Tamara Oyola Santiago
@flordepascua.bsky.social
Harm reduction, social justice, self determination. Sólo el pueblo salva al pueblo. Boricua aunque naciera en la luna. ¡Pá Lante!
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Follow Bronx Móvil on Bluesky: Harm reduction must be 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, and culturally and linguistically centered.
Siga a Bronx Móvil en Bluesky: La reducción de daños debe realizarse las 24 horas del día y los 7 días de la semana, y centrarse cultural y lingüísticamente.
Siga a Bronx Móvil en Bluesky: La reducción de daños debe realizarse las 24 horas del día y los 7 días de la semana, y centrarse cultural y lingüísticamente.
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To continue the work & legacy of our ancestor @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, please read and share the
10 Principles of Disability Justice
From our vantage point within Sins Invalid, where we incubate
the framework and practice of disability justice, this emerging
framework has ten principles,
10 Principles of Disability Justice
From our vantage point within Sins Invalid, where we incubate
the framework and practice of disability justice, this emerging
framework has ten principles,
no on X: "link to a pdf with a breakdown of each principle https://t.co/7IjuCcJs53" / X
link to a pdf with a breakdown of each principle https://t.co/7IjuCcJs53
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November 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
To continue the work & legacy of our ancestor @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, please read and share the
10 Principles of Disability Justice
From our vantage point within Sins Invalid, where we incubate
the framework and practice of disability justice, this emerging
framework has ten principles,
10 Principles of Disability Justice
From our vantage point within Sins Invalid, where we incubate
the framework and practice of disability justice, this emerging
framework has ten principles,
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"A luminary of disability justice mvt” who wanted to see a world where people w disabilities, esp those of marginalized demographics who were people of color, LGBTQ+ people & immigrants, could live freely and have full autonomy over their lives and decisions."
* www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
* www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"A luminary of disability justice mvt” who wanted to see a world where people w disabilities, esp those of marginalized demographics who were people of color, LGBTQ+ people & immigrants, could live freely and have full autonomy over their lives and decisions."
* www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
* www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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As I read articles like this, I always find myself thinking about the many patients I’ve lost to overdose. (1/3)
#MedSky
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
#MedSky
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | NEJM
The U.S. administration has continuously chipped away at public health interventions addressing substance use disorders and the opioid crisis, including vital harm-reduction activities.
www.nejm.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
As I read articles like this, I always find myself thinking about the many patients I’ve lost to overdose. (1/3)
#MedSky
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
#MedSky
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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They wanted to save lives. Now, Drug User Liberation Front founders have been convicted of drug trafficking. Case of compassion club will now proceed to a Charter challenge over drug users’ rights to life and liberty. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca #SaferSupply #HarmReduction
They wanted to save lives. They've now been convicted of drug trafficking | CBC News
A B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled Friday that Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx had broken the law by selling the drugs to their members, and were each guilty of three counts of possession for the purpose of...
www.cbc.ca
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
They wanted to save lives. Now, Drug User Liberation Front founders have been convicted of drug trafficking. Case of compassion club will now proceed to a Charter challenge over drug users’ rights to life and liberty. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca #SaferSupply #HarmReduction
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REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
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Free Nyx & Kalicum!!! Collecting data on lived experiences with safe supply should be Public Health, not illegal!!!!!
#SafeSupply #HarmReduction
#SafeSupply #HarmReduction
If Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, founders of the Drug User Liberation Front, are found guilty, they plan to appeal the decision and hope that there is an outpouring of public support. “After all, who can be against saving lives?”
On Trial for a Radical Approach to Reducing Drug Overdoses in British Columbia
The Vancouver duo behind the Drug User Liberation Front faces 40 years behind bars for drug trafficking. But this is no ordinary case.
www.thenation.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Free Nyx & Kalicum!!! Collecting data on lived experiences with safe supply should be Public Health, not illegal!!!!!
#SafeSupply #HarmReduction
#SafeSupply #HarmReduction
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Free DULF cofounders doing public health work the is state antagonizes: #SafeSupply!!!🍀✨
Their work is amazing. #HarmReduction
Safe Supply saves lives.
Their work is amazing. #HarmReduction
Safe Supply saves lives.
October 31, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Free DULF cofounders doing public health work the is state antagonizes: #SafeSupply!!!🍀✨
Their work is amazing. #HarmReduction
Safe Supply saves lives.
Their work is amazing. #HarmReduction
Safe Supply saves lives.
Protecting the face but note that hand. Elder leadership today at No Kings.
PD: Mis únicos son los Reyes Magos.
PD: Mis únicos son los Reyes Magos.
October 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Protecting the face but note that hand. Elder leadership today at No Kings.
PD: Mis únicos son los Reyes Magos.
PD: Mis únicos son los Reyes Magos.
