New: DPS arrested a UT Austin professor on Wednesday for a confrontation with troopers at the April 29 pro-Palestinian encampment. He was fired on Thursday. statesman.com/story/news/cri…

Excited to share that I will be moderating a panel on covering disability at the Association of Health Care Journalists Health Journalism conference next month! Can't wait to have this important discussion with Emyle Watkins ♿️, Neelam Bohra and Hannah Wise. If you're attending #HJ24, hope to see you there! 👋🏼

BREAKING: Donald Trump is convicted of all 34 counts. He is the first former American president to be found guilty of felony crimes.

NBA FINALS BOUND!!!!!!!!! Modelo USA // #OneForDallas #MFFL

This week’s main story is about the Indian elections, how to eat a mango, and what the exact opposite of a snake would look like.

This week’s main story is about the UK elections – who’s running, who’s recently stepped down, and why the Tories don’t seem to have even one charismatic candidate. We don’t have an answer for that last part, just plenty of proof that it’s true.

Thank you AHCJ Association of Health Care Journalists and Wendy Lu (she/her) for having Hannah Wise, Neelam Bohra and I on this panel earlier in the month!! #DisabilityTwitter #NEISvoid #CripTheNews #Disability #Journalism Read the recap here: healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/06/t…

Looking to talk with disabled folks about extreme heat for SportsTravelAndTours — how do your mobility aids, medications, conditions, etc. affect your ability to handle heat? email is [email protected], DMs are open! #journorequest #DisabilityTwitter

The quote from Donald Trump, as told by his nephew: “Those people . . . ” Donald said, trailing off. “The shape they’re in, all the expenses, maybe those kinds of people should just die.” time.com/7002003/donald…

In Pulse today, I wrote about the inside turmoil over reforming the organ transplant system. “There’s a real chance for a power grab here if things are not done correctly,” a Senate aide told me. politico.com/politicopulse/

NEW: Two Texas women have filed federal EMTALA complaints against Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital in Round Rock and Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital for allegedly refusing to treat their ectopic pregnancies. More TK Texas Tribune

This week’s main story is about Hawaii, the various groups making it harder and harder to live there, and why we all have to stop mailing them rocks. Seriously. You’ll see.

This week’s main story is about disability benefits, why the hurdles to receiving them can turn people’s lives upside down, and – of course – the Texas Hammer. He remains relevant.

I’m so, so happy I got to work on this story with Anita Hassan and bring light to so many of the issues that come with trying to access SSI and SSDI. This was a really special episode, check it out if you can!!

New: Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She'd told her husband that the medical team said it couldn't act until the fetal heartbeat stopped. propub.li/4f2ILsh

We will pay the U.S. government $701 a year to play this at naturalization ceremonies.

Telehealth Will Die In 3 Weeks Without Congressional Action via @forbes forbes.com/sites/judyston…

The Q4 edition of The IRE Journal dives into disability issues: ire.org/product/the-ir… Our writers offer guidance on newsroom inclusion, making data viz more accessible, reporting on inequality, how to find global disability data and more.

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