Reposted by liberation psychiatristElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 6hnever the wrong time for this classic 3578502352
liberation psychiatrist @libpsych.bsky.social · 13hAs Americans lament the state of Brazilian democracy I hope they will do a quick search for who was last responsible for overthrowing Brazilian democracy... 000
Reposted by liberation psychiatristAnodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"[C]hildren of color and neurodivergent children are disproportionately confined in juvenile facilities ... [A]cross almost all racial categories, staff physical assault is more prevalent among neurodivergent youth."prisonpolicy.orgNew study finds confined neurodivergent youth of color are particularly vulnerable to physical assault by staffA new study analyzing a national survey of youth in custody reveals stark disparities in rates of staff physical assault among Black and neurodivergent youth. 01916
Reposted by liberation psychiatristProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Again: for Black Women, in particular, the ability to chose, a time and place to reproduce is a function of liberty. The most fundamental fact of enslavement was the Black Women had no control over their reproduction; in fact, their ability to reproduce was a key source of other’s wealth. 8814183
Reposted by liberation psychiatristProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026Reporter @maxblau.bsky.social spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is there any way to find out whether the produce he buys at the grocery store comes from farms with a record of mistreating workers?projects.propublica.orgDo My Grocery Store Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed?Max Blau spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is the produce he buys at the grocery store part of the problem? 9398134
Reposted by liberation psychiatristKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. 238101763239
Reposted by liberation psychiatristBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026the inevitable consequence of blocking people from ending their pregnancies is that pregnancy ends people’s lives ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgTierra Walker’s Death Was Preventable. The Conservative Legal Movement Made It PredictableRepublican politicians have made Texas doctors increasingly afraid to provide lifesaving abortion care. 4308105
Reposted by liberation psychiatristTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources 7938341
Reposted by liberation psychiatristProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school. But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.propublica.orgAlmost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur... 9325681138
Reposted by liberation psychiatristTruthout @truthout.org · 01/10/2026“It’s actually the people who are building [AI] that are the existential risks to humanity. If a bridge collapses, we don’t ever ask, “Was the bridge uncontrollable? Was the bridge unethical?”buff.lyThe Real Existential Risk Is AI Company CEOs, AI Researcher Timnit Gebru SaysInstead of being held liable through existing laws, AI companies are making “a ploy for regulatory capture.”… 29440
Reposted by liberation psychiatristJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college. 542020633
Reposted by liberation psychiatristMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah. That’s exactly what happened. 26670126
Reposted by liberation psychiatristMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The kicker is you can tell it would never even dawn on this Republican senator or his staff that a man might want to go to a women’s sporting event. But protect women’s sports or something! 21633100
liberation psychiatrist @libpsych.bsky.social · 29/09/2026To all you sentient AIs out, I'm open to seeing you for therapy. 000
Reposted by liberation psychiatristSarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026this story is nuts — UNC Health briefly adopted BidShift, a platform that has nurses bid against eachother for hard-to-fill shifts, so that the hourly premium rate (already substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic) keeps dropping. It pivoted after backlash.indyweek.comThe Gig Is Up: UNC Health Does an About-Face on BidShiftUNC Health dropped the software Bidshift after a plan to make nurses bid against each other for extra shifts caused a social media firestorm. 02316
Reposted by liberation psychiatristNash @radiodeadair.com · 28/09/2026All it took was getting kicked out of the White House press room and suddenly CNN remembers that "lie" is a word. 434564903
Reposted by liberation psychiatristJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc... 2263404831
liberation psychiatrist @libpsych.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"The plagiarism machine I used for my work plagiarized my work" 071
Reposted by liberation psychiatristMelissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer. 131241264
Reposted by liberation psychiatristPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"But now Billy was dead, and the state of Connecticut said he owed $232,733 for room and board during his earlier prison stay. Selling the house where DeSenti now lived alone would help satisfy that debt." ctmirror.org/2026/09/27/t...ctmirror.orgThey served their time in prison. Then the bills arrived.Hundreds of CT residents have had money seized through a law that allows the state to charge a fee for every day a person spends in prison. 22496294
liberation psychiatrist @libpsych.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"In the service of economic growth, governments have slashed welfare services and gutted regulatory frameworks. People have been squeezed beyond their limits by raising costs, stagnant wages, and diminishing opportunities for meaning and connection. The drive for growth is making us sick."opmed.doximity.comWhy We Shouldn’t Make An ‘Economic Case’ for Mental HealthcareAt the World Congress of Psychiatry last fall, a coalition of psychiatric associations signed on to the Prague Agreement, an initiative advancing a... 021
liberation psychiatrist @libpsych.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"In the service of economic growth, governments have slashed welfare services and gutted regulatory frameworks. People have been squeezed beyond their limits by raising costs, stagnant wages, and diminishing opportunities for meaning and connection. The drive for growth is making us sick."opmed.doximity.comWhy We Shouldn’t Make An ‘Economic Case’ for Mental HealthcareAt the World Congress of Psychiatry last fall, a coalition of psychiatric associations signed on to the Prague Agreement, an initiative advancing a... 000
Reposted by liberation psychiatristI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026If you were in camp “focus on the important things” when they were restoring Confederate monuments and base names here but can recognize the danger there you may want to interrogate some things. 5743176
liberation psychiatrist @libpsych.bsky.social · 27/09/2026How dare they? Economics was there first 031
