Oni Blackstock, MD MHS

NYC plans new AI-focused school as rules for the tech are delayed The education department wants to open a new Next Generation Technology High School.

NYC is planning to open a digital tech-focused high school that "would make students 'builders as well as ethical users of AI'".

Meanwhile, the City has not yet come out with an AI policy for schools themselves. Very concerning. This is a decision that communities should make.

New York City And State Have Passed AI Laws—Now Communities Must Lead | Health Affairs Forefront New York’s approach could serve as a model for other states and cities.

and specifically addressed by the City's Office of Algorithmic Accountability, which sets strict minimum standards for the ethical use of AI by city agencies.

Read my recent op-ed about how NYS and NYC need communities to lead on decision-making around AI - if, how, and when it is used:

The charged fight over battery storage comes to a historic Black neighborhood in Queens Members of the community, including some who live near the site, are pushing back.

"In predominantly white NY neighborhoods, similar battery projects have been withdrawn. For example, a large facility planned on Staten Island was canceled without explanation."

SE Queens has taught me: the energy transition will be just, or it won't happen.
www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

THURS, MARCH 19 @ 7PM: Screening of TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing (2025) at The Free Black Women’s Library, 226 Marcus Garvey Blvd, Bed-Stuy, #Brooklyn. Tickets: $10. Only a few left! www.eventbrite.com/e/tcb-the-to... #documentary #BlackHistory #BlackWomen #WomensHistoryMonth #NYC

"[T]to eat sustainably, individuals should consume no more than 255 grams—or about ½ a pound—of pork or poultry per week.

"The study also makes clear that beef, lamb and other red meats are not compatible with a sustainable future under current environmental constraints."

It's a community school in Brooklyn. They get all meals free and they draw from about 10 different cultural traditions for meals every month. The Black Panthers have a bigger daily impact on her education than any tech company and I seriously hope it stays that way.

Many of the teachers at my daughter's NYC elementary school uses the flat screen TVs they were given a few years ago as bulletin boards, and the hallways are decorated with students' handwritten essays. I love it there.

New York City And State Have Passed AI Laws—Now Communities Must Lead | Health Affairs Forefront New York’s approach could serve as a model for other states and cities.

and specifically addressed by the City's Office of Algorithmic Accountability, which sets strict minimum standards for the ethical use of AI by city agencies.

Read my recent op-ed about how NYS and NYC need communities to lead on decision-making around AI - if, how, and when it is used:

NYC plans new AI-focused school as rules for the tech are delayed The education department wants to open a new Next Generation Technology High School.

NYC is planning to open a digital tech-focused high school that "would make students 'builders as well as ethical users of AI'".

Meanwhile, the City has not yet come out with an AI policy for schools themselves. Very concerning. This is a decision that communities should make.

Six years ago, police burst into Breonna Taylor’s home in the middle of the night and took a life that should still be here today.

Justice delayed, accountability denied, and her name still carries the weight of a system that failed her.

We remember Breonna Taylor. #SayHerName

Ms Rachel talking to Deiver Henao, a 9yo in an immigration detention center

www.instagram.com/reel/DVzUzoz...

What a world

How Wall Street Priced You Out of a Home | Robert Reich Rent is skyrocketing and home buying is out of reach for millions. One big reason why? Wall Street. Let me explain.

The Senate has passed a major housing bill that cracks down on large investors who are buying up single-family homes.

It's a promising first step towards getting Wall Street out of our homes and making housing affordable again.

A Motto for All Health Workers: Resist, Resist, Resist Doing our work and keeping our heads down isn’t a victory. We need to fight this regime every day, in every way.

“Doing our work and keeping our heads down isn’t a victory. We need to fight this regime every day, in every way.” By @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US Experts warn younger people not to dismiss symptoms such as rectal bleeding as diagnoses rise for those under 50

Please go do a colonoscopy. You feel nothing and afterward you will truly have the best sleep you've had in a long time. Better that than the forever sleep.

A viral video series is breathing life into one of the country’s oldest Black history museums Staff at Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History are spoofing what it is like to work at the legendary institution from a distinctly Black perspective.

