LGBTQ+ youth and their families – not politicians – deserve to decide on their own terms when and how to have conversations about identity. Tell #CALeg to pass #AB1955 . California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus action.aclu.org/send-message/c…

Due to recent abortion bans, more than half of all Black women have NO access to abortion care. And as we've learned, abortion care is so much more than abortion and affects all aspects of reproductive healthcare. This puts their lives at risk. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/57…

This is really unfortunate. I loved the National Park Service. This is a step in the wrong direction.

“The Johansson scandal is merely a reminder of AI’s manifest-destiny philosophy: This is happening, whether you like it or not.”
-Charlie Warzel in The Atlantic

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What’s At Stake, Why It Matters

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1/x Ep. 8 of #ShiningLightonShadows will tackle the question of whether there is still a stigma around #MentalHealth . @Dawner100 is my co-host. Tiffany Westerfield is our guest.

Watch live this evening, May 23 at 7pm ET or later, at your convenience:
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Just waking up in Cannes with my espresso to see them disrespecting Kelly Rowland last night on the carpet.

The difference is striking in how ‘some’ are rushed off the steps with arms in her face and stepping on her dress and some, they will wait patiently for.

To see Kelly

Sree Sreenivasan (Threads: @sreenet) Alex Counts India Philanthropy Alliance Grameen Foundation Shashi Bellamkonda Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar ᴅɪᴀɴᴀ ʀᴏʜɪɴɪ ˢʰᵉ/ʰᵉʳ/ᵉˡˡᵃ STEFFEN KAPLAN John Schwartz Wayne Kamidoi Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, FASAM Cauvery Madhavan Digimentors Muck Rack NYT Metro 3/x We're live with @Sree's Sunday #NYTReadalong . @Alexcounts is our guest.
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NAMI Mental Health America Digimentors Sree Sreenivasan (Threads: @sreenet) Paula Kiger (She/Her) STEFFEN KAPLAN ᴅɪᴀɴᴀ ʀᴏʜɪɴɪ ˢʰᵉ/ʰᵉʳ/ᵉˡˡᵃ Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar Pradnya Haldipur Ken Fisher Rose Horowitz, #WomenToFollow💃🏼 Linda Bernstein (Threads: @wordwhacker) Mo Aiken Indira S. Somani James Sims Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, FASAM Geeta Nayyar, MD MBA Therese Steiner Cauvery Madhavan Diane Stefani (She/Her) United Way GMWC Alia Papageorgiou ✏️ Shashi Bellamkonda Harshal S Chhaya Jeffrey Marcus Tim&Jim Fielder @Dieselfunk Jennifer Lazarus Tim McDonald #DonateLife Transplant Recipient Wayne Kamidoi 💙CaroleKing🌻DemocracyBeats🫶🏿🫶🏾🫶🏼🗳️🇺🇦 4/x Dawn Helmrich and I are getting ready for Ep. 7 of #ShiningLightonShadows : A Candid Conversation About Mental Health (7pm ET / 6pm CT): neilparekh.org/post/ep-7-kate…

We are so thankful for the pro bono support we get from @Digimentors and for the moral support from my colleagues.

NAMI Mental Health America Digimentors Sree Sreenivasan (Threads: @sreenet) Paula Kiger (She/Her) STEFFEN KAPLAN ᴅɪᴀɴᴀ ʀᴏʜɪɴɪ ˢʰᵉ/ʰᵉʳ/ᵉˡˡᵃ Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar Pradnya Haldipur Ken Fisher Rose Horowitz, #WomenToFollow💃🏼 Linda Bernstein (Threads: @wordwhacker) Mo Aiken Indira S. Somani James Sims Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, FASAM Geeta Nayyar, MD MBA Therese Steiner Cauvery Madhavan Diane Stefani (She/Her) United Way GMWC Alia Papageorgiou ✏️ Shashi Bellamkonda Harshal S Chhaya Jeffrey Marcus Tim&Jim Fielder @Dieselfunk Jennifer Lazarus Tim McDonald #DonateLife Transplant Recipient Wayne Kamidoi 💙CaroleKing🌻DemocracyBeats🫶🏿🫶🏾🫶🏼🗳️🇺🇦 Rajni Menon Robert S. Anthony Patricia Kitchen Marilyn Zayfert 5/x We're live with #ShiningLightonShadows . We're focusing on parenting a child with mental health challenges. Kate's son struggles with #bipolar . Dawn's son struggles with #socialanxiety . Produced with pro bono support from @Digimentors.
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The staff of Lookout Santa Cruz, a tiny 4-year old site created by a longtime newspaper industry analyst, won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting.

