for Awesome 2026 grant recipients are in!🥳 We came together to watch, donate, and vote, which raised $4,216,069.19 for charities! Thank you for joining us again this year! #P4A2026
P4A 2026 Grant Winners:
A Cat's Life Rescue
Acceptess-T
An Open Book Foundation
Animal Wonders, Inc.
Camp Lilac
Campaign Against Living Miserably
Carabiner Collections, Inc.
Denver Philharmonic Orchestra
Drag Story Hour
Girl Rising
Habibi.Works
Hear Your Song
Kate's Club
Literacy for Life Native American
Community Services of Erie & Niagara Counties
Now I Lay Me Down to SleepP4A 2026 Grant Winners:
Palestine Children's Relief Fund
Pink Ribbon Good
Prison Book Program
Queer Liberation Library
Safe from Online Sex Abuse
Safe Haven, Cambodia
Second Tree
Sense
Soft Landing Missoula
Soul Bilíngue
Sustainability Matters
The News Literacy Project
Thirst Project
This Star Won't Go Out
Union of Concerned Scientists
Veganuary
We Are TB
West Suburban Humane Society
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Cascadia(PNW) @cascadiarevolting.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Protests need to be happening and for those who cannot, start calling. www.washington.edu/leadership/
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Leadership at the UW
President and executive vice presidents
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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
So exciting!!
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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 10/05/2026
“We, the creators of the Torment Nexus, are now suing the writers of the classic science fiction novel ‘Don’t Create the Torment Nexus.’”
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 08/05/2026
And the soundtrack is bangers only
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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
My favorite lists of books recs are ones where I loved one and haven't read the rest, like a taste test. I loved Even Though I Knew the End, time for me to check out the rest of these!!
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 08/05/2026
Sound Transit Projects Light Rail System Completion at End of Cenozoic Era: tinyurl.com/ypn8mc2u
Text: Updated Light Rail Construction Timeline Image: Arrow pointing to system map with timeline reading on left "Now: Ongoing construction" to point on right reading "End of Cenozoic Era: Sound Transit Light Rail System Completion!"
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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Happening to UW right now! Article in the Daily:
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UW Canvas domain appears to be hacked by criminal ‘pay or leak’ extortion group
UW Canvas domain appears to be hacked by criminal ‘pay or leak’ extortion group
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Jenny with a Green Ribbon Around Her Neck @readingtheend.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
also that anyone who has even one fraction of an inclination to make jokes that the South should secede should have today's headlines stapled to their head until they understand the voting power that has been systematically stripped from Black southern voters in particular
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
One reason Republicans are banning books and classes on race is because reading even one book about Jim Crow or Reconstruction makes it clear that they are hoping to reinstate segregation.
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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Being in classes where I read some books I don't like has been a great experience because they're still really interesting (sometimes more interesting!) to talk about! I'm getting a much better understanding of what I find 'good' and why, and why the author did what they did even if I didn't like it
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A student who sets out to write a research paper will now encounter chatbots who will offer to do their work in their word document, in their learning management system, in their email, in their web browser, and in certain library database interfaces.
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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I'm also taking a class on Indian romantic poetry so lots of reading for that as well! I'm reading more than I have since probably middle school which is so fun and I'm also quite overwhelmed
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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
So much for my classes, I just finished Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid and To Shape a Dragon's breath by Moniquill Blackgoose, and now I'm on to Gold by the Inch by Lawrence Chua and She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan.
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CHUM News @chum.news · 07/05/2026
For CHUM's unofficial guide to SIFF, Chase Hutchinson (@eclectichutch.bsky.social), film critic extraordinaire, has paired a movie per day with a local place to eat, drink, and party along the way. We printed a physical map/guide, which you can find across the city. www.chum.news/chumnewssiff...
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CHUM NEWS SIFF CHALLENGE — CHUM NEWS
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I just want to add, since this is breaking containment, that this can't be made right. these people, each one a whole universe, are gone. there can only be justice for the perpetrators; public remorse & restitution; & reform to ensure future aid systems are more just and less prone to imperial whims
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This is what Elon threw into the wood chipper: “Gawande cited an analysis in The Lancet that estimated that USAID assistance—aimed at combatting diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, & polio, reducing maternal & child deaths, & fighting malnutrition—had saved 92 million lives over 2 decades.“
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 05/05/2026
Report: Laurelhurst Residents Blocking Helicopter Landings at Seattle Children’s Ain’t Heard Shit Yet: tinyurl.com/yc3u8ukh
Man's hand holding airhorn outside waterfront home with dock
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/05/2026
As far as I know no other organization does it the way Worldcon does because a) Worldcon is fundamentally a fan organization, not a guild or governing body, b) it's a really janky way to run things and no one today would set out to do it this way. This is what organic fandom development looks like.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 05/05/2026
Maybe it’s a bad time to eliminate epidemiology in the United States.
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The cruise ship hantavirus outbreak is a warning sign to the U.S.
Leaving the WHO means the U.S. lacks access to necessary information about infectious disease.
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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Um....we all understand this is both bad and incorrect, right?
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I think there's a perpetual and unresolvable tension between 'this man talks a constant stream of nonsense and lies' and 'this is the most powerful man in the world'
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Paul Constant @paulconstant.com · 03/05/2026
Feels like spring is increasingly going extinct. Sweater weather to shorts weather in a matter of a couple weeks.
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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
An article of mine from a few months ago touched on one side of this in Seattle
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Misogyny in Seattle election discourse
Misogyny in Seattle election discourse
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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This looks super cool, I took a glance at the form and I definitely plan on applying! I was wondering, are there any expected qualifications (other than writing samples)?
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 03/05/2026
Decency! Easy! Quick! Fun! Requires nothing! Anne gets it.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Three weeks until Trailhead Direct season starts.
2026 Trailhead Direct season starts May 23, more information coming soon
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Hey fellow alumni — Cornell Board of Trustees: trustees@cornell.edu Alumni Affairs: alumniaffairs@cornell.edu
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Everything else aside, I’m too much of a control freak to write with AI, and too arrogant to let my name appear on an article that AI wrote. My weaknesses become my strengths.
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 30/04/2026
‘White Female Mamdani’ Mayor of Seattle Caught Blowing Taxpayer Money on Personal Limousine: tinyurl.com/3n2k7jsv
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson wearing luxury sunglasses and fur coat as she waits to board Route 8 bus
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