I wrote about a museum that is near and dear to my heart, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

Global Fund Faces $5bn Shortfall As France Slashes Support, EU Delays Pledge - Health Policy Watch Battered by a 58% cut from France, a delayed EU pledge, and a U.S. pullback, the Global Fund faces a shortfall, securing only $12.64 billion against its $18 billion target.

The way many European countries cut their global health funding commitments, the second the US did, reminds me of the way that so many companies abandoned their DEI commitments when the regime issued anti-DEI EOs. It's almost as if they didn't really support what they were doing in the first place.

For weeks now, I've shared information about HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS protesting ICE REGULARLY. So much so that whole states like Kansas and Texas are rolling out LAWS to sanction schools and laws to criminalize TEENAGERS. Please let's be serious.

Pentagon tells lawmakers Iran war costs top $11.3bn – but true price unknown The US already spent more than $11.3bn in first six days of conflict, but price tag does not include all spending

"Pentagon tells lawmakers Iran war costs top $11.3bn – but true price unknown

The US already spent more than $11.3bn in first six days of conflict, but price tag does not include all spending"

Sickening.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

California health care facilities must be sanctuaries from ICE | Opinion “ICE in patients’ rooms can be resisted, and the data pathways that can expose patients to ICE can be closed.”

"Patients and communities can play a direct role.

Ask your clinic: “What happens to my data beyond this visit? Do you have policies that protect it from ICE?”

Ask your hospital whether they contract with companies that also work with ICE."

Palantir for Hospitals Palantir for Hospitals is powering nurse scheduling, nurse staffing, transfer center optimization, discharge management, and other critical workflows for over 15% of the U.S. healthcare system.

There are hospitals/health systems that have contracts with Palantir, which also contracts with ICE - this is a major ethical conflict and risk to patient data.

www.palantir.com/offerings/pa...

California health care facilities must be sanctuaries from ICE | Opinion “ICE in patients’ rooms can be resisted, and the data pathways that can expose patients to ICE can be closed.”

California is the only state to make immigration status and place of birth protected medical information.

But California and other states can do more to protect patients and their data from ICE.

Read more in my new op-ed:

www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

California health care facilities must be sanctuaries from ICE | Opinion “ICE in patients’ rooms can be resisted, and the data pathways that can expose patients to ICE can be closed.”

🚨Invisible data pathways can expose patient information to ICE.

🗣️In my new op-ed, I urge CA + all states to:

1️⃣ Require state-funded health systems to disclose data sharing w/ outside companies
2️⃣ Bar vendors that contract with ICE
3️⃣ Give patients clear notice on data collected and who can access it

Iranian school was on U.S. target list, may have been mistaken as military site The strike on an Iranian elementary school killed at least 175, many of them children, raising questions as to whether the military’s use of AI-enabled targeting was a factor.

Palantir helped provide the targeting of the Iranian elementary school, but we're supposed to trust them with our medical systems?
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Six years ago WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Despite tens of millions of deaths, the world has not sufficiently addressed the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, and we are more vulnerable to future pandemics due to anti-science officials leading government agencies around the world.

Thanks for amplifying this message!!

Agree wholeheartedly with @oniblackstock.bsky.social: "Hospitals and clinics should be places of care — not places where people are tracked, monitored or detained."

California health care facilities must be sanctuaries from ICE www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e... via @sacbee.com

Vinay Prasad announced without evidence that COVID19 vaccines caused the deaths of 10 children.

Members of ACIP have made numerous false claims about how harmful they believe COVID19 vaccines are.

Now, ACIP won’t be discussing them because it’s political poison.

They were lying all along.

This website mentions some, but it is not comprehensive. For example, our public hospital system here has a contract with them, and they are not listed on the website.

Um.
Is there a list somewhere where we can find out if our local health systems are partnered with Palantir? 👀

California health care facilities must be sanctuaries from ICE | Opinion “ICE in patients’ rooms can be resisted, and the data pathways that can expose patients to ICE can be closed.”

"Patients and communities can play a direct role.

Ask your clinic: “What happens to my data beyond this visit? Do you have policies that protect it from ICE?”

Ask your hospital whether they contract with companies that also work with ICE."