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Diane E Meier @dianeemeier.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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Opinion | We Are Not Being Asked to Run Into Cannon Fire. We Just Need to Speak Up.
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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Great interview on the Big Budget Bomb that is now before the Senate. Asked to summarize the impacts, @crampell.bsky.social said the bill is "a transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich, from the young to the old and from the future to the past."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Trump Republicanism in action. www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...
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Exclusive: US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage
The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programs.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
“Six years ago, I found myself face to face with a white farmer preparing for the government to take his land. This did not happen in South Africa. It was in South Texas, and it was because of Trump…” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
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When Trump Was the One Taking Land From Farmers
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
“Most of that grant money is appropriated by Congress for the National Institutes of Health to disburse to fund biomedical research after a lengthy application process by individual scientists, work that is not typically done at trade schools…” www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Trump considers redirecting $3 billion in Harvard grants to US trade schools
President Donald Trump said he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money for scientific and engineering research away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools.
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Comparative Safety of Medications for Severe Agitation: A Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines 2.0 Systematic Review. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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EMMS International @emmsinternational.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Dr. Amrita Shrestha emphasises the irreplaceable role of human connection in palliative care. True care goes beyond treatment; it's about empathy, presence, and addressing all aspects of a patient's needs. Technology alone isn’t enough; people make the difference. #PalliativeCare #UKAidMatch
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CAPC @capcpalliative.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Hospital Membership: Maximize your #palliative care team’s quality, efficiency and success. Just one CAPC membership fee provides both your entire team—and your org's entire staff—with full access to CAPC training, tools and expert resources. Explore >> buff.ly/4jnSXxQ
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Cornell Health Policy Center @chpc-cornell.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Recent research from Dr. Robert "Tyler" Braun and colleagues examines the consequences of U.S. #hospice acquisitions by private equity firms and publicly traded corporations on key financial and clinical outcomes. Learn more: www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S088...
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Diane E Meier @dianeemeier.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Notes from a Family Meeting familymeetingnotes.substack.com?utm_source=n...
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Notes from a Family Meeting | Josh Briscoe | Substack
Discussions at the intersection of health and the human condition. Click to read Notes from a Family Meeting, by Josh Briscoe, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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Diane E Meier @dianeemeier.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “NYC SUNDAYS: Worth Fighting For – Target Majority NYC Community Meetings” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/americanprog...
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NYC SUNDAYS: Worth Fighting For – Target Majority NYC Community Meetings · American Progress
Hello, friend. As we enter the first 100 days of Trump 2.0, we need to gather for mutual support and collective action, because we together, we can help shape the road ahead. Join us in building resi...
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Unreal. "Hundreds of Thousands Will Die: The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. senior official Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world." www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
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Hundreds of Thousands Will Die
The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. senior official Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world.
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Alex Smith, MD @alexsmithmd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Looking forward to this! Come see @geripal.bsky.social live! #hapc #geriatrics
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CAPC @capcpalliative.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Join virtual office hours with Allison Silvers, MB, and Sonia Malhotra, MD, MS, FAAP, to ask questions, discuss challenges and share creative solutions with #palliative care clinicians from palliative care programs in #rural and safety-net organizations. >> buff.ly/40BkhS8
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CAPC @capcpalliative.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Hospital Membership: Maximize your #palliative care team’s quality, efficiency and success. Just one CAPC membership fee provides both your entire team—and your org's entire staff—with full access to CAPC training, tools and expert resources. Explore >> ow.ly/KU1q50P0KSV
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GeriPal Podcast @geripal.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
It's been 50 years since the first Palliative Care unit was opened in Quebec. But have we lost something along the way? #medsky Guests Sue Britton (1st nurse hired at that 1st PC unit), Michael Kearney, & Justin Sanders. bit.ly/GeriPalEp347 - hosts @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“Punishing even one person for their speech is meant to intimidate others into self-censorship…these threats cut to the core of what it means to live in a pluralistic democracy. journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-fac...
