Reposted by HakeemLabRussell the Love Muscle 💪 @rpg-volley.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Hi, I worked at USAID. 👋 Airdrops are universally acknowledged as probably the worst and least efficient way to get aid to people. You airdrop when you a) want to want to so something but can’t, or b) you don’t want to do anything but want to look like you are. 331683658 0
Reposted by HakeemLabAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27/07/2025At least 11 wounded when Israel drops aid pallets on tents for displaced people amid hunger crisis in Gaza.bit.lyIsraeli aid airdrop injures Palestinians in north Gaza; Hamas condemns moveAt least 11 wounded when Israel drops aid pallets on tents for displaced people amid hunger crisis in Gaza. 18173127 0
Reposted by HakeemLabThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/07/2025SPOILER: YES 802173213955 0
Reposted by HakeemLabBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 27/07/2025This lying monster. NIH created and funded therapies his own daughter with cystic fibrosis benefits from. 12324118 0
Reposted by HakeemLabThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/07/2025Israel’s food points are not just death traps – they’re an alibi for the starvation of Gaza | Alex de Waaltheguardian.comIsrael’s food points are not just death traps – they’re an alibi for the starvation of Gaza | Alex de WaalWe saw famine in Biafra and Ethiopia. In the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s ‘aid distribution system’ we see an attempt to destroy a whole society, says academic and writer Alex de Waal 15317171 0
Reposted by HakeemLabMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Think of all those pro-Israel pundits you saw on your television screens this past year trying to sociopathically justify the mass starvation of Gaza by robotically claiming Hamas steals the aid. They were all lying. Shamelessly. Even the Israeli military confirms it now.nytimes.comNo Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say 602021758 0
Reposted by HakeemLabDaniel Mucida @danmucida.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Heartless murderers. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...nytimes.comGazans Are Dying of Starvation 21912 0
Reposted by HakeemLabJay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 10/05/2025I think about this comic at least once a week 292233024706 0
Reposted by HakeemLabEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Texas measles update today: 20 more cases since Tuesday, 89 of the 683 cases have been hospitalized US-wide tally likely many thousands across 25+ states, with much under-reporting www.reuters.com/business/hea...reuters.comMeasles cases in Texas rise to 683, state health department saysThe Texas health department reported 683 cases of measles in the state on Friday, an increase of 20 since April 29, as cases of the childhood disease surpass the 900-mark in one of the worst outbreaks in the country. 1320491 0
Reposted by HakeemLabYasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 26/04/2025“Kids in school with Muslim names used to be teased or harassed if they wanted to pray or fast,” says Abdullah. “Mohamed Salah has made this acceptable. Because he’s like us. www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comMohamed Salah: a bridge between worlds in LiverpoolThe Egyptian is more than simply a role model in his adopted home, he speaks to the city’s broader mythology 0112 0
Reposted by HakeemLabAlexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 24/04/2025It's not just Columbia, it's not just DEI, and it's not just biomedical research: Trump's war on universities has frozen crucial science at institutions like Princeton, Cornell, Northwestern, and more. Our @nature.com team spoke to some of the affected scientists: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comHow Trump’s attack on universities is putting research in perilScientists have little information as the US government freezes and cancels their funding. 12411209 0
Reposted by HakeemLabKrystal Vasquez @kvasquez.bsky.social · 26/04/2025With a new round of terminations, I wanted to reshare this. I'm a reporter with @cenmag.bsky.social looking to hear from researchers impacted. Contact info ⬇️ 0118 0
Reposted by HakeemLabRan Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Keep in mind that this is just the beginning. I wouldn't be surprised to see an "official" NIH page saying that vaccines cause autism next. We're far from the bottom. www.npr.org/sections/sho...npr.org'Lab Leak,' a flashy page on the virus' origins, replaces government COVID sitesThe new page emphatically promotes a theory that many scientists question. Meanwhile, basic information about COVID testing and vaccines has disappeared. 1387 0
Reposted by HakeemLabGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 16/04/2025RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is 1929193644184 0
Reposted by HakeemLabTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/04/2025This is good news. But reporters, please stop just repeating that this task force has anything to do with stopping antisemitism. It is about closing universities and about fomenting antisemitism. www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comObama backs Harvard as Yale faculty members support standing up to TrumpHarvard faces funding freeze as Yale faculty asks leadership ‘to resist and legally challenge any unlawful demands’ 441980469 0
Reposted by HakeemLabDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/03/2025See this chart for one stark example: NIH funding has dramatically slowed down. Grant awards are down *$3 billion* so far, compared to same time period last year I asked the White House to explain. “This is not a researcher entitlement program,” said an official, defending their new approach. 24472210 0
Reposted by HakeemLabElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/03/2025“My hope is that during the coming years, the unprecedented assault on scientific truth that has adversely impacted public health in our nation comes to an end so that the citizens of our country can fully benefit from the breadth of advances in medical science”. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...nytimes.comTop FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’ (Gift Article)Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health. 25712185 0
Reposted by HakeemLabCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 29/03/2025Top F.D.A. Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’ Gift link: nyti.ms/3DTuvVrnyti.msTop FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’ (Gift Article)Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health. 212046 0
Reposted by HakeemLabAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Yes. The situation at NIH is worse than the public realizes. The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year. That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH. 1/ 9531261 0
Reposted by HakeemLabRachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 27/03/2025They are cutting cancer research. They are cutting cancer research. They can deny it all they want, but they are cutting cancer research. These are the cuts being made the DoD CDMRP cancer funding mechanism www.fightcancer.org/sites/defaul... 16370244 0
Reposted by HakeemLabE John Wherry @ejohnwherry.bsky.social · 28/03/2025newrepublic.com/article/1932...newrepublic.comTrump’s Atrocious War on Higher Ed Demands an Aggressive ResponseAmerica’s colleges and universities enrich everyone in ways that aren’t often acknowledged. It’s high time to remind Americans of them. 0155 0
Reposted by HakeemLabBritish Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Thanks to global immunisation efforts, an estimated 154 million lives have been saved over the past 50 years 🌎 🤝 That’s equivalent to 6 lives every minute. #CelebrateVaccines 34426 0
Reposted by HakeemLabElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 26/03/2025This arrest is the latest in an alarming pattern to stifle civil liberties. The Trump admin is targeting students with legal status and ripping people out of their communities without due process. This is an attack on our Constitution and basic freedoms — and we will push back.abcnews.go.comTufts PhD student on visa arrested by immigration authorities, school saysRumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish national, according to her lawyer, Mahsa Khanbabai. 1882548669 0
Reposted by HakeemLabChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time. 18263624616128 0
Reposted by HakeemLabIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 26/03/2025All I keep thinking about is how Pete Hegseth raised questions of the competency of a Black four-star general and Air Force fighter pilot who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hegseth asked did he get the job “because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt.” 641193614590 0
Reposted by HakeemLabThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The "Is it a constitutional crisis yet?!" discussion is so absurd: Of course you can construct increasingly esoteric definitions for why this current moment doesn't meet your exact criteria yet. But meanwhile, this is where we are: Masked agents of the states abducting people for writing op-eds. 432483919 0