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DULF case in court today. Judge: “everyone knew what was happening. It seems like these 2 [Nyx & Kalicum] are being hung out to dry. As soon as politicians started complaining, all of a sudden VPD-which before was fine-suddenly was not fine.” drugdatadecoded.ca/everyone-kne...
"Everyone knew what was happening," judge admonishes Crown as DULF awaits trafficking verdict
Justice Catherine Murray closed the trial with remarks that showed sympathy for the accused and noted the confusing behaviour of Health Canada, the Vancouver police and all other political entities du...
drugdatadecoded.ca
October 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
DULF case in court today. Judge: “everyone knew what was happening. It seems like these 2 [Nyx & Kalicum] are being hung out to dry. As soon as politicians started complaining, all of a sudden VPD-which before was fine-suddenly was not fine.” drugdatadecoded.ca/everyone-kne...
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📢 Access to medical abortion saves lives.
The medications used – #mifepristone and #misoprostol - are included on WHO’s list of Essential Medicines.
🔗 bit.ly/3OynjiA
The medications used – #mifepristone and #misoprostol - are included on WHO’s list of Essential Medicines.
🔗 bit.ly/3OynjiA
September 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📢 Access to medical abortion saves lives.
The medications used – #mifepristone and #misoprostol - are included on WHO’s list of Essential Medicines.
🔗 bit.ly/3OynjiA
The medications used – #mifepristone and #misoprostol - are included on WHO’s list of Essential Medicines.
🔗 bit.ly/3OynjiA
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"Let me emphasize that justice for me is not the issue I am addressing here; it is justice for my people that is at stake. When my people receive justice, I am sure that I will receive it, too." -- Assata Shakur (7/16/1947 – 9/25/2025) 💔 @democracynow.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/26/bl...
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/26/bl...
Black Liberation Activist Assata Shakur, 78, Dies in Cuba After Decades in Exile
The Cuban government has announced Assata Shakur died in Havana on Thursday at the age of 78. Shakur was a legendary figure within the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army.
www.democracynow.org
September 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"Let me emphasize that justice for me is not the issue I am addressing here; it is justice for my people that is at stake. When my people receive justice, I am sure that I will receive it, too." -- Assata Shakur (7/16/1947 – 9/25/2025) 💔 @democracynow.org ⬇️ 🧵
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/26/bl...
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/26/bl...
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In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others.
See what changes are in store for your county 👇
See what changes are in store for your county 👇
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North America...
projects.propublica.org
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others.
See what changes are in store for your county 👇
See what changes are in store for your county 👇
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El Grito de Lares (1868) A demand to end Spanish colonial rule and slavery in Puerto Rico. From Lares to Utuado to Ponce, the spirit of rebellion carried on. Our history is written in courage, not chains. ✊🏽
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#ElGritoDeLares #PuertoRicoLibre #Utuado #Ponce #Boriken
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#ElGritoDeLares #PuertoRicoLibre #Utuado #Ponce #Boriken
El Grito de Lares, a pro independence uprising in Puerto Rican seeks to end Spanish colonial rule and slavery. 1868.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
El Grito de Lares (1868) A demand to end Spanish colonial rule and slavery in Puerto Rico. From Lares to Utuado to Ponce, the spirit of rebellion carried on. Our history is written in courage, not chains. ✊🏽
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#ElGritoDeLares #PuertoRicoLibre #Utuado #Ponce #Boriken
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#ElGritoDeLares #PuertoRicoLibre #Utuado #Ponce #Boriken
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“She was flat-out brilliant,” Professor Dasgupta said in an interview. “She identified problems in the system and could frame injustices in truly amazing ways.”
@nabarund.bsky.social
#Psychsky #harmreduction
@nabarund.bsky.social
#Psychsky #harmreduction
Louise Vincent, a heroin addict who overcame multiple overdoses, the amputation of her leg and her daughter’s death from opioids to help lead a movement promoting expanded access to needle exchanges, naloxone and other methods of reducing harm to drug users, died last month at 49.
Louise Vincent, Addict Who Led Harm Reduction Movement, Dies at 49
She was instrumental in helping promote wider use of needle exchanges, naloxone and tests to assist drug users in identifying dangerous ingredients.
nyti.ms
September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“She was flat-out brilliant,” Professor Dasgupta said in an interview. “She identified problems in the system and could frame injustices in truly amazing ways.”
@nabarund.bsky.social
#Psychsky #harmreduction
@nabarund.bsky.social
#Psychsky #harmreduction
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#tdih 1968 The Young Lords were established in Chicago to fight gentrification, police brutality, racism, and more.
Watch doc "Takeover: How We Occupied a Hospital and Changed . . . "⬇️
Read "The Young Lords: A Radical History" by @jfernandez1202.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/yo...
Watch doc "Takeover: How We Occupied a Hospital and Changed . . . "⬇️
Read "The Young Lords: A Radical History" by @jfernandez1202.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/yo...
