Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A 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. 5300106
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 22/07/2026D&D has released an official statblock for Jimothy 6848931089
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This 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. 594432468
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhSophia Sostrin @sophiasostrin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026SCOOP: 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...dailyuw.comUW lays off 13 in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health, just four days after graduationUW lays off 13 in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health, just four days after graduation 021
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2026NEW: 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.propublica.org“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty ConcernsThe 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... 32138642249
Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The 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 040
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 08/06/2026This is exactly it. The work is the point. 1460952246
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhThe Daily of the University of Washington @thedailyuw.bsky.social · 04/06/2026MEMORIAL: 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...dailyuw.comA singer, a scientist, and a dear friend: The UW community remembers Juniper BlessingA singer, a scientist, and a dear friend: The UW community remembers Juniper Blessing 032
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhFrosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I think about this a lot. 603178404691
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhSports 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 #LGBTQdailyuw.comIran, pride, and diaspora: Complications of the World CupIran, pride, and diaspora: Complications of the World Cup 043
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhMaia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026elon 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 222329574
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/05/2026These 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) 37958512928
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhMcKenna Sweet @mckennasweet.bsky.social · 18/05/2026My 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...dailyuw.com‘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 011
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Gov. 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...motherjones.comNewsom's budget shows he's not the resistance leader you think he isDisabled people on Medicaid-funded home care are often "conditioned to accept crumbs." 10603261
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhRachel 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...science.orgTrump administration cuts CDC’s key role in global program to stop HIVState Department would send PEPFAR money directly to countries, which could then pay fees to health agency for help 25526311579
Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Absolutely, 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 130
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhProject for Awesome @projectforawesome.com · 15/05/2026The 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 29433
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhCascadia(PNW) @cascadiarevolting.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Protests need to be happening and for those who cannot, start calling. www.washington.edu/leadership/washington.eduLeadership at the UWPresident and executive vice presidents 14222
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhOlivia 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.’” 3254571852
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 08/05/2026And the soundtrack is bangers only 823512
Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 08/05/2026My 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!! 120
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhThe Needling @theneedling.com · 08/05/2026Sound Transit Projects Light Rail System Completion at End of Cenozoic Era: tinyurl.com/ypn8mc2u 616431
Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Happening to UW right now! Article in the Daily:dailyuw.comUW Canvas domain appears to be hacked by criminal ‘pay or leak’ extortion groupUW Canvas domain appears to be hacked by criminal ‘pay or leak’ extortion group 010
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhJenny with a Green Ribbon Around Her Neck @readingtheend.bsky.social · 07/05/2026also 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 0184
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 07/05/2026One 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. 6265732297
Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Being 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 010
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 07/05/2026A 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. 15712220
Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I'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 000
Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 07/05/2026So 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. 272
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhCHUM News @chum.news · 07/05/2026For 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...chum.newsCHUM NEWS SIFF CHALLENGE — CHUM NEWS 1176
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I 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 4840721744
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 06/05/2026This 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.“ 30682376
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhThe Needling @theneedling.com · 05/05/2026Report: Laurelhurst Residents Blocking Helicopter Landings at Seattle Children’s Ain’t Heard Shit Yet: tinyurl.com/yc3u8ukh 2741597
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/05/2026As 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. 428911
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 05/05/2026Maybe it’s a bad time to eliminate epidemiology in the United States.statnews.comThe 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. 15554141
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhAmy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Um....we all understand this is both bad and incorrect, right? 1216
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026I 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' 20828133
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhPaul Constant @paulconstant.com · 03/05/2026Feels like spring is increasingly going extinct. Sweater weather to shorts weather in a matter of a couple weeks. 2181
Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 03/05/2026An article of mine from a few months ago touched on one side of this in Seattledailyuw.comMisogyny in Seattle election discourseMisogyny in Seattle election discourse 020
Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 03/05/2026This 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)? 100
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhMaureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 03/05/2026Decency! Easy! Quick! Fun! Requires nothing! Anne gets it. 011811
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Three weeks until Trailhead Direct season starts. 1666
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Hey fellow alumni — Cornell Board of Trustees: trustees@cornell.edu Alumni Affairs: alumniaffairs@cornell.edu 28331
Reposted by Chaitna Deshmukhamanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Everything 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. 716619
Reposted by Chaitna DeshmukhThe Needling @theneedling.com · 30/04/2026‘White Female Mamdani’ Mayor of Seattle Caught Blowing Taxpayer Money on Personal Limousine: tinyurl.com/3n2k7jsv 17592142