Lewis Emmett
@lewisemmett.bsky.social
Queer, disabled, chronic pain gremlin. Collector of half-finished advocacy writing and craft projects. Anti-fascism. Parent to a fluffy cat. They/them
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I don’t care who you are, the one thing that links all of the -isms and bigotries together and sets them on fire is eugenics and ableism.
They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.
They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I don’t care who you are, the one thing that links all of the -isms and bigotries together and sets them on fire is eugenics and ableism.
They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.
They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.
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The victim was aged between 6 and 9. The reporting seems to miss the point that a child cannot consent to sex, so "sexual experience" should be accurately described as "previous rapes". The whole thing is disgusting.
Paedophile argues relevance of girl's 'sexual experience' in appeal bid
A man who sexually abused a young girl in foster care is seeking to quash his conviction in the High Court.
www.abc.net.au
September 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The victim was aged between 6 and 9. The reporting seems to miss the point that a child cannot consent to sex, so "sexual experience" should be accurately described as "previous rapes". The whole thing is disgusting.
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We aren’t meant to live under constant threat
Our nervous systems weren’t designed for it
End stage capitalism and fascism are existential threats to our survival… and the 24 hour news cycle makes it impossible to get a break.
It’s ok to unplug.
It’s ok to rest.
It’s ok to prioritize yourself.
Our nervous systems weren’t designed for it
End stage capitalism and fascism are existential threats to our survival… and the 24 hour news cycle makes it impossible to get a break.
It’s ok to unplug.
It’s ok to rest.
It’s ok to prioritize yourself.
August 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We aren’t meant to live under constant threat
Our nervous systems weren’t designed for it
End stage capitalism and fascism are existential threats to our survival… and the 24 hour news cycle makes it impossible to get a break.
It’s ok to unplug.
It’s ok to rest.
It’s ok to prioritize yourself.
Our nervous systems weren’t designed for it
End stage capitalism and fascism are existential threats to our survival… and the 24 hour news cycle makes it impossible to get a break.
It’s ok to unplug.
It’s ok to rest.
It’s ok to prioritize yourself.
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And the lack of international concertation. The west invested heavily on 2 corporations, while there were many other available in the world. A pandemic policy that went narrow colonial mindset... when all the vaccines should have been delivered globally.
August 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
And the lack of international concertation. The west invested heavily on 2 corporations, while there were many other available in the world. A pandemic policy that went narrow colonial mindset... when all the vaccines should have been delivered globally.
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Acts of meaningful resistance:
1) Wear an n95 style mask in public to reduce community illness while fascists destroy healthcare
2) Form & support unions while fascists destroy workers rights
3) Give $ to targeted groups (trans folks, immigrants, &c) while fascists deplete their resources
1) Wear an n95 style mask in public to reduce community illness while fascists destroy healthcare
2) Form & support unions while fascists destroy workers rights
3) Give $ to targeted groups (trans folks, immigrants, &c) while fascists deplete their resources
August 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Acts of meaningful resistance:
1) Wear an n95 style mask in public to reduce community illness while fascists destroy healthcare
2) Form & support unions while fascists destroy workers rights
3) Give $ to targeted groups (trans folks, immigrants, &c) while fascists deplete their resources
1) Wear an n95 style mask in public to reduce community illness while fascists destroy healthcare
2) Form & support unions while fascists destroy workers rights
3) Give $ to targeted groups (trans folks, immigrants, &c) while fascists deplete their resources
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If Labor can remove children with autism from the NDIS at the stroke of a pen, why can't they remove the AUKUS subs from the defence budget at the stroke of a pen?
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August 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
If Labor can remove children with autism from the NDIS at the stroke of a pen, why can't they remove the AUKUS subs from the defence budget at the stroke of a pen?
