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Still practicing community care 😷
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Posts infrequent & deleted on a whim
Still practicing community care 😷
HNL 🌴🤙🏼 > PDX 🌲🤘🏼
Posts infrequent & deleted on a whim
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Today, the White House said it would get rid of most of the Department of Education (ED). Everyone has the right to a good education — and we need to protect that right. Tell your Congresspeople we will not let this attack on disability rights continue! autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/what...
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Today, the White House said it would get rid of most of the Department of Education (ED). Everyone has the right to a good education — and we need to protect that right. Tell your Congresspeople we will not let this attack on disability rights continue! autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/what...
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Imani Barbarin is one of the coolest and sharpest souls on earth
If you want to read my Cost of being disabled article, you can find it here: www.patreon.com/posts/143361...
And you can find the video where I discussed how COVID and the cost of being disabled led to alt-right gains here: youtu.be/x9laJCEgw_s?...
And you can find the video where I discussed how COVID and the cost of being disabled led to alt-right gains here: youtu.be/x9laJCEgw_s?...
Flashback Friday: The Cost of Being Disabled | Imani Barbarin
Get more from Imani Barbarin on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Imani Barbarin is one of the coolest and sharpest souls on earth
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My first piece for @theguardian.com on MBS’s visit to the U.S., seven years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Saudification of America is under way | Karen Attiah
Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My first piece for @theguardian.com on MBS’s visit to the U.S., seven years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
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Looking to talk to 3 disability advocates for a potential @motherjones.com piece on how IDEA has helped you + concerns you have going forward. Please email jmetraux@motherjones.com and interviews would take place Monday or Tuesday next week.
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Looking to talk to 3 disability advocates for a potential @motherjones.com piece on how IDEA has helped you + concerns you have going forward. Please email jmetraux@motherjones.com and interviews would take place Monday or Tuesday next week.
If only because I have never seen it all the way through because I’ve always fallen asleep within the first hour: The Matrix.
if you had to choose one movie to fall asleep to for the rest of your life what are you choosing
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 AM
If only because I have never seen it all the way through because I’ve always fallen asleep within the first hour: The Matrix.
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When Vancouver got the Olympics, it spent USD $1.5 billion on a train line from the airport to downtown — a piece of infrastructure that saves commuters and visitors time and money while cutting pollution.
LA did... this
LA did... this
Los Angeles Green-Lights $1.5 Billion Road Improvements Ahead Of 2028 Olympic Games
The project will see 4.4 miles of reconfigurations on the roads around the airport, to make traffic flow easy for everyone.
simpleflying.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
When Vancouver got the Olympics, it spent USD $1.5 billion on a train line from the airport to downtown — a piece of infrastructure that saves commuters and visitors time and money while cutting pollution.
LA did... this
LA did... this
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ADDING THIS TO THE LIST
HELL YES HELL YES
HELL YES HELL YES
🚨SAPPHIC LIFETIME CHRISTMAS MOVIE THIS YEAR🚨
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
ADDING THIS TO THE LIST
HELL YES HELL YES
HELL YES HELL YES
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
Alice could not eat food for years.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My cat has taken up residence on my left arm, so binged ”The Change” because it wasn’t paywalled, only to find out that I have to upgrade my Amazon account to watch series 2.
Instead I’ve decided to fully embrace my middle-ageness & watch Fleetwood Mac videos until my limb is no longer required.
Instead I’ve decided to fully embrace my middle-ageness & watch Fleetwood Mac videos until my limb is no longer required.
The Change | BBC Studios | Season 1 Trailer
YouTube video by Matt Huard
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
My cat has taken up residence on my left arm, so binged ”The Change” because it wasn’t paywalled, only to find out that I have to upgrade my Amazon account to watch series 2.
Instead I’ve decided to fully embrace my middle-ageness & watch Fleetwood Mac videos until my limb is no longer required.
Instead I’ve decided to fully embrace my middle-ageness & watch Fleetwood Mac videos until my limb is no longer required.
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On Wed. 11/12, OHA reported no new COVID deaths in Oregon; the total remains at 10,888 for 5 straight weeks. CDC's website is now open, reporting 1.3 hospitalizations per 100,000 as of 10/25, compared to a national average of 0.8. Wastewater levels continue to drop statewide.
November 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
On Wed. 11/12, OHA reported no new COVID deaths in Oregon; the total remains at 10,888 for 5 straight weeks. CDC's website is now open, reporting 1.3 hospitalizations per 100,000 as of 10/25, compared to a national average of 0.8. Wastewater levels continue to drop statewide.
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The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
“Finland's income-based speeding fines can be brutal. In 2023, a local multimillionaire was slapped with a €121,000 ($141,650) ticket.”
I had forgotten about this, but it gives me such joy that this system exists somewhere and I need to share.
I had forgotten about this, but it gives me such joy that this system exists somewhere and I need to share.
When you need a break from doomscrolling through Epstein's emails, here's something uplifting: One of Europe's capital cities figured out how to reduce traffic deaths to .... zero. None. Not. A. Single. One.
www.not-ship.com/huh-apparent...
www.not-ship.com/huh-apparent...
Huh. Apparently cars don't have to kill people.
For a fast way to reduce traffic deaths: Just slow down.
www.not-ship.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Finland's income-based speeding fines can be brutal. In 2023, a local multimillionaire was slapped with a €121,000 ($141,650) ticket.”
I had forgotten about this, but it gives me such joy that this system exists somewhere and I need to share.
I had forgotten about this, but it gives me such joy that this system exists somewhere and I need to share.
Last week my last employer, a writing studio specializing in branding and website content, formally closed its doors.
The handful of staff have been folded into an AI copy generation company.
