Journalist Ed Augustin, reporting from Havana, calls the Trump administration’s strict fuel blockade of Cuba “collective punishment of a population, particularly targeting poor communities, pregnant women, children and the elderly.”

Sanctions Kill. I Have Watched Them Do It. - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/21/s...

Armed Conflict and Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury in Children in the Gaza Strip jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Explore the latest in surgical science and innovation—read the abstracts from the @facs.org Clinical Congress. #ACSCC25 A window into the future of surgery, from groundbreaking research to practice-changing insights. 📚:https://journals.lww.com/journalacs/toc/2025/11001

Are you at #ACSCC25? JAMA Surgery is now on Bluesky! 🦋 Stay connected for timely research, expert commentary, and updates on issues pertinent to surgery, from quality improvement to clinical ethics and beyond. @facs.org

"All these questions now factor into the decision of whether to recommend surgery to a patient with acute #appendicitis." Read this Invited Commentary by Lawrence Lee, MD, PhD, and Liane Feldman, MD. ja.ma/3IE62Wx#appendicitis #ACSCC25 @facs.org

At #ACSCC25? Consider this article from @jamasurgery.com: Percutaneous cholecystostomy should serve as a bridge to interval cholecystectomy in patients with contraindications to immediate surgery, specifically those with sepsis and acute cholecystitis. ja.ma/4pUNrGq#ACSCC25@facs.org

Israeli attacks on Gaza maternity wards and IVF clinic ‘genocidal acts’, says UN www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Please support this film that won the academy award for best documentary. This is what ethnic cleansing of Palestinians looks like. Available for viewing only at your local art house cinema.

The chaos isn’t accidental—it’s meant to exhaust and divide us. But we’re stronger than that. Stay informed, stay engaged, and don’t let the noise drown out what really matters. Change happens when we refuse to look away.

Mahmoud Khalil should be at home with his pregnant wife. Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped. We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil

Arrest of Palestinian student activist raises alarm about free speech – US politics live www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

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The People’s Union is forming! The 24 Hour Economic Blackout is February 28th Visit: ThePeoplesUnionUSA.com

“…This could be a golden era of resistance in terms of alternatives, if we choose to seize them, if we come out of our fear, if we come out of our shock, there is gonna be a tremendous amount of experimentation, because there’s gonna be millions of people…” - Kali Akuno, Organizer

An entire professional medical society has committed to bluesky. That’s amazing!

Does anyone know how to watch the Oscar-nominated “No Other Land” here in the US?

Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

The resistance is happening. It's all around us. Let us celebrate and share the big acts because it helps us to understand that small gestures also matter. There are only two sides now. Those who are complicit in evil and those who resist.

America 2025: "Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

So I'm standing in the grocery store parking lot and it's freaking cold. A very classy old woman sees me and walks the entire distance across the lot. "You give that man shit," she says. Then walks away. That's Canada. The criminal might buy off porn stars. He will never force Canada to bend.

While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland.

Doctors Against Genocide - Live from Gaza - Emergency Livestream happening now 12p EST - can be viewed on Youtube at www.youtube.com/live/7IMyj-g...

A year ago, Israel murdered a poet, scholar, and activist for the human rights of Palestinians. Now, a new book ensures his message will live on. www.currentaffairs.org/news/refaat-...

🎉 In the final Executive Director's Update of 2024, Dr. Turner reflects on the year's standout activities and successes, including Clinical Congress, the ACS-developed Age Friendly Hospital Measure, and the Surgical Adhesion Improvement Project Summit. Read more on the advancements we made in 2024.

Dear Friends and colleagues , You're invited to a webinar: Meeting with Dr. Khaled Al-Serr: A Palestinian Surgeon From Gaza Who Survived 6 months In Sde Teiman Detention Camp and Ofer Prison On Sunday, December 8th at 5:00 PM Amman Time / 8:00 AM CST Chicago Time. Join us tomorrow!

Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated. Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth

I’m involved with CeaseFirePA, an organization that makes Pennsylvania safer through gun violence prevention, education, and advocacy. Today is a great day to take a stand, make a donation, and get your gift doubled! Please consider joining me. act.ceasefirepa.org/a/donate-c4-...

Hi BlueSky 👋 We just updated our username to @democracynow.org, but it's still us! For those who aren't familiar with our work, Democracy Now! is an independent daily news hour, with a focus on politics, war and peace, social movements and more. Find all our coverage at democracynow.org

Bernie Sanders just spent ~5 minutes on the Senate floor listing horrors American doctors in Gaza saw, as he brings resolutions to block $20bil of weapons to Israel. Those testimonies were collected by a doctor named Feroze Sidhwa, who I interviewed last month: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICC issues arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohamed Deif – Middle East live

ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged Gaza war crimes