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.
#healthequity
#healthequity
"...[W]hen algorithms propose diagnoses or management plans, physicians’ reasoning skills atrophy, leaving them more dependent on machines and less capable of independent judgment..." by @eric-reinhart.com
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"...[W]hen algorithms propose diagnoses or management plans, physicians’ reasoning skills atrophy, leaving them more dependent on machines and less capable of independent judgment..." by @eric-reinhart.com
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"Sunday's attacks raised the death toll in the Trump administration's nine-week campaign to at least 76 people in 19 attacks in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea."
"[T]hey aren't attempting to identify people aboard boats before or after bombing them."
#USA #Venezuela #Drugs #Military
"[T]hey aren't attempting to identify people aboard boats before or after bombing them."
#USA #Venezuela #Drugs #Military
Hegseth Says 6 More Men Killed in Latest Boat Bombings
At least 76 people have been killed in 19 US attacks on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since early September.
www.commondreams.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"Sunday's attacks raised the death toll in the Trump administration's nine-week campaign to at least 76 people in 19 attacks in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea."
"[T]hey aren't attempting to identify people aboard boats before or after bombing them."
#USA #Venezuela #Drugs #Military
"[T]hey aren't attempting to identify people aboard boats before or after bombing them."
#USA #Venezuela #Drugs #Military
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What can we do as New Yorkers 🗽 to be ready when more ICE raids come? Join the Hands Off NYC coalition to learn more. www.handsoffnyc.com #fkICE #handsoff #fightback #donotcomply #showup #standup @indivisible.org @bkindivisible.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
What can we do as New Yorkers 🗽 to be ready when more ICE raids come? Join the Hands Off NYC coalition to learn more. www.handsoffnyc.com #fkICE #handsoff #fightback #donotcomply #showup #standup @indivisible.org @bkindivisible.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
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It's me again, just putting it out there that I am going to need space in 2026 for at least 5 events that can hold at least 100 people. Looking for accessible and also CHEAP spaces in NYC. None of the convenings will be charging people to participate. Thank you.
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's me again, just putting it out there that I am going to need space in 2026 for at least 5 events that can hold at least 100 people. Looking for accessible and also CHEAP spaces in NYC. None of the convenings will be charging people to participate. Thank you.
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We’re struggling so much today. Odai’s medicine is running out, and we have nothing left for food or daily needs. 💔
Even $200 could help us get his treatment and some food to make it through the day.
Your support means warmth, hope, and life for us. 🙏
gofund.me/77a751af7
Even $200 could help us get his treatment and some food to make it through the day.
Your support means warmth, hope, and life for us. 🙏
gofund.me/77a751af7
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We’re struggling so much today. Odai’s medicine is running out, and we have nothing left for food or daily needs. 💔
Even $200 could help us get his treatment and some food to make it through the day.
Your support means warmth, hope, and life for us. 🙏
gofund.me/77a751af7
Even $200 could help us get his treatment and some food to make it through the day.
Your support means warmth, hope, and life for us. 🙏
gofund.me/77a751af7
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Wine grape workers who work under UFW contract are pleased with the nighttime safety gear negotiated for them. "Our vests are very illuminated & heavy duty and the lights we wear around our head are very bright. We don't need to worry about falling into gopher holes." #WeFeedYou
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Wine grape workers who work under UFW contract are pleased with the nighttime safety gear negotiated for them. "Our vests are very illuminated & heavy duty and the lights we wear around our head are very bright. We don't need to worry about falling into gopher holes." #WeFeedYou
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Important read by Akilah Johnson about the increasing rate of premature death in the US, with Black USians disprop. impacted.
The article emphasizes that Black USians are paying into a system (Medicare, Social Security) that many (including family members left behind) will never benefit from.
The article emphasizes that Black USians are paying into a system (Medicare, Social Security) that many (including family members left behind) will never benefit from.
More people are dying before they turn 65. Who it impacts and what it means.
A new study reveals an increase in premature deaths among 18-to-64-year-olds, with Black adults and certain states disproportionately affected.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Important read by Akilah Johnson about the increasing rate of premature death in the US, with Black USians disprop. impacted.
The article emphasizes that Black USians are paying into a system (Medicare, Social Security) that many (including family members left behind) will never benefit from.
The article emphasizes that Black USians are paying into a system (Medicare, Social Security) that many (including family members left behind) will never benefit from.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
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"After [Tyré] Nichols' death, the Memphis City Council banned the police from stopping drivers for minor infractions like broken taillights to search for more serious violations ... [T]hose same types of traffic stops, called pretextual stops, have become a major part of the task force activities."
When police returned Reggie Williams’ wallet, an officer told him: Don’t do anything bad and keep your ID on you.
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social, w/ @mlk50.com
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social, w/ @mlk50.com
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"After [Tyré] Nichols' death, the Memphis City Council banned the police from stopping drivers for minor infractions like broken taillights to search for more serious violations ... [T]hose same types of traffic stops, called pretextual stops, have become a major part of the task force activities."
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Not all heroes wear capes. What a brave and compassionate human being. The war in Sudan has killed 150,000 people and displaced 12 million. This orthopedic surgeon has not fled but continued to provide medical assistance under impossible conditions.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Doctor in Sudan wins $1 million prize for his extraordinary courage: 'It is my duty'
Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan has been awarded the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He says, "Every day we work in the impossible conditions with barely enough to keep people alive."
www.npr.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Not all heroes wear capes. What a brave and compassionate human being. The war in Sudan has killed 150,000 people and displaced 12 million. This orthopedic surgeon has not fled but continued to provide medical assistance under impossible conditions.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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"A film called 'The Strike,' about a hunger strike in a California prison, was intense. The documentary followed the prisoners who placed themselves in a do-or-die situation to protest solitary confinement, a situation they found worse than starvation. ... The film won the festival."