Sept. 23, 1968: Young Lords Founded
The Young Lords were established in Chicago, Illinois in 1968, led by a street activist named Cha Cha Jiménez, who organized the group to fight local gentrification, police brutality, and racism.
www.zinnedproject.org
September 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#tdih 1968 The Young Lords were established in Chicago to fight gentrification, police brutality, racism, and more.
Watch doc "Takeover: How We Occupied a Hospital and Changed . . . "⬇️
Read "The Young Lords: A Radical History" by @jfernandez1202.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/yo...
Watch doc "Takeover: How We Occupied a Hospital and Changed . . . "⬇️
Read "The Young Lords: A Radical History" by @jfernandez1202.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/yo...
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🚨 Se publica un nuevo informe del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (UNDP), donde la ONU Critica directamente la “guerra contra las dr0g4s” y analiza los riesgos y oportunidades de transitar hacia la regulación.
🔗 Lee el informe completo: lc.cx/PXZXtW
🔗 Lee el informe completo: lc.cx/PXZXtW
September 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🚨 Se publica un nuevo informe del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (UNDP), donde la ONU Critica directamente la “guerra contra las dr0g4s” y analiza los riesgos y oportunidades de transitar hacia la regulación.
🔗 Lee el informe completo: lc.cx/PXZXtW
🔗 Lee el informe completo: lc.cx/PXZXtW
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The head of an independent United Nations commission that concludes Israel has committed genocide in Gaza argues that countries supplying weapons to Israel, like the United States, are also complicit.
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a UN inquiry finds
The head of an independent United Nations commission that concludes Israel has committed genocide in Gaza argues that countries supplying weapons to Israel, like the United States, are also complicit.
n.pr
September 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The head of an independent United Nations commission that concludes Israel has committed genocide in Gaza argues that countries supplying weapons to Israel, like the United States, are also complicit.
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Bishop William J. Barber II responds to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
September 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Bishop William J. Barber II responds to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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Join us!
Visual AIDS presents:
Harm Reduction Today- Needle Exchange, Abolition, and Sex Parties, Oh MY!!
MoMA PS1
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 4:00pm–5:30pm
#harmreduction
#drugsky
@vocal-ny.bsky.social
@jawanza.bsky.social
@flordepascua.bsky.social
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Visual AIDS presents:
Harm Reduction Today- Needle Exchange, Abolition, and Sex Parties, Oh MY!!
MoMA PS1
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 4:00pm–5:30pm
#harmreduction
#drugsky
@vocal-ny.bsky.social
@jawanza.bsky.social
@flordepascua.bsky.social
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September 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Join us!
Visual AIDS presents:
Harm Reduction Today- Needle Exchange, Abolition, and Sex Parties, Oh MY!!
MoMA PS1
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 4:00pm–5:30pm
#harmreduction
#drugsky
@vocal-ny.bsky.social
@jawanza.bsky.social
@flordepascua.bsky.social
(See alt text for description of event)
Visual AIDS presents:
Harm Reduction Today- Needle Exchange, Abolition, and Sex Parties, Oh MY!!
MoMA PS1
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 4:00pm–5:30pm
#harmreduction
#drugsky
@vocal-ny.bsky.social
@jawanza.bsky.social
@flordepascua.bsky.social
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‘Who wouldn’t want pure cocaine?’ -- A radical plan in Vancouver to prevent overdoses with better drugs. If so many people are self-medicating, why not give them the clean stuff? by PE Moskowitz www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i... via @theguardian.com #HarmReduction #SaferSupply
‘Who wouldn’t want pure cocaine?’: the radical plan to prevent overdoses with better drugs
Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front believes we shouldn’t blame users for the ills of capitalism: if so many people are self-medicating, why not give them the clean stuff?
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
‘Who wouldn’t want pure cocaine?’ -- A radical plan in Vancouver to prevent overdoses with better drugs. If so many people are self-medicating, why not give them the clean stuff? by PE Moskowitz www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i... via @theguardian.com #HarmReduction #SaferSupply
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3 former Surgeon Generals issue a warning: "The CDC is more than just an agency. It is the cornerstone of public health... The recent turbulence at the CDC threatens to undermine this legacy, and we feel this is not just a bureaucratic or political issue. It’s truly a matter of life and death."
Surgeons general warning: CDC saves lives. It's up to us to save public health. | Opinion
As surgeons general, we took an oath to protect Americans. It includes speaking up when public health is in danger. We see that danger now at the CDC.
www.usatoday.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
3 former Surgeon Generals issue a warning: "The CDC is more than just an agency. It is the cornerstone of public health... The recent turbulence at the CDC threatens to undermine this legacy, and we feel this is not just a bureaucratic or political issue. It’s truly a matter of life and death."
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Thou shalt not end vaccines. God will not save you from plague. The Middle Ages should’ve made that very clear.
August 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Thou shalt not end vaccines. God will not save you from plague. The Middle Ages should’ve made that very clear.