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I reckon @scottmitchell.bsky.social stating how Labor wants to "flood the zone with beige" perfectly describes their current approach to being in power. All they're offering is a constant stream of mediocre reforms. pca.st/episode/2c94... /1
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August 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I reckon @scottmitchell.bsky.social stating how Labor wants to "flood the zone with beige" perfectly describes their current approach to being in power. All they're offering is a constant stream of mediocre reforms. pca.st/episode/2c94... /1
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“They did not die from COVID , they had preexisting conditions.”
“They did not die from starvation, they had other health problems.”
This is what eugenics sounds like.
“They did not die from starvation, they had other health problems.”
This is what eugenics sounds like.
August 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“They did not die from COVID , they had preexisting conditions.”
“They did not die from starvation, they had other health problems.”
This is what eugenics sounds like.
“They did not die from starvation, they had other health problems.”
This is what eugenics sounds like.
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Autism isn’t something you “fix”. And “what’s wrong” isn’t people with disability.
The problem is the way care work isn’t valued, supported and funded because it’s largely seen as “women’s work
The problem is the way care work isn’t valued, supported and funded because it’s largely seen as “women’s work
August 20, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Autism isn’t something you “fix”. And “what’s wrong” isn’t people with disability.
The problem is the way care work isn’t valued, supported and funded because it’s largely seen as “women’s work
The problem is the way care work isn’t valued, supported and funded because it’s largely seen as “women’s work
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Women as "informal supports" are the backbone of this fucking country
August 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Women as "informal supports" are the backbone of this fucking country
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External journalists aren’t allowed into Gaza and the entire @aljazeera.com team in Gaza has been murdered by Israel with the killing of Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal today
Every day they try to hide the truth of the genocide they are committing
Every day they try to hide the truth of the genocide they are committing
August 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
External journalists aren’t allowed into Gaza and the entire @aljazeera.com team in Gaza has been murdered by Israel with the killing of Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal today
Every day they try to hide the truth of the genocide they are committing
Every day they try to hide the truth of the genocide they are committing
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Anas Al Sharif had these words to publish if he was martyred which he was tonight as Israel starts the invasion of Gaza City
August 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Anas Al Sharif had these words to publish if he was martyred which he was tonight as Israel starts the invasion of Gaza City
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tell me about it, tiny aloe plant on the counter at the cafe near my house
August 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
tell me about it, tiny aloe plant on the counter at the cafe near my house
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No, one group of autistic people is not “eclipsing” others, because NO autistics are getting enough support. NONE.
Shame on organizations that let parents with unfounded claims make life harder for autistic people whose struggles are less obvious, but no less real or brutal. #neurodiversity
Shame on organizations that let parents with unfounded claims make life harder for autistic people whose struggles are less obvious, but no less real or brutal. #neurodiversity
August 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
No, one group of autistic people is not “eclipsing” others, because NO autistics are getting enough support. NONE.
Shame on organizations that let parents with unfounded claims make life harder for autistic people whose struggles are less obvious, but no less real or brutal. #neurodiversity
Shame on organizations that let parents with unfounded claims make life harder for autistic people whose struggles are less obvious, but no less real or brutal. #neurodiversity
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I told the old punk
that I am trying
not to feel defeated
but as I look at the world
and at humankind
I feel like nothing
that I do is enough,
and in reply
the old punk said:
none of us is responsible
for saving humankind,
each of us is responsible
for being a kind human.
that I am trying
not to feel defeated
but as I look at the world
and at humankind
I feel like nothing
that I do is enough,
and in reply
the old punk said:
none of us is responsible
for saving humankind,
each of us is responsible
for being a kind human.
August 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I told the old punk
that I am trying
not to feel defeated
but as I look at the world
and at humankind
I feel like nothing
that I do is enough,
and in reply
the old punk said:
none of us is responsible
for saving humankind,
each of us is responsible
for being a kind human.
that I am trying
not to feel defeated
but as I look at the world
and at humankind
I feel like nothing
that I do is enough,
and in reply
the old punk said:
none of us is responsible
for saving humankind,
each of us is responsible
for being a kind human.