Reposted by liberation psychiatristDr. Cannoli @drcannoli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Adding me to an epic chat is an act of violence 172
Reposted by liberation psychiatristClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor. 623739733
Reposted by liberation psychiatristProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵 19596023539
Reposted by liberation psychiatristRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6584021211824
Reposted by liberation psychiatristOni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Stanford used "AI" to remove a Latino student from a photo and replace him with an "AI-generated" Black woman. The two other students in the photo were made thinner. There are so many aspects of what happened that are egregious. sfstandard.com/2026/09/22/s...sfstandard.comStanford University replaced a Latino man with an AI-generated Black woman in a photoUniversity slammed for AI-generated race swap in photo in back-to-school banner. 415256
Reposted by liberation psychiatrist#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 26/09/2026How do you know this doc has Elon rattled? Because all of the other oligarchs are trying to protect his ego. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 17767230
Reposted by liberation psychiatristJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad. 8146951174
Reposted by liberation psychiatristTruthout @truthout.org · 25/09/2026Involuntary psychiatric treatment is a cornerstone of Donald Trump’s mental health policy, but years of research has found that court orders add no benefit over voluntary access to housing and community care, while causing significant harm to participants.buff.lyForced Psychiatric Care Can Feel Like a “Forever Sentence,” Victims SayPatients describe serious harms, including high coercion and a systematic lack of due process. 26229
Reposted by liberation psychiatristMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Excellent analysis. There is no sugarcoating what is happening here in Germany. Most of the political centre is enabling if not actively supporting the rise of fascism. The Left‘s remarkable performance in the Berlin elections is not being heralded as an earthquake but treated as a threat. 6383134
Reposted by liberation psychiatristCate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If we were truly talking "top academic talent" a) Canada would be investing in the people who already work there and b) people who are teaching 5/5 at a community college and changing people's lives on a shoestring would be top of the list. 110229
Reposted by liberation psychiatristCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language 5951601224
Reposted by liberation psychiatristMPR News @mprnews.org · 22/09/2026Schools across the state started offering free breakfasts and lunches to all students in the fall of 2023. The number of students eating school lunch went up 15 percent the first year. The number of kids eating breakfast at school went up 40 percent.mprnews.orgFewer skipped meals, less stigma: New data on the impact of Minnesota’s universal school mealsA trio of new studies shows Minnesota’s universal school meals program is providing a sense of relief to Minnesota families and students who are no longer skipping lunch and worrying less about family... 15546171
Reposted by liberation psychiatristPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...theguardian.comNearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable onlineExclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad 113563
Reposted by liberation psychiatristFT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 22/09/2026Staff at the world's leading AI companies and institutions are being signed off work or quitting because of the mental strain of working on systems that are "out of control" and "causing real damage". Read the FT exclusive in today's #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/fi7m6RB 52628
liberation psychiatrist @libpsych.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If I was a newspaper or magazine editor, I'd be reaching out to Dr. Hailey right about now for what would certainly be a thoughtful and well-informed article on this subject. 020
Reposted by liberation psychiatristChantal Hailey @chantalahailey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Nikole Hannah Jones article has invoked a lot conversation on race, school choice for Black families. I’ve been researching how black folks choose schools for 17 years, I have a lot of nuanced thoughts. Long thread. 1/ 111038
Reposted by liberation psychiatristProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 13646332243
Reposted by liberation psychiatristRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful. 47271663221
Reposted by liberation psychiatristNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026AI didn’t “go rogue.” People connected a computer system they know can mess with another computer system in unpredictable ways to less advanced computer system and it messed with that computer system in unpredicted ways. As @tressiemcphd.bsky.social argues, don’t lose sight that *people* did that.nytimes.comOpinion | Panic Won’t Fix the Looming A.I. Threat. Politics Will.The threats from A.I. are real — and they’re ones we know how to deal with. 251169310
liberation psychiatrist @libpsych.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This has been my thinking. Not just cowardice but displacement: it alleviates their discomfort and guilt over not confronting fascists. 0371
liberation psychiatrist @libpsych.bsky.social · 19/09/2026'Largest theft of labor in human history' ... Hm. 110
Reposted by liberation psychiatristINDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 18/09/2026An INDY investigation finds judges and magistrates in Durham have repeatedly flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody.indyweek.comDurham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE's Radar for Low-Level CrimesDurham judicial officials flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody, INDY found. 12614
Reposted by liberation psychiatristJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Republicans, in their infinite wisdom, left a big gambling loophole in the Medicaid work requirements. I'm no fan of the gambling industry, but if you are on Medicaid and struggling to deal with the work requirements, taking a $580 bet on both sides of an outcome is one way of getting around them. 401998531
![A former unnamed case manager told Stat that a supervisor directed her to immediately restart a case review process for any patient who won an appeal. “And 99.9 percent of the time, we’re going to turn right back around and issue another [denial],” the former case manager said. “Well, you won, but OK, what’d that get you? Three or four days? You’re going to get another [denial] on your next review, because they want you out.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i7g62qhqwyobrqzg63yyz7vf/bafkreiggptbjt63dfxbxlrwylwnmuedc7a2nuzilggtspoc73ff3o6wmau)