San Quentin Film Festival returned last month. What did it take to pull it off the first time?
Anatomy of a Prison Film Festival
A series of films by incarcerated filmmakers stole the show at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.
prisonjournalismproject.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"A film called 'The Strike,' about a hunger strike in a California prison, was intense. The documentary followed the prisoners who placed themselves in a do-or-die situation to protest solitary confinement, a situation they found worse than starvation. ... The film won the festival."
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has generously awarded us funding to secure our own storage. This critical processing space will be instrumental in ensuring that large datasets can be temporarily stored, curated, and described.
Thank you, MacArthur Foundation, for your support!
Thank you, MacArthur Foundation, for your support!
Data Rescue Projects receives support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to support data rescue efforts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Since launching in February 2025, the Data Rescue Project has grown substantially. At this point, the DRP has enabled the rescue of more than 1,000 datasets from US Federal…
www.datarescueproject.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has generously awarded us funding to secure our own storage. This critical processing space will be instrumental in ensuring that large datasets can be temporarily stored, curated, and described.
Thank you, MacArthur Foundation, for your support!
Thank you, MacArthur Foundation, for your support!
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The family has a go fund me if anyone wants to help with medical expenses:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-adria...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-adria...
Donate to Help Adriana's Family During This Heartbreaking Journey, organized by April Newkirk
This journey has been deeply saddening and heartbreaking since F… April Newkirk needs your support for Help Adriana's Family During This Heartbreaking Journey
www.gofundme.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The family has a go fund me if anyone wants to help with medical expenses:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-adria...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-adria...
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🚨🚨 INFANT FORMULA RECALL 🚨🚨
Please share widely
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Please share widely
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ALERT: Baby Formula
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025
Details on an outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula, November 2025.
www.cdc.gov
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
🚨🚨 INFANT FORMULA RECALL 🚨🚨
Please share widely
👇
Please share widely
👇
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"What does federal attention mean for our safety? For our sources?"
"That's the calculation foreign correspondents make in conflict zones. Now it's what local journalists are making in American cities."
#California #USA #Media #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"That's the calculation foreign correspondents make in conflict zones. Now it's what local journalists are making in American cities."
#California #USA #Media #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we're still figuring out how to sustain it.
lapublicpress.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"What does federal attention mean for our safety? For our sources?"
"That's the calculation foreign correspondents make in conflict zones. Now it's what local journalists are making in American cities."
#California #USA #Media #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"That's the calculation foreign correspondents make in conflict zones. Now it's what local journalists are making in American cities."
#California #USA #Media #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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SNAP benefits are currently being held hostage by the Trump administration and their fate now lies with the Supreme Court.
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
SNAP benefits are currently being held hostage by the Trump administration and their fate now lies with the Supreme Court.
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
Reposted by Oni Blackstock, MD MHS
My best guess is that J. Jackson knows this will eventually be resolved by SCOTUS, and she's cutting out some briefing time by, in effect, granting the SCOTUS admin stay in advance of the 1st Cir's inevitable ruling.
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
My best guess is that J. Jackson knows this will eventually be resolved by SCOTUS, and she's cutting out some briefing time by, in effect, granting the SCOTUS admin stay in advance of the 1st Cir's inevitable ruling.
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"[A]verage recipient of federal food aid will see a massive 61% benefit cut this month."
"[R]oughly 1.2 million low-income US households with around 5 million people will receive no benefits at all this month."
#USA #Food #Courts
"[R]oughly 1.2 million low-income US households with around 5 million people will receive no benefits at all this month."
#USA #Food #Courts
Average SNAP Recipient to See 61% Aid Cut—and Millions Will Lose All Benefits—Under Trump Plan
The Trump administration "has once again gone out of its way to inflict further harm on low-income families," said the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
www.commondreams.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
"The recent death of a Costa Rican man who was jailed by US immigration authorities in February before being deported in a vegetative state in September has prompted his family and supporters to speak out with allegations of negligence and inhumane treatment."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state
Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"The recent death of a Costa Rican man who was jailed by US immigration authorities in February before being deported in a vegetative state in September has prompted his family and supporters to speak out with allegations of negligence and inhumane treatment."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"Our son's the only one that eats sometimes."
"It was hard, but when we got the food stamps it helped out greatly. My husband and I got a chance to eat."
"Now that they're cutting it off, we don't know what we're going to eat."
#Texas #USA #Food
"It was hard, but when we got the food stamps it helped out greatly. My husband and I got a chance to eat."
"Now that they're cutting it off, we don't know what we're going to eat."
#Texas #USA #Food
Texans are still waiting for November SNAP benefits
Although the federal government has said it will deposit half of November benefits, Texans are still unsure when money will land in their accounts.
www.texastribune.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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THURS Nov 6 @ 6:30PM: "MARSHA: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson." Tourmaline, author of "the first definitive biography of the Black trans activist and icon," will chat with C. Riley Snorton at Barnard College. FREE! bcrw.barnard.edu/event/marsha... #activism #QueerHistory #LGBTQIA #NYC
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
THURS Nov 6 @ 6:30PM: "MARSHA: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson." Tourmaline, author of "the first definitive biography of the Black trans activist and icon," will chat with C. Riley Snorton at Barnard College. FREE! bcrw.barnard.edu/event/marsha... #activism #QueerHistory #LGBTQIA #NYC