kb
@katiesullivan.bsky.social
cyborging, phd-ing, and writing about disability cultures / feminist sts / patient-activism / disabled scientists / connective tissue (et cetera).
more often than not these days, the devil on my shoulder is the figural supercrip. the insidious you're-not-pushing-yourself-hard-enough whispers set in while everything in and around me crumbles.
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
more often than not these days, the devil on my shoulder is the figural supercrip. the insidious you're-not-pushing-yourself-hard-enough whispers set in while everything in and around me crumbles.
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this is the only way for people to connect under conditions of a total internet blackout. please give.
How to support Crips for eSIMs for Gaza, which is STILL sending eSIMs and has seen a big increase in requests due to the criminal situation in the north:
🔗 bit.ly/eSimsRUs
USD : bit.ly/venmo4esims
GBP : www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
cc: @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/eSimsRUs
USD : bit.ly/venmo4esims
GBP : www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
cc: @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
BREAKING: Internet services have been cut off across large parts of Gaza City and northern Gaza due to ongoing Israeli airstrikes, QNN correspondent reports.
September 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
this is the only way for people to connect under conditions of a total internet blackout. please give.
I think we've seen this one before... catalystjournal.org/index.php/ca...
September 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I think we've seen this one before... catalystjournal.org/index.php/ca...
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Offline for a health thing. Please share. Yall have helped six families with food and shelter for 18 straight weeks.
That’s pure hope. Don’t stop. & click “weekly.” 1425/2500 by Saturday chuffed.org/project/hope...
That’s pure hope. Don’t stop. & click “weekly.” 1425/2500 by Saturday chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
September 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Offline for a health thing. Please share. Yall have helped six families with food and shelter for 18 straight weeks.
That’s pure hope. Don’t stop. & click “weekly.” 1425/2500 by Saturday chuffed.org/project/hope...
That’s pure hope. Don’t stop. & click “weekly.” 1425/2500 by Saturday chuffed.org/project/hope...
oscillating in my office with the lights off in between calendar invites all through the work week
September 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
oscillating in my office with the lights off in between calendar invites all through the work week
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It’s been over 24 hours since Casey Goonan started their hunger strike in solidarity w/pal action T Hoxa. They are diabetic and the situation is extremely urgent. Please call and email the contacts below and demand that T Hoxha have her mail released immediately.
August 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
It’s been over 24 hours since Casey Goonan started their hunger strike in solidarity w/pal action T Hoxa. They are diabetic and the situation is extremely urgent. Please call and email the contacts below and demand that T Hoxha have her mail released immediately.
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Seizure medication, wheelchairs, Social Security cards, dentures, urns of ashes, work uniforms — just some of what's been thrown away during cruel, degrading, utterly counterproductive homeless sweeps.
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
August 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Seizure medication, wheelchairs, Social Security cards, dentures, urns of ashes, work uniforms — just some of what's been thrown away during cruel, degrading, utterly counterproductive homeless sweeps.
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
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The people who roll up their sleeves and do the dirty work for the insurance mafia by denying claims and sentencing innocent people to a preventable death and/or bankruptcy are literally traitors to the United States
August 17, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The people who roll up their sleeves and do the dirty work for the insurance mafia by denying claims and sentencing innocent people to a preventable death and/or bankruptcy are literally traitors to the United States
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Today, @leftiecowboy.bsky.social explains the necessity of "ending a system in which only those deemed 'productive' or 'deserving' are allowed to live well."
inthesetimes.com/article/heal...
inthesetimes.com/article/heal...
August 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Today, @leftiecowboy.bsky.social explains the necessity of "ending a system in which only those deemed 'productive' or 'deserving' are allowed to live well."
inthesetimes.com/article/heal...
inthesetimes.com/article/heal...
delighted to find out that "paradigm shift," as a turn of phrase, was popularized by sts.
August 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
delighted to find out that "paradigm shift," as a turn of phrase, was popularized by sts.
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In 1977, Disabled activists occupied the Federal Building in San Francisco to demand the passage of Section 504— legislation to protect against disability discrimination.When the building was cordoned off, in an effort to starve activists out, The Black Panthers *Broke In* to deliver them hot meals.
The 504 Protests and the Black Panther Party – Disability Social History Project
disabilityhistory.org
August 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In 1977, Disabled activists occupied the Federal Building in San Francisco to demand the passage of Section 504— legislation to protect against disability discrimination.When the building was cordoned off, in an effort to starve activists out, The Black Panthers *Broke In* to deliver them hot meals.
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Really good essay by Mary Turfah out today in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social: “From this self-centering stems the logical outgrowth that a photo could so galvanize the American public as to stop a colonial war. That’s not how colonial wars work.”
The Rest Is History | Los Angeles Review of Books
Mary Turfah writes on Gaza and the limits of the war photograph, in an essay from the upcoming issue of LARB Quarterly, no. 46: “Alien.”
lareviewofbooks.org
August 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Really good essay by Mary Turfah out today in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social: “From this self-centering stems the logical outgrowth that a photo could so galvanize the American public as to stop a colonial war. That’s not how colonial wars work.”
