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@bendyem.bsky.social
former trauma therapist, mostly screaming about disability justice, friend of dorothea
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When you get your COVID vaccine don't forget to thank the COVID conscious people whose activism forces our government to keep it available.
October 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
When you get your COVID vaccine don't forget to thank the COVID conscious people whose activism forces our government to keep it available.
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if you care to think of yourself as an ally to marginalized people, as a comrade of mine, but you are not wearing a respirator at a protest? you’re not wearing one on transit you took to and from? why?
who are your actions in alignment with?
who are your actions in alignment with?
June 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
if you care to think of yourself as an ally to marginalized people, as a comrade of mine, but you are not wearing a respirator at a protest? you’re not wearing one on transit you took to and from? why?
who are your actions in alignment with?
who are your actions in alignment with?
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Ableism is everywhere. People discriminate against and judge disabled people for simply existing.
When they become disabled, they’re often “shocked” to realize everything we’ve said is true.
The supports aren’t there.
You can’t “just try harder”.
Survival is not easy.
When they become disabled, they’re often “shocked” to realize everything we’ve said is true.
The supports aren’t there.
You can’t “just try harder”.
Survival is not easy.
October 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Ableism is everywhere. People discriminate against and judge disabled people for simply existing.
When they become disabled, they’re often “shocked” to realize everything we’ve said is true.
The supports aren’t there.
You can’t “just try harder”.
Survival is not easy.
When they become disabled, they’re often “shocked” to realize everything we’ve said is true.
The supports aren’t there.
You can’t “just try harder”.
Survival is not easy.
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respirators are means of liberation; maintaining health by protecting our lungs from airborne irritants, be they allergens, smoke, pathogens.
this modern, multi-use tool is the thing you’re looking for. it shows others, as we go about our days, that things are not normal, that they could be better.
this modern, multi-use tool is the thing you’re looking for. it shows others, as we go about our days, that things are not normal, that they could be better.
normalize respirators in your daily life. when you do, when you see the choice to use a personal air filter as more akin to sunglasses (worn by all, often for fashion regardless of ocular welfare) than, say, a cast (indicative of active health concerns, often not a choice), all around you benefit.
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
respirators are means of liberation; maintaining health by protecting our lungs from airborne irritants, be they allergens, smoke, pathogens.
this modern, multi-use tool is the thing you’re looking for. it shows others, as we go about our days, that things are not normal, that they could be better.
this modern, multi-use tool is the thing you’re looking for. it shows others, as we go about our days, that things are not normal, that they could be better.
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even the smartest folks whose takes i otherwise appreciate, who otherwise want to resist fascism themselves & encourage others to, find wearing a mask in, at least, public indoor spaces—to prevent the harms of this administration from impacting others—to be a bridge too far; it’s shameful, frankly.
yeah, i think a commitment to public health obligates you to get vaccinated and, when you are sick, do what you can to avoid spreading that to other people. the demand that one mask at all times in public spaces is, i think, unreasonable.
October 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
even the smartest folks whose takes i otherwise appreciate, who otherwise want to resist fascism themselves & encourage others to, find wearing a mask in, at least, public indoor spaces—to prevent the harms of this administration from impacting others—to be a bridge too far; it’s shameful, frankly.
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This is the same eugenic belief system that many still hold re: the ongoing pandemic. They believe people’s deaths from covid are acceptable if they’re medically vulnerable. It’s a disgusting ableist belief system and this rhetoric surrounding children in Gaza is the natural consequence of that
I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
August 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is the same eugenic belief system that many still hold re: the ongoing pandemic. They believe people’s deaths from covid are acceptable if they’re medically vulnerable. It’s a disgusting ableist belief system and this rhetoric surrounding children in Gaza is the natural consequence of that
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i avoid commenting on celebrity passings due to the parasociality of the thing but David Lynch was an artist’s artist and a reminder to never explain yourself (when you don’t want to). one of the greatest filmmakers to ever do it.
January 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
i avoid commenting on celebrity passings due to the parasociality of the thing but David Lynch was an artist’s artist and a reminder to never explain yourself (when you don’t want to). one of the greatest filmmakers to ever do it.
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this is absolutely the case. it’s all i hear—& don’t hear—when i hand out free masks at these tables, from my bag at events, or frankly just wearing a mask in public; the trauma simmers in pointed stares & silences until someone, something (my mask) gives permission for it to come out.
December 9, 2024 at 7:20 PM
this is absolutely the case. it’s all i hear—& don’t hear—when i hand out free masks at these tables, from my bag at events, or frankly just wearing a mask in public; the trauma simmers in pointed stares & silences until someone, something (my mask) gives permission for it to come out.