The all-hands-on-deck reporting was accomplished by an editorial staff of just 10.
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Dawn Helmrich Pradnya Haldipur STEFFEN KAPLAN Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar Cauvery Madhavan 💙CaroleKing🌻DemocracyBeats🫶🏿🫶🏾🫶🏼🗳️🇺🇦 AnitaJo Ken Fisher Sree Sreenivasan (Threads: @sreenet) Digimentors Denim Day Milwaukee @DenimDay WCASA Mary C. Curtis Rose Horowitz, #WomenToFollow💃🏼 Jeffrey Marcus ᴅɪᴀɴᴀ ʀᴏʜɪɴɪ ˢʰᵉ/ʰᵉʳ/ᵉˡˡᵃ Shashi Bellamkonda Diane Stefani (She/Her) Therese Steiner Alia Papageorgiou ✏️ Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, FASAM Paula Kiger (She/Her) 6/x We're live with #ShiningLightonShadows .

Please join us.
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1. A new landmark systematic review of transgender surgeries finds that regret rates are 'remarkably low.'

Looking at more than 55 individual studies, researchers find that trans surgeries have some of the lowest regret rates of any surgery.

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Dawn Helmrich Pradnya Haldipur STEFFEN KAPLAN Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar Cauvery Madhavan 💙CaroleKing🌻DemocracyBeats🫶🏿🫶🏾🫶🏼🗳️🇺🇦 AnitaJo Ken Fisher Sree Sreenivasan (Threads: @sreenet) Digimentors Denim Day Milwaukee @DenimDay WCASA 4/x Me? I don't have a post yet. I'm also beating myself up sending out announcements for Thursday's show so late. #Struggling

Join us Thursday 7pm ET / 6pm CT on FB, TW, LI, YT, IG and my website:
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Vassar College Amitava Kumar Sree Sreenivasan (Threads: @sreenet) Pradnya Haldipur Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, FASAM Shashi Bellamkonda T.P.Sreenivasan Rose Horowitz, #WomenToFollow💃🏼 Manisha Sinha ᴅɪᴀɴᴀ ʀᴏʜɪɴɪ ˢʰᵉ/ʰᵉʳ/ᵉˡˡᵃ Digimentors Muck Rack 4/x Vassar College Pres. Elizabeth Bradley (@ehbvassar) called Amitava Kumar's appearance on @Sree's Sunday #NYTReadalong a 'love-my-job moment.'

We thought it was a #lovemyjob moment as well. This Wesleyan University alum even said he'd love to take a class with him.

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I cornered Amitava Kumar ahead of my #NYTReadalong Sunday 8:30-10 am ET as we celebrate his new novel, MY BELOVED LIFE.

Join us live or later on all my social channels or on Digimentors.group.

'His novel offers magnificent witness,' says @salmanrushdie.

The homophobic ones turn out to be gay.

The ones screaming “groomers” turn out to be pedophiles.

The ones claiming election fraud committed election fraud.

See how this works? When someone is hurling hate, invective and lies, it’s a short hop from accusation to confession.

1/x Vassar College College Professor of English Amitava Kumar is our guest on @Sree's Sunday #NYTReadalong this week. We'll talk about 'My Beloved Life' and his other writing.

Details/Links:
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Watch live (Sunday, 8:30am ET) or later: FB, TW, LI, YT and IG.

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Incredible news!

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has just ruled that Title IX protects transgender people, and that sports bans on transgender people violate the constitution.

This is a groundbreaking ruling that will be cited in other cases nationwide!

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