Originally that company had been created as a software company to support studio staff with eCom writing.
The handful of staff have been folded into an AI copy generation company.
Originally that company had been created as a software company to support studio staff with eCom writing.
To clarify — writing, journalism, and art jobs make up a relatively small portion of the broader economy, but these are precisely the jobs we're losing as firms try to cut costs and cut out humans. Artists, journalists, illustrators.
Then explain why I lost the vast majority of my cybersecurity writing gigs since 2023, @bcmerchant.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Last week my last employer, a writing studio specializing in branding and website content, formally closed its doors.
The handful of staff have been folded into an AI copy generation company.
Originally that company had been created as a software company to support studio staff with eCom writing.
The handful of staff have been folded into an AI copy generation company.
Originally that company had been created as a software company to support studio staff with eCom writing.
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Reposting with alt text bc omfg and they claimed shortages to drive up prices on top of this shit.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Reposting with alt text bc omfg and they claimed shortages to drive up prices on top of this shit.
Great, I’m going to have to stop watching “Pluribus” since it violated my “No advertising on household appliances“ rule.
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Great, I’m going to have to stop watching “Pluribus” since it violated my “No advertising on household appliances“ rule.
Kid, seeing a photo of their dad: Wow, you’re so old your baby photo is in black and white.
My partner, age 55: What? I’m not that old.
Kid: Honestly I’m surprised it’s not just a blank sheet of paper. I didn’t think photos existed back then.
My partner, age 55: What? I’m not that old.
Kid: Honestly I’m surprised it’s not just a blank sheet of paper. I didn’t think photos existed back then.
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Kid, seeing a photo of their dad: Wow, you’re so old your baby photo is in black and white.
My partner, age 55: What? I’m not that old.
Kid: Honestly I’m surprised it’s not just a blank sheet of paper. I didn’t think photos existed back then.
My partner, age 55: What? I’m not that old.
Kid: Honestly I’m surprised it’s not just a blank sheet of paper. I didn’t think photos existed back then.
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Our randomized, placebo-controlled trial of tirzepatide (Zepbound) for #LongCovid has already enrolled 500 participants of 1000 planned in less than 2 weeks!
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/
LoCITT-T - Long COVID Treatment Trial
The Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is investigating the efficacy of repurposing this drug to treat Long COVID.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our randomized, placebo-controlled trial of tirzepatide (Zepbound) for #LongCovid has already enrolled 500 participants of 1000 planned in less than 2 weeks!
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/
My insurer declined to disclose my current plan’s premium cost for 2026 when they sent letters out last month.
Instead they said I’ll find out when I get my January invoice next month.
(I‘m not waiting. I’m working with our insurance broker to identify other options for my family.)
Instead they said I’ll find out when I get my January invoice next month.
(I‘m not waiting. I’m working with our insurance broker to identify other options for my family.)
Hot new game in town to compare how much your ACA plan premiums are increasing!
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
My insurer declined to disclose my current plan’s premium cost for 2026 when they sent letters out last month.
Instead they said I’ll find out when I get my January invoice next month.
(I‘m not waiting. I’m working with our insurance broker to identify other options for my family.)
Instead they said I’ll find out when I get my January invoice next month.
(I‘m not waiting. I’m working with our insurance broker to identify other options for my family.)
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Just want to say that Long Covid had my digestive system in shambles until Zepbound. It has been such a significant quality of life difference. If your Long Covid has a digestive element to it - I highly recommend a GLP-1.
Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
Home - Long COVID Treatment Trial
Be part of groundbreaking Long COVID research from Scripps Research. We endeavor to conduct a portfolio of Long COVID clinical trials.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Just want to say that Long Covid had my digestive system in shambles until Zepbound. It has been such a significant quality of life difference. If your Long Covid has a digestive element to it - I highly recommend a GLP-1.
I don’t know how you hear testimony like this, after calling a meeting in a community that has repeatedly seen family members disappeared, to just say “There is nothing we can legally do.”
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I don’t know how you hear testimony like this, after calling a meeting in a community that has repeatedly seen family members disappeared, to just say “There is nothing we can legally do.”
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every time I explain to my coworkers that a social media influencer from out of town has convinced the Trump administration that the Portland police are antifa, they look at me like I've sprouted a second head www.theverge.com/policy/81340...
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
every time I explain to my coworkers that a social media influencer from out of town has convinced the Trump administration that the Portland police are antifa, they look at me like I've sprouted a second head www.theverge.com/policy/81340...
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Lina Khan is such a wonderful fuck you to the billionaires
Mayor-elect Mamdani announces co-chairs of his transition team:
Maria Torres-Springer, Lina Khan, Grace Bonilla and Melanie Hartzog
All women.
Maria Torres-Springer, Lina Khan, Grace Bonilla and Melanie Hartzog
All women.
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Lina Khan is such a wonderful fuck you to the billionaires
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If you listen to nothing else in this cacophony of screaming, please listen to this:
Don't tell people to just go get a job. That's not happening right now. The market is awful in reality. I don't care what numbers we're looking at -- the reality on the ground is very bleak. Long winter ahead.
Don't tell people to just go get a job. That's not happening right now. The market is awful in reality. I don't care what numbers we're looking at -- the reality on the ground is very bleak. Long winter ahead.
November 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you listen to nothing else in this cacophony of screaming, please listen to this:
Don't tell people to just go get a job. That's not happening right now. The market is awful in reality. I don't care what numbers we're looking at -- the reality on the ground is very bleak. Long winter ahead.
Don't tell people to just go get a job. That's not happening right now. The market is awful in reality. I don't care what numbers we're looking at -- the reality on the ground is very bleak. Long winter ahead.