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3564 - PJ Coffey: "@mekkaokereke "White communi…" - disabled.social
White community leaders need to come together and put their house in order. Their continued tolerance of dangerous extremist views within their ranks is a disgrace. We're calling on whites to turn out and demonstrate their support for democracy and show that white people don't all support the fascist policies of Donald Trump. - if the NYT wrote honest op eds
3804 - Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:: ""A Food and Drug Administratio…" - disabled.social
A Food and Drug Administration expert panel on Friday is set to resume the pandemic-driven debate over how to make pulse oximeters more accurate for people with darker skin. Why it matters: There's growing evidence that the devices don't reliably detect low oxygen levels in Black patients, resulting in delayed care, missed diagnoses of hypoxemia and possibly worse outcomes." So still a thing that hasn't been fixed yet...😔 https://www.axios.com/2024/02/02/fda-pulse-oximeters-dark-skin-black-brown
4335 - Same planet, but two different worlds
4499 - Indian students duped in multi-million dollar Australian visa fraud | 7.30 - YouTube
5928 - SirLolsworthy
@JohnRHewson I've written before about job insecurity/casualisation being the perfect vector for disease while it also allows blame to be allocated to the individual for 'soldiering on'. People who can't afford to stay home won't and it's beyond time we had a real conversation about it
6042 - D_Towski
Today in 1917, an explosion of white and police violence directed at East St. Louis' blacks left dozens dead and a nation horrified. A grand jury indicted 7 cops for murder, rioting, and conspiracy. The charges were dropped. The cops were fined $150. https://t.co/E3rWSs0nk9
8613 - Had a look at my total gross income as a sessional academic for this financial year. In that time I've taught across nine different units of study, I've ran tutorials, labs, contributed to curricul...
9278 - Disabled people don't have "special" needs. Disabled people don't need "special" education. Disabled people don't need "special" transportation. By conflating "special" and "disabled," ableism assi...
10643 - Meet the Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia. Here’s what they stand for - ABC News
Twenty-year-old Barkandji woman Laylah Al-Saimary is running for the Senate this federal election. She’s a member of the first all-Indigenous party in Australia's history.