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This is the entire point of the "it's complicated" line of hasbara/Western journalism. It is an intellectual off-ramp for further thought. And so many of us take it. It is a state-sanctioned excuse not to think at all. Because as soon as you actually do, the whole picture unravels
One of the highly specific problems of communicating in support of Palestine is that the general public has been so conditioned to accept that the issue is "complicated" that they will intuitively resist any attempt to understand how shallow the Zionist position really is.
August 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This is the entire point of the "it's complicated" line of hasbara/Western journalism. It is an intellectual off-ramp for further thought. And so many of us take it. It is a state-sanctioned excuse not to think at all. Because as soon as you actually do, the whole picture unravels
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👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼This. Sex worker and Trans rights have been the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for decades now. If you’re anti either? You’ve swallowed fascism lesson 101
For any artists dealing with adult content bans, I want to encourage you to get involved in the sex worker rights movement. While illustration is not the same as sex work, we share many of the same struggles, and our fights will be stronger if we collaborate.
August 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼This. Sex worker and Trans rights have been the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for decades now. If you’re anti either? You’ve swallowed fascism lesson 101
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With budgetary attacks on Medicaid underway, it’s a good time to revisit Marta Russell’s money model of disability—a Marxist theory of disablement that explains how even the most neglected care systems become profitable under capitalism.
I wrote about it in 2021 on Blind Archive
I wrote about it in 2021 on Blind Archive
On Marta Russell’s Money Model of Disability
A Marxist approach to impairment, disablement, and chronic illness under capitalism
blindarchive.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
With budgetary attacks on Medicaid underway, it’s a good time to revisit Marta Russell’s money model of disability—a Marxist theory of disablement that explains how even the most neglected care systems become profitable under capitalism.
I wrote about it in 2021 on Blind Archive
I wrote about it in 2021 on Blind Archive
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A lot of people are learning that cowardice won’t save them in real time. Might as well be brave.
August 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A lot of people are learning that cowardice won’t save them in real time. Might as well be brave.
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No it doesn’t and it’s awful to say this. Cancer can age you. Chronic stress or illness can age you. Poverty can age you. If you start associating looks with morality, you end up bursting with eugenics flavor.
July 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
No it doesn’t and it’s awful to say this. Cancer can age you. Chronic stress or illness can age you. Poverty can age you. If you start associating looks with morality, you end up bursting with eugenics flavor.
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we've appended an editors note to the photo of the screaming naked child running away from her burning village during the Vietnam War to clarify that she was also suffering from mononucleosis
July 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
we've appended an editors note to the photo of the screaming naked child running away from her burning village during the Vietnam War to clarify that she was also suffering from mononucleosis
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To quote Judith Butler, “Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic”
Folks are simply telling them up front that they will not succumb to those logics! It's admirable
Folks are simply telling them up front that they will not succumb to those logics! It's admirable
July 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
To quote Judith Butler, “Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic”
Folks are simply telling them up front that they will not succumb to those logics! It's admirable
Folks are simply telling them up front that they will not succumb to those logics! It's admirable
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Two different ways of reporting objective truth
July 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Two different ways of reporting objective truth
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Just the "non-lethal" parts of the F35!!
Penny, I would love to hear you run that line of argument in front of an international court.
Penny, I would love to hear you run that line of argument in front of an international court.
Penny Wong in the Senate today:
“We are not supplying weapons or ammunition to Israel…as part of the global F-35 supply chain, we are supplying components and parts that are non-lethal in nature”.
“We are not supplying weapons or ammunition to Israel…as part of the global F-35 supply chain, we are supplying components and parts that are non-lethal in nature”.
July 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Just the "non-lethal" parts of the F35!!
Penny, I would love to hear you run that line of argument in front of an international court.
Penny, I would love to hear you run that line of argument in front of an international court.