Sudarshan Krishnamurthy, PhD
@sudkrishnamurthy.bsky.social
MD/PhD Student | Abolitionist Public Health & Health Justice | Research - SDoH, Structural Racism, and ADRD | Views my own. (he/they) 🌈
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This is a good film. I'll be speaking with the director after the 9.20 screening. However, it is screening from 9/18 to 9/24. I've been talking about this case for a long time because it remains relevant today.
Free Joan Little tells the story of the groundbreaking 1975 case of the first woman in US history to be acquitted for using deadly force to resist sexual assault.
NYC, Sun, Sep 20, 2:30pm: Q&A w/IC cofounder Mariame Kaba & the director.
For tickets & other special engagements, visit bit.ly/DCTVFJL
NYC, Sun, Sep 20, 2:30pm: Q&A w/IC cofounder Mariame Kaba & the director.
For tickets & other special engagements, visit bit.ly/DCTVFJL
September 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM
This is a good film. I'll be speaking with the director after the 9.20 screening. However, it is screening from 9/18 to 9/24. I've been talking about this case for a long time because it remains relevant today.
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Free Joan Little tells the story of the groundbreaking 1975 case of the first woman in US history to be acquitted for using deadly force to resist sexual assault.
NYC, Sun, Sep 20, 2:30pm: Q&A w/IC cofounder Mariame Kaba & the director.
For tickets & other special engagements, visit bit.ly/DCTVFJL
NYC, Sun, Sep 20, 2:30pm: Q&A w/IC cofounder Mariame Kaba & the director.
For tickets & other special engagements, visit bit.ly/DCTVFJL
September 3, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Free Joan Little tells the story of the groundbreaking 1975 case of the first woman in US history to be acquitted for using deadly force to resist sexual assault.
NYC, Sun, Sep 20, 2:30pm: Q&A w/IC cofounder Mariame Kaba & the director.
For tickets & other special engagements, visit bit.ly/DCTVFJL
NYC, Sun, Sep 20, 2:30pm: Q&A w/IC cofounder Mariame Kaba & the director.
For tickets & other special engagements, visit bit.ly/DCTVFJL
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"If you're baffled as to why they're murdering health workers in Gaza, it's because they are the people who will testify in court as to what has been done. They are killing the witnesses.
Liam Cunningham
Liam Cunningham
July 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
"If you're baffled as to why they're murdering health workers in Gaza, it's because they are the people who will testify in court as to what has been done. They are killing the witnesses.
Liam Cunningham
Liam Cunningham
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Gave some comments for this story in @science.org about a study in JAMA that shows a devastating decrease in NIH fellowships awarded to Black and Hispanic scientists.
A lot of early career people
are having their future meddled with. Some groups unequally...
www.science.org/content/arti...
A lot of early career people
are having their future meddled with. Some groups unequally...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Study finds sharp decline in Black, Hispanic researchers receiving NIH funding
Drop in those receiving grants and fellowships in 2025 shows impact of Trump administration rollbacks to diversity initiatives
www.science.org
June 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Gave some comments for this story in @science.org about a study in JAMA that shows a devastating decrease in NIH fellowships awarded to Black and Hispanic scientists.
A lot of early career people
are having their future meddled with. Some groups unequally...
www.science.org/content/arti...
A lot of early career people
are having their future meddled with. Some groups unequally...
www.science.org/content/arti...
All of this!
AND especially this:
The problem is not “medical mistrust”; it’s “institutional untrustworthiness.”
If you’re someone who thinks about the health system and are striving towards justice in health and care, go give this a read!
AND especially this:
The problem is not “medical mistrust”; it’s “institutional untrustworthiness.”
If you’re someone who thinks about the health system and are striving towards justice in health and care, go give this a read!
In my new op-ed for @ms.now, I write about why the problem isn’t “medical mistrust.”
It’s institutional untrustworthiness.
From a 1960s NIH vaccine study involving Black infants to the Find A Black Doctor lawsuit, I explore why care where we feel seen is self-advocacy.
www.ms.now/opinion/nih-...
It’s institutional untrustworthiness.
From a 1960s NIH vaccine study involving Black infants to the Find A Black Doctor lawsuit, I explore why care where we feel seen is self-advocacy.
www.ms.now/opinion/nih-...
Opinion | Connecting Black patients to Black doctors is about survival, not discrimination
Dr. Uché Blackstock: When it comes to Black patients, 'medical mistrust' should be called something else
www.ms.now
June 8, 2026 at 11:34 PM
All of this!
AND especially this:
The problem is not “medical mistrust”; it’s “institutional untrustworthiness.”
If you’re someone who thinks about the health system and are striving towards justice in health and care, go give this a read!
AND especially this:
The problem is not “medical mistrust”; it’s “institutional untrustworthiness.”
If you’re someone who thinks about the health system and are striving towards justice in health and care, go give this a read!
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Ugh among all the reasons I hate Elon Musk one is *purely* because the Nazi acquisition of Twitter meant I could no longer enjoy Black Twitter livetweeting the spelling bee for moments like this!
youtu.be/LcbsXseV-xw?...
youtu.be/LcbsXseV-xw?...
Viky Tanamala Stole The Show 🥹🐝
YouTube video by Scripps National Spelling Bee
youtu.be
May 29, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Ugh among all the reasons I hate Elon Musk one is *purely* because the Nazi acquisition of Twitter meant I could no longer enjoy Black Twitter livetweeting the spelling bee for moments like this!
youtu.be/LcbsXseV-xw?...
youtu.be/LcbsXseV-xw?...
