Sara Luterman
@slooterman.bsky.social
Disabled disability and aging reporter at The 19th. Opinions are my own. Follows are not endorsements. Signal: slooterman.18 Email: sluterman at 19thnews dot org
If you read only one story today, please make it this one. Paywall is lifted. So is the registration wall. By Olivia Carville for @bloomberg.com @businessweek.bsky.social
TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide
A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.
bloomberg.com
Inflammatory disorders can be brutal. I’d know personally (thanks vasculitis et al). But the misinformation, including on vaccines, is dangerous. A deep dive from me into how MAHA sped up the inflammation panic. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Great Inflammation panic
The wellness world's favorite buzzword has gone federal. For those of us with real inflammatory disorders, the misinformation isn't just annoying—it's harmful.
motherjones.com
NEW: ICE has drastically increased the number of people from whom it’s collecting DNA to enter into an FBI criminal database, including children as young as 4 and 5. @dmehro.bsky.social w/ the scoop. No paywall bc FOIA: www.wired.com/story/ice-dn...
ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children
Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.
wired.com
Avatar Aang’s animation is gorgeous and I’m sad we probably won’t get to see it on the big screen.
I am kind of curious about why more Paralympians or former Paralympians haven’t run for office in the US. It seems like a career that would lend itself to that sort of thing.
Obama Endorses Josh Turek in Iowa Senate Race With Basketball Video
The former president is trying to help Josh Turek net a Senate seat in Iowa, which Democrats see as one of their best pickup opportunities of the midterms.
nytimes.com
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
techcrunch.com
An absolutely blistering and necessary rejoinder about the limits of representation and visibility from @steveway.bsky.social
The Contradiction at the Heart of Disability in America
America loves seeing disabled people. It doesn’t want to pay to keep us alive, writes Steve Way.
time.com
I got an iron deficiency diagnosis after months of feeling like exhausted garbage, and the more I read about women and iron deficiency and the way doctors treat us, the madder I get.
Potential 2028 Presidential candidates who put out a statement commemorating the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act: -Wes Moore -JB Pritzker Ones who did not: -Kamala Harris -Gavin Newsom -AOC -Jon Ossoff #ADA36
It’s really hard not to be sour when a bigger outlet just happens to talk to the sources you interviewed first instead of crediting your reporting.
Journalists rarely talk to people with Alzheimer's disease. Reporting this out for @19thnews.org was fascinating.
An Alzheimer’s diagnosis changed their lives. They decided how.
Women make up two-thirds of Alzheimer's diagnoses. Three women share how catching it early let them take control of what comes next.
19thnews.org
The irony of the use of the character, comic book experts told The 19th, is that Judge Dredd was never meant to be an aspirational figure. The character’s creators aimed to present an over-the-top dark-comedy critique of authoritarianism, police brutality and the stoic alpha male.
Trump is reshaping immigration courts with help from a brutal comic book character
DHS used the authoritarian comic book character Judge Dredd to recruit immigration judges, as the Trump administration fires hundreds of sitting judges.
19thnews.org
The world may have moved on from Minneapolis but its immigrant community continues to struggle. We spoke to single mothers who hid from ICE for months, ran through their savings, and now can’t pay to renew their DACA applications. At least dozens are in this situation. 19thnews.org/2026/07/ice-...
Single mothers lost months of income hiding from ICE — and now can’t afford to renew immigration papers
They survived ICE's takeover in Minneapolis. But now their DACA protections are set to expire, leaving dozens scrambling to afford hundreds of dollars in fees to maintain their legal status.
19thnews.org
very interesting context
Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 3w agoBefore she replaced her brother Lindsey Graham, Darline Graham Nordone spent a career working with children with disabilities. @slooterman.bsky.social called disability advocates around South Carolina and couldn't find anyone to say a bad thing about her. 19thnews.org/2026/07/darl...
Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.
WIRED@wired.com · 3w agoYesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.
Relatives of David Brouillette told reporters he was the agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. They also alleged he has abused women in his life. The reports raise questions about the ICE’s hiring practices as it rapidly grew its ranks to carry out Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
Maine ICE agent linked to fatal shooting has history of domestic violence accusations
Relatives of David Brouillette told reporters he was the agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. They also alleged he has physically and verbally abused women in his life.
19thnews.org
From my colleague @nadrakn.bsky.social: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s administration is expanding SpecEd services for pre-K students with autism and other disabilities in NYC.
The nation’s largest school system is expanding special education for its youngest learners
New York City’s $67.5 million investment in preschoolers comes as families and advocates worry federal changes could make special education services even harder to access.
19thnews.org
This week, Grammy-winning singer SZA, née Solána Imani Rowe, shared that she had received a formal autism diagnosis. It may help more Black women and girls see themselves in a community that often overlooks them. https://bit.ly/4wyEgxP
SZA’s autism diagnosis is a familiar story for many autistic Black women
Black women and girls on the spectrum have long been under-diagnosed and overlooked. A diagnosis arrives late for many of them — or not at all.
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Every time I read a story about gynecology it's always something like "doctors discovered women could experience pain in 1989 but decided not to act on this knowledge for 20 years"
19thnews@19thnews.org · 4w agoTrials found that Carevix — a portmanteau of “care” and “cervix" — reduced pain during IUD insertion by up to 73 percent and bleeding by 78 percent, compared to the tenaculum.
DID YOU KNOW IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE CRAB THATS BEEN TAGGED BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND SUBMIT THE LOCATION YOU SAW IT USING THE FORM ON FWS DOT GOV SLASH CRABTAG THEY SEND YOU A BEAUTIFUL CRAB PIN
NEW: Montana began implementing Medicaid work requirements this month. Cancer advocacy groups say concerns have been building for months as they’ve sought clear answers from officials about how the state would ensure vulnerable patients keep coverage. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
As Montana’s Medicaid work requirements roll out, cancer patients fear they’ll lose coverage
Cancer advocacy groups say concerns have been building for months as they’ve sought clear answers from officials about how the state would ensure vulnerable patients keep coverage.
nbcnews.com
Federal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching for a different person, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman.
Mexican Man Killed by ICE in Houston Was Not the Target
nytimes.com
Federal agents have fired on at least 21 people, many in their cars, as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. At least five people were killed, including three U.S. citizens.
What We Know About Immigration Officers Shooting at People in Vehicles
nytimes.com
Sharing again. If you are a developer who worked on accessibility impacted by these layoffs, I'm working on a story for @aftermath.site. I can promise full anonymity.
Grant Stoner@supercrip1994.bsky.social · last mo.I'm currently writing this report for @aftermath.site. If any member of any accessibility team was impacted by the layoffs, please reach out through email, messages, or my signal –4129804478.
I know there is, um, other stuff happening right now, but HHS under RFK Jr. has postponed yet another meeting of the US Preventive Services Task Force, while also failing to provide public access to nominees' application materials as promised in a Federal Register notice
Key Health Care Panel Is Again Blocked From Meeting
nytimes.com
The Maine Democratic Party’s leaders said that Senate candidate Graham Platner should withdraw from the race and several of his once-vocal supporters withdrew their endorsements following a report about sexual assault allegations.
Top Democratic Leaders Call for Platner to Withdraw from Senate Race
Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand, along with the Maine Democratic Party, called for Platner to exit the race.
notus.org
