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This would be a perfect excuse for Mamdani to provide leadership and issue a demand to NYC hospitals that have withdrawn from gender care for youths.

Today…

On this Saturday, Diversity CRNA Information Session & Airway Simulation Lab Workshop at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore

Future CRNAs before applying to DNP/DNAP Nurse Anesthesia Programs

you are not a violent abuser BECAUSE you have mental health issues. You can be a violent abuser who is ALSO mentally ill. The mental illness is not the cause of your domestic violence.

Black Women pay the highest price

Rest in peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

Minneapolis Woman Violently Dragged From Car by ICE Files Claim Against DHS Aliya Rahman hopes to highlight tools that could “make mass acts of racial violence seem too expensive for these folks.”…

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Aliyah Boston has signed a MEGA extension!

At 4-years totaling $6.3 Million through 2029, she'll account for 20% of the team's total salary cap, as a result of the new EPIC provision.

She'll make $1 million this year.

Per, @alexaphilippou.bsky.social and @kendra-andrews.bsky.social

#WNBA

900lb crates full of onions in a field

The Coachella music festival is in the news with the minimum price of sold out 3-day ticket costing $549. Contrast that with "Nicolas" who is currently harvesting onions in the Coachella area and getting paid $22 for a $900lb crate. #WeFeedYou #coachella2026

100 former US lawmakers have become foreign lobbyists Many of them use their access to Washington to work for authoritarian states that want to influence our foreign policy

Exactly 100 members of Congress have become lobbyists for foreign governments since the year 2000, according to @quincyinst.bsky.social.

The top countries they've gone to work for include Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Libya, Qatar, Russia, and China.

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How the American oligarchy went hyperscale The AI boom is fueling a literal and metaphorical power grab by tech billionaires—and forcing a reckoning.

May 2026
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Sam Altman’s Stargate datacenter in Abilene, Texas, will be “roughly the size of New York’s Central Park," while OpenAI’s Project ­Jupiter in New Mexico could be larger still. Amazon and Anthropic are developing Project Rainier on 1,200 acres outside Indiana.

Amen to that!

A trans-inclusive Olympics could be fairer for everyone Gender is one of the most arbitrary ways of classifying sports skills

"Ultimately, women's empowerment and trans inclusion are not mutually exclusive. We are all fighting against the oppressive patriarchal norms that limit us all."

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Graphic for April 18 National Transgender HIV Testing Day. Text reads “National Transgender HIV Testing Day,” with “HIV” highlighted in pink. A black-and-white photo shows two people embracing, set against a background of the transgender pride flag colors. Logos for CDC and Ending the HIV Epidemic appear at the bottom.

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 18 is National Transgender HIV Testing Day. #NTHTD

Celebrate community strength, self-knowledge, and care. Know your status and access affirming prevention and services. Find testing sites near you at iamhivpossible.org 🏳️‍⚧️💙

From Vaccines To Racism: RFK Faces Barrage Of Questions In House Committee - Health Policy Watch Undermining vaccines, failing pregnant black women, threatening to remove black children with ADHD from their parents – these were some of the barrage of

"You said every black kid is now just standardly put on Adderall, SSRIs, benzos, which are known to induce violence, and that those children are going to have to go somewhere to get reparented,” said Sewell.

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HHS Changing Its Tune on Contraceptive Access Focus of Title X program shifting to 'natural family planning' and encouragement of pregnancy

ICYMI, yes, the #TrumpAdministration is coming for #BirthControl now. Are you angry yet? https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregnancy/120803

#contraception #FamilyPlanning

NEWS: A’ja Wilson has signed a three-year deal with the Las Vegas Aces starting at $1.4 million in 2026 and potentially reaching more than $4.7 million with maximum raises, a source told The Athletic.

It is the richest contract in WNBA history. She made $200,000 in the 2025 season.

Disney's new CEO, whose pay package is worth nearly $45M, just announced 1,000 layoffs.

Reminder that Disney paid an effective federal income tax rate of ZERO in 2025 and aims to buy back $7B of its own stock in 2026.

This is what corporate greed looks like.

I understand that there are just a few slots left for my Jane's Walk contribution, an abbreviated version of our radical Black women of Harlem tour. It's on May 2, free and open to the public. www.mas.org/events/radic... - there are 250 other tours too. Check them out and sign up to attend.

Universal basic income is not science fiction. It should exist for everyone. There's enough to make it happen.

Hochul Proposes Tax on N.Y.C. Second Homes That Are Worth $5 Million

We will be taxing the ultra-wealthy and global elites.

Study finds Trump administration cut legal immigration far more than illegal crossings President Trump touts a sharp drop in illegal entries to the country, but a Cato Institute analysis shows legal immigration has fallen even more dramatically, with 132,000 fewer people being admitted ...

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$500 million is 8% of what NYC needs just to fund the NYC of Eric Adams. To fund the NYC Mamdani campaigned on we need at least $10 billion more.

If you want to say anything about Hochul, say she's still deliberately starving NYC. Save any praise for the orgs who've been pushing her relentlessly.

Why Does Flying Suck so Much? | Robert Reich Smaller seats. Less legroom.Out of control fees for in-flight meals, checked bags, or even carry-ons.Charging us $25 to

The CEO of United Airlines reportedly wants Trump to let his company merge with American Airlines.

That's a terrible idea.

Anti-competitive mega-mergers that stick consumers with higher fares are one of the main reasons flying sucks so much today.

"The decline of STI cases in these populations has followed the implementation and use of doxy‑PEP, an antibiotic taken after sex that is highly effective at preventing syphilis and chlamydia. SFDPH was the first health department in the county to release doxy-PEP guidance in 2022."

"In 2025, San Francisco saw a 24% decrease in reported syphilis cases, an 18% decrease in chlamydia cases, and a 5% decrease in gonorrhea cases compared to 2024.

The steepest declines in STI cases were among men who have sex with men and transgender women." #doxyPEP

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Chicago South Side Birth Center brings birth equity to far south side South Chicago leaders break ground on the long-awaited Black midwife–led birth center, slated to open in 2027.

South Chicago leaders break ground on the long-awaited Black midwife–led birth center, slated to open in 2027. https://bit.ly/4e6X4yv

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