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In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.

The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.

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Cornelius Taylor’s death highlights City’s pattern of violence and neglect of people experiencing homelessness – Atlanta Community Press Collective A vigil created in commemoration of Cornelius Taylor near the site of his killing in "The Backstreet" off Old Wheat Street. (Zoey Laird) Destroyed tents

Reading this, I’m reminded that, in the lead-up to the 1996 Olympics, Atlanta police pre-printed thousands of arrest citations with "homeless" and "African-American"—officers only had to fill in a name.

We worked for 2 years to find a solution after we didn’t get a disaster declaration and the state of Alabama did little to help. We aren’t people who go after federal grants. We are a group of working class folks trying to figure out how to get resources to isolated places. This stops that.

I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.

Trust me, bro.

She speaks truth.

On Deadline at the Super Bowl, Remembering a Columnist’s Credo (Gift Article) Players aren’t the only ones under pressure as the game clock ticks down.

Two decades ago, Dave Anderson had some good advice for me on my first Super Bowl deadline crush.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/p...

Lazy Super Bowl Sunday.🥰

The Times identified more than 30 frozen studies that had volunteers already in the care of researchers, including trials of: malaria treatment in children under age 5 in Mozambique treatment for cholera in Bangladesh a screen-and-treat method for cervical cancer in Malawi tuberculosis treatment for children and teenagers in Peru and South Africa nutritional support for children in Ethiopia early-childhood-development interventions in Cambodia ways to support pregnant and breastfeeding women to reduce malnutrition in Jordan an mRNA vaccine technology for H.I.V. in South Africa

Trials abandoned due to the stop-work order on USAID-funded research:

What’s whale for “you absolute f***ers”?

Musk and his mini minions

Loving my morning walks to grab a coffee down at #dee-why-beach

Scott Morrison Fighting Pathological Urge to Fly to LA Wildfires to Shake Hands — The Shovel Scott Morrison says he is struggling with every inch of his being not to go on a two-week holiday to Hawaii, wait for the Los Angeles fires to be over, and then fly to the city to forcibly shake someo...

Former PM Scott Morrison says he is struggling with every inch of his being not to go on a two-week holiday to Hawaii, wait for the Los Angeles fires to be over, and then fly to the city to forcibly shake someone’s hand. #auspol theshovel.com.au/2025/01/15/s...

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YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen 🚨 Trump & Elon's SHOCK scheme gets EXPOSED

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