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It will be no surprise to anyone that I enjoyed I Love Boosters.
May 26, 2026 at 1:11 AM
It will be no surprise to anyone that I enjoyed I Love Boosters.
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I hate everything about this timeline.
NEW: Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
www.propublica.org
May 6, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I hate everything about this timeline.
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If you are a medical worker looking to interrupt systems of criminalization, check out our Beyond Do No Harm network:
May 6, 2026 at 9:24 PM
If you are a medical worker looking to interrupt systems of criminalization, check out our Beyond Do No Harm network:
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“On average, these hospitals paid $15.7 million (SD, $46.1 million) for management consulting services, with each contract costing an average of $6.2 million (SD, $14.8 million). Management consulting contracts lasted an average of 1.4 years”
Surely this is more useful than more staffing!
Surely this is more useful than more staffing!
US nonprofit hospitals spent $7.8 billion on management consultants from 2009 to 2023, but contracts were not associated with meaningful changes in finance, operations, or quality of care.
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ja.ma/48DfVO3
May 5, 2026 at 12:50 PM
“On average, these hospitals paid $15.7 million (SD, $46.1 million) for management consulting services, with each contract costing an average of $6.2 million (SD, $14.8 million). Management consulting contracts lasted an average of 1.4 years”
Surely this is more useful than more staffing!
Surely this is more useful than more staffing!
I was recently at an event where the speaker used the microphone, but the volume on the system was set such that only the front half of the audience could hear them clearly... I could barely hear anything, and it felt like a waste of time to attend!
As someone who lost hearing in one ear for about a year and now has poor in that ear, I super appreciate anyone who uses a microphone.
Conference friends:
My voice is very loud. Almost certainly louder than yours.
I always use the microphone during a conference presentation so that everyone can clearly hear me. And you should too.
My voice is very loud. Almost certainly louder than yours.
I always use the microphone during a conference presentation so that everyone can clearly hear me. And you should too.
May 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I was recently at an event where the speaker used the microphone, but the volume on the system was set such that only the front half of the audience could hear them clearly... I could barely hear anything, and it felt like a waste of time to attend!
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I’m so scared for India.
Where will all this hate and religious fundamentalism and violence end?
Where will all this hate and religious fundamentalism and violence end?
May 4, 2026 at 12:26 PM
I’m so scared for India.
Where will all this hate and religious fundamentalism and violence end?
Where will all this hate and religious fundamentalism and violence end?
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emergency need:
my friend susan raffo, beloved minneapolis healing justice practitioner needs money for a queer Black woman & child trying to get out of an abusive situation today
they need $2000 today, she’s only been able to find $100
venmo: @ziibiing
my friend susan raffo, beloved minneapolis healing justice practitioner needs money for a queer Black woman & child trying to get out of an abusive situation today
they need $2000 today, she’s only been able to find $100
venmo: @ziibiing
May 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
emergency need:
my friend susan raffo, beloved minneapolis healing justice practitioner needs money for a queer Black woman & child trying to get out of an abusive situation today
they need $2000 today, she’s only been able to find $100
venmo: @ziibiing
my friend susan raffo, beloved minneapolis healing justice practitioner needs money for a queer Black woman & child trying to get out of an abusive situation today
they need $2000 today, she’s only been able to find $100
venmo: @ziibiing
So fortunate to have my mom stay with me and give me cut-up fruit as I wrap up my last week of prep for my Step 2 medical licensing exam! 😭♥️
Truly cannot wait to be done…
Truly cannot wait to be done…
May 2, 2026 at 10:52 PM
So fortunate to have my mom stay with me and give me cut-up fruit as I wrap up my last week of prep for my Step 2 medical licensing exam! 😭♥️
Truly cannot wait to be done…
Truly cannot wait to be done…
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I reported on how BIPOC LGBTQIA+ folx slip through the cracks as care for disordered eating remains grounded in white supremacy, settler-colonialism, etc. for which I interviewed Professor Sabrina Strings, Da’Shaun Harrison, Karen Washington, Patrilie Hernandez, etc: prismreports.org/2023/09/13/b...
BIPOC LGBTQIA+ communities deserve care for eating disorders
Activists, researchers, and theorists weigh in on this pressing issue
prismreports.org
April 28, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I reported on how BIPOC LGBTQIA+ folx slip through the cracks as care for disordered eating remains grounded in white supremacy, settler-colonialism, etc. for which I interviewed Professor Sabrina Strings, Da’Shaun Harrison, Karen Washington, Patrilie Hernandez, etc: prismreports.org/2023/09/13/b...
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We got rid of affirmative action so now Black kids have to define themselves by recounting personal trauma to signal that they are Black. overcast.fm/+AAHuusmwS-k
In college admission, trauma is shorthand for Blackness — Code Switch
At most elite colleges and universities, affirmative action is a thing of the past. But admissions offices are still interested in building racially diverse incoming classes — which can mean looking a...
overcast.fm
April 25, 2026 at 4:34 PM
We got rid of affirmative action so now Black kids have to define themselves by recounting personal trauma to signal that they are Black. overcast.fm/+AAHuusmwS-k
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My best friend died an eminently preventable death after being ignored by doctors and nurses and accused of being a "seeker" (they had security toss her bags and throw out her medications). Turned out she had a pulmonary embolism.
April 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM
My best friend died an eminently preventable death after being ignored by doctors and nurses and accused of being a "seeker" (they had security toss her bags and throw out her medications). Turned out she had a pulmonary embolism.