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A Statement from Columbia Journalism School Faculty Defending Press Freedom | Columbia Journalism School
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
"The White House has directed the military to draw up options for increasing the US troop presence in Panama to achieve Trump’s goal of 'reclaiming' the Panama Canal" And *yes*, this does include: the "option of U.S. troops seizing the Panama Canal by force" www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say
Potential plans range from partnering more closely with Panamanian security forces to a less likely option of U.S. troops seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
They installed the TV... At his request... So he can play video games... In his office... In the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Trump just withdrew the bad CDC nominee after public blowback about the measles vaccine. Scientists, we can achieve the same with the bad NIH nominee. Public pressure can force out Bhattacharya. Your voices are needed now. Please take action. 🧪
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White House withdraws Trump's pick Dave Weldon as CDC director pick
The White House is withdrawing President Donald Trump's nomination of Republican former congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon to serve as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a source briefed on the matter said on Thursday.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
At the protest for veterans in DC.
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Josh Briscoe @jbriscoe.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The question isn't, "Should medicine and politics mix," but "How do medicine and politics mix?" open.substack.com/pub/familyme... #medsky
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Autonomous Patients, Isolated People
What Beliefs About People Do to the Care of Bodies
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CAPC @capcpalliative.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Your work deserves the spotlight! Submit your poster abstract for the #CAPCSeminar25 by March 28. Topic areas include ensuring care quality in the context of limited resources, team well-being, advancing equitable care, and more. www.capc.org/seminar/post... #hapc #hpm #CAPCSeminar25
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Diane E Meier @dianeemeier.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The DOGE Helpline open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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The DOGE Helpline
Comms from Armageddon
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Dr. Emily Drake @emilydrake.ca · 19/02/2025
🗺️ Our recent study mapped the evidence that exists regarding the delivery of palliative and end-of-life care for adolescents and young adults living with cancer 👇Check it out: lnkd.in/gRkp6QWF #AYACSM #AYACancer #TYACancer #BCSM #BTSM #CancerResearch #HPM #PalliativeCare
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
And fully half of it is a humiliating error where they mistake the value of a contract by 1000x confusing 8 million with 8 BILLION
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Diane E Meier @dianeemeier.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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Out of Pocket Getting Out of Hand — Reducing the Financial Toxicity of Rapidly Approved Drugs | NEJM
The FDA often exercises flexibility in deciding whether to approve highly promising drugs for patients in desperate need of treatment options. But it doesn’t consider a drug’s likely financial toxi...
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Journal of Palliative Medicine @j-palliativemed.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
@j-palliativemed.bsky.social Discover the Collection of "Top Ten Tips In Palliative Care" 45913838.hs-sites.com/top-ten-tips...
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Top Ten Tips In Palliative Care
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Kimberly Curseen MD @curseen.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Humility doesn't make you small; it allows you to move through the world being open to potential, awe, and wonder, getting us closer to deeper understanding (others, ourselves, communities, and other communities #hapc25 opening plenary with Lucus Johnson and Krista Tippett
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Josh Briscoe @jbriscoe.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Sacrificing the agency of clinicians for the sake of the "objectivity" of the machine is predicated on seeing patients like machines. If we truly saw our patients as humans, we'd recognize they need humans to care for them.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 07/02/2025
In 2004, it took the world a year to add a gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day
A line graph depicting the average number of days it took to install a gigawatt of solar energy capacity worldwide from 2001 to 2023. The vertical axis represents the number of days on a logarithmic scale, spanning from 1 to 1000 days. The horizontal axis indicates the years from 2001 to 2023. 

In 2004, the average time was about 1 year, which is marked on the graph. A downward trend shows significant decreases in installation time over the years. By 2010, it took under 30 days, and by 2015, just over 7 days. The most notable point is in 2023, where it dropped to about 1 day on average for installation. 

