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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 1h

Or is scratch my brain? Either way her voice helps me to regulate my nervous system and for that I am grateful.

Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 1h

Ba ba ba, baby steps🎶

Olivia Dean continues to tickle my brain🤣

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 3h

"The Partnership to End HIV, STDs, and Hepatitis is concerned by reports that 22 CDC webpages have been deleted, many of which focus on LGBTQ+ health, HIV and [STI] prevention, and access to care."

HIV, STI Leaders Condemn the Recent Deletion of Critical Public Health Information From CDC Websites

The deleted pages focus on LGBTQ health, HIV and STIs, notes a joint statement from the Partnership to End HIV, STDs, and Hepatitis.

www.poz.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 9h

Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area ICE facility and began to pray.

The masked ICE agents on the roof responded by firing pepper balls, with one striking him in the head

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all these data centers are going into communities that have been historically targeted for exploitation and have the least amount of civic power wielded by the people living there.

wordinblack.com/2025/09/alab...

Why Are Plans for This Alabama Data Center So Hush-Hush?

Officials in Bessemer, Alabama, are mum on Project Marvel, a proposed data center the size of 18 Walmart Supercenters.

wordinblack.com

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 5d

"[M]embers of the CGT's Madrid Metal Workers' Union are following the example and call of the Genoa dockworkers."

"[A]s of October 5, all workers in the metal sector in Madrid are entitled to support the aforementioned strike."
#Spain #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide

Madrid Metalworkers Join Italian Dock Workers, Call Indefinite Strike for Palestine - Left Voice

The union that represents metal workers in Madrid has called an indefinite strike in support of Palestine and in solidarity with dockworkers in Genoa. The strike is expected to begin on October 6.

www.leftvoice.org

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Ginger Billie @gingerbillie.bsky.social · 3d

When I tell people the most truly self serving thing you can do is want a just and equitable society.

Audre Lorde said it best, “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”

For this and everything.

Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 3d

A recent study shows that the presence of high levels of structural inequity in a society causes changes to children's brains, both children from families w/ lower incomes as well as those from wealthy families.

Take home: structural inequity harms everyone (with the most vulnerable most impacted).

Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains

Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’

www.theguardian.com

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 3d

And on treatment of Afro-Germans in more recent history, May Ayim (RIP) said in documentary that street harassment actually increased after German reunification.

She said that even though she was born in Germany and spoke perfect German, she always felt she and similar others would be outsiders.

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 4d

“In some cases, we’re seeing fees that we don’t think should be charged at all, like pest control fees,” says Kuehnhoff. “Landlords have a duty to provide a pest-free environment already, so they shouldn’t be adding that to the rent.”

These Tenants Are Going on Strike Against ‘Rent Debt’

A new kind of tenants union is ramping up the pressure on corporate landlords.

inthesetimes.com

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 4d

The footage of Robert Brooks’ killing shocked the public. We identified 46 allegations that corrections officers assaulted prisoners in medical wings of New York prisons since 2010; Brooks and two other prisoners died, while many others were left with severe injuries.

Away From Cameras, These Prison Infirmaries Become ‘Torture Chambers’

After guards beat Robert Brooks to death in December, The Marshall Project found dozens more allegations of abuse in medical rooms lacking cameras.

www.themarshallproject.org

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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 3d

"[G]uards abuse people in the infirmary because it's tucked away and has areas with no cameras. Beatings in the infirmary of one New York prison were so common, prisoners called the medical wing 'the torture chambers.' At another ... the infirmary was called 'the slaughterhouse.'"

The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 4d

The footage of Robert Brooks’ killing shocked the public. We identified 46 allegations that corrections officers assaulted prisoners in medical wings of New York prisons since 2010; Brooks and two other prisoners died, while many others were left with severe injuries.

Away From Cameras, These Prison Infirmaries Become ‘Torture Chambers’

After guards beat Robert Brooks to death in December, The Marshall Project found dozens more allegations of abuse in medical rooms lacking cameras.

www.themarshallproject.org

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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 5d

"[T]here were zip ties and blood stains ... next to baby shoes."

Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 6d

"ICE really just a gang."

"They woke up residents to handcuff them with zip ties and led them into unmarked vans."

"They left people's doors open, firearms, money, whatever, right there in the open."
#Illinois #USA #Venezuela #Housing #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

I want to once again encourage everyone who can to take advantage of opportunities to gather with others in person. It's more important than ever. It was wonderful to be with folks today at Communiversity. We'll be back at it next Saturday. Join in if interested.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

2 additional slots just opened up. Come walk with us tomorrow. The day is supposed to be beautiful weather wise.

Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

Two people let me know that they can no longer join our walking tour this Sunday. If you are in NYC and would like to come along, feel free to email me at [email protected] - www.eventbrite.com/e/1629102462... - they are generously offering their slots.

Black Abolitionists in NYC: A Walking Tour

Join Mariame Kaba on a walking tour about Black Abolitionists in New York City

www.eventbrite.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d

Deeply concerned about my comrades, friends and loved ones in Chicago. Praying for everyone's safety. I'm running on fumes so shutting it down for the night on here.

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 3d

A recent study shows that the presence of high levels of structural inequity in a society causes changes to children's brains, both children from families w/ lower incomes as well as those from wealthy families.

Take home: structural inequity harms everyone (with the most vulnerable most impacted).

Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains

Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’

www.theguardian.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

"Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked, residents and witnesses said."

www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building.

Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked, residents and witnesses said. Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours.

When he got home from work, Jones said he entered his unit to find all of his electronics and furniture missing, and all of his clothes and shoes thrown on the floor. Jones said he had no idea who took his belongings and hadn’t received answers from Chicago police.

“I’m pissed off,” Jones said. “I feel defeated because the authorities aren’t doing anything.”

On Wednesday, toys, shoes and food were still in piles in the building’s hallways. Property managers were seen throwing mattresses and broken doors into dumpsters.

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Corinne Low @corinnelow.com · 5d

I could not love this article any more. YES the NBA makes more-- but players get a higher PERCENTAGE of revenue.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 5d

Here's the assignment folks. Write op-eds for your local papers and campus newspapers too. Just. Say. No. This is a classic authoritarian move and risks the future of higher education and science and innovation in the US. Speak out today. No time to lose. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5d

“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

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"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

“They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down. We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

The worst of what we feared when Trump’s spending bill gave ICE a blank check is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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ETE Dashboard NY @etedashboardny.bsky.social · 8d

Launched in Sept 2015, #ETEDashboardNY was the first tool of its kind in NY to track progress toward Ending the HIV Epidemic. ✨ This month we celebrate 10 years of data-driven action, community empowerment & progress. 💡♥️
read more: bit.ly/ETE10YEARS

@nysdoh.bsky.social @nychealthy.bsky.social

A Decade of Data: Celebrating 10 Years of the ETE Dashboard

In September 2015, we launched the Ending the Epidemic (ETE) Dashboard to provide a central resource for tracking and disseminating New York State’s progress toward ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Our

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ETE Dashboard NY @etedashboardny.bsky.social · 8d

The ETE Dashboard, one of the first in the U.S. to track progress toward ending the HIV epidemic, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a new interactive timeline of key milestones. Explore it here: bit.ly/etetimeline #ETE10 #HIVData @nysdoh.bsky.social @nychealthy.bsky.social

Timeline

ETE Dashboard Timeline September 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the ETE Dashboard. This interactive timeline highlights ETE Dashboard milestones from the past decade as well as other significant m...

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 6d

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