Isocomet
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Today is World Homeless Day, and after years reporting on this crisis, I'll just say: homelessness is neither inevitable nor intractable. It's the result of choices—political, economic, moral—that can be unmade.
And this: how we treat the unhoused is a bellwether for the violence we will tolerate.
And this: how we treat the unhoused is a bellwether for the violence we will tolerate.
October 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today is World Homeless Day, and after years reporting on this crisis, I'll just say: homelessness is neither inevitable nor intractable. It's the result of choices—political, economic, moral—that can be unmade.
And this: how we treat the unhoused is a bellwether for the violence we will tolerate.
And this: how we treat the unhoused is a bellwether for the violence we will tolerate.
What I wish people understood is the way that the condition is framed by doctors and "experts" shapes the way family and friends respond, meaning that not only do you suddenly lose your health but also your community. You spend precious energy trying to convince people you're still human.
In the firing line, as ever, are the UK’s hundreds of thousands of ME/CFS patients. As a practitioner once remarked, “the bastards don’t want to get better”. If there is one characteristic all the ME/CFS patients I’ve come across have in common, it is a desperation to get better.
October 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What I wish people understood is the way that the condition is framed by doctors and "experts" shapes the way family and friends respond, meaning that not only do you suddenly lose your health but also your community. You spend precious energy trying to convince people you're still human.
How much energy and water was redirected from parched land, blighted because of climate change? Al is less useful to us than water and fuel, resources it gobbles up at an untenable rate. We do not need to care for AI, we need to recognize it as a threat to life.
A psychotherapist treated an A.I. chatbot as if it were one of his patients. What it confessed should worry us all.
Putting ChatGPT on the Couch
When I played doctor with the chatbot, the simulated patient confessed problems that are real—and that should worry all of us.
www.newyorker.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
How much energy and water was redirected from parched land, blighted because of climate change? Al is less useful to us than water and fuel, resources it gobbles up at an untenable rate. We do not need to care for AI, we need to recognize it as a threat to life.
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You can do everything “right” and still become disabled.
You can do everything “right” and have a child who is disabled.
There is nothing wrong with being disabled, and if more of us approached disability with compassion, understanding, and advocacy instead of fear, the world would be better.
You can do everything “right” and have a child who is disabled.
There is nothing wrong with being disabled, and if more of us approached disability with compassion, understanding, and advocacy instead of fear, the world would be better.
September 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You can do everything “right” and still become disabled.
You can do everything “right” and have a child who is disabled.
There is nothing wrong with being disabled, and if more of us approached disability with compassion, understanding, and advocacy instead of fear, the world would be better.
You can do everything “right” and have a child who is disabled.
There is nothing wrong with being disabled, and if more of us approached disability with compassion, understanding, and advocacy instead of fear, the world would be better.
If you're looking for a church home, check out the intention church - 4pm EST on zoom.
One year in, serving the people at @intentionchurch.com has been one of the most humbling blessings I’ve ever had the opportunity to partake in.
Don’t take my word for it. Listen to the people in this video.
Then come kick it with us at theintentionchurch.com in a lil bit!
Don’t take my word for it. Listen to the people in this video.
Then come kick it with us at theintentionchurch.com in a lil bit!
Happy Anniversary, TIC!
As we look back on the first year of The Intention Church, we look forward to what tomorrow holds.
Want to know what Intention has meant to some people? Check out this video!
As we look back on the first year of The Intention Church, we look forward to what tomorrow holds.
Want to know what Intention has meant to some people? Check out this video!
September 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If you're looking for a church home, check out the intention church - 4pm EST on zoom.
For #choirs looking for autumnal music, I have a simple four part unaccompanied meditation on November Skies:
drive.google.com/file/d/1XZEJ...
drive.google.com/file/d/1XZEJ...
November Skies.pdf
drive.google.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
For #choirs looking for autumnal music, I have a simple four part unaccompanied meditation on November Skies:
drive.google.com/file/d/1XZEJ...
drive.google.com/file/d/1XZEJ...
How could you trust the UK's ability to remain conservative around AD when at the beginning of the pandemic no less than the prime minister made it clear he was willing to sacrifice the elderly and infirm so that the able-bodied could have more freedom. And this rhetoric has since grown.
