Jennifer Justice
@heyajj.bsky.social
Artist | writer | access technologist | blindish | good witch energy
For realz
well-run progressive challenges to democratic incumbents will either win or push the incumbents left. more please.
June 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
For realz
Words worthy of a billboard campaign. Stop trying to technofix absolutely everything already- you just can't.
Paraphrasing @wolvendamien.bsky.social, et al:
YOU CAN'T TECHNOFIX YOUR WAY OUT OF A MATERIAL BELIEF AND SOCIAL VALUES ISSUE.
And medicine and "healing" are often deployed as technofixes.
YOU CAN'T TECHNOFIX YOUR WAY OUT OF A MATERIAL BELIEF AND SOCIAL VALUES ISSUE.
And medicine and "healing" are often deployed as technofixes.
People just need to understand that "healthcare"/medicine is not an instant solve for the complexities of being disabled in an ableist society. Crip tax is real, even with universal healthcare.
Over 12K a year extra to live. in a country with so-called universal healthcare Have a source with data
Over 12K a year extra to live. in a country with so-called universal healthcare Have a source with data
June 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Words worthy of a billboard campaign. Stop trying to technofix absolutely everything already- you just can't.
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The DOGE lackey that Elon Musk installed as Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration is making moves to fire HALF of the workforce at the Social Security Administration.
The SSA is already chronically understaffed, this mass firing would DEVASTATE Social Security.
The SSA is already chronically understaffed, this mass firing would DEVASTATE Social Security.
February 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The DOGE lackey that Elon Musk installed as Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration is making moves to fire HALF of the workforce at the Social Security Administration.
The SSA is already chronically understaffed, this mass firing would DEVASTATE Social Security.
The SSA is already chronically understaffed, this mass firing would DEVASTATE Social Security.
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"Today, absurdly and unfairly, a billionaire pays the same amount of money into Social Security as somebody who makes $176,000 a year." - @sanders.senate.gov
Bernie's Social Security Expansion Act would fix that, and use the money to protect + expand benefits!
Bernie's Social Security Expansion Act would fix that, and use the money to protect + expand benefits!
February 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Today, absurdly and unfairly, a billionaire pays the same amount of money into Social Security as somebody who makes $176,000 a year." - @sanders.senate.gov
Bernie's Social Security Expansion Act would fix that, and use the money to protect + expand benefits!
Bernie's Social Security Expansion Act would fix that, and use the money to protect + expand benefits!
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The settlement agreement promotes diversity and equity efforts and is grounded in healthcare nondiscrimination protections—both of which are under threat by the new administration.
Trump Administration’s Executive Order Threatens a Historic Settlement That Could Improve Black Maternal Healthcare - Ms. Magazine
President Trump’s executive order banning decades of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices erodes the federal government’s ability to hold hospitals accountable for their treatment of Black…
buff.ly
February 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The settlement agreement promotes diversity and equity efforts and is grounded in healthcare nondiscrimination protections—both of which are under threat by the new administration.
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Don’t lose hope. Remember, Watergate took over two years to fully unravel from the initial break-in to Nixon’s resignation. Just like then and now, Americans are losing faith in their government. We are documenting every illegal action and will hold this administration and Elon Musk accountable.
February 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Don’t lose hope. Remember, Watergate took over two years to fully unravel from the initial break-in to Nixon’s resignation. Just like then and now, Americans are losing faith in their government. We are documenting every illegal action and will hold this administration and Elon Musk accountable.
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Military says "Nah, we good," to orders that they discriminate against transgender servicemembers.
Add to this that Pete Hegseth got booed by military families, and we may be seeing something really importantly good happening, here.
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Add to this that Pete Hegseth got booed by military families, and we may be seeing something really importantly good happening, here.
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February 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Military says "Nah, we good," to orders that they discriminate against transgender servicemembers.
Add to this that Pete Hegseth got booed by military families, and we may be seeing something really importantly good happening, here.
(original image reposted with alt text)
Add to this that Pete Hegseth got booed by military families, and we may be seeing something really importantly good happening, here.
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I sort of missed this had nearly 1k reposts/quotes (because I muted it). Here's the gist:
1) It's a lawsuit to say gender dysphoria is not a protected disability under 504 so please exclude it
2) But, say the GOP AGs, if you'd like to just dump 504, that'd be swell too. Even better really.
1) It's a lawsuit to say gender dysphoria is not a protected disability under 504 so please exclude it
2) But, say the GOP AGs, if you'd like to just dump 504, that'd be swell too. Even better really.
February 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I sort of missed this had nearly 1k reposts/quotes (because I muted it). Here's the gist:
1) It's a lawsuit to say gender dysphoria is not a protected disability under 504 so please exclude it
2) But, say the GOP AGs, if you'd like to just dump 504, that'd be swell too. Even better really.
1) It's a lawsuit to say gender dysphoria is not a protected disability under 504 so please exclude it
2) But, say the GOP AGs, if you'd like to just dump 504, that'd be swell too. Even better really.
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AskJan is apparently a service of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy.
They just deleted the accommodations page for #LongCOVID. The information is all on the Wayback, but it needs to be an official source for people to use it.
thesicktimes.org/2025/02/11/n...
They just deleted the accommodations page for #LongCOVID. The information is all on the Wayback, but it needs to be an official source for people to use it.
thesicktimes.org/2025/02/11/n...