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Folks do not want to acknowledge this, even though an unmasked face in a public space—behavior identical to those they’d swear up & down are ideological opposites—says it all.
It’s uncomfy! Why not push that cognitive dissonance off til later!
Don’t you know we have thirty minutes…?
It’s uncomfy! Why not push that cognitive dissonance off til later!
Don’t you know we have thirty minutes…?
Incredible article outlining a good few reasons people across the political spectrum took their masks off once “their guy” refused to wear one himself—thereby infecting those they deem worthy of suffering (hint: it’s disabled people every time).
Landing stuck with pandemic in past tense language.
Landing stuck with pandemic in past tense language.
November 27, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Folks do not want to acknowledge this, even though an unmasked face in a public space—behavior identical to those they’d swear up & down are ideological opposites—says it all.
It’s uncomfy! Why not push that cognitive dissonance off til later!
Don’t you know we have thirty minutes…?
It’s uncomfy! Why not push that cognitive dissonance off til later!
Don’t you know we have thirty minutes…?
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what’s holding you back? that no one else in your life is acknowledging ongoing airborne risks? @timothysnyder.bsky.social has wisdom here: STAND OUT.
it’s easy to fall in step with maskless faces around you. break the spell, break the chains of transmission, break this eugenic nightmare facing us.
it’s easy to fall in step with maskless faces around you. break the spell, break the chains of transmission, break this eugenic nightmare facing us.
November 28, 2024 at 12:12 AM
what’s holding you back? that no one else in your life is acknowledging ongoing airborne risks? @timothysnyder.bsky.social has wisdom here: STAND OUT.
it’s easy to fall in step with maskless faces around you. break the spell, break the chains of transmission, break this eugenic nightmare facing us.
it’s easy to fall in step with maskless faces around you. break the spell, break the chains of transmission, break this eugenic nightmare facing us.
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was reminded in lecture this week that AIDS was in part discovered due to an observed surge in cases of pneumonia and i just….
(*looks around…head in hands…screams into pillow*)
(*looks around…head in hands…screams into pillow*)
November 28, 2024 at 12:49 AM
was reminded in lecture this week that AIDS was in part discovered due to an observed surge in cases of pneumonia and i just….
(*looks around…head in hands…screams into pillow*)
(*looks around…head in hands…screams into pillow*)
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Anyway WEAR A MASK, join disabled people in fighting for public health protections and taking steps to mitigate disease substack.com/@thegauntlet...
How COVID Helped Trump Win
Biden never ended the pandemic, but he did end government efforts to mitigate its worst impacts
substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Anyway WEAR A MASK, join disabled people in fighting for public health protections and taking steps to mitigate disease substack.com/@thegauntlet...
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I’m sorry but shut the fuck up about contracting disease under RFK when liberal and many leftists have been championing core anti vaxx ideology for years now under Biden
@juliadoubleday.bsky.social breaks it down so well here: www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
@juliadoubleday.bsky.social breaks it down so well here: www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
Liberals joined conservatives to mainstream anti-vax beliefs about viruses and public health
Viruses are bad for kids' health. Public health is a collective effort. Liberals no longer believe either.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
I’m sorry but shut the fuck up about contracting disease under RFK when liberal and many leftists have been championing core anti vaxx ideology for years now under Biden
@juliadoubleday.bsky.social breaks it down so well here: www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
@juliadoubleday.bsky.social breaks it down so well here: www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
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If ur not masking, have dropped all covid protections, believe that being endlessly reinfected w a BSL-3 pathogen is totally fine, then you support Bhattacharya’s far right anti public health ideology!
The anti-public health Great Barrington Declaration *has been Democrat policy* for FOUR YEARS
The anti-public health Great Barrington Declaration *has been Democrat policy* for FOUR YEARS
November 27, 2024 at 8:25 PM
If ur not masking, have dropped all covid protections, believe that being endlessly reinfected w a BSL-3 pathogen is totally fine, then you support Bhattacharya’s far right anti public health ideology!
The anti-public health Great Barrington Declaration *has been Democrat policy* for FOUR YEARS
The anti-public health Great Barrington Declaration *has been Democrat policy* for FOUR YEARS
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Dems spent 4 years normalizing Jay Bhattacharya’s entire world view in order to justify repeated, unending Covid infections, & despite the fact that thousands are still dying a month & millions are permanently disabled by long COVID liberals STILL agree w him now www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
Liberals joined conservatives to mainstream anti-vax beliefs about viruses and public health
Viruses are bad for kids' health. Public health is a collective effort. Liberals no longer believe either.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 27, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Dems spent 4 years normalizing Jay Bhattacharya’s entire world view in order to justify repeated, unending Covid infections, & despite the fact that thousands are still dying a month & millions are permanently disabled by long COVID liberals STILL agree w him now www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
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Incredible article outlining a good few reasons people across the political spectrum took their masks off once “their guy” refused to wear one himself—thereby infecting those they deem worthy of suffering (hint: it’s disabled people every time).