Naim Shakshak is a Palestinian seeking asylum in Northern Ireland. He has been separated from his family in Gaza since 2023. His brother, Ismail, was recently martyred. His family's home was destroyed by an occupation aircraft, leaving them displaced & trying to survive extreme conditions. 1/2
May 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Naim Shakshak is a Palestinian seeking asylum in Northern Ireland. He has been separated from his family in Gaza since 2023. His brother, Ismail, was recently martyred. His family's home was destroyed by an occupation aircraft, leaving them displaced & trying to survive extreme conditions. 1/2
disabled friendship is the glistening lodestar of my life
May 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
disabled friendship is the glistening lodestar of my life
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In our latest, @vickyacab.bsky.social joins us to discuss the kidnapping and detention of protesters, the administration’s proposed autism registry, and what Trump’s first 100 days tell us about his second term’s particular brand of fascism
www.patreon.com/posts/127684...
www.patreon.com/posts/127684...
Sick Sad World w/ Vicky Osterweil (04/28/25) | The Death Panel
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April 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In our latest, @vickyacab.bsky.social joins us to discuss the kidnapping and detention of protesters, the administration’s proposed autism registry, and what Trump’s first 100 days tell us about his second term’s particular brand of fascism
www.patreon.com/posts/127684...
www.patreon.com/posts/127684...
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having more poet friends means that i have more people to discuss my ridiculous ideas and they don’t seem that ridiculous because everyone else’s ideas are similarly ridiculous
May 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
having more poet friends means that i have more people to discuss my ridiculous ideas and they don’t seem that ridiculous because everyone else’s ideas are similarly ridiculous
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Hi Crips for E Sims has an itch bundle of games, RPGs, zines and I don't even know what, where for a mere $16 USD you can get like 187 things! itch.io/b/2965/crips...
Crips for eSims for Gaza Bundle by Crips for eSims for Gaza and 176 others
Crips for eSims for Gaza Bundle: 237 items for $16.00
itch.io
April 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Hi Crips for E Sims has an itch bundle of games, RPGs, zines and I don't even know what, where for a mere $16 USD you can get like 187 things! itch.io/b/2965/crips...
twin name idea: hypatia and catalyst
April 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
twin name idea: hypatia and catalyst
"In recent years ... I’ve witnessed people add the word ‘justice’ onto virtually everything disability related ... while doing nothing to shift either process or end goal, thinking that the word change alone brings that work into alignment with disability justice" Patty Berne, 2016
The Liberal platform cites a Disability Justice Framework twice, but I'm not convinced that they know what this term means, b/c they only reference it in the context of the justice system. Did they hear the word 'justice' and just conclude it's related to the legal system...? 😭
tinyurl.com/5n887hha
tinyurl.com/5n887hha
liberal.ca
April 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"In recent years ... I’ve witnessed people add the word ‘justice’ onto virtually everything disability related ... while doing nothing to shift either process or end goal, thinking that the word change alone brings that work into alignment with disability justice" Patty Berne, 2016
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When I talk about the importance of granting students accommodations WITHOUT relying on formal paperwork this is why it matters. It is DANGEROUS for some people to have diagnoses on their medical records. 1/3
We're learning more about NIH's plans for Secy Kennedy's new autism studies
NIH Director Bhattacharya says they're amassing a swath of confidential medical data to link together for first time, ranging from broader access to CMS records to smartwatch data
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
NIH Director Bhattacharya says they're amassing a swath of confidential medical data to link together for first time, ranging from broader access to CMS records to smartwatch data
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.
www.cbsnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
When I talk about the importance of granting students accommodations WITHOUT relying on formal paperwork this is why it matters. It is DANGEROUS for some people to have diagnoses on their medical records. 1/3
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Paradoxically, the AI boom has left me with a fierce love for all the awkward, frustrating, joyful steps that lead up to creating anything--writing, art.
Every step matters.
And every step enriches us.
And these asinine philistine greedy AI fetishists will never know that joy.
Every step matters.
And every step enriches us.
And these asinine philistine greedy AI fetishists will never know that joy.
Why live when you can die
April 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Paradoxically, the AI boom has left me with a fierce love for all the awkward, frustrating, joyful steps that lead up to creating anything--writing, art.
Every step matters.
And every step enriches us.
And these asinine philistine greedy AI fetishists will never know that joy.
Every step matters.
And every step enriches us.
And these asinine philistine greedy AI fetishists will never know that joy.
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This is not a critique, but context: The US has put children in court for years. It's horrifying. It should've never started, but as we're here, it must stop. It must.
And yes, this stuff happened under Biden, too:
abcnews.go.com/US/unaccompa...
And yes, this stuff happened under Biden, too:
abcnews.go.com/US/unaccompa...
April 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is not a critique, but context: The US has put children in court for years. It's horrifying. It should've never started, but as we're here, it must stop. It must.
And yes, this stuff happened under Biden, too:
abcnews.go.com/US/unaccompa...
And yes, this stuff happened under Biden, too:
abcnews.go.com/US/unaccompa...
California legislature just introduced the following bill, seeking to establish a "Physician Health and Wellness Program" (PHWP) that would put disabled health professionals in danger. Bill text here: legiscan.com/CA/text/AB40... #Disability #DocsWithDisabilities #DisabilityRights 1/9
California AB408 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Bill Text (2025-04-21) Physician Health and Wellness Program. [From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.]
legiscan.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
California legislature just introduced the following bill, seeking to establish a "Physician Health and Wellness Program" (PHWP) that would put disabled health professionals in danger. Bill text here: legiscan.com/CA/text/AB40... #Disability #DocsWithDisabilities #DisabilityRights 1/9