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A paralyzed man chose MAiD after being left on a stretcher for four days without proper care.

This is a dire wake-up call—when it's easier to opt for assisted death than it is to receive basic care, we've failed.

He was living in supportive housing — a place that was supposed to be safe. And officers Thompson and Davis entered his home illegally and shot him dead in his own kitchen while he was cooking dinner.

Today the NYPD announced that there will be no discipline — no consequences of any kind — for the officers who murdered #KawaskiTrawick . Kawaski was an artist — someone who came to New York to fulfill his dreams like so many others.

Exhausted but super excited to be on my way to #AANAM !

I'm honored to be presenting on disability, ableism, and neurodiversity in neurology not once, not twice, but FOUR times in Leadership University and other sessions throughout the conference.

Ron DeSantis has now signed a bill into law that gets rid of local living wage laws in Florida cities.

The law also stops local governments from passing heat-protections for workers like water breaks and mandatory shade.

It also gets rid of predictable-scheduling laws.

For about 5 weeks I raised a little over 17k to erase medical debt for RIP Medical Debt to celebrate my 50th birthday instead of presents!

That equals 1.7 million in medical debt erased!!

Thank you to all who donated!

Mister Cee, the influential DJ who was best known for his role at New York's HOT 97, has reportedly died. He was 57.

hiphopwired.com/2120227/dj-mis…

Mister Cee, legendary hip-hop DJ, dies at 57. Why the hip-hop community is in deep mourning

The influential New York City DJ helped launch the careers of Notorious B.I.G., 50 Cent, Alicia Keys and Jay-Z.
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This is awful news. We lost way too many legends in hip hop way too young..especially Black men. They deserve to grow old. RIP Mister Cee.

“A Missing College Student Alert has been issued for Malik Bright, a 19-year-old black male from Brookville. The missing is suicidal and may be in need of medical attention.”

Missing College Student Alert: Malik Bright, male/black/19, 6'5' & 180lbs, from Brookville. If seen call 911. Multilingual & ASL Link: on.nyc.gov/1Ms7ssi

“Genocide was the overwhelming impression that I got,” says Mark Perlmutter MD, orthopedics hand surgery specialist and president of the World Surgical Foundation who just volunteered in Gaza. “This is dehumanization. The purpose of this is to kill a population.”

More people are being hit by subway trains despite ridership still being lower than pre-pandemic.

The city needs to invest in creating an accessible mental health care system and in supportive housing instead of flooding stations with police.

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