Landing stuck with pandemic in past tense language.
Landing stuck with pandemic in past tense language.
November 27, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Incredible article outlining a good few reasons people across the political spectrum took their masks off once “their guy” refused to wear one himself—thereby infecting those they deem worthy of suffering (hint: it’s disabled people every time).
Landing stuck with pandemic in past tense language.
Landing stuck with pandemic in past tense language.
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[Diet culture]
if you're wondering why so many people are doing a "carnivore diet" rn
it's partly because of all in usual diet/wellness industry crap
but also because we are (still) in a pandemic, and that virus can fuck with your ability to digest plants
if you're wondering why so many people are doing a "carnivore diet" rn
it's partly because of all in usual diet/wellness industry crap
but also because we are (still) in a pandemic, and that virus can fuck with your ability to digest plants
November 26, 2024 at 11:55 PM
[Diet culture]
if you're wondering why so many people are doing a "carnivore diet" rn
it's partly because of all in usual diet/wellness industry crap
but also because we are (still) in a pandemic, and that virus can fuck with your ability to digest plants
if you're wondering why so many people are doing a "carnivore diet" rn
it's partly because of all in usual diet/wellness industry crap
but also because we are (still) in a pandemic, and that virus can fuck with your ability to digest plants
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In a hospital. :)
November 26, 2024 at 11:59 PM
In a hospital. :)
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in light of the latest effort from the New York Times to launder anti-trans rhetoric cloaked as “being reasonable,” a reminder that this is a part of their—and liberal media, writ large—yearslong effort to make transphobia more acceptable, basically co-writing and -signing anti-trans legislation
Liberal Media Is Betraying Trans People
"There is a direct line from the discourse to these policies."
www.teenvogue.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:58 PM
in light of the latest effort from the New York Times to launder anti-trans rhetoric cloaked as “being reasonable,” a reminder that this is a part of their—and liberal media, writ large—yearslong effort to make transphobia more acceptable, basically co-writing and -signing anti-trans legislation
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This is probably the number one disconnect I encounter when trying to figure out if someone is covid-cautious
Back when I was more active on dating apps, and had a very obvious "describe your covid precautions when sending me a like!" note, most people simply mentioned vaccines (if anything at all)
Back when I was more active on dating apps, and had a very obvious "describe your covid precautions when sending me a like!" note, most people simply mentioned vaccines (if anything at all)
Indeed amusingly, as they're not sterilizing, vaccination is rarely a requirement of most (if not all?) modern covid cautious spaces I frequent. Organizers aren't checking vax cards the way they check tests &/or ensure there's a high quality mask on you face bc the latter tools simply work better.
November 26, 2024 at 11:01 PM
This is probably the number one disconnect I encounter when trying to figure out if someone is covid-cautious
Back when I was more active on dating apps, and had a very obvious "describe your covid precautions when sending me a like!" note, most people simply mentioned vaccines (if anything at all)
Back when I was more active on dating apps, and had a very obvious "describe your covid precautions when sending me a like!" note, most people simply mentioned vaccines (if anything at all)
I hate it here
Bird flu virus has been found in raw milk sold in California
Bird flu found in sample of California raw milk: Officials
The California Department of Public Health warned consumers on Sunday to avoid consuming any from the same lot of raw milk.
abcnews.go.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:25 AM
I hate it here
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Oh my god. I had no idea:
Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
"92 million low-income people in the U.S. states—everyone whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line—have some basic aspect of their lives decided by AI"
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
this is a damning report
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
this is a damning report
November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Oh my god. I had no idea:
Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
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unmasked woman wearing a shirt that says “if it ain’t accessible it ain’t acceptable” in pink barbie font just walked into the university health center pharmacy and asked for robitussin
November 22, 2024 at 7:41 PM
unmasked woman wearing a shirt that says “if it ain’t accessible it ain’t acceptable” in pink barbie font just walked into the university health center pharmacy and asked for robitussin
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I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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The subtext of this is, “You’re *still* alive?”
"You're *still* going on about masking?" the ableds say.
Just like they said "you're *still* going on about your pain?"
"You're *still* having symptoms?"
"You're *still* using a cane?"
"You're *still* not working?"
"You're *still* taking that medication?"
"You're *still* not better?"
Just like they said "you're *still* going on about your pain?"
"You're *still* having symptoms?"
"You're *still* using a cane?"
"You're *still* not working?"
"You're *still* taking that medication?"
"You're *still* not better?"
November 21, 2024 at 2:25 AM
The subtext of this is, “You’re *still* alive?”