I strongly encourage UK MPs and peers to look at what has happened in New Zealand since the introduction of assisted dying. Safeguards are rarely ever as strong as advocates suggest, and the “slippery slope” is a real risk
writes Simon O'Connor, former chair of the NZ parliament's health committee
writes Simon O'Connor, former chair of the NZ parliament's health committee
New Zealand shows why UK politicians must be wary about assisted dying reassurances
I strongly encourage British parliamentarians to look at what has happened in New Zealand since the introduction of assisted dying.
www.politicshome.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
How could you trust the UK's ability to remain conservative around AD when at the beginning of the pandemic no less than the prime minister made it clear he was willing to sacrifice the elderly and infirm so that the able-bodied could have more freedom. And this rhetoric has since grown.
A hummingbird visits the garden on one day each year. Yesterday was the day. I was standing outside and I saw it fly down and go to every remaining lavender flower. The iridescent feathers on its back flashed as it flew around the plant about two feet away from me. A huge blessing in our tiny yard.
September 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A hummingbird visits the garden on one day each year. Yesterday was the day. I was standing outside and I saw it fly down and go to every remaining lavender flower. The iridescent feathers on its back flashed as it flew around the plant about two feet away from me. A huge blessing in our tiny yard.
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Fascinated that In Our Time is one of the BBC’s most popular podcasts among under 35s. The young people demand three academics and a peer discussing Demosthenes, apparently. And they’re right to do so.
September 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fascinated that In Our Time is one of the BBC’s most popular podcasts among under 35s. The young people demand three academics and a peer discussing Demosthenes, apparently. And they’re right to do so.
I saw a great golden digger wasp in my teenie tiny yard today. The purple aster and brown eyed susans were covered in all kinds of pollinators and this huge gorgeous orange-legged wasp lazily swooped and fell among the yellow flowers. Very pleasing.
August 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I saw a great golden digger wasp in my teenie tiny yard today. The purple aster and brown eyed susans were covered in all kinds of pollinators and this huge gorgeous orange-legged wasp lazily swooped and fell among the yellow flowers. Very pleasing.
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I will die on this hill:
it isn’t hard to say “at the height of the pandemic” or “at the start of COVID” during a podcast interview. Producers, hosts, don’t let your guests say “during COVID” like this thing is over. Correct them. Ask them to say the sentence again. This is your job.
it isn’t hard to say “at the height of the pandemic” or “at the start of COVID” during a podcast interview. Producers, hosts, don’t let your guests say “during COVID” like this thing is over. Correct them. Ask them to say the sentence again. This is your job.
August 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I will die on this hill:
it isn’t hard to say “at the height of the pandemic” or “at the start of COVID” during a podcast interview. Producers, hosts, don’t let your guests say “during COVID” like this thing is over. Correct them. Ask them to say the sentence again. This is your job.
it isn’t hard to say “at the height of the pandemic” or “at the start of COVID” during a podcast interview. Producers, hosts, don’t let your guests say “during COVID” like this thing is over. Correct them. Ask them to say the sentence again. This is your job.
Though it is extremely reductive, unprecedented inequality is a primary driving factor.
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Though it is extremely reductive, unprecedented inequality is a primary driving factor.
You know when you just need some good news. Low cost therapy that can bring relief to some sleep apnea patients!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Conch blowing could help to alleviate sleep apnoea, study suggests
Experts on condition affecting millions of people in UK give cautious welcome to findings but say more research needed
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
You know when you just need some good news. Low cost therapy that can bring relief to some sleep apnea patients!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
If you're in SF please go see this. Disabled voices have not been amplified, and, in fact, seem to have been suppressed, in discussions of AD. The impact of AD legislation that fails to take into account disabled voices is truly terrifying.
Next Sunday, I'll be moderating a panel at the Roxie in SF following the screening of Life After, a documentary that explores the topic of assisted suicide and disability. You can buy tickets here. roxie.com/film/life-af...
Life After
Followed by a post screening panel featuring director Reid Davenport and Alice Wong, moderated by Mother Jones’ Julia Métraux! In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the…
roxie.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If you're in SF please go see this. Disabled voices have not been amplified, and, in fact, seem to have been suppressed, in discussions of AD. The impact of AD legislation that fails to take into account disabled voices is truly terrifying.
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Next Sunday, I'll be moderating a panel at the Roxie in SF following the screening of Life After, a documentary that explores the topic of assisted suicide and disability. You can buy tickets here. roxie.com/film/life-af...