The data source is attributed to IRENA (2024), with calculation by Our World in Data, and the chart is identified as CC BY, indicating it is licensed for sharing and adaptation with appropriate credit.
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Josh Briscoe @jbriscoe.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
If medicine is like a priesthood, what lessons can we learn from the metaphor to help us in our present moment? #medsky #bioethics
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The Priesthood of Medicine
A Response to Scott Alexander at Astral Codex Ten
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Diane E Meier @dianeemeier.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Twenty Lessons On Tyranny open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Twenty Lessons On Tyranny
From the Twentieth Century
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Diane E Meier @dianeemeier.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
The 10 biggest myths about the economy open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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The 10 biggest myths about the economy
And why they have led us to Trump
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Fiona Dorrington @mrsdorrington.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Essential to make sure that the breadth of #palliative care is included. Most people can be supported in their own homes, including care homes, with support from community services and community palliative care teams.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
🇬🇧 Historic UK vote for #AssistedDying but fixing #PalliativeCare must be a priority too, says Association for Palliative Medicine www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Fix palliative care before allowing assisted dying
Leading end-of-life doctors warn system is struggling, and changing law could make situation worse.
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Kimberly Curseen MD @curseen.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Telehealth vs In-Person Early Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial “delivery of early palliative care virtually vs in person demonstrated equivalent effects on quality of life in pts with advanced NSCLC” #hapc jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Telehealth vs In-Person Early Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer
This randomized, multisite, comparative effectiveness trial investigates whether early palliative care delivered via video or in-person visits demonstrated equivalent effects on quality of life for pa...
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Ken Covinsky @kencovinsky.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The Federal Prison Oversight Act: Important initiative for improving the quality of health care in jails and prisons "Each year in prison is associated with a 2 year decrease in life expectancy" jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Establishing National Standards for Carceral Health Care
This Viewpoint discusses how the health care quality that individuals receive while incarcerated is often deficient and how the passage of the Federal Prison Oversight Act represents an opportunity to...
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Ryan Nipp, MD, MPH, MBA, FASCO @ryannipp.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Illuminating the Value of #Palliative Care in #Cancer: A Path to Incentivizing High-Value #Cancer Care. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... #PalliativeCare #PallOnc #hpm #hapc
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Kimberly Curseen MD @curseen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Root-Cause and Solutions-Oriented Discussions of Medical Racism “HER is a longitudinal, case-based, solutions-oriented conference series that addresses the effects of bias, structural racism, & other forms of systemic oppression on health and health care.” www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Health Equity Rounds — Root-Cause and Solutions-Oriented Discussions of Medical Racism | NEJM
Like morbidity and mortality conferences, the HER series elucidates root causes of adverse events, but with a focus on inequities in care and an emphasis on building skills and generating solutions.
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Jane Shanahan @janeshanahan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Gabapentinoids and risk of hip fracture jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Gabapentinoids and Risk of Hip Fracture
This case-case-time-control study evaluates the association between gabapentinoids and the risk of hip fractures among older adults in Australia.
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Kimberly Curseen MD @curseen.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
State Reported Efforts to Address Health Disparities: A 50 State Review www.kff.org/racial-equit...
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State Reported Efforts to Address Health Disparities: A 50 State Review | KFF
This analysis focuses on current state efforts, many of which were implemented during or after 2020, to address health disparities and advance health equity based on a review of publicly available mat...
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Kimberly Curseen MD @curseen.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
DEA and HHS Extend Telemedicine Flexibilities through 2025 - great news for our rural, immobile and transportation, insecure patients www.dea.gov/documents/20... #hapc
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Kimberly Curseen MD @curseen.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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Prior authorization fixes earn majority support in Congress
There’s bipartisan backing to reform prior authorization in Medicare Advantage as House majority cosponsors key bill. Learn what comes next.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I just realized I have over 300K followers here on BlueSky now. A couple of weeks ago I was around 10K. Thank you following me--I'll try to always live up to your trust because we have important work to do as a community to protect our freedom. We have a Republic to keep!
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