Now offline: Government resources about Long COVID as a disability - The Sick Times
Several government resources about accommodations for people with Long COVID have become unavailable in the last week, following purges of government websites and datasets under the Trump administrati...
thesicktimes.org
February 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
AskJan is apparently a service of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy.
They just deleted the accommodations page for #LongCOVID. The information is all on the Wayback, but it needs to be an official source for people to use it.
thesicktimes.org/2025/02/11/n...
They just deleted the accommodations page for #LongCOVID. The information is all on the Wayback, but it needs to be an official source for people to use it.
thesicktimes.org/2025/02/11/n...
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OK, I wrote my “who’s going to enforce it?” piece. It’s a lengthy read, trying to respond to a lot of questions I’ve gotten over the past three weeks, but it’s about democracy so I decided it was worth it to lay out in depth, with examples, what I’ve been talking about here and elsewhere.
Don't let Donald Trump and Elon Musk talk us out of democracy
Trump and Musk are testing the limits, trying to sell America on being an authoritarian state — but they can’t do it unless we allow them to do so.
www.lawdork.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
OK, I wrote my “who’s going to enforce it?” piece. It’s a lengthy read, trying to respond to a lot of questions I’ve gotten over the past three weeks, but it’s about democracy so I decided it was worth it to lay out in depth, with examples, what I’ve been talking about here and elsewhere.
No surprises there
Kristen Grind, my San Franciso-based NYT colleague, and I went through every federal investigation/lawsuit targeting Musk companies. What did we find? At least 11 federal agencies targeting Musk companies have seen leadership disruptions/changes that could undermine these efforts -- and benefit Musk
February 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
No surprises there
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I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
February 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Gov is part of a drive to automate public service & admin using ungoverned, unaccountable AI systems. It will harm vulnerable people. Writing in Tech Policy Press in December, @alicetiara.bsky.social & @kevindeliban.bsky.social saw this coming. www.techpolicy.press/ai-cant-solv...
AI Can’t Solve Government Waste – and May Hurt Vulnerable Americans | TechPolicy.Press
If you believe public institutions should actually serve the public, this is an unacceptable bait-and-switch, write Kevin De Liban and Alice Marwick.
www.techpolicy.press
February 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Gov is part of a drive to automate public service & admin using ungoverned, unaccountable AI systems. It will harm vulnerable people. Writing in Tech Policy Press in December, @alicetiara.bsky.social & @kevindeliban.bsky.social saw this coming. www.techpolicy.press/ai-cant-solv...
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Alternative headline:
"Billionaire Cabinet Pick of Billionaire President Gives Richest Man in the World Control of Your Retirement and Healthcare"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
"Billionaire Cabinet Pick of Billionaire President Gives Richest Man in the World Control of Your Retirement and Healthcare"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Alternative headline:
"Billionaire Cabinet Pick of Billionaire President Gives Richest Man in the World Control of Your Retirement and Healthcare"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
"Billionaire Cabinet Pick of Billionaire President Gives Richest Man in the World Control of Your Retirement and Healthcare"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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I don’t think SNCC Legacy Project is on here yet but here is their statement on the 65th anniversary of the civil rights sit-in movement. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth
Statement On The 65th Anniversary Of The Sit-In Movement
On this day, 65 years ago, February 1, 1960, the sit-in movement began, which led to the greatest civil rights movement in our country’s history.
sncclegacyproject.org
February 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I don’t think SNCC Legacy Project is on here yet but here is their statement on the 65th anniversary of the civil rights sit-in movement. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth
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From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to call this a coup- not comfortable w rhetorical invocations of war. Such attitudes got us into this mess. Why can’t humans just be chill?
Update the day-to-day civil, servants, and other federal workers are calling this what it is: a war, Donald Trump and the Republicans are waging war against American democracy government and the sooner the Democrats at the elected level start saying that and treating this as a coup the better
January 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to call this a coup- not comfortable w rhetorical invocations of war. Such attitudes got us into this mess. Why can’t humans just be chill?
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Update the day-to-day civil, servants, and other federal workers are calling this what it is: a war, Donald Trump and the Republicans are waging war against American democracy government and the sooner the Democrats at the elected level start saying that and treating this as a coup the better
January 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Update the day-to-day civil, servants, and other federal workers are calling this what it is: a war, Donald Trump and the Republicans are waging war against American democracy government and the sooner the Democrats at the elected level start saying that and treating this as a coup the better
General strikes are under utilized
How much more shitty should we let things get before a General Strike is appropriate? I'll never forget how the Day Without Immigrants protest on February 16, 2017 ground my neighborhood in Chicago to a halt. Polish roofers stopped working on my roof. You couldn't eat anything worth eating.
January 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
General strikes are under utilized
#Eugenics on a global scale
BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
#Eugenics on a global scale
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BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Who else is wondering about the A after DEI? Yet another group of people whose safety and wellbeing I am concerned about rn.
A heads up as it looks like most federal employees working on accessibility will be put on leave and eventually fired.
White House orders government DEI employees to be placed on leave | CNN Politics
Employees in any federal diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility offices will be placed on paid administrative leave “effective immediately,” according to a post from White House press secretar...
www.cnn.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Who else is wondering about the A after DEI? Yet another group of people whose safety and wellbeing I am concerned about rn.