Anu Sharma MD MPH

Call it a crises of leadership. -Prop Joe g’bye birdie, namaste @bsky.app

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a seismic political shift.

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Greed

New counties in Florida report dengue cases as statewide total passes 400. thehill.com/policy/healt...

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take down the ad children and families deserve better

I'm a doctor and a dad. I rebuilt Detroit's health department, led Wayne County's Department of Health, Human and Veterans Services. We put glasses on kids, took on corporate polluters, eliminated medical debt. It just shouldn't be this hard to get by in the richest country in the world.

I need one reporter or person in attendance to ask one white candidate if they’ll disavow white supremacy and all groups associated therein.

I can’t imagine the Backrooms of RFKj’s mind

Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

Four extraordinary women. Four brilliant minds. Four trailblazers. And every single one of them PASSED THE BAR.

Let me be specific: Donald Trump is an f-ing traitor. He is in cahoots with Putin and Russia to break our democratic ally, Ukraine, which makes all of us less safe. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

Ten years after the Standing Rock protests captured national attention, the tribe is still fighting the project.

“‘There are basically two ways to know you have a future,’” Palantir CEO Alex Karp said. ‘One, you have some vocational training. Or two, you’re neurodivergent.’” 3/25/26 share.google/BSpEdevJ0wx9...

When members of the IRB that reviewed a study are resigning in protest because they recognize the unethical design of the study and the avoidable harm it will cause, maybe it is a sign to no proceed with said study. Great reporting in the guardian. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Florida’s current dengue outbreak is the largest in several decades of any U.S. state. State health officials reported this week that nearly 300 locally acquired cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been tallied so far this year. apnews.com/article/deng...

are the teachers also performing the surgeries?

UK: "Dorset boy aged 6 among rising number of young people suffering strokes" At age 6, Connor Halloran suffered a devastating stroke caused by an AVM, leaving him unable to move or speak. His case comes as Oxford scientists report a 67% rise in strokes among people under 55.

"Decades of research shows that prices for inpatient and outpatient services — from C-sections to CT head scans — are higher when there is less competition. With fewer choices, a big system in one area can set higher prices and anti-competitive contract terms.” thehill.com/policy/healt...

Some states deliver meals to Medicaid patients that address their dietary needs. Evidence shows it aids recovery and saves healthcare costs, but federal budget cuts may lead some states to cancel it. www.npr.org/2026/09/26/n...

Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished

Nolan Wells’ death does not sit right. Grand jury or not. Hakeem Jeffries is asking the questions that still haven’t been answered. And this: Justice delayed will not be justice denied.

In 2024, nearly 2,400 women were killed by men, according to the Violence Policy Center. Of these, 86.9 percent knew their killer—nearly nine out of 10.

Yesterdays never take long to catch up

Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 

The horrors persist but so do books, flowers, animals, the ocean, sunsets, trees, libraries, iced coffee, spooky season, the word ‘fuck’, and the moon.

A beautiful moment of solidarity shared as a march for trans rights ends up meeting a match for Palestine. Both protests joined together in chants for a free Palestine and for trans rights before going their separate ways.

Christian Bale quietly dedicated roughly 17 years to developing a foster care village in Palmdale, California. The $20–22 million project was intentionally designed to keep siblings together in the foster system, providing them with family-style homes. It opened this week. Original post

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Two of the world's most powerful multinational media corporations are trying to play you! I use media literacy to break it down in this deep-dive essay I wrote after signing the Jewish open letter supporting @markruffalo.bsky.social & opposing the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger. Shares appreciated!