Oni Blackstock, MD MHS
@oniblackstock.bsky.social
Founder & ED @ HealthJustice & Grounded Innovation Lab • Primary care & HIV doc🫀 • Bio @ www.healthjustice.co/our-team/ • @akinfe.bsky.social’s wife 🪷 • 👦🏿 & 🐶’s mama • Lenapehoking • she/her(s)/yeye• #BlackMedSky #MedSky #HIVSky #PublicHealthSky #QueerSky
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Engage the community in generative AI for public health
Slower uptake of generative AI in public health provides a unique opportunity to embed community accountability before more of these models are fully scaled.
www.statnews.com
🌱In our just-released op-ed for @statnews.com @cre8tivecadence.bsky.social & I share our thoughts on the critical need for community-centered governance in #generativeAI in both health care & public health, moving away from top-down approaches to ones that are from the ground up.
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“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘There’s power in numbers’: New Yorkers are banding together to protect street vendors from ICE
With ICE targeting vendors and fear rising, community groups are organising fast to keep New Yorkers working on the streets safe
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
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13 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- FL files RICO lawsuit against WPATH, Endocrine Society & Amer Academy of Pediatrics for practicing medicine, using Cass Review to accuse them of promoting "discredited clinical guidelines...to sell memberships."
Florida sues leading medical groups for supporting gender-affirming care
Florida has accused WPATH, the Endocrine Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics of somehow violating the RICO Act.
www.advocate.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
13 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- FL files RICO lawsuit against WPATH, Endocrine Society & Amer Academy of Pediatrics for practicing medicine, using Cass Review to accuse them of promoting "discredited clinical guidelines...to sell memberships."
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The goal of the Trump administration is an ethnic cleansing that is actively being enacted, and that promises to destroy the diversity & freedoms that were ever the strength of this imperfect nation.
My latest in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My latest in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed
Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveals his vision for the US as a white Christian nation
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The goal of the Trump administration is an ethnic cleansing that is actively being enacted, and that promises to destroy the diversity & freedoms that were ever the strength of this imperfect nation.
My latest in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My latest in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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@hebagowayed.bsky.social on Trump’s rhetoric and policy of ethnic cleansing.
The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed
Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveals his vision for the US as a white Christian nation
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
@hebagowayed.bsky.social on Trump’s rhetoric and policy of ethnic cleansing.
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Trump has signed an executive order blocking states from making their own guardrails around artificial intelligence
Trump Signs Order Blocking States From Enforcing Their Own AI Guardrails
www.huffpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Trump has signed an executive order blocking states from making their own guardrails around artificial intelligence
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Characters are considering having abortions, but fewer than ever are actually having abortions, and when they do, it’s often a lonely experience. What’s going on? Read our new analysis of abortion depictions on TV in 2025: www.ansirh.org/research/res...
www.ansirh.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Characters are considering having abortions, but fewer than ever are actually having abortions, and when they do, it’s often a lonely experience. What’s going on? Read our new analysis of abortion depictions on TV in 2025: www.ansirh.org/research/res...
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This year, we noted the return of troubling TV tropes, like the association of abortion with shame and death. On The Hunting Wives, for example, (spoiler alert!), a character committed murder to prevent her abortion from becoming public.
December 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This year, we noted the return of troubling TV tropes, like the association of abortion with shame and death. On The Hunting Wives, for example, (spoiler alert!), a character committed murder to prevent her abortion from becoming public.
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Only 18% of this year’s characters received emotional support before, during, or after their abortions. These included plotlines from some of this year’s most-watched television shows, such as The Pitt and Ginny & Georgia.
December 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Only 18% of this year’s characters received emotional support before, during, or after their abortions. These included plotlines from some of this year’s most-watched television shows, such as The Pitt and Ginny & Georgia.
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The Pitt, Ginny & Georgia, All’s Fair – how did this year’s biggest TV shows tackle abortion? We tracked this year’s hits and misses in our Abortion Onscreen report. www.ansirh.org/research/res...
www.ansirh.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Pitt, Ginny & Georgia, All’s Fair – how did this year’s biggest TV shows tackle abortion? We tracked this year’s hits and misses in our Abortion Onscreen report. www.ansirh.org/research/res...
December 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
If Immigrants Don’t Have Due Process, No One Has Due Process
How do you prove you’re a citizen?
www.everythingishorrible.net
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
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It's difficult to convey the magnitude of appreciation I have for Dr. Mary Bassett's principled leadership and contributions to public health, but
This video from her last day as the New York City Department of Health
Commissioner comes close
fb.watch/DVGL9J9Ew1/?...
This video from her last day as the New York City Department of Health
Commissioner comes close
fb.watch/DVGL9J9Ew1/?...
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It's difficult to convey the magnitude of appreciation I have for Dr. Mary Bassett's principled leadership and contributions to public health, but
This video from her last day as the New York City Department of Health
Commissioner comes close
fb.watch/DVGL9J9Ew1/?...
This video from her last day as the New York City Department of Health
Commissioner comes close
fb.watch/DVGL9J9Ew1/?...