Life After
Followed by a post screening panel featuring director Reid Davenport and Alice Wong, moderated by Mother Jones’ Julia Métraux! In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the…
roxie.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Next Sunday, I'll be moderating a panel at the Roxie in SF following the screening of Life After, a documentary that explores the topic of assisted suicide and disability. You can buy tickets here. roxie.com/film/life-af...
#longcovid parents (and parents of vulnerable kids) we need a Moms Demand Action type campaign in communities and schools to educate families about the risk and prevalence of long covid/other risks of unmitigated covid. If Violet Affleck has the courage to speak out, so can we.
August 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#longcovid parents (and parents of vulnerable kids) we need a Moms Demand Action type campaign in communities and schools to educate families about the risk and prevalence of long covid/other risks of unmitigated covid. If Violet Affleck has the courage to speak out, so can we.
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Welp
“So you’d rather segregate all of these people from society instead of mildly inconveniencing yourself?”🫠
August 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Welp
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Between 1983 and 1992, the Blood Sisters hosted 12 blood drives, demonstrating sustained commitment for nearly a decade. ⤵️
How a Group of Lesbians Provided Lifesaving Care During the AIDS Crisis
Amid abandonment and fear surrounding the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, a group of lesbians became a lifeline for AIDS patients.
www.teenvogue.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Between 1983 and 1992, the Blood Sisters hosted 12 blood drives, demonstrating sustained commitment for nearly a decade. ⤵️
How could anyone feel any pride in the UK when this man has had such poor support for manageable-with-the-right-help neurological condition that he's decided to end his life?
It makes me sick that people would consider funding AD at this point of failure of community and health care.
It makes me sick that people would consider funding AD at this point of failure of community and health care.
This is a horrific story: a disabled man has stopped taking his medication in order to end his life because he can’t access NHS or social care.
And yet having spoken to so many disabled people left in the most dire conditions, I can’t imagine he’s the only one. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And yet having spoken to so many disabled people left in the most dire conditions, I can’t imagine he’s the only one. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’ve stopped life-saving medication says man exhausted by fight for NHS care
Tim Hull, who has a rare neurological condition, says his quality of life is
www.bbc.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
How could anyone feel any pride in the UK when this man has had such poor support for manageable-with-the-right-help neurological condition that he's decided to end his life?
It makes me sick that people would consider funding AD at this point of failure of community and health care.
It makes me sick that people would consider funding AD at this point of failure of community and health care.
Harm reduction is much better than letting it rip. Consider: long covid has now surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness in children. If you can wear a surgical mask whenever you are indoors with people not of your household you can be part of the solution.
Periodic reminder that surgical or even cloth masks are much better than nothing for limiting Covid transmission.
Some references:
doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7106e1
doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105157
Some references:
doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7106e1
doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105157
Effectiveness of Face Mask or Respirator Use in Indoor ...
This report describes face mask or respirator effectiveness in helping protect against COVID-19 infection.
doi.org
July 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Harm reduction is much better than letting it rip. Consider: long covid has now surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness in children. If you can wear a surgical mask whenever you are indoors with people not of your household you can be part of the solution.
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If you’d like to donate a stairwell fire evacuation chair for me, I wouldn’t say no. 💔
I just spoke with Orange City Fire. They do not keep a list of non ambulatory people. They said if in a fire I need to get to the stairwell & basically ask any passerby’s if they can carry me down the stairs, or just wait in the stairwell for up to 3 hours which is max time it’ll hold off the fire.
July 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
If you’d like to donate a stairwell fire evacuation chair for me, I wouldn’t say no. 💔
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There is currently an NWS flash flood warning in effect for all five boroughs of NYC.
But no City agency has posted it on this platform.
Please help spread the word.
“If you live in a basement apartment or low-lying area, be ready to move to higher ground.”
But no City agency has posted it on this platform.
Please help spread the word.
“If you live in a basement apartment or low-lying area, be ready to move to higher ground.”
July 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
There is currently an NWS flash flood warning in effect for all five boroughs of NYC.
But no City agency has posted it on this platform.
Please help spread the word.
“If you live in a basement apartment or low-lying area, be ready to move to higher ground.”
But no City agency has posted it on this platform.
Please help spread the word.
“If you live in a basement apartment or low-lying area, be ready to move to higher ground.”