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I've had little to lose in publishing articles against genocide like these. Mary Bassett, by contrast, had plenty she had earned and thus to lose. But when standing by her ethical commitments came with cost, like her firing at Harvard today, she didn't hesitate.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
After US weapons ravaged Gaza’s hospitals, US doctors can’t remain silent
Gaza’s health care facilities have been targeted repeatedly, including with US-made 2,000-pound bombs. We must speak up.
www.aljazeera.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I've had little to lose in publishing articles against genocide like these. Mary Bassett, by contrast, had plenty she had earned and thus to lose. But when standing by her ethical commitments came with cost, like her firing at Harvard today, she didn't hesitate.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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"We don't have to have all the answers to call for change...We just need courage."
Dr. Mary Bassett, "Why your doctor should care about social justice," TEDMED 2015.
www.ted.com/talks/mary_b...
Dr. Mary Bassett, "Why your doctor should care about social justice," TEDMED 2015.
www.ted.com/talks/mary_b...
Why your doctor should care about social justice
In Zimbabwe in the 1980s, Mary Bassett witnessed the AIDS epidemic firsthand, and she helped set up a clinic to treat and educate local people about the deadly virus. But looking back, she regrets not...
www.ted.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"We don't have to have all the answers to call for change...We just need courage."
Dr. Mary Bassett, "Why your doctor should care about social justice," TEDMED 2015.
www.ted.com/talks/mary_b...
Dr. Mary Bassett, "Why your doctor should care about social justice," TEDMED 2015.
www.ted.com/talks/mary_b...
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The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Washington Post editorial board really speaking truth to power
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
"Last week, the U.S. signed bilateral agreements with Kenya, Rwanda, Liberia and Uganda...which would give the U.S. extensive access to national health data systems and pathogen samples while providing no corresponding commitments on equity, benefit-sharing, technology transfer, pricing or....
African and Global Civil Society Call on African Heads of State and Government to Demand Fair Terms in U.S. Health Agreements - Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA)
www.ranafrica.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"Last week, the U.S. signed bilateral agreements with Kenya, Rwanda, Liberia and Uganda...which would give the U.S. extensive access to national health data systems and pathogen samples while providing no corresponding commitments on equity, benefit-sharing, technology transfer, pricing or....
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Yes @oniblackstock.bsky.social Dr. Bassett’s legacy is secure. She has been a public health hero for decades. Small minded men like Andrea Baccarelli will be forgotten except for their moral cowardice in these times.
Dr. Mary T. Bassett is one of the bravest people I have met in my lifetime - her moral compass and commitment to justice are unmatched. Shame, shame, shame on Harvard. Her ouster is shocking yet unsurprising and on brand for the University.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Dismisses Director of FXB Center for Health and Human Rights | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard forced out the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights — another shakeup at a center whose programming on the Israel-Palestine conflict has been a flashpoint...
www.thecrimson.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Yes @oniblackstock.bsky.social Dr. Bassett’s legacy is secure. She has been a public health hero for decades. Small minded men like Andrea Baccarelli will be forgotten except for their moral cowardice in these times.
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Wow
Dr. Mary T. Bassett is one of the bravest people I have met in my lifetime - her moral compass and commitment to justice are unmatched. Shame, shame, shame on Harvard. Her ouster is shocking yet unsurprising and on brand for the University.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Dismisses Director of FXB Center for Health and Human Rights | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard forced out the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights — another shakeup at a center whose programming on the Israel-Palestine conflict has been a flashpoint...
www.thecrimson.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Wow
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A dark day for human rights on Human Rights Day
Dr. Mary T. Bassett is one of the bravest people I have met in my lifetime - her moral compass and commitment to justice are unmatched. Shame, shame, shame on Harvard. Her ouster is shocking yet unsurprising and on brand for the University.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Dismisses Director of FXB Center for Health and Human Rights | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard forced out the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights — another shakeup at a center whose programming on the Israel-Palestine conflict has been a flashpoint...
www.thecrimson.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A dark day for human rights on Human Rights Day
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Incredibly depressing capitulation by an organization that could do a hell of a lot better
Dr. Mary T. Bassett is one of the bravest people I have met in my lifetime - her moral compass and commitment to justice are unmatched. Shame, shame, shame on Harvard. Her ouster is shocking yet unsurprising and on brand for the University.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Dismisses Director of FXB Center for Health and Human Rights | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard forced out the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights — another shakeup at a center whose programming on the Israel-Palestine conflict has been a flashpoint...
www.thecrimson.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Incredibly depressing capitulation by an organization that could do a hell of a lot better
"Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US"
60-day window for comments now open - email:[email protected].
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US"
60-day window for comments now open - email:[email protected].
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US"
60-day window for comments now open - email:[email protected].
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US"
60-day window for comments now open - email:[email protected].
Dr. Mary T. Bassett is one of the bravest people I have met in my lifetime - her moral compass and commitment to justice are unmatched. Shame, shame, shame on Harvard. Her ouster is shocking yet unsurprising and on brand for the University.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Dismisses Director of FXB Center for Health and Human Rights | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard forced out the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights — another shakeup at a center whose programming on the Israel-Palestine conflict has been a flashpoint...
www.thecrimson.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Dr. Mary T. Bassett is one of the bravest people I have met in my lifetime - her moral compass and commitment to justice are unmatched. Shame, shame, shame on Harvard. Her ouster is shocking yet unsurprising and on brand for the University.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...